Updates from the 2022 R48 X Stop 6: USHA Hall of Fame

Day 1: Friday, 3/4/22

The sixth event of the 2022/23 Race 4 Eight X season kicked off on Friday afternoon in beautiful Tucson, AZ, with the Race 4 Eight’s best vying for ranking points in the season’s final regular season event before April’s Aces Player’s Championship.

Round of 16: Tucson Dominates!

For the first time this season, four Tucson pros advanced to the quarterfinals in the same event, as third-seeded David Fink (Chapman), fifth-seeded Sam Esser (Ure), seventh-seeded Shorty Ruiz (Langmack), and eighth-seeded Abraham Montijo (Mehilos) were all dominant in two-game sweeps.

Top-seeded Killian Carroll extended his WPH winning streak to 36 matches against the ageless Leo Canales, Sr., second-seeded Lucho Cordova swept David Schiller, fourth-seeded Danos Cordova defeated Loren Collado, and sixth-seeded Leo Canales, Jr. defeated Dylan Hernandez in the evening’s most exciting match.

Round of 16

Carroll def Canales, Sr. 15-4, 15-6

Lucho def Schiller 15-1, 15-1

Fink def J. Chapman 15-2, 15-4

Danos def Collado 15-2, 15-10

Esser def R. Ure 15-10, 15-3

Canales def D. Hernandez 15-12, 15-7

Ruiz def Langmack 15-3, 15-5

Montijo def Mehilos 15-10, 15-2

Watch ESPN App Schedule for Saturday, March 5, all times MST

Saturday, March 5^th, 2022:

10:00   Men’s Pro Singles – Killian Carroll (MA) vs Abe Montijo (AZ)

10:45   Men’s Pro Singles – Sam Esser (AZ) vs Daniel Cordova (TX)

11:45   Men’s Pro Singles – Luis Cordova (MEX) vs Shorty Ruiz (AZ)

12:30   Men’s Pro Singles – Dave Fink (AZ) vs Leo Canales Jr (AZ)

13:30   Men’s Pro 5^th Place Singles – Semis: Montijo or Carroll vs D. Cordova or Esser

14:15   Men’s Pro 5^th Place Singles – Semis:  Ruiz or L. Cordova vs Canales or Fink

15:15   Men’s Pro Singles – Semis: Carroll or Montijo vs Esser or D. Cordova

16:15   Men’s Pro Singles – Semis: L. Cordova or Ruiz vs Fink or Canales

Follow the brackets from the 2022 R48 X Stop 6: March Madness & USHA Hall of Fame Tournament HERE

2022 R48 X Stop 6: March Madness Broadcast Schedule HERE

Live Handball starts at 10 am MST on Saturday, March 5

David Fink

WPH Senior Writer