|
| Abraham Montijo sets up to shoot in the deciding match of the Open Doubles. Roberts and Natale edged Monitjo and Estrella. |
TUCSON - Finals action wrapped up the 2012 Hall of Fame Tournament on Sunday morning at the Tucson Racquet & Fitness Club. Tucson's Dave Vincent wrapped up the Open Singles title defeating David Munoz of Phoenix, 21-2, 21-4.
The open doubles final was extended to a tiebreaker. Experience edged Youth as Vern Roberts and Steve Natale defeated Abraham Montijo and Angel Estrella 14-21, 21-10 and 11-3.
|
| Pallares accepts the Marty Decatur Sportsmanship Award from Vern Roberts (left) and Charlie Wicker (right). |
The rain held out for a beautiful Tucson afternoon at the Hall of Fame Celebration Dinner. Guillermo Pallares was award the Marty Decatur Sportsmanship Award.
For pictures, videos, updates and more stay with US Handball on Facebook!
CLICK "Read More..." for results.
Special thanks to tournament sponsors: Fred Banfield - Mintec, Inc., New Life Health Centers, Charlie & Joan Wicker, Al Cuevas, Khalsa Montessori,Art Padilla, Kam Nasser, Dennis Healy, Andy Onate, Doug Clark, John & Carol Ross, Tom Briggs
  (All players from Tucson unless noted)
Results:
Open Singles:
First Round: Mo El Ali d. Sam Ortega, Sr. (Goodyear, AZ), (19), 8. 5; Victor Espinosa d. Dylan Key, 1, 7; Ivan Lugo d. Mark Thomson, (18), 4, 9; Juan Avila d. Angel Estrella, 16, 13; Ted Neff (Flagstaff, AZ) d. T.K. Morris (North Las Vegas, NV), 18, 15.
Quarterfinals: Dave Vincent (Tucson) d. El-Ali, 6, 14; Espinosa d. Lugo, (8), 19, 6; David Munoz (Phoenix) d. Avila, (8), 7, 3; Jacob Kavkewitz (Tucson) d. Neff, 1, 8.
Semifinals: Vincent d. Espinosa, (13), 17, 4; Munoz d. Kavkewitz.
Final: Vincent d. Munoz, 2, 4.
A Singles (Drop for Open):
Semifinals: Sam Ortega d. Mark Thomson, 5, 10; Angel Estrella d. T.K. Morris, (12), 18, 8.
Final: Ortega d. Estrella, 20, 10.
Open Doubles:
Day One: Abraham Montijo/ Angel Estrella d. Ashely Moler/ Daniel Cervantes (CA), 9, 9; Steve Natale/ Vern Roberts d. Raul Felix/ Matt Ortega, 9, 8.
Day Two: Montijo/Estrella d. Felix/Ortega, 9, 20; Roberts/Natale d. Moler/Cervantes, 3, 11.
Day Three: Roberts/ Natale d. Monijo/ Estrella, (14), 10, 3; Felix/ Ortega d. Moler/ Caervantes, 5, 3.
B Singles:
First Round: Sam Ortega, Jr. (Goodyear, AZ) d. Brian Stinar (Albuquerque, NM), 17, 15; Harry Calvino (Ft. Collins, CO) d. Ronald Deriana, 10, 4; Ron Kroll d. Tony Avila, 8, 12; Manuel Telemantes (El Paso, TX) d. Guy Senes (Flagstaff, AZ), 7, 7.
Semifinals: S. Ortega Jr. d. Calvino, (14), 10, 8; Telementes d. Kroll, (13), 16, 9.
Final: Ortega d. Telemantes, 15, 20.
B Contenders:
Semifinals: Deriana d. Stinar, 10, 11; Avila d. Senes, 10, 13.
Final: Avila d. Deriana, 7, 12.
C Singles:
First Round: Carlos Espinosa d. Joe Wright, 3, 8; Pedro Murillo d. Lucas Neff (Flagstaff, AZ), 18, 8; Kaelen Rae d. Alan Cheng, def.; Jesus Avila d. Matt Stamp, (19), 11, 9.
Semifinals: C. Espinosa .d Murillo, 15, (19), 4; Avila d. Rae, def.
Final: Espinosa d. Avila, 14, 17.
C Contenders Semifinals: Wright d. Neff, (8), 12, 8; Stamp d. Cheng, def.
Final: Stamp d. Wright, (14), 6, 0.
D Singles:
First Round: Austin Baral d. Colleen Stinar (Silver City, NM), 10, 18; Josh Lang d. Jakob Shorbe, 15, 3; Stephen Larson d. Esteban Camacho, 7, (14), 3; Santino Constantino d. Ethan Chang, 11, (12), 5.
Semifinals: Baral d. Lang, 7, 6; Larson d. Constantino, 3, 4.
Finals: Larson d. Baral, 7, 8.
D Contenders:
Semifinals: C. Stinar d. Shorbe, def.’ E. Chang d. E. Camacho, 5, 10.
Final: Stinar d. Chang, 15, (5), 4.
Junior A: Jorge Pimentel d. Andres Maldonado, 1, 2; Cesar Pimentel d. Otto Krueger, 8, 8; Diego Leyva, def.; John Franks d. Paxton Ortega, 2, 7; Jose Maldonado d. Camron Thompson, 7, 14.
Semifinals: J. Pimentel d. C. Pimentel, 6, 1; J. Maldonado d. Franks, 17, 14.
Final: J. Pimentel d. J. Maldonado, (6), 17, 9.
Third: C. Pimentel d. J. Franks, 16, def.
Junior B (Drop from A):
Final: Camron Thompson d. A. Maldonado, 7, 0.
Junior C (Drop from Bs):
Final: Otto Krueger d. Paxton Ortega (14), 18, 7.
Hall of Fame Doubles:
Day One: Art Benitez/ Alex Trujillo d. Jeff Healem/ Steve Hamrick, 18, 13; Willie Pallares/ Frank Hernandez (TX) d. Dennis Healy/ Gurumeet Khalsa, 13, 11.
Day Two: Benitez/Trujillo d. Khalso/Healy, 17, 12; Pallares/Hernandez d. Healam/Hamrick, 9, 11.
First: Pallares/Hernandez d. Benitez/Trujillo, 7, 11.
Third: Healy/Khalsa d. Healem/Hamrick, 20, (18), 4.
Legend Doubles:
First: Doug Clark/ Vince San Angelo d. Ken Hartnett/ Pete Jorgensen, 20, (7), 5; Keith Blackburn/ Don Civerolo (CA) d. Don Stinar/ Ron Todd (NM/AK), 9, 15.
Day Two: Hartnett/Jorgensen d. Blackburn/Civerolo, 4, 11; Clark/SanAngelo d. Stinar/Todd, 0, 5.
Day Three: Clark/SanAngelo d. Blackburn/Civerolo, 19, 16; Hartnett/ Jorgensen d. Stinar/ Todd, 19, 16.
First: Clark/SanAngelo.
Second: Hartnett/Jorgensen.
Third: Blackburn/Civerolo.
|
