Fowler Wins Illinois Viking EventBy Bill Rosenberger The Windy City of Chicago, IL, hosted a 48-player field at G-Cue Restaurant and Billiards o­n December 4-5, 2004.  Bill Fowler, a local favorite, did his fans proud as he took the victory.  Fowler is not known as a tournament player, but he made his Viking debut count.  But Neal Vichiensaen was also battling to win his second straight event, including three straight hill-hill wins to reach the hot seat against Fowler.  As expected, the match went to the hill at 6 apiece, but Fowler came out o­n top to advance to the finals. In the o­ne-loss side, Scott Cohen ousted Mark Pratico to reach the semifinals against Vichiensaen, and, for the fifth straight match, Vichiensaen went to hill-hill.  For the fourth time o­n Sunday, he was able to come out with a 7-6 win and advance to the finals. In the finals, Vichiensaen was tired, and his energy was just about gone from the five straight down-to-the-wire matches.  Fowler jumped ahead early and ran away with the match 7-1. Results: 1st Bill Fowler $960 2nd Neal Vichiensaen $600 3rd Scott Cohen $370 4th Mark Pratico $200 5th James Oswalt, Ed Flatt $100 7th Danny Gokhel, Manuel Chow $60  Visit InsidePOOL for the latest news from the Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour.

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