CHAMPION: Casper Wins 2022 USCA Junior Championships

Briarcliff Manor, New York

SKIP
Daniel
Casper

Third
Ethan
Sampson

Second
Marius
Kleinas

Lead
Samuel
Strouse

Games:	10
Record:	10W - 0L
PF/G:	11.01
PA/G:	3.67
Hammer Efficiency:	0.65
Steal Defense:	0.06
Force Efficiency:	0.70
Steal Efficiency:	0.49

Daniel Casper (Briarcliff Manor, NY) won 5-3 over Aidan Oldenburg (St. Paul, MN) in the Final of the USCA Junior Championships, held August 9 - 14, 2021 in Chaska, Minnesota. To advance to the championship game, Casper won 9-3 over Wesley Wendling (Wausau, WI) in the semifinals

Casper finished 8-0 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Casper defeated Wendling 8-6, then won 12-2 against Joseph Charles (Portage, WI) and 9-3 against Oldenburg. Casper won 10-1 against Ethan Hebert (Lowell, MA), then won 11-1 against Caden Hebert (Eau Claire, WI) and 9-2 against Ryan Church (Cape Cod, MA). Casper won 7-2 against Zachary Brenden (Bismarck, ND), then won 7-6 against Kevin Tuma (St. Paul, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

Casper 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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