Benton

Medford, Wisconsin

Fourth
Ryan
Lemke

SKIP
John
Benton

Second
John
Lilla

Lead
Steve
Day

Games:	7
Record:	4W - 3L
PF/G:	7.87
PA/G:	5.25
Hammer Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Defense:	0.18
Force Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Efficiency:	0.30

John Benton (Medford, WI) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, failed to advance to the playoff round, losing in the tiebreaker round, Benton finished 3-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Benton lost 8-7 to Blake Morton (McFarland, WI), droppimg another game, 9-7 to Joseph Bonfoey (Duluth, MN) where Benton responded with a 4-3 win over Paul Pustovar (Hibbing, MN). Benton won 9-1 against Matt Rudig (Madison, WI), then won 10-2 against Mike Farbelow (Minneapolis, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the USA Midwest South Regional Qualifier, Benton take home 2.500 world rankings points, moving up 19 spots the World Ranking Standings into 130th place overall with 10.643 total points. Benton ranks 96th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 8.030 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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