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Bernie Store Wins ........

Cole Undefeated ...........

Frost Wins DPT Opener

Valentines Scotch ..........

Reich Over Pettipiece ....

Instructor Directory .......

League Coverage ...........

League Directory ...........

Ratings Committee ........

Ybarra Fundraiser .........

APA Qualifying .............

ACSA Crowns Champs .

Pettipiece at Kolbys .......

Carl Stewart ...................

Darts Tournaments ........

Groggys Scotch Split ....

Taylor & Vikete .............

Roger Long ...................

Groggys New Weekly ...

Winkler & Moore Win ..

Weiss/Santori Comeback

Team Bishop .................

Brian & Burt Split .........

Weekly Tourney Guide ..

Tour Coverage ...............

AWBT Schedule ............

AWBT Points List .........

DPT Points Lists ............

Foos Pulse .....................

Monthly Tourneys .........

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Arizona Billiard & Dart NewsMarch 2015

Arizona Billiard& Dart News

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I would like to personally thank everyone for the great turnout we had at the Diamond Pool Tour season opener. We were not prepared for that big a turn-out, but we will be prepared in the future. Thanks for being patient on that long Saturday.

We will have more details next month, but an Arizona State Junior 9-Ball Championship is in the works for May 16th - 17th at Bullshooters in Phoenix. Companies or individuals who are interested in helping to sponsor or support this event, please contact me at 480-251-3452 or [email protected]

In case you miss the article this month, the Arizona ratings list is now available online at azpoolratings.com Until next time... - Mike

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Cole Undefeated At Knobbys

Tyson Cole turned in an undefeated performance at Knobby’s 9 & Under 8-Ball event on February 6th.

Cole’s run included wins over Birthday Boy Bruce Hirose, Frank Alvarez, Scott Perry and then Burt Balancad in the hot-seat match.

On the left side of the board, Scott Perry was riding high after defeating Ed Scott with an 8-ball break at hill-hill. He followed that up with a 2-1 win over Balancad to earn another shot at Cole in the finals.

Cole kicked off the finals with a break and run, and then won game #2 for a 2-0 win and first place in the event.

Complete Payouts:1st Tyson Cole $2002nd Scott Perry $1003rd Burt Balancad $704th Ed Scott $20

Tyson Cole and Scott Perry

The Arizona Women’s Billard Tour (AWBT) kicked off their 2015 Season on February 28th at Skip and Jan’s in Tempe with twenty eight play-ers representing Phoenix, Tucson and Prescott, as well as California, New Mexico and Nevada.

First round surprises saw tour veteran Susan Williams taking a first round forfeit loss as she couldn’t make it to her match in time. Susan was joined on the one loss side by Jaye Succo after a first round loss to Veronica Poore and Tracie Hamman who lost to Donna Taylor.

As Saturday play narrowed the field, the winners side came down to four players. Bernie Store and Sara Miller were heading towards a face off on one half of the bracket, while Veronica Poore and San Diego’s Cynthia Haefner were setting their sights on each other on the other half of the bracket.

As Saturday play ended, Claudia Justus elimi-nated Susan Williams 7-6 in 9th place. Other late Saturday matches saw Jodie Villegas eliminate Tami Hathcock 7-5, Barbara Lee beat Cathy Kel-ley 7-5 and Tina Hess defeating Beth Orth 7-4.

Sunday play began on the winners side where Bernie Store snuck by Sara Miller 7-6 and Cyn-thia Haefner sent Veronica Poore to the one loss side 7-3.

The one loss side saw Barbara Lee defeat Tina Hess 7-6 and Jodie Villegas eliminate Claudia Justus 7-3. Lee then went on to end Poore’s tournament in 5th place while Sara Miller was sending Villegas to the seats in 5th place to join Poore.

Barbara Lee kept her strong play going as she

eliminated Sara Miller 7-4 and then went on to send Haefner back to Cali-fornia in third place 7-2.

As strong as Lee had been playing, she had no answer for Bernie Store in the finals, as Bernie cruised to a one-sided 9-3 win in the extended final match.

Sixteen players came back on Sun-day to compete in the second chance tournament, which saw Heather Cortez (formerly Torpin) complete an undefeated run with a hill-hill win over Justine Bishop in the finals for first place.

Tour staff expressed their thanks to Natalie and her great staff at Skip and Jan’s for host-ing their season opener. Thanks were also given to the “friends of the AWBT” who added $100 to the main event and $50 to the second chance tournament, as well

as Las Gloria Grille for adding $100 to the main event.

The AWBT will be at Bullshooters in Phoenix for their next event in April 25th and 26th.

Bernie Store Wins AWBT Season Opener

Final eight players

Main Event Payouts:1st Bernie Store $300 7th Tina Hess $502nd Barbara Lee $200 7th Renay Justus $503rd Cynthia Haefner $150 9th Beth Orth $254th Sara Miller $110 9th Tami Hathcock $255th Veronica Poore $70 9th Susan Williams $255th Jodie Villegas $70 9th Cathy Kelley $25

Second Chance Payouts:1st Heather Cortez $80 3rd Cathy Kelley $252nd Justine Bishop $50 4th Jaye Succo $10

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A new tournament format and new sponsors helped to draw eighty six players to Skip & Jan’s Sports Bar in Tempe, AZ on February 7th and 8th for the Arizona State Barbox 10-Ball Championship and season opener of the new Diamond Pool Tour presented by Casino Del Sol Resort (formerly the Desert Classic Tour). With the field divided between “A” players and “B” players, the “A” bracket held twenty nine of the top players from Arizona and New Mexico. This bracket was won by Scott Frost, who had tough matches with Arizona bar table special-ist Jon Smith and local hot-shot Bobby Emmons at the end of his quest. On the one loss side, Donivan Pedroncelli scored impressive wins over Smith and Donald Mangahas before falling to Emmons. The “B” bracket held a whopping fifty seven players with no clear cut favorites in sight. The bracket was won by New Mexico’s Linn Vissage, who defeated recently crowned AZ State Senior Barbox Champion Guyle “Tom” Fielder 7-2 for the hot-seat. Fielder then dropped a lopsided 7-0 decision to Spike Aiardo on the one loss side. The two brackets combined on Sunday afternoon and Frost took the final hot-seat with a 7-2 win over Vissage. On the one loss side, Emmons ran over Aiardo 7-1 and then sent Vissage back to New Mexico with a 7-4 win. This left Emmons and Frost facing off for the tournament win. The first set went to Emmons 7-4, but Frost looked to have the advantage in set #2. Emmons came back from an early deficit though, and tied the score at 6-6, setting up one game for the title. Emmons would get out of line during a fairly routine out in that final game and Frost pounced on the unexpected chance back at the table. Frost effortlessly ran out the remaining balls for the title. Thirteen players came back on Sunday to compete in the Neil’s Garage Cabinets Second Chance tournament. This event would see Burt Balancad put together an undefeated run with wins over Matt Gagne, Bernie Store, junior player Nick Kline and Steve Blackburn in the finals for the win. Blackburn would finish in second place and Kline would take third. Kline was also the winner of the “top junior” bonus, sponsored by the Phoenix APA league. The Greenmail Top Female Finisher bonus went to Bernie Store and there was no winner of the Greenmail Bounty, as 2014 Desert Classic Tour season finale winner Mitch Ellerman was not in attendance at this event. The Greenmail Bounty will be on Frost at Stop #2, on the 9’ tables at Bullshooters on March 14th and 15th. Event organizers expressed their thanks to Natalie at Skip & Jan’s for hosting this great event, Cassie at Skip & Jan’s for being a complete rock star in putting up with all of the players over two days, Rick Schmitz for the great photos and “Fast” Lenny Marshall & George Teyechea for the great job of streaming both days of the event. The Diamond Pool Tour is proudly sponsored by:Diamond Billiard Products - http://diamondbilliards.com/Casino Del Sol Resort - http://www.casinodelsolresort.com/Neil’s Garage Cabinets - http://www.neilsgaragecabinets.com/Greenmail Internet Marketing - http://www.greenmailinc.com/QB Custom Cues - http://qbcustomcues.com/Volturi Custom Cases - http://volturicases.com/Cue Sport International - http://www.playcsipool.com/The Arizona BCA, TAP and APA league systems.

