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Story
and Photos
Queen
City Open Handball Tournament, 2006
December 8th - 10th
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Juniors
Micha Garcia and Nathan Gregg
draped in championship garb, the Gatorade towel
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CINCINNATI
– Back by popular demand, a Juniors Division featured some spirited
competition at the 2006 Queen City Handball Tournament. Playing two-bounce
with a Big Blue, Nathan Gregg and Micha Garcia covered a lot of court
during their match, and in the end, Micha ended up scoring a few more
points to win the game. But all in the 'fans in the stands" agreed
that both boys played championship caliber handball.
Later on, in the
Open Singles final, Chicago’s Nikolai Nahorniak managed to upset the
top seed, Kevin Hill (Indiana) 8-21, 21-5, 21-8. The two met again a
short time later, and this time Kevin and partner Marty Clemens reigned,
taking the championship in two games against Nikolai and partner Pat
Lunn from Cincinnati.
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The
60+ Singles final featured the return of two veteran players who haven't
been in many handball tournaments lately. Bert Huether has played squash
for the past five years, and this was his first time back on a court
with a handball. Meanwhile, on the other side of the bracket, George
Lehocky returned to tournament play after a lengthy recovery from hip
resurfacing. Their final went to a tie-breaker, but in the end, George
gutted it out and claimed victory, 21-17,
14-21, 11-9.
In the 40+
Singles, Cincinnati’s Bob Lohmueller repeated last year's Queen City
performance, using consistent and steady play to defeat Marty Clemens
(Indiana) in the finals of the Masters Singles, 21-14, 21-12.
The results
of the 50+ Singles followed the seeding perfectly, and Dayton's Bob
Bardeau took the championship with a tie-breaker victory over Cincinnati's
Ron Rosselot.
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Players
parade off the court
after a tough Open Doubles semi-final match
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Tournament
Director Jack Dean asks
"What do I do now?"
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The 50+ Doubles
round robin quickly became a one-round final after a team dropped out
at the last minute on Saturday morning. Perennial favorites Doug Blankemeyer
and Denny Dupps had to play a tie-breaker against Ron Rosselot and Rich
Seal, but managed to take the crown with an 11-2 score.
Jacinto Frias slammed
in the B Divisions, beating Justin Baker in the singles final and then
teaming with last year's Consolation winner Peter Vasquez (Oklahoma)
to win the B Doubles. University of Cincinnati's favorite, Mark Schuette,
pulled out a victory in the C Singles, besting Doug Cox. And newcomer
Jonathan Carillo (Indiana) was the Consolation winner.
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The
tournament drew nearly 60 entrants and was held at the Athletic Club at
Waycross the weekend of December 8-9. Special
thanks to the 2006 Queen City Handball Tournament sponsors:
- AmeriSuites
- Jack
Dean Construction (Jack Dean)
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Kids First (Jeff Metzger)
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Rosselot Financial Group (Ron Rosselot)
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Miami Business Systems (Sam Peters)
In addition
to being a sponsor, Jack Dean was also the tournament director, with help
from Greg Fite on the shirts, Jack Prather with the draw, Jim Krailler
and David Kent with the tournament desk and George Lehocky in charge of
merchandise sales. Thanks also go to Ralph Weil and Greg Fite, who helped
organize both the consolation and juniors competitions, and to Paul and
Beth Baker and the entire staff at the Athletic Club @ Waycross. |
Open Doubles Finalists
(left to right) Pat Lunn and Nikolai Nahorniak
with champions Kevin Hill and Marty Clemens
end of Open
Doubles (back
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Finalists (left to
right) Rich Seal and Ron Rosselot
congratulate 50+ Doubles Champions Doug Blankemeyer and Denny Dupps
end of 50+
Doubles (back
to top)
The Oklahoma B Doubles champions Peter Vasquez and Jacinto Frias
show off their "trophies"
end of B
Doubles (back
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Open Singles finalist
Kevin Hill (left) with champion Nikolai Nahorniak
end of Open Singles (back
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Champ Bob Lohmueller (left) and Marty Clemens
end of 40+
Singles (back to top)
50+ Champion Bob Bardeau
(left) with Finalist Ron Rosselot
end of
50+ Singles (back to top)
Finalist Bert Huether
(left) helps 60+ Singles Champion George Lehocky celebrate the season
end of 60+ Singles
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B Singles Champion Jacinto Frias and Finalist Justin Baker
end of B
Singles (back to top)
C-Singles Finalist Doug
Cox and Champion Mark Schuette
model the 2006 Queen City tournament shirt
end of C
Singles (back to top)
Consolation winner Jonathan
Carillo with Ralph Weil
end of Consolation
Singles and end of all brackets (back to top)
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