MacDonald Runner-Up at 2025 AJCT Ponoka U20 Mens Spiel

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Kolby
MacDonald

Third
Matthew
Perozak

Second
Nate
Burton

Lead
Oliver
Burton

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	7.78
PA/G:	6.39
Hammer Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Defense:	0.38
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.50

Kolby MacDonald (Edmonton, AB) lost 6-4 to Dylan Derksen (Saskatoon, SK) in the Final of the AJCT Ponoka U20 Mens Spiel, held January 10 - 12, 2025 at the Ponoka Curling Club in Ponoka, Canada. To advance to the championship game, MacDonald won 6-5 over Rhett Mailloux (Kingman, AB) in the semifinals

MacDonald finished 2-1 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, MacDonald lost 8-4 to Kieran Channon (Edmonton, AB), then responded with a 8-1 win over Mailloux. MacDonald won 6-3 against Derksen in their final qualifying round match.

. For week 24 of the event schedule, MacDonald did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. MacDonald 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
2025	2	3	0	0.400	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	37	25	30	6.76	8.11	-1.35	4.05	4.86	1.67	1.67	1.08

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	20	19	9	2	1-0	1-0	3-2	0.95	0.45	0.28	0.35

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	17	6	21	2	0-1	1-3	0-1	0.35	1.24	0.55	0.24

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