Scott Frost

Scott Frost Wins Diamond Pool Tour Season Opener

Linn Visage

Main Event Payouts:1st Scott Frost $1400 13th Joe Nicita $752nd Bobby Emmons $900 13th Harold Lyons $753rd Linn Visage $600 13th Pete Lhotka $754th Spike Aiardo $400 13th Nick De Leon $755th Guyle Fielder $250 17th Paul Grande $505th Donivan Pedroncelli $250 17th Tony Denton $507th Donald Mangahas $175 17th Roy Anderson $507th John Schramm $175 17th Jason Polk $509th Ben Sutherland $125 17th Mike McGovern$509th Jon Smith $125 17th Doc Rice $509th John Halter $125 17th George Teyechea$509th Eric Lervold $125 17th Joey Barrera $50

Second Chance Payouts:1st Burt Balancad $2502nd Steve Blackburn $1503rd Nick Kline $100

Bonus Payouts: Top Female Player - Bernie Store $100Top BCA Player - Jon Smith/Ben Sutherland $25Tap APA Player - Evan Brinkman $25Top TAP Player - Aaron Morgan $25Top Junior Player - Nick Kline - Target Gift Card

Bobby Emmons

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Arizona Billiard & Dart NewsMarch 2015Valentines Day Scotch Doubles

Tim Page & Amanda Pulley joined Eric Lervold & Priscilla Hernandez in the winners circle on Valentine’s Day to celebrate a split of first and second place at Skip & Jan’s Jack & Jill Scotch Doubles event.

Tim & Amanda met Eric & Priscilla in the match for the hot-seat, and scored a hard fought 6-4 win.

Brian & Veronica Poore were on a roll on the one loss side. After eliminating John Dial & Tami Hathcock 6-4, they went on to then eliminate Cathy Kelley & Terry Nichols 6-3.

The Poore’s would have to settle for 3rd place though, as they dropped the semi-final match to Eric & Priscilla.

By the time the finals were ready to start, Valentines Day was long over, and both teams agreed on a split instead of playing out the matches.

Complete Payouts:1st Tim Page & Amanda Pulley $3752nd Eric Lervold & Priscilla Hernandez $2503rd Brian & Veronica Poore $95

Eric Lervold, Priscilla Hernandez, Amanda Pulley and Tony Page

Reich Wins One Pocket Madness

Brian Reich came back from an early loss to Jake Powell and won Bullshooter’s One Pocket Madness event on February 14th.

Reich’s 2-0 loss to Powell came in the final four on the winner’s side, but it would not be the last that Powell would see of Reich on this day.

Powell would go on to play for the hot-seat, but he lost that match 2-0 to Bernie Pettipiece.

Reich put together a one loss side winning streak with wins over Paul Feltman Sr., Terry Osborne and then Powell 2-0.

The finals was one race to three and it came down to the wire with Reich scor-ing a 3-2 win over Pettipiece for first place.

Complete Payouts:1st Brian Reich $2302nd Bernie Pettipiece $1703rd Jake Powell $1104th Terry Osborne $70

Brian Reich

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To be added to this list, contact Mike Howerton - 480-251-3452

Carl Stewart (BCA Master Certified) (602) 820-7665 [email protected]

Jerry Briesath (Master) Phoenix (623) 584-9221Joe Daguanno (BCA certified) Peoria (602) 628-5502 Dale Felber (BCA Certified) Scottsdale (480) 661-0521

Lenny Johnson (BCA Certified) Tucson (520) 591-7665Roger Long (BCA Advanced) Glendale (602) 320-9553

Bill MacKinnon (BCA Cert.) Tucson (520)790-9391 (520) 991-8036Joseph Ruggiero (BCA Certified & Referee) Peoria (623) 979-4532

Sean Shuster (BCA Certified) Chandler (602) 739-3424

Thomas Bingham (ACS certified-II) Mesa (480) 200-7105 David Keaggy (ACS certified-IV) Mesa (480) 980-6970 Roger Long (ACS Certified-III) Glendale (602) 320-9553

ACS Certified Levels: I - IV and Master

BCA Certified Levels: Certified, Advanced and Master

Jon Smith Phoenix (480) 737-1185

Frank Alvarez - UPA Pool School1.877.788.7227

[email protected]/pool-lessons

Qualified

Arizona Billiard Academy, LLC www.arizonabilliardacademy.com

Pool Instructor Directory

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Arizona Pool LeagueLeague name: AriZona Pool Leagues Where: Statewide Contact: Michael Kerin Phone: 480-217-2358 Email: [email protected]: www.AZPL.net

ACS – American Cue Sports——————————————————League Name: Sharks League Where: Phoenix Contact: Lee White Phone: 602-908-1503

League Name: Prescott Billiards AssociationCity: Prescott & Surrounding Areas, ArizonaContact: Jerry SmithNumber: 928-458-0230

League Name: Kingman Pool PlayersCity: KingmanContact: Ronald MartinNumber: 928-530-0739

League Name: East Valley Legacy LeagueCity: PhoenixContact: Cathy KelleyNumber: 480-203-8640

League Name: Wings of Fear ArizonaCity: MaricopaContact: Bill HuddartNumber: 480-694-5039

League Name: Mohave Valley Pool LeagueCity: Lake HavasuContact: Matt DennisNumber: 928-458-0750

League Name: StrokersCity: Lake HavasuContact: Ed & Sheri LawrenceNumber: 928-727-0349

League Name: Champions LeagueCity: PhoenixContact: Jerry StuckartNumber: 602-332-4499

League Name: Arizona Hot Shots Where: Phoenix, AZ Contact: Larry Eans Phone: (602) 677-4220Website: www.azhotshotsonline.com

League Name: Enochs In House Where: Phoenix, AZ Contact: Glenn Newell Phone: (602) 750-4243

Arizona League Information

League Name: TAP of Greater Phoenix LLCWhere: Maricopa and Pinal CountiesContact: Peggy MallenPhone: (602) 214-0076 e-Mail: [email protected]: www.phoenixtap.com

VNEA – Valley National 8-Ball League Association

League Name: Eagle VNEA Where: Tucson Contact: Eric Allen Phone: (520) 748-2955

E-Mail: [email protected]

BCA – Billiard Congress of America

League Name: BULLSHOOTERS BCA 9 BALL City/State: PHOENIX, AZ Contact 1: GIBO PACHECO Home #: 602-841-8272 Contact 2: CHARLES HEUN JR Home #: 602-246-0608 League Name: EAST VALLEY LEGACY LEAGUE City/State: GILBERT, AZ Contact 1: Cathy Kelley Work #: 480-203-8640

League Name: Troy Vending Where: Statewide Contact: Scott or Tobin Phone: (602) 265-0178

League Name: PARADISE POOL LEAGUE City/State: CHANDLER, AZ Contact: JEREMY GIBBSLeague #: 480-779-0343

League Name: Charley’s Place Shooters City/State: Glendale, AZ Contact 1: Betty Barber Home #: 602-843-3692

League Name: Arizona Hot Shots Where: Phoenix, AZ Contact: Larry Eans Phone: (602) 677-4220Website: www.azhotshotsonline.com

