Sevierville Belongs to Edwards

By Bill Rosenberger

The J. Pechauer Southeast Open 9-Ball Tour rolled into Sevierville, TN, for the Tennessee Run Out Open o­n March 5-6, and Russ Edwards rolled out with the win.  Edwards led the 38-player field, coming back through the o­ne-loss side at Sevierville Billiard Club.

After Edwards exited to the west side o­n Saturday, courtesy of a 7-5 defeat to Anthony Morgan, he went o­n a tear and emerged into quarterfinals o­n Sunday.  His opponent was Rob Ganote, who was yet another victim of Morgan.  But after Edwards' 9-7 win, he got another shot at Morgan in the semifinals.

Morgan, who fell to Jon Hennessee 9-1 in the hot seat, came at Edwards with a vengeance, as he tried to get back to the finals for a rematch.  The two competitors battled back and forth, but it was Edwards who came out o­n top of the hill-hill match. 

In the finals, Edwards played almost as flawlessly as he had in his day-and-a-half run in the left bracket.  His 9-6 comeback win over Hennessee earned him first place and the respect of all the players and fans in attendance. 

Results:

1st Russ Edwards $700

2nd Jon Hennessee $500

3rd Anthony Morgan $400

4th Rob Ganote $300

5th Aaron Frady, Jon Palaria $185

7th Jerry Grooms, Pete Sawyers $125

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