Great Southern billiard Tour Win for Archer

Great Southern billiard Tour / Marietta, GA
by Skip Maloney
Johnny Archer cut through a field of 56 entrants in a Great Southern billiard Tour stop held at the Marietta billiard Club in Marietta, GA, on the weekend of April 19-20. Archer and his business partner, Kim Davenport opened the Marietta billiard Club ten months ago and ended up facing each other twice in this event—once for the hot seat and again in the finals—in the first major event their club has hosted.
To get to the finals, Davenport had to defeat tour director Shannon Daulton, who’d fallen to “The Scorpion” earlier in the day. Daulton moved into the semifinal match against Davenport on the heels of a strong comeback against Larry “The Truth” Nevel, who’d taken a 6-0 lead in the quarterfinals only to drop the next 9 racks. Nevel had moved into the one-loss bracket with a shut-out defeat at the hands of Archer.
In the semifinals, Davenport and Daulton fought back and forth to a 6-all tie before Davenport went up 7-6 and then dropped the 9 on the break to reach hill. Davenport broke for the match win, but after sinking the first two balls, he missed the 3. Daulton, though, was hooked, and while he made a difficult jump shot to sink the 3, he wedged the cue ball right up against the 6, leaving him no shot on the 4. Daulton kicked and scratched, and Davenport ran out to move into the finals.
Archer took a 4-0 lead in the final match before Davenport fought back with two racks. Archer surged again, winning three of the next four games, making it 7-3. Davenport won the next game, but it proved to be his last. Archer broke at 8-4 and ran the table for the event victory.
“I scratched three times on the break,” said Davenport, “so it made it pretty easy for him.”
Results:
1st Johnny Archer
2nd Kim Davenport
3rd Shannon Daulton
4th Larry Nevel
5th Randy Vaughn
Tom Kennedy
7th Monica Webb
Paul Song
9th Mike Laney
Mark Gregory
Jonathan Pinegar
George Rothrock
13th Steve Moore
Louis Ulrich
Victor Bagley
Mitch Yarborough

Nevel Notches Another billiards Win

Great Southern billiard Tour/Greenville, SC
by Skip Maloney
Larry “The Truth” Nevel scored yet another win on The Great Southern billiard Tour the weekend of April 12-13, defeating former U.S. Open champion Jeremy Jones in the finals. This $1,500-added event drew 51 players to Gametime in Greenville, SC, including top Southern players such as Steve Moore, Jonathan Pinegar, and Louis Ulrich.
In the only hill-hill match of the day, Johnny Archer surged ahead in the quarterfinals against Jones, reaching 8-6. Jones missed a shot on the 9 ball but left the cue ball right up against it when he stepped away. Archer couldn’t make the subsequent shot, and Jones took full advantage. He sunk that 9 and broke and ran the next table to force the hill-hill game. Jones took the final break, ran the table up to the 6 ball, and left Archer without a clean shot. Archer missed the 6 and turned the cue ball over to Jones, who sank the final four balls for the win.
Jones faced Moore in the semifinals, dropping him into third place with a 9-3 win before turning his attention to the undefeated Nevel. “Double J” took an early 4-1 lead, but Nevel fought back to win four of the next five racks, knotting the match at 5 apiece. Nevel ran the next three to reach the hill, but he failed to make a ball on the subsequent break. Jones capitalized to pull within two at 8-6, but then failed to make a ball on his break and Nevel capitalized, closing it out at 9-6.
Results:
1st Larry Nevel
2nd Jeremy Jones
3rd Steve Moore
4th Johnny Archer
5th Jonathan Pinegar
Eddie Little
7th Josh Roberts
Louis Ulrich
9th Garrett Harsey
Rich Cole
Shannon Daulton
Tony Watson