League Name: Prescott Billiards AssociationCity: Prescott & Surrounding Areas, ArizonaContact: Jerry SmithNumber: 928-458-0230

League Name: Mohave Valley Pool LeagueCity: Bullhead CityContact: Ed SandovalNumber: 928-763-3788

League Name: Jack and Jill Scotch DoublesCity: In-House at Stingers in PhoenixContact: Brynn HoffmanNumber: 602-510-8058

League Name: League of Champions Where: Maricopa County Contact: Frank Alvarez III Phone: (877) 788-7227

Website: www.UPAtour.com

League Name: Troy Vending Where: Statewide Contact: Scott Phone: (602) 265-0178

Website: www.TroyVending.com

League Name: Kingman Pool PlayersCity: KingmanContact: Ronald MartinNumber: 928-530-0739

League Name: East Valley Legacy LeagueCity: PhoenixContact: Cathy KelleyNumber: 480-203-8640

League Name: 8 Ball ShootersCity: PeoriaContact: Pat MartinNumber: 623-977-0976

League Name: Route 66 8-Ball LeagueCity: HolbrookContact: Anna BokkerNumber: 928-587-9327

League Name: Champions LeagueCity: PhoenixContact: Jerry StuckartNumber: 602-332-4499

League Name: Clicks In HouseCity: TucsonContact: Chris ChlupNumber: 520-245-9629

League Name: Wildcat Cue SportsCity: TucsonContact: Jack MurrayNumber: 520-404-5533

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: [email protected] E-Mail: [email protected]

League Name: APA Phoenix - Metro Where: Phoenix, Arizona Contact: Doug & Gina Nowlin Phone: (602) 920-9192 Website: phx.apaleagues.com

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The Arizona Ratings Committee held their first meeting of the new year at Bullshooters on Feb-ruary 22nd.

New business included welcoming Steve Black-burn as a new player rep, and voting to accept Jim Digregorio as a representative for the Mari-copa area.

In order to combat the problems in getting new ratings out to members, the committee had cre-ated a members only website back in December that allowed members to search for players and their ratings. A vote was taken and the committee decided to make that website public for anyone to search. That website was moved to azpoolrat-ings.com.

A rule was reimplemented at the meeting that will see a member removed from the committee for missing two straight meetings without a valid excuse.

The following players saw their ratings change at the meeting…

Ken Eberhart Lowered from 9 to 8Charlie Heun 6 to 7Susan Wilbur 7 to 8Brad Johnson 8 to 9Scott Dunham 5 to 6Dave Lowley 6 to 7Geoff Olsen 6 to 7Dave Wilson 5 to 7Percival Hauregui 7 to 8Abie Padilla 5 to 6Perfecto Diaz 6 to 7Robbin Grammatico 5 to 6Christ Aiardo 8 to 9Tami Hathcock 6 to 7

Linn Visage 7 to 9Guyle Fielder 7 to 8Margie Stephanik 5 to 6Bill Garrett 7 to 8Mike McGovern 7 to 8Matt Koskella 7 to 8Jason Kien 6 to 7Justin Turner 6 to 7Eric Doran 5 to 6Jason Crugar 7 to 8Daneon Riley 6 to 7Luke Hagerty 7 to 8Phil Salas 5 to 6Marcus Teufel 6 to 7Adriel Corral 5 to 7Eric Caulkins 5 to 6William Weiss 6 to 7John Dial 7 to 8Chris Carpenter 7 to 8Troy Ridder 8 to 9Tina Hess 7 to 8Karlos Chavez 7 to 8Todd Dilley 7 to 8Omar Morazon (Flores) 7 to 8Sara Miller 7 to 8Ryan Anderson 9 to 10Will Sexton 7 to 8Alexander Torres 7 to 8Jason Blysma 5 to 6Fernando Diaz 7 to 8Brian McGee 6 to 7Jason Wilkinson 6 to 7Jason Dill 6 to 7Justin Bentley 7 to 8Laura Boothroyd 5 to 6Lynn Shoemaker 5 to 6Jim Rabatin 8 to 9Ray Balzer 7 to 8Doug Hanson 8 to 9Manny Morales 7 to 8

The next meeting of the committee will take place May 31st at Skip & Jan’s in Tempe.

Arizona Ratings Committee Meeting

One of Az’s Newest 9s, Spike Aiardo

Lawrence Ybarra Fundraiser

Rocky Point Raffle4 Nights at the Sonoran Sea Resort

Deluxe Spa Package at La Spa$50 Gift Card to Sonoran Grille

Lawrence Ybarra’s family is conducting this raffle to raise funds for Lawrence’s medical expenses incurred as part of his fight with stage four colon cancer.

Tickets can be purchased online by going to www.youcaring.com and searching for Lawrence Strong or by calling Leslie Ybarra at 602-295-4309.

Tickets are $5 each or four for $20.

The Drawing will take place on April 25th, 2015.

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APA Phoenix Metro will be sending three 8 ball mixed scotch doubles teams, Two Jack & Jill 8 ball scotch doubles teams and one 9 ball mixed doubles team to the Las Vegas APA National Championships for their respective events later this year. 8 and 9 ball doubles events will be held at the Riviera Hotel and Casino during the April National Singles Championships while the Jack & Jill doubles will be held at the APA’s new home, the Westgate Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, during the APA’s National Team Champi-onships in the month of August. This year’s participants for the Jack & Jill Scotch Doubles are Joe Shipley and Gwen Kaiser from the Stadium Club in Chandler. Both Joe and Gwen play on the same 5 player team from that home bar. They both played exceptionally well in the qualifier tournament that won them the trip to Vegas. Each year on or near Valentine’s Day, APA Phoenix Metro holds a qualifying event called the Jack & Jill Valentine’s Day Tourna-ment to allow one team to qualify for this Cham-pionship event. In other qualifying tournaments, Joe Shipley and Keven Hutson Qualified for one of the three 8 Ball Doubles spots and Sandeep Sharma and Martin Rosales Qualified for the only 9 Ball Doubles spot. These players have played against each other for many seasons and now they have the chance to play together on the same team in a National Event held in the Las Vegas spotlight. All of the qualifying tournaments were held in Mesa at Main Street Billiards, APA Phoenix Metro’s east valley home bar. The staff at Main Street Billiards always makes us feel at home, said Gina Nowlin, the APA league operator here in Phoenix.

Each team receives their entry fee paid for and a traveling expense to help with the expenses of driving and staying in Las Vegas. We still have one Jack & Jill spot and two more 8 Ball Doubles spots to be filled. There is an 8 ball doubles division that will be finishing up their session later this month to give us one slot and the same with a Jack & Jill weekly division played at Bullshooters in Phoenix. Another event that sends teams to Las Vegas is our annual Southwest Challenge Tune up and Qualifier Tournament. This tournament is a three person team event that sends the winning team to Las Vegas for the 8 Ball Southwest Challenge. This event has been a popular tournament among the APA players throughout the Southwest region of the United States for over 20 years. This tournament is also held at the Riviera Hotel and Ca-sino and is as much of an experience for the players as any of the National Championships. This year APA Phoe-nix Metro will be sending 3 players who have been part of our league for several years. Brad Andrews, Martin Rosales and Oscar Herrera will repre-sent us this season.

We will all of our teams and players attending the events in Vegas this year lots of luck....

APA Qualifying Tournaments

Sandeep Sharma & Martin Rosales

Joe Shipley & Kevin Hutson

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The American Cuesports of Arizona league held their 11th Annual Arizona State Singles and Teams Championships, once again at Bullshoot-ers in Phoenix, on February 20th - 22nd with over 100 players looking to earn state titles. By the end of the weekend, two brand new state singles champions joined two new state team champions, with the exception of one player who repeated his win from last year.

