Morton Runner-Up at 2012 US Junior Nationals

SKIP
Blake
Morton

Third
Marcus
Fonger

Second
Tommy
Juszczyk

Lead
Calvin
Weber

Blake Morton (McFarland, WI) lost 9-8 to Stephen Dropkin (Southborough, MA) in the Final of the US Junior Nationals, held January 28 - February 4, 2012 in Madison, Wisconsin.

Morton finished 6-3 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Morton defeated Jake Vukich (Seattle, WA) 10-3, then went on to lose 6-5 against Tony Wright (Duluth, MN). Morton responded with a 7-4 win over Ryan Flippo (Fairbanks, AK). Morton won 6-4 against Evan Jensen (Medford, WI), then won 11-4 against Adam Kitchens (Devils Lake, ND) and 10-4 against Ethan Meyers (Duluth, MN). Morton went on to lose 6-5 against Kyle Kakela (Rolla, ND). Morton responded with a 12-2 win over Nathaniel Clark (Nashua, NH). Morton went on to lose 9-6 against Dropkin in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the US Junior Nationals, Morton take home 5.000 world rankings points, moving up 43 spots the World Ranking Standings into 130th place overall with 11.500 total points. Morton ranks 81st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 11.500 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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