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Dated May 1st, 2023 Congratulations to Eric Ashley, Ajree Thomas and Bubba Ashley of Who’s on First who came in first place on Wednesday at Mill’s Modern Social and are the number one ranked team heading into the AZPL State Championships this weekend! They clinched the division when they defeated Harold Lyons, women’s MVP Laura Boothroyd & league MVP Andy Benavidez of Good Times in week 13 which gave them 3 fewer losses heading into their final 2 matches! Heading into the championships they’ll have a sweet 7pm start time on Saturday! Congratulations to all of the first place teams this season! Eric Menard, Reynalda Cody & Staci Rodarmel of Scratch This out of the Museum Club in Flagstaff, Doug Ashley, Logan Roberts & Warren Greer of Billy Jack’s Hogs out of Billy Jack’s Saloon in Humboldt, Josh Branham, Justin King, Brandon Warren & Enrique Gomez of 2 Bs and Double Js out of 2 Lanes Saloon in Globe, Cassandra Jordan, James Goodman & Markus Bennett of Get Lucky out of Dave’s on Northern in Phoenix, Enrique Gomez, Bigcoat Antonio & Aric Thompson of All Ballz Matter out of 2 Lane’s Saloon in Globe, Ramona Seabaugh, Dan Peterson & Dan Fitzgerald of the Scorpions out of Mill’s Modern Social, Alex Franklin, Alex Wilson, Anthony Begay & Mark Williams of Triple A out of Barefoot Bob’s in Prescott Valley and Chris Jones, Jose Cardenas & Matt Miller of the Girthy Sirs out of MMS! Congratulations also go out to all of our division MVPs! Nate Korey from the Remnants & Reynalda Cody from Scratch This in Flagstaff, Bryan Wilson from 4s Enuf out of Barefoot Bob’s in Prescott Valley, Trish & Joe D’Aguanno of 2 Kings and a Queen were the women’s & men’s MVP on Tuesday out of Dave’s on Northern, Andy & Laura from Good Times on Wednesday, Ramona Seabaugh of Scorpions and Robert Berry of Invest in Bukaki Futures from the Thursday MMS division, Simone Huskey from Bada Bing Bada Boom & Brad Andrews of Suck My 8-Ball from the Sunday MMS division, Chris Navas from Rubber and Liquor from 2 Lanes and Mindy Teague from Snookered out of the Drift Inn Saloon from the Globe division and lastly Samantha King from Just 3 Lesbians and Donald Hudgings from the Fire Breathing Rubber Duckies out of the 2 Lanes Saloon in-house! And especially our league MVPs Andy Benavidez of Good Times and 5x state champion Stephanie Sterling of the Diamond Girls from Barefoot Bob’s! Congratulations to our multi-night MVPs Andy Benavidez and Ramona Seabaugh! Andy picked up 89 wins this season along with 969 points for a 19.717PR playing on 3 nights! Ramona had 49 wins and 685 points playing 2 nights! Top Rookie awards go to Brad Andrews and Simone Huskey, both out of the Sunday MMS division! Most improved player awards go out to Heather Freeman of Not Enough Points from the Mountainaire Tavern in Flagstaff and Dylan Van Eseltine of Sassy Girls & Brassy Boys from Dave’s on Northern in Phoenix! Dylan had the lead shooting 4.05 points over his career average shooting 24.77 on Tuesday while Heather was right behind him shooting 3.89 over her career average of 17.65! Michael Kerin recorded his 300th 30-point game! Pete Williams recorded his 200th! Rick Meredith of Balls in Hand fame scored his 15,000th point this season! Tim Ashley is right behind him needing 132 to reach the mark! Justin King from Globe picked up his 1,000th career win! Anthony Begay reached 14,000 career points! Darren Bradford scored his 13,000th point! Alex ‘ATF’ Franklin won his 900th game! Steve ‘Cubbie’ Key reached the 12k mark in points! Donald Hudgings passed 11,000 career points! Mike McGaughey and Eric McKay both scored their 10,000th career point! Nate Korey and Lance Tucker both recorded their 100th 30-point game! Mike also picked up his 700th win! Harold Lyons & Rob Turner won their 800th games! Chad Hibbard reached