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Heart of America

09/08/2010

Heart of America is October 1,2,3. Get your entry in!

More stuff

09/07/2010

Next Monday at the KCAC, there will be handball, some cooking of carcass, and drinking beverages that make some read the dictionary to tunes of barry manilow. Oh, and I think that there is a football game on that evening too. So, if you like to spend time with other men in a small confined room, while watching other men on TV run around in tight pants, this is your lucky day.

And finally, congrats to our very own Hector Facio Junior on his second National 3 wall title. Junior won the Contender B bracket, defeating St. Louis' Matt Recker. Way to go Junior, we're very proud of you.

Fore!!!

09/07/2010

Here is the flier for the 83rd Annual KCAC Fall Golf tournament. Ahh, yes, it seems like just yesterday that a young Jim Sutera took the first title 83 years ago. Anyway, please reply to your tournament directors (Hogan/C. Scherzer) with your teams and prepare for fun filled day including but not limited to: three-legged race, the keg roll, face painting, the urinal toss, the seat sniff-off and of course the Ducker’s unicycle show.

Have a nice day and remember: If you have a big head, do a lot of neck exercises.

Disidore

Fall Tournaments

09/01/2010

The Heart of America will be Oct 1st - 3rd, the Bear Bash in Springfield, MO will be Oct 15th - 17th, and the Handballesta will be December 3rd - 5th. The WimbleDotte details are still being sorted out, we can't get a date yet because nobody understands what the squirrel is saying. But it will be outdoor, we're going to have a non-handball handball bracket, and Disidore has promised to wear his jean shorts again.

Golf Tournament

08/26/2010

from Disidore...

May I have your attention, please?.....ehm, may I have your attention, please (megaphone please)..HEY!!!

Thank you.. now then, the annual KCAC fall golf tourney will be held on September the 29th at Sunflower country club. Tee time will be at noonish (exact time TBD). This is a key fundraiser for the KCAC so participation is needed and greatly appreciated. This will help pay for property taxes, maintenance on the courts, deck, house, utility bills, etc.. The proceeds will not be used for jim sutera’s dead tomato farm, hogan’s handball lessons or Serrone’s research to come up with a handball made out of bacon.

Mark “it hit something” Hogan and Craig “that’s my thong” Scherzer will be Co-tournament directors for this event (God, help us).

This message has ended, now go in peace.

Brother, tocco, lead us in a closing prayer:

Quirk update

08/12/2010

If you don't have your start time yet please call Serrone. I will post the brackets as soon as they are finalized.

Colorado Doubles

07/27/2010

The Colorado Doubles is the week after the Quirk, 8/19 - 8/21. Load up the family and play handball in the rockies, it doesn't get any prettier than that. John Denver may have written a song about this kind of thing.

Quirk Entry

07/23/2010

Quirk entry is up! Find a partner and get it in.

KC3 Wall

07/12/2010

After 4 long days, the WPH/Ektelon KC 3 Wall Fireball Classic wrapped up yesterday. The ceremonial post tournament beer luge did not occur, but we had fun nonetheless. Thursday began with showers that pushed matches back over 2 hours, but we recovered well and the matches all took place. The weather Friday and Saturday was superb. Disidore's deck canopy turned out to be a stroke of genius as it sheltered everyone on the deck the whole weekend. The action on the court was very exciting as the world's best outdoor players gave their all, but in the end only Luis Moreno was standing atop the pro bracket, setting himself up as the likely favorite for 3 wall Nationals. The masters bracket was won Saturday by Joel Rush and Tom Disidore. The Golden Masters division was cut short by injury when Bobby Vickers went down in the final on Sunday, giving the competitive division to Chicago champs Jimmy Devito and Mark Murphy. The Super Golden Division was won convincingly by the St. Louis/Kansas City combo of Jerry Soke and Chris Bolling. And the Contenders division closed the day with an exciting tie breaker won by Dave Vincent of Tucson, Arizona over the KCAC's Hector Facio Senior. A great weekend with cold beer, tasty food, cozy weather, and great handball. What more could you ask for? Cute girls? We had those too.

Can't wait for the Quirk. See you then.

Click here for full results

Burly

06/29/2010

Ron “Burly” Breshears passed away yesterday from complications from a liver transplant that he received this last Friday. There is no beginning or end in describing what a good friend he was. The KCAC will never be the same without him. Final, Final Burls. You will be sorely missed my friend.

To his wife Vicky, May God Bless you and your family.

All Rise

06/28/2010

This Saturday July 3rd the one and only Sutera’s Worst Handball tournament will feature: handball, angus (turns 93), food, cold beverages, music and so on and so forth. A $10 donation for your attendance and participation would be greatly appreciated. Just put your money into the hand of any Sutera and it will be lovingly taken care of (gone).

This is the handball tournament that you’ve all been waiting for. This tournament is strategically timed to maximize the attendance of the most skilled athletes in the world. The early Olympics in Greece? The duels in the roman coliseum? BAH!! Such fodder is for mere mortals. You want true grit and competition? You want to witness the real clash of the handball titans? You want the truth? YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH!!!!

Deck update

06/22/2010

HUGE thanks to the following people for their tireless work in power washing and staining the deck:

Tommy Little
Al Viets
Amy Viets
Aaron Viets
Phil "Dogman"
Eric Storm
Mike Gardner
Jim Sutera
Jack Jarrett
Kenny Belko

Please respect the hard work that these guys did by keeping the deck clean, especially as we get ready for the KC 3 Wall in the next couple of weeks. Pick up your tape, bottles, cans and anything else you may leave behind.

Wednesday Night at Kelly's

06/08/2010

Tomorrow night (Wednesday) at Kelly’s in Westport there will be a handball mob that will be forming at around 5:30 pm for happy hour festivities. Part of that mob will include a certain Bobby Martin who will deliver the shocking news that he is in fact Dean Martin’s illegitimate son. Also on tap, Pat Kelly will be performing “I’m a little tea cup” and Lou Serrone while be autographing sausage sandwiches. This will also be a going away party for Sean Walleck who is moving to New Orleans to take a new job. His company big shots will be attending so don’t be surprised if he acts like he doesn’t know you.

