CHAMPION: Kyllo/Griffith Wins 2023 Penticton Mixed Doubles

Alyssa Kyllo/Tyrel Griffith (Vernon, BC) won 10-2 over Brittany Tran/Aaron Sluchinski (Airdrie, AB) in the Final of the Penticton Mixed Doubles, held November 28 - December 1, 2023 at the Penticton Curling Club in Penticton, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Kyllo/Griffith won 10-8 over Jaelyn Cotter/Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC) in the semifinals of the 2023 Penticton Mixed Doubles in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada; and won 7-2 over Holly Hafeli/Mitchell Kopytko (Kamloops, BC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Penticton Mixed Doubles in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada;

Kyllo/Griffith finished 5-0 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kyllo/Griffith defeated Sharilyn Alexander/Scott Alexander (Penticton, BC) 9-2, then won 9-1 against Kristi Warner/Nick Warner (Penticton/Osoyoos, BC) and 11-5 against Hafeli/Kopytko. Kyllo/Griffith won 10-1 against Marilou Richter/Craig McLeod (Penticton, BC), then won 10-3 against Kitty Freeborn/Kevin Freeborn (Penticton, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Penticton Mixed Doubles Championship title, Kyllo/Griffith earned 7.500 world rankings points along with the $3,000CDN first prize cheque. Kyllo/Griffith gained 0.75 points improving upon their best 5 events, though dropped 2 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 864thplace overall with 0.75 total points. Kyllo/Griffith ranks 245th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.750 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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