the 9,000 point mark! Cathy Beyale picked up her 600th win! Ryan Levengood & Josh Branham both made it to 8,000 career points! Ryan also won his 700th game! Davin Lavikka and Kip Anderson won their 700th games! Michael Krause & Randy Amos both scored their 7,000th career point! Eric Menard and Eric Danielson Jr both won their 500th games! Tom Snipes, Carey Hudgings and Chris Navas all scored their 5,000th career point! Tom, along with teammate Jamie Stafford and Quentin Kilbride, each picked up their 400th career win! Berta Loyd finished the season with 4,999! Eric Culpepper, Logan Roberts, Chris Jones, Lynda Niichel, Clif Dominquez, Samantha King, Richard Szpara, Bubba Ashley, Mark Higgins and Garnet Snow all scored their 4,000th career point! Chris and Clif along with Gary Atkinson, Alex Wilson and Jason Miller each picked up their 300th win! JR Ascencion, Spencer Brinkley, Jeff Clapham, Lisa Tarlip, Pepe Navas & Staci Rodarmel reached the 3,000 point mark! Jeff Clapham, James ‘JT’ Taylor, Lance Houde and Bigcoat Antonio all recorded their 200th wins! Richard Coon, Roy Day, Junior Phisaipong, Stephanie Sterling, Charlie Ward, Thomas Shaffer, Gloria Gallardo, Greg Aguilar, Adam Hurst, Bryan Wilson & Laurie Ashley all scored their 2,000th career point! Division MVP Joe D’Aguanno is working on a 17-game winning streak! Chris Soto-Chimelis has a 12-game streak going on Trash Squared. Thanks to all of you who play every week! It’s been an amazing 20 years and this season has been no exception! I can’t wait to see all of you this Thursday at the Celebration of Champions to kick off the AZPL State Championship weekend! It’s going to be amazing! Friday Night events & Start Times! On Friday at 6pm all teams that didn't qualify for the AZPL State Championships can play in the Wild Card tournament! It's a race to 3 in a single elimination bracket for the 59th spot in the tournament! Final 2 teams play a full 9-game match for the win! These are the teams that are qualified for the Wild Card Tournament:
At 7pm we have an 8-ball Scotch Doubles/Singles tournament – blind draw – race to the 8 on the scotch side, when you lose on the scotch side you’ll ditch your partner and play on the singles side in another single game shootout. The final 2 players on the singles side will team up to take on the scotch champions. $10 entry. This event is open to alumni! Also at 7pm is the 10-ball, 9-ball tournament. Start it off with 10-ball on the right side of the bracket. When you lose you’ll flip onto the 9-ball side. Winner of the 9-ball takes on the winner of 10-ball. $10 entry. This event is open to alumni! One for the ladies! 8-ball singles! Also starts at 7pm. $10 entry! This event is open to alumni! And of course 8-Ball Break & Run Derby! Rack your own and break em! Run them out, all 14 balls in any order followed by the 8 then do it again! Three rounds before the final 3 battle for 1st. The record is 117 points in a row. High score is 140. #goals If you are in the top 3 in 8-ball breaks or Break & Runs or the league leader in 10-0s your entry is paid for this event. Otherwise entry is $10. This event is open to alumni! On Saturday the doors at Mill’s Modern Social open at 10:30 for players to warm up. Matches will start promptly at 11am. Start times are posted here. This is the A bracket. Matches are played on 7' tables. You win cash every time you win a match ALL WEEKEND LONG. Start times subject to change. Please let me know if your team is playing! Thank you!
Your team is guaranteed to play in at least 2 matches and more if you win! And if you’re playing on Saturday plan on playing on Sunday because every team comes back on Sunday even if you lost twice! The final 12 teams that haven’t lost twice in A are still in contention for 1st place! The following teams are in the B bracket to be played on 9' tables.
