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Ted Drozd, IL |
2008 Champion |
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Event History |
2005 |
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Mark McLaughlin |
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14 |
2006 |
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Ted Drozd |
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26 |
2007 |
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Matthew O'Connor |
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24 |
2008 |
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Ted Drozd |
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21 |
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Rank Name From Last Total
1. Ted Drozd IL 08 56
2. Matthew O'Conner NJ 08 34
3. Stan Hilinski MD 08 16
4. Jesser Boomer KS 06 12
5. Philip Yaure PA 08 10
6. Mark McLaughlin CT 05 10
7. Bill Morgal MD 08 8
8. Pat Mirk FL 07 8
9. Scott Sirianna NY 07 6
10. David Rohde NC 06 6
11. Barry Smith NY 05 6
12. Brian Smith NY 05 3
13. Grant Wylie VA 08 2
14. Dennis Culhane PA 06 2
15. Mike Nagel NJ 05 2
16. Matt Daly NY 05 1
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2008 Laurelists
Repeating
Laurelists |
Stan Hilinski, MD
2nd
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Bill Morgal, MD
3rd
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Matt O'Connor, NJ
4th
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Philip Yaure, PA
5th
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Grant Wylie, VA
6th
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Past Winners |
Mark McLaughlin, CT
2005 |
Ted Drozd, IL
2006, 2008 |
Matt O'Connor, NJ
2007 |
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Grant Wylie (right) plays Eliminator
GM while Stan Hilinski (back right) completes his transformation
to the dark side by best former champ Matt O'Connor. |
Two versions of the same game.
Note the counters in the foreground which have replaced the blocks
(in the rear) of Worthington's earlier games. |
From Blocks to Counters ...
The last year of Clash for a Continent as such had
an exciting ending that saw a Final "clash" between
previous WBC champion (Ted Drozd) and the current Prezcon champion
(Stan Hilinski). Ted wound up winning his second title, but not
before some newcomers made some noise. Next year Wortington Games
will sponsor Hold the Line instead.
Ted had barely made it to the Final of Heat 1 as he defeated
Matt O' Connor (another previous champion) in the battle of Cowpens.
On Turn 17 Ted's Redcoats launched a desperation close assault
against Matt's dragoons and won, eliminating the unit and winning
a 7 to 6 close fought victory ... exactly the match you would
expect between two former champions.
The first round of Heat 1 saw a very even battle taking shape
as the Indians won four of seven games. Unfortunately in Round
2, the American's carried the day 4-0 against the British, while
Round 3 saw the British and Americans split a pair in the battle
of Cowpens. The Final of Heat 1 was the battle of Guilford between
Bill Morgal and Ted Drozd. Bill played excellently winning his
three early matches by a combined score of 19 to 11 before falling
to Ted 7 to 4 in a game that was much closer than the score indicated.
Since some of the same players from Heat 1 came back for Heat
2 we changed the battles ... opening with Quebec where the British
took a 5 to 1 advantage in wins. The lone French victor was Stan
Hilinski defeating Ed O'Connor 6 to 4. In the second round, Cowpens
was played with the British taking all three contests, including
a close battle between co-designer Grant Wylie and newcomer Jeff
Ameer, that finished 7-6 for Grant. Jeff played an excellent
game as the American, falling back early while using his artillery
to keep Grant from closing too quickly with the British. Grant,
as the GM, then bowed out of his eliminator role, leaving Matt
O'Connor to battle Stan Hilinski at Oriskany. Stan's Americans
won a 6 to 5 victory there to reach the Final pitting the two
heat winners against one another.
All in all, a great little tournament with both veterans and
newcomers mixing it up in a game that can be learned and played
quickly.
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