Schau Takes Second Straight Win

Schau Takes Second Straight Win; Lantz UndefeatedKBP 9-Ball Tour / Holiday, FL

by Rick Davis
The February 24-25 weekend brought a full crowd to Hammerhead Billiards in Holiday, FL, for the latest offering of the KBP Billiard Tours. In the open division Rich Schau repeat his performance from the last stop, going undefeated, while in the ladies’ division Stacy Lantz dominated in the same fashion.
The open division brought out a 44-player field, which was owned by Schau and Doug Cruz, each making their way to the hot seat match by virtue of an opening-round bye followed by four match wins. In the hot seat match Schau was again able to find the edge and slip past with a 7-5 win.
On the one-loss side Dan Lavoie torched Florida Pro Tour regular Jason Richko 5-2, while Billy Moses eliminated Louis Altes by the same margin. Next, in the quarterfinals, it was Moses again, this time knocking out Lavoie 5-4 and then following it up by sending Cruz home with the familiar 5-4 finish.
In the finals one race to 9 decided it all, and with neither player giving up any ground, the match found its way to double-hill, where Schau made a final surge to claim his second consecutive title.
In the ladies’ division 11 players entered, although it was Lantz who controlled from the start. Participating in one of only two matches not to get a first-round bye, Lantz stumbled at first, winning her first match 7-6, but then she caught a gear and went 7-0 and 7-1 to reach Stephanie Mitchell in the hot seat match. Mitchell, always dangerous on tour, also survived a no-bye run by going 7-3, 7-1, and 7-1 to reach Lantz. It seemed that Mitchell was not told the match had begun, and before long Lantz had taken it 7-0.
On the one-loss side Deanna Frost met Mitchell in the semifinals, and after making short work of her, she went on to face Lantz in the finals. The final match wavered back and forth at first until once again Lantz was able to take control and win the match 9-5.
Open Results:
1st Rich Schau
2nd Billy Moses
3rd Doug Cruz
4th Dan Lavoie
5th Louis Altes
Jason Richko
Ladies’ Results:
1st Stacy Lantz
2nd Deanna Frost
3rd Stephanie Mitchell

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