Mark Manning

06/02/2010

Mark Manning passed away on the past Memorial Day. The Manning family has deep roots in the KC handball community: Moe Sutera (Manning), Shane Manning, Terry Manning are all part of our handball group. Mark was a handball fan and attended several handball matches here in KC to watch his brother Terry and nephew Shane.

Obituary

The funeral will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday at Cross Points Church, 6824 Lackman Road, Shawnee, KS 66217. Visitation will be held on Thursday from 4-8 p.m. Friends are invited to share memories during a time for reflections from 7 to 7:30 p.m.

May God bless his soul and bless the Manning family.

Opening Night

05/11/2010

Opening night scheduled for tomorrow, May 12th, has been postponed due to lousy weather. We are re-scheduling for next Wednesday, May 19th. Matchups will be announced on the website soon.

Sunflower State Games

05/10/2010

The sunflower state games will be held July 23-24 in Topeka. To download the entry, click here. Or visit the website: www.sunflowergames.com

Sandy Rush

05/10/2010

Joel Rush’s older brother passed away due to a liver disorder. He was 64 years old. May God rest his soul and bless the Rush family.

KC3 Wall/Fireball Classic

05/03/2010

July 8th - 11th, the KC 3 wall will be host to the WPH's Fireball Classic pro stop series. The Open/Pro division will feature the largest prize money ever for an outdoor tournament. All of the other usual brackets will be featured. But due to the potential large turnout, please get your entry in early so that you will not be left out. We only have 2 courts and 3 days to fit them in on, so we will have to limit brackets if it gets too crowded. There are going to be a lot of new features for this tournament, including reserved seating, beer girls, ball boys for the semi's and on, great meals, and many other exciting perks. The tournament committee is already working hard on making this a first class event. Click here for the entry form. Please review the attached sponsor sheet if you are interested in a reserved seat, donor gift, or helping out with this event or the Quirk tournament, coming August 12th. Stay tuned for more updates.

Spring Cleaning

04/23/2010

May I have your attention please?...ehm, check, check..

The KCAC clean up day will be May 8th. Please bring stuff to rake, sweep, vacuum, clean, wipe, scrape, move, store, remove, unstore and things of this type. Weed and bug killer is also needed. A list of duties will be posted at the KCAC for your consideration.

Wednesday, May 12th afternoon/night is the official opening day at the KCAC. Rather than play handball, drink beverages and eat food, there will a waterslide, bologna throw, and hot air balloon rides. Be sure to get your tokens from Jim Cosentino, who will be wearing wooden clogs with a colorful pair of short pants overalls and a corn cob pipe.

Lastly, the sheriff of Nottingham will hereby be affectionately known as “Pickles”.

Disidore

Missouri State results

04/12/2010

Congrats to our returning champions from St. Louis:

Paul Pfannenstiel defeated defending champ Will Goldstein in the Masters
Tom Bembynista defeated Jim Fox for his 3rd Golden Masters title
Sam Esser won the Juniors
Jeremy Young won the juniors consolation

Funeral notes

04/08/2010

From Serrone...

What the family would like is that the Handball Community sit in close proximity to one another and everyone (All of Use Guys) bring a pair of handball gloves.

At the end of the service in honor of Bill they would like for the handball guys to put on their gloves and form two processional lines that the casket will flow between.

Anyway I will talk to the funeral director and try and get more details to you by early tomorrow morning, however, worst case scenario just follow my lead and bring your handball gloves in honor of Norm.

Boys lets get this done for Norm – “TWO AND OUT”

Norm's arrangments

04/06/2010

Visitation: Thursday evening 6pm to 8pm, Mt. Moriah, 105th & Holmes

Funeral - Friday morning 10am, Mt Moriah

Burial - Noon or there abouts in Sweet Springs, MO

Bill Strawn

04/05/2010

This morning, Bill "Norm" Strawn passed away after his fierce battle with Cancer. A legend among the KC handball community, almost everyone has a good Norm story. Despite starting handball late in life, he still went on to win multiple National Championships. I will provide information on his services when it becomes available.

God gained a helluva soldier this morning.

KC Metro winners!

03/29/2010

Congrats to our winners from this weekend:

Open - Tom Little defeated Tom Disidore
Contenders - Hector Facio Jr defeated Kelly Qandil
50/60 doubles - Lou Serrone/Tim Nass defeated Tom Bembynista/Dave McDowell

Thanks to our committee for doing an outstanding job and we promise next year, Pickles and Cheese, and no more Nazi's in the locker room!
Final brackets here.

KC Metro

03/24/2010

The brackets and start times are now online. Click on me.

Items

03/16/2010

The commish singles tournament is about wrapped up with only a few more matches to play. Congrats to our winners so far and good luck to the remaining. For updated results, click on the bracket above.

The deadline is near for the KC Metro tournament. If you haven't got your name in yet, get in touch with Tony Orel or Tommy Little so that you don't miss out on the fastest singles handball in the country.

KC Metro 4 Wall

03/03/2010

Click here for the entry form to the KC Metro Handball Championship coming March 26th to the KCK YMCA.

K-STATE vs KU

03/03/2010

Tonight at the kcac, we have ribs, burgers, dogs, drinks, handball, and errr....oh, yeah a game that no one probably cares about: ku vs. ksu

please drink responsibly and remember: drink responsibly

New Poll!! Who do you want to win tonight?

Ralph Cramden had a decent left

02/24/2010

Wednesday nights (tonight) at the kcac:
Handball at the Y
Food and drinks
RM Ducker’s birthday; Part ? (he won’t disclose the actual date or age, but we do have confirmation that it is this week, so buy him a beverage everyday this week to be sure)

Skippy Leigh and Bill Skelly floor licking contest
The Scherzer family beer can jenga challenge

Hope to see you there and remember: ….forget it

Standings

02/23/2010

Standings have been updated with the final point total from the Commish doubles. Click here to view

Drut Doubles Champs

02/22/2010

Congrats to drut champs Rob "No Nickname" Worrell and Dan "Sandwich man" Mandich on defeating Ron "Bub" Scherzer and Greg "Christian Akoye" Coia in two hard fought doubles games.

News Items

02/17/2010

Congrats to Tommy Little and Narayana Martin for defeating Matt McLaughlin and Mark Hogan 11-6 in a tie breaker. Also congrats to Dave McDowell and Jim Lewis for defeating Lou Serrone and Dave Gourley in two games, 17 and 19.

