Ladies Battle for the Border
Amy Theriault, Chelsea Hoyt, Julie Skripac-Cooper, Angel Janic, Shannon Dunn and Tatum Cutting.
Team Ohio Wins Ladies Battle for the Border In November of 2020 male teams from Ohio and Michigan engaged in the first Battle for the Border, a Mosconi Cup style team event for state pride and cash.
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ot to be outdone by the men, the women of Ohio and Michigan put the work in and organized their own Battle for the Border event. The girls put their marketing hats on and went on the prowl for sponsors. Their hard work paid off with more than $10,000 of support for the event. The teams chose to rotate between 8 ball (race to 3) and 9 ball(race to 5) for their matches in an overall race to 9. The players sought for a host venue in Michigan since the men’s border battle was in Ohio.
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When the dust cleared, Eastside Billiards in Grand Rapids Michigan won the opportunity. Similarly with the mens event, captains were chosen for each team. Ohio was captained by Julie Skirpac-Copper from Cincinnati Ohio. Julie is the 2012 Ohio BCA State 8 ball champion, the 2011 Valley Forge 8 Ball Champion, and a regular on the WPBA tour. Michigan called upon Lonnie Fox-Raymond from Adrian Michigan. Lonnie is a 3X Indiana VNEA State Champion, a 3X Ohio BCA State Champion, and a regular on the WPBA
tour as well. Both Ohio and Michigan picked great captains. With a few months before the event, the captains started releasing the names of the players that would populate each team. The anticipation online was high as fans wondered who would be picked next. When the smoke cleared, the teams were set. Team Michigan was: CJ Spack (2X Michigan State Champion, 3X Great Lakes Tour Stop Champion), Lori Tripp (2018 Owosso Michigan Top Ladies
