Arizona Pool Leagues - AZPL

Congratulations to Week 15 Players of the Week - Bernardo Garcia / Ohhh Those Guys! with a 31-4 and Cassandra Sullinger / Hideaway with a 30-14!

The AZPL State Championships are coming up fast! Just TWO weeks! August 29, 30, 31 & September 1st! I'm in need of a few helpers on Friday & Saturday! Anyone interested in helping out?
All events are to be held at Dozer's Grill in East Mesa, Power & the 60!

The Fall season is getting ready to begin the week of September 9th!

Monday, Sept 9th - Daddy Os In-House & Flagstaff traveling divisions
Tuesday, Sept 10th - Phoenix traveling & Globe traveling divisions!
Wednesday, Sept 11th - Mill's Modern Social In-House & Shamrock In-House divisions!
Thursday, Sept 12th - Dozer's Grill In-House & Kingman Traveling divisions
Sunday, Sept 15th - Freezer's Sports Bar & Grill - Now Mill's Modern Social In-House division!
Thursday, Sept 19th - NEW! Stinger's Sports Bar In-House!

3-Person Teams / 14-Match Season / Every Team Wins Cash / Dual-Sanctioned / Your team of 3 can win over $4,000!

Qualify for the AZPL Annual in July where you can win $5,000!

Arizona Pool Leagues
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This fall the AZPL will be making a return to Stinger's Sports Bar with an in-house division on Thursday nights! Starts September 19th at 7pm!

Congratulations to the new owners, the Shobe's!

8 brand new Diamonds!

3-Person Teams / 14-Week Season / Dual Sanctioned! / Every Team Wins Cash!!

It's going to be a GREAT season!

Congratulations to last week's Players of the Week Mike Sandoval of Ohhh Those Guys with a 32-6 and Ramona Seabaugh of the Pool Hall Junkies with a 30-16!

And this week's Players of the Week Kip Anderson of No Name with a 30-5 and Lisa Bradford of Deadstroke with a 30-13!

Congratulations to each of you! Awesome shooting!

Congratulations to On the Snap Baby - Jim Rigney, Steff Moreno, Noel Plana, Lisa Bradford and Andy Benavidez! They won $5,000 in the AZPL 5-Person Annual Tournament!

Jean & the Four Skins - Jean Snow, Anthony Begay, Foogie Ringlero, Steve Deluna and Darryl Davis - came in 2nd!

Finishing in 3rd were the Sunday Bangers - John Ilk, Ian McEwan, Maria Torres, Garnet Snow & Leonard Thompson!

12 teams came out to Freezer's Sports Bar & Grill - Now Mill's Modern Social to play in the 2nd AZPL Annual! It was a race to their handicap in a full double elimination tourney!

Thanks to all the players who came out and participated! Thanks to Taffy and everyone at Mill's Modern Social for doing all they do!

Enjoy your Sunday off!

Congratulations to this week’s Players of the Week Ramona Seabaugh of the Pool Hall Junkies with a 30-9 and Anthony Begay of Show George the Money with a 32-7! Congratulations to the both of you!

Heading into week 6 there are 9 teams that are still undefeated! At the top of the list is the Lone Rangers from Mills Modern Social on Wednesdays with a 4-0 record and 311 points! Right behind them is Beat by a Kid out of the Shamrock on Wednesdays in Claypool with 310 points! In 3rd also out of the Shamrock is the Shadow Wizard Money Gang with 307 points. In 4th with 303 points is Show George the Money from the Tuesday Phoenix traveling division out of Dave’s on Northern. It Worked in My Head is in 5th with 302 points and last of the 4-0 teams, 3 NDNs N Dat Guy are in 6th with 277 points! Noice Toyche Biotch of the Thursday Dozers division leads the 3-0 teams with 257 points! Behind them is the Kingman leader Affirmative Action with 235 points followed up with another Dozer team ~ Nini No Decide Yet with 200 points and a 3-0 record! Those are your unbeaten teams heading into the week!

