Peixoto sets for a back wall shot in the Pro Stop final against Moreno

Moreno wins first Pro Stop, outlasts Peixoto in three games.

DALLAS – “I should have won in two,” Emmett Peixoto said after dropping the second and third games to Luis Moreno.  “But [Moreno] played really well, working me from side to side and wearing me down.  I don’t remember ever being so depleted, physically, after a tournament.”

Moreno kept his cool after dropping the first game 21-13, after racing to an 11-1 lead.  In the second, Moreno jumped out again 11-2 and then held an 18-13 lead before Emmett went rallied to take a 19-18 lead. 

Moreno kept telling himself to “hang in there and keep playing his game,” and he made two aces and an uncanny off-balance right corner kill to win the second. Moreno needed the same fortitude in the tiebreaker when Peixoto mounted a 7-4 lead before Moreno came back to go ahead 10-8 and held the serve on a controversial call by referee Dave Chapman.  That’s all he needed to finish it off 11-9 for his first pro win.  “That’s about the best anyone can play and not win,” said Alvis Grant as he presented the check to Peixoto.

Dane Szatkowski earned the 9th place finish with a final win over Dan Armijo on Saturday night.
The George Lee also finished up on Sunday with Greg Sizemore coming in from California to visit his son, who is a student at SMU.  Greg, a doubles star back home, won the 50 singles over Karl Stundins.  In other events, perennial winners included Tracy Eubanks and Brett Cooper in the open and Chuck Reeve and Landon Curry in the 100-plus.  

  Final Dallas Pro Stop Results: 

First Round: Sean Lenning (Shoreline, WA) d. Dan Armijo (Albuquerque), 0, 10; Charles Shanks (Armagh, Ire.) d. Matt Hiber (Roseville, MN), 13, 3; Tyler Hamel (Kingswood, TX) d. Joe Hagen (Minneapolis, MN), 8, 6; Luis Moreno (Tucson) d. Nelson Quintero (Miami, FL), 5, 3; Allan Garner (Austin) d. Jonathan Iglesias (Aventura, FL), 6, 9; Dave Chapman (St. Louis) d. Chris Tico (Berkeley, CA), 6, 9; David Fink (Pittsburgh) d. Dane Szatkowski (W. Chicago, Ill.) 5, 10; Emmett Peixoto (Berkeley, CA) d. Tony Krocak (Wauwatosa, WI), 9, 11.

Quarterfinals: Shanks d. Lenning, 10, 9; Moreno d. Hamel, 11, 15; Chapman d. Garner, 18, (9), 6; Peixoto d. Fink, 10, (4), 2.

Semifinals: Moreno d. Shanks, 19, 10; Peixoto d. Chapman, 7, 17.

Final: Moreno d. Peixoto, (13), 19, 9.

Pro Consolation

Quarterfinals: Armijo d. Hiber, 3 (6), 4; Quintero d. Hagen, (9), 5, 3; Tico d. Iglesias, 6, 5; Szatkowski d. Krocak, (9), 6, 3.

Semifinals: Armijo d. Quintero, (0), 12, 7; Szatkowski d. Tico, 12, 5.

Final: Szatkowski d. Armijo, 9, 9.

George Lee Events:

Open: Ross Burke d. Anthony Selestow, def.

Open Cons.: Jeff Walsh d. Dan Pri, 7, 2.

Open Doubles: Tracy Eubanks/Brett Cooper d. Adam Berliner/Landon Curry, 5, 9.

Masters Singles: Kevin Hill d. Steve Maier, 13, (7), 4.

Golden Singles: Greg Sizemore d. Karl Stundins, 7, 13.

Super Singles: Harry Scott d. Wayne Neumann, 3, 7.

Super Cons.: Ned Kovas d. Charlie Doyle.

Diamond Singles: Buzz Shumate d. Mike Lundy, 17, (19), 3.

Diamond Cons.: James High d. Wayne Peterson, 10, (11), 3.

Women’s Singles: Jennifer Schmitt d. Jennifer Hinman, 7, 7.

Women’s 2^nd Flight: Jessica Gray d. Brittany Babida, 11, (19), 0.

Women’s Cons.: Annabel Aviles d. Loren Kjolhede, 13, 11.

A Singles: Jacinto Frias d. Chris Patton, 4, 8.

A / Masters Cons.: Federico Alvarez d. David Lozano, 10, 11.

B Singles: Jacinto Frias d. Felix Verducco, 1, 7.

B Cons.: Larry DeFauw d. Oscar Aviles, 13, 8.

C Singles: Gilberto Bojorquez d. Dave Hunter, 1, 8.

C Cons.: Ryan Smith d. Jared Briermann, 6, 6.

100-plus doubles: Chruck Reeve/Landon Curry d. Dale Sperrazza/Dave Williams, 8, 6.

120-plus doubles: Charlie Bokelman/Ron Cole d. Mike Driscoll/Stan Melnick, 7, 12.

Mike Driscoll presents Joe Driscoll with a "Driscoll" shirt. Mike was the mover on the Dallas front and Joe is one of the season's main contributors to the tour

Sally Kenworthy with Tyler Hamel and Sean Lenning at the Downtown Dallas YMCA on Friday.

The Pro Draw for the 63rd Annual George Lee Handball Invitational was announced Monday, and play will begin Friday at the Downtown Dallas YMCA.  The top-4 seeds competing are  Sean Lenning (Shoreline, Wash.), Emmett Peixoto (Berkeley, Calif.), Allan Garner (San Antonio), and Luis Moreno (Tucson). 

Also in the mix, David Chapman makes his first USHA Pro Stop appearance in over four years.  Matches begin at Noon on Friday. 

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