Ray Takes First on Fury Carolina Stop

Ray Takes First on Fury Carolina Stop Tori HiltyRobert Ray came through another event to take first place this week on the Fury Carolina Amateur 9-Ball Tour on July 17-18, 2004. Not having as smooth a ride as he did last week when he arrived in first undefeated at the Fury Tidewater event, Ray had to work his way through the one-loss side after Dale Russell defeated him earlier in the tournament 7-5.A tough field of 32 showed up at B G McGee’s in Greensboro, NC, to play in this $500-added event. one of the new faces that showed up was 15-year-old Ricky Maki, who gave tour-points leader Jeff Abernathy a run for his money when he started Abernathy’s run of three hill-hill matches. Maki did not make it past the hill for the win, but had a great showing.After being defeated by Russell, Ray faced off against David Brown in the match to determine fourth place. In a quick face-off, Ray deftly moved ahead by defeating his opponent 5-1. In the meantime, Russell and Abernathy were facing off to determine who would land in the hot seat and who would travel to the west side of the chart to play Ray in the quarterfinals. In the end, it was Russell who would remain undefeated.In stroke Ray faced Abernathy in the semifinals in a near-repeat performance as he gave in the quarterfinals: he defeated his opponent 5-1.Going into the finals facing Russell, Ray apparently was still in the zone. Ray jumped out to a two-game lead before Russell could get on the board. Russell was only able to get that one rack before Ray took seven straight wins to take the 9-1 victory and first place.Results:1st Robert Ray $4302nd Dale Russell $2603rd Jeff Abernathy $1704th David Brown, $1005th John Carson, Mike Triplett $507th Morris Wood, Bobby Strandbert $40Visit InsidePOOL for the latest news from the sport of billiards and pool.

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