Congratulations to Mike Chapa, Darren Bradford & Robert Berry of Ship It from Skip & Jan’s!  They are the #1 ranked team at 14-0 going into the AZPL State Championships!  Robert had the 2^nd best season all-time going 39-3, scoring a new all-time high 422 points, allowing just 142, 11 30-point games, 2 8-ball breaks, 2 15-0s, an active 15-game winning streak and a match average of 30.14 to have a 12.356 Power Rating!!! Ironically falling to 11^th all-time was Robert’s 2008 season when he was in the middle of a record 4 consecutive championships!  Darren Bradford did his part with a 36-6 record along with a 29-game winning streak, 397 points, 10 30s and 2 15-0s to finish 3^rd in the league with a 6.845 PR and be the Most Improved Player shooting 3.37 points over his career match average!  Mike Chapa finished 8^th overall with a 28-11 win/loss, 344 points, 6 30s and 2 15-0s for a 5.195 PR. 

Congratulations to divisions winners Bucket List (John Ilk, Nathan Holliday & Richard Chavez) from Skip & Jan’s, Derailed Too (Justin King, Rick Albertsen & Jimmie Shay Jr) of 2 Lanes Saloon, Let It Ride (Charles Madrid, Skip Bales & Terry Lemke) also from 2 Lanes, Old Time Car Junkees (Chad Metivier, Calvin Balcom & Ken Burdick) from Dave’s on Northern & Mountainaire (Jeff Koch, David Hetzler, Tom Snipes & Jamie Stafford) of the Mountainaire Tavern in Flagstaff! 

And a round of applause for those MVPs!!  Reynalda Cody & Gary Wimmer from Flagstaff!  Dolly Lucero & Calvin Balcom of Dave’s on Northern!  Maggie Boone & Donald Hudgings from Globe!  Kat Dale & Joeneil Tolimao from 2 Lanes Saloon!  Jamie Eureste & Robert Berry from Skip & Jan’s Thursday!  And Jean Snow & Dave Smith from the Sunday Skips division! 

Top Rookie goes to Jamie Eureste from Chain of Command and Mark Storey of Habichual.  Most Improved Player in the league goes to Dee Ashworth who shot 2.52 over her career match average. 

Dave Webb had the highest score of the season, scoring 40 (2 15-0s & a 10) and allowing just 3 against Breaking Bad in week 8.  Harold Lyons hit for a perfect cycle in week 14 getting a 15-0, an 8-ball break & a 10-0!  Now that’s a rarity!

Robert Berry won his 1,300^th game.  Pete Williams scored his 15,000^th point this season!  Robert Berry needs 315 to reach the 15k mark!  Ryan Fedora is 10 points shy of 11,000.  John Ilk scored his 9,000^th point.  Justin King reached the 9k mark finishing with 9,001.  Gary Wimmer won his 700^th game.  Eric Ely passed the 8,000 point mark.  Carlos Preston scored his 8,000^th point.  Alex Franklin won his 600^th game.  Nathan Holliday reached 7,000 career points scored and 500 wins.  Chad Hibbard won his 500^th game and scored his 7,000^th point.  Jimmie Shay Jr won his 500^th game.  Rick Albertsen & Donald Hudgings both scored their 6,000^th point.  Donald won his 500^th game.  Harold Lyons won his 500^th game & scored his 6,000^th point.  Calvin Balcom won his 400^th game.  Dave Webb, Walt Seng, Chad Metivier, Russ Winders & Jim Shea all scored their 5,000^th point.  Dave also won his 400^th game.  Larry Cochran needs 4 wins to reach 400.  Eric Danielson Jr & Randy Amos both need just 11 points to reach 5k.  Ernie Encizo, Thoi Truong & Jose Cardenas all scored their 4,000^th point.  Ernie won his 300^th game.  Shawn Ashworth won his 300^th game and is 15 points shy of 4k.  Albert Sanchez Sr & Sam Ricketts won their 300^th games.  Michael Krause, Bubba Ashley, Enrique Gomez, Chris Gibson & DJ Powell all reached 3,000 points scored.  Winning their 200^th games were Mike McGaughey, Joseph Demers, Nate Harney, Tom Snipes, Kent Bybee & Mindy Teague.  Scoring their 2,000^th point is Kat Dale, Frank L Taylor, Jessica Lownsberry, Harry Begay, Mac Ashworth, George LaFar, Joe Garner and Wayne Salter! 

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