Benton Station Results

2019 Thanksgiving DYP Results 54 players from across the state and beyond joined us at Jimmy's for a great night of foos and friends. Regions represented: - Twin Cities, St. Cloud, Mankato, Duluth/Twin Ports, Iron Range, Milwaukee, Stillwater, River Falls, Grand Rapids, Results: 27 teams 1st: John W/Skip S 2nd: Krink/Deb PK 3rd: Jansen/Jared W 4th: Jamie K/Matt S 5th/6th: Wallis/Zahn 5th/6th: Ringo/Brian K 7th/8th: Luke B/Tom B 7th/8th: Stu S/Nate C Jared T/EB Clif H/Jordan C Brad S/Mo A James R/Scott L Tony M/Dave P Zach S/Jordan P Myles M/Uday Bill W/Anu Bailey/Steve L Maertz/Mike E Lenny/Melissa G Duane H/Jim R Justin K/Gene O Tom D/Daniel V Alec V/Zachary C Steve M/Nate O Ben T/Rick B Chris M/Whales Brad A/Justin F Jansen, Jared, Jamie and Matt had some great nail-biters to get them to the final four, so understandably their match went to the third game. Jansen and Jared earned their rematch against the Krinks, but came up short as Krink and Deb attempted their own rematch, losing king seat on meat-nut. The final saw alternating 5-1 victories by each teams, but John and I closed it in the first set as two of my 2-bar banks went in off Deb's goalie. Highest Placing Beginner: Jordan C (w/Clif H as his master coach and partner) Thanks to Jimmy's, Suzie and their staff for hosting, Jesse, Jared and John for help running the bracket, Brad S and Clif for providing the 5th table, and all the players for coming out sharing their jokes, stories and talent on the table with us. Many players appreciate this big MN foos-together as a great time to reconnect with old friends from across the region they rarely get to see otherwise. Thanks for keeping this great tradition alive and thriving. Finally, we are thankful for our memories and time on earth with Neil Senogles (1958-2019) who passed away of natural causes earlier this week. Neil was a fixture in Northern MN foos, a kind presence at our events and a great competitor on the table. Our thoughts and hearts are with Seth and Neil's family. RIP Neil. Foos season continues on Saturday December 7th! Hope to see many of you on Sat 12/7 for the MN Cup and MN Monthly BYP. Time to get your team together! https://www.minnesotafoosball.com/events/minnesota-cup-2019

1st - Phil/Cole 2nd - Don P/TJ 3rd - Chad/Jeremy 4th - Brian/Robb 5th - Lenny/ Jeremy 5th - John/Paul

---- Nov 2019 MN Monthly Results --- 24 players participated across three events yesterday for the Nov Monthly. Potts returns with one of his trademark blast-from-the-past goalies as Haar makes an appearance, Gene O comes down warming up for Thanksgiving, and Wayne and Roger come back down from Twin Ports as Roger continues his streak of placing on Saturdays at Jimmy's. BYP Results - 10 teams 1st: William W III/Nate O 2nd: Mo A/Gene P 3rd: John W/Rick B Potts/Ray H Skip S/Tom B Tony M/Wayne A Ben T/Jared W Gene O/Chris G Dan D/Steve M Wayne A (WI)/Roger L Gene P and Mo made their presence felt with some giant-slaying against John and Rick, and the surging Potts and Ray burning through the loser's side. However, they didn't have an answer for the team that sent them there as Bill and Nate won in the first set. No-Conflict Singles - 7 players 1st: Skip S (DD) 2nd: Chris M 3rd: Roger L Gene O Scott L Wayne A (WI) Josh B Tom B Both Chris and I were trading 2-bar shots in both the king seat match and final. His patented Frankenstein earned him king seat. We shortened the second set to a race to 7 for time. It had a fair share of slop, but Chris forced a 6-6 point with a great drive-by-esque 5-bar to 3-bar pick up. Struggling to man the goalie and 2- rob with my left hand, I finally stuffed one of Chris' lethal 2-bar shots for the ugly win. Great games, Chris! MN Shuffle DYP - 7 teams 1st: Skip S/Roger L 2nd: William W III/Gene P 3rd: John W/Nate O Tom B/Chris M Ben T/Wayne A (WI) Uday/Josh B Scott L/Gene O As the bring wrapped up, we got to shuffling. This Shuffle was characterized by an unlikely number of preserving the team line-ups after the shuffle. Of the 9 shuffles that occurred, 5 re-shuffled to the same teams (beating the 1 in 3 odds). The beneficiaries? Gene P/John W, Nate O/Bill, Tom B/Chris M and Roger and Me (move still on the way) who all won multiple straight via the non-shuffle. Thanks to Jimmy's and their staff for hosting and to all the players for coming out. See you at... The Thanksgiving Draw Wed 11/27 and The MN Cup on the December Monthly 12/7. (both at Jimmy's)