Az Billiard & Dart News - January 2020 by Mike Howerton

Arizona’s Most Read & Reliable Source for Local Billiards & Dart Information January 2020

IN THIS ISSUE: FEATURES Bar Room Championship.pg. 4 JJ Johnson Memorial...... pg. 6 Mark Over Daniel........... pg. 6 Kolbys One Pocket Split. pg. 6 Carl Stewart.................... pg. 8 Roger Long..................... pg. 8 League Coverage............. 9,12 League Directory............ pg. 8 Gresh & Winkler Win.... pg 10 Montag Rolls at Kittys... pg 10 Instructor Directory........ pg 10 Mason’s 3AM Split........ pg 11 Mason’s 8-Ball Split...... pg 11 Gaff / Hampton Split...... pg 11 APA Toys for Tots.......... pg 12 Howerton Wins At JJ’s... pg 14 Matlock Undefeated....... pg 14 JJ’s 8-Ball Split.............. pg 14 Carpenter Double Dips.. pg 14 Player of the Month....... pg 15 Dart Coverage................ 17-18 Dart Tournaments........... pg 17 Daniel Leads List........... pg 19 Davis Wins in Prescott... pg 19 Daniel in Tucson............ pg 19 Montag Over Norton...... pg 20 Gresh Perfect.................. pg 20 Kittys 9-Ball Split.......... pg 20 Sanchez Wins at Kittys.. pg 20 Norton Over Gresh......... pg 22 Gresh Over Norton......... pg 22 Norton Holds On............ pg 22 Norton Unbeatable......... pg 22 Monthly Tournaments.... pg 24 Weekly Tournaments...... pg 25 Dodeys Money Shot....... pg 26 Freezers 3 Way Split...... pg 27 Courtright Conquers....... pg 27 Turkey Day Split............ pg 27 Brown/Sbelgio Split....... pg 27 Sbelgio/Succo Split........ pg 28 Barrera Over Robles...... pg 28 Posey Plays It Out.......... pg 28 Reece Wins One Pocket. pg 28

METRO SPORTZ BAR

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2020 SW DESERT CUP

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4 0 p 1050 & UNDER SCOTCH JAN 25TH - 26TH

DEEP STACK CHIP

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could also easily be named “Tournament Director of the Month” just about any month of the year, and (along with Eric Lervold and Priscilla Hernandez) he is going to add “Tour Director” to his overflowing resume in February. Check out our interview with Tim on page 15. League players on the Westside, the USAPL is starting a new season on Tuesday nights out of JJ’s. If you want to be a part of this growing league system, contact Todd Rowitz. Mike

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Bar Room Championship A TEAM FROM METRO SPORTZ BAR HELD OFF CHALLENGES FROM SIX DIFFERENT STATES FOR THE BIG WIN AT THE 5TH ANNUAL BAR ROOM CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD ON DECEMBER 7TH - 8TH AT MAIN STREET BILLIARDS.

he weekend got started with thirty two teams of five (or more) players with combined Fargo ratings of 2900 or below. These teams represented twenty two different rooms from Arizona, Nevada, California, New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma. These teams played down to just eight teams who came back on Sunday to determine the big winner. On the winner’s side, the team from Kolbys (Derek Kawamura, Josh Stinnett, Avery Reece, James Disken & Nina Tagley) defeated Freezers (Danny Teurman, Justin Turner, Joey Barrera, Jack Scerca & Kate Franco) 15-9, while Metro Sportz Bar (Evans Bishop, George Bell, Chuck Parrill, Donna Taylor & Justine Bishop) was beating Las Metro Sportz Bar Vegas’ Good Timez (Shawn Foret, Jimmy Moore, Scott Boggs, Larry matches on the left side of the board Davis & Pen Fletcher) 15-10. with Good Timez eliminating Mason’s (Mike McGovern, Kurt SiebOn the one loss side, Main Street els, Jarrod Ray, Nick Cipiti & Sara Billiards (Ray Robles, Vince Sbel- Sorg) and Freezers eliminating angio, Brian Honoway, JR Ascencion other team from Metro Sportz Bar & Jaye Succo) and Barefoot Bob’s (Burt Balancad, Larry Eans, Jose (Sue Orr, Eric Olson, Nick Kline, Gonzalez, Robert Pamiroyan & SoBryan Wilson & Adam Hurst) were phia Balancad). eliminated in 7th place. The next round saw both teams fresh off Back on the winner’s side, Metro morning losses winning their first Sportz Bar took the hot-seat with a

Kolbys

comfortable 15-9 win over Kolbys. The match on the one loss side was a lot more dramatic with Freezers scoring a hill-hill win over Good Timez. They kept their streak going with a 15-11 win over Kolbys in the semi-final and the true double elimination finals were ready to kick off.

out from an early cue ball foul that Joey Barrera called on himself in the final rack, to take the win 15-11.

In addition to nearly $19,000 in team prize money, Scott Boggs from Good Timez and Sara Miller from Bullshooters won MVP awards as top male and female players for the The first set of the finals saw Freez- event. er’s break a 9-9 tie to take a 12-9 lead. They held that same lead at COMPLETE PAYOUTS: 13-10 when George Bell and Evans 1st Metro Sportz Bar I - $6,920 Bishop pulled Metro Sportz Bar 2nd Freezer’s Sports Bar & Grill back to within one at 13-12. Jack - $3,400 Scerca and Kate Franco scored the final two racks to give Freezer’s a 3rd Kolby’s Corner Pocket 15-13 win and force the second set. Billiards - $2,500 Freezer’s held a small lead early 4th Good Timez Billiards I in the second set as they broke a $1,700 4-4 tie to take a 6-4 lead. The two 5th Metro Sportz Bar II - $1,200 teams kept pace with each other 5th Mason’s Sports Pub & Grub until 9-7, when Freezer’s took their $1,200 first 3 rack lead at 10-7. Down 117th Main Street Billiards - Mesa 8, it was Metro Sportz Bar that dug - $900 down to find their best games. Metro proceeded to win the next seven 7th Barefoot Bob’s Billiards racks, with Chuck Parrill running $900

Good Timez

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JJ Johnson Memorial Tourney THE JJ JOHNSON MEMORIAL CHARITY TOURNAMENT AND FUND RAISER HELD ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7 AT FREEZERS TURNED OUT TO BE A HUGE SUCCESS BY COLLECTING $2500.00 FOR HIS WIDOW, VJ (VERLENE).

layers always comment about the vibrancy of the Arizona pool community. It certainly was confirmed on this weekend with three large tournaments scheduled. JJ touched the lives of so many people with his friendly smile and great big hug, and assistance for whoever needed it! He

certainly has been missed. Since JJ’s passing, Verlene has been battling cancer and surely needed the help of the community to get her through this difficult time.

len for taking first place and Jasper Yeh and Scott Mathews who battled it out to the very last ball for second! Verlene had a treatment on that Saturday morning and wasn’t feeling well enough to attend the tournament; however, she sent her love, appreciation and gratitude to everyone for helping with her medical bills.

Thanks to the efforts of Pati Martinez, Owner of the TAP Pool League; Peggy Mallen, Owner of G Cue Billiards and volunteer Scott Matthews, every-

We love you VJ and hold you and JJ in our hearts. Bob Hillen and Todd Gunderson (1st place)

thing fell into place with 16 players attending and many, many more individuals donating through the FaceBook Fundraiser and buying raffle tickets for the Balabushka Pool Cue, donated by G Cue Billiards. Jasper Yeh and Scott Matthews (2nd place)

Congratulations to Todd Gunderson and Bob Hil-

MARK OVER DANIEL AT KOLBY’S DEEP STACK TOURNEY

Verlene holding the check

Percival Jauregui and Harold Lyons

ave Mark added a little with Mark outlasting Tim and also extra money to his Christ- taking home the “Most Games mas stocking as he came Won” bonus.. out on top of the Kolby’s Deep Stack 10-Ball Chip Tournament COMPLETE PAYOUTS: 1st Dave Mark $300 on December 21st. 2nd Tim Daniel $108 The tournament finally came 3rd Justina Wilbur $82 down to Mark and Tim Daniel 4th Lu Peng $50

KOLBYS ONE POCKET SPLIT PERCIVAL JAUREGUI WAS UNDEFEATED, BUT HE WAS CERTAINLY PUT TO THE TEST, AT THE KOLBY’S MONTHLY ONE POCKET EVENT ON NOVEMBER 30TH.

auregui’s first match was a comfortable 2-0 win over Alex Esparza, but he then had to fight through three hill-hill matches against Mike Bernardi, “Preacher” Ronn Rutan and Harold Lyons to get to the hot-seat.

