The match for third place at 2 p.m. was between Parica and McCready, a rematch of o­ne of the two remaining winners' bracket matches o­n Saturday evening.  The audience seemed to be holding their breath to see which McCready showed up for this match, but McCready was in his element this time, entertaining the crowd as always with his o­ne-liners and facial expressions.  He missed several shots toward the beginning of the match that he attributed to the skidding of the balls, but he held his own with Parica, coming back from a 5-2 deficit to take a 6-5 lead.  Parica retaliated to take a 9-6 lead and then missed a 6 ball in the next rack.  "Life, baby!" shouted McCready, approaching the table with glee.  He won that game to make the score 9-7 Parica.  After McCready left Parica an open shot o­n the 2 ball after being forced to kick at it, Parica reached the hill.  McCready played a fantastic 1-9 carom o­n the 1 ball in the following rack and then made the 2-9 combo, coming within two games of Parica.  A controversy over the break that McCready made, with o­nly two balls and the cue passing the side pocket, held up the final rack, but since Parica shot and then complained about the break, it was not called a foul.  o­n his way to another awesome run-out, McCready lined up for a rail shot o­n the 7 ball, and it rolled off o­n him.  With three easy balls left, Parica ran out to the 9 and McCready conceded, with the final score 11-8.

The final match will begin at 7 p.m. Sunday evening. 

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