The final for the drut doubles will be tomorrow night at 7pm on the bar court.

The singles brackets have been created and play begins tomorrow night. If you have not received your match information then you need to come out of the cave. As soon as I'm caught up I'll post the brackets online.

The Missouri State Singles handball championship will be April 8,9,10 in St. Louis. Click here for the entry form.

League Updates

02/12/2010

Open Doubles – Little/Martin vs McLaughlin/Hogan (I will call all of the Open Players and see when if they want to play this Sat or next Thursday.)

Beer Belly Final – Lewis/McDowell vs Serrone/Gourley will be this Saturday the 13th of February @ the ACOP sometime from noon on.

Drut Doubles Finals – Coia/R Scherzer vs Worrell/Mandich will be a feature match NEXT Thursday night the 18th.

League Singles Tournament. We will start the this Thursday the 18th, there will be Four (4) Divisions:

Flat Belly’s
Round Belly’s
Beer Belly’s
Druts

I will attempt to break up the various groups and submit them to the Captains for review.

Lou

Leona Martin

02/05/2010

From Tom Disidore...

Frank Martin’s mother, Leona, passed away last night from a failing heart condition.

This morning alone, I have received several emails from handball players to notify me of her passing so that I may send out the news. The number of emails and the posts from people in the threads with their accounts of fond memories of her is a testament to her character and to the fact that she will be missed but never forgotten. Funeral arrangements will be forthcoming.

May God Bless her soul and the Martin family.

St. Louis results

02/02/2010

Congratulations to KCAC's Matt McLaughlin and Sean Walleck on winning the Master's division last weekend. They defeated fellow members Tom Disidore and Jim Lewis. Also congrats to all of our successful juniors who played last weekend.

The Missouri State singles is April 9,10, and 11. Kansas' Bob Marshall will be inducted into the Missouri State handball hall of fame.

St. Louis doubles start times

01/27/2010

Click here to view the St. Louis start times.

Court 11 will be closed for the forseeable future

01/23/2010

Told ya I was hardcore!

Diz is ok (I think).

Commish Doubles

01/20/2010

Click here to view the Commish doubles bracket.

(updated 1/25)

St. Louis Doubles

01/05/2010

The Missouri State Doubles will be January 29th in St. Louis.

I apologize for the lack of updates, I took the rest of the year off to have a baby. We are back on schedule now and updates to the page will continue as I receive them. The league schedule and results have already been updated with the information I've received and many other long overdue updates will be happening all over the page as I get the time to fix them up throughout the month.

Handballesta

11/17/2009

Handballesta will be the weekend of December 5th. Get your entries in!

Goggles and week 5 results

11/16/2009

Coz has just received his shipment of 50 pairs of goggles for sale. They are the good kind with the thick frames and are $25 a pair. Don't forget to bring your money to league this week.

Week 5 league results

Week 4 results

11/03/2009

Week 4 league results

Week 3 results

10/29/2009

Week 3 league results

Week 2 results

10/06/2009

Week 2 league results

HOA and Week 1 results

10/06/2009

I will post a link to the Heart of America brackets as soon as they are available. Good luck this weekend.

Week 1 league results

OP League Draft complete

09/24/2009

Last night we completed the draft for the 2009 OP handball league. There are still a few free agents left to add, but the teams are mostly complete. Click here to see the teams. If you want to play in the league and do not see your name, please let commissioners Serrone, Scherzer, or Herbig know and we will get you on a team. The updated rules and schedule pages will be updated in the next day or two.

Update: There are still a few players to assign to teams, I'll post an update as soon as its complete. Rules, Roster, and Schedule have been updated for this year.

Heart of America

09/17/2009

The heart of America tournament will be held October 9th - 11th. Click here for the entry form.

Click here for the online tournament page.

National Champion

09/09/2009

Congratulations to KCAC member Jim Cosentino on his 3 wall national title. Jim and his partner Bob Hunter won the 65+ Men's doubles title in Toledo last weekend. Way to go Coz! KCAC's other National Champ!

Wormburner

08/26/2009

Friday September 18th, the KCAC’s Wormburner Fall Golf Classic will be held at Sunflower Golf course. Tee time is 12:30 and the cost is $80/player. Prizes, raffles, cigars, drinks, golf, putt off will be the on tap for this event. Creative golf attire such as plaid, knickers, etc. will be greatly appreciated. Also, be prepared to check in early because Dogman’s telly tubby outfit has to be returned by 2pm.

Paul Quirk results

08/10/2009

Congrats to the 2009 Quirk champs:

Open - Chip Morales (Springfield, MO) and Armando Ortiz (Springfield, MO) defeated Tom Little (KC) and Tom Disidore (KC): 18, 12.
Contenders - Adam Loomis (KC) and David Brainerd (Springfield, MO) defeated Mark Hogan (KC) and Jeffrey Sutera (KC): (20), 16, 5
Masters - Eric Storm (KC) and Sean Walleck (KC) defeated John Ayers (IA) and Narayana Martin (KC): 10, 2
Golden Masters - Stan Wopoff (CO) and Mike Kearney (CO) defeated Jim Smith (STL) and John Sanford (STL): 12, 8
Super Golden Masters - Dennis O'Connell (CO) and Thomas Gack (CO) defeated Jim Cosentino (KC) and Frank Martin (KC): 5, 13

Click here for the complete brackets

Thanks to all of our friends for coming in. And a big thank you to the following for working their tail off all weekend keeping the tournament running smooth and keeping the place clean and fun for all us bums:

Dan Mandich
Phil "Dogman" Englebrecht
Lou Serrone
Kenny Belko
Greg Coia
Tom Disidore
Jim Sutera
Emily
...many more, sorry if I didn't name you. You know who you are.

One more, thanks a million to our generous sponsors and donors, we couldn't do any of this if it weren't for you guys.

All of the above is why this is the best handball club in the world.

PS - Al Viets took some great pictures, we'll try to get those up on the site soon.

Jack Jarrett

08/03/2009

A very special thank you to Jack Jarrett for installing our new showers and fan in the basement of the KCAC. Jack is invaluable to the KCAC with all of the enhancements he has made. Next time you see him around, please buy him a beer and thank him for the great work he does for our club.

