| Place | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dave Hesselberth / Carlton Howard | |
| 2 | Paul Hobson / John Schiller | |
| 3 | Randy Lahm / Dave Taylor | |
| 4 | Harvey Brandt / Jon Cohn | |
| 5 | Eric Wooten / Dave Steger | |
| 6 | Phil Cappa / Dale Crawford | |
| 7 | Kraig Steffen / Ernie Willvonseder | |
| 8 | Cotter Michaels / Greg Korth | |
| 9 | Tim Cohn / Bethany Sanchez | |
| 10 | Eddie Cohn / Joey Cohn | |
| 11 | Louie Cohn / Jim Gaarder | |
| 12 | Steve Dodge / Rabah Sbitani |
Thanks to Harvey Brandt for the results.
Ah, the wonder of Virginia in the spring time. Driving in from BWI on Thursday night in a torrential downpour, one had to wonder if this would be the first time in six years that DDC would get clobbered. Amazingly enough, Friday dawned cloudy and a little rainy. But it did then clear into just cloudy and cold and the DDC was upon us. Everyone had about as many clothes as they could wear and still move around, we let the action warm us. A total of twelve teams played, with the overall level being the best ever. Seeding was as follows: Pool A- 1- Dave Hesselberth and Carlton Howard - defending champs 2- Randy Lahm and Dave Taylor 3- Greg Korth and Cotter Michaels 4- Phil Cappa and Dale Crawford 5- Tim Cohn and Bethany Sanchez (w) 6- Steve Dodge and Rabah Sbitani Pool B- 1- Paul Hobson and John Schiller 2- Harvey Brandt and Jon Cohn 3- Kraig Steffen and Ernie Willvonseder 4- Dave Steger and Eric Wootten and Eric Olsen 5- Louie Cohn (w) and Jim Gaarder 6- Eddie Cohn and Joey Cohn (juniors) In each pool, the number two seeds dumped the number one seeds and then the number four seeds dumped the number three seeds. With three teams advancing into the round robin semi, the critical turn was for the third spot. In pool A it was actually a tie breaker between the number 3, 4, and 5 seeds to determine that last spot. The weird pairing (?) in pool B was because Eric Olsen is the overall tourney director and needed to run off early to do tourney stuff. Dave Steger filled in with great skill. So in the semi pool, the earlier upset bids got turned back around. Number one (original) seeds Hesselberth and Howard went through the semi undefeated, Hobson and Schiller avenged the pool loss to Brandt and Cohn and only lost to the top team. This set up the final of Hesselberth and Howard, looking for their third VA win, second in a row, and that upstart Colorado team of Hobson and Schiller. Semi pool A 1- Hesselberth and Howard 5-0 2- Hobson and Schiller 4-1 3- Lahm and Taylor 3-2 4- Brandt and Cohn 2-3 (yes, what a collapse) 5- Steger and Wootten and Olsen 1-4 6- Cappa and Crawford 0-5 (the surprise team) In Semi pool B 7- Steffen and Willvonseder 4-0 8- Korth and Michaels 3-1 (that was for CT bragging rights!) 9- T. Cohn and Sanchez 2-2 10- E. Cohn and J. Cohn 1-3 11- L. Cohn and Gaarder 0-4 12- Dodge and Sbitani did not play this round Alas, the finals brought a pummeling like that last seen in the AZ State finals last November as H and H took out the CO boys 15-7 and 15-8. All in all a huge success for DDC on the east coast. It is becoming the AZ of the other side of the country, as we also got two courts going on Monday morning after the distraction of the overall event. Eventually we had beautiful, sunny weather for the rest of the weekend. Look for it next year, see you all soon. Coming up, monthlies in San Diego for April 26/27 and then again May 17/18. If you need more info, holler. Have heard that Dave Hesselberth will make an appearance for the April event and that old timer Randy Aiu will show up for the May event. Should be great. Don't forget about Disc or Die, Masters Overall, World Disc Games and the Kiss the Sky. HYB