Mike Sandoval of the reigning champion Ohhh Those Guys is the Power Rating leader at 5.102! ‘Sandy’ is leading the league with a 15-0 record, 150 points, has outscored his opponents by 101 points, 2 10-0s and a 16-game winning streak carrying over from last season. Side note, Ryan ‘Rambo’ Levengood of Noice Toyche Biotch has a 10-game winning streak! On the ladies side Leslie Moses of Felt Up continues to lead with a 1.037PR, 8 wins, 98 points and a 24.50 match average! Andrea Carmody leads the ladies with 105 points scored. Tied for the lead with 2 break & runs are Andy Benavidez of Little Spoons and Bernardo Garcia of Ohhh Those Guys! Ed Clark of Samurai Blood has 3 10-0s to lead the league!

Leading the rookies we have the kid from Beat by a Kid Ryan Warren with a 10-2 record, 113 points and a 28.25 match average for a 1.768 power rating. Frank Caddell of the 4 Misfits is in a close 2nd with 8 wins, 87 points and a 29 match average for his 1.611PR. For the ladies Cassandra Sullinger of the Hideaway is in the lead with a 0.761PR, 7 wins and 92 points! Candace Webster of Rackless Behavior is right on her tail with a 0.495PR, 4 wins and 49 points!

On Monday in Flagstaff Mountainaire is in the lead at 3-1 with 280 points. No Name is in 2nd with a 2-1 record and 233 points. Mark Higgins of the Remnants leads the division with a 1.897PR, 111 points, 10 wins and 2 30s. Leading the ladies is Reynalda Cody of Scratch This! She has a 0.632PR, 74 points and 5 wins!

Over at Daddy Os on Mondays Two Holes & a Pole are in first at 3-1 with 257 points! The 4 Misfits are right on their tales at 2-1 with 236 points. Frank Caddell of the Misfits is leading the division at PR with 1.611. Leading the ladies is Sara Sorg at 0.856 with her 5-1 record.

It Worked In My Head out of the Shamrock leads the Tuesday Globe traveling division with their 4-0 record. In second is Unholy Trinity at 3-1 with 297 points. Mike McGaughey is leading the division with a 2.025PR, 113 points, 10 wins and 2 30s! Mindy Teague of the FAH Cues is leading the ladies with a 0.880PR, 94 points and 8 wins!

Show George the Money is the division leader in the Tuesday Phoenix traveling division at 4-0. In 2nd is Crushing Dreams at 2-1 with 188 points. George Galbarski is leading the division with a 2.128PR, 113 points, 10 wins, 2 30s and a break & run. League leader Leslie Moses plays in this division out of Dave’s on Northern!

On Wednesday the Lone Rangers are in 1st at 4-0 in the Mills Modern Social In-House. Behind them at 3-1 and 321 points is Shake, Rack & Run. Cornell Benally of the Shakers is the division leader with a 2.203PR, 10 wins and 2 30s. Steff Moreno of Encunto is the women’s leader with a 0.606PR, 90 points and 6 wins! Tim Ashley of the Three Oh Gees leads the division with 122 points. Michael Keeto of Shake, Rack & Run has 2 10-0s.

The top of the standings are pretty tight at the Shamrock on Wednesday nights with 2 teams at 4-0, Beat by a Kid and Shadow Wizard Money Gang and separated by a mere 3 points! These two teams battle it out for 1st on Wednesday! BC Antonio of SWMG leads the division with a 1.886PR! Thomas Shaffer of Beat by a Kid is right behind him at 1.869! They are separated in the standings by a single point! Leading the ladies is Cassandra Sullinger with a 0.408PR, 67 points and 4 wins!

Over on the far east side at Dozers Grill Noice Toyche Biotch and Nini No Decide Yet lead the division at 3-0. Ryan Levengood of NTB leads the division with a 2.308PR, 9 wins and a 10-game winning streak for a match average of 30.00! Nini Padilla leads the ladies with a 0.556PR, 68 points and 5 wins!

