CHAMPION: Giroux Wins USA Curling Junior National Championships

SKIP
Allie
Giroux

Third
Tessa
Thurlow

Second
Ella
Fleming

Lead
Brooke
Giroux

Allie Giroux (St.Paul, MN) won 13-8 over Allory Johnson (St.Paul, MN) 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, Giroux won 8-7 over Ava Schapman (Duluth, MN) in the semifinals of the USA Curling Junior National Championships in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States;

Giroux finished 7-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Giroux defeated Nia Berg (Bemidji, MN) 10-3, then won 8-6 against Gracia Berg (Bemidji, MN) and 11-4 against Miranda Scheel (Fargo, ND). Giroux won 12-7 against Clare Viau (Stevens Point, WI), then won 6-1 against Schapman and 10-6 against Julia Pekowitz (Wayland, MA). Giroux won 7-5 against Johnson in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the USA Curling Junior National Championships Championship title, Giroux earned 7.500 world rankings points, moving up 211 spots the World Ranking Standings into 158th place overall with 7.500 total points. Giroux ranks 158th 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
2024	11	3	0	0.786	2-0	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	117	103	79	8.80	6.75	2.05	4.70	4.10	1.87	1.65	1.20

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	59	75	24	7	5-1	5-2	12-1	1.27	0.41	0.42	0.27

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	58	28	55	7	0-1	1-5	7-10	0.48	0.95	0.50	0.33

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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