The Budweiser-Saipan Billiards Association Open 8-Ball Tuesday League enters the semifinals phase with the Jokers Bar & Grill-sponsored teams favored to get the two finals berth. The knockout phase is set tomorrow at Jokers Bar & Grill in Garapan.<\/p>\n
Jokers Bar is assured of the crown as three of the four teams it sponsored finished 1-2-3 after 20 weeks of competition. The Jonny\u2019s Titans, which prevented a Jokers sweep after the StraighBlackBall came in fifth, face a daunting task of clinching one of the two finals spots as they will take on top seed Jokers Voyagers.<\/p>\n
The winners of the semis matches will battle for the Tuesday League crown next week with the losers clashing for third place.<\/p>\n
The Voyagers compiled a league best 171-89 record, while the Titans tallied a 124-136 mark. Not even a 10-3 win over the Crazy 8 (102-158) last week could help the StraightBlackBall secure a playoff berth, as it finished only with a 120-140 card.<\/p>\n
The Hustlers (136-124), which finished second will face fellow Jokers-backed squad Destroyers (127-133) in the other Final Four pairing.<\/p>\n
The Voyagers, despite already assured of a semis spot, still went all out after posting a 8-5 decision over the Destroyers, while the Titans pulled off a 7-6 triumph against the Hustlers.<\/p>\n
In the Thursday League, which has three weeks left, the top ranking remains a toss-up between the Jokers Homeboyz and National Alamo Car Rental. The Homeboyz and Alamo are 1-2 in the standings with the former enjoying a two-game lead at 128-93 against the latter\u2019s 126-95.<\/p>\n
Round two of their much-awaited match up will be on March 31. Alamo had a close win in their first meeting, 8-7, last Jan. 21.<\/p>\n
The Jokers WildBoyz (124-97) and the Wild Bill\u2019s Wild Wild West (112-109) are third and fourth but the Wild Bill\u2019s Rack \u2018N\u2019 Roll, at 95-125, could still secure the last semis berth if it compiles enough wins and its sister team piles up losses.<\/p>\n
Games last Thursday had the Alamo and Wild Wild West squeezing out similar 7-6 wins over the Rack \u2018N\u2019 Roll and the WildBoyz and the Homeboyz trouncing Jonny\u2019s Team SCS (78-143), 8-5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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