CHAMPION: Jacques Wins 2021 Okotoks Under-25 Tour Spiel

SKIP
Ryan
Jacques

Third
Desmond
Young

Second
Andrew
Gittis

Lead
Gabriel
Dyck

Ryan Jacques (Edmonton, AB) won 5-4 over Johnson Tao (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Okotoks Under-25 Tour Spiel, held September 10 - 12, 2021 at the Okotoks Curling Club in Okotoks, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Jacques won 6-5 over Jacob Libbus (Okotoks, AB) in the semifinals

Jacques finished 3-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Jacques defeated Tao 7-1, then won 5-2 against Nathan Molberg (St. Albert, AB) and 7-2 against James Ballance (Okotoks, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Okotoks Under-25 Tour Spiel Championship title, Jacques earned 14.833 world rankings points along with the $1,100CDN first prize cheque, moving up 54 spots the World Ranking Standings into 69th place overall with 28.366 total points. Jacques ranks 13th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 14.833 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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