The Open Singles division looked to belong to Jake Mulville, from the Sharks League, as he ran through the winners side and captured the hot-seat with a win over Robert Thomas, from the Sharks League. Little did Jake and Robert know, but Chris Carpenter, from the Sharks League, was on a mission after losing his first round match to Brian Shepherd. Chris came through the one loss side with six straight wins and then double dipped Jake in the finals for his first ACSA State Championship.

The Ladies Singles division would see no late heroics as Tina Hess ran through the field un-defeated. Hess defeated fellow Sharks League player Teri Curtis for the hot-seat and then de-feated Jennifer Engles, from the Mohave League, in the finals. The win was Tina’s first ACSA State Championship.

The Open Team event saw defending Singles and Teams Champion Tyler Fleishman bring four new teammates with him to help win another ACSA State Title. Tyler and his teammates (Craig Goodman, Jeff Roe, John Homerding and Eric Ontiveros) made up Bad Attitude, from the Strokers League. Bad Attitude took the hot-seat with a win over Tuff Breaks (Bill Huddard, Glen Croker, Walt Moros, Filberto Reguenb and Genovevo Lucio). Tuff Breaks would then lose

to the Nugget Misfits on the one loss side and settle for third place. The Nugget Misfits (Teresa Eisner, Terry Walker, Abel Saenz, Glenn Lampe and Brian Shepherd) had lost to Bad Attitude once already in this event, but redeemed that loss with a win in the first round of the double elimination finals. The rubber match to deter-mine State Champions would go to Bad Attitude with Fleishman repeating as a member of the State Champi-onship team.

Without the defending Champions or runners up com-peting this year, the Ladies Team Division was wide open for a new team of Champions. Early on, that team looked to be Focused (Laura Newton, Sue Goodman, Michelle Miller and Becky Zimmer), from the Prescott Billiards Association. Focused took the hot-seat with a win over the Deli Avengers (Jodi Hirning, Shelly McCormick, Trisha Ochsner and Robbin Grammatico). On the one loss side, Those Girls (Windy Breck, Jean Snow, Sharon Anderson, Becky Onnembo and Linda Nichles), from the East Valley Legacy League, were on a roll after losing their first match of the day. Three matches later, Those Girls had defeated the Deli Aveng-ers and were looking to double dip Focused. They would get those two wins to defeat Focused and earn their first State Title.

Tournament directors Lee White and Jodi Hirning expressed their thanks to Mike and Julie Bates, as well as their great staff, for hosting another successful state championship.

Complete Payouts

Open Singles1st Chris Carpenter $2652nd Jake Mulville $2003rd Robert Thomas $1304th Tyler Fleishman $655th Guy Martinez $655th Brian Shepherd $65

Ladies Singles1st Tina Hess $2052nd Jennifer Engles $1503rd Teri Curtis $1004th Priscilla Hernandes $50

Open Teams1st Bad Attitude $7002nd Nuggets Misfits $5003rd Tuff Breaks $2504th Rustic Warriors $100

Ladies Teams1st Those Girls $3802nd Focused $2603rd Deli Avengers $100

ACSA Crowns New Champions

Bad Attitude (Strokers League)

Chris Carpenter

Those Girls (East Valley Legacy League)

Tina Hess, Jennifer Engles and Teri Curtis

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Pettipiece over Young for One Pocket Win

Bernie Pettipiece ended the day with two hill-hill wins over Eric Young to win Kolby’s Handicapped One Pocket event in February 28th.

The first time Bernie and Eric met was for the hot-seat, where Bernie scored a 2-1 win.

The one loss side was a veritable minefield of obstacles with Scott Frost losing an early match to Pettipiece and Bobby Emmons losing to Bret Huth early on. Emmons would eliminate Frost 2-1 and then get revenge over Huth 2-0. Em-mons would have to settle for third place though, as Eric beat him 2-0 in the semi final match.

The finals was a rematch between Pettipiece and Young, with Bernie scoring the 3-2 win for first place.

Complete Payouts:1st Bernie Pettipiece $2702nd Eric Young $1803rd Bobby Emmons $70

Bernie Pettipiece

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Traveling for Pool Tournaments: The Cost and Rewards

By Carl StewartBCA Certified Instructor

I recently attended the 7th Annual Chuck Markulis Memorial Tournament at Hardtimes billiards in Sacramento, CA. The event fea-tured the format Chuck used and made very popular of having a one-pocket event and then follow up with a 9-ball event. I played in the 9-ball portion. As I reflect on my trip, traveling is expensive and I seem to be doing it less and less. Living in Phoenix, we are so lucky to have many great tournaments and even tours just across town.

I do think traveling for pool tournaments offers rewards though. There is nothing like playing in front of people that have never seen you play. If you have a good, great, subpar or even a poor match, no one knows if that is your true game. I played and met players for the first time from all over the world. In addition, Hardtimes has the best, toughest and most well-maintained equipment I have ever seen. I noticed the dif-ference between the gold crowns (which Hard-times has 30 plus of them) and the diamond tables I have fell in love with. I also noticed how out of practice I am on the 4.5x 9 tables after playing on so many Baby Diamonds.

How to justify the cost of airfare, rental car, hotels, food etc. I start with the fact that you

only live once and I try to live life to the fullest. Nevertheless, as I mentioned earlier, I find my-self not going as much with the higher costs. I try to plan for the most bang for the trip. Chuck at Hardtimes started the jamboree format know-ing players were already making the trip and most tour stops have designed a second chance event following days of the main event.

Another benefit from traveling is meeting new friends and with Facebook these days, it is much easier to compare notes for tournaments. I met the operator of the Behind the Rock Tour. This tour has a new format with you playing the ghost. Check it out at www.behindtherocktour.com. It is a very interesting format playing the ghost.

Always keep pushing forward, as part of ad-vancing your game is stepping out of your com-fort zone, which means traveling to new rooms and playing new players.

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Weekly Dart TournamentsSundaysWanderin – 4149 E. McDowell Rd. – Phx – 602-275-1062 2:00 Blind Draw

Mondays Greenway Village – 3143 E. Greenway – Phx – 602-971-5523 8:30 Blind Draw 200%

TuesdaysHideaway West – 3558 W Northern Ave – Phoenix – 602-522-9999 8:00 Blind DrawJoe’s Grotto – 13825 N. 32nd St. – Phoenix – 602-992-1007 9:00 Medley

WednesdaysCheers Tavern - 5915 W. Bell Rd - Phoenix - 602-938-0104 7pm Parity DrawHideaway West – 3558 W Northern Ave – Phoenix – 602-522-9999 8:00 Blind DrawRJ’s - 3128 E. Cactus Rd - Phoenix - 602-494-5404 10pm 200%Jesters - 1515 N Gilbert Rd - Gilbert - 480-926-1314 $7:00 Blind Draw 150%

ThursdaysDave’s Place - 2710 W Bell Rd - Phoenix - 602-866-9898 7:30 200% Payback Joe’s Grotto – 13825 N. 32nd St. – Phoenix – 602-992-1007 9:00 Blind Draw

FridaysStingers – 10040 N. 43rd Ave – Glendale – 623-937-9645 7:00 Blind Draw +$200Bull Shooters – 3337 W. Peoria – Phoenix – 602-441-2447 8:00 Blind Draw 300%Jesters - 1515 N Gilbert Rd - Gilbert - 480-926-1314 7:30 Steel TipGarfield’s – 10123 Apache Trail – Apache Junction – 480-380-0558 7:00 Blind DrawHideaway West – 3558 W Northern Ave – Phoenix – 602-522-9999 8:00 Blind DrawJimbos - 12224 n. 51st Ave - 602-298-1500 8:30 Blind Draw 300%Enoch’s Sports Lounge – 6750 W. Peoria – Peoria – 623-878-6296 8:00 Blind DrawGino’s - 13623 N. 32st - 602-923-2500 10:00Blind Draw 200%

