Andrew Stopera (Briarcliff Manor, NY) is set to play
Stopera in the Final Stopera advanced directly to the championship game after finishing first in the preliminary round. of the USA Curling Junior Nationals Championship, held January 13 - 19, 2019 in Two Harbors, Minnesota. of the 2019 USA Curling Junior Nationals Championship in Two Harbors, Minnesota; Andrew Stopera (Briarcliff Manor, NY) won
6-3 over
Skyler Slusar (Hallock, MN) in the Final of the USA Curling Junior Nationals Championship, held January 13 - 19, 2019 in Two Harbors, Minnesota. of the 2019 USA Curling Junior Nationals Championship in Two Harbors, Minnesota;
Stopera finished 7-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Stopera defeated
Charlie Thompson (Eau Claire, WI) 9-3, then won
6-5 against
Chase Sinnett (Medfield, MA) and
7-5 against
Tyler Hipke (Wauwatosa, WI). Stopera won
8-2 against
Slusar, then won
8-7 against
Andrew McDonald (Hudson, OH) and
7-3 against
Kevin Tuma (St. Paul, MN). Stopera won
11-5 against
Wesley Wendling (Wausau, WI) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the USA Curling Junior Nationals Championship Championship title, Stopera earned
17.635 world rankings points. For week 23 of the event schedule, Stopera did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Stopera ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
