Minnesota State Handball Association

 

Minnesota State Handball Championships
Masters Doubles Handball
Central Courts, Columbia Heights, MN
March 4-5, 2011

In what turned out to be the last state tournament at the Central Courts, a small but dedicated group to gathered to contest the Masters (40+), Super Masters (60+) and Diamond Masters (70+) Minnesota State Handball Doubles titles.  The Masters division was organized into an A/B drop-down arrangement to accommodate the wide variety in capabilities of the players and still create competitive matches.  Everyone had a great time and we all saw some very good matches at the end of the tournament.

Tim Labey, Steve Johnson,
Paul Dorland, Mike Wells

Losers in the first rounds of the Masters A division dropped into the Masters B division

Phil Kleineschay, Tim Fichtel,
Mike Black, Mike Burke

Gary Rohrer, John Nett,
Clancy Mylan, John Miller

Don Krocak, Arnie Wells,
Jim Boyd, Paul Ernster

Shortly after the tournament about 80% of the participants and guests came down with chills and a fierce fever.  The health Department called it a suspected case of Pontiac Fever – a close relative of Legionnaires Disease.  Everyone recovered within a few weeks but no one will forget the “Handball Fever.”

 

Masters (40+) A Doubles

Quarterfinals

· Steve Johnson (White Bear Lake)/Tim Labey (St. Paul) def. Lee Anderson (Cloquet)/Tom Pearson (St. Paul) 21-2, 21-5

· Brett Broxey (Brooklyn Park)/Emil Weiler III (St. Paul) def. Tim Fichtel (Mendota Heights)/Phil Kleineschay (Maple Grove) 21-14, 21-14

· Ray Miller (St. Paul)/John Nakasone (St. Paul) def. Mike Black (St. Paul)/Michael Burke (St. Paul) 21-1, 21-7

· Paul Dorland (Mankato)/Mike Wells (Good Thunder) def. Dan Levey (Minneapolis)/Sheldon Silberman (Golden Valley) 21-2, 21-4

Semifinals

· Johnson/Labey def. Broxey/Weiler 21-9, 21-12

· Dorland/Wells def. Miller/Nakasone 21-3, 21-11

Finals

· Dorland/Wells def. Johnson/Labey 21-11, 21-5

Third Place

· Miller/Nakasone def. Broxey/Weiler 21-10, 21-18

 

Masters (40+) B Doubles (drop-down from A)

Semifinals

· Tim Fichtel (Mendota Heights)/Phil Kleineschay (Maple Grove) vs Lee Anderson (Cloquet)/Tom Pearson (St. Paul) 21-7, 21-1

· Mike Black (St. Paul)/Michael Burke (St. Paul) def. Dan Levey (Minneapolis)/Sheldon Silberman (Golden Valley) 21-8, 21-6

Finals

· Fichtel/Kleineschay def. Black/Burke 21-18, 21-13

Third Place

· Levey/Silberman def. Anderson/Pearson 21-4, 21-3

 

Super Masters (60+) Doubles

Preliminary Round

· Bill Ingram (Woodbury)/Bob Millken (Stillwater) def. Harlan Paetznick (Richfield)/Richard Pedtke (Minneapolis) 21-2, 21-11

· Mike Erdmanczyk (Vadnais Heights)/Dr. John Benton def. John Dockerty (Rochester)/Bob Melton (Oronoco) 21-11, 21-4

Quarterfinals

· John Nett (Winona)/Dr. Gary Rohrer (Minneapolis) def. Ingram/Millken 21-12, 21-7

· Brian G. Mahaffy (Minneapolis)/Bob McCartney (Robbinsdale) def. Rich Ryan (Woodbury)/Greg Taylor (Woodbury) 21-7, 21-16

· Chris Foley (Dellwood)/Alva Rankin (Lake Nebagamon)def. Peter Kaehler (Hudson)/Mike McQuillan (St. Paul) 21-5, 21-10

· John  Miller (Edina)/Clancy Mylan (Minnetonka) def. Erdmanczyk/Benton 21-7, 21-10

Semifinals

· Nett/Rohrer def. Mahaffy/McCartney 21-10, 21-11

· Miller/Mylan def. Foley/Rankin 21-8, 21-5

Finals

· Miller/Mylan def. Nett/Rohrer 21-14, 15-21, 11-9

Third Place

· Mahaffy/McCartney def. Foley/Rankin 3-21, 21-18, 11-7

Consolation

· Ingram/Millken def. Kaehler/McQuillan 21-7, 21-20

  

Diamond Masters (70+) Doubles

· Jim Boyd (Mendota Heights)/Paul Ernster (Lino Lakes)

· Don Krocak (Mankato)/Arnie Wells (Good Thunder)

· Jack Hickman (W. St. Paul)/Jim Noren (Woodbury)

· Jerry Rice (Prescott)/Brian Wessel (Hugo)