National Champ

07/20/2009

Congrats to Hector Facio Jr for winning the 15 and under National 3 Wall championship in Venice Beach, California. Way to go Junior!!

KCAC's National Champ!

Quirk Worlds

07/14/2009

Click here for the entry form for the 2009 Paul Quirk World Doubles handball tournament.

Sutera's Worst/Angus is 92

07/02/2009

From Disidore:

The KCAC and the Sutera family cordially invite you to the Annual World's Worst Handball tourney with a special happy birthday to the woman that is responsible for this mess, Agnes Sutera. This event will occur this Saturday starting at around 10am and will end when the police show up. If you would like to attend, please bring yourself, your bag of moldy handball gear, a camera (for when a nude Mrs. Sutera jumps out of the cake), and Jim Sutera's lost toof (if you have it). Because this tournament has properties similar to quick sand, you can get in at any time but will never get out. All day long there will be food, handball and beverages for the low, low cost of $11.50/person. Failure to ante up will be met with a sumo squeeze from the Bookend Brothers, Dogman and Coia.

Have a nice day.

News Updates

06/25/2009

Declan Thomas Disidore made his early arrival late last week. Congratulations to Kelly and Tommy on their new baby boy.

Unfortunatley, the Strawn family has been recently challenged with a diagnosis of stomach cancer for Bill. I am sketchy on the details at this point but the situation is obviously serious and is of great concern. If anyone can whip this deal, it would be Norm "Two and Out" Strawn.

Also please keep the Marshall family and the Frey family in your prayers as they go through their own difficult times.

KC 3 Wall winners and brackets

06/08/2009

Congratulations to our winners from last weekend:

Open - Tommy Little defeated Eric Hillgren
Contenders - Hector Facio defeated Matt Recker
Masters - TOm Disidore and Charlie Sutera defeated Eric Storm and Sean Walleck
Golden Masters - Jim Fox and John Sanford defeated Tom Bembynista and Lou Serrone
Super Golden Masters - Frank Martin and Chris Bolling defeated Jim Cosentino and Ed Lapin

Click here to view the completed brackets.

Thanks to all of our friends that came in this weekend.

KC 3 Wall start times and brackets

06/03/2009

Click here for start times.

Click here for brackets.

KC 3 Wall

05/28/2009

The deadline for the KC 3 wall is Monday. Get your entry in!

This Saturday

05/13/2009

Services for Mo Sutera is scheduled for this Saturday at St Agnes Catholic Church:

9:30am Rosary
Visitation until noon
Mass at noon
Reception in basement hall

Also, The KCAC clean up will be postponed to the following Saturday the 23rd.

Maurine Sutera

05/11/2009

From Disidore:
Last evening at her home, Mo Sutera lost her long battle with cancer. She is survived by her husband, Jeff, and her two sons Jeffery and Dan. Information on the funeral is forthcoming.

God bless the Sutera family and may her Soul rest in peace.

Spring cleaning

05/11/2009

This Saturday will be the annual KCAC clean up day. That is the day when ALL the members show up and make a contribution of their time towards the club. A list of duties will be posted at the club, so please mark off each task as completed. Vacuuming, weed killing, bug spraying, mopping, trash pick up, leaf blowing are just a few jobs on the agenda. We will need; shop vacs, leaf blowers, pump sprayers, concentrated bug killer, etc for the day.

While work is being performed, Skelly, nasty, Vickers and Ed lapin will be playing cards.

KC 3 Wall

04/30/2009

The KC 3 Wall outdoor handball tournament is going to be held June 5th-7th. Please get your entry form filled out below and sent in.

KC 3 Wall entry form

'G' is for Golf!

04/17/2009

May 29th of this fine year, the 2nd annual KCAC Spring Golf tourney will be held at Sunflower country club. This year’s tournament is sponsored by Victoria’s Secret. Consequently, the company’s spokesperson’, James Cosentino, will be on hand to help stretch your lengths, before you stretch the lengths. Food and drinks will be provided during and after said tourney. The deck of the KCAC will be the site for post tournament activities, that will include but are not limited to: food, drinks, dancing and gospel singing (hymnals provided). Please reply with your 4some.

Tee times: 12;30 pm
Hospitality: well, yeah
Cost; $80 per player
**Prizes: $100,000 for the first place team

**prize $$ is subject to approval of bailout request. Should money be approved, 98% will go to the bail out of someone else. Questions regarding bail out should be directed to your local insane asylum or call 800-free-stuff, and select option 69, then push the number 3. It won’t do anything but it may make you feel better.

The KCAC Store

04/07/2009

Due to the last minute cancellations from the KC Metro tournament, we were left with some extra hats and leftover handballs. We also finished the tournament $240 in the hole. In order to get us back to even and to make a really cool souvenir available to everyone, I am selling the remaining hats and balls to anyone who wants one. Any money made on top of what is currently needed will be put back into making the KCAC better. I put together a quick web page showing the hats and the balls. The hats are $15, the balls are $8 per can. Click here to access the store or use the menu to the left. If you would like to purchase any of these items, send me an email at KCACHats@yahoo.com and include all of your information and what you would like to purchase.

OP League Wrap-up

04/07/2009

The final matches completed last Thursday and the Commish has finally tabbed up the final numbers regarding the OP league and the post-season tournament. First, congrats to our winners from the singles tourney:

Tom Disidore defeated Matt Campion in the Elite Singles bracket
Bobby Vickers defeated Tom Bembynista in the Round Belly Singles bracket
Frank Martin defeated Kelly Qandil in the Beer Belly Singles bracket
Greg Coia defeated Bud Lamar in the Drut Singles bracket

The final team standings are as follows after receiving the points for tournament performance:

Final Standings

Team Captain Reg Season Team Dbls Team Sgls Total Pts

5 Herbig 33 26 49 108

3 Gaither 36 12 47 95

6 Disidore 31 24 39 94

4 Scherzer 20 25 41 86

2 Serrone 32 5 40 77

1 Orel 26 11 31 68

Here is the link to the brackets again:

Commish Singles Commish Doubles

Thanks to everyone for participating and especially thanks to Lou for tirelessly and thanklessly working on making this league fun for everyone. Buy him a glass of wine if you see him.

