McCreesh Shoots the Lights Out in Port Cityby InsidePOOL StaffThe Fifth Annual Port City Shootout took place this weekend, drawing a total of 45 excellent local players to Break Time Billiards in Wilmington, NC. To a packed house full of charged spectators, Ryan McCreesh (pictured) won the first-place prize by defeating Bruce Bullard twice in the finals.Break Time consists of two playing arenas, with a larger general area and a smaller sunken area bordered o­n o­ne side by the bar and the other side by a windowed partition for spectators to kibbutz. They have a full bar and food, and a bowling alley is attached as well.
Among the hopefuls who showed up, Grady "The Professor" Mathews was present but came o­ne short of placing in the money. Of course, high roller Tony Watson was there and played very well. His first loss came from Derek Davis, who had him 8-5 in the race to 9 and watched as Watson climbed back to make the game hill-hill but ultimately lost 9-8. Watson's second and final loss came from tournament winner McCreesh.The hot seat match between Bullard (pictured), a local player, and Davis was another long match. Davis, an 18-year-old student at Sanford Lee High School, got up 8-5 o­n his opponent but ended up falling to Bullard in their hill-hill match 9-8.McCreesh, a player o­n the Joss Tour, was waiting for Davis in the semifinals, where he defeated him 9-5. Obviously charged by this win, he met Bullard head-on in the true double-elimination finals, defeating him 9-5 in the first set and 9-4 in the second and deciding set.1st - Ryan McCreesh $1,3502nd - Bruce Bullard $9003rd - Derek Davis $6004th - BJ Ushery $4005th/6th - Tony Watson, David Tickle $250
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