On Thursday in Kingman Affirmative Action is leading the pack with a 3-0 record! Melvin Hunter Sr of 3 Feathers is leading the division with a 1.600PR, 6 wins and 60 points! Mickey Jordan of Two Chicks & a Rooster leads the ladies with a 0.304PR and 3 wins!

Atop the leader board on Sunday at Mills Modern Social is 3 NDNs N Dat Guy with a 4-0 record. At 4-1 Gwen SteffIan is in 2nd with 332 points. The reigning champs suffered a loss Sunday and are now 3-2 in 6th place but Mike Sandoval is shining bright at the league leader with his 5.102PR and 16-game winning streak! Ramona Seabaugh of the Pool Hall Junkies is leading the ladies with a 0.962PR, 94 points and 7 wins.

Don’t forget the AZPL Annual Tournament for $5,000 is happening July 6 & 7 at Mills Modern Social! Build your own team of 5 from players who have qualified for the State Championships via matches played in any one of the previous three seasons (spring 2024, fall 2023 and summer 2023) and represent! Double elimination! It’s a race to your handicap each round! Meaning if your 5 players have a combined rating of 110 (5 players each being 22) your team needs to score 110 points before your opponent scores their total! Team requirements: Must have 1 female, 1 player must be rated under 20, you can only have 2 players rated above 25 and only 1 of those can be above 30. Regular league rules apply!

Have a great week everyone!
Thank you!

Congratulations to last weeks Players of the Week Kim Edmondson of Sweeet Gravy with a 30-17 and Andy Benavidez of Little Spoons with a 32-7! Congratulations to the both of you!

Even if you don't currently play in the league, please read!

Please take this brief survey to help us improve. Feel free to IM me your answers. Thank you!

1. Do you like playing the current 9 games or would you like to play an additional round for a total of 12 games? ___________________________________
2. If answer was yes to number 1: Even if it adds an hour to your match? YES NO
3. Circle ONE: In addition to 8-ball, would you like to also play 9-ball? 10-ball? Both? Neither?
4. Would you pay $100 per month to have access to a private pool room with 8 Diamond tables for you to play on essentially whenever you want and that also includes your weekly dues for league 1 night a week. So basically an additional $40 a month based on 4 weeks at $15 per week. YES NO
5. Do you like the 3-person format or would you like a 5-person team? 3 5
6. How can we improve the State Championship experience? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
7. If you could make one change to the league what would that be and why? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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For those of you who have kids under 17

First let’s congratulate our players of the week Laura Boothroyd of Going for Three with a 27-16 and George Galbarski of Show George the Money with a 31-9! Congratulations to both of you!

Heading into the 3rd week of play Shake, Rack & Run out of MMS on Wednesday are in first at 2-0 with 164 points! Also at MMS is the #2 ranked team the Lone Rangers who are 2-0 with 159 points! Tied for 2nd at 2-0 & 159 points is Damn Right who leads the Sunday MMS division. In 4th by a point is the Wednesday Shamrock leader Shadow Wizard Money Gang! 5th place with 155 points is Show George the Money on Tuesday out of Dave’s on Northern! In 6th is the Tuesday Globe leader Unholy Trinity with 153 points!

Mike Sandoval of Ohhh Those Guys! improved to 6-0 with 60 scored and a mere 14 allowed for a league leading 2.857 Power Rating! 4 other players remain at 6-0: Mervin Francisco of Lucky Roll Too, George Galbarski of Show George the Money, Mike McGaughey of It Worked In My Head and Andy Benavidez of No Clue! Leading the ladies is Leslie Moses of Felt Up from Dave’s on Northern with a 5-1 record & 55 points for a PR of 0.849! Leading the men in scoring is Cecil Attson of the Three Oh Gees with 76 points! Andrea AA Carmody of A*R*A leads the ladies with 67. Andrea is also tied for the women’s lead with Leslie in wins with 5! Laura Boothroyd, Dave Hetzler, Ed Clark, John Ilk & Ryan Fedora each hit an 8-ball break this week! George Galbarski, Joeneil Tolimao, Michael Keeto & Tony Davis each had break & runs! Current match average leaders are Ryan Fedora with a 32 with Ohhh Those Guys and Leslie with a 27.50 for Felt Up! Mike McGaughey leads all players with a 6.73 MIP rating! These players scored their first 30s this season! John Woodburn, Chad Johnson, Frank Caddell, Jeff Wolfe, Kobe Roberts & Ryan Warren!

