Bear/Stopera Runner-Up at 2019 Southern Mixed Doubles

Madison Bear/Andrew Stopera (Chaska, MN) lost 9-6 to Jocelyn Peterman/Brett Gallant (Winnipeg, CAN) in the Final of the Southern Mixed Doubles, held December 27 - 29, 2019 at the Charlotte Curling Association in Charlote, United States. To advance to the championship game, Bear/Stopera won 9-3 over Zuzana Paulova/Tomas Paul (Prague, CZE) in the semifinals of the 2019 Southern Mixed Doubles in Charlote, North Carolina, United States; and won 8-2 over Lisa Hale/Ray Baker (Dauphin, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Southern Mixed Doubles in Charlote, North Carolina, United States;

Bear/Stopera finished 3-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bear/Stopera defeated Gina Swanner/Tom Rogers (Charlotte, NC) 13-1, then won 14-2 against Sylvia Jennings/David DeFehr (Charlotte, NC) and 7-5 against Kirstin McKeown/Gabriel Nickel (Blaine, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Southern Mixed Doubles, Bear/Stopera take home 16.067 world rankings points along with the $979CDN prize. For week 23 of the event schedule, Bear/Stopera did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Bear/Stopera 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

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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