St. Louis

03/31/2009

Congratulations to Tom Little for winning the Missouri State Singles handball championship. He is now tied with Billy Goldstein for Missouri State titles with 9, well done Tommy.

Also congrats to Tom Bembynista on winning the Golden Masters division.

Tallcorn

03/31/2009

The Tallcorn tournament in Des Moines, Iowa is coming up May 1st. Please click here to download the entry form. Also check out the new Iowa handball website on the links menu to the left.

Poll

03/26/2009

There is a new poll at the left. What do you think?

KC Metro winners

03/23/2009

Congratulations to our winners from this weekend:

Open - Tommy Little defeated Chip Morales
Contenders - Scot Symon defeated Mark Hogan
Golden Masters - Narayana Martin and Lou Serrone defeated Tom Bembynista and Dave McDowell
Super Golden Masters - Jim Hartzell and Chris Bolling defeated Loren Ferre and Don Northcraft

Click here to view the completed brackets.

Thanks to all of our friends that came in this weekend.

Sunflower Games

03/23/2009

The Sunflower State games will be offering handball as a sport again this year. Please click here to view the entry form.

KC Metro updates

03/18/2009

Updated brackets here. Action starts back up at 4pm today.

KC Metro start times

03/18/2009

Click here to view the start times for this weekend.

Click here to view the brackets. Note: the start times for the first rounds are not shown. Look them up in the start times link.

Pete Thornton

03/16/2009

From Disidore:

To those who have not already heard, one of our Handball brothers, Pete Thornton recently passed away. As all handball players know, when you’re a beginner, getting a match can be a challenge. Pete was one of the few that always agreed to play me. I’d rant and rave while this old, out of shape guy beat me up and down the court. After winning a volley, Pete would calmly walk to the service line, turn to look me right in the eye, called the score and smiled. Drove me nuts. I have very fond memories of my friend, Pete Thornton, and wish his family well.

Sat. March 28th from 2pm to 4pm, a Memorial service will be held for Pete Thornton at Kingston Oaks Homes Assoc. and is located on 97th Circle at Reeder Rd.. To get there, take Nieman Rd. to 97th Circle and go east to the intersection of 97th Circle and Reeder. It is directly east of Oak Park Mall.

OP Handball League Doubles winner

03/09/2009

Congratulations to Craig and me Scherzer for winning the elite bracket in the Commish doubles tournament.

OP Handball League Doubles and Singles

03/05/2009

The elite doubles final will be noon on Saturday at the Athletic Club of Overland Park. Please come out enjoy the match, and have lunch afterwards. Jim Sutera has offered to buy whoever shows up a beer.

OP Handball League Doubles and Singles

02/24/2009

Congratulations to the winners of the OP Handball league Beer Belly doubles bracket: Joel Rush and Buddy Hahs. They defeated Alan Mayer and Tim Quigley in a tie breaker.

Also congratulations to the winners of the Drut Doubles bracket: Ken Knutsen and Shane Wagner. They defeated Bob Bruno and Gary Sowell in 2 games.

The elite final will likely be played next Saturday, March 7th at the OP club around noon. I will update as soon as the match is finalized.

The singles brackets are posted above. If you are still in it, good luck this Thursday.

KC Metro Handball championships

02/06/2009

The entry form for the Kansas City 4 wall handball championships is up. Click here to view it.
The entry form for the Midwest Junior Championships is up. Click here to view it.

PS - Commish brackets updated. Click on the link above.

Stuff

01/29/2009

The KC Metro 4 wall tournament will be March 20th at the KCK YMCA. Entry form coming soon. Once again, open and contenders will be singles, while Masters and up will be doubles. Anyone is allowed to play in the singles brackets.
The Missouri State Singles Championships will be the weekend of March 27th in St. Louis. Saturday evening they will be having a banquet celebrating the 2009 Missouri handball hall of fame class, of which our own Tony Tocco will be inducted. Click here for the entry form.
The Midwest Junior's Championship will be held Saturday, March 14th at the KCK YMCA. Entry form coming soon.
The St. Louis handball group has created a new website. www.missourihandball.com go check it out.

Commish Brackets

01/28/2009

The commish brackets have been built and are now online. Click here to view them.

News

01/26/2009

Congratulations to Tony Orel and Hector Facio for winning the Contenders A bracket in St. Louis last weekend. Also congrats to John Duma and Greg Coia for winning the Golden Masters B bracket, well done boys.

This Thursday we will start the Commish doubles tournament. If you participated in the league this year and have not heard from your captain regarding playing in it, contact him and let him know you would like to play. Once the brackets are formed, I will post them on here along with Court assignments and start times.

stuff

01/13/2009

The YMCA courts are closed for repairs (finally!) until Tuesday, January 20th. This will be the official KC excuse for getting beat in St. Louis next weekend.
Results from week 9 are up. There are two more matches left and the standings will be updated when they are complete.
The last regular season week of the Thursday OP league is this week. There will be no matches next week and then there will be playoffs and we're going to do the commish tournament again.
Congrats to Dave Chapman for defeating Allan Garner in the WPH Pro Stop Bob Symon tournament last weekend in St. Joe. Click here for the full results
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Missouri Partner needed

01/02/2009

If anyone is looking for a partner for the Missouri Doubles, Gary Storm is looking. If you are looking to double up, please let me know.

Tom Higgins need not apply.

Missouri State Doubles

12/30/2008

The Missouri State Doubles tournament will be held the weekend of January 24th in St. Louis. Click here to download the entry form. It is due January 17th.

Roast last night

12/23/2008

Jim Cosentino took his beating like a man last night. The roast was a huge success and thanks to all who came out. Pictures were taken and will be uploaded to the site real soon.

PS - And due to overwhelming demand, Bob Frey has been asked to come back and Emcee the event next year!!

Handballesta

12/08/2008

Congratulations to our winners from last weekend's handballesta. Click here to see who won each bracket.

Roast

12/01/2008

COSENTINO!!!!

Congratulations Coz you miserable puke. You are this years lousiest human being. And for that, we have chosen to roast you over an open fire at Sutera's on December 22nd. If you would like to participate in this abomination, please let Disidore know and we will add you to the long list of haters.

Week 6 Results

11/26/2008

There is no league this Thursday due to the holiday, and no league next week for Handballesta. Click here for the results as of week 6.