Brian Brown, Justin Turner and Joey Barrera

While all of this was going on, Kurtis Larkin was tearing through the one loss side. After a 2-0 loss to Rutan in his second match of the day, Larkin eliminated Charlie Ward, Nick Cipiti, Ben Hrabina and Rutan before finally dropping PAGE 6

a 2-1 decision to Lyons in the semi-final match. With the late hour, Jauregui and Lyons agreed to split 1st and 2nd place instead of playing out the final match. COMPLETE PAYOUTS: 1st Percival Jauregui $260 2nd Harold Lyons $150 3rd Kurtis Larkin $100 4th Ronn Rutan $50

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Looking at the Board of Death By Carl STEWART BCA Certified Instructor HOW MANY TIMES HAS THE BOARD OF DEATH (TOURNAMENT BOARD) DISTRACTED YOU OFF YOUR GAME? YOU SEE WHAT OR WHOM IS IN FRONT AND IN BACK (B SIDE) ON THE BOARD AND ARE PSYCHED OUT ow many times have you played in a tournament BEFORE YOU EVEN GET TO THE TABLE. where you were worried about who you were going to play preparation minimizes anxiety. Fo- that word. Everyone is good (smart) next? Have you ever watched and cusing on preparation gets you fully at something in my opinion (IMO). waited for the result of a match ready to be your best no matter who Now you have all kinds of positive hoping that you were going to face is your next opponent. Focusing on things to think about and all those a player that was a more favorable preparation is a positive mindset that negative thoughts should be tucked match up? It is understandable that enables you to play your best every away so you can win this game and you would want to play against a time you play. then the match which leads to winplayer that you feel is an easier opFocusing on Your Prematch Prepa- ning the tournament. ponent to beat. Do you see a probration: Let’s take a moment and look at lem with that mindset? What if you had to play the opponent you were Get yourself in a regular prematch your preparation in your pool game. rooting against? You have an un- routine for every tournament and What does preparation mean to derlying tone that you fear you are every match. What will you do to you? Is it practicing longer hours going to lose. Feelings of uneasiness physically prepare for the match? before an event? Let me go over and anxiety will build throughout What will you do to mentally pre- some actions that I think are great the time you wait for the match. This pare for the match? ways to prepare for events. These apprehension will affect your prepaare in no particular order getting Possible answers: ration and your mental approach for sleep and being rested, do not drink the match. At that point, you have • Visualize executing your game alcohol (save that for once you win given your opponent an advantage or are out of the tournament), do not plan even before the match has begun. • Fuel up your confidence skimp on things you need IE get to You never know who you are going • Remind oneself to take it one ball the event a day early which means to play next. It is totally outside of and game at a time an extra night in the hotel room. If your control, so why waste mental • Prepare to trust in your skills and you have any doubts in your equipenergy that could be spent on someswing away ment (tip, shaft, a case for flying), thing you can control and something My pool teammates in the past would get them fixed before the tournathat benefits your performance. yell “one ball at a time”. What do you ment. Money is an issue for everyRemember from last month to be think that means? To me it means do one so do not think you’re alone. A a narcissist, and think of the Greek not over think the complete table trick is to plan well and do not overgod Narcissus? Make your game run and just keep it simple. At the spend the night before in the events plan that includes focusing on pos- Arizona Billiard Academy, I teach casino. Doing that will be on your itive thought and do not forget your K.I.S.S which stand for Keep It mind and distract you from your PREPARATION! Focusing on your Simple Silly. I know you have heard game. Food can be the key for monpreparation takes you out of a “fear that before and some others use the ey problems and energy lows and mindset”. Focusing on you and your word stupid, but I do not believe in spikes in an event. Food is usually

The Truth About Cues, Part 5

one of the most expensive parts of a trip for a pool tournament. Here are some tricks see listed below • Shop at SAMs COSCO get bulk prices • Plan on getting to your room and rest and eat • Think about what you buy (not all junk) • The fridges in the rooms are not that big but ice is free – bring a large cooler • Do not drink alcohol – until you win or are out of the event Let me finish up with a great example of preparing and focus. That was last year’s 2018 Mosconi cup held in Europe. Tyler Styer, a rookie that year, went over to Europe 2 weeks early to settle in and adjust to the time change, culture and foods offered over there. IMO, he won the cup for the team USA last year when he beat Niels ‘The Terminator’ Feijen. Niels has pool cues older than Tyler and has 1000% more experience and wins under his belt, but Tyler did let that negativity get in his way. He focused on his preparation and a positive mindset enabled him to play his best match of his life so far. In closing, I like to say I can beat anyone in the event, and I can also lose to anyone in the event too.

the same woods, and to the same specs, have two different hits? And then something dawned on By Roger Long me. My friend’s cue was adorned with nickel-silver rings in the joint I ENDED MY LAST ARTICLE BY RELATING HOW CHANGING FROM MY OLD RICH TO A NEW SCRUGGS HAD collars, whereas mine had ebony MADE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN THE HIT THAT I WAS ACCUSTOMED TO WITH MY OLD CUE, AND IT and maple “stitch” rings, which TURNED OUT THAT IT WAS BECAUSE THE TWO CUES HAD DIFFERENT JOINTS. told me that they were most liket was after discovering what tip replacements and other repairs fer that same hit. And I was right! ly responsible for my cue’s softer, quieter hit. a difference that one compo- for the “big boys”. It was at one Soooooo….I bought that cue! nent could make, that I started such tournament, years ago, that In the years since, I have noticed paying closer attention to all the Joe was displaying a cue he had After I returned home with my that you rarely, if ever, will see a components in cues. And what made that was a copy of a South- new Blackburn cue, I was showing Southwest cue with any metal in I found out was that, besides the west. By that I mean its joint was all my friends how well it played. joint, almost all other components a 3/8-11 brass pin that threaded One of those friends quickly decid- it except for the brass joint pin. in any given cue will usually make into the wooden shaft in a flat- ed that he had to have a cue built And for a company that has a 12a slight difference in the overall faced configuration; had Micarta by Joe Blackburn, so he placed year waiting list for cues costing playability of that cue. Maybe not ferrules on both shafts; and had a an order for one with all the same in excess of $2K each, I’d say they have good reason for building cues as much difference as the joint, but short phenolic butt cap and phe- specs as mine. the way they do. a difference none the less. nolic joint collars – all just like a Upon my friend receiving his cue, Southwest Cue. I asked him if I could try it out. But keep in mind that other cue Take, for instance, my next cue after the Scruggs. That cue was Now beings I previously had the Immediately, I noticed a slight dif- components: the tip, the ferrule, made by Joe Blackburn, a man opportunity to hit some balls with ference in the hit between his and the collar materials, etc. all play who primarily makes his living by a Southwest cue, and had subse- mine. His seemed to be just a lit- a part in producing any cue’s final recovering pool tables and repair- quently made my mind up that it tle stiffer and noisier. I couldn’t hit. ing cues, but also sets up at profes- had the exact hit I liked, I suspect- figure it out. How could two cues sional tournaments where he does ed Joe Blackburn’s cue would of- made by the same man, out of Next time: shafts.

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Arizona League Information ACS – American Cue Sports LEAGUE NAME: ARIZONA POOL Where: Statewide Contact: Michael Kerin Phone: 480-217-2358 Email: AZPL@Cox.net Website: www.AZPL.net LEAGUE NAME: SHARKS Where: Phoenix Contact: Jodi Hirning Phone: 602-505-6491

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LEAGUE NAME: PRESCOTT BILLIARDS ASSOCIATION City: Prescott & Surrounding Areas, Arizona Contact: Nichole Wilson Number: 928-642-7473 Email: nrwilson83@gmail.com

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Contact 1: Cathy Kelley Work #: 480-203-8640

ARIZONA HOT SHOTS

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BILLIARDS

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City: Prescott & Surrounding Areas, Arizona

8-BALL LEAGUE

LEAGUE NAME: CHAMPIONS City: Phoenix Contact: Todd Rowitz Number: 847-331-8469 LEAGUE NAME: CLICKS IN City: Tucson Contact: Chris Chlup Number: 520-245-9629

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PLACE SHOOTERS

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LEAGUE NAME: ARIZONA HOT SHOTS Where: Phoenix, AZ Contact: Larry Eans Phone: (602) 677-4220 Website: www.azhotshotsonline.com

Contact: Ronald Martin

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City: Phoenix

IN HOUSE

LEAGUE NAME: USAPL City: Phoenix Contact: Todd Rowitz Number: 847-331-8469

Number: 928-530-0739

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LEGACY LEAGUE

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OF CHAMPIONS

Where: Maricopa County Contact: Frank Alvarez III

APA – American Pool Players Association LEAGUE NAME: TUCSON APA Where: Tucson, Arizona Contact: Brandon Ferguson Phone: 520-615-9883 Fax: 520-529-8085 E-Mail: brandon@tucsonapa.com E-Mail: adrianne@tucsonapa.com LEAGUE NAME: APA PHOENIX Where: Phoenix, Arizona Contact: Doug & Gina Nowlin Phone: (602) 920-9192 Website: phx.apaleagues.com

LEAGUE NAME: 8 BALL SHOOTERS City: Peoria Contact: Brian O’very Number: 602-828-1617 Email: brian.overy@cox.net LEAGUE NAME: ROUTE 66 City: Holbrook Contact: Anna Bokker Number: 928-587-9327

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VNEA – Valley National 8-Ball League Association LEAGUE NAME: EAGLE VNEA Where: Tucson Contact: Eric Allen Phone: (520) 748-2955 E-Mail: info@eaglevnea.com LEAGUE NAME: TROY VENDING Where: Statewide Contact: Scott Phone: (602) 265-0178 Website: www.TroyVending.com LEAGUE NAME: TAP THIS BILLIARD LEAGUE Where: Maricopa and Pinal Counties Contact: John Muehling Phone: 602–309-7777 Contact: Pati Martinez Phone: 602-305-7819 Website: www.TAPTHISBilliards.com

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Chuck Sowers, Chad Lovelace, Pete Gresh Sr. and Dennis Winkler

Josh Montag and Joe Stuart

GRESH & WINKLER WIN AT KITTY’S DENNIS WINKLER & PETE GRESH SR. TEAMED UP TO DOUBLE DIP CHAD LOVELACE & CHUCK SOWERS AND WIN THE KITTY’S SCOTCH DOUBLES 9-BALL EVENT ON DECEMBER 7TH.

resh & Winkler lost to Randell Moore & Alex Salem in the final four on the winner’s side, and Moore & Salem then dropped the hot-seat match to Lovelace & Sowers.

lem in the semi-final match and then crush Lovelace & Sowers 4-1 and 4-0 in the double elimination finals.