Leading the Daddy Os division on Monday nights is the 4 Misfits at 1-0 with 81 points. Jeff Wolfe of Two Holes & a Pole leads the men with a 0.717PR and Andrea AA Carmody leads the women at 0.539! Dylan Van Eseltine of DMT We’re DYnoMITE is the points leader with 73 and tied with Tom Snow for the lead in wins with 5 each! AA leads the ladies with 67 points and 5 wins. George Galbarski has an 8-game streak heading into Monday night!

Scratch This is 2-0 in Flagstaff this season! Reynalda Cody and Staci Rodarmel are both tied with 47 points and 3 wins to lead the ladies with a 0.341PR! With a bye tonight there are sure to be some shakeups in the standings! Kip Anderson of No Name leads the men with 56 points, 5 wins, a 28 match average and a PR of 1.073! His teammate Gary Wimmer has a 5-game winning streak! Dave Hetzler of Mountainaire hit an 8-ball break! 2nd place Your Mom takes on the Remnants while Sparkys hosts No Name in a battle for first!

The Unholy Trinity moves into 1st in Globe at 2-0 with 153 points. 11 points separate the top 3 teams in this division, all of which are at 2-0! This week Unholy Trinity take on Lucky Roll Too in a meeting of two of those teams and It Worked in my Head takes on last week’s #1 Speed Demons in a battle for 1st! Mervin Francisco of Lucky Roll Too pulled ahead of Mike McGaughey by allowing just 9 points to Mike’s 12 for the lead at 1.739! Mindy Teague of the FAH Cues leads the ladies with a 0.171 PR at 2-1! Chris Navas has a 7-game winning streak going!

Show George the Money leads the Tuesday Phoenix traveling division at 2-0 with 155 points! Captain George Galbarski is also the division leader with a 1.694PR, 61 points, 6 wins, 2 30s, a break & run, a 30.50 match average and a 5.79 MIP rating! He just needs an 8-ball break & a 10-0 for the sweep! Equaling the fete for the ladies it’s Leslie Moses of Felt Up! She’s got a PR of 0.849, 55 points, 5 wins, a 30, a 27.50MA and an MIP rating of 2.85! On Tuesday those two teams will face off in a battle for first at Dave’s on Northern!

On Wednesday at MMS there are 3 undefeated teams at 2-0: Shake, Rack & Run at the top with 164 points, The Lone Rangers with 159 and Desert Rats with 138! Cornell Benally of the Shakers is leading the division with a 1.111PR. Cecil Attson is the point scored leader with 76! Eric Ashley leads the division with 6 wins. John Ilk hit an 8-ball break! Steff Moreno of Encunto fame leads the ladies with a PR of 0.327, 48 points, 3 wins, a 24.00 match average and a 2.23MIP rating!

SWMG leads the Wednesday Shamrock division at 2-0! Right behind them is Beat by a Kid with 150 points and Lucky Roll with 148! Chris Navas is the men’s leader with a 0.990PR! He’s tied with BC Antonio and Ryan Warren at 57 points. They also lead the division with a 28.50 match average! Those 3 along with Joeneil Tolimao, Mike Bernabe & Thomas Shaffer are all tied with 5 wins! Ed Clark recorded an 8-ball break & a 10-0 last week! Joeneil picked up a break & run! Mike Bernabe leads the division with a 5.13MIP! Cassandra Sullinger improved to 0.251 with 26 points and 2 wins to lead the ladies!

