Season 49 is in the books!  Congratulations to all of our first place teams – The Flying Chanclas of Skip & Jan’s – Robert Berry, Mike Chapa & Darren Bradford, No Name from Stockman’s in Flagstaff – Eric McKay, Gary Wimmer, Kip Anderson & Mark Higgins, the Crazy 8s from Dave’s on Northern in Phoenix – Walt Seng, Trish Hong & Gator McCluskey, Rock Out With Ur Chalk Out from Skip & Jan’s – Matt Miller, Marshall Reed & Nate Holliday, Liquored Up from Humphrey’s 2 Lanes Saloon in Globe – Enrique Gomez, Ernie Encizo & Steve Key and Tough Times also from 2 Lanes – Skip Bales, Kevin Phillips & Terry Lemke! 

And let’s have a round of applause for the division MVPs – Robert Berry of the Flying Chanclas (5^th best season ALL-Time!), Heide French of T.H.B. & the Cue Queens, Mike Chapa of Horseshoes & Hand Grenades, Steve Deluna of Dem Boys, Trish Hong of the Crazy 8s, Justin King of Derailed Too, Kat Dale of The Unknowns, Terry Lemke of Tough Times, Maggie Boone of the Pool Hall Junkies, Alex Franklin of Cover the Spread & Lela Andrews from the Queens of Cues!

Most Improved Players this season go to Darryl Ulibarri of Los Primos who shot almost 4 points over his career average and Staci Rodarmel of Scratch This who shot 2.63 over her career MA! 

Top Rookies go to Lela Andrews from the Queens of Cues and Jose De la Luz from Tres Mosqueteros! 

Multi Night MVP awards go to Mike Chapa and Heide French!

Robert Berry had quite a season scoring a new record 429 points, allowing just 160 for a 269 point spread!  He won 39 games while losing just 3 for a .929 winning percentage!  Along the way he scored 5 15-0s and 11 30-point games!  He finished the season with a 30.64 match average, scored 102% of his possible points and got an 11.619 power rating which was good enough for 5^th all-time earning himself a nice, cool $300!  His 429 points moved him into 6^th place all-time. 

Michael Kerin won his 2,800^th career game!  Chris Negrin won his 1,200^th game this season and also moved into 4^th all-time in points scored with 15,608!  Chris also moved into 6^th all-time in 30 point games passing legend Doc Rice!  His 13^th 8-ball break moved him into the top 10 in a tie for 9^th!  Rick Meredith scored his 13,000^th point this season.  Tim Ashley cracked the top 10 All-Time with a 138.8 power rating and top 10 in points scored with 12,768 while moving into 9^th in wins!  Justin King scored his 10,000^th point!  Darren Bradford won his 900^th game!  Anthony Begay reached the 10,000 point plateau and won his 800^th game!  Alex Franklin reached 9,000 points!  Gary Wimmer is just 35 shy of the mark!  Gary also entered the top 10 all-time with his 145^th 30 point game!  Tony Begaye & Skip Bales each won their 700^th game!  Kevin Phillips scored 8,000 points!  Terry Lemke won his 600^th game and scored his 7,000^th point!  Kip Anderson won his 500^th game!  Ernie Encizo won his 400^th game and scored his 5,000^th point.  Duane Etsitty won his 400^th game.  Laura Boothroyd cracked the top 10 all-time in points scored with her 5,475^th point!  Albert Sanchez Jr & Ryan Levengood reached the 5,000 point mark!  Shawn Ashworth scored his 5,000^th point and won his 400^th game!  Joseph Demers, Nate Korey & Mindy Teague scored their 4,000^th point!  Charles Madrid, Steve Blackburn, Tara Negrin, Randy Amos, Mike McGaughey and Jake Jiron won their 300^th games!  Tara’s 300^th win moved her into 10^th all-time!  She also jumped to 8^th all-time in points scored and 9^th in 30s with 26!  Jessica Lownsberry reached the 3k mark in points scored!  Eddie Mayorga, Jamie Stafford, David Hetzler, Kat Dale & Dawn Smith scored their 3,000^th points!  Kat also got her 2^nd 8-ball break which moved her into a 5-way tie for 5^th all-time!  Laura Nordan needs just 25 points to reach 3,000 for her career!  Dave Hetzler and Jeff Koch won their 200^th games!  Marcos Benites reached the 2,000 point mark as did Andy Benavidez! 

Thank you to everyone who played this season!  It was a pleasure having you in the league!  Thanks to all the people who help make this league so damn awesome – Anthony Begay, Skip Bales, Mike Krause & Dolly Lucero!  Thanks to all the bars that host the AZPL – Skip & Jan’s, Dave’s on Northern, Stockman’s, Uptown Billiards, Mountainaire Tavern, Monte Vista Cocktail Lounge, the Liquor Stables, Humphrey’s 2 Lanes Saloon, the Drift Inn, Jammerz  and let’s not forget Natalie and Skip & Jan’s!  Thank you so much everyone!  Here’s to a great 49^th AZPL State Championship!

And bring on our 50^th season!

How teams qualify for the State Championship tournament: