Dodson and Silva win monthly pool tournament
LW POOL LEAGUE
In the Wednesday pool league, No Miscueses beat SCAM 9-4 to knock them out of first place. Zelma Berkenkamp had six wins for No Miscueses and teammate Dave Mackinder had five wins and finished the night with a long winning shot on the eight ball.
Despite losing to The Favorites 7-6, the Anglers moved into first place by one game. Dave Silva of The Favorites won five games including both of his singles matches.
The Sharks edged the Rack Runners 7-6. Paul Snennelberger won five games for the Sharks, including both singles matches.
In the Monday night league, the Renegades won 11-2 over the Snipers to extend their league lead to six games. Ren Villenueva led the Renegades with six wins while teammates Ken Harpham and Brian Tivnan each won five.
The other two matches were close. The Rail Runners edged the Cue Crew 7-6. Frank Albillar won both his singles matches and George Gordon won four games for the Rail Runners.
The Side Shooters won seven and the Rustlers won six. Guta Basner won five games for the Side Shooters and they won the final eight ball game to break the tie.
In the monthly pool tournament, 12 two-person teams competed in 369 nine ball. The three ball counts as one point, the six ball is two points and the nine ball is three. Partners are picked randomly, but one good player is put on every team.
After six rounds in a seven round tournament, Gary Monahan and Linda Patton lead with 26 points. In the final round, Susan Dodson and Dave Silva scored their second consecutive 369 to finish with 29 points. Monahan and Patton could only score three points in their final round to tie Dodson and Silva at 29. Connie Adkins and John Barth finished with 25 points to take third place.
A playoff was needed to break the first place tie. There were two playoff games that ended in a 3-3 tie and it was decided that whoever made two of the money balls—the three, six or nine—would be the winner. Dodson made the three ball and Silva had a long shot on the six in the corner pocket. He missed, but the six ball came all the way down the table and crept into the opposite corner to win the match. In 369 one doesn’t have to call the pocket the ball goes into.
—Dave Silva
