APA - Metro Detroit

From League nights to championship moments, some of our favorite APA memories are shared with Dad.

Happy Father's Day to all the fathers and father figures in our APA family! ❤️🎱

Southeast Region 9-Ball World Qualifier finals pitted two Division 595 rivals against each other, and it was a battle to the end with each made or missed ball creating an environment that only the Southeast Region can understand and revel in. There is a reason why this Division has sent more teams to the World Championships than any other Division in all of Metro Detroit APA and that reason is because they play with this intensity every Thursday night. In other words, this is just another week of pool for them! Annette Guibord started off for the Motor City Outlaws with a 16-4 win. Amy Dudzinski, hit a gear we knew she had in her and put together one of her best matches winning 19-1 to put Lucky Shots ahead 23-17. Shelby Cadle backed that up with a 14-6 win extending the Lucky Shot lead to 37-23. With the match slipping away, Joe Roberts squeaked out a 12-8 victory to keep his team in it. In the sudden death, fifth match and needing 28 points to win the Championship, Ernesto Cordova won the second rack giving him 26 points and all he had to do is make one ball on the break to clinch it for his team and that he did!

See you in Vegas!

In the Southwest Region 9-Ball World Qualifier Finals, we had two undefeated teams with Bump & Run, coming off a runner-up finish in the 8-Ball World Qualifier last week, and Shhhh! Bill Osborne and Angela Ivey staked Bump & Run to a 26-14 lead after two matches, but in APA fashion, you are never out of a match until the last ball is sunk. Ron Brusseau & Toni Johnson took the next two matches to give Shhhh! a 42-38 lead with the fifth and final match deciding the victor. With teams in Sudden Death, where every ball made was worth double and the trip to Vegas on the line, Stephanie Brusseau showed up in complete beast mode and there was no need for a Shhhh! …. as she delivered a clutch performance for her team!

As always, the Brusseau’s take it upon themselves to have clever team names that have deeper meaning than what you see on paper. It’s part of the fun and the shirts they come up with are ever so creative, to say the least. For those that know where/how this team name originated, you are in on one of the classic stories of our League. We find it interesting that this team name has been in existence for two years now and I don’t want to be that guy and say “I told you so” …. but here we are! 😉

See you in Vegas!

After three matches and leading 6-2, it looked like On The Snap was heading for Vegas for a second year in a row. However, Jeff Ciuzicki (The Nail) had other plans as he got three points in the fourth match to tighten the score making it 6-5.

It was sudden death time, and it all came down to one rack; worth two points and both teams fate was in the hands of a SL4 vs SL3! After all the timeouts were used up, it was left to the players to figure it out. All the stripes and solids were off the table. Each player had difficult shots on the eight, and with the intensity and pressure increasing from the oohs and aahs from the sideline, Jessica Reske (SL4) made a table length shot on the eight ball and the thrill of victory went to The Nail …. The prime example of how you can never count yourself out of a match!

Note: The sportsmanship from On The Snap was an example of how to lose with dignity, respect, and appreciation of what a great match they just played in. We appreciate it.