Austin Kadlec (Rice Lake, WI) won 7-6 over Porter Rokke (Fargo, ND) in the Bronze Medal game at the USA Curling U18 National Championships in Lafayette, Colorado, United States. of the USA Curling U18 National Championships in Lafayette, Colorado, United States; Austin Kadlec (Rice Lake, WI) won 7-6 over Porter Rokke (Fargo, ND) in the Bronze Medal game at the USA Curling U18 National Championships in Lafayette, Colorado, United States. Kadlec lost 7-5 to Mason Guentzel (St. Paul, MN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the USA Curling U18 National Championships in Lafayette, Colorado, United States; and won 9-2 over Calvin Dial (Lafayette, CO) in the quarterfinals. of the USA Curling U18 National Championships in Lafayette, Colorado, United States;
 
Kadlec finished 4-1 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kadlec defeated Charlie Meyer (Beaverton, OR) 8-2, then won 10-2 against Robert Stygles (Bowling Green, OH) and 9-1 against Dylan Skaggs (Fairbanks, AK). Kadlec won 12-1 against Silas Gartner (Cape Cod, MA). Kadlec went on to lose 7-3 against Caiden Rose (Denver, CO) in their final qualifying round match.
 
Kadlec ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.