Stopera6-3 at 2016 USA Junior National Championships

SKIP
Andrew
Stopera

Third
Luc
Violette

Second
Steven
Szemple

Lead
William
Pryor

Andrew Stopera (Chicago, IL) finished 6-3 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Stopera defeated Chase Sinnett (Wayland, MA) 5-3, then won 8-5 against Timothy Hodek (Fargo, ND). Stopera went on to lose 9-7 against Hunter Clawson (Clarksville, MD). Stopera responded with a 9-8 win over Riley Fenson (Bemidji, MN). Stopera won 8-4 against Robert Shlimovitz (Portage, WI), then won 10-2 against Andrew McDonald (Midland, MI). Stopera went on to lose 5-4 against Josh Moore (Duluth, MN). Stopera lost 7-6 to Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN) where Stopera responded with a 11-6 win over Nicholas Connolly (Seattle, WA) in their final qualifying round match.

Stopera earned 8.661 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the USA Junior National Championships. For week of the event schedule, Stopera did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Stopera 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

Canada's Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant (Photo: World Curling) took down the reigning gold medalists to stay on pace for top spot in the pool.

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