18 Rings switched to Thursday and leads the Dozer’s Grill division at 1-0 with 86 points. Ryan Levengood led the way with a 30-10 for the Rings to lead the division with a 1.000PR! Anthony Begay and his Little Spoons are also 1-0, 10 points behind the leader. Behind them in 3rd with 69 points is Nini No Decide Yet! Nini is leading the ladies with 19 points, a win, a 19.00 match average for a 0.078PR! John Woodburn of Operation 8-Ball leads the division with 57 points scored and is tied for the lead in wins with 5 along with Pete Williams. Ryan Fedora picked up an 8-ball break and Tony Davis recorded a break & run! Ryan Fedora leads the league with a 32.00 match average!

Five teams remain undefeated on Sunday at MMS, four of them at 2-0! Damn Right leads the way with 159 points. 2 B Determined has 150, Gwen SteffIan has 145 and 3 NDNs N Dat Guy scoring 127. Mike Sandoval is leading the league with his 2.857 power rating! In the division he is tied for the lead with 60 points along with Andy Benavidez & Steve Whitten, 6 wins and 2 30s with Andy, a 10-0 with 4 players and a 30.00 match average with four as well! Leading the ladies is Laura Boothroyd with 49 points, 3 wins, an 8-ball break and a 24.50 match average for a 0.408PR! Gwen Kaiser is tied with 3 wins for the lead!

My friends it’s unfortunately time for us to say goodbye to our dear friend Enrique Gomez. Enrique lived in Globe. His home bar was 2 Lanes Saloon. When you meet him he reminds you of a character from the movie Armageddon, the one who was getting the tattoo on his arm in the beginning. Nothing but smiles and love from the man. To say he loved pool would be an understatement. He loved playing and looked forward to the championships. He loved seeing everyone and would communicate such on FB posts to other players how excited he was. His AZPL career began in 2011 when he subbed a few times then started playing full time in the fall of 2016. Over the next 7 years his game improved and he won MVP awards along with a Most Improved Player award! Over 496 matches he went 824-663 for a 0.554 winning percentage, the 824 wins being 32nd all-time. He scored 11,723 points, good enough for 29th All-Time and a final 23.65 match average during the season. In the championships he averaged 21.32 over 129 matches to win 172 games while scoring 2,743 points. From all of us in the AZPL and beyond… we salute you Enrique for being the wonderful man you always were. Rest in Peace. Bottoms up ladies and gentlemen.

Until next week my friends….thank you.

We're playing out at Dozer's Grill tonight! Still looking for teams and players! Starts at 7pm if anyone is interested!

Are there any kids (17 and under) that are interested in playing 8-ball this summer? We will gladly run an in-house division on Saturday mornings at Daddy Os in Phoenix on Thunderbird and 43rd Ave.

3-person teams / 10-week season / BCA and ACS sanctioned via the AZPL.

Message me if you want to play. We will be starting this division on Saturday, June 1st at 10am.

Congratulations to Bernardo Garcia, Julian Perez & Mike Sandoval of Ohhh Those Guys out of Mills Modern Social on Sundays! They are your 60th AZPL State Champions! They went 5-1 beating Show Us the Money, the Girthy Sirs, 18 Rings, Going for Three and the Dawgs to win $3,995 over the weekend! They also got the exclusive AZPL State Championship shirts and their names immortalized on a banner to be revealed at the next championship! This is Mike's 3rd championship, his first since 2008 and Bernardo & Julian's first!

The 60th AZPL State Championships began on Thursday night at the valley’s newest pool hall Dozer’s Grill located at 7012 E Hampton in Mesa. For those of you who haven’t been there it’s located on Power north of the 60 and features 20 7 foot and 10 9 foot diamonds as well as darts. 16 people signed up for a double-elimination 8-ball tourney. Joe Farias finished in 1st, Jim Rigney took 2nd and Chris Navas finished in 3rd.

