Moores/Wheeler Runner-Up at 2023 Colorado Curling Cup

Clare Moores/Lance Wheeler (Denver, CO) lost 8-7 to Sarah Anderson/Andrew Stopera (Minneapolis, MN) in the Final of the Colorado Curling Cup, held September 28 - October 1, 2023 at the Rock Creek Curling in Lafayette, United States. To advance to the championship game, Moores/Wheeler won 8-7 over Vicky Persinger/Daniel Casper (Fairbanks, AK) in the semifinals of the 2023 Colorado Curling Cup in Lafayette, Colorado, United States; and won 9-8 over Cora Farrell/Coleman Thurston (Chaska, MN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Colorado Curling Cup in Lafayette, Colorado, United States;

Moores/Wheeler finished 3-1 in the 25-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Moores/Wheeler lost 6-5 to Cynthia Smith/Darrick Kizlyk (Denver, CO), then responded with a 7-6 win over Megan Stopera/Megan Stopera (Briarcliff Manor, NY). Moores/Wheeler won 7-4 against Ann Podoll/Nathan Parry (Fargo, ND), then won 7-1 against Kelly Danahey/Ben Allain (Denver, CO) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Colorado Curling Cup, Moores/Wheeler take home 11.000 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN prize. For week 10 of the event schedule, Moores/Wheeler did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Moores/Wheeler ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	22	17	0	0.564	2-0	1-1	1-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	282	235	239	8.33	8.48	-0.14	4.82	5.18	1.73	1.64	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	140	154	90	0	2-2	19-7	28-11	1.10	0.64	0.35	0.42

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	142	81	149	0	0-4	6-11	14-24	0.57	1.05	0.55	0.39

2023: Sarah Anderson
Sarah Anderson, Andrew Stopera , Mark Lazar
Minneapolis, MN
2022: Cora Farrell
Cora Farrell, Coleman Thurston
Chaska, MN
2019: Sarah Anderson
Sarah Anderson, Korey Dropkin , Dave Jensen
Minneapolis, USA

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