Kraft/Kraft Reaches St. Vital Mixed Doubles NISO Classic Quarters

Rilee Kraft/Cayden Kraft (Bismarck, ND) qualified for the St. Vital Mixed Doubles NISO Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-1 against Karlee Burgess/Jacques Gauthier (Winnipeg, MB). of the St. Vital Mixed Doubles NISO Classic in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada;

Kraft/Kraft finished 2-2 in the 14-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kraft/Kraft lost 8-1 to Chaelynn Kitz/Brayden Stewart (Saskatoon, SK), then responded with a 9-7 win over Jennifer Gurke/Steven Michaleski (Winnipeg, MB). Kraft/Kraft went on to lose 6-4 against Mackenzie Arbuckle/Aaron Macdonell (Winnipeg, MB). Kraft/Kraft responded with a 8-6 win over Laura Walker/Connor Njegovan (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Kraft/Kraft earned 7.500 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the St. Vital Mixed Doubles NISO Classic, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 7.500 total points. Kraft/Kraft ranks 13th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 7.500 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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