{"id":50655,"date":"2026-03-26T07:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=50655"},"modified":"2026-03-25T09:03:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T13:03:57","slug":"local-billiards-team-earns-third-place-finish-at-state-championship-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/local-billiards-team-earns-third-place-finish-at-state-championship-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Billiards Team Earns Third Place Finish at State Championship Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1016\" height=\"675\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pool-team-2026.jpeg?fit=1016%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50656\" style=\"width:450px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pool-team-2026.jpeg?w=1016&amp;ssl=1 1016w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pool-team-2026.jpeg?resize=768%2C510&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Pictured above is the Billiards Team who competed at the Indiana Amusement &amp; Music Operators Association Pool Championship: (l-r) Chris Beardsley, Mike Williams, David Beck, Bruce Stutz, and Art Razo.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">A local billiards team representing Five Span Inn in Defiance, Ohio, achieved an impressive third-place finish at the Indiana Amusement &amp; Music Operators Association (IAMOA) Pool Championship, held March 12\u201315 in Indianapolis, Indiana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Competing in the Open B-Division, the team faced strong competition from across the region, finishing 3rd out of 132 teams in the tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The team is part of the Valley National 8-Ball League Association (VNEA) and is led by Team Captain David Beck. Their outstanding performance reflects both skill and teamwork, as they advanced through multiple rounds over the four-day event to secure a spot among the top finishers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;It was a great group that played as a team, lifting each other up along the way to accomplish our goal,\u201d said Beck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">This achievement highlights the dedication and competitive spirit of local players and brings recognition to the Defiance-area billiards community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A local billiards team representing Five Span Inn in Defiance, Ohio, achieved an impressive third-place finish at the Indiana Amusement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":50656,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1395,5],"tags":[25244,28474,28472,28471,9509,28467,28469,28468,28473,28470,3826,28466],"class_list":["post-50655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-entertainment","category-sports","tag-art-razo","tag-bruce-stutz","tag-chris-beardsley","tag-david-beck","tag-defiance-ohio","tag-five-span-inn","tag-iamoa","tag-indiana-amusement-music-operators-association-pool-championship","tag-mike-williams","tag-valley-national-8-ball-league-association","tag-vnea","tag-winners-circle"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pool-team-2026.jpeg?fit=1016%2C675&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2YQd9-db1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-24 01:10:22","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50655"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50657,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50655\/revisions\/50657"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}