Pacific Northwest Handball

2004 Lilac Touranment

Spokane, Washington; The 38th Annual Lilac Tournament was held at the Spokane Club November 5th –7th. The open singles final between the Spokane Club’s Jay Balkenbush and U of W Grad student Joe Hagen was the most entertaining match of the weekend. Both players are very athletic and they dove all over the court making unbelievable get after get throughout the entire match. Hagen won the first game and was leading the 2nd 20-10 but Balkenbush wasn’t about to give in. Jay started making his kills and made a valiant come back that fell just short as Hagen pulled out the win 21-19. Balkenbush teamed with Phil Damiano to win the open doubles over Mike Robles and Fred Schoener in a long tiebreaker to cap off the tournament Sunday afternoon. All four players started the final match well warmed up as they all played earlier in the day. The Spokane Club and all the Spokane players and sponsors deserve a special thank you from all the tournament participants for a great Tournament. Open Singles 1st Joe Hagen 2nd Jay Balkenbush Consolation John Hohol; Open Doubles 1st Jay Balkenbush/ Phil Damiano 2nd Mike Robles/ Fred Schoener Consolation John Hohol/ Jim Wainwright; A Singles 1st David Defina 2nd Phil Damiano Consolation Dave Lucas; B Singles 1st Ben Tracy 2nd Daune Kelly Consolation Eric Frew; C Singles 1st Julie McIntosh 2nd Shirley Soth Consolation Lynn Sorenson; B/C Doubles 1st Randy LaRiviere/ Don LaRiviere 2nd Mark Linkemeyer/David Krawetz Consolation Blake Cloninger/ Mike Dobler; Master’s Doubles 1st Mike Robles/ Glenn Carden 2nd Brad Marker/ Rick Ryerse Consolation Jim Hatch/ John Manlowe; Master’s Singles 1st Glenn Carden 2nd Jim Wainwright Consolation Rick Edwards; 50+ Golden Singles 1st Dan Scilley 2nd Greg Pearce Consolation Steve Sand; 50+ Doubles 1st Paul Buller/ Jack Cosby 2nd Craig Skeesick/ Paul Dano Consolation Gil Mendoza/ Tom Peizer; 60+ Singles 1st Rich Haldi 2nd Mark Uptmor Consolation Paul Wachholz; 60+ Doubles 1st Rod Finkle/ Steve Sheldon 2nd Melvin Ott/ Sam Amato

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Posted on 19 Feb 2006 by Glenn