Tyler Tardi and his Langley-based team will walk away from the World Junior Curling Championships in Aberdeen, Scotland with at least a silver medal.
Tardi and his Canadian team of Sterling Middleton, Jordan Tardi, Zachary Curtis, alternate Jacques Gauthier, coach Paul Tardi and team leader/coach Melissa Soligo will face host Scotland for gold on tomorrow (Saturday).
The championship matchup is set for 6 a.m. Pacific time and will be broadcast on-line on .
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A three-ender in the third opened up a 3-0 lead for skip Tardi, who had hammer and took advantage of it.
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Scotland defeated Canada 6-5, with a deuce in the 10th end, as part of its perfect 9-0 round-robin record.
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