Ballance Reaches 2020 Leduc LIONS Junior Mens Bonspiel Semifinals

Okotoks, Alberta

SKIP
James
Ballance

Third
Ayden
Whittmire

Second
Ethan
Drysdale

Lead
Justin
Murray

Games:	4
Record:	2W - 2L
PF/G:	7.41
PA/G:	9.63
Hammer Efficiency:	0.25
Steal Defense:	0.31
Force Efficiency:	0.13
Steal Efficiency:	0.36

James Ballance (Okotoks, AB) run at the 2020 Leduc LIONS Junior Mens Bonspiel came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-0 loss to Cole Ector (Calgary, AB).

Ballance finished 2-1 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ballance defeated Justin Runciman (Sherwood Park, AB) 8-5, then went on to lose 10-5 against Nathan Molberg (St. Albert, AB). Ballance responded with a 7-5 win over Alberta's Kyler Kurina in their final qualifying round match.

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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