The loss to Moore & Salem only managed to bring out Winkler & Gresh’s “A Games”, as they proceeded to eliminate Moore & Sa-

1st Dennis Winkler & Pete Gresh Sr. $260 2nd Chad Lovelace & Chuck Sowers $100

COMPLETE PAYOUTS:

MONTAG ROLLS AT KITTY’S JOSH MONTAG STARTED OUT STRONG AND THEN PLAYED EVEN BETTER FOR A DOMINATING WIN AT THE KITTY’S THANKSGIVING 615 & UNDER EVENT ON NOVEMBER 28TH.

ontag’s 5-2 win over Frank Parker and then his 5-1 win over Alex Salem were both impressive, but what he did after that was truly dominating. Montag went on to defeat James Roren Sr. and Joe Stuart by a combined scoreline of 10-0 to take the hot-seat. Stuart faced Tony Norton in the semi-final match with Norton riding a three match winning streak.

Stuart played him tough though, and pulled out a 3-3 victory for a rematch with Montag in the finals. Montag was just as unstoppable in the finals as he had been in the hot-seat match, scoring another 5-0 win over Stuart for first place. COMPLETE PAYOUTS: 1st Josh Montag $130 2nd Joe Stuart $45 3rd Tony Norton $30

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BLACKBURN AND BALANCAD PLAY TO 3AM MASON’S SPLIT STEVE BLACKBURN AND BURT BALANCAD WERE THE LAST PLAYERS STANDING AT THE MASON’S 10-BALL EVENT ON DECEMBER 20TH.

fter wins over Sheena Furrey, Phil Salas and Steve Johannes Jr, Blackburn handed Balancad his first (and only) loss of the night 5-4. Blackburn then took the hot-seat with a 5-2 win over Teri Curtis.

Balancad eliminated the Johannes family on the one loss side with wins over both Johannes Jr. and Sr., followed up with a 4-1 win over Curtis to set up a rematch with Blackburn in the finals. That rematch wouldn’t happen though, as the clock on the wall said 3:00.

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MASON’S 8-BALL SPLIT TENADORE LEE AND TYSON COLE PLAYED TO A SPLIT AT THE MASON’S MONTHLY 8-BALL EVENT ON DECEMBER 6TH.

ee had wins over Tony Norton, Dave Vargas, Bobby Thomas and Cole on the way to the hot-seat match. His opponent for the hotseat was Ed Scott, who came in with wins over Sara Sorg, Burt Balancad and Claudia Morada to his credit.

The hot-seat went to Lee 2-0 and Scott dropped to the one loss side. His stay would not be long on the left side of the board, as Cole then handed him his second 2-0 loss.

Tenadore Lee

Tyson Cole

Considering the late hour, Lee and Cole opted for a split of first and second place, with each player taking $190 in prize money.

Another point of interest in this event was the appearance of Dana Moore, who went “two and out”. COMPLETE PAYOUTS: 1st Steve Blackburn $207.50 1st Burt Balancad $207.50 3rd Teri Curtis $90 4th Steve Johannes Jr. $60 5th Jason Anderson $40 5th Steve Johannes Sr. $40 7th Robin Clark $20 Final three photo collage courtesy of Sara Sorg

7th Kyle Janowiak $20

GAFF AND HAMPTON SPLIT AT MASON’S LEANDREA GAFF WOULD NOT GET HER CHANCE TO AVENGE AN EARLY LOSS, BUT SHE WOULD STILL RIDE THE ONE LOSS SIDE TO A SPLIT OF FIRST AND SECOND AT MASON’S ON DECEMBER 21ST.

aff lost to Gary Metoxin in the final eight in the winner’s side, before Metoxin lost to the eventual hot-seat holder Ernest Hampton. On the one loss side, Gaff had wins over Mary Helen Mondragon, Sara Sorg and Robert Livingston to earn what looked like a rematch with Metoxin in the final four. Instead of that rematch Gaff faced Ed LaRue, who had just eliminated Metoxin in 5th place. The opponent didn’t matter though, as Gaff went on to defeat LaRue and then Bernard Benson, who

had dropped the hot-seat match to Hampton. Gaff came out of the one loss side to hand Hampton a 2-0 loss in the first set of the double elimination finals, and both players then agreed to split first and second place. COMPLETE PAYOUTS: 1st Ernest Hampton $80 1st Leandrea Gaff $80 3rd Bernard Benson $35 4th Ed LaRue $15

Ernest Hampton, Leandrea Gaff and Bernard Benson

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APA Toys for Tots A BIG SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE ARIZONA POOL PLAYERS THAT SUPPORTED THE ANNUAL ‘HELPING SANTA AND MRS. CLAUS TOY DRIVE” 8 BALL TOURNAMENT HELD ON DECEMBER 15TH AT BULLSHOOTERS.

t couldn’t have been the success it was without all of you that participated. 40 players from all over the valley participated in this year’s charity event and everyone had a great time playing pool and enjoying time with their friends. Besides the players having a great time, the young kids from around Arizona who are less fortunate than the rest of us will have a little merrier Christmas this year. We received a truckload of toys to deliver to the charity. Helping Santa and Mrs. Claus Toy Drive was previously the Toys for Tots tournament that was held at Bullshooters for the last 11 years. The name of the tournament was changed this year so that we could deliver the toys to kids here local-

You don’t have to be a part of any pool league or group to participate. Players from all over are welcome to play. The ‘Helping Santa and Mrs. Claus’ annual tournament is sponsored by Bullshooters, the APA and Santa and his wife. The

ly rather than the National program put on by the Marine Corp. Not that we think that the Toys for Tots program is not a great organization, but we just would rather benefit kids here locally. Thanks to Michael and Tammy Ridder, who are the local Santa and his wife at many events around the valley, including this tournament. They were both on hand Sunday afternoon for pictures and even playing in the tournament. Congratulations goes out to Alex DeDora for his first place finish. Chuck Evans came in second with Roger Ramos taking third and finally Michael Wolfe taking fourth.

Bryce Diaz helping Santa and Mrs. Claus

We would also like to thank Mike and Julie Bates, and their whole

Alex Dedora

Michael Wolfe

Chuck Evans

Roger Ramos

event is held at Bullshooters pool hall in Phoenix each year just before Christmas and benefits the less fortunate kids here locally. The entry to the tournament is a new, unwrapped toy to be donated, and $10 entry fee used as the prize fund for the players. It’s such a great event, said Gina Nowlin, the APA league Operator here in Phoenix. It is so good to see everyone come down and have a good time while doing There were a lot of new faces this something so important for someyear as well as the players who one else. The sportsmanship is so have been coming out every year great. to support this great event. We have one gentleman, Bob Reeves, who is The APA and Bullshooters would here from the Midwest for the hol- like to thank everyone for your paridays who has played in this event ticipation. This event would not be possible without you the players. for the last 5 years. staff at Bullshooters for helping to sponsor this annual event. You guys do an awesome job. They have been hosting this tournament since it’s very beginnings. If you didn’t make it down at least to the buffet that Julie put on, you just don’t know what you missed. She out did herself this year with an Italian themed cuisine complete with tasty desserts to die for.

