Mike Zuglan's Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour
2024-25 Season

 
 
L-R Kevin Guimond 1st, Paul Troxell owner, Joe Dupuis 2nd
 
GUIMOND OVER DUPUIS AT SNOOKERS STOP #19
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L-R Yesid Garibello 1st, Holden Chin owner, Scott Haas 2nd
 
GARIBELLO OVER HASS AT RAXX POOL ROOM, SPORTS BAR & GRILL
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L-R 12 under, Liam Phillips 1st, Tim Berlin owner, Hunter Mickel 2nd
 
L-R 18 under, Tim Berlin owner, Kevin Bryant 2nd, Jake Jackson 1st, Julie Berlin
 
LIAM PHILLIPS WINS THE UNDER 12 AND JAKE JACKSON WINS THE UNDER 18 DIVISIONS AT SHARP SHOOTERS
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L-R Bob Madenjian 2nd, John Cox owner, Bucky Souvanthong 1st
 
SOUVANTHONG OVER MADENJIAN AT FAIRWAY BILLIARDS
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L-R Ron Casanzio 1st, Andrea Duvall owner, Bucky Souvanthong 2nd
 
CASANZIO OVER SOUVANTHONG AT UTICA BILLIARDS STOP #16
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L-R Kayla, manager, Bucky Souvanthong 1st, Geoff Montgomery 2nd, Tim Berlin owner
 
SOUVANTHONG OVER MONTGOMERY AT SHARP SHOOTERS
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L-R Jeremy Sossei 2nd, Bobby Hilton owner,
Lukas Fracasso-Verner 1st
 
FRACASSO-VERNER OVER SOSSEI FOR THE W AT YALE
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L-R Tom Cayer 2nd, Jeremy Wolfe owner, Ron Casanzio 1st
 
CASANZIO GOES BACK TO BACK TO TAKE JOSS STOP #14 AT YALE
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L-R Ron Casanzio 1st, Andrea Duvall owner,
Bucky Souvanthong 2nd
 
CASANZIO OVER SOUVANTHONG AT UTICA BILLIARDS ON THE BOULEVARD
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L-R Kledio Kaci 1st, Paul Troxell owner, Robb Saez 2nd
 
KLEDIO KACI IS THE 15TH N.E. POOL & BILLIARD HALL OF FAME CHAMPION
AT SNOOKERS
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L-R Beau Powers manager, Lukas Fracasso-Verner 1st, Dave Hall 2nd, Mazin Shooni owner
 
FRACASSO-VERNER OVER HALL AT AMAZIN BILLIARDS
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Moritz Neuhausen 2nd & Lee Van Corteza Champion
 
CORTEZA OVER NEUHAUSEN TO WIN TURNING STONE CLASSIC XL
 

Everyone,
Here is the complete order of finish for Mike Zuglan's Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour's, "Turning Stone Classic XL 9-Ball Open", which was held on Jan. 9-12, 2025. The event was $25,000 added with a total prize fund of $47,000. There was a full field of 128 players. All players were paid in cash immediately upon their elimination from the event!

1st $10,000 Lee Van Corteza (Phil)
2nd $6,500 Moritz Neuhausen (Ger)
3rd $4,000 Christoph Neumayer
4th $2,700 Dan Hewitt (Can)
5/6th $2,000 each - Jesse Piercey (Can) & Erik Hjorleifson (Can)
7/8th $1,600 each - Jeremy Sossei & Mika Immonen
9/12th $1,200 each - Tyler Henninger, Steve Mack, Jayson Shaw & Aaron Greenwood
13/16th $950 each - Hunter Lombardo, Chris Szuter, Mhet Vergara & Kevin Clark
17/24th $599 each - Aro Majumder, Vince Beaurivage (Can), Jonathan Smith, Eric Cloutier (Can), Earl Herring, Caroline Pao, Matt Krah &
Frank Hernandez
25/32nd $400 each - Tom Cayer (Can), Ruslan Chinakhov (Rus), Dave Shlemperis, Bucky Souvanthong, Dave Pinkston, Josh Friedberg,
Barry Hetherington (Can), John Morra (Can)

33/48th - Rob Hart, Waleed Hashem (Can), Jake Jackson, Marco Kam, Mike Donnelly, Randy Labonte, Pat Fleming, Dan Sharlow, Henry Good,
Rohit Aggarwal, Chris Tiru, Brad Guthrie (Can), Brian Vu, Jim McManus, John Francisco & Dan Mulhollen

49/64th - Joey Cicero (Can), Brian Russell, Dave Callaghan, Troy Deocharran, Scott Brown, Pascal Dufresne, Holden Chin, Nick Coppola, Gregg McAndrews,
Marc Ciappa, Tom McGonagle, Alvin Thomas, Harold, Rousseau (Can), Mike Toohig, Chris Pringle, Jimmy Rivera

