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COLECO SHARK TANK CLASSIC: On Sunday, June 7, Jeff Thill defeated Jim Rzonca 4-1 in the Best of 7 finals to win the second leg of a three-tournament series, the Coleco S-Slot Challenge. Third was Bob Ingo over Dan Lord. The third leg, the Coleco U.S. Open, is set for Friday, July 31 at 5 p.m. Some quick round robin standings, playoff results and a link to discussion/photos can be found by CLICKING HERE.
COLECO S-SLOT CHALLENGE: On Sunday, April 19, Jeff Thill defeated Bob Ingo 4-1 in the Best of 7 finals to win the first leg of a three-tournament series, the Coleco S-Slot Challenge. Third was Jim Rzonca over Joe Salazar. John Medema won the B pool. A dozen players participated. The second leg, the Shark Tank, is scheduled for Sunday, June 7. Photos and results to come.
Upcoming Events
NEW: We'll be holding a tune-up for the Coleco and Stiga U.S. Opens. It'll take place at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, July 19 at Vito and Nick's Pizzeria/Bowling Lanes in Lemont. There will be Coleco s-slot and Stiga games set up. And it's all free---for people who have signed up and paid to play in at least one of the U.S. Open tournaments. Come on out, it'll be fun.
LTHL Stiga Summer/Fall Season Week 2 will take place at a date in July TBA. Check back soon or check your inbox if you're on our e-mail list. Come join us. Open play as always for league nights. Free for first-timers.
New, Updated: The 2009 Stiga U.S. Open will be held on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2009. Save the date! You won't wanna miss this one. Friday night tournament will be a Coleco s-slot event. The U.S. Open site: CLICK HERE
COLECO US OPEN: Friday, July 31 at 5:30 p.m., VFW Hall.
STIGA US OPEN: Saturday, Aug. 1 at 10 a.m., Lithuanian World Center.
Updated PLAYOFFS: Jim Rzonca wins the 2008-09 LTHL winter season championship. Eric Krol got the second-place medal. Brandon Rodriguez wins the rookie tournament over Joe Rozanski. You can check out the results by clicking here. Congrats to all and thank you for another great season.
Stiga Las Vegas was held Jan. 26 at 10 a.m. in Vegas. See tournament web site for details and results. We'll be back in 2010.
Dan Lord wins his second Coleco Shark Tank Classic. Get the quick round robin results and photos with more to come by clicking here
Jeff Thill is 2008 Summer Champion
Jeff Thill stormed his way through three playoff rounds on Saturday, Nov. 1 at Vito and Nick's Pizza and bowling lanes to claim the 2008 Summer LTHL Championship. He bested a field of six to win the big trophy. Congrats to Jeff. Full playoff results can be found here.
The LTHL's Rob Chargo bested 39 other players to win the 7th U.S. Open at the Lithuanian World Center in Lemont on Saturday, July 26. Congrats to Rob for the big win and keeping the title in the USA and Chicago. The night before, the LTHL's Bob Ingo scored a major upset tournament win on the Coleco s-slot game. More information available at the tournament web site.
We have a new Shark Tank Champion!: Rich Thill defeated his son (and multiple time Shark Tank champ) Jeff Thill in the finals of the Shark Tank Coleco tournament on May 25. Rich won the final series 4-2, getting out to a three-game lead before Jeff came back. Rich made the finals by coming back against Jim Rzonca from a 2-0 deficit in the best of 5 semis. Jeff advanced by defeating Dan Lord, who ended up third. Taking the B pool was Eric Krol, who defeated Bob Ingo 3-2 in the semis (Ingo was down 2-0 before coming back to tie the series). Runner-up in the B Pool was John Medema, who also came back from a 2-0 deficit to force a game 5. Update: Results posted here. The tournament was held at Vito and Nick's.
Proud to present Mr. Bob Ingo's YouTube video promo of the LTHL.