Milwaukee, WI – November 14-16

Singles Champions Anchor Team Champions at ACS Midwest 8-Ball

The Richfield Chalet in Hubertus, Wisconsin (a suburb of Milwaukee) has proved to be a perfect fit for the annual ACS Midwest 8-Ball Championships in its first three years. Warm, comfortable surroundings, plenty of seating space around the twenty competition tables provided by Dr. Pool Promotions, and a huge bar and staff to cater to the food and drink needs of the masses complete the appeal. A large elevated stage also accommodates the tournament staff for an event that is quickly gaining numbers and success among the ACS stable of events. While every division had its share of close competition, it was coincidental that the champion in each singles division went on to anchor the champion in each team division!

Women's Open Singles champion Heather Lavin (Frankfort, IL) marched undefeated to the title via victories over Chris Flint (Braidwood, IL) 4-1, T.J. Meyers-Jansky (West Allis, WI) 4-3, Donna Whitcomb (Bettendorf, IA) 4-2, Debbie Rodriguez (Pekin, IL) 4-2 in the winner's bracket finals and Donna Whitcomb 4-1 in the first set of the tourney finals! Eventual Men's Open Singles champion Jay Slonske (Waukesha, WI) suffered a loss in his trip to the crown, first beating Tim Fitzpatrick (Valparaiso, IN) 5-0, Ron Crom (West Allis, WI) 5-3, Mike Green (Peoria, IL) 5-3, Andrew Stephenson (Peoria, IL) 5-1 and Scott Kugel (Mequon, WI) 5-2 before being whitewashed by William Mueller (Milwaukee, WI) 0-5 in the winner's bracket finals. Slonske recovered to eliminate Dean Foster (Braidwood, IL) 5-1, rewarding Jay with a final's appointment with William Mueller. This time Slonske succeeded in two sets 5-1 and 5-3 for the championship! Women's Master Singles champion Kelly Haffner lost no matches in her journey to the division title, clipping Pam Patton (Milwaukee, WI) [forfeit], Judy Ninke (West Bend, WI) 6-1, Laura Link (Oak Creek, WI) 6-3 in the winner's bracket finals; and repeating her performance over Link 6-3 in the tourney finals!

"Rockstars Only" (IL) won the Women's Open Team division, but it did not come easy. They outpointed Miller Time Girls (IA) 6-5, Trifecta (IL) 6-4 and Pour House (WI) 6-2 before being drummed by Flanagan's (WI) 2-6. "Rockstars Only" (Heather Lavin, Karolina Quigley and Tracy Mallet) recovered to win the loser's bracket, eliminating Trifecta (IL) 6-3. Having to defeat "Flanagan's" two sets for the title, "Rockstars Only" was up to the task, eclipsing "Flanagan's" 6-1 in set #1 and 6-5 in set #2! The Men's Open Team division was dominated by "Flanagan's Jaybirds" (WI) [Jay Slonske, John Gonzales and Ron Crom], as they defeated for the title every opponent they faced convincingly: T.H.U.D. (IN) 7-3, River City Billiards (IL) 7-4, Flanagan's Killers (WI) 7-1, Dead Stroke (IL) 7-1 and Dead Stroke again in the tourney finals 7-1! The six teams in the Women's Master Teams played triple-elimination, and "Main Inn" (IL) [Amy Latzko, Lenore McCarthy and Kim Mickulas] emerged in the hot seat, but it was "Logistically Challenged" (MN) [Kelly Haffner, Beth Fondell and Jessica Frideres] that

took the honors via a win over Flanagan's PB&J (WI) 8-5, a loss to Main Inn 4-8 and then running the table over Tripped Up (IL) 8-2, Flanagan's PB&J 8-4 and Main Inn twice in the finals 8-5, 8-5 for the title!

The ACS would like to thank sponsors Schuler Cue, Wild Eyes Creations and Nick Varner Signature Cues and Cases, whose multi-World Champion namesake took on all challengers throughout the event.

Final Results:

Women's Master Singles

1st Kelly Haffner (St. Joseph, MN) $500

2nd Laura Link (Oak Creek, WI) $300

3rd Beth Fondell (Owatonna, MN) $215

Men's Open Singles

1st Jay Slonske (Waukesha, WI) $600

2nd William Mueller (Milwaukee, WI) $400

3rd Dean Foster (Braidwood, IL) $275

4th Scott Kugel (Mequon, WI) $200

5-6th James Stricker (Hales Corners, WI) $150

Tony Gong (Chicago, IL)

7-8th Mike Frisch (New Berlin, WI) $100

Jim Ruettiger (Elwood, IL)

9-12th Andrew Stephenson (Peoria, IL) $50

Greg Rintelman (Ashippun, WI)

Tom Radawitz (Colgate, WI)

Tim Krouse (Watertown, WI)

Women's Open Singles

1st Heather Lavin (Frankfort, IL) $350

2nd Donna Whitcomb (Bettendorf, IA) $250

3rd Debbie Rodriguez (Pekin, IL) $150

4th T.J. Meyers-Jansky (West Allis, WI) $100

5-6th Patty Anderson (Davenport, IA) $35
Jennifer Freeman (Peoria, IL)

Women's Master Teams

1st Logistically Challenged (MN) $1,000

2nd Main Inn (IL) $500

3rd Flanagan's PB&J (WI) $340

Men's Open Teams

1st Flanagan's Jaybirds (WI) $1,000

2nd Dead Stroke (IL) $600

3rd Flanagans 1-800-Run-Out (WI) $400

4th Flanagan's Killers (WI) $240

5-6th Bare Down (IL) $100

Red Shoes (IL)

Women's Open Teams

1st Rockstars Only (IL) $700

2nd Flanagan's (WI) $400

3rd Trifecta (IL) $200

4th Pour House (WI) $120

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