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Weekly Review - Winter 2008/09 Week 03

A Division

• Cliff Room 1 [6] at Monty's 2 [9]
  2nd place Monty's 2 (3-0) needed a run of seven straight wins to come from behind and hand Cliff Room 1 their third straight loss.   Dave Clark had two wins and a table run in the first six games to help Cliff Room jump out to a 5-1 lead.   After the teams traded wins in the next two games, Monty's took over, winning the last seven games to post the 9-6 victory.   Jim "The Animal" Steele had a huge night for Monty's.   Steele won three games, including one table run and one break-and-run.   Cliff Room 1 (0-3) dropped into a 10th place tie with the loss.
  
  
• Monty's 1 [9] at Cliff Room 3 [6]
  Cliff Room 3 let a 4-0 lead slip away, and visiting Monty's 1 cleaned up the last six games to win the match 9-6.   Joe Mesa, Josue Solis, Ernesto Sanchez, and Jesse Oliver all had two wins for Monty's 1 (1-2), who moved up three spots into an 8th place tie with the Moose Lodge.   Cliff Room 3 was led by two-game winners Keith Baugher and Tony Lenzi.   With the loss, Cliff Room 3 (0-3) dropped into a 10th place tie.
  
  
• Moose Lodge [3] at Don Q's 1 [12]
  The Moose Lodge was badly outmatched Tuesday, losing 12-3 at Don Q's 1.   Don Q's Jeff Azevedo was the leading scorer on the night, winning three games while notching his first table run of the season.   Teammate Robert Rosa extended his league winning streak to 18 games with his three wins.   Captain Jim Holloway also had three wins.   Juan Manzo, Sebastian Aldana, and Jorge Guerrero gathered the lone Moose game wins.   Undefeated Don Q's 1 (3-0) extended their A Division lead to 5 games over two teams tied for 2nd place, Monty's 2 and Sportsman 1.   The Moose Lodge (1-2) fell two spots into an 8th place tie with Monty's 1.
  
  
• Sportsman 1 [11] at Bak Dor 2 [4]
  Chris "The Ripper" Ackler extended his league-leading win streak to 19 games as he led his Sportsman 1 crew to an 11-4 victory at Bak Dor 2.   Sportsman jumped out to a 2-0 lead, and after Bak Dor narrowed the gap to 3-2, Sportsman brought out the hammer and won the next seven games to secure the match.   Bak Dor was led by Rundi Culp, who had two game wins.   With the win, Sportsman 1 (3-0) moved up two spots into a 2nd place tie with Monty's 2.   Bak Dor 2 (1-2) fell two spots to 7th place.   The biggest highlight for Bak Dor was Rosalie Breeland's upset win over previously undefeated Leana "Mississippi Hellcat" Finley.
  
  
• Tiburon Tavern [3] at Old King's Road 2 [12]
  Old King's Road 2 (2-1) moved up two spots to 6th place with a 12-3 drubbing of Tiburon Tavern.   Alex Balanda got Tiburon on the board first, but OKR responded with four straight wins and never looked back.   Don Perkins, Eric Kaiser, and Bryan Lum all had three wins for OKR.   Ben Woolf and Josette DeSoto got the other two Tiburon game wins.   Last place Tiburon Tavern fell to 0-3.
  
  

B Division

• Old Town Tavern [9] at Sportsman 2 [6]
  Old Town Tavern mixed in some good play with lucky breaks to edge host Sportsman 2 by a final of 9-6.   Sportsman's Kate Williams had two premature 8-balls fall, and that was the difference in the match.   Marty Schwind had three wins to lead Old Town Tavern to their second straight win.   Old Town (2-1) moved up three spots to 6th place.   Adriana Vega and Derrick Craig both had two wins for Sportsman 2 (0-3), who, despite the loss, moved up one spot to 10th place.
  
  
• Cliff Room 4 [10] at Break Time 2 [5]
  Break Time 2 gave powerhouse Cliff Room 4 all they could handle, but in the end Cliff Room was too tough as they pulled away with a 10-5 win.   Cliff Room got out of the gate early, winning the first three games, but behind Bill Fedderson and Dave Guzzi's four combined wins, Break Time won 5 of the next 9 games to stay in the match.   Cliff Room's Fahim Azizi slammed the coffin shut with his win over Dennis Nupdal, and Maurice Elias put the final nail in the lid with his third win, a table run over Break Time's Ed Ogden.   Break Time's tenacity cost Cliff Room 4 (3-0) their 1st place position.   2nd place Cliff Room fell three games behind front-running Don Q's 2.   With the loss, Break Time 2 (1-2) fell two spots to 7th place.
  
  
• Don Q's 2 [14] at Carp Billiards [1]
  Don Q's 2 blazed into 1st place in B Division with a 14-1 thrashing of host Carp Billiards.   Steve Myers, Peter Garcia, Ken Hilton, and captain Ismael Huerta all had three wins for Don Q's 2 (3-0).   Huerta now stands alone as the only undefeated player in B Division.   Owner Joe Chaney scored the lone game win for Carp Billiards (0-3), who dropped to 11th place with the loss.
  
  
• Monty's 3 [9] at Cliff Room 2 [6]
  Playing short-handed, host Cliff Room 2 suffered their second straight loss Tuesday, dropping a 9-6 decision to Monty's 3.   Dean Tokumaru, Todd Knudsen, and Phil Beach provided all of the Monty's scoring as they each had three wins.   Brandon Teris and Brendan Mackey both had two wins to pace Cliff Room.   The scoring in this match was interesting as the teams traded pairs of wins though the first 12 games before Monty's finished out the night with three straight wins.   With the victory, Monty's 3 (2-1) jumped up two spots to 5th place.   Cliff Room 2 (1-2) plummeted from 6th to 8th place with the loss.
  
  
• Old King's Road 1 [13] at Endless Summer [2]
  3rd place Old King's Road 1 (3-0) is showing that they are a force to be reckoned with after they destroyed host Endless Summer by a score of 13-2.   Andy Reagan, Pete Conover, and Sam Auchincloss all had three wins and teammate Roger McCririck had a table run for OKR.   Endless Summer captain Adam Priddy's one win was a table run.   With the loss, Endless Summer (1-2) fell two rungs to 9th place.
  
  

Inter-Division

• Creekside 1 [11] at Creekside 2 [4]
  In the first of two Creekside hoe-downs, Creekside 1 jumped out to a 5-0 lead and cruised to an 11-4 victory over Creekside 2.   Ricardo Topete and Jessica Carr led Creekside 1 with three wins each, while captain Keith Gruel led Creekside 2 with two wins, including a win over previously undefeated Mike Linetsky.   Creekside 1 (2-1) climbed two spots to 5th place, while Creekside 2 (0-3) remains in last-place.
  
  
• Break Time 5 [10] at Break Time 1 [5]
  Break Time 5 handed home-bar rival Break Time 1 their first loss of the season as they won convincingly, 10-5.   Three-game winners Bob Pastor and Ed Martin helped stake Break Time 5 to an early 3-1 lead, with the only loss coming by way of a Ray Arias table run.   Two-game winner George Guerrero helped Break Time 1 narrow the gap to 4-3, but Break Time 5 then won the next three games to go on the hill at 7-3.   Captain André Aparicio won in game 11 to keep Break Time 1 on temporary life-support, but in game 12, Ed Martin secured the Break Time 5 victory with a win over Marc Alexander.   Guerrero ended the night with a break-and-run, his second run of the season.   Both teams now have a 2-1 record and sit in 4th place in their respective divisions.