CHAMPION: Cenzalli Wins USA Curling Junior National Championships

SKIP
Nicholas
Cenzalli

Third
Daniel
Laufer

Second
Shaheen
Bassiri

Lead
Dylan
Ciapka

Nicholas Cenzalli (Falmouth, MA) won 8-4 over Caden Hebert (Eau Claire, WI) in the Final of the USA Curling Junior National Championships, held March 25 - 30 at the Eau Claire Curling Club in Eau Claire, United States. To advance to the championship game, Cenzalli won 9-6 over Mason Guentzel (Saint Paul, MN) in the semifinals of the USA Curling Junior National Championships in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States;

Cenzalli finished 7-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Cenzalli defeated Ryan Church (Nashua, NH) 11-1, then won 7-6 against Zachary Brenden (Bismarck, ND) and 7-6 against Hebert. Cenzalli won 8-7 against Guentzel, then won 6-3 against Caiden Rose (Denver, CO) and 9-8 against Matthew Lannoye (Portage, WI). Cenzalli won 8-7 against Aiden Fitzgerald (Fargo, ND) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the USA Curling Junior National Championships Championship title, Cenzalli earned 3.750 world rankings points, moving up 336 spots the World Ranking Standings into 255th place overall with 3.750 total points. Cenzalli ranks 263rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 3.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	9	4	0	0.692	2-0	0-3	5-1	0-1	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	114	86	75	7.54	6.58	0.96	4.74	4.21	1.59	1.56	1.05

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	52	56	13	6	1-0	2-0	12-2	1.08	0.25	0.33	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	62	30	62	6	0-1	3-3	5-16	0.48	1.00	0.46	0.31

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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