CHAMPION: Polo Wins 2024 Duluth Cash Spiel

Fourth
Korey
Dropkin

SKIP
Joe
Polo

Second
Matt
Mellin

Lead
Derek
Benson

Joe Polo (Duluth, MN) won 9-3 over Ethan Sampson (Chaska, MN) in the Final of the Duluth Cash Spiel, held January 12 - 14, 2024 at the Duluth Curling Club in Duluth, United States. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Polo won 6-5 over John Shuster (Duluth , MN) to advance to the championship game. of the 2024 Duluth Cash Spiel in Duluth, Minnesota, United States;

Polo finished 5-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Polo defeated Rich Ruohonen (Minneapolis, MN) 6-1, then won 5-4 against Scott Dunnam (Philadelphia, PA) and 6-5 against Sam Mooibroek (Whitby, ON). Polo won 7-1 against Wesley Wendling (Wausau, WI), then won 7-2 against Ryan Mellinger (Duluth, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Duluth Cash Spiel Championship title, Polo earned 18.750 world rankings points along with the $4,865CDN first prize cheque. For week 25 of the event schedule, Polo did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Polo ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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

2024: John Epping
John Epping, Jake Horgan, Tanner Horgan, Ian McMillan
Sudbury, NO
2024: Joe Polo
Korey Dropkin, Joe Polo, Matt Mellin, Derek Benson
Duluth, MN
2016: Heath McCormick
Heath McCormick, Christopher Plys, Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell
Blaine, USA
2015: John Shuster
John Shuster, Tyler George, Matt Hamilton, Quinn Evenson
Duluth, USA
2014: Heath McCormick
Heath McCormick, Christopher Plys, Joe Polo, Ryan Brunt, Colin Hufman
Blaine, USA
2013: Craig Brown
Craig Brown, Kroy Nernberger, Matt Hamilton, Jon Brunt
Madison, WI
2012: Bryan Burgess
Bryan Burgess, Mike Pozihun, Dale Wiersema, Pat Berezowski
, ON
2011: Craig Brown
Craig Brown, Matt Hamilton, Kroy Nernberger, Derrick Casper
, WI
2010: Tyler George
Tyler George, Christopher Plys, Rich Ruohonen, Phill Drobnick
Duluth, MN
2008: Craig Brown
Craig Brown, Rich Ruohonen, John Dunlop, Pete Annis, Jon Brunt
Madison, WI
2007: Jeff Currie
Craig Brown, Rich Ruohonen, John Dunlop, Pete Annis, Jon Brunt
Thunder Bay, NO
2006: John Salo
John Salo, Ron Rosengren, Rob Sinclair, Gary Maunula
Thunder Bay, ON
2005: Paul Pustovar
Paul Pustovar, Greg Wilson, Patrick Roe, Richard Maskel
Hibbing, MN
2004: Marshall Bagdon
Marshall Bagdon, Robin Champagne, Gary Weiss, Aaron Rogalski
Thunder Bay, ON
2003: Todd Birr
Todd Birr, Pete Westberg, Kevin Birr, Greg Rheaume
Mankato, MN
2002: Pete Fenson
Pete Fenson
, USA