Young Captures Cookeville Classic Great Southern Billiard Tour / Cookeville, TN by InsidePOOL Staff The Great Southern Billiard Tour rolled into Cookeville, TN, the weekend of March 29-30, for their Cookeville Classic event. Hosted by The Cue, this event was won by Billy Young, who triumphed in a one-set finals over Larry Nevel. The action ultimately wound down to the final eight players, with Young triumphing over Dave Crockett 9-3 and Shannon “The Cannon” Daulton sending Nevel to the one-loss side in a hill-hill thriller. Clashing in the winners’-side finals, Young dealt Daulton his first loss to earn the hot seat. On the west side of the chart, Russ Edwards eliminated Randy Vaughn and Sparky Ferrell ousted Larry Price, both double-hill nail-biters. Ferrell went on to survive another hill-hill match against Crockett but then fell down in the semifinals against Nevel, who sent him packing 9-4. Before that, Nevel had ousted Edwards 9-3. In the finals, Nevel held a 6-3 advantage over Young but broke and … [Read more...]