Kingman Pool Players

The American CueSports Alliance (ACS) hit a home run by moving its annual Midwest 8-Ball Championships to the Riverside Casino & Golf Resort in Riverside, Iowa, January 21-24, 2010.  Over 400 players from throughout the Midwest and from as far away as Colorado and South Carolina trekked to a great casino that offered non-stop action on and off the pool tables!  The $10,000-added championships offered competition in six primary events and two secondary events:  Men’s and Women’s Master 8-Ball Singles, Men’s and Women’s Open 8-Ball Singles, Men’s and Women’s four-person 8-Ball Teams, Scotch Doubles 8-Ball and handicapped 9-Ball Singles.

In the Men’s Master 8-Ball Singles, Marseilles, IL native Donald Branson took down Steve Parlow (Davenport, IA) 6-1, Jerrod Frideres (Ft. Dodge, IA) 6-4, Frank DeCastecker (Moline, IL) 6-3, Josh Johnson (Bettendorf, IA) in the A-side finals 6-3 and Johnson again in the tourney finals 6-0 in route to the title. 

In the Women’s Master 8-Ball Singles, multi-time national champion Jessica Frideres (Ft. Dodge, IA) marched undefeated to the title by eclipsing Chris Glass (Eagan, MN) 5-0, Connie O’Heron (Wausau, WI) 5-2, Tina Larsen (Palatine, IL) 5-1, Kelly Birmingham (West Allis, WI) 5-4 in the A-side finals and again over Birmingham by a 5-1 margin in the tourney finals.

In the Men’s Open 8-Ball Singles, Terry Stevens (Davenport, IA) outpaced a field of 117 players to take the title over Joshua Mason (Monmouth, IL) 4-0, Mike Durbin (Sullivan, IL) 4-1, Ron O’Meara Sr. (Silvis, IL) 4-3, Jim Goldring (Canton, IL) 4-2, Casey Brokus (Dubuque, IA) 4-1, Mike Peiffer (Washington, IA) 4-2, Bruce Ribble (Swisher, IA) 4-2, and transplanted Texan Ryan Robinson (Davenport, IA) in a two-set finals 2-4, 4-2.

In the Women’s Open 8-Ball Singles, Janelle Melohn (Nevada, IA), took down the title in a field of 51 players via wins over Simone Huskey (Silvis, IL), Gina Knight (Chicago, IL) 3-2, Lorrie Lanham (Omaha, NE) 3-2, Patti Clancy (East Dubuque, IL) 3-2, Veronica Lyon (Schofield, WI) 3-1, Jessica Rahlf (Muscatine, IA) 3-2 and Belinda Perez (Conesville, IA) 3-1 in the finals.

In the Men’s 8-Ball Teams, the team of “Danny O’s Thud” (Robert Ball, Sam Ball, Cecil Messer and Mike Strudas) from the GMPA ACS league in northwestern Indiana stormed to the crown of the 66-team division by vanquishing “Thrown Together” (IA) 9-6, “Big Slicks with Sticks” (IA) 9-5, “Table Hoggz” (IA) 9-3, “Sheila’s” (IL) 9-8, “Hot Shots” (IA) 9-7, “Reuthers Ruthless” (IA) 9-4 in the A-side finals and “Reuthers Ruthless” again in the first set of the finals 9-6. 

In the Women’s 8-Ball Teams, the team of “White Class” (Julie Ann Mitchell, Tina Larsen, Heather Lavin and Gina Knight) from the GMPA ACS league in northwestern Indiana took down the 23-team division by vanquishing “There Is No “I” in Drunk” (IL) 9-6, “Go Figure!” (IL) 9-5, “Team Motorboat” (IA) 9-4, “Which Witch Is Which” (NE) 9-6 in the A-side finals and “There Is No “I” in Drunk” again in a finals requiring two sets 7-9, 9-3.

The team of Connie O’Heron and Jon Kent from Wausau, WI, captured the Scotch Doubles 8-Ball event over a field of twenty-five teams, while Dave Webb of Fort Madison, IA, outpointed a 105-player field in the 9-Ball Singles for the top spot. “The Old Guys” from the Eastern IA/IL ACS league captured the Men’s Team 2^nd Chance division.

The ACS would like to thank the Riverside Casino & Golf Resort for its support and outstanding hospitality and other sponsors Iowa Sports Center, Diveney Custom Cues, Quality Table Service and Nick Varner Signature Cues and Cases, whose multi-World Champion namesake took on all challengers throughout the event.  Winner photos and full results listings may be viewed at www.americancuesports.org.

[9 entries x $75 + $500 added = $1,175]

1^st           Donald Branson (Marseilles, IL)        $550

2^nd        Josh Johnson (Bettendorf, IA)           $375

3^rd        Scott Hargens (Cedar Rapids, IA)     $250

[10 entries x $75 + $500 added = $1,250]

1^st           Jessica Frideres (Fort Dodge, IA)       $600

2^nd        Kelly Birmingham (West Allis, WI)   $400

3^rd        Amy Latzko (Chicago Ridge, IL)      $250

[117 entries x $40 + $500 added = $5,180]

1^st        Terry Stevens (Davenport, IA)           $1,000     

2^nd          Ryan Robinson (Davenport, IA)        $730

3^rd        Bruce Ribble (Swisher, IA)                  $500

4^th        Mike Peiffer (Washington, IA)           $300

5-6^th     Dennis Shumway (Ottawa, IL)          $225

            Mike Clancy (East Dubuque, IL)

