James Ballance (Okotokes, AB) won 7-6 over Kyler Kurina (Calgary, AB) in the Final of the Banff U18 Junior Mens Spiel, held October 25 - 27, 2019 at the Banff Curling Club in Banff, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Ballance won 4-3 over Alberta's Josh Kroker in the semifinals of the 2019 Banff U18 Junior Mens Spiel in Banff, Alberta, Canada; and won 6-5 over Alberta's Ben Kiist in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Banff U18 Junior Mens Spiel in Banff, Alberta, Canada;
 
Ballance finished 2-1 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ballance lost 6-5 to Alberta's Ben Kiist, then responded with a 7-5 win over Alberta's Lucas Sawiak. Ballance won 5-4 against Kenan Wipf (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 14 of the event schedule, Ballance did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Ballance ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.