SaturdaysCheers Tavern - 5915 W. Bell Rd - Phoenix - 602-938-0104 6pm Parity DrawMetro Sportz Bar - 10402 N. Black Canyon Hwy - 602-997-5717 7:00 Blind DrawBull Shooters – 3337 W. Peoria – Phoenix – 602-441-2447 8:00 Blind Draw 300%The Ox - 3209 E Pinchot - Phoenix - 602-466-3673 7:30 Blind Draw 200%Gino’s - 13623 N. 32st - 602-923-2500 10:00Blind Draw 200%Kirk’s Korner – 10634 N. 51st Ave. – Glendale – 623-878-9874 8:00 Steel TipStingers – 10040 N. 43rd Ave – Glendale – 623-937-9645 3:30 Blind DrawToso’s 2401 W. Union Hills – Phoenix – 602-547-2770 8:00 Blind Draw/Mixed

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Arizona Billiard & Dart News March 2015Groggys Scotch Split

Dennis “BBQ” Gresham & Manny Morales teamed up for an undefeated run (and short night) at Groggys 16 & Under Scotch Doubles event on February 7th.

BBQ & Manny took the hot-seat with a one sided 7-2 victory over Jeff Vikete & Todd Rodgers.

Meanwhile, Chris Negrin & Mike Chapa were eliminating Andy Benavides & Bernie Papa in 4th place on the one loss side. Chris & Mike didn’t stop there as they went on to defeat Jeff & Todd 6-3 in the semi-final match.

Instead of playing out the final match, the two teams decided on a split of 1st and 2nd place.

Complete Payouts:1st Dennis Gresham & Manny Morales $2151st Chris Negrin & Mike Chapa $2003rd Jeff Vikete & Todd Rodgers $30 (no sides)4th Andy Benavides & Bernie Papa $15

Chris Negrin, BBQ and Mike Chapa

Taylor and Vikete Top Groggys Scotch Event

Charlie Taylor & Jeff Vikete teamed up for a win at Groggy’s 14 & Under Scotch Doubles event on February 14th.

Charlie & Jeff went mostly unchallenged and took the hot-seat with a 7-3 win over Harold Lyons & Donna Taylor.

Tim Biggs & Mike Atma were plotting a course through the one loss side after a loss to Charlie & Jeff late on the winners side. Tim & Mike eliminated Gary Hall & Joe Wiley and then did the same to Harold & Donna.

Tim & Mike would have to settle for second place though, as they lost to Char-lie & Jeff in the finals 7-3.

Complete Payouts:1st Charlie Taylor & Jeff Vikete $3102nd Tim Biggs & Mike Atma $1203rd Harold Lyons & Donna Taylor $60

Jeff Vikete and Charlie Taylor

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Groggys Sunday Afternoon Split

Groggys kicked off their new 8’s & Under Weekly Sunday Afternoon event on February 22nd and Dave Albrecht & Guyle Fielder split 1st and 2nd at that first event. Albrecht & Fielder would match up for 2nd and 3rd at the second running of this event in March 1st.

Albrecht lost a 3-0 decision to Bill Norish for the hot-seat, and Albrecht found Fielder waiting for him on the one loss side. Albrecht had beaten Fielder early in the event, and he repeated that result with a 3-2 win over Fielder.

Instead of playing out the finals, Albrecht and Norish agreed on a split of first and second place.

Complete Payouts:1st Bill Norish $1252nd Dave Albrecht $853rd Guyle Fielder $304th Andy Benavides $10

Bill Norish, Jeff Vikete (Tournament Director) and Dave Albrecht

Conceding Game Balls

By Roger LongCertified Instructor

What began as a common courtesy seems to have turned into a common sharking technique.

I’m sure we’ve all seen instances in matches where a seated opponent will concede the game with a “that’s good” to the shooting player when that player has run out a rack and left himself a short, straight-in shot on the game ball. This has become a very common occur-rence in tournament matches, money matches, and fun matches; but its existence sometimes causes more problems than it avoids.

Let’s take a look at how and why this practice got started and what it seems to have evolved into today.

I believe that the initial intent behind conced-ing balls was to show a courtesy to the shoot-ing player. It was a show of respect. Why have a player shoot a short, straight-in game ball? It was a waste of time. It also seemed a bit disrespectful to require a person to shoot such an easy final shot when he had just fin-ished pocketing several tougher shots leading up to that final ball. To that end, game-ball concession was a decent act.

But now we’ll look at some of the other ways ball concessions are used.

Twenty-some years ago, I was playing in a tournament down in Florida and early in the match my opponent started conceding balls to me. And it wasn’t just the game ball being conceded; at times it was more than half the rack. Now my opponent was an extremely good player so I knew he wasn’t conceding balls out of respect for my ability. Somewhat perplexed, I went over to a mutual friend and asked him if he knew why his buddy was conceding games to me. His answer was, “He doesn’t want you to get in stroke.” That’s when I first realized that game concessions could mean more than a show of courtesy and respect. My opponent was just trying to keep me off guard until such time that he could get to the table and lay some confidence-wrecking safeties on me and then really take over the match. And he did, too! Obviously, there was no courtesy or respect intended in that match.

Since that time in Florida, I’ve seen some strange things happen. I’ve seen professional players miscue on easy game balls; which means it’s a good thing for their opponents that they didn’t concede those games to them. That would be one argument against ball conces-sion. This would be another: I’ve seen players make their opponents shoot the first game ball in a set — then concede the next few — then

go back to making them shoot all balls again. That’s ridiculous. Alternating between conced-ing and not conceding game balls accomplishes nothing more than to get inside the shooter’s head. It makes him think, “He gave me the last one, why isn’t he giving me this one?” Of course, that’s exactly what the seated player wants to happen!

Pool is a game of skill and its very nature requires a clear-cut winner. This is especially true in games where there is something at stake. And unless it’s a social game between two non-gambling friends, there is always something at stake.

Conceding balls in pool taints the spirit of the game; it bends the rule that says the person sinking the game ball on a legal shot wins the game. But yet, we see this rule being bent all the time. We don’t see concessions being made in any other sport, so why do we see them in pool? For instance, in basketball, you don’t see someone conceding a free throw to a player just because he is a 98% free throw shooter. No, you make him earn that point! I’ve seen ball concession become just one more chink in pool’s armor. It has become more of a shark-ing technique than a courtesy. Recently, I saw a match between two of my friends almost turn into a physical fight because of a dispute over whether or not the game ball was being con-ceded. Is that what we want in pool?

I can think of no good reason to concede balls in pool, can you? The simple solution to avoid-ing fights, disputes, and confusion, is to get in the practice of shooting all balls, all the time.

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Winkler & Moore Win at Kittys

Dennis Winkler & Randell Moore teamed up to win Kitty’s 13 & Under Scotch Doubles event by the smallest of margins.

Dennis & Randell took the hot-seat with a hill-hill (8-6) win over Emmitt Webb & Laura Boothroyd.

Emmitt & Laura didn’t stay on the one loss side for long though, as they scored a hill-hill win over Joseph & William to earn another shot at Dennis & Randell in the finals.

Dennis & Randell looked to be running away with the match at 7-2, but then watched Emmitt & Laura win four straight games to tie the match at hill-hill again. Unfortunately for Emmitt & Laura, this match went the same as the hot-seat with Dennis & Randell scoring the hill-hill win.

