Thirty-two of BMGA’s bravest stood toe-to-toe and 16 withered away, while 16 move on for the title. Top seeded Drawshank Redemption took on fifth ranked CTB and second-seeded WTF took on last year’s champs, Young Gunz. Matt Pacyna and Phil Berndt kicked things off for Drawshank, with an early win, 10.5 to 9.5 over Steve Latham and Don Grove of CTB. Ben Raak and Mark Hengel, of Drawshank downed Kugler and Stacy Sundet of CTB 13.5 to 6.5, putting Drawshank in a good position, 24 to 16 after the first two groups. Meder and Doug Maday, of Drawshank, withstood a strong challenge from Matt Grove and Joel Longo, of CTB winning 12 to 8. The final pairing was Barry Nelson / Mike Ryan (Drawshank) vs. Wayne Nau / Joe Wrecza (CTB). Nau and Wrecza put on a strong showing winning the final match 11.5 to 8.5, but Drawshank, needing only 4.5 to secure the win, moves on: 44.5 to 35.5. Every member of Drawshank Redemption will recieve $30 in chits for their victory.
Second seeded WTF dared to challenge the defending champs, Young Gunz. Dick Koppy and Kyle Haab of WTF dropped a bomb on Ramiro Sifuentes and Neal Reykdahl of Young Gunz, scoring 16 points. This following Koppy & Haab’s 18 point bomb on the final week of the regular season. Andy and Trent of WTF had plenty of firepower in their own right scoring 14.5 points over Nick and Chris of Young Gunz. Needing only 10 points from the last two groups, WTF was resting easy. Nick Shultz (Young Gunz) took on Joe Larson (WTF), and the pair split getting 4.5 points each for their teams. Brad Jordan (Young Gunz) took 6.5 more points yielding only 3.5 points to Erik. WTF needed only 2 points out of the last group, and predictably, they got it. Nate and Chris of WTF took 11.5 points over Kelly and Vince. WTF moves on winning 50 to 28. Every member of WTF will receive $30 in chits for their victory.
Second-seeded WTF will take on top-seeded Drawshank Redemption on Wednesday September 14th for the crown. Drawshank, finishing 2nd place last year, has an eye on redemption (pun intended) while WTF, scoring 57 points in the final week of the regular season and another 50 this week, seeks to ride the hot hand to victory.
