Sanibel 8-ball pool league results
What was touted to be the match of the season with only one game separating the second and third place teams, turned out to be a big dud. Sandycappers blew up the Sanibel Caf 13-3 to move 11 games in front of the third place Caf guys. Most interesting was the fact that Sanibel Caf’s Captain, Rich McCurry, returned to the lineup and promptly lost four games to Jack Dalton. Even more interesting is the fact that the Sandycappers blew out Sanibel Caf without the assistance of their top shooting Captain, Kevin Pottorf, who was in Miami on business. His teammates hope he extends his stay.
Bunt’s Ball Busters increased its League lead to 40 games with a 14-2 whitewash of cellar-dwelling Legion Motley Crew. Terry Ricotta and Bob Buntrock led the Ball Busters with 4-0 efforts and Rich Ennis and Dave Doane pitched in with 3-1 wins. Steve Gordon and Chip Gelpi got the Motley Crew’s only two victories.
Fifth place Island Lifers surprised fourth place Fresh Legion Crew with a hard fought 9-7 victory. Carmen Senese and Tom Walters produced 3-1 victories for the winners and Jimbo Gaubatz did the same for the Fresh Crew.
Teams play Mondays at the American Legion Post No. 123 in Sanibel. Come watch the action.
Sanibel 8-ball pool league results
Bunt’s Ball Busters beat back a strong challenge by second place Sandycappers to maintain its hold on the league lead. Ball Busters Dave Doane and Bob Buntrock posted 3-1 wins over Jeff Brown and Kevin Pottorf. Jack Dalton and John Riegert again led the Sandycappers with two wins each over Rich Ennis and Ken Rasi.
The teams meet only once more before season end on March 16, so it appears that the Sandycappers need to give up trying to beat the Ball Busters and concentrate on maintaining its narrow lead over third place Sanibel Caf.
Pete Mindel led Sanibel Caf to a narrow 9-7 win over Fresh Legion Crew with a 3-1 thumping of Jerry Welker. The rest of the Caf crew, Rich McCurry, Joe Mason, and Randy Carson, managed two wins each over Doc Lubinski, Nate Buffan, and Becky Skog. Sanibel Caf has now pulled to within three games of second place Sandycappers and the two teams meet each other for the last time on Feb. 16.
Island Lifer Tom Walters posted his first 4-0 outing as he pounded Motley Crew Captain Tom Yorgey to lead the Lifers to a 9-7 victory. Motley Crew shooter, Steve Gordon, arrived from Chicago just in time to rack up three wins over Lifer ace Gary Murza. Kelly Greten and Matt Hall had two wins each for the Lifers as did Chip Gelpi and Dave Kinder for the Motley Crew.
Won Lost
FirstBunt’s Ball Busters 176 80
SecondSandycappers 138 118
ThirdSanibel Cafe 135 121
FourthFresh Legion Crew 129 127
FifthIsland Lifers 102 154
SixthLegion Motley Crew 88 168
Jan. 26 results:
Bunt’s Ball Busters 10 Sandycappers 6
Sanibel Caf 9 Fresh Legion Crew 7
Island Lifers 9 Legion Motley Crew 7
League schedule:
Early A Early B Late A/B
Week 18 2/9 3-5 2-6 4-1
Week 19 2/16 4-2 1-5 3-6
Week 20 2/23 1-3 6-4 5-2
Week 21 3/2 5-6 1-2 3-4
Week 22 3/9 2-3 5-4 1-6
Week 23 3/16 6-4 3-1 2-5
Week 24 3/23 Blind Draw Singles Tournament
Week 25 3/30 Awards Banquet/Money Payout
Week 26 4/6 (Mon) Challenge Match vs. North Ft. Myers
Team 1 Legion Motley Crew Captain Tom Yorgey
Team 2 Sanibel Caf Captain Richard McCurry
Team 3 Fresh Legion Crew Captain Gator Gates
Team 4 Sandycappers Captain Kevin Pottorf
Team 5 Bunt’s Ball Busters Captain Bob Buntrock
Team 6 Island Lifers Captain Jack Cunningham
Matches start at 5 p.m. First number team sets line-up first.