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January 2020 James Matlock and Pete Barrios

HOWERTON WINS AT JJ’S MIKE HOWERTON HAD A FLASHBACK TO WHEN HE USED TO PLAY POOL, AND SOMEHOW WENT UNDEFEATED TO WIN THE JJ’S 560 & UNDER 8-BALL EVENT ON NOVEMBER 30TH.

owerton’s day started in a quick 2-0 hole in his match against Steve Johannes, but he went on to win three straight games to stay on the right side of the board. He went to score 3-1 wins over Brian McFarland and Tony Yuzuik before a hill-hill win over Dennis Winkler and then another hill-hill win against Marvin Wallace for the hot-seat. After a quarterfinal 3-1 loss to Wallace, Jose Delaluz scored back-toback-to-back 2-0 wins over James

Fogerty, Randell Moore and Wallace to earn his place in the finals, but after sitting in the hot-seat for a while, Howerton was brimming with confidence and scored a 3-0 win for first place. COMPLETE PAYOUTS: 1st Mike Howerton $185 (no side pot) 2nd Jose Delaluz $155 (winner take all side pot) 3rd Marvin Wallace $60 4th Randell Moore $35

MATLOCK UNDEFEATED AT JJ’S SUNDAY EVENT SUNDAY WAS TRULY A FUN DAY FOR JAMES MATLOCK AS HE WON THE DELAYED 560 & UNDER 9-BALL EVENT AT JJ’S ON DECEMBER 8TH.

sually the weekly event is a Saturday 8-Ball event, but an overlapping tournament forced the event to be delayed to Sunday, much to Matlock’s delight.

and then Pete Barrios for the hotseat.

Barrios was back looking for more in the finals, after a quick 3-1 win over Rod “Ramrod” Palma in the semi-final match, but he Matlock, a 463 Fargo player, had still wouldn’t have what it took to his work cut out for him as he was stop Matlock in a hill-hill first set playing higher rated opponents of the finals. for the majority of the day with no spot. After wins over lower rated COMPLETE PAYOUTS: Carrie Stewart and Victor Man- 1st James Matlock $75 uel Acosta Soto, Matlock scored 2nd Pete Barrios $50 tough 4-2 wins over Tim White 3rd Rod Palma $20

Mike Howerton and Jose Delaluz

JJ’S 8-BALL SPLIT

CARPENTER DOUBLE DIPS MOORE AT JJ’S

A FIELD OF TWENTY TWO PLAYERS CAME OUT TO JJ’S ON DECEMBER 14TH FOR THE 560 & UNDER 8-BALL EVENT WHERE THE TWO TOP FARGO RATED PLAYERS FACED OFF FOR THE HOT-SEAT, BUT ONLY EARNED A FIRST/SECOND PLACE SPLIT.

CHRIS CARPENTER AVENGED HIS ONLY LOSS AND CAME BACK TO WIN THE JJ’S 560 & UNDER 8-BALL EVENT ON DECEMBER 21ST.

ose Delaluz (a Fargo 560) navigated the bottom of the bracket with wins over Glenn Parton, Joe Nicita, Vernon Jones and Veronica Poore, while Scott Vogelsberg (“only” a Fargo 559) had wins over Sylvia Salinas, Dan Lorett and Tyler Williams on his way to the hot-seat match. The hot-seat went to the higher rated Delaluz, with a 3-0 scoreline.

Fargo players as she beat Parton and Vogelsberg in back-to-back 2-0 matches on the one loss side. She wasn’t done though, as she then handed Delaluz his first loss 3-2 in the first set of the finals. That was enough for both players to agree to a first/second place split from there.

Veronica Poore showed that she wasn’t afraid of any higher rated

1st Jose Delaluz $165 1st Veronica Poore $195 ($20 top female bonus) 3rd Scott Vogelsberg $45 4th Glenn Parton $25

Jose Delaluz and Veronica Poore

COMPLETE PAYOUTS:

eronica Poore was back again, looking to better her 1st/2nd place split from the week before, and she fought her way into the final four on the winner’s side. This time, she was joined by Randell Moore, Carpenter and tournament director Vernon Jones. Moore sent Poore to the one loss side 3-2, while Carpenter scored his third straight 3-0 win, this time over Jones.

final match. She eliminated Tyler Williams and Tom White in identical 2-1 matches, but her run came to an end in third place after dropping the semi-final match to Carpenter 2-1.

Carpenter’s unbeaten streak would finally come to and end in the hot-seat match, losing to Moore 3-1. On the one loss side, Poore was looking for another

1st Chris Carpenter $190 2nd Randell Moore $75 3rd Veronica Poore $35 4th Tom White $15

Randell Moore and Chris Carpenter

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The double elimination finals went both sets, with Carpenter scoring a 3-0 win in the first set and a 2-1 win in the second set for the double dip first place. COMPLETE PAYOUTS:

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January Player of the Month

Tim Daniel

MOST OF US ARE PRETTY PLEASED WHEN WE WIN A TOURNAMENT. EVEN A SECOND PLACE FINISH IS PRETTY FUN. FOR OUR JANUARY PLAYER OF THE MONTH, TWO WINS AND A SECOND PLACE FINISH IN DECEMBER, SEEMS LIKE JUST ANOTHER MONTH OF POOL.

Arizona Billiard & Dart News In the 2000's the pool scene was AWESOME in Florida... I used to run 2 Tournament's a week with 5060 players & there was an Amateur Tour with a lot of Strong Players & a pretty strong pro tour... AZ is pretty strong because we're all in one place for the most part, where as it's spread out over Florida where you might have to drive 3-8 hrs to go to a good Tournament. For the most part though, I like AZ better for how we come together as a family when someone is in need of help!!!! When did you make the transition from winning Tournament's to running them: Funny question.... I've always played & won Tournament's (still do :) ) but I started running Tournament's back in '91 when a guy named Ralph Curry ran tournaments at Click's Billiards in Orlando. He showed me how to set them up & said they're pretty easy to run once you do the draw, they pretty much run themselves lol. Where did the idea for the new 565 & Under tour come from?

nd don’t forget running up to five tournaments a week, with some on the same day. Anyone who plays pool in the state is sure to know our Player of the Month, Tim Daniel. OK, lets start with the basic. What type of cues do you play with? Standard maple shaft 58" cue Chris Nitti Favorite game? Bar table 8-Ball

'90 when I learned the game of 9 states for pool. How would those ball. What really got me into pool days in the 2000’s in Florida comis when a friend's dad took us to a pare to what we have in Az today? Florida Pro Event 64 Player event $100 Entry $1500 for 1st place! I was like “$1500 in 2 days, I didn't make that in 2 weeks working”… So I set out to learn about my stroke & practiced EVERY DAY... Whether it was playing someone, a tournament or just doing drills!! With all of those tournaments, what would you consider your biggest win? I've actually have two cherished events that I’ve taken down...

Is there a room that you consider your home room? 1) 2005 Florida V.N.E.A State Don't really have one, but I like Championship with 337 players Main St & Freezer's to play out of. #Undefeated in a race to 4 loser breaks format You are currently rated just under 700 in Fargo. Do you know 2) 2016 Mezz West State Tour in AZ what your highest rating has winning against Mitch Ellerman in the finals when I was down 8-6 in a been? race to 11 alternate break format & 708 I won 11-8 also #Undefeated What some people might not know about you is that you have been competing for a tournaments for a long long time. I see records on AzBilliards of you compete in regional event in Florida back in 2000. How long have you been competing and what first got you into pool?

What caused your move from Florida and when did it happen?

March 2013 is when I decided to come to AZ.. the pool scene was kind of dying & a friend (RT) had to told me how good the pool scene was here, so I decided I needed a change... I'm glad I did, I actually wished I would've made the move I've been playing since '86 when the sooner! Color of Money came out ( Everyone used to beat me, seriously). I've There was a time when Florida been playing competitively since was considered one of the top PAGE 15

I was thinking that because there was no more 550 & under Torpedo Tour, I would raise it to 565 since that was the mid point of an 8 & 550 was still letting in some of the lower rates 8's in the tournament.

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Daniel Earns a Little Breathing Room With Freezers Win TIM DANIEL CAN FINALLY RELAX AS HE GUARANTEED HIS SPOT IN THE FINAL 32 PLAYERS OF THE FREEZER’S POINTS LIST SERIES ON DECEMBER 8TH.

aniel, clinging to a 610 point lead on the points list, found the hot-seat after wins over Mike Dickinson, Jaden Brock and Bob Hillen. Dickinson fought through the one loss side with wins over Brian Long, Brian Brown and Jaden Brock before a forfeit win

over Hillen in the semi-finals. In the race to seven final match, Dickinson cried uncle at 5-0 down, giving Daniel the win and first place. Now holding a more comfortable 810 point lead over

Tim Daniel

his nearest opponent on the points list, and the top 32 players all earning free entry into $1000 added series finale, it is highly improbable that Daniel will need to worry about qualifying. COMPLETE PAYOUTS: 1st Tim Daniel $120 2nd Mike Dickinson $40 3rd Bob Hillen $20 4th Jaden Brock $10 POINT LEADER'S AS OF 12/17/19 1. Tim Daniel - 1470 2. Chris Lulek - 660 3. Christ Aiardo - 530 4. Bret Huth - 420 5. Joseph Barrera - 370 6. Chuck Evans - 365 7. Bernie Pettipiece - 360 8. Peter Boucos - 345 9. Brian Brown - 310 10. Paul Grande - 270 11. Bob Hillen - 270 12. Mike Dickinson - 270 13. Abdulwahab Aldelaimi - 240 14. Fernando Prats - 240 15. Marcus Teufel - 220

