CHAMPION: Ballance Wins 2019 Banff U18 Junior Mens Spiel

Okotokes, Alberta

SKIP
James
Ballance

Third
Ayden
Whittmire

Second
Ethan
Drysdale

Lead
Justin
Murray

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	6.94
PA/G:	5.92
Hammer Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Defense:	0.32
Force Efficiency:	0.69
Steal Efficiency:	0.40

James Ballance (Okotokes, AB) won 7-6 over Kyler Kurina (Calgary, AB) in the Final of the Banff U18 Junior Mens Spiel, held October 25 - 27, 2019 at the Banff Curling Club in Banff, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Ballance won 4-3 over Alberta's Josh Kroker in the semifinals of the 2019 Banff U18 Junior Mens Spiel in Banff, Alberta, Canada; and won 6-5 over Alberta's Ben Kiist in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Banff U18 Junior Mens Spiel in Banff, Alberta, Canada;

Ballance finished 2-1 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ballance lost 6-5 to Alberta's Ben Kiist, then responded with a 7-5 win over Alberta's Lucas Sawiak. Ballance won 5-4 against Kenan Wipf (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

. For week 14 of the event schedule, Ballance did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Ballance 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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