CHAMPION: Larouche Wins 2016 Quebec Scotties

SKIP
Marie-France
Larouche

Third
Brenda
Nicholls

Second
Annie
Lemay

Lead
Julie
Rainville

Marie-France Larouche (Levis, QC) won 8-5 over Lauren Mann (Montreal, QC) in the Final Larouche advanced directly to the championship game after finishing first in the preliminary round. of the Quebec Scotties, held January 16 - 22, 2016 in Valleyfield, Quebec.

Larouche finished 6-2 in the 5-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Larouche lost 8-7 to Camille Lapierre (Montreal, QC), droppimg another game, 9-7 to Roxane Perron (Quebec, QC) where Larouche responded with a 7-5 win over Helene Pelchat (Valleyfield, QC). Larouche won 9-7 against Mann, then won 10-4 against Lapierre and 6-4 against Perron. Larouche won 9-1 against Pelchat, then won 5-2 against Mann in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Quebec Scotties Championship title, Larouche earned 5.250 world rankings points, moving up 5 spots the World Ranking Standings into 91st place overall with 40.012 total points. Larouche ranks 70th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 40.012 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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