CHAMPION: Usselman Wins 2018 Black Diamond / High River Cash

SKIP
Thomas
Usselman

Third
Aaron
Sarafinchan

Second
Morgan
Van Doesburg

Lead
Brad
Kokoroyannis

Thomas Usselman (Rocky Mountain House, AB) won 9-3 over Desmond Young (Edmonton , AB) in the Final of the Black Diamond / High River Cash, held November 23 - 25, 2018 in Black Diamond / High River, Alberta. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Usselman won 9-2 over Trevor Funk (Medicine Hat, AB) to advance to the championship game. of the 2018 Black Diamond / High River Cash in Black Diamond / High River, Alberta;

Usselman finished 3-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Usselman defeated John Stroh (Medicine Hat, AB) 6-0, then won 9-3 against Brian Brown (Black Diamond, AB) and 9-4 against John Steel (High River, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Black Diamond / High River Cash Championship title, Usselman earned 11.330 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 15 spots the World Ranking Standings into 91st place overall with 47.744 total points. Usselman ranks 63rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 43.515 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

2019: Qiang Zou
Qiang Zou, Zhi Yu Wang, Jiafeng Tian, Jingtao Xu
, CHN
2018: Thomas Usselman
Thomas Usselman, Aaron Sarafinchan, Morgan Van Doesburg, Brad Kokoroyannis, Colin Davison
Rocky Mountain House, AB
2017: Aaron Sluchinski
Aaron Sluchinski, Dean Mamer, Kerr Drummond, Dylan Webster
Airdrie, AB
2016: Kevin Yablonski
Kevin Yablonski, Michael Roy, Scott Garnett, Matthew McDonald
Calgary, AB
2015: Kevin Park
Kevin Park, Adam Norget, Kerr Drummond, Dylan Webster
Edmonton, AB
2014: Brock Virtue
Brock Virtue, Charley Thomas, Darren Moulding, Kalynn Park
Calgary, AB
2013: Robert Schlender
Robert Schlender, Aaron Sluchinski, Justin Sluchinski, Dylan Webster
Airdrie, AB

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