Bitz Reaches 2011 Laphroaig Scotch Open Semifinals

SKIP
Scott
Bitz

Third
Mark
Lang

Second
Aryn
Schmidt

Lead
Dean
Hicke

Scott Bitz (Regina, SK) run at the 2011 Laphroaig Scotch Open came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-4 loss to David Brown (Madison, WI). of the 2011 Laphroaig Scotch Open in McFarland, Wisconsin, United States; Bitz advanced through the quarterfinals with a 7-4 win over New York's Brandon Corbett. of the 2011 Laphroaig Scotch Open in McFarland, Wisconsin, United States;

Bitz finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bitz defeated Tyler Vietanen (Duluth, MN) 5-3, then went on to lose 4-3 against Brown. Bitz responded with a 7-2 win over Derek Surka (New Haven, CT). Bitz won 4-1 against Josh Bahr (bemidji, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

Bitz earned 1.875 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Laphroaig Scotch Open, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 47th place overall with 44.765 total points. Bitz ranks 43rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 22.125 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

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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