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Beaverton Non-Handicapped District Tournament
With more high-skilled shooters this session, the Non-Handicapped tournament was quite an exciting event. Newcomers Kevin Parr and Cedric Sloan rounded out this 6-man bracket, which included Jeff Farnsworth, Tony Newman, Buzz Poleson and Steve Register. Tony Newman gets the day started by thrashing Jeff Farnsworth 4-0 posting a 1077 – the Highest Shooter Rating ever recorded in NBS Tournament play. Next, Tony meets the ever-consistent Buzz Poleson and can muster no more than a 173. Buzz tosses Tony to the one-loss side quickly 4-1. Kevin Parr starts off nicely beating Steve Register 4-1, only to get thrown to the one-loss side after Cedric Sloan bests him 4-2.

On the one-loss side, Tony Newman continues his poor play, but nobody seems eager to beat him. Steve Register is unable to get past Tony even though Steve got to the ‘Hill’ 2-1 and got down to his last ball in each of the final 2 games. Tony now faces Kevin Parr who is shooting much better than his rating. Tony starts to shoot better, but Kevin is still hot. This battle gets down to ‘Hill-Hill’ and Kevin should have advanced, but an unfortunate miscue on the 8-ball lets Tony move on by the skin of his teeth.

The play is much better in the fight for the ‘Hot Seat’. Cedric Sloan and Buzz Poleson trade wins all the way to ‘Hill-Hill’. None of the games extend past two innings save one safety battle in the 6th game. In the final game, Cedric breaks Buzz’s back with a break and run. Buzz now has to face the man who will not die – Tony Newman. This match starts out just as Tony’s two previous matches – Tony goes down 2-1 in a race to 3. Tony again forces the match to ‘Hill-Hill’ and even gets down to the 8-ball, but a tough cut to the side pocket stands between him and the final match. Tony barely misses, and Buzz is able to put together a 5-ball run out to face Cedric one more time. After a long wait on point, Cedric can’t get back on stroke and Buzz jumps out 4-0 in this extended race to 5. Cedric is able to get a couple of wins, but Buzz puts him down in the 7th game 5-2. Buzz, with his usual consistent play, averaged 634 for the tournament – the highest average ever posted in an NBS tourney! Buzz and Cedric each earn a berth to the Portland Metro Regional Non-Handicapped Tournament in May.

Beaverton Handicapped District Tournament
While the high-skilled shooters posted record numbers, the Handicapped Tourney added a dramatic storyline to the day. With 60% of the matches going ‘Hill-Hill’ and a final match featuring the lowest and highest rated players in the bracket, you know there were some tense moments. Lyman Warnock, coming in with a Shooter Rating of 151 and playing with a house cue, seemed to be destined to win it all. He meets Bob Elliott, who despite announcing he was going to be out in 2 matches, obviously came to play. They took this match ‘Hill-Hill’ and Bob was able to eke out the win sending Lyman to the one-loss side to a battle with Cary Prokop for a chance to get to the final match.

Cary was also shooting well averaging 50 points over his Shooter Rating on the day, and he didn’t slow down in this match. Unfortunately for Cary, Lyman put together his best match of the day taking this ‘Hill-Hill’ scuffle and winning the unenviable honor of facing Bob in the final extended race to 4. Bob came out on fire in this match and jumps to a 3-0 lead in seven quick innings, which included a table run. Bob cooled down, but Lyman was unable to step up to the challenge, posting his worst match rating of the day, and retires with a 4-2 spanking. Both Lyman and Bob advance to the Portland Metro Regional Handicapped Tournament to be held May 2005. NBS would like to thank Break Time Billiards for the use of their facility.

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Handicapped District Tournament
Although Crystal Opoka never lost a match during league play, she was unable to win a game at this tournament. In her defense, her opponents were shooting much higher than their league ratings. Rick Dusa really put it together and averaged 150 points over his Shooter Rating; Evan Bailey nearly doubled his rating. It didn’t look like anyone was going to touch Rick, even though his competition were receiving healthy handicaps, Rick got to the ‘Hot Seat’ without losing a single game. In the final match, Evan was able to put together some good runs as Rick was cooling down to his average Shooter Rating. Evan got out to a 3-1 lead in the race to 4 and despite 2 clean shots at the 8-ball in the 6th game, he loses his lead and the match ends up ‘Hill-Hill’. In the final game, Evan can only pocket one ball and Rick defeats him easily. Rick advances through to the Portland Metro Regional Handicapped Tournament to be held May 2005.

Nineteen-year-old Shane Owen will represent Eastside NBS Leagues in the Portland Metro Regional Non-Handicapped Tournament in May. He advances by obtaining the highest average Shooter Rating for the League Session. He averaged 346 over his 7 matches.

NBS would like to thank Cue’s Billiards for the use of their facility.


