Morris Reaches 2017 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic Quarters

Vernon, British Columbia

Fourth
Jim
Cotter

SKIP
John
Morris

Second
Catlin
Schneider

Lead
Tyrel
Griffith

Games:	6
Record:	4W - 2L
PF/G:	8.05
PA/G:	4.88
Hammer Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Defense:	0.05
Force Efficiency:	0.62
Steal Efficiency:	0.29

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 , Yi Lei
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

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