If your team is in the B bracket you'll still be winning cash all day long just not as much as you could've won in A AND you'll need to make it to Sunday to qualify for the 3rd elimination bracket! Also, if you make it to Sunday you'll be playing on the 7' tables! 12 teams will make it to Sunday.
3rd Elimination Bracket? That’s right! On Sunday teams that lost twice in the A bracket on Saturday and B bracket on Sunday will be playing in a single-elimination battle for 10th place for $1,000 starting at 11am! In this bracket it’s not a full match. It’s a race to 3 wins. No handicap until it’s the final 2 teams in a full handicapped match for 10th. But wait! There's MORE! No way! Way! For those of you who showed up for that opening round match in the 3rd Elimination bracket only to lose we have yet another bracket for you! The 'I Guarantee You'll Play TWO Matches Sunday' Bracket! This one is a race to 3 on the 9' tables in a single elimination bracket with first place being a FREE season for you & your teammates! That's right no WEEKLY dues for the entire season! It’s going to be an exciting weekend with the AZPL at Mill’s Modern Social in Tempe! Over $15,000 in cash prizes including $1,000 added by Mills Modern Social! The food is amazing! We have drink specials now too! Can’t wait to see you all! How teams qualify for the State Championship tournament:
Teams play in the league to qualify for the State Championships.
Only 66 teams will qualify. Top 42
teams play on 7' Diamond tables. First place can win over $4,000 in the Championships! The next 24 teams play in the B bracket
on the 9' tables! For teams
that lose twice on Saturday in A bracket or Sunday in B fear not as we have a 3rd elimination
bracket that plays out on Sunday for 10th place!
The Biggest Party in Pool!
The AZPL 2023
Summer State Championships!
August 31, September 1, 2 & 3, 2023 Mill's
Modern Social –
The Home of the AZPL! 83 E Broadway Rd, Tempe Order of Events:
Thursday Night –
Scotch-Doubles / Singles Tournament!
8-Ball Scotch-Doubles/Singles Tournament – 7:00pm, sign up starts at 6pm (1)
It’s a race to the 8 every round
both sides! Double-Elimination! Blind Draw! $10 entry! Limited to 64 players!
Friday Night – FIVE EVENTS
TO PLAY IN!
Wild Card Challenge
- 6pm (1)
To win the Wild Card
Tournament and become the 70th team in the State Championships you must go
undefeated in a single-elimination team tournament that starts at 6pm 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 65th spot in the tournament! Of the losing teams in the Wild Card
tournament ONE of you will win a spot by lottery pick!
Singles
Tournament -
7:00pm, sign up starts at 6pm! (2)
It's a
race to the 8 in every round. $10 entry!
Limit 32 players!
8-Ball Break & Run Derby
-
7:00pm, sign up starts at 6pm! (3)
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.
There are 3 ways to
become eligible for this event: Be in
the Top 3 league leaders for 8 ball breaks or Break & Runs!!
Be the league leader for 10-0s! Buy your way in! $10 entry!
9-Ball/10-Ball
Tournament
-
7:00pm, sign up starts at
6pm! (4)
10-Ball on the
winners side, 9-Ball on the losers side - $10 entry Limit 32
players!
Ladies 8-Ball Singles
on the 7s! –
7:00pm, sign up starts at 6pm!
(5)
The women of the AZPL
compete to see who’s the best! 32-player limit, $10 entry!
Saturday
AZPL State
Championship Team Tournament – The Main Event!
Doors
open at 10:30am – First group of teams start at 11am!
Local teams NO Entry /
Out-of-Town Teams $100 Entry – Limit 66 teams! – 2 Brackets!
Sunday
AZPL State
Championship Team Tournament – The Main Event!
Doors
open at 10:30am
Continuation of both brackets as well as
the start of the
Third Elimination brackets! Starts at 11am!
The Summer 2023 AZPL State
Championships!
September 1, 2, 3 & 4, 2023
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