Tucson, AZ, WPH Press, 4/15/19- Three major state titles were contested during the second weekend of April, as Oregon, Colorado, and Minnesota held their state handball championships.
2019 Oregon State Championships
Oregon handball superstar and former top 20 R48 pro Dalton Beall clinched his eighth consecutive Beaver State Championship, defeating Cody Townsend in a two-game final. With the victory, Beall stands just title one behind Bob Schoning (9) for the most state titles in the history of the Beaver State.
Full OR State Championship recap here: HERE
2019 Minnesota State Championships
Former R48 Elite 8 pro Andy “The Minnesota Dreamboat” Nett returned to competition at the 2019 Minnesota State Handball Championships. MDB split the first two games of the final with MN rival and R48 #30 Ryan “Depeche Mode” Pesch. MDB dominated the tiebreaker, not allowing Pesch onto the scoreboard for the 2019 North Star State title.
Follow all of the brackets from the 2019 MN State Championships HERE
2019 Colorado State Championships
Stas Hammond entered the 2019 CO State Championships at the Denver Athletic Club as the #4 seed in a stellar open singles draw. Hammond upset top-seeded Armando Ibarra, Jr. in two games in the semifinals to advance to the final and overcame a second-game loss to former SR48 pro Kevin Price in the final to win the title.
Follow all of the brackets from the 2019 Colorado State Championships HERE (Stas Hammond Photo Courtesy of Stas Hammond)
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David Fink
WPH Senior Writer