US OPEN PLAYER JOURNAL FROM LEO NIKORA:

The third day of Block play had the best weather yet. Each player played another three games. Afterword, the Toast & Tally was held at the home of Donna Dixon.

Open Flight

Brian Cumming and Dan Pailas won all three of their games today; Cumming with two triple peels. Charlie Smith upset Paul Bennett.

Doug Grimsley tightened the hoops today. All day long, many of the hoops had to be reset because balls got stuck in them.

WINS

3: Cumming, Pailas

2: Butts, Grimsley, Smith

1: Bennett, Curtis, Nikora

0: Kelley, Kraft

There were only three triple peels today – tighter hoops?

TRIPLE PEELS

2: Cumming

1: Grimsley

At the end of Block play, here are the rankings.

1st Cumming (8 wins, 4 TPs)

2nd Grimsley (7 wins, 4 TPs)

3rd Pailas (6 wins)

4th Bennett (6 wins, 4 TPs)

5th Smith (6 wins)

6th Butts (5 wins)

7th Nikora (3 wins, 1 TP)

8th Curtis (2 wins)

9th Kelley (2 wins)

10th Kraft (0 wins)

The top eight players are divided into two four-player Playoff blocks that each play a full round-robin.

PLAYOFF BLOCK 1

1st Cumming

4th Bennett

5th Smith

8th Curtis

PLAYOFF BLOCK 2

2nd Grimsley

3rd Pailas

6th Butts

7th Nikora

The winners of each Playoff block will advance to the best-of-three final.

"A" FLIGHT: At the end of Block play, here are the rankings.

1st Steve Mossbrook

2nd Donna Dixon

3rd Nick Gray

4th Mary Rodeberg

5th Pat Dugan

6th Mike Orgill

7th Cameron Evans

8th Bob Morford

9th Toni Kemp

10th Tracy Roche

The top eight players are divided into two four-player Playoff blocks that each play a full round-robin.

"A" PLAYOFF BLOCK 1

1st Mossbrook

4th Rodeberg

5th Dugan

8th Morford

"A" PLAYOFF BLOCK 2

2nd Dixon

3rd Gray

6th Orgill

7th Evans

The winners of each Playoff block will advance to the best-of-three final.

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