The 8-Ball divisions at the 2017 BCAPL National Championships are wrapping up and more champions have been crowned! The 41st BCAPL National Championships started July 19 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. More than 5,000 players are participating in this year’s event, which has more than 40 divisions.

 

Here are the top finishers in the divisions that have concluded:

 

Platinum Scotch Doubles

1.     Tyler Styer & Bonnie Hunkins, Wisconsin

2.     Doug Whaley & Leslie Bernardi, California

3.     Adam King & Aimee Peterson, Colorado

 

Women’s 8-Ball Senior Singles Platinum Division,

1.     Linda Asleson, Montana

2.     Brenda Willis, British Columbia

3.     Jan Maglio, Wisconsin

 

Women’s 8-Ball Senior Singles Gold Division

1.     Cindy Yazzie, New Mexico

2.     Janis Ogawa, Idaho

3.     Dee Strack, Illinois

 

Women’s 8-Ball Singles Platinum

1.     Michelle Jiang, Massachusetts

2.     April Larson, Minnesota

3.     Ricki Casper, Texas

 

Women’s 8-Ball Singles Gold Division

1.     Kate Harrison, Australia

2.     Collyne Savage, British Columbia

3.     Jenny Lucas, British Columbia

 

Women’s 8-Ball Singles Silver Division

1.     Joey Tohme, Australia

2.     Cassandra Ortega, California

3.     Bonnie Ogg, California

 

Women’s 8-Ball Singles Bronze Division

1.     Lejeana Redlin, Wisconsin

2.     Angela Lewis Reynolds, California

3.     Kendra Fuller, California

 

Mixed 8-Ball Senior Singles Platinum Division

1.     Ed Borrego, Colorado

2.     Lyn Wechsler, New York

3.     Tom Dilorenzo, Arizona

 

Mixed 8-Ball Senior Singles Gold Division

1.     Mike DeWitt, Florida

2.     Jose Mendoza, California

3.     Wayne Arde, Colorado

 

Mixed 8-Ball Singles Bronze Division

1.     Curtis Muller, Ontario

2.     Steve Iverson, Utah

3.     Nieko Isturis, Alaska

 

10-Ball Challenge

1.     Warren Kiamco, Philippines

2.     James Aranas, Virginia

3.     Alex Kazakis, Greece

 

 

Several new champions were also crowned in the USAPL National Championships, which run concurrently with the BCAPL National Championships.

 

USAPL 8-Ball Singles

1.     Jerry Fogel, Oklahoma

2.     Mike Robinson, New York

3.     Ronnie Cruce, Florida

 

USAPL Women’s 8-Ball Teams

1.     Diamonds in the Rough, Florida: Jenn Berzinski, Christie Gosneigh, Susan Jones & Janene Phillips.

2.     Cue*Berts, Louisiana

3.     Felt Ladies, Colorado

 

USAPL Mixed 8-Ball Team Division

1.     The Suicide Squad, Oklahoma: Kevin Delling, Jerry Fogel, Mike Herron, Paul James Jr., Kevin Nguyen, Bill Patterson, Kenny Romash & Shawn Smith.

2.     You Mad Pal?, North Carolina: Austin Coble, Travis Guerra, Daniel Jones, Travis Shelton, Grady Shelton, Michelle Stone, Rodney Stone & Josh Williams.

3.     Olson, Tennessee: Matthew Broome, Rick Deakins Jr., Athena Flemmer, Kirk Freeman, Tim Olson, & Ethan Smith.

 

Free live streams of the event are available at www.playcsipool.com/live-streaming and at badboys.tv.

The 2011-2012 Lucasi Hybrid Cues All American Tour – presented by the American CueSports Alliance (ACS) – conducted its nineteenth stop at Greenfields Pool & Sports Bar in Lakewood, CO, Saturday, January 28. The $1,000-added 8-ball scratch tourney on 7-foot Dynamo bar boxes drew 49 players. On the A-side, Tony Piazza (Lakewood, CO) and Roy Yamane (Littleton, CO) met for the hot seat after Piazza dispatched Andrew Pettinger (Denver, CO) 5-2 and Yamane upended Sam Cordova (Pueblo, CO) 5-4 in the semi-finals. Piazza then remained the lone undefeated player by outpointing Yamane 5-2.

On the B-side Jim Fraser (Westcliffe, CO) and Ed Borrego (Denver, CO) were eliminated at 7th place to the cues of Kevin Williams (Pueblo, CO) 5-0 and Ron O’Meara (Colorado Springs, CO) 5-2 respectively. But in the next round both Williams and O’Meara were ousted, courtesy of Andrew Pettinger 5-4 and Sam Cordova 5-1 respectively. Cordova kept up his momentum in the next round by stopping Pettinger at 4th place by a 5-1 margin. Sam then avenged his only loss by taking down Roy Yamane in the B-side finals by a 5-3 score. Cordova had to defeat Tony Piazza two sets for the title, but Piazza was having nothing of that – dispatching Cordova 5-2 for the title! 

By virtue of Roy Yamane being the highest-finishing ACS member in the event, he qualified for a free 8-Ball singles entry into the 2012 Lucasi Hybrid ACS Nationals at the Tropicana Las Vegas – courtesy of the ACS. The ACS wishes to thank sponsors Lucasi Hybrid Cues, Championship Billiard Fabric and Nick Varner Signature Cases for their support in donating “Value-In-Kind” product for this and all stops on the Lucasi Hybrid All American Tour. Sponsorship opportunities and tour stop openings are still available for the 2011/2012 All American Tour by contacting the ACS at www.americancuesports.org.

The Tour showcases one stop this Saturday, February 4: a $500 added 8-Ball Tourney [not open to Elite, Advanced or A players] at Cue Masters Billiards in Dubuque, IA (contact Bill Kramer at 563-599-7884).