Next Stop on the Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour
April 6 & 7, 2024
$1,500/$500 Added
Entry Fee - Pro $120, Non Pro $70
Host: Bobby Hilton
Yale Billiards
169 North Plains Industrial Rd.
Wallingford, CT 06492
203-294-9591

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2023-24 Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour Top 5 Points Leaders

(through stop #15)
1st Lukas Fracasso-Verner 860
2nd Bucky Souvanthong 785
3rd Jeremy Sossei 760
4th Alex Bausch 625
5th Dave Hall 620
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L-R Tyler Henninger 2nd, Tyler Arnold manager, Nick Charette 1st
 
CHARETTE OVER HENNIGER FOR W AT BRICK HOUSE STOP #15
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L-R Bucky Souvanthong and Jeremy Sossei with Utica Billiards on the Boulevard owner Andrea Duvall
 
SOSSEI UNDEFEATED ON JOSS NE 9-BALL TOUR

The Joss NE 9-Ball Tour was back in action over the March 9th – 10th weekend at Utica Billiards on the Boulevard with a field of 48 players.

Saturday play narrowed the initial field of players down to four undefeated players in the form of Jason Reese, Geoff Montgomery, Ron Casanzio and Jeremy Sossei. Reese kicked off Sunday with a comfortable 9-4 win over Montgomery, while Sossei eked out a 9-8 win over Casanzio.

With his appearance in the hot-seat match against Sossei, Reese had already guaranteed his best career finish at a Joss Tour stop. It was his first career Joss Tour hot-seat match appearance, and it was against one of the most winningest players that the tour has seen. Sossei did what he has done so many times and dominated the match, scoring a 9-0 win over Reese.

Reese’s first match on Saturday had been a 9-7 win over another tour regular, Bucky Souvanthong. Reese had gone on to play four more matches after that first match and he might have forgotten about that first opponent. Souvanthong, had definitely not forgotten about that match though. Souvanthong won eight straight matches on the one loss side and then happily extended that run to nine matches with a 7-4 win over Reese to setup his place in the finals.

Sossei and Souvanthong have faced off in multiple matches on the Joss NE 9-Ball Tour, and their showdown in the finals was another close one, with Sossei pulling out the 9-8 win in one set for his first tour stop win since last May.

Sunday’s second chance tournament saw Aaron Greenwood start things off with four straight hill-hill wins, before a 3-0 win over Rick Bentley in the finals for the win.

The Joss NE 9-Ball Tour will be at Brickhouse Billiards in Syracuse, NY this weekend for their next stop.

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L-R Lukas Fracasso-Verner 2nd, Kayla Riccio manager, Kevin Guimond 1st
 
NEUHAUSEN OVER FRACASSO-VERNER FOR N.E. POOL & BILLIARD
HALL OF FAME EVENT WIN

As the famous saying goes, “If at first you don’t succeed, try try again”, and after back-to-back runner-up finishes on the Joss NE 9-Ball Tour, young gun Lukas Fracasso-Verner was one of sixty nine players at Joss Tour stop #13 at Snookers Sports Billiards Bar & Grill on March 2nd – 3rd.

Fracasso-Verner looked good on Saturday, emerging undefeated along with Thomas Haas, Francisco Cabral and German phenom Moritz Neuhausen. These four came back on Sunday morning and started the day with Neuhausen defeating Cabral 9-3 and Fracasso-Verner beating Hass 9-2. It was Neuhausen who would take the hot-seat with a 9-3 win over Fracasso-Verner.

On the one loss side, stop 12 winner Kevin Guimond was recovering nicely from his Saturday loss to Haas. Guimond won four straight matches on the one loss side to earn his place against Fracasso-Verner in the semi-final match. Guimond had defeated Fracasso-Verner in the finals of stop 12, and Fracasso-Verner returned the favor with a 7-3 win over Guimond to setup a rematch with Neuhausen in the double elimination finals.

The first set of the finals was another 9-3 match, with Fracasso-Verner getting the win this time, to force a second set. The second set went hill-hill before Neuhausen pocketed the final 9-ball for the win.

Sunday’s second chance tournament saw Steve Mack navigate the one loss side and double dip Russ Bellisle in the finals, for the tournament win.

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Dan Janes
 
The Pool World has Lost a Great Man of the Sport!

As many of our friends, colleagues, and customers know Dan Janes has passed away. We lost our dear Dan on June 20, 2023.

Dan's life passion was for making the best cue possible. Throughout his career he had a lifelong quest to continually improve methods, materials, and aesthetics of the Joss Cue while insuring they had the best, solid play possible. Dan, Debbie, and Stephen would sit for hours and plan the approach to perfect a certain technique. The goal always to make the best playing, well-built cues with a range of price points. All cues being equal only some had more inlays or veneers. The play, the same!

And if you wanted to talk to Dan about almost anything, especially cues, he would talk with you. Many people were surprised when it was Dan who answered the phone. He spent many hours with customers creating their image of the perfect cue. He was an inspiration to other cue makers and would spend hours discussing methods, ideas and strategies. Dan shared his knowledge and his many, many pool, life stories. He was a special man.

Dan began his life's cue making journey in a small garage in an area of Baltimore known as Hampden in 1967. Later in 1975 the business was moved to a new industrial park in Towson where Joss still resides. By his side his wife Debbie and son Stephen helped grow the business. Debbie and Stephen will still run the business and will continue to craft the same superior quality Joss Cue that we have been making since 1967. Dan made sure that Debbie and Stephen were ready for this transition. We have been there every day beside Dan. Stephen has helped the business evolve with his own innovative advances and stands behind every cue he crafts. He has been managing the shop for 44 years. We will carry on the tradition of making quality customized Joss Cues.

Dan will be missed immensely by his family. His daughters Amanda Janes, Kim Moreau and other son Mark Janes are heartbroken.

He is also survived by grandsons, a granddaughter, and great-grandchildren.

The pool world has lost a great man of the sport!

We are saddened.

 
 
 
 
 
 
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