Complete Payouts:1st Dennis Winkler & Randell Moore $4002nd Emmitt Webb & Laura Boothroyd $150 (no sides)3rd Joseph & William $170 (all sides)

Dennis Winkler and Randell Moore

Weiss & Santori Come Back at Kittys

William “Wizzard” Daniel & Rich Calvery scored a hill-hill win over Eric Caulkins & Jacob Sanchez for the hot-seat at Kitty’s 12 & Under Scotch Doubles event on February 21st, but neither team would find the final winners circle at the end of the day.

William Weiss & Paul Santori lost to Eric & Jacob in the final four of the win-ners side, but that would be their only loss as they defeated Eric & Jacob 7-3 in the semi final match and then defeated Wizzard & Rich 7-2 and 7-3 in the double elimination finals.

Complete Payouts:1st William Weiss & Paul Santori $3802nd William Daniel & Rich Calvery $1803rd Eric Caulkins & Jacob Sanchez $50

Paul Santori and William Weiss

Team Bishop at Stingers

Evans & Justine Bishop don’t get out to play many scotch doubles tourna-ments together. The field of teams at Stinger’s 15 & Under event on February 21st found out how hard it is to beat the Bishop’s when they do get out to play though.

Evans & Justine came out ahead of the field of 28 teams and took the hot-seat with a hill-hill (8-4) win over Juan Silva & Phillip Salas.

The one loss side was owned by Tucson’s Aaron Purdy & John Schramm as they came back from a second round loss to win six matches in a row. Aaron & John would finish in third after losing to Juan & Phillip 5-4 in the semi-final match.

After the long wait for the finals, Evans & Justine wasted no time in taking a quick 7-0 lead over Juan & Phillip. Juan & Phillip would manage to win one game, but dropped the match 8-1 and settled for second place.

Complete Payouts:1st Evans & Justine Bishop $11802nd Juan Silva & Phillip Salas $6803rd Aaron Purdy & John Schramm $3704th Adam Kroll & Brian McGee $170

Evans and Justine Bishop

McGee and Balancad Split

Brian McGee made the most of his new “7” rating by plowing through a field of thirty players and splitting first place at Stinger’s 8s and under 9-Ball event on February 28th.

McGee rode the winners side and capped things off with a dominating 7-2 win over Burt Balancad for the hot-seat.

Balancad went to the left side of the board where he scored his second win of the day over Hopell Ampongan, to send Hopell to the seats in third place.

The double elimination finals saw Balancad score an 8-1 win over McGee in the first set and both players agreed on a split of first and second place instead of playing out the second set.

Complete Payouts:1st Brian McGee $3621st Burt Balancad $3623rd Hopell Ampongan $1304th Rick Jones $605th Tenadore Lee $255th Amanda Pulley $25

Brian McGee and Burt Balancad

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MONDAY 7:30 STINGERS 43RD AVE & PEORIA 623-937-9645 8/9/10-BALL D/E RACE TO 3 $3 Greens $10.00 MONDAY 7:00 CHEERS TAVERN 5915 W. BELL RD 602-938-0104 OPEN CALL FOR DETAILS CALLMONDAY 7:00 MAIN ST BILLIARDS 1749 W MAIN ST, MESA 480-969-7898 9’ TABLES RACE TO 4/3 $5.00TUESDAY 7:30 KOLBY’S 1301 EAST UNIVERSITY DR. 480-829-7344 9-BALL 9’TBL $10.00TUESDAY 8PM BROOKSIDE II 15170 W BELL RD SURPRISE 623-556-1000 9-BALL D/E 200% RACE TO 2 $5.00THURSDAY 1:00 METRO SPORTZ 10402 N BLACK CANY HWY 602-997-5717 9-BALL 9’ TABLES HANDICAPPED $5.00THURSDAY 7:30 KAY’S PLACE 315 S ALMA SCHOOL 602 666-6634 8-BALL D/E ADDED MONEY $5.00SATURDAY 4:00 KAY’S PLACE 315 S ALMA SCHOOL 602 666-6634 8-BALL D/E ADDED MONEY $5.00SUNDAY 4PM THE SNAP 1516 W CAMELBACK 602-222-3551 8-BALL D/E 200% PAYBACK $5.00

MONDAY 7:30 THE LOFT AGAIN 15015 N CAVE CREEK RD 602-482-3130 3-Ball CALL FOR DETAILS CALLSUNDAY 2PM 5030 LOUNGE 5030 W. PEORIA AVE 623-939-3876 3-BALL (5 TOTAL SHOTS) $2.00

MONDAY 7:30 WHAT THE HELL 7309 E MAIN ST 480-380-6000 9-Ball ADDED MONEY $10.00TUESDAY 7:30 METRO SPORTZ 10402 N BLACK CANY HWY 602-997-5717 8-BALL 7’ TABLES SIDES $5.00FRIDAY 7:30 STINGERS 43RD AVE & PEORIA 623-937-9645 9-BALL HDCP-2 D/E $10.00SATURDAY 7:30 PM THE DELI 9635 W PEORIA AVE 623-979-5163 8-BALL D/E 200% PAY $5.00SUNDAY NOON KOLBY’S 1301 EAST UNIVERSITY DR. 480-829-7344 9-BALL D/E HDP (-2) 9’ TBLS $6.00

MONDAY 7:30 METRO SPORTZ 10402 N BLACK CANY HWY 602-997-5717 9-BALL BARBOX 200% Payback $5.00MONDAY 7:30 JESTER’S 1515 N GILBERT RD 480-926-1314 8-BALL D/E BAR TABLES $5.00TUESDAY 7:30 METRO SPORTZ 10402 N BLACK CANY HWY 602-997-5717 9-BALL 9’ TABLES SIDES $7.00WEDNESDAY 7:30 THE LOFT AGAIN 15015 N CAVE CREEK RD 602-482-3130 8-Ball 200% PAYBACK $5.00WEDNESDAY 7:30 THUNDER PASS 9303 APACHE, MESA 480-986-5572 9-Ball CALL FOR DETAILS CALLTHURSDAY 7:00 METRO SPORTZ 10402 N BLACK CANY HWY 602-997-5717 9-BALL BARBOX $5.00THURSDAY 7:30 WHAT THE HELL 7309 E MAIN ST 480-380-6000 8-Ball ADDED MONEY $6.00FRIDAY 7:30 SKIP & JANS 7700 S PRIEST DR 480-598-8611 9-BALL 200% D/E $7 Greens Fee $5.00SATURDAY 5:00 WHAT THE HELL 7309 E MAIN ST 480-380-6000 9-Ball ADDED MONEY $6.00SATURDAY 7:30 SKIP & JANS 7700 S PRIEST DR 480-598-8611 8-BALL 200% D/E $2 Greens Fee $5.00SATURDAY 8PM GREENWAY VILLAGE 3143 E. GREENWAY RD 602-971-5523 8BALL D/E 200% $5.00SUNDAY 2:00 STINGERS 43RD AVE & PEORIA 623-937-9645 8-BALL D/E RACE TO 2 $5 Green Fee $5.00 SUNDAY 2:00 THE BREAK ROOM 4729 E MCDOWELL 602-267-1010 9-BALL D/E $5 SIDE POT $5.00SUNDAY 3:00 480 BAR 480 N ARIZONA AVE 480-899-2268 9-BALL D/E ADDED MONEY $5.00SUNDAY 3:00 GROGGYS 2207 W MAIN ST. 480-969-7648 9-BALL BARBOX D/E 200% 5.00