16. Evans Bishop - 210 17. Nicholas De Leon - 200 18. Fernando Diaz - 180 19. Darnell Ishmael - 175 20. Bobby Emmons - 160 21. Tera Crisalida - 160 22. Rich Mamerto - 140 23. John Marquis - 130 24. Nathan Verry - 130 25. Justin Turner - 125 26. Tim Benally - 120 27. Todd Rowitz - 110 28. Stephen Gary - 110 29. Scott Mathews - 110 30. Tom DiLorenzo - 110 31. Jaden Kevin Brock - 100 32. Kurt Siebels - 100 TOP 32 GET FREE ENTRY!! ALL OTHER'S HAVE 1 LAST CHANCE TO GET IN the TOP 32 on Jan 19th.... 33. Jimmy Sears - 90 34. Jaye Succo - 80 35. JR Ascencion - 80 36. Nick Cipiti - 80 37. Bramin Brown - 80 38. Alex Esparza - 65 39. Sam Yonko - 65 40. George Teyechea - 65 41. Jesse Hill - 65 42. James Lester - 65 43. Ray Robles - 65 44. Brian Long - 65 45. Nancy Kennedy - 60 46. Dan Gaughan - 60 47. Aaron Conway - 50

48. Manny Luevano - 50 49. Rob James - 50 50. Leroy Banks - 50 51. Wayne Tang - 50 52. Martin Collelo -50 53. Ed Gonzalez - 50 54. Peter Horton - 50 55. Jon Ames - 50 56. Bill Truitt - 50 57. Rob Peoples - 50 58. Scott Chadwick - 50 59. Ira Hyler - 50 60. David Smith - 40 61. John Mauren - 40 62. Justin Brown - 40 63. Todd Dilley - 40 64. Windy Breck - 40 65. Gil Franco - 40 66. Ray Lapinid - 40 67. Bill Noland - 40 68. Matt Dawson - 40 69. Jose Granillo - 40 70. BJ Schellenberg - 40 71. Rich Derockbraine - 40 72. Billy Coulston - 40 73. Steven Lingafelter - 40 74. Dante Greenlaw - 30 75. Tom Winfield - 30 76. Fred Straps - 30 77. Craig Herman - 30 78. Jeff Herchert - 30 79. Shawn Ashworth - 30 80. Erik Lee - 30 81. Joel McCallister - 30 82. John Sanchez - 30 83. Kirk Jewell - 30 84. Lincoln Bigley - 30 85. Alex Lucero - 25

ANDY DAVIS WINS BOB SOTO MEMORIAL

DANIEL UNDEFEATED IN TUCSON

FORTY TWO PLAYERS CAME OUT TO BAREFOOT BOB’S IN PRESCOTT VALLEY ON DECEMBER 7TH - 8TH TO PAY TRIBUTE TO BOB SOTO AND TO COMPETE IN THE BOB SOTO MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT.

APPARENTLY BORED WITH WINNING TOURNAMENTS IN THE PHOENIX AREA, TIM DANIEL TREKKED OUT TO TUCSON ON NOVEMBER 30TH, WHERE HE WENT THROUGH A FIELD OF 50 PLAYERS TO WIN THE POCKETS FARGO 10-BALL TOURNAMENT.

his event combined 9-Ball on the 9’ tables with 8-ball on the 7’ tables for a unique tournament experience. Saturday play brought the field down to just eight players with Ronn Rutan, Robert Berry, Andy Davis and Alex Halenka on the right side of the board, and Linda Gaines, Anthony Begay, Les Webb and Willie Harris on the one loss side. Berry and Davis got Sunday started with wins over Rutan and Davis, while Begay and Harris kept their tournament hopes alive with wins over Gaines and Webb. Rutan would be the first Sunday player to get comfortable on the one-loss side as he eliminated Begay and Harris.

Robert Berry and Andy Davis

In the hot-seat match, it was Andy Davis with a 4-2 win over Robert Berry, but Berry was right back looking for more after he eliminated Rutan 5-4 in the semi-final match. Davis proved to be just as hard to beat in the finals as he had been the rest of the weekend, as he eliminated Berry in one set to earn first place.

COMPLETE PAYOUTS: 1st Andy Davis $835 2nd Robert Berry $805 (add side pots) 3rd Ronn Rutan $365 4th Willie Harris $185 5th Alex Halenka $140 5th Anthony Begay $130 7th Les Webb $65 7th Linda Gaines $165 (top female bonus)

aniel started things out Alameda willing to split first and with comfortable wins second place with him. over Rob Valenzuela, Andy Kachur, Luke Barnes and COMPLETE PAYOUTS: James Taylor, before being test- 1st Tim Daniel $1025 ed in back to back 5-3 wins over 2nd Rudy Alameda $730 Chris Paradowski and Rudy Ala- 3rd Mike Hamman $285 meda. 4th Heather Cortez $140 On the one loss side, Mike Ham- 5th Dwayne Celestine $50 man knew he was going to have 5th Chris Paradowski $50 to turn in a strong finish. After his 7th James Taylor $30 second round loss to Alameda, 7th Chris Lozada $30 Hamman faced Tracie Hamman in his first match on the left side of the board. Scoring a 6-3 win over Tracie, Mike was going to have to finish well in order to avoid sleeping on the couch. That turned out to be the proper motivation as he then scored seven straight wins on the left side of the board. Alameda finally brought Hamman’s streak to an end, and at 2am, the finals were ready to begin with a rematch between Alameda and Daniel. Knowing he still had a two hour drive back home, Daniel was relieved to find

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Tim Daniel and Rudy Alameda

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MONTAG DOUBLE DIPS NORTON FOR KITTY’S WIN

GRESH PERFECT AT KITTY’S PETE GRESH SR. TURNED IN A PERFECT PERFORMANCE AT KITTY’S ON DECEMBER 2ND TO WIN THE 615 & UNDER 8-BALL EVENT.

JOSH MONTAG BEAT TONY NORTON IN TEN OF THE SEVENTEEN RACKS THEY PLAYED AGAINST EACH OTHER ON DECEMBER 1ST TO WIN THE 615 & UNDER 9-BALL EVENT AT KITTY’S. THE TWO PLAYERS FIRST FACED OFF FOR THE HOT-SEAT, WHERE NORTON BEAT MONTAG 4-2.

an Neagle was making his mark in this event from the one loss side. Neagle dropped his first match of the day to Justin Combs 4-2. Neagle then went on a five match winning streak, eliminating such notables as Marcus Teufel, Randell Moore and Kaitlin Stengel. Montag brought Neagle’s streak to an end in the semi-final match with a 6-1 win.

Maybe it just took Montag a couple racks to get a good measure on Norton, because he came back from the one loss side and double dipped Norton 4-1 and 4-2 for first place. COMPLETE PAYOUTS:

resh kicked things off with a 2-0 win over Dennis Winkler, followed by a 2-0 win over Alex Salem. He then took the hot-seat with a 2-0 win over Chad Lovelace. Lovelace didn’t stay on the one loss side for long, as he eliminated Tony Norton 2-1 in third place, to earn another shot at Gresh in the finals.

Unfortunately for Lovelace, the finals was a repeat of the hot-seat match with Gresh scoring a 2-0 win for first place. COMPLETE PAYOUTS: 1st Pete Gresh Sr. $105 2nd Chad Lovelace $45

1st Josh Montag $195 2nd Tony Norton $60 3rd Dan Neagle $40 4th Randell Moore $30

Josh Montag and Tony Norton

Pete Gresh Sr. and Chad Lovelace Dan Lorett and Joe McCreary

SANCHEZ WINS WHEN IT MATTERS AT KITTY’S GINO SANCHEZ AND TONY NORTON SPLIT EIGHT RACKS AGAINST EACH OTHER, BUT IT WAS SANCHEZ WHO WON THEM WHEN IT COUNTED FOR THE WIN AT KITTY’S 615 & UNDER 8-BALL EVENT ON DECEMBER 9TH.

B KITTY’S 9-BALL SPLIT

oth Sanchez and Norton came into the hot-seat match without losing a rack, with Sanchez beating Dan Neagle and Dan Lorett, and Norton beating Chuck Sowers and Chad Lovelace. It was Sanchez taking the hot-seat with a 2-1 win over Norton.

2-0 in the semi-final match. He then went on to defeat Sanchez 2-0 in the first set of the finals, forcing another set to determine a final winner. That winner would be Sanchez, with another 2-1 win over Norton in the second set.

Norton wasn’t done though, as he quickly eliminated Vinny Rider

1st Gino Sanchez $50 2nd Tony Norton $30

AFTER A CLOSE 4-3 WIN IN THE FIRST ROUND, IT WAS SMOOTH SAILING FOR DAN LORETT AS HE WENT UNDEFEATED TO WIN THE 615 & UNDER 9-BALL EVENT ON DECEMBER 8TH AT KITTY’S.

hat first round match was the hot-seat, both players agreed against Larry Willert, but on a 1st/2nd place split instead of after that one, Lorett lost a playing out the finals. total of one rack in three matches against Tom Winfield, Chuck COMPLETE PAYOUTS: Sowers and Joe McCreary to take 1st Dan Lorett $120 the hot-seat. 2nd Joe McCreary $55 McCreary bounced back from his 3rd Joe Rodarte $25 hot-seat loss to Lorett and elimi- 4th Joey Soto $35 (side pots) nated Joe Rodarte in the semi-fi- 5th Tony Norton $35 (side pots) nal match to earn his spot in the 5th Chuck Sowers $30 (side pots) finals. Having already played for

Tony Norton and Gino Sanchez

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January 2020 Tony Norton and Pete Gresh Se.

