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HIGHLIGHTS, SCORES, AND COMPLETE FINAL PLAYER STANDINGS
IN ALL FLIGHTS OF THE 1996 U.S.C.A. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
reported by Tournament Director Nate Weimerskirch;
photographs by David Gladstein
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All the action on the final day of the 1996 USCA National Championships was
concentrated in singles play at the headquarters venue - the Palm Beach Polo
Club. With this final story on the verified standings in all flights, we
congratulate the winners and extend a special thanks to tournament director
Nate Weimerskirch for his vivid daily reporting of the action along with all
the scores and results; and to New Yorker David Gladstein, who not only
played in the tournament, but also snapped all the photographs with his
digital camera.
LEON PARKER OF KENTUCKY TAKES FIRST FLIGHT SINGLES
Leon Parker of Georgetown, Kentucky, defeated Holly Currier 26-12 in the
First Flight Singles Championship. Parker had a clean run through the
playoffs, meeting stiff challenges early before hitting full stride in the
final. Parker had defeated Gray Wyatt 20-18 to reach the final.
Currier also played brilliantly all week, reaching the final by beating Will
Stephens 26-23, after Stephens had staked her out on his first break but
missed the the rover hoop on the second trip around.
FIRST FLIGHT PLAYOFF RESULTS, WINNERS BRACKET
| Terri Spoonhour | 16 - 10 | Chalmers Yeilding |
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| Will Stephens | 15 - 13 | Gene Fusz |
| Jim Spoonhour | 17 - 7 | Gray Wyatt |
| Leon Parker | 16 - 15 | Bill Luke |
| Nelga Young | 17 - 16 | Joe Koenig |
| Larry Stettner | 17 - 16 | Shellman Morse |
| Paula Phaneuf | 12 - 8 | Michael Zuro |
| Holly Currier | 26 - 6 | Ruth Summers |
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| Stephens | 26 - 20 | T. Spoonhour |
| Parker | 14 - 11 | J. Spoonhour |
| Young | 20 - 16 | Stettner |
| Currier | 19 - 11 | Phaneuf |
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| Parker | 17 - 16 | Stephens |
| Currier | 23 - 17 | Young |
FIRST FLIGHT PLAYOFF RESULTS, LOSERS BRACKET
| Yeilding | 15-12 | Fusz |
| Wyatt | 25-22 | Luke |
| Koenig | over | Morse (default) |
| Zuro | 18-3 | Summers |
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| Yeilding | 20-18 | J. Spoonhour |
| Wyatt | 22-14 | T. Spoonhour |
| Koenig | 17-14 | Phaneuf |
| Stettner | 25-23 | Zuro |
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| Wyatt | 26-5 | Yeilding |
| Stettner | 19-18 | Koenig |
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| Wyatt | 26-8 | Young |
| Stephens | 24-11 | Stettner |
FIRST FLIGHT SEMIFINALS
| Parker | 20-18 | Wyatt | |
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| Stephens | 23-13 | Currier |
| Currier | 26-23 | Stephens |
UNDEFEATED MALOOF WINS IT ALL IN SECOND FLIGHT
"Somebody's going to have to come out here and clean up the blood after this
one, it's been a real dog-fight." commented finalist George Funk midway
through his match with David Maloof. It continued to the end as Maloof came
out top dog by pulling off an attack on the last ball to win 20-19. It was a
battle all the way between Maloof's raw skill against Funk's crafty play. Maloof
went through the tournament undefeated in both singles and doubles.
SECOND FLIGHT PLAYOFF RESULTS, WINNERS BRACKET
| George Funk | 14-11 | Ben Birkhead |
| Andy Kozusko | 26-7 | Art Parsells |
| Ron Eccles | 19-11 | Missy Ramey |
| David Maloof | 21-9 | Lou Fusz |
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| Funk | 17-10 | Kozusko |
| Maloof | 19-17 | Eccles |
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| Maloof | 26-6 | Funk |
SECOND FLIGHT PLAYOF RESULTS, LOSERS BRACKET
| Parsells | 18-17 | Birkhead | |
| Ramey | 13-12 | Fusz |
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| Eccles | 24-21 | Parsells |
| Kozusko | 26-6 | Ramey |
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| Eccles | 26-14 | Kozusko |
| Funk | 26-9 | Eccles |
CASSIDY WINS THIRD FLIGHT SINGLES
Tad Cassidy opened up a big lead with a 9-wicket run and handily defeated Ray
Cope 20-11 in the Seconf Flight singles final.
