Sholes Second to None

Sholes Second to None

Arizona Women’s Billiard Tour / Peoria, AZ
by InsidePOOL Staff
Thirty-five women pool players came to Sixshooters in Peoria, AZ, for a chance at the trophy and the WPBA qualifier for the WPBA Midwest Classic in October. Though Kristin Haney earned the qualifier, Holly Sholes ending up with top honors at this July 14-15 Arizona Women’s Billiard Tour event.
The race for the qualifier spot heated up in round 9 when Haney played Marissa Hallett. These were the last two women still in the event who paid to play for the qualifier spot, so the match was extremely tense. Haney came out victorious with a 7-2 win, while Hallett went on to finish in fourth place, knocked out by Kristie Ortega. This guaranteed Haney the qualifier spot.
Haney then went on to play Sholes for the hot seat; Sholes dominated the match 7-2. The next match on the one-loss side pitted Haney against Ortega to see who would challenge Sholes in the finals. It looked like it would be a fast match as Ortega quickly jumped off to a 5-1 lead. But Haney came back and won the next three games, making it 5-4. She then scratched on the 9 ball, which gave Ortega an easy game to put her on the hill. Haney won the next game, but then the scratch bug bit again after pocketing the 4 ball, which brought Ortega up to the table with a four-ball out, which she handled to win 7-5.
Since this was a true double-elimination format, Ortega would have had to defeat Sholes in two sets of races to 7. Sholes took off to a quick 3-0 lead, but the match went back and forth until game 8. Ortega missed the 5 ball, which left Sholes with a four-ball out. She made all four balls with ease, bringing the score to 6-2. In the next rack, it was her turn to break, and she snapped the 9, winning the match instantly.

Results:
1st Holly Sholes
2nd Kristie Ortega
3rd Kristin Haney
4th Marissa Hallett
5th Melinda Huang
Susan Mello
7th Liz Bernreuter
Cathy Kelley

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