Renegades edge Ball Busters out of first place

LW POOL LEAGUE

On Sept. 26 in Clubhouse 1 and Clubhouse 2, the Leisure World Pool League played its third round.

The 3 Amigos edged Hard to Handle seven games to six. Sal LaScala and Roy Mittlestead, of the 3 Amigos, each won five games, including both their singles matches. Bob Barnum won five games for Hard to Handle.

The Bank Bandits 8-5 win over Right on Cue was a team effort, with Dave Silva winning five games and teammates Dave Mackinder and Connie Adkins winning four games each.

George Gordon led Rockin’ Rolling to a narrow 7-6 win over the Ball Busters, with five wins. Zelma Berkenkamp won both her singles matches for the Ball Busters. This knocked the Ball Busters out of first place, but they only trail the Renegades by two games.

The Rustlers beat Crack Shots 9-4. Gary Snow won six of his seven games and teammate Rusty Aquino won five. The Rustlers only trail the Renegades by one game.

The Renegades defeated Any Hole Counts 8-5 to lead the league with a 26 and 13 record. It was a team effort for the Renegades with Ren Villenueva and Steve Mitchell winning five and John Burns winning four doubles matches.

On Oct. 5, Steve Edrich and Dave Silva demonstrated pool games like straight pool and one-pocket. Those two games, in addition to 8-ball and 9-ball, will be played in the Poolathon, to be held on Saturday, Oct. 22, at 1:30 p.m. in Clubhouse 2.

—David Silva

"B" player Dave Mackinder (l-r), "C" player Connie Adkins and "A" player Dave Silva.