NORTON OVER GRESH BY THE SMALLEST OF MARGINS TONY NORTON AND PETE GRESH SR. MATCHED EACH OTHER STRIDE FOR STRIDE BEFORE NORTON SCORED A WIN IN THE LAST GAME OF THE NIGHT FOR FIRST PLACE AT THE KITTY’S 615 & UNDER 9-BALL EVENT ON DECEMBER 15TH.

orton and Gresh looked to be on a collision course with each other as they were both unbeaten (and relatively unchallenged) on their way to the hot-seat match. Gresh came into the hot-seat match with a combined record of 19-4, while Norton came in with a 16-4 record by virtue of a first round bye. Both players were fresh off 5-0 wins before the hot-seat match. One of them had to lose the hotseat match, and that would be Gresh after a hill-hill Norton win. Gresh faced Dan Lorett on the one loss side and Lorett was not going

to stand in the way of a rematch between Gresh and Norton. Gresh eliminated Lorett 6-2. The first set of the finals went hillhill, with Gresh winning to force a second set. That second set would also go hill-hill, with Norton winning the final match for first place. COMPLETE PAYOUTS:

GRESH AVENGES LOSS TO NORTON AT KITTY’S AFTER PLAYING EACH OTHER THREE TIMES IN THE DECEMBER 15TH 9-BALL EVENT AT KITTY’S, TONY NORTON AND PETE GRESH SR. WERE PROBABLY TIRED OF SEEING EACH OTHER AT THE TABLE.

1st Tony Norton $200 2nd Pete Gresh Sr. $100 3rd Dan Lorett $55 4th Chuck Sowers $35 5th Dennis Winkler $10 5th Tom Johnson $10

hey were both back at Kitty’s on December 16th for the 615 & Under 8-Ball event, but after Norton dropped his first round match to Frank Parker 2-1, it looked like he and Gresh might not face each other.

dropping one game to Parker in the semi-final match.

It didn’t seem probable early in the event, but it was Norton and Gresh facing off in their second finals in two days and while it was Norton who won on the 15th, Gresh avoided Norton by staying it was Gresh with the 4-3 win in on the winner’s side and taking the first set on this night for first the hot-seat with 2-0 wins over place. Chuck Sowers, Gino Sanchez, Chris Uribe and Parker. Mean- COMPLETE PAYOUTS: while, Norton was playing almost 1st Pete Gresh Sr. $100 as well as Gresh on the one loss 2nd Tony Norton $45 side. He put together a four match winning streak of his own, only 3rd Frank Parker $10

Pete Gresh Sr. and Tony Norton

NORTON HOLDS OFF MCCREARY FOR KITTY’S WIN

NORTON NEARLY UNBEATABLE AT KITTY’S

TONY NORTON AND JOE MCCREARY TOOK ENTIRELY DIFFERENT PATHS TO THE FINALS OF THE 615 & UNDER 9-BALL EVENT AT KITTY’S ON DECEMBER 22ND, BUT THEY BOTH MADE THE MOST OF THE IT.

ASIDE FROM A SMALL STUMBLE IN HIS FIRST MATCH OF THE DAY, TONY NORTON WAS UNTESTED ON HIS WAY TO ANOTHER WIN AT KITTY’S FOR THE 615 & UNDER 8-BALL EVENT ON DECEMBER 23RD.

orton took a quick direct route to the finals as he cruised to the hot-seat, not letting an opponent win more than two racks against him. His 5-2 win against Chuck Sowers and his 6-2 win over Ray Ryan for the hot-seat were his closest matches.

Randell Moore and a 4-2 win over Ray Ryan in the semi-final match.

All of those games on the one loss side must have gotten McCreary in stroke, because he came back and handed Norton his first loss of the day in the first set of the finals 3-4, but it was Norton who had the final victory with a 5-2 scoreMcCreary on the other hand, took line in the second set. the scenic route. A first round 4-3 COMPLETE PAYOUTS: loss to Frank Parker left McCreary with a long path to the finals, 1st Tony Norton $180 but he followed that path with a 2nd Joe McCreary $70 22-8 record through the one loss 3rd Ray Ryan $30 side that included a 3-0 win over 4th Randell Moore $30

Joe McCreary and Tony Norton

orton’s first round match with Gino Sanchez went hill-hill (2-1), but that rack against Sanchez would be the last rack that Norton lost all day. Norton had 2-0 wins over Dennis Winkler and then Dan Lorett for the hot-seat, and after a 2-1 win over Vinny Rider, it was Lorett

3rd Place Finisher Vinny Rider

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who came out of the one loss side to face Norton in the finals. That final match, like the last two Norton matches, was a 2-0 Norton win for first place. COMPLETE PAYOUTS: 1st Tony Norton $50 2nd Dan Lorett $30

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Monthly Tournament Guide EVENT

LOCATION

ADDRESS

PHONE

DATE

9 & Under 8-Ball

Mason’s Sports Pub

10634 N 51st Ave

(623) 878-9874

Jan 3rd

SW Desert Cup

Bullshooters

3337 W Peoria Ave

(602) 441-2447

Jan 4th-5th

1200 & Under Scotch

Kitty’s

2836 N 36th St

(602) 957-9786

Jan 4th

565 & Under 10-Ball

Freezer’s Ice House

83 E. Broadway Rd

(620) 491-9119

Jan 5th

CSI Az State Championship

Casino Del Sol

5655 W Valencia Rd, Tucson

(855) 765-7829

Jan 7th-12th

Deep Stack Chip Tournament

Kolbys Corner Pocket

1301 E University Drive

(480) 829-7344

Jan 18th

Open 10-Ball

Freezer’s Ice House

83 E. Broadway Rd

(620) 491-9119

Jan 19th

Open One Pocket

Kolbys Corner Pocket

1301 E University Drive

(480) 829-7344

Jan 25th

1050 & Under Scotch

JJ’s

9611 W Camelback Road

(623) 594-9449

Jan 25th-26th

US Open Qualifier

Freezer’s Ice House

83 E. Broadway Rd

(620) 491-9119

Jan 25th-26th

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Weekly Tournament Guide *Call us at 480-251-3452 to have your tournament added to the guide.

PHOENIX AREA WEEKLY TOURNAMENT GUIDE PLAYERS WHEN?

“BY RATING” and “DAY” WHERE?

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To advertise your weekly tournament...call (480) 251-3452 MONDAY 7:30 FRIDAY 7:00 FRIDAY 7:00 SUNDAY 3PM

KOLBY’S SKIP & JANS BULLSHOOTERS THE SNAP

1301 EAST UNIVERSITY DR. 1520 W WARNER 3327 W PEORIA 1516 W CAMELBACK

480-829-7344 480-539-0110 602-441-2447 602-222-3551

9-BALL 8-BALL D/E $2 Greens Fee 9-BALL Chip Tourney 8-BALL D/E $200 1ST PLACE ADDED

$15.00 $10.00 $15.00 $5.00

MONDAY 7:30 WEDNESDAY 4:00 SUNDAY NOON

THE LOFT AGAIN SAGE & SAND STARLITE LOUNGE

15015 N CAVE CREEK RD 13831 W GLENDALE AVE 4346 W OLIVE

602-482-3130 623-935-5810 623-934-1913

3-Ball CALL FOR DETAILS 3-BALL CALL FOR DETAILS 3-BALL CALL FOR DETAILS

CALL $5.00 $5.00

9& Under

TUESDAY 7:30 WEDNESDAY 7:30 THURSDAY 7:30 SATURDAY 7:30 PM SATURDAY 7:30 PM

METRO SPORTZ KOLBY’S KOLBY’S THE DELI DODEYS NORTH

10402 N BLACK CANY HWY 1301 EAST UNIVERSITY DR. 1301 EAST UNIVERSITY DR. 9635 W PEORIA AVE 3114 E. CACTUS RD

602-997-5717 480-829-7344 480-829-7344 623-979-5163 602-404-2300

8-BALL 7’ TABLES SIDES 9-BALL Progressive / 630 & Under 8-BALL Progressive / 650 & Under 8-BALL D/E 200% PAY 8-BALL D/E 200% PAY

