In the finals this afternoon, Ashcraft, who is an excellent regional player and placed fourth at last year's Glass City Open in Toledo, OH, went head-to-head with Tuula.  This race to 9 was fairly close until the last.  Up 8-5, Ashcraft broke and left the 9 ball in the corner.  He tried for a 2-9 carom but missed, and a safety battle over the 2 ball ensued.  After a miss by Ashcraft, Tuula snooked his opponent o­n the 4.  Ashcraft played a jump shot but drove the cue off the table, and Tuula played the 5-9 combo to get the score to 8-6.  But in the final rack, Tuula left Ashcraft an easy 4-9 combo, which he made to win 9-6.

Women's 9-Ball Division Results:

1st Amy Latzko $800

2nd Tammie Jones $650

3rd Rachael Abbink $400

4th Pam Bell $325

5th/6th Bev Ashton, Julia Gabriel $200

7th/8th Janet Domabyl, Jacqui Herrera $150

9th/12th Joyce Barbin, Jessica Frideres, Julie Melman, Megan Blair $100

13th/16th Kelly Larson, Megan Blair, Christi Lerum, Holly Gilbert $50

Men's 9-Ball Division Results:

1st Brandon Ashcraft $3,000

2nd Duane Tuula $1,500

3rd Jesse Bowman $1,000

4th Adam Smith $760

5th/6th Jamie Wilson, John Binion $550

7th/8th Miles Geringer, Josh Johnson $400

9th/12th Mike Moran, Rob Mattson, Jay Pettlon, Rory Hendrickson $300

13th/16th Tom Paulowski, Andres Uribe, Tom Cox, Joe Henry $220

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