Bitz Runner-Up at 2017 Regina Highland Cashspiel

SKIP
Scott
Bitz

Third
Warren
Jackson

Second
Aryn
Schmidt

Lead
Rory
Golanowski

Scott Bitz (Saskatoon, SK) lost 4-3 to Ryan Deis (Fox Valley, SK) in the Final of the Regina Highland Cashspiel, held November 10 - 12, 2017 in Regina, Saskatchewan. To advance to the championship game, Bitz won 7-6 over Jason Jacobson (Saskatoon, SK) in the semifinals of the 2017 Regina Highland Cashspiel in Regina, Saskatchewan; and won 7-6 over Trevor Funk (Medicine Hat, AB) in the quarterfinals.

Bitz finished 3-0 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bitz defeated Jason Ackerman (Regina, SK) 5-2, then won 11-3 against Ben Gamble (Regina, SK) and 6-4 against Brent Gedak (Estevan, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Regina Highland Cashspiel, Bitz take home 12.251 world rankings points along with the $1,800CDN prize, moving up 40 spots the World Ranking Standings into 126th place overall with 31.649 total points. Bitz ranks 123rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 12.251 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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