by: Don “Cheese” Akerlow

(photo l to r: John Townes, Greg Gisinski, Justin Salcido, Tyler Yost, Britton Schwartzer (top shooter-Hole in the Wall League))
The Bozeman, Montana City League Tournament was held April 8-11, 2010 to determine which teams will represent Rocky Mountain Gaming during the 2010 VNEA International Championships in Las Vegas in May. This tournament was held at the Molly Brown in Bozeman.
The Bozeman VNEA Leagues has always been about winning the tournament at the end of league to win the trip to Las Vegas. The team that wins gets their entry paid into the team event, their hotel paid, and travel money besides winning money from the tournament itself. This has always been an honor to the teams that you win your expenses paid. You can always go in singles or as a team if you desire to but most do not. Having Rocky Mountain Gaming pay the teams way has been the ultimate prize and the spoils of the league season. The Bozeman City tournament sends two teams with their expenses paid. We would like to thank Rocky Mountain Gaming Don Lutes and Richard Petty. This is Don Lutes’ last year as league operator, Rich will be taking over in the fall of 2010.
Cats Paw #5 won the event and the other team going to Vegas will be Eagles #3 consisting of Mike Akerlow, John Geer, Jon Kaphammer, Jason Lucht and Charlie Smith
The League and Top Point Standings are as follows:
HOLE IN THE WALL
1 – 3231 Cats Paw #3
2 – 3184 Cats Paw #1
3 – 3120 Eagles #2
4 – 3098 Cats Paw #5
5 – 3072 Molly Brown #1
6 – 2993 Eagles #3
7 – 2972 Eagles #1
8 – 2958 Scoop #1
9 – 2920 Cats Paw #2
10 – 2911 Molly Brown #2
11 – 2878 Molly Brown #4
12 – 2867 Cats Paw #4
13 – 2859 Eagles #4
14 – 2373 Molly Brown #3
TOP TEN POINT SHOOTERS
1 – 678 Britton Schwartzer
2 – 671 Steve Spritzer
3 – 658 Adam Sansaver
4 – 654 Dave Seavey
5 – 644 Seth King
6 – 637 Nick Douma
7 – 631 Bob Marquart
8 – 629 Jeff Grinwis
9 – 627 Joe Schwartzer
10 – 625 Nate Neergaard
VIGILANTE
1 – 2707 Cats Paw #6
2 – 2694 Mixers
3 – 2686 Crystal #1
4 – 2653 Cats Paw #8
5 – 2651 Eagles #5
6 – 2631 Molly Brown #7
7 – 2571 Cats Paw #7
8 – 2546 Molly Brown #6
9 – 2524 Molly Brown #5
10 – 2522 Eagles #7
11 – 2508 Molly Brown #8
12 – 2488 Eagles #6
TOP TEN POINT SHOOTERS
1 – 571 Beau Johnson
2 – 570 John VanCleave
2 – 570 Jeff Wabeke
4 – 545 Jerry Stokoe
5 – 541 Kade Fregien
6 – 540 Dylan Shorter
7 – 536 Rodney Houska
8 – 535 Justin Haisch
9 – 527 Gerald Meyer
10 – 526 Brad Thompson
EAST-WEST
1 – 2746 Haufbrau
2 – 2728 Staceys #1
3 – 2688 Eagles #10
4 – 2685 Scoop #2
5 – 2636 Old Chicago #1
6 – 2613 Eagles #9
7 – 2584 Eagles #8
8 – 2580 Filling Station #1
9 – 2545 Scoop #3
10 – 2536 Eagles #11
11 – 2507 Molly Brown #9
12 – 2478 Crystal #2
TOP TEN POINT SHOOTERS
1 – 573 Joe Mchale
2 – 570 Nathan Tolson
3 – 550 Tim Bump
4 – 545 Bill Marmion
5 – 544 Jamie Duty
6 – 538 Brandon Hanni
6 – 538 Robert Mattis
8 – 528 Justin Mead
9 – 526 Larry Phillips
10 – 525 Patrick Yekal