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Father and son Gurevich win NE 9-Ball Series (Stop #9) Partners tournament

Lazar (father) and Alex (teenage son) Gurevich split the two sets of a double elimination final, taking the all-important last match against Ryan Hemingway and Matt Rezendes, to win the December 10 stop (#9; a partners event) on the New England 9-Ball Series. The event drew 66 entrants (33 teams of two) to Crow’s Nest in Plaistow, NH.
 
The father/son Gurevich team faced separate opponents in the hot seat and finals. They’d defeated Dan Simoneau and Ricky Bergevin 4-3 (Simoneau/Bergevin racing to 6) in one winners’ side semifinal, while John Collier and Paul Coorey shut out their eventual finals’ opponents, Hemingway and Rezendes. The Gureviches claimed the hot seat with a 6-3 win over Collier and Coorey.
 
On the loss side, Hemingway and Rezendes picked up Josh Grzasko and Peter Copland, who’d gotten by Amanda McDonald/Tyler Campbell 5-2, and George Morgan/Bill Phillips 4-3 (Morgan/Phillips, racing to 5). Simoneau/Bergevin drew “Fireball” Mike Dechaine and Matt Rezendes’ wife, Heidi, who’d defeated Dave Ty/Jeff Felix 7-3, and Jay (father) and Justin (son) Cunningham 7-2.
 
Both teams that were playing their first loss-side match downed the two teams that weren’t; Hemingway/Rezendes defeating Grzasko/Copland and Simoneau/Bergevin eliminating Dechaine and Heidi Rezendes, both 5-2.
 
In the quarterfinal match that followed, with Simoneau/Bergevin racing to 8, Hemingway and Rezendes defeated them 4-2. In the straight-up race to 5 in the semifinals against Collier and Coorey that followed that, Hemingway/Rezendes advanced again 5-1.
 
The intangible ‘momentum’ factor worked for Hemingway and Rezendes in the opening set of the true double elimination final, which they won over hot seat occupants Lazar and Alex Gurevich 4-2 (the Gurevich team racing to 6). In the second set, the Gurevich family gave up only a single rack, winning it 6-1 to claim the partners event title.
 
Tour director Marc Dionne thanked the ownership and staff at Crow’s Nest for their hospitality, as well as sponsors Ozone Billiards, Molinari, Bert Kinister, AZBilliards, Inside English, Professor Q-ball’s National Pool and 3-Cushion News, Delta 13 Racks, MJS Construction, Bob Campbell, Championship Cloth, and OTLVISE Billiard Mechanics of America.
 
The next stop (#10) on the 2017-2018 NE 9-Ball Series will be the Randy Marcotte Memorial. Scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 16, the $500-added event will be hosted by Buster’s Billiards in Somersworth, NH.

Therrien goes undefeated to win Lucasi Hybrid NE 9-Ball stop

Steve Therrien stopped a three-match, loss-side challenge by Austin Roberts to go undefeated at a stop on the Lucasi Hybrid New England 9-Ball Tour, on Sunday, April 22. The event drew 20 entrants to Legends Billiards in Portsmouth, NH.

Therrien and Roberts were among the winner’s side final four, but didn’t face each other. Therrien took on Steve Kaptan, while Roberts battled Jason Deangelo. It was Therrien and Deangelo advancing to the hot seat battle; Therrien with a 7-3 win over Kaptan, and Deangelo, 5-3 over Roberts. Therrien then sent Deangelo to the semifinals, 7-2, and waited in the hot seat for Roberts.

Roberts moved over to meet Will McDonald, who’d defeated Sara Kaplin 6-2 and Charlie Matarazzo 5-2. Kaptan picked up Jeff Scott, who’d given up only two racks, total, defeating Patty Jackson and Randy Marcotte (sp?). Roberts and Kaptan returned to their winning ways immediately, downing McDonald and Scott, both 6-2.

Roberts used two straight 6-3 victories, over Kaptan in the quarterfinals and Deangelo in the semifinals, to complete his loss-side trip and face Therrien in the finals. Therrien completed his undefeated day with a 7-3 victory that captured the event title.