CHAMPION: Galusha Wins Northwest Territories Scotties

Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

Fourth
Jo-Ann
Rizzo

Third
Margot
Flemming

Second
Sarah
Koltun

SKIP
Kerry
Galusha

Games:	7
Record:	7W - 0L
PF/G:	16.96
PA/G:	3.70
Hammer Efficiency:	0.76
Steal Defense:	0.19
Force Efficiency:	0.92
Steal Efficiency:	0.52

Kerry Galusha (Yellowknife, NT) won 8-3 over Reese Wainman (Inuvik, NT) in the Final Galusha advanced directly to the championship game after finishing first in the preliminary round. of the Northwest Territories Scotties, held January 17 - 21 at the Hay River Curling Club in Hay River, Canada.

Galusha finished 6-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Galusha defeated Deb Stanley (Hay River, NT) 9-2, then won 12-2 against Wainman and 10-3 against Betti Delorey (Hay River, NT). Galusha won 14-1 against Delorey, then won 11-5 against Wainman and 14-1 against Stanley in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Northwest Territories Scotties Championship title, Galusha earned 3.750 world rankings points, remaining in 39th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 1.125 after improving upon their best so far this season. Galusha ranks 43rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 60.938 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	29	25	0	0.537	8-6	2-5	1-2	0-1	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	391	350	270	8.95	6.91	2.05	4.73	4.48	1.89	1.54	0.79

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	199	234	87	16	8-2	19-6	44-10	1.18	0.44	0.39	0.29

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	192	116	183	15	7-3	9-11	14-34	0.60	0.95	0.59	0.31

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