Young Captures Cookeville Classic
Great Southern billiard Tour / Cookeville, TN

by InsidePOOL Staff
The Great Southern billiard Tour rolled into Cookeville, TN, the weekend of March 29-30, for their Cookeville Classic event. Hosted by The cue, this event was won by Billy Young, who triumphed in a one-set finals over Larry Nevel.
The action ultimately wound down to the final eight players, with Young triumphing over Dave Crockett 9-3 and Shannon “The Cannon” Daulton sending Nevel to the one-loss side in a hill-hill thriller. Clashing in the winners’-side finals, Young dealt Daulton his first loss to earn the hot seat. On the west side of the chart, Russ Edwards eliminated Randy Vaughn and Sparky Ferrell ousted Larry Price, both double-hill nail-biters.
Ferrell went on to survive another hill-hill match against Crockett but then fell down in the semifinals against Nevel, who sent him packing 9-4. Before that, Nevel had ousted Edwards 9-3. In the finals, Nevel held a 6-3 advantage over Young but broke and scratched. Young proceeded to break and run out the next four racks in a row to make it 7-6. He missed a ball but hooked Nevel, who kicked at it but left Young a shot. Young grabbed that rack and ran out the next two racks as well for the win.
Results:
1st Billy Young
2nd Larry Nevel
3rd Shannon Daulton
4th Sparky Ferrell
5th Russ Edwards
Dave Crockett
7th Randy Vaughn
Larry Price

Unstoppable Nevel Wins Again
Great Southern billiard Tour / Goose Creek, SC

by Rick Davis
The Great Southern billiards Tour hit Weekends Pub in Goose Creek, SC for the Charleston Classic III. The 45-player field brought great action over the March 7-9 weekend, but once again Larry “The Truth” Nevel could not be stopped.
The final day of play brought back the top 16 players, where Jared McGee bested Richard West then Donnie Seagraves, both 9-6, to reach the hot seat match. On the other end of the chart Nevel drilled Marty Opyd and Christy Norris 9-1 then breezed through McGee 9-3.
On the one-loss side Phillip Britt was coming back from an early loss, and after eliminating David Crocker 9-4 and Seagraves 9-7, who had dealt him his early defeat, Britt found himself in the quarterfinals. John Stallings was also creeping forward and ousted Dave Cook and Norris to face off with Britt. With the end of the line in sight Britt wasted no time and bolted through the next two matches, eliminating Stallings in the quarterfinals and McGee in the semifinals, both matches going 9-5.
Nevel then got off his throne to play the incoming Britt, who shocked everyone by opening with a 7-pack. Although Nevel played hard, he could not come back and left Britt to take then set 9-5. In the final set Nevel gave Britt more attention and played several phenomenal safeties and came with a handful of amazing shots. While Britt managed to chalk up three games for himself, Nevel kept a lead the whole time with a trio and break and runs plus a 9 on the snap, which helped propel him to his 9-3 win to claim the match.
Results:
1st Larry Nevel
2nd Phillip Britt
3rd Jared McGee
4th John Stallings
5th Christy Norris
Donnie Seagraves
7th Dave Cook
David Crocker

Nevel Creams billiard Competition
Great Southern billiard Tour / Fayetteville, NC

by Rick Davis
The Great Southern billiards Tour swept into King Street billiards the weekend of February 23-24, where Larry “The Truth” Nevel kept a stranglehold on the 45-player field all weekend before finally taking the title after giving an exhibition in the finals. King Street billiards hosted the double-elimination 9-ball event.
Late action on the winners’ side had Robert Ray defeat Jared McGee 9-6 then send Walt Bolden west to earn a spot in the hot seat match. Nearby, Nevel blazed past Brandon Pureza 9-3 then defeated Phillip Britt to lock horns against Ray. The fight for the hot seat started even, but Nevel got his game rolling much sooner and quickly took the match 9-5 to become king of the hill.
On the one-loss side tournament director Shannon Daulton was working on a comeback as he ousted Greg Little then McGee and finally slipped past Britt double-hill to reach the quarterfinals. On the other half of the chart Pureza was inching his way through the rounds by knocking out Wendell Thompkins then Bolden 9-5 to catch up with Daulton.
In the quarterfinals, Daulton kept an edge over Pureza the entire match until dispensing with him 9-5 but then hit a brick wall in the semifinals when Ray ousted Daulton just shy of double-hill, 9-7. That left only one match to play as the now-well-rested Nevel defending against Ray for the second time. What was thought to be a tight match at first quickly turned into a shooting exhibition by Nevel, who gave Ray all of about three shots the entire match before closing things out 9-0 with a very loud thud to be heard across the pool room. Once again “The Truth” had prevailed as Nevel added another win to his impressive resume.
Results:
1st Larry Nevel
2nd Robert Ray
3rd Shannon Daulton
4th Brandon Pureza
5th Phillip Britt
Walt Bolden