CHAMPION: McDonald Wins 2024 U25 NextGen Classic

SKIP
Jordon
McDonald

Third
Dallas
Burgess

Second
Elias
Huminicki

Lead
Cameron
Olafson

Jordon McDonald (Winnipeg, MB) won 5-1 over Jayden King (London, ON) in the Final of the U25 NextGen Classic, held August 27 - 30, 2024 at the Saville Community Sports Centre in Edmonton, Canada. To advance to the championship game, McDonald won 6-3 over Cole Adams (Calgary, AB) in the semifinals of the 2024 U25 NextGen Classic in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;

McDonald finished 4-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McDonald defeated Nathan Young (St.John's, NL) 7-3, then won 5-4 against Kibo Mulima (Kingston, ON) and 5-3 against Bradley Moser (Saskatoon, SK). McDonald won 7-3 against Jacob Libbus (Black Diamond, AB). McDonald went on to lose 5-3 against King in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the U25 NextGen Classic Championship title, McDonald earned 18.750 world rankings points along with the $6,000CDN first prize cheque. For week 5 of the event schedule, McDonald did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. McDonald 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

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2024: Jordon McDonald
Jordon McDonald, Dallas Burgess, Elias Huminicki, Cameron Olafson
Winnipeg, MB
2023: Rylan Kleiter
Rylan Kleiter, Joshua Mattern, Matthew Hall, Trevor Johnson , Dean Kleiter
Saskatoon, SK
2022: Sam Mooibroek
Sam Mooibroek, Connor Deane, Nathan Steele, Colin Schnurr
Whitby, ON

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