Loye Bolyard, Nathan Childress, Raphael DaBreo and Rick Scarlato
In an event that drew a few refugees from the dormant Tri-State New York area pool scene, as well as a few from the VA-based Action Pool Tour, two-time Billiards Education Foundation Junior National Champion Nathan Childress (2015Rick Scarlato Jr/2016; 14 & under), himself a competitor on the Action Pool Tour, went undefeated to win On the Hill Production’s 9-Ball Fall Shootout this past weekend (Sept. 12-13). It was, according to our records, the young man’s first major win, following a 2nd place finish on the Action Pool Tour’s season opener in January and a 7th place finish in the VA State 10-Ball Championships in February. The event drew 71 entrants to Brews and Cues on the Boulevard in Glen Burnie, MD.
Childress went through eight opponents to include meeting and defeating one of those Tri-State New York players, Raphael DaBreo in the finals. DaBreo had won five on the loss side for the right to meet him. Childress opened with a victory over Robert Vannatta and went on to defeat Jeff Ball and John Hergett, all by an aggregate score of 21-3. Then, he ran into Brandon Shuff who battled him to double hill before giving way. Childress moved on to down Eric Heiland and face Jimmy Varias in a winners’ side semifinal.
Nathan Childress
Shaun Wilkie, who’d gotten by Johnny Blume, Dwayne Laub, Dylan Spohr and Justin Mast, ran into a double hill challenge from Thomas Haas in a winners’ side quarterfinal match. He survived that challenge to face Joseph Wright in his winners’ side semifinal.
Childress shut Varias out and in the hot seat match, faced an ‘out of the frying pan into the fire’ opponent in Wilkie, who’d sent Wright to the loss side 7-4. Childress sent Wilkie to the loss side 7-2 and waited in the hot seat for what turned out to be the return of Raphael DaBreo.
On the loss side, DaBreo, who’d been sent west by Joseph Wright in the 5th round had defeated Rick Scarlato, Jr. 7-2, and Thomas Haas 7-5 to draw Varias. Wright picked up Tommy Zippler who was working on a modest three-match, loss-side winning streak that had included victories over Eric Heiland 7-4 and Bryan Jones 7-3.
Raphael DaBreo
DaBreo advanced to the quarterfinals with a 7-1 victory over Varias. Zippler extended his loss-side winning streak by one with a 7-2 win over Wright that advanced him to the quarterfinals, as well. DaBreo ended Zippler’s streak with a 7-5 victory in those quarterfinals and then got a shot at Childress in the hot seat with a 7-4 victory over Wilkie in the semifinals.
Childress completed his undefeated run with a 7-3 victory over DaBreo to claim his first major event title.
Tour directors Loye Bolyard and Rick Scarlato Jr thanked the ownership and staff at Brews & Cues, as well as sponsors Aramith Balls, Lucid Ballsports (Predator Arena Light), Mezz Cues, Turtle Racks, Simonis Cloth, TAP Chesapeake Bay Region and AZBilliards.
