Matt Smith lines up a shot in the finals (George Cochran is to the far left)
Day two mainly consisted of cutthroat action on one court and doubles play on the five other fields. However, the big event of the day was the singles finals which capped off the day. Matt Smith took down last year's champion George Cochran in an entertaining match. I wasn't able to take notes on the game (had my two daughters with me), but Smith essentially struggled at the end of each of his breaks to set up his partner ball, which left opportunities for Cochran. It led to Smith taking two 25-foot attempts at the stake with his red ball that failed. I expect to get more details on this match and post at a later time.
From the doubles action, two teams went undefeated and have first round byes this morning. Billy Bob Breeden and Matt Griffith went undefeated in one block and Matt Smith and Nick Zink matched that with an undefeated record in the other block. Today's first round games will start at 8:00 a.m. and the matchups are George Cochran/Howard Menzel against John Warlick/Paula Mol and Matt Baird/Art Parsells against Don Brooks/Johnny Nichols. That should put the doubles final around 11:00 a.m. this morning at Mid-America Sports Complex in Shawnee, Kansas.