Playtime for DeYoung o­n Fury Midwest Tour

By J.A. Barnes

Fields are growing larger and stronger in the newly formed Fury Midwest Amateur 9-Ball Tour, as 43 players turned out for the April 2-3 event at Playtime Billiard in Portage, MI.

As the tournament sifted out players, it became a showdown between Ted Reeves, Mark DeYoung, and last stop's winner, Casey Ward.  It looked like Ward might have been en route to a second straight victory when he defeated DeYoung 7-6 to get into the hot seat match against Reeves.  Reeves played strong all day to reach this point as well, and he earned another hard-fought hill-hill win over Ward to secure his spot in the finals. 

Ward headed to the semifinals to face DeYoung, whom he had sent their just a few matches earlier.  This time, DeYoung was ready for him, leaving Ward stifled with a 5-1 win.  DeYoung's victory propelled him into the finals to face Reeves, and for the second straight match, DeYoung couldn't be stopped.  His 9-1 victory earned him his first tour victory of the season.

Results:

1st Mark DeYoung
2nd Ted Reeves
3rd Casey Ward
4th Mark Osman
5th Josh Ulrich, Kevin Hall
7th Lee Lombaria, Jim Reinholt
9th Glen Johnson, Kurt Hoskin, Jeremy Sieman, Neil Dryfhout 

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