Pendley the Punisher on the Viking Cues Open 9-Ball Tour

by Matthew Pingor

Hickory, NC - Adam Pendley awed the room at Randolph’s Billiards of Hickory, NC. Running undefeated towards the $1,000-added money, this 15-year-old wiz kid annihilated a 57-player field February 18-19 during the Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour. Randolph’s Billiards is open 24/7,  and the younger pool crowd around there all are able to play. “These kids down here can play … they all know how,” says tour director Matt Janis.
 That fact was apparent in the hot seat match. Facing Matt Armstrong, Pendley sprinted by him through 15 games before winning 9-6. 

Tony Watson matched up with Brian Capps in the quarterfinals. Falling short, Armstrong fell 7-6.
 Capps then shuffled over to play Armstrong. Capps tricked Armstrong into thinking that he had a chance in the semifinals. Capps shifted into gear towards the end of the match, to win 7-5.
 Upon moving into the finals, Capps knew that Penbley was not interested in stopping his Le Mans performance. In just the first match, Pendley overwhelmed Capps 9-5 to place first.

Results:
1st Adam Pendley
2nd Brian Capps
3rd Matt Armstrong
4th Tony Watson
5th Justin Daniels
Jeff Abernathe
7th Steve McDaniels
Monte Harris
9th John Vistotsky
Todd Warlock
Sonni Demetro
Marcus Penbley

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