| THIRD FLIGHT SINGLES PLAYOFF, WINNERS BRACKET |
| Tad Cassidy | 20-10 | Ray Cope | |
| Kenny Horne | 19-12 | Carole Birkhead |
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| Tad Cassidy | 17-12 | Horne |
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| THIRD FLIGHT SINGLES PLAYOFF, LOSERS BRACKET |
| Cope | 18-12 | Birkhead | |
| Cope | 17-16 | Horne |
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| CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT SINGLES, LOSERS BRACKET (FRIDAY) |
| Ruby | 26-6 | Fournier | |
| Osborn | 26-11 | Burchfield |
| Hughes | 26-20 | Najarian |
| Roach | 26-6 | Degnan |
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| CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT SINGLES PLAYOFF, WINNERS BRACKET |
| Powell | 21-12 | Berne | |
| Mehas | 26-25 | Sheely |
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| CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT LOSERS BRACKET (SATURDAY) |
| Osborn | 20-19 | Ruby | |
| J. Hughes | 21-17 | Roach |
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| Osborn | 26-2 | Sheely |
| Hughes | 26-4 | Berne |
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| CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT SEMIFINALS |
| Powell | 18-26 | 24-15 | Osborn |
| Hughes | 26-8 | 26-4 | Mehas |
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| CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT FINAL |
| Jim Hughes | 23-22 | Richard Powell | |
CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES, FINAL STANDINGS
| 1 | Jim Hughes | 21 | Phil Fusz |
| 2 | Richard Powell | Jim Hall |
| 3 | Mik Mehas | John Phaneuf |
| John Osborn | Byron Thomas |
| 5 | Bill Berne | 25 | David Barr |
| Rick Sheely | 26 | Bill Martin |
| 7 | Britt Ruby | 27 | Jackie Jones |
| Pat Roach | 28 | Jim Houser |
| 9 | Archie Burchfield | 29 | Dwight Mayer |
| Don Degnan | 30 | Bob Cherry |
| John Fournier | 31 | Tom Hughes |
| Mark Najarian | Fred Jones |
| 13 | Rich Curtis | Bill Mead |
| Doug Grimsley | 34 | Bubbie Grimsley |
| Carl Mabee | John Oehrle |
| Wayne Rodoni | 36 | Carl Larkin |
| 17 | Harold Brown | 37 | John Curington |
| Gar Beckstead | 38 | Neil Houghton |
| Brian Cumming | 39 | John Young |
| Greg Shaffer | 40 | Dick Brackett |
| | 41 | John Dill |
| | 42 | Derrick Robinson |
FIRST FLIGHT SINGLES, FINAL STANDINGS
| 1 | Leon Parker | 13 | Gene Fusz |
| 2 | Holly Currier | Bill Luke |
| 3 | Will Stephens | Shellman Morse |
| Gray Wyatt | Ruth Summers |
| 5 | Nelga Young | 17 | Phil Currier |
| Larry Stettner | 18 | Phil Parker |
| 7 | Joe Koenig | 19 | June Currier |
| Chalmers Yeilding | 20 | Keith Jones |
| 9 | Paula Phaneuf | 21 | Erland Nelson |
| Jim Spoonhour | Johnny Mitchell |
| Terri Spoonhour | 23 | Digby Bridges |
| Michael Zuro | Austin Connelly |
| 25 | Jim Kent |
| 26 | Bob Baker |
| 27 | Christina Pinkerton |
| Billie Jean Berne |
SECOND FLIGHT SINGLES, FINAL STANDINGS
| 1 | David Maloof | 9 | Ray Stoy |
| 2 | George Funk | 10 | Margo Stinson |
| 3 | Ron Eccles | 11 | David Gladstein |
| 4 | Andy Kozusko | 12 | Carol Cherry |
| 5 | Missy Ramey | 13 | Lewie McGonagle |
| Art Parsells | 14 | Marti Richardson |
| 7 | Ben Birkhead |
| Lou Fusz |
THIRD FLIGHT SINGLES, FINAL STANDINGS
| 1 | Tad Cassidy | 6 | Richard Byatt |
| 2 | Ray Cope | 7 | Hedy Stoy |
| 3 | Kenny Horne | 8 | Jennie Connelly |
| 4 | Carole Birkhead | 9 | Lisa Parsons |
| 5 | Gene Pearson |
CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT DOUBLES, FINAL STANDINGS
| 1 | Carl Mabee / John Phaneuf | 13 | P. Fusz / Sheely |
| 2 | Powell / Beckstead | 14 | Burchfield / L. Parker |
| 3 | Mehas / Rodoni | Martin / T. Hughes |
| Mead / Najarian | Mayer / Thomas |
| 5 | Osborn / D. Grimsley | 17 | Brackett / Oreste Passarelli |
| Curtis / Shaffer | B. Grimsley / Oehrle |
| 7 | J. Hughes / Bob Kroeger | J. Young / Bill Hoy |
| Dill / Ruby | Degnan / Larkin |
| 9 | Cherry / Curington | Cumming / Robinson |
| Fournier / Roach | 22 | Hall / F. Jones |
| Berne / Berne | Barr / J. Jones |
| Brown / Alan Wolman | Houghton / Houser |
FIRST FLIGHT DOUBLES, FINAL STANDINGS
| 1 | Joe Koenig / Larry Stettner | 7 | Nelson / P. Parker |
| 2 | Bridges / K. Jones | 8 | Stephens / Kent |
| 3 | Morse / Summers | 9 | H. Currier / N. Young |
| 4 | Spoonhour / Spoonhour | Baker / G. Fusz |
| 5 | Mitchell / Wyatt | Sunny Fleitas / Barbara Murphy |
| A. Connelly / Yeilding | 12 | P. Currier / J. Currier |
| P. Phaneuf / Pinkerton |
SECOND FLIGHT DOUBLES, FINAL STANDINGS
| 1 | Andy Kozusko / David Maloof | 4 | McGonagle / Funk |
| 2 | B. Birkhead / Parsells | 5 | C. Cherry / R. Stoy |
| 3 | L. Fusz / Ramey | 6 | Carol Basinger / Zelda Burke |
THIRD FLIGHT DOUBLES, FINAL STANDINGS
| 1 | Ray Cope / Hedy Stoy | 4 | Byatt / Parsons |
| 2 | Horne / Pearson | 5 | J. Connelly / Charlene Francis |
| 3 | C. Birkhead / Cassidy |
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