Larry Sharp (Rice Lake, WI) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Sharp finished 4-1 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sharp lost 7-6 to Dave Jensen (Bismarck, ND), then responded with a 6-5 win over Jeff Wright (Libertyville, IL). Sharp won 5-4 against David Russell (La Crosse, WI), then won 8-4 against Dave Hufman (Fairbanks, AK) and 8-5 against Ron Birklid (Fairbanks, AK) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Sharp did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Sharp ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.