Happy Thanksgiving.

News Updates

11/20/2008

This year, the Bob Symon handball tournament, being held January 9th, is the host of the first WPH 2009 pro handball tour stop. Some of handball's biggest names have already committed to this prestigious event. In addition, the WPH is going to broadcast the tournament over the internet to the world. If you would like to advertise your business during the webcast, please contact Dave Vincent at weplayhandball@cs.com. To enter the Bob Symon tournament and view the participants, click here.

PS - The roast is being held Monday, December 22nd. We are accepting nominations now. Please let Disidore know who you would like to see roasted.

Handballesta

11/14/2008

The 62nd annual handballesta will be held December 5th - 7th at the Athletic Club of Overland Park. For tournament information, download the entry form here or go to the tournament website here. The deadline for the entry is Tuesday, December 2nd.

Week 4 Results

11/03/2008

There is no league this Thursday due to the group of players traveling to Springfield for the MO-State Bear Bash tournament. League matches will resume Nov. 13th. Click here for the results as of week 4.

Week 3 Results

10/24/2008

There were a couple of big upsets in league this week. The biggest being crafty veterans Max Gaither and Don Northcraft taking down Russ Finkle and Nick Disidore. Check out the full results here.

Winter Calendar

10/09/2008

I have updated the calendar on the right with all of the events within our region that are coming up this winter. Please let me know if I have left anything off. Also, the Heart of America link at the top has the draws posted. Go there for all tournament updates.

Week 1 results

10/06/2008

Complete results from week 1 are here.
We are off this week for the Heart of America tournament. Week 2 will be October 16th.

OP league information

09/19/2008

After a lively draft Wednesday night, the 2008 OP league teams were formed. A few minor changes were made from last year and are highlighted on the rules and schedule pages. Please click on the links below or on the menu to your left to view the rosters, schedule, ratings updates, and the rules. If you have not heard from your captain yet, please make an effort to contact him and indicate your availability for the season. If you do not see your name on any of the team rosters, please let one of the captains know that you would like to play this year. You can also send an email to kcathleticclub@yahoo.com, but posting it on this website means I will now get about 500 spam emails and it will be tough to find your email...anyway:

Also, there is a new poll to the left. Who will win the league?

OP Handball league

09/12/2008

The OP handball league will be on THURSDAYS this year. You're votes are worth nothing. Just kidding, besides the online poll, there was a very strong interest to moving it to Thursday nights. The rules are going to be the same as last year with a few minor tweaks. We are having the draft next Thursday (09/18) and the first week of the season is going to be Thursday, October 2nd. We will either not have league the weeks of tournaments and holidays, or we are going to schedule for Tuesday during those weeks. We will not have league October 9th before the Heart of America. Your captains this year are going to be:

Rob Gaither
Chris Herbig
Lou Serrone
Tom Disidore
Tony Orel
Nick Scherzer

I will follow up with more details on here as they come out.

Three Things

09/10/2008

Wormburner Golf classic has been rescheduled to MONDAY, September 29th.
Missouri State Bear Bash is November 7-9 in Springfield. Click here for the Entry form.
WimbleDotte Bracket. There's room for more if you want to join us this Saturday.

Heart of America

09/10/2008

The Heart of America handball tournament will be held the weekend of October 10th - 12th. There will be an online entry form available soon, but here is the Pdf with all of the information. ~~Check back here and I will update when the online form becomes available.~~ Online form is now available.

PS - WimbleDotte is still on for Saturday. The forecast is at 50% right now depending on the direction Hurrican Ike travels. We already have a keg of beer, food, and shirts. Come down to the club rain or shine. If it rains we are either going to move inside, do something under the patio, or play a poker tournament. If it doesn't rain, then Game On!

PSS - The Friday night grudge match has been cancelled. These teams will play in the Dotte on Saturday.

Quick poll

09/09/2008

There has been a little discussion regarding moving the OP handball league to Thursday nights. What do you think? Click on the poll to the left and give your answer.

Wormburner postponed

09/08/2008

Wormburner golf has been postponed until September 22-23 due to inclement weather. I will update as soon as I find out when it is re-scheduled.

Next week

09/04/2008

We have a big week ahead of us, so get home and get plenty of rest.
First on Monday, we have the annual wormburner golf classic. Which exposes handball players clearly as one sport ponies (if that even).

Finally we end the week with the First ever WimbleDotte. It was almost unanimous in the response for the Friday night grudge match. So we are currently having one match at 6pm with a possible second to follow. In other words, bring your gear. The matchup this time around will be defending champs Tom "Foot crook" Bembynista and Lou "Spaghetti head" Serrone -vs- Bill "Retirement Shmetirement" Skelly and Russ "Geppetto" Finkle. This is not set in stone, but is very likely. After the grudge match from Friday we will re-group and start the tournament on Saturday at 1pm. We are not accepting players after Tuesday, so if you haven't already, click here and fill out the online form.

WimbleDotte update

08/26/2008

Ok, WimbleDotte is green-lit and ready to go. The entry form is online for the first time. Click here to access the form. I have also created a PDF giving out all of the tournament information. Click here to access it. The due date to get your entry in is Tuesday, September 9th. I will try to have the bracket online and at the club by the end of the week.

Wormburner

08/21/2008

The 2008 Wormburner golf tournament will be held MONDAY, September 8th. It will be held at the National II again and the price has been lowered to $115 per player and $100 to sponsor. Click here for your entry form.

WimbleDotte, 09/13/08

08/13/2008

Beware, it's coming. The first annual WimbleDotte handball tournament will be held at the KCAC the weekend of September 13th. This will be a tournament unlike any other. Check back here frequently as more information will be posted here when this story develops.

The black squirrel cometh...

Quirk Results

08/11/2008

The weather slowed the party down a bit Saturday morning, but the rain quickly departed and made way for great handball after that. In the Open, Chip continues to have a great summer as he and Al Garner defeated Little and Disidore in two games on Sunday. In the Contenders, Duckers and Willis, team Chinstrap Ryan, looked like veterans as they handled their counterparts in Orel and Recker with a tough fought tie-breaker. Eric Storm and Sean Walleck took down rivals Joel Rush and Bobby Vickers in the Masters. Walleck survived a bloody collision from Saturday with Paul Pfannenstiel that left him with a nasty cut on his upper lip. In the 50's, Bembynista and Serrone kept their stranglehold on that division with their 3rd outdoor win in a row, taking down St. Louis' Pettus and Smith. And the 60's was another 3 wall slam as Duckers and Bolling backed up their 3 wall win from July by defeating Coz and Bircher. A great weekend was had by all and again we thank our out of town friends for coming in.