MONDAY 7:00 DAVE’S PLACE 2710 W BELL RD 602-866-9898 8-BALL D/E 200% PAYBACK $5.00MONDAY 7:00 SAGE & SAND 13831 W GLENDALE AVE 623-935-5810 8-BALL D/E 150% PAYBACK $5.00MONDAY 7:00 DODEY’S 3114 E CACTUS RD 602-404-2300 8-BALL D/E ADDED MONEY $5.00MONDAY 8:00 CANDY STORE 18613 N CAVE CREEK RD 602-569-0084 8-BALL D/E 200% PAYBACK $5.00TUESDAY 7:00 KITTYS 2836 N 36TH ST 602-957-9786 9-BALL BARBOX 200% $5.00TUESDAY 7:00 RACEWAY BAR 49237 W PAPAGO ROAD 520-568-0808 9-BALL D/E CALL FOR DETAILS $5.00TUESDAY 8:00 CANDY STORE 18613 N CAVE CREEK RD 602-569-0084 8-BALL D/E 200% PAYBACK $5.00WEDNESDAY 7:30 JESTER’S 1515 N GILBERT RD 480-926-1314 9-BALL D/E BAR TABLES 150% $5.00WEDNESDAY 8:00 COOPS 8455 W. PEORIA AVE PEORIA 623-878-4250 8-BALL D/E 200% RETURN $5.00THURSDAY 8:00 THE NUGGET 4130 N 83RD AVE 623-873-1118 8-BALL RACE TO 1 150% PAYBACK $5.00FRIDAY 7:00 KITTYS 2836 N 36TH ST 602-957-9786 9-BALL BARBOX 200% $5.00FRIDAY 7:00 CHARLEY’S PLACE 4324 W THUNDERBIRD 602-439-1668 8-BALL 200% PAY / RACE TO 2 D/E $5.00FRIDAY 7:00 SAGE & SAND 13831 W GLENDALE AVE 623-935-5810 9-BALL D/E 200% PAYBACK $5.00FRIDAY 7:00 RACEWAY BAR 49237 W PAPAGO ROAD 520-568-0808 8-BALL D/E CALL FOR DETAILS $5.00FRIDAY 7:30 METRO SPORTZ 10402 N BLACK CANY HWY 602-997-5717 8-BALL BARBOX $5.00FRIDAY 7:30 480 BAR 480 N ARIZONA AVE 480-899-2268 8-BALL D/E ADDED MONEY $5.00FRIDAY 8:00 KIRK’S KORNER 10634 N. 51 ST AVE 623-878-9874 8-BALL D/E 150% $5.00SATURDAY 3:00 CACTUS JACKS 4747 E ELLIOT RD 480-753-4733 8-BALL CALL FOR DETAILS $5.00SATURDAY 7:00 CHARLEY’S PLACE 4324 W THUNDERBIRD 602-439-1668 8-BALL 200% PAYBACK $5.00SATURDAY 4:30 PM KIRK’S KORNER 10634 N. 51ST AVE 623-878-9874 8-BALL 150% PAY $1 SIDEPOT $5.00SATURDAY 7:30 METRO SPORTZ 10402 N BLACK CANY HWY 602-997-5717 9-BALL BARBOX 200% $5.00SATURDAY 8:00 CONNOLLY’S 5160 W NORTHERN 602-377-8936 8-BALL BARBOX 200% RACE TO 2 $5.00SUNDAY 1:00 METRO SPORTZ 10402 N BLACK CANY HWY 602-997-5717 9-BALL BARBOX 200% $5.00SUNDAY 2:00 KITTYS 2836 N 36TH ST 602-957-9786 8-BALL BARBOX 200% $5.00SUNDAY 3:00 CROSSROADS 5030 W MCDOWELL 602-278-3857 8-BALL D/E ADDED MONEY $5.00SUNDAY 4:00 COOPS 8455 W. PEORIA AVE PEORIA 623-878-4250 8-BALL D/E 200% RETURN $5.00SUNDAY 7:30 WHAT THE HELL 7309 E MAIN ST 480-380-6000 8-Ball ADDED MONEY $6.00

SUNDAY 7:00 METRO SPORTZ 10402 N BLACK CANY HWY 602-997-5717 8-BALL BARBOX 200% $5.00SUNDAY 7PM DAVES ON NORTHER 2344 W NORTHERN 602-973-7797 8BALL D/E 200% PAYBACK $5.00MONDAY 8:00 480 BAR 480 N ARIZONA AVE 480-899-2268 8-BALL D/E ADDED MONEY $5.00WEDNESDAY 7:00 BREAK ROOM 4729 E MCDOWELL 602-267-1010 9-BALL RACE TO 3 200% $5.00FRIDAY 7PM 5030 LOUNGE 5030 W PEORIA 623-435-3997 8BALL D/E 200% PAYBACK $5.00

SUNDAY 5:00 METRO SPORTZ 10402 N BLACK CANY HWY 602-997-5717 16 & UNDER 9-BALL 9’ TABLES $20.00

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DPT “A” Player Points List

1 Scott Frost 1802 Bobby Emmons 1453 Donivan Pedroncelli 1154 Donald Mangahas 90

5 Jon Smith 705 Ben Sutherland 707 Nick De Leon 557 Pete Lhotka 55

9 George Teyechea 409 Doc Rice 409 Paul Grande 409 Jason Polk 4013 Tres Kane 3013 Andy Kachur 3013 Jeremy Gibbs 3013 Rudy Alameda 30

17 Brian McIntyre 2017 Tommy Tokoph 2017 Chuck Evans 2017 Tim Daniel 2017 Chad Barber 2017 Lee Brown 2017 James Lester 2017 Rick Armbrust 20

Points current as of first 2015 stop. (Skip & Jans)

AWBT Points List

1. Bernie Store 2002. Barbara Lee 1603. Cynthia Haefner 1254. Sara Miller 100

5. Jodie Villegas 805. Veronica Poore 807. Renay Justus 657. Tina Hess 65

9. Beth Orth 509. Cathy Kelley 509. Susan Williams 509. Tami Hathcock 5013. Connie Soots 4013. Leandrea Gaff 4013. Sandi Wilson 4013. Sara Sorg 40

17. Camen Osenton 3017. Donna Taylor 3017. Heather Cortez 3017. Jaye Succo 3017. Katherine Nelson 3017. Susan Wilbur 3017. Terri Johnson-McCauley 3017. Tracy Price 30

Points current as of first 2015 stop. (Skip and Jans)

DPT “B” Player Points List

1. Linn Vissage 2002. Spike Aiardo 1603. Guyle Fielder 1254. John Shramm 100

5. Eric Lervold 805. John Halter 807. Joe Nicita 657. Harold Lyons 65

9. Mike McGovern 509. Joey Barrera 509. Tony Denton 509. Roy Anderson 5013. Paul Feltman Jr. 4013. Trevor Long 4013. Larry Coffey 4013. Burt Balancad 40

17. Nick Cipiti 3017. James Main 3017. Jake Powell 3017. Junior Flores 3017. Ed Scott 3017. Les Torpin 3017. Bernie Store 3017. Adam Kroll 30

Points current as of first 2015 stop. (Skip & Jans)

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Foos PulseFoosball News

By Jim King

Greetings once again Foosers of Phoenix! Last month I proclaimed that Arizona Foosball activity was reaching a deafening crescendo as the 2014/2015 Arizona Foosball Fall/Winter League and the inaugural season of the Phoe-nix Tour were both reaching their apex. Well, I’m downright ecstatic to report that due to both the Hall of Fame Warm-up and the 2015 Hall of Fame Classic tournaments that activity is closing in on a fever pitch and it’s time to delve into the details.

