Arizona Pool Leagues

Congratulations to the Spring 2012 AZPL State Champions Red Devil Fish of Flagstaff! Jay Graham, Brennan Larson & Marko Robles led the Fish to a 6-1 record, losing once to The Inebriated Chris Negrin, Dave Rayner and Cliff Seaton 65-59 then returning the favor by defeating them twice, first 66-59 and second 60-59 to win the Championship! The 3 matches featured 7 10-0s, 2 8-ball breaks and only 1 30-point game, by Brennan Larson. The Inebriated came in 2^nd finishing 4-2 and winning $465.

The fun began on Friday with the 8-Ball Break & Run Derby, the Men’s & Women’s MVP Singles Tournaments and the 7 & Under Singles Tournament. Fourteen players entered the 8-Ball Break & Run Derby. Cliff Seaton scored 22 in the first round, which was the highest for any player in a single round. In the second round Mike Chapa and Pete Williams scored 14 & 13 respectively for the 2^nd & 3^rd highest. Doug Weber led the 3^rd round with 11 but his 3-round total of 19 wasn’t enough to make it to the final round. Making it to the finals were Cliff Seaton & Mike Chapa, both tied with 28 points and Pete Williams with 27. Mike scored 13 points to win his first 8-Ball Break & Run Derby Championship. He’ll receive a $50 credit towards his weekly dues. Cliff scored 11 to finish 2^nd and Pete took 3^rd with 3 points! They’ll receive credits of $35 & $15.

There were 11 entrants in this season’s Women’s MVP Singles Tournament. Wendy Stanfel won 16 games, including matches against former MVPs Dawn Atokuku & Cathy Beyale (twice), to go 5-0 and win the tournament! She wins the MVP trophy, $82 in cash and a free season in the league! Cathy Beyale won $58 with her 2^nd place finish and Miki Hoppins took 3^rd with a $25 prize.

In the Men’s MVP Singles Tournament Curtis Elifritz defeated a field of 13 to win the MVP trophy, $97 and a free season in the league. Chris Negrin finished in 2^nd to win $68 and Mike Chapa won $30, taking 3^rd place.

Sixteen players participated in the Stingers 7 & under singles tournament. Doug Weber won 9 games to take 1^st place and $60! Kent Bybee took 2^nd with a $40 prize and Cecil Attson finished in 3^rd to win $20!

On Saturday there were 23 teams competing for the Championship! Of those 23 only 8 made it to Sunday play. The Inebriated, starting at 5pm, faced off against REALLY!, Ginsu Knife, Drunk in Public and the first of 3 matches Vs Red Devil Fish, winning the first four before losing the final two to finish 2^nd with $465. No Name, starting play at 1pm Saturday, won 3 matches on the winners side before losing to Drunk in Public. They went on to the loser’s side and won a league-high 4 in a row before being eliminated by the Red Devil Fish. Along the way they led the league with most wins with 43 and points scored with 619 to go 7-2! They finished in 3^rd place winning $375! 4^th Place, with a prize of $300, went to Balls in Hand at 3-2. Tied for 5^th place and $250 each was Bad Habits & Drunk in Public. In a tie for 7^th we had the Hound Dogs & the Double R’s each winning $180. Reigning 2x Champions Shoot the Moon went 3-2 going 35-9 and scoring 404 points to finish in a tie for 13^th. Team captain Darren Bradford led the league with a 3.130 PR, going 13-2 while scoring 143 points and allowing a league-low 66 points. Jay Graham of the Red Devil Fish finished 2^nd with a 2.361 PR, and league-highs of 174 points and 16 wins. Miguel Topete of Two Feathers & a Bean was the most improved shooter in the tournament, going 6-2 with a 27-point match average, over 5 points above his average.

Thanks to Jennifer, Chris, Tara, Jennifer, Lisa & Will for all the help at the tourney!

This spring Cecil Attson passed Joe Campbell to move into 3^rd All-Time with 11,333 points. Next up is Robert Berry, with 12,010. Dawn Atokuku scored her 8,000^th point to move into 10^th All-Time! Jim Green passed Rob Turner to move into 15^th place with 7,322 points. Rick Meredith & Chris Negrin both scored their 7,000^th point to finish in 17^th & 18^th respectively. Mark Tomlinson, Scott Elliott and Matt Miller each scored their 6,000^th point and Robin Clark scored his 5,000^th! Anthony Beyale needs only 26 points to reach the mark as does Chad Hibbard who needs just 33! Eugene Hemphill needs just 25 points to score 4,000. Scoring their 3,000^th point was Arnold Shiplett and Jim Hastings. Derrick Tutt is just 71 shy of the mark. Alex Franlin needs 47 to reach 2,000. Scoring their 1000^th point this season is Brennan Larson, Jay Graham, Dave Riddle, G-Man Garrett Lee, JR Kasting, Mike Ramirez, Jon Tellez, Crystal Tarantine, Victor Vargas Jr, Jean Garcia, Ryan Philpot, Jessie James, Donna Jaggers, Terry Culpepper, Tomas Messiah, Joe Ramos & Rich Buhman!

Moving into 5^th All-Time Cecil Attson passed Joe Campbell with 736 career wins to Joe’s 715. Pete Williams needs 2 wins to take sole possession of 8^th place All-Time. He currently is in 9^th with 660 with Carter Hammond in 8^th with 661. Dawn Atokuku needs 3 wins to win her 500^th game! Rick Meredith needs just 14 to reach the mark. Robin Clark and Curtis Elifritz each win their 400^th game. Darren Bradford needs 21 wins to reach 400. Michael Santopadre & Anthony Beyale each won their 300^th games. Wayne Shropshire is at 299 and holding…. Winning their 200^th are Arnold Shiplett, Miguel Topete, Gary Wimmer & Roy Lawrence. Lisa Bradford is next in line with 198. Larry Divito was the lone 100-game winner this season!

Marko Robles led the league with a 6.451 Power Rating. He also led the league with 33 wins, .786 winning percentage, 8 30-point games with 373 points scored while allowing just 212 to give him a league leading 161 P/PA (points/points allowed). Curtis Elifritz & Wendy Stanfel tied for the league lead with 376 points as well as Match Average with both scoring 26.86 points per match! Curtis also had 5 10-0s to lead the league! Derrick Tutt and Pete Williams tied for the lead with 3 8-ball breaks! Pete now has a league leading 14 8-ball breaks in his career! Garrett Lee shot a 21.29 match average this season, 3-1/2 points higher than his career MA to win the Most Improved Shooter award! Patricia Kloeppel led the women, shooting 2-1/2 points higher for a 21.50 match average.

The Summer season begins May 14^th in Flagstaff! Phoenix & Globe start May 15^th, the Q n Brew starts May 17^th and Jester’s Billiards begins May 20^th! We might be starting up a Thursday Phoenix traveling division on May 24^th. If you’re interested in playing in any of these divisions let me know! I look forward to seeing you all soon!