CHAMPION: McDonald Wins Manitoba U21 Junior Provincial Championships

Winnipeg, Manitoba

SKIP
Jordon
McDonald

Third
Dallas
Burgess

Second
Elias
Huminicki

Lead
Cameron
Olafson

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	10.61
PA/G:	5.10
Hammer Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Defense:	0.26
Force Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Efficiency:	0.38

Jordon McDonald (Winnipeg, MB) won 7-5 over Jace Freeman (Virden, MB) in the Final of the Manitoba U21 Junior Provincial Championships, held February 21 - 25 at the Carman Curling Club in Carman, Canada. To advance to the championship game, McDonald won 10-4 over Zach Norris (Morris, MB) in the semifinals of the Manitoba U21 Junior Provincial Championships in Carman, Manitoba, Canada;

McDonald finished 3-0 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McDonald defeated Colton Olafson (Portage La Prarie, MB) 10-2, then won 9-4 against Rylan Campbell (Winnipeg, MB) and 11-4 against Freeman in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Manitoba U21 Junior Provincial Championships Championship title, McDonald earned 3.750 world rankings points. For week 31 of the event schedule, McDonald did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 51st place on the World Ranking Standings with 66.063 total points. McDonald ranks 51st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 66.063 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	49	16	0	0.754	8-1	3-2	5-1	1-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	422	374	221	8.86	5.24	3.63	5.12	3.55	1.73	1.47	1.33

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	193	241	45	22	7-1	18-2	45-4	1.25	0.23	0.41	0.18

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	229	133	176	34	3-2	14-9	16-36	0.58	0.77	0.59	0.35

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