$5.00 $20.00 $20.00 $5.00 $5.00

8& Under

MONDAY 7:30 METRO SPORTZ 10402 N BLACK CANY HWY 602-997-5717 9-BALL BARBOX 200% Payback $5.00 MONDAY 7:30 LIGHTHOUSE 12351 W INDIAN SCHOOL 623-935-2471 9-BALL 7 FOOT 200% $7.00 MONDAY 7:30 WHAT THE HELL 7309 E MAIN ST 480-380-6000 8-Ball ADDED MONEY $7.00 TUESDAY 7:00 UNCLE MONKEYS 1720 W SOUTHERN AVE 480 890-2276 9-BALL BARBOX 200% $5.00 TUESDAY 7:30 METRO SPORTZ 10402 N BLACK CANY HWY 602-997-5717 9-BALL 9’ TABLES SIDES $7.00 TUESDAY 7:00 CHARLEY’S PLACE 4324 W THUNDERBIRD 602-439-1668 10-BALLD/E $7.00 WEDNESDAY 7:30 LIGHTHOUSE 12351 W INDIAN SCHOOL 623-935-2471 8-BALL 7 FOOT 200% $7.00 WEDNESDAY 7:30 THE LOFT AGAIN 15015 N CAVE CREEK RD 602-482-3130 8-Ball 200% PAYBACK $5.00 WEDNESDAY 7:30 THE TROUGH 9303 APACHE, MESA 480-986-5572 8-Ball CALL FOR DETAILS CALL THURSDAY 7:00 METRO SPORTZ 10402 N BLACK CANY HWY 602-997-5717 8-BALL BARBOX 635 & UNDER $10.00 THURSDAY 7:30 WHAT THE HELL 7309 E MAIN ST 480-380-6000 8-Ball ADDED MONEY $7.00 FRIDAY 7:00 UNCLE MONKEYS 1720 W SOUTHERN AVE 480 890-2276 8-BALL BARBOX 200% $5.00 FRIDAY 7:30 WHAT THE HELL 7309 E MAIN ST 480-380-6000 9-Ball ADDED MONEY $7.00 SATURDAY 1:00 JICKY JACK’S 9611 W CAMELBACK 623-594-9449 8-BALL BARBOX 560 & UNDER $10.00 SATURDAY 7:00 UNCLE MONKEYS 1720 W SOUTHERN AVE 480 890-2276 8-BALL BARBOX 200% $5.00 SATURDAY 7:30 METRO SPORTZ 10402 N BLACK CANY HWY 602-997-5717 9-BALL BARBOX 200% $5.00 SATURDAY 7:30 WHAT THE HELL 7309 E MAIN ST 480-380-6000 9-Ball ADDED MONEY $7.00 SUNDAY 1:00 METRO SPORTZ 10402 N BLACK CANY HWY 602-997-5717 9-BALL BARBOX 200% $5.00 SUNDAY 2:00 THE BREAK ROOM 4729 E MCDOWELL 602-267-1010 9-BALL D/E $5 SIDE POT $5.00 SUNDAY 2:30 KITTYS 2836 N 36TH ST 602-957-9786 8-BALL BARBOX 200% $5.00 SUNDAY 3:00 LIGHTHOUSE 12351 W INDIAN SCHOOL 623-935-2471 9-BALL 7 FOOT 200% $7.00 SUNDAY 3:00 UNCLE MONKEYS 1720 W SOUTHERN AVE 480 890-2276 8-BALL BARBOX 200% $5.00 SUNDAY 7:30 THE TROUGH 9303 APACHE, MESA 480-986-5572 8-Ball CALL FOR DETAILS CALL

7& Under

MONDAY 7:00 MONDAY 8:30 SUNDAY 7:30 TUESDAY 8:00 TUESDAY 8:00 WEDNESDAY 8:00 WEDNESDAY 8:30 THURSDAY 8:00 FRIDAY 7:00 FRIDAY 7:30 FRIDAY 8:00 FRIDAY 8:00 SATURDAY 1:00 SATURDAY 7:00 SATURDAY 7:00 SUNDAY 3:00 SUNDAY 7:30 SUNDAY 4:00 SUNDAY 6:00 SUNDAY 7:30 PM SUNDAY 7:00 PM

SAGE & SAND 13831 W GLENDALE AVE DODEY’S NORTH 3114 E CACTUS RD HAMBONE 903 E MAIN ST CANDY STORE 18613 N CAVE CREEK RD GYPSY ROADHOUSE 5122 E MCDOWELL RD COOPS 8455 W. PEORIA AVE PEORIA DODEY’S CENTRAL 7051 N 7TH ST THE NUGGET 4130 N 83RD AVE SAGE & SAND 13831 W GLENDALE AVE METRO SPORTZ 10402 N BLACK CANY HWY 480 BAR 480 N ARIZONA AVE SKIP & JANS 1520 W WARNER MASONS 10634 N. 51 ST AVE CHARLEY’S PLACE 4324 W THUNDERBIRD WESTWOOD BAR 1818 W GLENDALE CROSSROADS 5030 W MCDOWELL HAMBONE 903 E MAIN ST COOPS 8455 W. PEORIA AVE PEORIA 480 BAR 480 N ARIZONA AVE THE OTHER ROOM 4404 W PEORIA DAVES ON NORTHER 2344 W NORTHERN

623-935-5810 602-404-2300 480-833-9839 602-569-0084 602-286-9251 623-878-4250 602-944-9699 623-873-1118 623-935-5810 602-997-5717 480-899-2268 480-539-0110 623-878-9874 602-439-1668 602-995-5897 602-278-3857 480-833-9839 623-878-4250 480-899-2268 623-435-1440 602-973-7797

8-BALL CALL FOR DETAILS 8-BALL D/E 200% 499 & UNDER 8-BALL D/E 200% PAYBACK 8-BALL D/E 200% PAYBACK 8-BALL D/E 175% PAYBACK 8-BALL D/E 200% RETURN 8-BALL D/E 200% 499 & UNDER 8-BALL RACE TO 1 150% PAYBACK 9-BALL D/E 200% PAYBACK 8-BALL BARBOX 8-BALL D/E 200% PAYBACK 8-BALL D/E 200% PAYBACK 8-BALL D/E 200% 8-BALL 200% PAYBACK 8-BALL 200% PAYBACK 8-BALL D/E ADDED MONEY 8-BALL D/E 200% PAYBACK 8-BALL D/E 200% RETURN 9-BALL D/E 200% PAYBACK 8BALL D/E 200% PAYBACK 8BALL D/E 200% PAYBACK

$5.00 $8.00 $3.00 $5.00 $5.00 $5.00 $8.00 $5.00 $5.00 $5.00 $5.00 $5.00 $5.00 $5.00 $5.00 $5.00 $3.00 $5.00 $5.00 $5.00 $5.00

6& Under

SUNDAY 7:00 MONDAY 7:30 FRIDAY 7PM

METRO SPORTZ 480 BAR 5030 LOUNGE

10402 N BLACK CANY HWY 480 N ARIZONA AVE 5030 W PEORIA

602-997-5717 480-899-2268 623-435-3997

8-BALL BARBOX 200% 8-BALL D/E 200% PAYBACK 8BALL D/E 200% PAYBACK

$5.00 $5.00 $5.00

Scotch

MONDAY 8:00 THURSDAY 8:00 FRIDAY 7:00 SUNDAY 5:00

THE SNAP THE SNAP BULLSHOOTERS METRO SPORTZ

1516 W CAMELBACK 1516 W CAMELBACK 3327 W PEORIA 10402 N BLACK CANY HWY

602-222-3551 602-222-3551 602-441-2447 602-997-5717

8-BALL D/E $100 PRIZE FUND 8-BALL D/E $100 PRIZE FUND 9-BALL Chip Tourney 16 & UNDER 9-BALL 9’ TABLES

FREE FREE $15.00 $20.00

OPEN

3-Ball

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MONEY SHOTS 8-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP V ON TH JANUARY 12 AT DODEY’S 18 PLAYERS WILL BATTLE IT OUT FOR $800 IN PRIZE MONEY AT THE 5TH MONEY SHOTS 8-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP.

he Money Shots 8-Ball Championship V will have 18 players shooting it out for the $800 in prize money and the title belt. This quarter has seen more new players to the Money Shots weekly tournaments and there are some new dominant players in the championship mix. Come watch them play on Sunday, January 12th at 3pm at Phoenix’s #1 dive bar, Dodey’s North on Cactus and 32nd Street.