Click here for Brackets.

Quirk Start times/Brackets

08/06/2008

Click on me for Quirk start times.

Click on me for Brackets.

2008 Paul Quirk Worlds

07/23/2008

The Paul Quirk worlds will held the weekend of August 7th - 10th. The deadline to turn in your entry form is August 4th. Get your team together, they're filling up quick. Click here for the entry form.

KC 3 Wall Results

07/21/2008

(I congratulate the champs on a great final)

Emmett Peixoto showed the KCAC once again why he is one of the best in 3 wall handball. He dominated the field as he captured his 1st KCAC 3 wall championship and his 3rd KCAC trophy in less than a year. He defeated hometown favorite Chip Morales, who was in his 2nd final in 3 years. Chip fought hard, but Emmett's array of shots coupled with the oppressive heat eventually overwhelmed Morales.
In the Contenders, Tony Orel finally got the monkey off his back and won the contenders by edging out the up and coming St. Louis native Matt Recker. The 2 hour battle in the triple digit heat nearly exhausted the competitors, but they both fought till the very end.
The Masters final went off with a fizzle when Bobby Vickers failed to show up, leaving his partner and opponents with nothing but a beer to look forward to.
The Golden Masters delivered an epic battle between two heavyweight teams that won each 3 wall championship last year. Defending champs Skelly and Nass took on Quirk champs Bembynista and Serrone. Skelly and Nass gave it all they could, but just came short of scoring that 21st point in the first game before the challengers started their rally. It was all Benny and Serrone from there on as the Quirk champs never looked back and took the 2008 title, and now look to slam 3 wall with a victory in the Quirk in 3 weeks.
The Super Golden featured a new pairing that could be a fierce team when Dave Duckers paired up with Chris "answer man" Bolling. Playing against Cosentino and Chuck Smrha, the new team looked unbeatable as they sent shot after shot deep and to the left, giving their opponents little opportunity to get on offense.
Overall the weekend was a great time and we always thank and welcome back our out of town friends. See you in three weeks for the QUIRK!

View the updated Brackets.

KC 3 Wall start times

07/16/2008

Click on me for this weekend's start times.

Updated 11:25am, moved Viets/McDowell, Knutsen/Welch back to 7pm Thursday night

Brackets are up.

Sunflower games update

07/02/2008

Don't forget about the sunflower games coming up the weekend of July 26th. This is the first year handball is being added to the events. Be sure to enter and show that handball is a viable game along with the others. To show your athletic prowess, compete in other events. And at $25, it'll be the cheapest tournament you'll enter. Deadline is July 11th, Enter Now.

Independence Day

06/26/2008

From Disidore

Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Sutera’s in the bottoms a Benefit for The Dream Factory will be sponsored by Sutera’s, Tito’s Vodka and The KCAC. All you can eat pasta and libations will be included in the $10/person admission starting at 6 pm.

Thursday, July 3, 2008;
The celebration of Agnus “Angus” Sutera’s 91st birthday will be held in combination with the Sutera’s worst Handball tournament. Drinks all day long with food served from 3 pm on. Handball will begin at 3pm also. No need to have a partner, just show up anytime and you will be entered in an event that you will never get out of. $20 will be a greatly appreciated donation for this great day’s events. Fireworks, music, dancing, unicycles, taffy-pull are just a few of the many joyous happenings for your enjoyment.

Meeka un lous jah nu hetefah!

(your socks are dry)

KC 3 Wall

06/24/2008

The KC 3 Wall will be held the weekend of July 19th this year. Entry form is due July 13th. Get your entry in!!

PS - All '07 posts have been move to archive page

Golf Tourney

06/12/2008

From Mandich:
Here are the details for the upcoming Johnnies Tournament:
Johnnies Mid-Summer Golf Classic. Monday, July 14th at Dub's Dread, shotgun start at noon.
$80 per golfer to include:

A round of golf
Range balls
Flight prizes
Hole in one prizes
Steak dinner after your round
Full supply of adult malt beverages

All proceeds will be going to the KCAC.
To register, send your contact information and number of golfers to: tn1up@yahoo.com

Tom Marks, now appendix free

06/10/2008

From Disidore:
Last night Tom Marks had an emergency appendectomy. The surgery was complicated because of three abscesses which perforated the appendix. The surgery went well and he is resting in bed. He will be at North Kansas City Hospital for approximately 7 days. He is looking forward to your calls and visits. He is in room 1131. Phone number 816-691-1198.

If you have ever enjoyed the courts at the KCAC, you have this man to thank for them.

Rainbow Warriors

06/04/2008

(Awesome storm last night, but we did get run off the court)

Sorry for the lack of updates, there hasn't been anything to report. Everyone is gearing up for nationals. It looks to be a loaded contest this year, with nearly 400 participants and the two most electric players of last 10 years coming out of retirement to take a crack at the 2008 national title. I will be updating the site soon with maps and information about getting around in Kansas City and how to get to the KCAC from Nationals.

New Poll at left

Golf Tournament

04/16/2008

“STEP RIGHT UP, BOYS AND GIRLS FOR THE 1ST ANNUAL KCAC SPRING GOLF TOURNAMENT..”

Where: Sunflower GC
When: Wednesday, May 7th; 1pm shotgun start
Price: $75 per player

Hospitality:

Food (overrated), lunch on the course then a mexican dinner at the KCAC that evening
Drinks (not overrated), all day long (and not Dogman driving a cylinder around the course, either)
Transportation from the KCAC to the course (bus leaves at 12pm, then back to the KCAC afterwards)
Raffle
Drinks, err ya

Due to the high demand, please let us know ASAFP with your teams.

