CHAMPION: Deis Wins 2016 Highland Cash Spiel

SKIP
Ryan
Deis

Third
Scott
Manners

Second
Jason
McPhee

Lead
Kalin
Deis

Ryan Deis (Fox Valley, SK) won 7-4 over Brad Heidt (Kerrobert, SK) in the Final of the Highland Cash Spiel, held November 4 - 6, 2016 in Regina, Saskatchewan. To advance to the championship game, Deis won 7-6 over Jason Ackerman (Regina, SK) in the semifinals of the 2016 Highland Cash Spiel in Regina, Saskatchewan; and won 8-1 over Kody Hartung (Saskatoon , SK) in the quarterfinals. of the 2016 Highland Cash Spiel in Regina, Saskatchewan;

Deis finished 3-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Deis lost 8-4 to Ackerman, then responded with a 7-3 win over Ryan Sveinbjornson (Regina, SK). Deis won 6-3 against Jeff Hartung (Langenberg, SK), then won 7-6 against Randy Gilewich (Regina, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Highland Cash Spiel Championship title, Deis earned 14.398 world rankings points along with the $2,500CDN first prize cheque, moving up 24 spots the World Ranking Standings into 88th place overall with 50.753 total points. Deis ranks 78th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 21.789 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

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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