Congratulations to Doc Rogers, Mike Simonelli & Calvin Balcom of Doc’s Gang from Stinger’s Sports Bar in Glendale!  They are the #1 ranked team heading into the AZPL State Championships this weekend!  They finished at 13-1 while scoring 1,109 points and winning 90 games!  Doc Rogers lead the league with an 8.506 PR, going 38-4 with 12 30s & 2 15-0s while scoring 413 points (3^rd highest all-time) against 205 allowed.  He also has an active 18-game winning streak to finish the season!  Doc needs just 14 points to reach 12,000 for his career!  Finishing just a mere 11 points behind them was Double Kung Pao & White Ryan – Jr Ascencion, Andy Benavidez & Ryan Levengood of Jester’s Billiards in Gilbert – who were also tied at 13-1 while winning 95 games.  JR Ascencion was the division MVP as well as Top Rookie in the league with a 6.389 PR, 34 wins & 367 points with 8 30s!  Stephanie Sterling of 2 Yanks & a Limey of Sidekicks Saloon in Prescott Valley is the women’s MVP with a 2.906 PR, a 24-18 record with 340 points scored and 3 30s!  Lori Dingley of Tony’s Too Too in Prescott Valley is the top female rookie!  She beat out Jessica Zimmer 1.660 to 1.408 PR, got 1 more win and shot almost a point better!  Katherine Evans of Three’s Company of Barefoot Bob’s in Prescott and Michael Santopadre of Balls in Hand at the Q n Brew in Tempe are the league’s Most Improved Players with Katherine at 5.42 over her match average and Mike shooting 4.19 over his!   Mike also scored his 9,000^th point and won his 600^th game!  Multi Night MVP goes to Donald Hudgings of Globe with a 14.324 PR over two nights!  He went 71-13, scoring 788 points with 16 30s!  Fernando Prats is the MVP of the Q n Brew division!  Robert Berry became just the 3^rd member ever to get their 1,200 win!  Phil Anderson won his 1,000^th game!  Cecil Attson moved up a notch over Pete Williams on the All-Time PR list taking hold of 7^th place.  Jim Green is lurking just outside the top 10 in 11^th place!  Speaking of Jim he moved ahead of his teammate Mark Tomlinson for 3^rd All-Time in points scored!  Chris Negrin passed Robert Berry to move into 7^th All-Time!  Jim also passed Chris for most wins moving into 5^th All-Time!  Pete Williams passed Doc Rice to move into 6^th All-Time with 158 30-point games!  Jim Green moved into 10^th All-Time with 138 30s passing Robert Turner!  Jr Jiron increased his lead with 7 15-0 games All-Time!  Harold Lyons is right behind him with 5!  Laura Boothroyd is the 2^nd female to get a 15-0!  She’s also the Q n Brew women’s MVP!  Jacki Spradling passed Claudia Morado for 3^rd All-Time in PR while scoring her 10,000^th point and winning the Monday night MVP!  Patricia Kloeppel moved into 8^th All-Time in points scored with 5,495!  Laura Boothroyd moved into 9^th All-Tme with her 285^th win!  Lance Tucker & Tim Ashley both scored their 11,000^th points!  William Weiss scored his 10,000^th point and won his 800^th game!  Eugene Hemphill & Scott Elliott won their 800^th games!  Doug Molhook needs just 8 more to reach 800!  Anthony Beyale scored his 9,000^th point while winning his 600^th game!  Cathy Beyale, Les Bell & Anthony Begay scored their 8,000^th points!  A pair of guys from Flagstaff, Alex Franklin & Gary Wimmer, both scored their 7,000^th points!  Gary won his 600^th game while Alex Franklin won his 500th!  John Ilk needs just 27 points to reach 7k!  A trio from Globe reached the 6,000 point plateau – Skip Bales, Justin King & Kevin Phillips!  Skip also won his 500^th game!  Calvin Balcom & Rick Albertson scored their 5,000^th point!  Tom Clark, Randy Amos & Duane Etsitty all reached the 4,000 point line!  Laura Boothroyd needs 14 to join the club!  Reaching 3,000 is John Visnaw, PJ Jauregui, Scott Lutz, Keith Holliday & Joe Demers!  John Visnaw, Thoi Truong, Daniel Short, Dan Armijo, Albert Sanchez Sr & Mike Chapa all won their 200^th games!  Thoi Truong needs 64 points to reach 3,000!  Long-time teammates Eric Ely & George Galbarski both reached the 500 win plateau this season!  George also won the Tuesday division MVP!  Eric Menard, Brandon Warren, Dave Webb, Russ Winders & Chad Metivier each won their 300^th game! 

