James Ballance (Okotoks, AB) lost 6-5 to Kenan Wipf (Calgary, AB) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2021 Sherwood Park U20 Junior Mens Bonspiel in Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada. of the 2021 Sherwood Park U20 Junior Mens Bonspiel in Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada; James Ballance (Okotoks, AB) lost 6-5 to Kenan Wipf (Calgary, AB) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2021 Sherwood Park U20 Junior Mens Bonspiel in Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada. Ballance lost 6-4 to Johnson Tao (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game.
 
Ballance finished 3-1 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ballance lost 7-4 to Wipf, then responded with a 12-4 win over Lane Missel (Grande Prairie, AB). Ballance won 10-5 against Blake Petkau (Calgary, AB), then won 6-4 against Ethan Chung (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.
 
Ballance ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.