Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Dallas Fall Conference Event Recap - Tyler, Tx never fails!

Out in East Texas there are a gazillion Pine trees just about as far as you can see. Nestled twixt a bunch of them in Tyler, TX is a Indoor Soccer Center. This venue has hosted several TCL events and after the last TCL Signature Event, it was considered to be too small to handle the large amount of players. The TCL growth had taken it's toll on yet another outstanding venue. With TCL coming up with another unique format for tournaments, this venue was the perfect spot! TCL's first ever Super Regional was held October 17th and man oh man what an outstanding event!

With several Regions playing host to the Dallas Conference Event, one may have expected a nice turnout. Over 200 Players representing regions from Dallas, East Texas, Rose City, North Texas, North East Texas, Marshall, Rockwall, Hunt County, Oil City, Bonham, DDD, and East Texas Underground battled it out in Tyler and made this TCL Super Regional one to remember. Even more impressive than the number of players may have been the $10,000 in payouts! Yep, not a bad day huh! 

Jerry Crocker representing Oil City beat Dustin Stewart of the Bonham Region to win the Social Singles Championship. Jay Humphrey from Rockwall finished 3rd just ahead of Jeff Henderson while John Hammonds of NE Texas and Tony Jaure from Dallas tied for 5th.

Jeff Daniels and Dustin Stewart came back through the losers bracket to double dip Cassie Kraemer and Denise McEvoy to win the Social Doubles title. Daniels and Stewart, who both play in the Bonham Region, lost in the winners quarter finals and then won several games to get back to the finals. Kraemer and McEvoy, both out of North Texas won 6 straight matches including a nail biter with the 3rd place team of Mandy Hernandez and Desirae Cruz, before losing to Daniels and Stewart. Hernandez and Cruz play in the Dallas Region and also had a really good showing.

In Open Singles Ernest Herrera from Dallas beat J. C. Nekuza to get the win. Nekuza had been throwing really well all day but couldn't put it together against Herrera. After losing to Herrera in the winners semi final, Dallas' Nekuza beat a red hot Matt Ball, Joe Arrington and then disposed of Austin Thompson to get back to face Herrera. Thompson, who finished 3rd and Ball who came in 5th both play in the North East Texas Region, and had great runs in this event. Arrington finished a respectable 4th losing only to Thompson and Nekuza.

Open Doubles had Brandon Gregor and Daniel Vinson facing Ernest Monarca and Matt Longoria in the all Dallas final with Gregor and Vinson pulling out the win. Armando Trejo and Christina Espinosa came in third while Jason Andrews and J.C. Nekuza finished 4th. Taylor Stone and Joe Arrington along with Mason Terry and Stuart Foster tied for 5th.

The Dallas Conference Super Regional was outstanding with plenty of strong competition in each Division. Did I mention that this little East Texas Event paid out $10,000? Isn't that crazy!! The bar has been set pretty high for other conferences and I certainly expect the next Super Regional to be just as exciting.

Until next time, Y'all keep chunkin' em'!!