It started on a beat-up 8-footer — trick shots, Earl Strickland racks on YouTube, and the slow realization that this game goes deeper than it looks. TAP league came next, then the NJ/NY tournament circuit in early 2025. What followed was a tear: 8 bracket championships, back-to-back Tri-State Tour sweeps, and 11 upsets against players rated 595+.
Three weekly tours, a 64% match win rate, and over 100 Fargo points gained in fifteen months. The Garden State Pool Tour awarded Most Improved Player of the Year and a promotion from Lower to Upper bracket.
Invitations to both the GSPT and Tri-State year-end invitationals followed — stronger fields, players who've been at this for decades. Every match is a chance to prove this isn't a fluke.
Fargo is at an all-time high and still climbing. The goal: 550 by end of year.