Juniors

04/16/2008

Saturday, April 26th at the KCK YMCA will be the KC Juniors Championships. This will be a one day tournament starting at 10 am on Saturday morning with the finals that evening.
(Entry on the right)

3 Wall tournament

04/08/2008

The week of Nationals, we will be having a 3 wall outdoor tourney for anyone eliminated from the USHA brackets. There are very little details given to me at the moment, but it will be cheap and very fun. So if you're coming in, make sure you don't skip out of town immediately after you lose. There's plenty more handball to play on the best outdoor courts in the country. Stay tuned for more info.

PS - The KC 3 Wall has been moved to July to accommodate Nationals

Last weekend

04/01/2008

April Fools

If you feel slighted or embarrassed because you were sucked in by this, don't be. Just about everyone was roped in on this one. If they tell you they knew it was a joke, they're lying. And we got the voicemails, emails, and PMs to prove it. Gotcha!

As most of you had already heard, there was an incident over the weekend. Phil is doing better and recovering at home. Any well wishes can be sent to the club at 845 Armstrong, Kansas City, KS 66101. As for repercussions, there’s not much we can do about it as Jim London was invited and was in the responsibility of a KCAC member. I will post any updates as Dog’s condition improves.

Results for KC Metro 08

03/31/2008

Congratulations to our winners from this weekend:

Open - Tommy Little defeated Eric Hilgren
Contenders - Tom Bembynista defeated Tony Orel
Golden doubles - Larry Juarez and Dave McDowell defeated Joel Rush and Frank Martin
Super Golden - Don Northcraft and Chuck Smrha defeated Jim Cosentino and Bob Frey
Contender B - Dan Mandich defeated Luke Geneva

Click here to see the brackets. Thanks to everyone for coming in.

PS - Sandwich man has the best nickname followed by Larry Contender based on the poll last week. There's another one up, this time a bit serious. Let me know what you think.

A letter from the commissioner

03/28/2008

Boys it is coming to an end. This Tuesday we will have 3 finals
Jaybird & Hogness vs Smrha & Northcraft
Jack Jarrett vs Bill Unland
Tommy D vs Tommie Little
I propose the following: 4:00 PM Whiskey Dbls Finals Ct #1
5:00 PM Awards Ceremony
Awards to first place team (Gaither Squad)
Awards to finalist
Token of Appreciation to Captains (Need all of you there!) Herbig is out of town.
5:15 PM Lapin Worst Final - Jack Jarrett vs Bill I ain’t got nothing Unland Ct #1
6:15 PM King of the Mountain Final Tommy D vs Tommie Little Ct #1
Tony Orel and Hugh Benson will play their final the following week.
Frank and Jake will play Contender Larry & Marks in their Semi when Prima Donna Haskell gets back from the UK!
Winner will play Bobby V and S. Walleck in the Beer Belly Finals when SOMEDAY!
GAITHER you could not get your team there all year but get them there Tuesday Night. I may not give them their award if they don’t show up. The First Place Awards are COOL!
All Finalist show up!
Jim Sutera stay away!
Ed Lapin Stay the F away!
Commish
PS Skel Dog will give us a report on the Comalator!

Start times for KC Metro 08

03/26/2008

Start times

Brackets (updated)

A couple dropped out and a couple added in contenders, no start times have changed though.

Some first round times wouldn't fit on the brackets, so you have to look them up in start times...you'll live.

Commish Tournament

03/17/2008

Brackets have been updated...

National Champ

03/10/2008

KCAC member Jim Cosentino and his partner won the USHA National Masters doubles tournament in the 65 and over division last weekend. Congratulations Coz!!!

KC 4 Wall

03/05/2008

The Kansas City 4 wall handball championships will be held this month March 27th - 29th at the YMCA in Kansas City, Kansas. We will have the opening round Thursday night, then burgers afterwards. Friday night we are going to have a mexican feast. And the tournament will conclude Saturday night and we will have Italian at the KCAC. If you want to play singles, get in the Open bracket or the contenders (any age). Otherwise we will have doubles in the older age brackets only. This tournament is right around the corner, so get your entry filled out and let myself or Disidore know if you would like to play and/or sponsor, and we'll take care of you. Click here for the entry form

PS - A few small updates to the brackets in the commish tournament, check it out.

OP League

03/03/2008

The Overland Park league will be coming to an end tonight when the top two teams battle each other for league supremacy. Team 5 Herbig's heroes will be taking on Team 6, Gaither's team. All matches will be taking place on the bar courts, so have a beer and enjoy the finals action. Also, the commish has decided to put together a "Commissioner's tournament" to give us something to do until it gets warm outside. The tournament will take approximately 3 weeks, with matches taking place on Tuesday nights. There are 6 brackets, so to see where you play, click here.

PS - Great new poll to the left, let me know if I forgot anyone.

Save the Date

02/15/2008

This summer, the Sunflower games in Topeka has added handball to it's roster of events. The games will be taking place July 25-27. Entry is only $25 per person, and you will receive a tournament t-shirt, Souvenir program, and gold, silver, and bronze medals to the winners. Kansas City, Missouri metropolitan residents are also allowed to participate in the handball event. Soon information will be posted on www.sunflowergames.com and I will be posting more details as I receive them.

PS - Week 13 is posted. 2 Weeks to go before playoffs.

Bailey Update

02/13/2008

Sent to me by Lou:

Bailey had 4 By Pass surgery today! DR. Came out and told Emily that John did well and that they were cleaning him up!

I left @ 3:00 PM and Emily thought it would be another hour before she would get to see John for the first time.

John will not be allowed to have any visitors except for immediately family until he is out of ICU!

Emily asked that instead of calling her for updates that everyone go to the Website:
www.caringbridge.org
Login is: johnbailey (No Spaces you morons!)

Emily will post updates to the johnbailey website every day!

PS - We want Bailey to recover so please, No Hog Dog!

Results week 12

02/07/2008

Results are up from Week 12.

Results week 11

02/04/2008

Results are up from Week 11.

Jon Symon

01/122/2008

This past weekend, the Kansas City handball family has lost another one of it's members. Jon Symon passed away Saturday, January 19th.

Please keep the Symon family in your prayers.

Missouri Doubles

01/16/2008

Don't forget to get your entry form in for the Missouri Doubles in St. Louis next week. The deadline is Saturday, January 19th. Here is the pdf.

Results week 8

01/10/2008

Happy new year! Good luck to everyone this weekend at the Symon. Results are up from Week 8.