Clawson Runner-Up at 2016 USA Junior National Championships

SKIP
Hunter
Clawson

Third
Cody
Clouser

Second
Caleb
Clawson

Lead
Andrew
Dunnam

Hunter Clawson (Clarksville, MD) lost 7-5 to Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN) in the Final of the USA Junior National Championships, held January 16 - 23, 2016 in Willmar, Minnesota.

Clawson finished 8-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Clawson defeated Timothy Hodek (Fargo, ND) 10-7, then went on to lose 8-7 against Robert Shlimovitz (Portage, WI). Clawson responded with a 9-7 win over Andrew Stopera (Chicago, IL). Clawson won 10-1 against Chase Sinnett (Wayland, MA), then won 8-2 against Dropkin and 9-2 against Josh Moore (Duluth, MN). Clawson won 9-2 against Nicholas Connolly (Seattle, WA), then won 9-6 against Andrew McDonald (Midland, MI) and 9-3 against Riley Fenson (Bemidji, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the USA Junior National Championships, Clawson take home 11.208 world rankings points. For week of the event schedule, Clawson did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Clawson ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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

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