JOSE "AMANG" PARICA regained his old deadly form beating Mexican Oscar Dominguez, 125-117, in the finals to rule the just concluded 14.1 Straight Pool Championships at the famous Hard Times Billiards in California, United States recently.
The West Covina based Parica, acknowledge the leader of the Filipino invasion in the US Pool circuit in the mid 80's pocketed the top prize of $1,200 for dominating the 45 players field. Dominguez, on the other hand settled runner-up purse of $525 for his effort. Another Filipino entry Danny Petralba landed at 12th place finish.
According to AZ billiards.com, the match went back and forth with safety battles and come from behind runs. At one point Parica had the lead in the 14 rack with a score of 111-67 when, all of a sudden, Parica with a 37 ball run to bring the score to 111-104. In the 17th rack Dominguez was not able to spread the rack and was forced to play safe. Safety battles were exchanged as well as fouls (intentional and unintentional). Eventually, Parica was able to squeak by with the win 125-117.
contributed by MARLON BERNARDINO.
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