Libbus Runner-Up at 2025 SGI Canada Best of the West

SKIP
Jacob
Libbus

Third
Nathan
Molberg

Second
Zachary
Pawliuk

Lead
Michael
Henricks

Jacob Libbus (Black Diamond, AB) lost 9-4 to Connor Deane (New Westminster, BC) in the Final of the SGI Canada Best of the West, held April 24 - 27, 2025 at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon, Canada. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Libbus won 6-1 over Jordon McDonald (Winnipeg, MB) to advance to the championship game. of the 2025 SGI Canada Best of the West in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada;

Libbus finished 4-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Libbus lost 5-3 to Josh Bryden (Regina, SK), then responded with a 8-0 win over Alex Duncan-Wu (New Westminster, BC). Libbus won 6-5 against Zach Davies (Edmonton, AB), then won 9-8 against Jace Freeman (Virden, MB) and 9-3 against McDonald in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the SGI Canada Best of the West, Libbus take home 13.750 world rankings points along with the $5,000CDN prize. Libbus move up 9 spots after posting a net gain of 12.25 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 54th overall with 64.375 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Libbus ranks 54th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 64.375 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	28	28	0	0.500	1-4	2-4	0-2	0-0	0-2

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	410	323	304	7.88	7.41	0.46	4.63	4.41	1.70	1.68	0.95

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	198	250	60	17	5-3	24-2	46-6	1.26	0.30	0.41	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	212	73	244	22	0-7	4-22	16-37	0.34	1.15	0.53	0.23

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