65/96th - Jim Prather, Dwight Dixon, Matt Harricharan, Jerome Rockwell, Jean Guy Belliveau (Can), Jude Rosenstock, Ed Culhane, Dave Mills,
Eddie Epperson, Lawrence Mitchell, Bob Cunningham, Joe Smith, Steve Motilal, Kyle Smith, Rachel Lang, Justin Muller, George Lashoff,
Martin Daigle (Can), Ranulf Tamba, Rebecca Teese, Martin Longmire, Denys Zbikowski (Can), Larry Phlegar, Jordan Turner, Glen Van Court,
Garrett Vaughan, Grayson Vaughan, Doug Brown (Can), Alan Gordon, Tom Walsh, Kevin West, Frank Wolak

97/128th - Kevin Scalzitti, Paul Dryden, Sean Martin, Julie Madlener, Jason Robichaud (Can), Steve Barrie, Ron Williams, Brandon Fletcher, Linda Cheung,
Greg Spath, Andrea Duvall, Sean Santoro, John Dennis, Steven W. Smith, Jay Chiu, Bud Robideau, Dave Powis, Lee Mangos, Dave Fontaine,
Dave Copperwheat, Pat Byrne, Steve Sutton, Derek Hart, Kent Wuethrich, Brian Namulik, Dave Fernandez, Norm Pomainville, Chris Crawford,
Ron Casanzio, Doug Masiero, Jack Smith, Paul Rozonewski

Final Players List

Our Second Chance event had a field of 31 players with a total prize fund of $1,550.

1st $500 - Garrett Vaughan
2nd $300 - Grayson Vaughan
3/4th $175 each - Jordan Turner & Doug Masiero
5/8th $100 each - Frank Wolak, Mike Toohig, John Francisco & Dan Sharlow

$1,500 Joss Cue raffle winner, Eric Clarke
$1,500 Joss Cue raffle winner, Mike Horvath

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L-R Kevin Guimond 1st, Scott Haas 2nd
 
KEVIN GUIMOND IS THE 36th OCEAN STATE CHAMPION
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L-R Jeremy Sossei 1st, Holden Chin owner, Christoph Neumayer 2nd
 
SOSSEI MAKES IT A 3-PEAT AT RAXX JOSS STOP #8
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L-R Christoph Neumayer 2nd, Larry Mielak owner, and
Jeremy Sossei 1st
 
SOSSEI GOES BACK TO BACK WITH ANOTHER W AT GOLDEN CUE BILLIARD LOUNGE
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L-R Dillon Nickerson 2nd, Tyson Trepanier owner, Jeremy Sossei 1st
 
SOSSEI PUTS ANOTHER W IN THE WIN COLUMN AT FOREST CITY BILLIARDS
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L-R Hendrik Drost 2nd, Tyler Arnold manager, Eric Hamel 1st
 
HAMEL OVER DROST FOR THE W AT BRICK HOUSE JOSS STOP #5
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L-R Bucky Souvanthong 1st and Joss Cue raffle winner, Andrea Duvall owner, Ron Casanzio 2nd
 
SOUVANTHONG GOES UNDEFEATED TO TAKE THE NORTHEAST 9-BALL OPEN XXXVI AT UTICA BILLIARDS ON THE BOULEVARD
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L-R Dave Hall 1st, Howard Fogg General Manager, Steve Reynolds owner, Kyle Pepin 2nd
 
DAVE HALL TAKES DOWN THE MAINE EVENT XVI AT T.J.s CLASSIC BILLIARDS
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L-R Christoph Neumayer 2nd, Bobby Hilton owner, Jeremy Sossei 1st
 
SOSSEI GOES UNDEFEATED TO TAKE STOP #2 AT YALE BILLIARDS
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L-R D.J. Hopkins 2nd, Shawn Feaster owner, Tsephel Tenzin 1st, Wendy Feaster wife of owner
 
TENZIN OPENS THE 24-25 SEASON UNDEFEATED AT
WINNIPESAUKEE BAR & BILLIARDS STOP #1
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Moritz Neuhausen
 
NEUHAUSEN GOES UNDEFEATED FOR TURNING STONE CLASSIC WIN
 

Germany’s Moritz Neuhausen capped off an undefeated run through a field of 128 players to win the Turning Stone Classic XXXIX, held at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, NY on August 29th – September 1st.

Neuhausen got things underway with back to back 9-0 shutouts against tour regulars Bob Lewis and Holden Chin. “The Giant Killer” Jeremy Sossei was up next, and he took Neuhausen to the hill at 8-8 before Neuhausen could put him away.

Neuhausen’s next match was against a newcomer on the pro scene, Turkey’s Mustafa Alnar. Alnar led the match most of the way, until Neuhausen finally clawed his way ahead late in the match. It still came down to hill-hill before a missed 4-ball by Alnar resulted in a 9-8 win over Neuhausen.

As if back to back hill-hill matches wasn’t enough stress for the young German, Neuhausen’s next opponent, New York’s Aaron Greenwood also took him to hill-hill before Neuhausen pocketed the final 9-ball for the match win.

Neuhausen then made quick work for Christoph Neumayer (9-4) to setup the hot-seat match against Mika Immonen. Immonen, a two time Turning Stone Classic Champion, was looking like the Mika of old, with notables wins over Canadian Champion Erik Hjorliefson, American Young Gun Lukas Fracasso-Verner and young Filipino hotshot Michael Baoanan. The hot-seat match was a close one, with neither player able to build more than a two rack lead. Neuhausen got to the hill first at 8-6 and went on to close Immonen out at 9-6.