League The culmination of the season was finally real-ized when both Eastern and Western confer-ence champions met at Foos Bowl XIII hosted by Stingers Sports Bar & Grill on February 21st. A funny thing happened on the way to the finals; both first place teams successfully defended their top-of-the-heap rankings. The western wild card playoffs had the fourth place Boobs & Balls easily (4-1) defeating the third place Foos Brothers. Likewise, Boobs & Balls was easily defeated (4-1) receiving their first loss of the season against second place I Felt It Go In, who ended up losing to The Steve Matthews Band in a nail-biter (3-2) overtime win. On the east side of town, fourth place Abusement Park squeaked out a win (3-2) over third place European Connection. However, second place T.G.A won a seesaw battle (3-1) over Abusement Park only to get defeated in another OT nail-biter (3-2) by first place That’s What She Said. The championship match had The Steve Matthews Band winning the coin toss to receive ‘home field’ advantage. The home team did win the first round of Doubles but ended up tying on points, which could, and did, prove to be detrimental. That’s What She Said came back to take the second round of 1 on 1 Battle and, more importantly, pick-ing up 12 points. The next round, Rollerball, was a tie with both teams picking up 12 points respectively. Essentially, it came down to The Steve Matthews Band needing to win the Team Roto round to send the match into overtime, however that was out of reach when That’s What She Said took a decisive 7-0 win in the first game of 1 on 1 Roto, resulting in a 2-1 championship win. Congratulations to Jac-queline d’Estries, Jason Collicott, and Daniel Blech for becoming the winners of Foos Bowl XIII!

Another awesome component of every Foos Bowl is the seven individual playoff matches determining the title winners for each of the below categories. Each category/game type constitutes the games played in a typical match. Won/loss records are kept throughout the season and the winners of both conferences face off in a best of three match format to determine the true champion for each category. Due to the extremely effective handicap sys-tem that the league utilizes, it levels the play-ing field and allows beginners to have a shot at these titles. I’ve listed the player’s classifica-

tion in the below summary so everyone can see how each level of player faired.

League Stud (best winning percentage of all games played): Brian Salke (Expert - W*) defeated Jim Sherman (Expert-E*)Goalie War: Rulon Smith (Beginner - E) de-feated Holly Minnig (Amateur - W)Forward Shoot Out: Tim Friesen (Beginner - E) defeated Miles Johnson (Amateur - W)Singles: Rick Weirman (Beginner - W) de-feated Jason Collicott (Amateur - E)Doubles: Brian Salke (Expert - W) defeated Jim Sherman (Expert - E)Rollerball: Brian Salke (Expert - W) defeated Paul Lopes (Amateur - E)5 Bar War: Mike Lawrence (Expert - E) de-feated Mark Proctor (Amateur - W)*Western / Eastern

In addition to the above individual titles, Kenny Oglesby won Hired Gun, which is the best overall winning percentage of a substitute. And beginner Colton Dusenberry walked away with the Most Improved Player recognition.

And finally, there was a lot of blood, sweat, tears, and beers that went into making this season’s league very successful. So, with that in mind I’m using the following excerpt from ArizonaFoosball.com, written by coordinator Bill Nolan, since I’m not sure everyone read it online.

“Thanks to all league players, coordinators, and sponsors for helping to make the 2014 Fall/Winter League a big success.

Everyone knows the league is both a fun time and a great way to break up a long week with a little foos action and camaraderie. But the AZ Foosball League has become more than that - it has become something special. I don’t believe there is anything comparable across the nation right now, and we are getting bigger and better each season. This could not happen without each and every one of you, so thanks again!

That said, I would like to thank several people in particular for their extra efforts this season.

Nolan Gorney: Thanks to Nolan for his ongo-ing work in expanding AZ Foosball around Phoenix, including procuring one of our coolest new venues this season, the Hob Nob Sports Grill in Chandler. (This is not just a typical pitch - anyone who has hung out there knows that Yianni and his hockey buddies know how to run a sports bar and to sell a gyro!)

Rulon Smith - thanks to Rulon for taking over the management of the league statistics, and helping with coordinator duties. This has proven to be invaluable, and is sure to lead to many good things to come.”

I’m going to add a very, very special thanks to Bill for being instrumental in the league’s suc-cess. I think we all know that without ‘Billy Boy” being at the helm of our foosball ship we definitely wouldn’t have the foos-following and achievements we currently enjoy.

Phoenix TourThis inaugural event came to an end at Sting-ers Sports Bar & Grill on January 31st. As mentioned in last month’s Foos Pulse, the Phoenix Tour is an ongoing event where play-ers compete at events around the Phoenix area and are rated for overall performance during a three month stretch of tournaments. To date, there have been 81 contestants vying for two main prizes, one for the overall champion, and another for the highest placing rookie. Each earns the right to wear a championship jacket embroidered with their names and dates of the title, and the overall champion also collects a $100 bonus.

Well, I’m here to report that Bryan Hendricks walked away as numero uno as the overall champion, beating out Adrienne ‘Age’ Mc-Cormack by 14 points. However, not all was lost for Age as she ended up in the top rookie slot. Both Brian and Age are waiting for their embroidered jackets to show up. Despite the warm temperatures in Phoenix, don’t be surprised if you see these two wearing their jackets proudly in the coming months.

ETC.I mentioned in my opening the Hall of Fame Warm-up and the 2015 Hall of Fame Classic tournaments. As I sit here writing this month’s Pulse, there are several individuals readying the tables for the start of Hall of Fame Warm-up tourney taking place at Jester’s Billiard’s in Gilbert. The tourney runs three days, February 27th – March 1st. I’ll report on the results of it in April’s Foos Pulse.

Most of us ‘foosers’ realize that when you see ‘Warm-up’ as part of the tourney name you know there’s a bigger event fast approaching. Well, that event is the 2015 Hall of Fame Clas-sic being held at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas March 11th – 15th. Prize money totals $60,000 and will feature a Johnny Lott High Stakes Rollerball event valued at $16,000, with first place walking away with a comfortable ten grand. There will be hundreds of players descending on Vegas in their attempt to capture ‘their’ portion of the $60K. Included in those hundreds will be a contingent of valley foosers headed north to test their skills against others from around the country. Last year’s group did very well and for fear of leaving anyone out who placed in the multiple events I will forgo attempting to list those individuals. Sorry foosers! However, please note that April’s Pulse will provide all the gory details of how Arizona faired against the rest.

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Monthly Tournament GuideLocation Address Phone

9’s & Under 8-Ball Knobbys 10812 N Cave Creek Rd (602) 216-9933 Mar 6thOne Pocket Madness Bullshooters 3337 W Peoria (602) 441-2447 Mar 7th

16 & Under Scotch 9-Ball Groggys 2207 W Main St (480) 969-7648 Mar 7th13 & Under Scotch Doubles Kitty’s 2836 N 36th St (602) 957-9786 Mar 7th

Open Scotch Doubles Skip & Jans 7700 S Priest Rd (480) 598-8611 Mar 7th Diamond Pool Tour Bullshooters 3337 W Peoria (602) 441-2447 Mar 14th-15th

14 & Under Scotch 9-Ball Groggys 2207 W Main St (480) 969-7648 Mar 14th15 & Under Jack & Jill Scotch Skip & Jans 7700 S Priest Rd (480) 598-8611 Mar 21st

Ladies 6 & Under 8-Ball Max & Ted’s 480 (480) 899-2268 Mar 21st12 & Under Scotch Doubles Kitty’s 2836 N 36th St (602) 957-9786 Mar 21st

15 & Under Scotch 9-Ball Stingers 10040 N 43rd Ave (623) 937-9645 Mar 22ndOne Pocket Kolby’s Corner Pocket 1301 E University (480) 829-7344 Mar 28th

9’s & Under Barbox 9-Ball Skip & Jans 7700 S Priest Rd (480) 598-8611 Mar 28th6 & Under 8-Ball Max & Ted’s 480 (480) 899-2268 Mar 28th

15 & Under Scotch Doubles Kitty’s 2836 N 36th St (602) 957-9786 Mar 28th

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March 2015 Az Billiard and Dart News