Joe Powell of Mercedes, TX, a professional golfer and a true gentleman, showed his athletic prowess crosses over to other disciplines with his third-place finish. Powell really opened some eyes with victories over Mark Galicia, Scott Kephart, Joshua English, and Sylver Ochoa, o­nly to be defeated in a hill-hill match with Ramos for the hot seat. Powell was sent to the spectator gallery by Ochoa in the finals of the brutal bracket.

Ochoa of McAllen, winner of the first two Fast Eddie’s events of the year, looked like he might be o­n track for number three as he started out with wins over Artemio Pena and Charlie Mora when he was derailed by Powell. Ochoa went to work o­n the left side of the bracket by defeating Jesse Mata, Lewis Jones, and Powell in the finals of the o­ne-loss side.Candy Ramos of San Antonio has been very close to breaking through to the big money in past events. Ramos exemplifies the saying, "Hard work pays off." After an extended lay-off from the game, he started playing again two years ago. As a competitive athlete in many sports, Ramos has worked extremely hard to bring his game up to a very competitive level.  He started his quest with victories over Juan Rivera, Beto Vasquez, Andy Hernandez, Lewis Jones, and Joe Powell to secure the hot seat. With Sylver Ochoa coming off the o­ne-loss side, it was gong to be a exciting final match.

With the finals a double-elimination, race-to-nine format, both players traded games in the first set with Ochoa winning a real nail-biter, 9-8. In the final set, Ramos caught a gear and a few rolls to defeat his opponent 9-2 for the final victory.

Results:

1st Candy Ramos $1,220

2nd Sylver Ochoa $780

3rd Joe Powell $460

4th Lewis Jones $280

5th Charlie Mora, Jesse Mata $70

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