Morris Reaches 2017 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic Quarters

Fourth
Jim
Cotter

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John
Morris

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Catlin
Schneider

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Tyrel
Griffith

John Morris (Vernon, BC) qualified for the 2017 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 5-3 against Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB). of the 2017 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;

Morris finished 4-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Morris defeated Aaron Sluchinski (Airdrie, AB) 4-2, then went on to lose 8-7 against Rui Liu (Harbin, CHN). Morris responded with a 6-1 win over Kurt Balderston (Edmonton, AB). Morris won 6-1 against Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK), then won 7-3 against Charley Thomas (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Morris earned 24.703 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic, moving up 2 spots the World Ranking Standings into 12th place overall with 319.591 total points. Morris ranks 28th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 47.750 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

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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