4th: Jim Birnbaum T5th: John Vukcevich T5th: Ernest Hampton

NOVEMBER 25, 2019 1st: Jim Birnbaum 2nd: William Collins 3rd: RC Coles 4th: Jerry Tistle T5th: Rich Kim T5th: Don Portell

DECEMBER 02, 2019

1st: William Collins 2nd: Jim Birnbaum 3rd: Joseph Farias 4th: Jerry Tistle T5th: Laurence Smith Jr. T5th: Steve Bennett

DECEMBER 9, 2019

1st: Jim Birnbaum 2nd: Andrae Thurman 3rd: Danny Zaitz

WEEKLY RESULTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2019 1st: Victor Vasquez 2nd: Jerry Tistle 3rd: Ernest Hampton 4th: Stacy Sime T5th: Bryan Kelley T5th: John Vukcevich

NOVEMBER 11, 2019 1st: Victor Vasquez 2nd: Rich Kim 3rd: William Collins 4th: Don Portell T5th: RC Coles T5th: Jim Birnbaum

NOVEMBER 18, 2019 1st: Rich Kim 2nd: Don Portell 3rd: RC Coles

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4th: Rich Kim T5th: Ernest Hampton T5th: Cody Burdick

DECEMBER 16, 2019

1st: Jim Birnbaum 2nd: Danny Zaitz 3rd: Laurence Smith Jr. 4th: Ernest Hampton T5th: Don Portell T5th: Jerry Tistle

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FREEZERS 3-WAY 8-BALL SPLIT BRAMIN BROWN WENT THROUGH A FIELD OF FORTY SIX PLAYERS WITHOUT A LOSS TO EARN A SHARE OF A THREE WAY 1ST/2ND/3RD PLACE SPLIT IN THE 515 & UNDER 8-BALL EVENT AT FREEZERS ON DECEMBER 15TH.

rown discovered that he had forgotten his cues, but Mike Nevarez came to the rescue and loaned one of his cues to Brown to compete with. Nevarez might have wanted to rethink the gesture after Brown sent him to the one loss side in his 3rd match of the day. After the win over Nevarez, Brown went on to defeat Roselyn Parks 5-0 and then John Hardy 5-2 for the hot-seat. Chris Baginski had lost his third match of the day to Parks, but he made the most of his trip to the one loss side with wins over Dawn Polotto, Nevarez, Cathy Kelley and Parks to make his way to the semi-final match against

Hardy. Due to the late hour, all three players agreed on a three way split with Baginski taking the lion’s share of the prize money due to him being the only player left in the side pot. COMPLETE PAYOUTS: 1st Bramin Brown $575 1st John Hardy $325 1st Chris Baginski $910 4th Roselyn Parks $150 5th Cathy Kelley $200 5th Paul Wuerfel $200 7th Mike Nevarez $80 7th Alejandro Teyechea $80 9th Dawn Polotto $40 9th Leandrea Gaff $20 9th Brandon Langan $20

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COURTRIGHT GETS BY BENALLY FOR FREEZERS WIN ONE RACK SEPARATED THEM ALL DAY, BUT THAT WAS ENOUGH TO GIVE 1ST PLACE TO WILLIAM COURTRIGHT OVER TIM BENALLY AT THE FREEZER’S 565 & UNDER 9-BALL EVENT ON DECEMBER 1ST.

enally had a longer path to the hot-seat match, with wins over Pete Barrios, Jill Watson and Mike Chapa. Courtright got to the hot-seat match with one less match, taking advantage of a first round bye before beating John Marquis and Charlie Mills. The match for the hot-seat belonged to Courtright with a 5-6 win over Benally.

Benally found Chapa waiting for him on the one loss side. After the loss to Benally, Chapa had beaten

Mike Ramirez and Mills to earn another shot at Benally. That second shot would look a lot like the first one though, with Benally scoring another 7-5 win over Chapa. The finals went one set with Courtright scoring a 5-3 win over Benally to take first place. COMPLETE PAYOUTS: 1st William Courtright $310 2nd Tim Benally $130 3rd Mike Chapa $90

Tim Benally and William Courtright

John Hardy, Bramin Brown and Chris Baginski

THREE WAY THANKSGIVING EVE SPLIT AT FREEZER’S

BROWN AND SBELGIO SPLIT AT FREEZER’S

BY VIRTUE OF BEING IN THE HOT-SEAT, JOEY BARRERA GOT THE BIGGEST PIECE OF A THREE WAY SPLIT AT THE FREEZER’S THANKSGIVING EVE 10-BALL EVENT ON NOVEMBER 27TH.

THINGS WEREN’T LOOKING GOOD FOR VINCE SBELGIO WHEN THE FREEZER’S UNDER 700 9-BALL EVENT GOT STARTED ON DECEMBER 1ST, BUT HE WOULD GET THE LAST LAUGH BY THE END OF THE DAY.

arrera took the hot-seat with wins over Jeff Nelson, Eric Olivieri, Mike Adams, Josh Lortz and Justin Turner. As fate would have it, the match with Turner would be his last one of the night.

Tim Benally, but the late hour and the large number of players (27) forced the final three players into a three way split at tournament’s end.

On the one loss side, Brian Brown was looking for a rematch against Turner, after dropping a quarter final match to Turner 5-1. Brown had wins over Jaye Succo and

1st Joey Barrera $190 1st Justin Turner $130 1st Brian Brown $90 4th Tim Benally $30 5th Josh Lortz $20 5th Jaye Succo $20

COMPLETE PAYOUTS:

Brian Brown, Justin Turner and Joey Barrera

belgio’s tournament started with a lopsided 7-1 loss to Greg Brown, but he took the loss in stride and started down the long road on the left side of the board. Sbelgio put together a five match winning streak on the one-loss side, eliminating Tommy Dilorenzo, Gil Franco, Ray Robles, Abdulwahab Aldelaimi and Danny. Teurman. After his first round win over Sbelgio, Brown cruised into the hot-seat with wins over Aldelaimi

Greg Brown and Vince Sbelgio

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and Teurman, but if he thought Sbelgio was going to be another easy win in the finals, Sbelgio had news for him. Sbelgio beat Brown the first set of the finals 4-2 and both players agreed on a 1st/2nd place split from there. COMPLETE PAYOUTS: 1st Greg Brown $355 (all side pots) 1st Vince Sbelbio $175 (no side pots) 3rd Danny Teurman $110

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Jaye Succo and Vince Sbelgio

BARRERA OVER ROBLES FOR FREEZER’S WIN JOEY BARRERA DEFEATED RAY ROBLES TWO OUT OF THREE SETS TO TAKE FIRST PLACE AT THE FREEZERS 699 & UNDER 10-BALL EVENT ON DECEMBER 15TH.

B SBELGIO AND SUCCO SPLIT AT FREEZER’S

oth players took advantage of first round byes before winning two tough matches to get to the hot-seat match. Barrera has wins over Tommy Dilorenzo and Justin Turner, while Robles beat Avery Reece and Jaden Brock. That lead to the first Barrera/Robles battle, with Barrera scoring the 7-2 win.

COMPLETE PAYOUTS: 1st Joey Barrera $500 2nd Ray Robles $190

AFTER TWELVE HOURS OF PLAY, VINCE SBELGIO AND JAYE SUCCO AGREED TO A SPLIT OF FIRST AND SECOND PLACE AT THE FREEZER’S 540 & UNDER 10-BALL EVENT ON DECEMBER 22ND.

belgio stayed on the right side of the board, with wins over Bob Hillen, Ed Watkins, Bob Ferrell and Spencer Downs. Succo, on the other hand, dropped her second match of the day to Hillen and had a slightly more uphill path to the finals. Succo had wins on the left side of the board against Julian Perez, Ed Watkins and Caleb Uptain before getting her revenge against Ferrell 6-4. She would only need a win over Downs to make the finals,

Robles built confidence with his 7-4 win over Reece on the one loss side and then handed Barrera a 7-1 loss in the first set of the finals. That left both players one more set to determine the final winner and that set went to Barrera 7-3 for first place.

and she earned that by a lopsided 6-2 scoreline. With the finals set and the late hour, both players agreed on a 60/40 split of first and second place instead of playing out the match. COMPLETE PAYOUTS: 1st Vince Sbelgio $660 2nd Jaye Succo $460 3rd Spencer Downs $165 4th Bob Ferrell $75

Ray Robles and Joey Barrera

POSEY OVER ALDELAIMI IN UNUSUAL FREEZER’S FINAL MATCH

REECE WINS FREEZER’S ONE POCKET

SKYLER POSEY AND ABDULWAHAB ALDELAIMI AGREED TO PLAY OUT THE FINAL MATCH, WITH POSEY SCORING A 4-3 WIN AT THE FREEZER’S BCA WARMUP EVENT ON DECEMBER 22ND.

ONE POCKET WAS THE GAME AT FREEZER’S ON DECEMBER 23RD, WHERE SIXTEEN PLAYERS FACED OFF IN SINGLE ELIMINATION RACES TO THREE.

osey took the hot-seat with wins over Susan Williams, Mike Ramirez and George Bell. Aldelaimi dropped his final four match against George Bell 5-2, but corrected his course quickly when he hit the one loss side. Wins over Nate Verry and Mike Ramirez earned Aldelaimi a rematch with Bell, which he took full advantage of, winning 5-2.

Abdulwahab Aldelaimi and Skyler Posey

Considering that they both came to the tournament to win, Posey and Aldelaimi agreed to play out the final match instead of settling for the typical 1st/2nd split and it was Posey getting the win to justify that decision as the right one. COMPLETE PAYOUTS:

he brackets played down to ner would be Avery Reece after a a final four that saw Jack 2-0 win over Scerca. Scerca give Jeff Nelson a 3-0 goose egg, and Avery Reece COMPLETE PAYOUTS: beat Tres Kane 3-1. 1st Avery Reece $280 2nd Jack Scerca $140 Both Reece and Scerca had fought 3rd Tres Kane $50 hard all day, but a final winner 3rd Jeff Nelson $50 had to be crowned and that win-

1st Skyler Posey $310 2nd Abdulwahab Aldelaimi $170 3rd George Bell $90

Jack Scerca and Avery Reece

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