On Friday things moved back to Mill’s Modern Social in Tempe. There were 2 singles tournaments – an 8-ball tourney and a 10-ball/9-ball tourney – and 8-Ball Break & Run Derby as well as a ladies 8-ball tourney to play in. It was a race to 1 in all events with a $10 buy in for each. Short & Sweet, Fast & Fun! The singles tourneys were both full at 32 players each. In 8-ball Robert Berry beat out Mike Sandoval twice to go undefeated at 6-0 and win $100! Mike took home $80 for 2nd. Jim Rigney finished in 3rd and won $60. 4th and $40 went to Mike Chapa. Ryan Fedora and Ed Clark tied for 5th and each won $20.

In the 10-Ball tourney it was once again Robert Berry on the hot seat going 5-0 before beating out Mike Sandoval to take 1st and $100. Mike lost to Thomas Shaffer in 10-ball after going 2-0 to go to the 9-ball side. He went 5-0 in 9-ball with his last win being again Thomas setting up the match against Robert. Mike finished with $80 for 2nd. Thomas took home $60 for 3rd. 4th place and $40 went to Dylan Van Eseltine. Ryan Fedora & Chris Navas finished in a tie for 5th and each won $20. Thanks to Anthony Begay for running that bracket!

There were 5 ladies in the women’s 8-ball. Ramona Seabaugh took 1st with Audrey Jake finishing in 2nd and Andrea Carmody taking home 3rd!

We had 30 players sign up for 8-ball break & run derby! In the opening round Joe Farias scored 38 to take the lead. Jim Rigney was 2nd scoring 27. Ryan Fedora, Ed Clark & Mark Hopkins all tied with 14 to tie for 3rd! After round one the bottom 3rd of the field was eliminated. In the 2nd round Jim Rigney scored 21, Ryan Fedora scored 15 and Chris Navas picked off 12 but the leaders at the end of round 2 would be Jim Rigney with 48, Joe Farias with 41 and Ryan Fedora with 30. At the end of round 2 the top third of the field advances to round 3. In that round Chris Navas led the way with 18, Jim Rigney picked up 17 and Robert Berry and Joe Farias each scored 15 but it was Joe Farias with 66, Jim Rigney with 65 and Robert Berry with 43 to advance to the finals! Robert finished 1st with 13, Jim scored 12 and Joe got 1. 1st got $110, 2nd $60 and 3rd $30! Thanks to Lisa Bradford for running this event!

And then there was Saturday! 11 teams were there for the opening round of the handicapped bracket and 7 for the no-handicap bracket. Out of all of those the Nerf Herders won 5 straight to win $315 on Saturday! That was also the longest winning streak of the tourney! At the end of day Going for Three was atop the leader board at 4-0. Rounding out the top 3 in the handicap bracket were Ohhh Those Guys and 18 Rings, both at 2-0. On the No-Handicap bracket it was Ohhh Those Guys Again at 3-0 and the Dawgs at 2-0! Quentin Kilbride was the Power Rating leader at 4.240! He had 111 points and an 11-1 record for Deadstroke! His teammate Steff Moreno led the ladies going 7-4 with 83 points and a PR of 1.218!
12 teams were still in competition in the handicapped bracket on Sunday. Of the 6 teams to start off the morning Shake, Rack and Run went the farthest winning 4 matches before being eliminated by 18 Rings, finishing in 3rd in the handicapped bracket. 18 Rings won out on the loser’s side of the bracket for a rematch against Ohhh Those Guys! In the rematch they lost their only match. The two teams opted to flip a coin instead of a rematch, splitting the $2,000 prize 6 ways and the understanding they split the $1,000 bonus money if they win it. 6 teams were still playing in the No-Handicapped bracket on Sunday. Of those 6 the Dawgs with Andy Benavidez, Sammy Martinez and Michael Kerin went 2-0 to win the bracket, defeating Ohhh Those Guys Again twice, the first time to win the hot seat, the 2nd to knock them out! The Dawgs won $2,000 after that second win!

