Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN) lost
4-3 to
Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) in the Final of the 50th Mile Zero Cash Spiel, held November 25 - 28, 2022 at the Dawson Creek Curling Club in Dawson Creek, Canada. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Yanagisawa won
4-3 over
Rylan Kleiter (Saskatoon, SK) to advance to the championship game. of the 2022 50th Mile Zero Cash Spiel in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Canada;
Yanagisawa finished 3-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yanagisawa defeated
Colin Griffith (Grande Prairie, AB) 8-1, then won
7-5 against
Scott Webb (Grande Prairie, AB) and
7-5 against
Paul Cseke (Victoria, BC) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the 50th Mile Zero Cash Spiel, Yanagisawa take home
13.750 world rankings points along with the $7,000CDN prize. For week 17 of the event schedule, Yanagisawa did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 34th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
95.991 total points. Yanagisawa ranks 20th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
84.000 points earned so far this season.
