CHAMPION: Horgan Wins 2023 Curl Mesabi Classic

SKIP
Tanner
Horgan

Third
Jake
Horgan

Second
Ian
McMillan

Lead
Scott
Chadwick

Tanner Horgan (Sudbury, NONT) won 5-4 over Daniel Casper (Chaska, MN) in the Final of the Curl Mesabi Classic, held November 17 - 19, 2023 at the Curl Mesabi in Eveleth, United States. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Horgan won 8-2 over Ethan Sampson (Chaska, MN) to advance to the championship game. of the 2023 Curl Mesabi Classic in Eveleth, Minnesota, United States; of the 2023 Curl Mesabi Classic in Eveleth, Minnesota, United States;

Horgan finished 4-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Horgan defeated Greg Delich (Eveleth, MN) 10-0, then won 10-4 against Wesley Wendling (Wausau, WI) and 8-1 against Jed Brundidge (Chaska, MN). Horgan won 9-3 against Scott Dunnam (Philadelphia, PA) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Curl Mesabi Classic Championship title, Horgan earned 15.000 world rankings points along with the $5,480CDN first prize cheque, moving up 5 spots the World Ranking Standings into 36th place overall with 105.149 total points. Horgan ranks 46th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 42.313 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	25	12	0	0.676	1-1	4-6	2-3	1-0	1-2

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	270	231	145	8.56	5.37	3.19	4.78	3.56	1.79	1.51	1.67

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	125	165	29	18	4-1	11-1	40-5	1.32	0.23	0.51	0.15

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	145	66	116	27	1-0	4-8	14-23	0.46	0.80	0.60	0.28

2023: Tanner Horgan
Tanner Horgan, Jake Horgan, Ian McMillan, Scott Chadwick
Sudbury, NONT
2022: Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin, Andrew Stopera, Mark Fenner, Thomas Howell
Duluth, MN
2021: Rich Ruohonen
Rich Ruohonen, Andrew Stopera, Colin Hufman, Kroy Nernberger, Philip Tilker, Pete Annis
Minneapolis, MN
2019: Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell, Mark Fenner, Alex Fenson, Joe Polo
Chaska, USA
2018: Rich Ruohonen
Greg Persinger, Rich Ruohonen, Colin Hufman, Philip Tilker
Chaska, USA
2017: Rich Ruohonen
Greg Persinger, Rich Ruohonen, Colin Hufman, Philip Tilker
Seattle, WA
2016: Heath McCormick
Heath McCormick, Christopher Plys, Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell
Blaine, USA
2015: John Shuster
John Shuster, Tyler George, Matt Hamilton, John Landsteiner
Duluth, USA
2014: Mike Farbelow
Mike Farbelow, Rich Ruohonen, Kevin Johnson, Dan Ruehl
, MN
2013: Bryan Burgess
Bryan Burgess, Mike Pozihun, Dale Wiersema, Pat Berezowski
, NONT
2012: Tyler George
Christopher Plys, Tyler George, Rich Ruohonen, Colin Hufman
Duluth, MN
2011: Craig Brown
Craig Brown, Matt Hamilton, Kroy Nernberger, Derrick Casper
Madison, WI
2010: Jeff Currie
Jeff Currie, Brian Adams Jr., Colin Koivula, Dylan Johnston
Thunder Bay, ON
2008: Tyler George
Jeff Currie, Brian Adams Jr., Colin Koivula, Dylan Johnston
Duluth, MN
2007: Pete Fenson
Jeff Currie, Brian Adams Jr., Colin Koivula, Dylan Johnston
Bemidji, MN

Gangwon Province's Park Jong-duk (Photo: Steve Seixeiro/WCF) will try to make it a second straight national title this week in Uijeongbu.

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