In the bonus match it was the winner of the Handicapped bracket against the winner of the No Handicap bracket for $1,000. It was Ohhh Those Guys who won the coin flip and home field. Those Guys went up 20-2 finishing 30-9 in the opening round. The Dawgs fought back winning 2 of 3 in the middle round scoring 25-19 narrowing the gap 49-34. Andy beat Mike 10-7 to open the 3rd round bringing it to 56-44 but Bernardo completed the 30 beating Sammy 10-4 to complete the win 76-58 in 8 games!

Gary Wimmer of No Name was the championship MVP going 19-2, scoring 203 points, allowing just 101 and averaged 29.00 points a match, a 3.83 improvement over his career average! His power rating was 4.243 in 7 matches. Steff Moreno of Deadstroke led the ladies with an 11-6 record, 133 points and a 23.47 match average over 6 matches for a 1.847 power rating. They’ll each win $100 for their efforts!

Over the two days we handed out $11,690 from the regular season and $12,815 in the championships for a total payout of $24,505 to over 49 teams! Thanks to Mills Modern Social for adding $1,000 of that and thanks to Jen for handling all those envelopes! 18 Rings led the league with $1,000 won for first place in their division with 12 teams. Last place in all local divisions won no less than $50. In the championships every time you won a match you won cash with each round paying out higher than the last. 38 teams won money in the tournament! Opening round payouts started at $15 and went up from there all the way to $500 in the 8th round. On the losers side payouts started at $10 and went up to $80 before you went on to play for the bracket and $2,000 or $2,500 followed by the bonus round for $1,000! Ohhh Those Guys won $3,995 on top of the $550 they won for finishing in 2nd place during the season! Mike also won $75 for being MVP giving them a total of $4,620 for a team of 3 in a 14-week season! That’s a cool $1,540 each and they didn’t even max out what they could have won, leaving $450 on the table by finishing in 2nd by a mere 5 points which would’ve pushed their total to over FIVE GRAND!!!!

On Sunday all the teams that lost twice on Saturday play in the Third Elimination Bracket! In that event it’s a race to 3 wins every round with a top prize of $750! Of the 40 teams that played in that event it was Chris Navas, Steve Key & Brandon Warren of the Shadow Wizard Money Gang that went 6-0 to claim victory! Congratulations!

For the teams that lost their first match on Sunday they fell into the ‘Guarantee You’ll Play Two on Sunday’ bracket! Of those teams it was Randy Torres, Jason Cote & Adam Garcia of the Lone Rangers who went 5-0 to win a free season! That’s right – no weekly dues for the entire season! Congratulations!

Thanks to everyone for coming out to the 60th AZPL State Championships! It was another amazing weekend! I love seeing all of you! It’s like a family reunion every four months! Thanks to the entire staff of Mill’s Modern Social, especially Taffy & Bella! Those two took charge of the floor and were serving drinks from open to close! They kicked ass for you! Can’t thank them enough for the job they did! And thanks to Kimmy Van Eseltine for taking all the pics!

It was another great season and I’d like to thank all of you for playing in the AZPL. There are a lot of choices out there and you choose us and for that I thank you from all of my heart. I’ve been doing this for 21 years now and I can’t wait to do it for another 21! We’ve got some really big things in the works and I can’t wait to share them with you!

I can share our AZPL Annual coming up July 6 & 7 at Mill’s Modern Social! This one is a team of 5 players competing for $5,000! Build your own team of 5 from players who have qualified for the State Championships via matches played in any one of the previous three seasons (spring 2024, fall 2023 and summer 2023) and represent! Double elimination! It’s a race to your handicap each round! Meaning if your 5 players have a combined rating of 110 (5 players each being 22) your team needs to score 110 points before your opponent scores their total! Team requirements: Must have 1 female, 1 player must be under 20, you can only have 2 players rated above 25 and only 1 of those can be above 30. Regular rules apply!

