Morris Reaches 2017 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic Quarters

Fourth
Jim
Cotter

SKIP
John
Morris

Second
Catlin
Schneider

Lead
Tyrel
Griffith

John Morris (Vernon, BC) qualified for the 2017 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 5-3 against Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB). of the 2017 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;

Morris finished 4-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Morris defeated Aaron Sluchinski (Airdrie, AB) 4-2, then went on to lose 8-7 against Rui Liu (Harbin, CHN). Morris responded with a 6-1 win over Kurt Balderston (Edmonton, AB). Morris won 6-1 against Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK), then won 7-3 against Charley Thomas (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Morris earned 24.703 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic, moving up 2 spots the World Ranking Standings into 12th place overall with 319.591 total points. Morris ranks 28th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 47.750 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

2025: Evan Van Amsterdam
Evan Van Amsterdam, Jason Ginter, Sterling Middleton, Parker Konschuh, Darren Moulding
Edmonton, AB
2017: Rui Liu
Rui Liu, Xiao Ming Xu, Dongxu Jiang, Jia Liang Zang
Harbin, CHN
2016: Steve Laycock
Steve Laycock, Kirk Muyres, Colton Flasch, Dallan Muyres
Saskatoon, SK
2015: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2014: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2013: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, David Nedohin, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB

Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner (Photo: Stephen Fisher/World Curling) are semifinal bound after picking up an eighth victory in Fredericton.

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