Immonen dispatched with Baoanan 9-6 and the rematch with Neuhausen in the finals was underway. Neuhausen quickly built a 6-2 lead and looked to be in complete control at 9-3, but Immonen didn’t win two US Open 9-Ball Championship titles by rolling over when he trailed in a match. Immonen win five straight racks to get back to win one at 9-8. Then it was Neuhausen’s turn to take control of the match, as he won three racks to take the hill at 12-8. Immonen had one more run in him, as he won three straight to get within one again, at 12-11 but an early scratch in the 24th rack by Immonen was his last trip to the table and Neuhausen ran out for the 13-11 win, and his first Turning Stone Classic title.

Here is the complete order of finish for Mike Zuglan's Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour's, "Turning Stone Classic XXXIX 9-Ball Open", which was Aug 29 - Sept 1, 2024. The event was $25,000 added with a total prize fund of $47,000. There was a full field of 128 players. All players were paid in cash immediately upon their elimination from the event!

1st $10,000 Moritz Neuhausen
2nd $6,500 Mika Immonen
3rd $4,000 Michael Baoanan (Phil)
4th $2,700 Christoph Neumayer
5/6th $2,000 each - Jeremy Sossei & Mustafa Alnar (N Cyprus)
7/8th $1,600 each - Bucky Souvanthong & Jayson Shaw
9/12th $1,200 each - Byrzen Manipula (Can), Mhet Vergara, Aaron Greenwood & Lukas Fracasso-Verner
13/16th $950 each - Rob Hart, Erik Hjorleifson (Can), Alex Bausch & Jonas Souto (Sp)
17/24th $599 each - Jeff Kennedy (Can), Jonathan Smith, Georgi Georgiev (Bulg), Ron Casanzio, Rick Miller, Chris Szuter, Tom Cayer (Can) &
Dan Hewitt (Can)
25/32nd $400 each - Yesid Garibello, Kevin Clark, Marco Kam, Rodney Morris, Caroline Pao, Steve Mack, Grayson Vaughan & Jimmy Rivera

33/48th - Jim Prather, Brad Guthrie (Can), Cleiton Rocha, Paul Roeraade, Dan Sharlow, Tyler Henninger, Barry Hetherington (Can), Doug Masiero,
John Dennis, Cody Francis, John Francisco, Nick Torraca, JJ Faul, Ben Werblow, Dave Fernandez & Matt Krah

49/64th - Rob Sakell (Can), Aidan Wagner, Dwight Dixon, Pascal Dufresne, Johnny Archer, Julie Madlener, Dave Pinkston, Steve Sutton,
Brendan Ince, Sourith Thammavong, Jordan Turner, Jason Robichaud (Can), Frank Hernandez, Brian Lipes, Jerome Rockwell
& Marty Ciccia

65/96th - Jim Kearney, Tom Acciavatti, Len Gianfrate, Bud Robideau, Rachel Lang, Robert Lee, John Lewis, Henry Good, Sean Santoro,
Martin Longmire, Hendrik Drost, Christine Cockrell, Ryan P Smith, Steven W Smith, Holden Chin, Eddie Epperson Greg Antonakos,
Joe Borsellino (Can), Rick Bentley, Brandon Fletcher, Jacques Bouchard (Can), Alvin Thomas, Chris Tiru, Mike Toohig, Lawrence Mitchell,
Darren Clement (Can), Dave Copperwheat, Jake Jackson, Nick Coppola, Cory Payne, Nick Antonakos & Don Polo

97/128th - Vince Beaurivage (Can), Chris Crawford, Ed Culhane, Bill Goodman, Kurt Matheson, Robert Scarmozzino, Bob Cunningham, Jim McManus,
Dave Shlemperis, Josh Friedberg, Dave Mills, Stephen Barrie, Patrick Bergeron (Can), Doug Brown (Can), Brian Namulik, Fred Gokey,
Dominic Byrne (Can), Andrea Duvall, Larry Phlegar, Bill Kuhn, Marcus Haider, Dave Powis, Pat Byrne, Chris Pringle, Garrett Vaughan,
Chris Pyle, Don Reigel, John Restas, Eric Cloutier (Can), Frank Wolak, Earl Herring & Dave Callaghan

Our Second Chance event had a field of 28 players with a total prize fund of $1,400.

1st $450 Steve Mack
2nd $250 Rachel Lang
3/4th $150 each - John Francisco, Doug Masiero
5/8th $100 each - Jerome Rockwell, Doug Brown, Dave Callaghan & Marty Ciccia

$1,500 Joss Cue raffle winner, Dave Mills
$1,500 Joss Cue raffle winner, Josh Friedberg

Turning Stone bracket courtesy of DigitalPool.com

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L-R Lukas Fracasso-Verner 1st, Paul Troxell owner, Bob Madenjian 2nd
 
FRACASSO-VERNER IS THE 14TH N.E. POOL & BILLIARD HALL OF FAME CHAMPION AT SNOOKERS STOP #20
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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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