And we’ll be continuing the Ladies 8-Ball Singles tournaments on the 3rd Saturday of every month at Daddy Os in Phoenix! The next one is May 18th at noon! Race to 3 on the winner’s side, 2 on the loser’s side!

Moving forward to the summer season there will be a few tweaks.
First, I’ll address the next state championships. We will not be playing on the 9s until the 3rd elimination bracket. We will only be playing on 7’ tables during the main brackets whether that be handicapped or non-handicapped.

Second, byes. Effective immediately teams cannot request byes. Your team signed up to play. We play every week. We don’t work around your schedule. If you can’t make it for whatever reason then you get a sub. If you can’t find a sub then it’s a forfeit. The asking for byes has gotten out of hand. I am not concerned that you are playing in another tournament or taking a vacation or whatever the reason is. If your team signed up to play, then it’s you or team’s responsibility to have a sub in your place. Your reasons for not being here shouldn’t disrupt the rest of the league with multiple double-headers.

Third, dues. Some of you feel that you don’t have to pay your weekly dues each week. I’m not sure why that is. You go to the movies, you pay for a ticket at the door. You go to a sporting event, you buy your ticket in advance. Do they let you pay your tee times 3 months after you went golfing? No. Some of you still haven’t paid your dues. But you didn’t have a problem drinking all those beers and eating all that food did you? Quitting mid-season doesn’t absolve you of your unpaid dues either. From now on CAPTAINS when you pick up your envelope you’ll be required to pay in advance. You can collect it from your teammates. Don’t have cash? There’s an ATM in the building. Want to make it really simple? Prepay the entire season. I’ll give you a discount for doing so. Paying weekly would be $224. That’s your weekly dues & greens fees at MMS. Prepay the FIRST WEEK and it’s $217. You want to play, you can pre-pay. I’m tired of waiting and waiting and listening to your reasons why you can’t/won’t/don’t pay. For those of you who do pay their dues on time weekly THANK YOU, this is not directed at you. Bad eggs come in all shapes and sizes and ruin it for all of us. For all of you that STILL owe money from seasons past I’m still waiting.

The summer season begins next week, May 13th at Daddy Os in Phoenix and Dirty Birdies in Flagstaff! Here’s the full line-up of divisions this season:

Monday, May 13th – Daddy Os, 43rd Ave & Thunderbird In-House @ 7pm (No Handicap division)
Monday, May 13th – Flagstaff traveling @ 7pm (Handicapped division)
Tuesday, May 14th – Globe traveling @ 7pm (Handicapped division)
Tuesday, May 14th – Phoenix traveling @ Dave’s on Northern at 7pm (Handicapped)
Wednesday, May 15th – Mill’s Modern Social In-House @ 7pm (Handicapped), (BCA/ACS Sanctioned)
Thursday, May 16th – Shamrock In-House in Claypool (No Handicap)
Thursday, May 16th – Dozer’s Grill in Mesa In-House @ 7pm (Both handicapped and no-handicap divisions available), (BCA/ACS Sanctioned)
Thursday, May 16th – Kingman traveling @ 7pm (TBD)
Thursday, May 16th – Flagstaff traveling @ 7pm (No Handicap division)
Sunday, May 19th – Mill’s Modern Social In-House @ 4pm (Both available), (BCA/ACS Sanctioned)

Weekly dues remain the same at $13. Player entry per division is $15. This season we will be sanctioning with ACS. Their annual dues are $15. We will continue to sanction with BCA as well with scores in those divisions being entered into the Fargo system. If you aren’t sanctioned with BCA, those annual dues are $20.

Some of you are going to the ACS Nationals in Las Vegas May 11-18! I wish you all good luck and hope you win while you’re there! Please let me know who is going and we’ll see you the following week! Thank you!

The season will finish Sunday, August 25th with the 61st AZPL State Championships happening August 29th thru September 1st!

Can’t wait to see you all this summer! It’s going to be Sizzlin!