We had an amazing event with a great turnout for the 2025 California junior State Championships held at Corner Pocket in Bakersfield California!
We had a packed field of 15 wonderfully talented, competitive junior players. It was an exciting event, these kids put on a show! Sportsmanship and talent filled the room, I was so proud of all these players!
The following
were the results:
10 Ball 18
& Under Boys
- 1st place: Kaito
Okumura
- 2nd Place: Hongjin
Yi
- 3rd Place: Ezra
Seymour
9 Ball Mixed 12
and under
- 1st Place: Hongjin
Yi
- 2nd Place: Kimberlee
Peevey
- 3rd Place: Allison
Ramirez
Hongjin Yi, The winner of the 9 ball event pulled the raffle for the awesome Lucasi Cue package valued at $1,375. The winner was ticket #37, Bill Seymour! Bill was the lucky winner of a Lucasi Pro Series - Zebrawood Cue Butt, Lucasi Pro Carbon InFUZED Shaft, Pro Line 3" & 6" Stackable Cue Extension Kit and Pro Line Weight Bolt Kit!
This is the second stop of the Southwest Youth Championship Tour. Next stop is May 10th at Slate Street Billiards in Rio Rancho New Mexico!
Big thank you to our sponsors of this tour stop! Please support our sponsors who support junior pool!
- Lucasi Cues
- Balabushka
Cue Company
- Corner Pocket
- West State
Billiards & Gamerooms
- Barlow Realty
- MidTown
Barbers
- We Play
Billiards Custom Apparel
Thank you to Jam Up Apparel for providing custom championship jerseys for the two winners!
A big shout out to Darren Weiss, executive producer and lead actor in the 2024 movie BREAK. Darren was kind enough to autograph a copy of the movie with a personal message & picture for each and every junior player who played in the event. The kids really enjoyed receiving this special gift and I am grateful for Darren's support for junior pool and taking the time to do this for us. If you haven't already, head on over to your favorite streaming service and give the movie a watch, it's a fun movie!
