Foster and Eytcheson Earn First Place

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Published: December 12, 2008

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Foster and Eytcheson Earn First Place
Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour / Cape Coral, FL

John Foster and Glen Olson

The Battle on the Cape took place the weekend of December 6-7, as the Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour was presented by Miller Lite at Diamond Billiards Sports Bar & Grill in Cape Coral, FL. In the open division, John Foster double-dipped Glen Olson in the finals to take first place, while local player David Eytcheson Jr. took home top honors in the amateur division.

A total of 84 players came out to battle for their share of the $6,175 prize fund. In the open division, Foster began his trek to first with a bye, and then he proceeded to defeat Michael Penna 9-5, Mario Cruz 9-6, and Louis Altos 9-4 before being sent to the one-loss side by Olson 9-6 in the match for the hot seat. Foster won his way back to Olson by defeating Anthony Meglino in the semifinals and then double-dipped Olson 9-7 in set one and 9-4 in set two to take first place.

Olson began his journey in the bottom of the brackets by defeating David Eytcheson Jr. 9-4, Hunter Lombardo 9-5, Anthony Meglino 9-7, and Trey Jankowski 9-5 before winning the hot seat from Foster.

David Eytcheson Jr. of Cape Coral, FL, won the Viking Cue Amateur 9-Ball Tour in the first set of the double-elimination finals. Eytcheson Jr. went undefeated to take first place. He began his journey by defeating Valerie Dukich 5-2, Jose Ybarra 5-1, Chris Truax 5-4, Kim Dyer 5-4, Todd Vail 5-1, Shaun Jones 5-2, and Curtis Kelley 5-3 in the finals.

Open Results:
1st John Foster $1,000
2nd Glen Olson $700
3rd Anthony Meglino $500
4th Hunter Lombardo $300
5th Trey Jankowski $200
Louis Altos
7th Bobby Livrago $120
Mario Cruz
9th David Eytcheson Jr. $60
Shelly Harrison
Jay Beckingham
Jason Richko

Amateur Results:
1st David Eytcheson Jr. $850
2nd Curtis Kelley $585
3rd Shaun Jones $370
4th Kim Dyer $250
5th Shelly Harrison $150
Todd Vail
7th Chris Truax $100
Ernie Dalton
9th Gene Dalton $60
Scott Howard
Jose Ybarra
James Oswalt