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NBS Fall Session - Beaverton District Tournament Results by kurt parsons
		Beaverton Non-Handicapped District Tournament With more high-skilled shooters this session, the Non-Handicapped tournament was quite an exciting event. Newcomers Kevin Parr and Cedric Sloan rounded out this 6-man bracket, which included Jeff Farnsworth, Tony Newman, Buzz Poleson and Steve Register. Tony Newman gets the day started by thrashing Jeff Farnsworth 4-0 posting a 1077 – the Highest Shooter Rating ever recorded in NBS Tournament play. Next, Tony meets the ever-consistent Buzz Poleson and can muster no more than a 173. Buzz tosses Tony to the one-loss side quickly 4-1. Kevin Parr starts off nicely beating Steve Register 4-1, only to get thrown to the one-loss side after Cedric Sloan bests him 4-2. On the one-loss side, Tony Newman continues his poor play, but nobody seems eager to beat him. Steve Register is unable to get past Tony even though Steve got to the ‘Hill’ 2-1 and got down to his last ball in each of the final 2 games. Tony now faces Kevin Parr who is shooting much better than his rating. Tony starts to shoot better, but Kevin is still hot. This battle gets down to ‘Hill-Hill’ and Kevin should have advanced, but an unfortunate miscue on the 8-ball lets Tony move on by the skin of his teeth. The play is much better in the fight for the ‘Hot Seat’. Cedric Sloan and Buzz Poleson trade wins all the way to ‘Hill-Hill’. None of the games extend past two innings save one safety battle in the 6th game. In the final game, Cedric breaks Buzz’s back with a break and run. Buzz now has to face the man who will not die – Tony Newman. This match starts out just as Tony’s two previous matches – Tony goes down 2-1 in a race to 3. Tony again forces the match to ‘Hill-Hill’ and even gets down to the 8-ball, but a tough cut to the side pocket stands between him and the final match. Tony barely misses, and Buzz is able to put together a 5-ball run out to face Cedric one more time. After a long wait on point, Cedric can’t get back on stroke and Buzz jumps out 4-0 in this extended race to 5. Cedric is able to get a couple of wins, but Buzz puts him down in the 7th game 5-2. Buzz, with his usual consistent play, averaged 634 for the tournament – the highest average ever posted in an NBS tourney! Buzz and Cedric each earn a berth to the Portland Metro Regional Non-Handicapped Tournament in May. Beaverton Handicapped District Tournament While the high-skilled shooters posted record numbers, the Handicapped Tourney added a dramatic storyline to the day. With 60% of the matches going ‘Hill-Hill’ and a final match featuring the lowest and highest rated players in the bracket, you know there were some tense moments. Lyman Warnock, coming in with a Shooter Rating of 151 and playing with a house cue, seemed to be destined to win it all. He meets Bob Elliott, who despite announcing he was going to be out in 2 matches, obviously came to play. They took this match ‘Hill-Hill’ and Bob was able to eke out the win sending Lyman to the one-loss side to a battle with Cary Prokop for a chance to get to the final match. Cary was also shooting well averaging 50 points over his Shooter Rating on the day, and he didn’t slow down in this match. Unfortunately for Cary, Lyman put together his best match of the day taking this ‘Hill-Hill’ scuffle and winning the unenviable honor of facing Bob in the final extended race to 4. Bob came out on fire in this match and jumps to a 3-0 lead in seven quick innings, which included a table run. Bob cooled down, but Lyman was unable to step up to the challenge, posting his worst match rating of the day, and retires with a 4-2 spanking. Both Lyman and Bob advance to the Portland Metro Regional Handicapped Tournament to be held May 2005. NBS would like to thank Break Time Billiards for the use of their facility. Eastside NBS Leagues Handicapped District Tournament Although Crystal Opoka never lost a match during league play, she was unable to win a game at this tournament. In her defense, her opponents were shooting much higher than their league ratings. Rick Dusa really put it together and averaged 150 points over his Shooter Rating; Evan Bailey nearly doubled his rating. It didn’t look like anyone was going to touch Rick, even though his competition were receiving healthy handicaps, Rick got to the ‘Hot Seat’ without losing a single game. In the final match, Evan was able to put together some good runs as Rick was cooling down to his average Shooter Rating. Evan got out to a 3-1 lead in the race to 4 and despite 2 clean shots at the 8-ball in the 6th game, he loses his lead and the match ends up ‘Hill-Hill’. In the final game, Evan can only pocket one ball and Rick defeats him easily. Rick advances through to the Portland Metro Regional Handicapped Tournament to be held May 2005. Nineteen-year-old Shane Owen will represent Eastside NBS Leagues in the Portland Metro Regional Non-Handicapped Tournament in May. He advances by obtaining the highest average Shooter Rating for the League Session. He averaged 346 over his 7 matches. NBS would like to thank Cue’s Billiards for the use of their facility.

NBS Fall Session - Beaverton District Tournament Results