Wipf Runner-Up at Curling Alberta U20 Provincials

SKIP
Kenan
Wipf

Third
Ky
Macaulay

Second
Michael
Keenan

Lead
Max
Cinnamon

After advancing directly to the championship game, Kenan Wipf (Calgary, AB) lost 8-3 to Timothy Marin (Sherwood Park, AB) in the Final of the Curling Alberta U20 Provincials, held March 6 - 10 at the Drayton Valley Curl Club in Drayton Valley, Canada.

Wipf finished 6-2 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Wipf defeated Lowell Whittmire (Castor, AB) 5-3, then went on to lose 8-4 against Ben Kiist (Edmonton, AB). Wipf responded with a 8-2 win over Nolan Duncan (Calgary, AB). Wipf won 9-3 against Terren Algot (Sherwood Park, AB), then won 7-6 against Kinley Burton (St. Albert, AB) and 10-6 against Zach Davies (Edmonton, AB). Wipf went on to lose 11-5 against Peter Hlushak (Edmonton, AB). Wipf responded with a 8-2 win over Marin in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Curling Alberta U20 Provincials, Wipf take home 2.750 world rankings points, moving up 40 spots the World Ranking Standings into 180th place overall with 8.188 total points. Wipf ranks 180th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 8.188 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	13	15	0	0.464	0-2	0-3	0-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	214	175	173	8.18	8.08	0.09	4.72	4.72	1.73	1.71	0.56

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	108	110	50	7	1-1	6-2	27-9	1.02	0.46	0.34	0.31

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	106	65	123	5	3-4	2-7	16-27	0.61	1.16	0.43	0.32

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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