Co-op Invitational Day 1 Takeaways: Two young Victoria teams grab upsets

A pair of hometown women put on a show on the opening day of the Grand Slam of Curling season in Victoria. Taylor Reese-Hansen and Kayla MacMillan, both out of Victoria, skipped their teams to upset victories on Tuesday at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. Reese-Hansen, 28, shockingly defeated Olympic silver medalist Alina Paetz of Switzerland 8-4 in the second draw at the Co-op Invitational. The Canadians controlled play throughout the match and were left with open draws for two and three to pull away for their first-ever GSOC victory. However, the bigger upset happened when MacMillan beat 20-time Grand Slam…