14th Annual Bocce Ball Tournament
Finally after 13 years of competing in the tournament, Jim deBeers takes home the gold! Of four people in this years tournament who competed in the first annual tournament, Jim was the only one to have never won it all. Jim only missed one year due to the birth of his daughter. Jim dueled Matt Medansky in the championship game to a final of 21-11. Jim new it could be a special day when he outlasted prior year champ Mony Kim in the first round to a 21-19 victory. Matt Medansky finally made it to the championship game after 4 years of competition by outlasting Beth Wingerd 21-18. Beth eventually took fourth place which is the highest placement for a female since Andrea Gruca took third in 2001. Other notables included Brian Koziel who made it to the semi’s eventually losing to Jim 21-9. Brian made it that far by beating 6 time champ Doug Ross in the first round and 4 time champ Matt Wingerd in the third round.
Special thanks to Brian Koziel, Beth Wingerd, and Steve Frake for helping set up and also thanks to Bill Blasko for being “grill-master”.
Thanks to all for coming out and making this another successful tournament and we hope to see you all at the 15th annual tournament next year!