How teams qualify for the State Championship tournament:

32 teams qualify for the State Championships!  There are 24 guaranteed spots with each division getting a minimum of 2.  The remaining 8 spots are Wild Cards.  The top 7 teams out of all the teams that did not qualify for an automatic spot are Wild Card teams.  The 32nd spot is the Long Shot Challenge with it being awarded to one of the remaining teams that did not yet qualify.

Friday Night AZPL Player Appreciation Night

Order of Events:

AZPL Wild Card Challenge - Friday, August 25th @ 7:00pm

Reigning Champion - Derailed Too of 2 Lanes Saloon in Globe - Rick Albertson, Justin King & Jimmie Shay Jr

To win the Wild Card Tournament and become the 32nd team in the State Championships you must go undefeated in a single-elimination team tournament that starts at 7pm on Friday.  It's still 3 on 3 but it's a race to 3 wins!  Whichever team wins 3 games advances!  Final 2 teams play a full 9-game match for the 32nd spot in the tournament!

AZPL Scotch Doubles/Singles Tournament 

Friday, August 25th @ 7:30pm, sign up starts at 6pm!

Scotch Champions Andy Benavidez & Will Weiss - Won $240

 

 

Players team up in a blind draw scotch doubles tournament to start!  When you lose on the scotch side you ditch your partner and flip into a double elimination singles tournament.  The final two players on the winners side team up to take on the scotch winners.  The losers flip onto page two of the bracket for another round with those final two players having a shot at first!  It's a race to the 8 in every round. 

No Limit on players! 

Sign up at 6pm, First round starts at 7:30pm on Friday, August 25th! $10 entry+$5 green fee (no quarters!!)

8-Ball Break & Run Derby – Friday, August 25th @ 7:00pm

4th Place - Dave Webb

3rd Place - Will Weiss - $25 & $1 off his weekly dues!

1st Place - Robert Berry - $75 & $3 off his weekly dues!

2nd Place - Harold Lyons - $50 & $2 off his weekly dues!

Players compete by breaking & running out the table!  Every player racks their own.  You get one freebie shot on the break meaning you don't have to make one on the break to continue shooting.  However, if you scratch your turn is over with 0. An 8-ball break counts as 20 points.  After that every ball you make counts as a point.  It doesn't matter what you shoot at - be it solids or stripes - as long as the 8-ball is the last ball.  Once you successfully make the 8 you'll re-rack the balls and break.  You MUST make a ball on this break to continue shooting.  Once you miss a shot your turn is over.  

8-Ball Break Bonus: If you hit (2) 8-ball breaks and NOT scratch in the current season you get double points in the opening round!  Your 3^rd & subsequent 8-ball breaks are good for a free do-over.  Every player gets a free do-over in the opening round only. 

Points add up from round to round.  The bottom third of the field is eliminated after the 1st round, the bottom half after the 2nd round.  After round 3 only top 3 Advance.  Points start fresh at 0 in Round 4, the final round.

Robert Berry scored 117 points in the opening round!

Ben Sutherland sets record with 59 points in the 2nd round!

August 25, 26 & 27!

1st Place $1,500!!!

Top 20 teams win cash!