Cantrell and Cucculelli Capture Top Prize
Lucasi Hybrid All-American Tour / Columbus, OH
by InsidePOOL Staff
Mike Cantrell took top honors in the men’s division of the January 16-17 Lucasi Hybrid All-American Tour, while Teruko Cucculelli won the women’s event. Hosted by 8 Ball Sports Bar & Billiards Club in Columbus, OH, the $750-added Central Ohio Open featured an 83-player men’s division in a double-elimination 8-ball format on 7-foot Valley bar boxes.
Cantrell captured the hot seat with a win over Skip Shumate 5-3. Once on the one-loss side, Shumate bested Shane Lykens 5-1 for the right to meet Cantrell again in the tournament finals. But Cantrell was just too strong, taking the finals 5-3 over Shumate.
The $250-added women’s division event featured an 18-player field. Cucculelli captured the hot seat with a win over Shannon Dunn 4-1. From the west side, Dunn returned to the finals after eliminating beat Deidra Govin 4-2 in third place. Cucculelli proved to be the stronger player in the finals, again winning over Dunn 4-2.
Men’s Results:
1st Mike Cantrell $500
2nd Skip Shumate $400
3rd Shane Lykins $300
4th Mark Wiseman $200
5th James Cantrell $130
Rick Brown
7th Jared Kolie $80
Chad Dailey
9th Mario Herevia $55
Mike Cumberledge
Dylan Lipatapanlop
Jeremy Haines
13th Tom Walsh $30
Rich Chan
Russ Huffman
Nathan Wallace
Women’s Results:
1st Teruko Cucculelli $295
2nd Shannon Dunn $185
3rd Deidre Govine $90
4th Julie Spripac $40