7-8^th     Anthony Garcia (East Moline, IL)      $150

            Patrick Bayer (Ottawa, IL)

9-12^th   Clayton Shepard (Portage, IN)           $125

            Casey Brokus (Dubuque, IA)

Mike Durbin (Sullivan, IL)

            Tim Bringman (North English, IA)

13-16^th Dennis Reding (Morris, IL)                $100

            Daniel Messervey (West Allis, WI)

Jim Goldring (Canton, IL)

            Bob Bartlett (Ham Lake, MN)

17-24^th Jerry French (Moline, IL)                    $75

            Mark Kozelichki (Cuba, IL)

            John Allen (Godley, IL)

            Tom Fankhauser (Decatur, IL)

Dalton Reding (Seneca, IL)

            Daniel Patten (Waterloo, IA)

            Orlando Vigil (Pueblo, CO)

Steve Schmitt (Coralville, IA)           

25-32^nd            Ron O’Meara Sr. (Silvis, IL)              $50

            Ron Crom (West Allis, IL)

            Kirk Bauer (Gardner, IL)

            Bill Roach (Canton, MO)

Chris Manzanares (Pueblo, CO)

            Marty Plumb (Silvis, IL)

            Dustin Roach (Canton, MO)

            Nick Allendorf (Dubuque, IA)

[51 entries x $40 + $500 added = $2,540]

1^st        Janelle Melohn (Nevada, IA)              $600

2^nd        Belinda Perez (Conesville, IA)           $440

3^rd        Jessica Rahlf (Muscatine, IA)             $300

4^th        Veronica Lyon (Schofield, WI)          $200                                                   

5-6^th     Marcy Brown (Hobart, IN)                 $150

            Heather Lavin (Frankfort, IL)

7-8^th     Nancy Beadel (Bettendorf, IA)          $100

            Michelle Read (Godley, IL)

9-12^th   Patty Clancy (East Dubuque, IL)       $75

            Kay Ackman (Dubuque, IA)

Donna Whitcomb (Port Byron, IL)

Lorrie Lanham (Omaha, NE)

13-16^th Faith Eichman (Dubuque, IA)            $50

            Tricia Slade (Iowa City, IA)

Mary Lynn Breitenbach (Silvis, IL)

Jamie Strezo (Worth, IL)

[25 entries x $30 + $250 added = $1,000]

1^st        Connie O’Heron/ Jon Kent (WI)                                            $300

2^nd        Mary Lynn Breitenbach (IL)/ Donald Boysen Jr. (IA)           $200

3-4^th     Shawna & Brett Elder (IA)                                                    $100

Dawn Spencer/ Tony Sundstrom (IA)                                   

5-8^th     Kelly McBride/ Jamey Bowman (IL)                                                 $75

Sheree Hill/ Mario Perales Jr. (IA)

Debra Laughlin/ Milton Eichman (IA)

Tara Allison / Mike Guy (IL)

1^st        David Webb (Fort Madison, IA)        $400    

2^nd        Jim Goldring (Canton, IL)                  $300

3-4^th     Cory Smith (Sedalia, MO)                  $200

            Patrick Frazelle (Moline, IL)

5-8^th     Donnie Branson (Marseilles, IL)         $120

            Joel Hammargren (Waterloo, IA)

            Don Boll (Dubuque, IA)

            Steve Parlow (Davenport, IA)

9-16^th    Scott Boyd  (Pekin, IL)                         $90

            Josh Blaylock (Sedalia, MO)

            John Gorsch Sr. (Cedar Rapids, IA)

            Tony Sundstrom (Marion, IA)

            Weston Broad (Owatonna, MN)

            Anthony Garcia (East Moline, IL)

            Tony Zierman (Burnsville, MN)

            Toney Bringman (Wellman, IA)

1^st        Danny O’s Thud (IN)                         $2,000

2^nd        Reuthers Ruthless (IA)                       $1,480

3^rd        Sheila’s (IL)                                        $1,000

4^th        Hot Shots (IA)                                    $700

5-6^th     Terminators (IL)                                  $500

            Clean Slate (MN)

7-8^th     Raise the Bet (IN)                               $350

9-12^th   Silver Dollar Young Guns (IA)          $250

            Show Me The Money (MO)

N.S.B.O.A. (IA)

13-16^th Jesse Bowman Brother’s Team (IL)   $150

            Dizzy Dean’s Bar & Grill (IL)

Cue Master Houy (IL)

Table Rats (IA)

17-24^th Sneaky Long (IA)                               $100

            Strange (IA)

Table Hoggz (IA)

Bait N Buoys (IA)

Big Slicks with Sticks (IA)

Hillbilly Golfers (IA)

Millerburger (IA)

Stumble Inn II (IL)

1^st        White Class (IL)                                 $1,500

2^nd        There Is No “I” In Drunk (IL)            $1,000            

3^rd        Which Witch Is Which (NE)              $700

4^th        Girls On Top (IL)                                $500

5-6^th     All Mixed Up (IA)                              $350

            Team Motorboat (IA)

7-8^th     Hey Hey We’re The Monkees (IL)     $220

            Stumble Inn Chix (IL)

1^st        The Old Guys (IL)                              $450   

            2^nd        Quart House Tavern (CO)                  $280