AE Leagues - Great Plains 8-Ball Shootout

The 2027 edition of our Great Plains 8-Ball Shootout is on the move!!!

We are very happy to announce the 2027 Great Plains 8-Ball Shootout will be held at the Sioux City Convention Center in Downtown, Sioux City, IA. Great rooms like the Marriott are attached for wonderful convenience.

We expect this event to be one of our best yet, and we look forward to seeing you all there.

Congratulations 2026 Great Plains 8-Ball Shootout Top Finishers.

So many great performances, I couldn't dare call them all out.

Hill/Hill, Tie-Breakers, Come Backs, and more.....

In the Main Events, the Top Finishers are as follows:

Women's Teams:
1st - Hot Pockets
Jody Fritzinger, Leslie Williams, Sandy Travis, Stacy Shubert
2nd - American Hustler
Jessica Frideres, Jody Peckham, Kalli Lee, Mackenzie Cuda

Open Teams:
1st - Norfolk Shooters
Brody Kelley, Dorian Oberqfell, Joe Kepford, Travis Hanson
2nd - 3 Young & 1 Old
Anthony Asher, Kyle Loehnig, Jimmy McClellan, John Hipes

Singles Winners:
Open Master - Dustin Gunia
Women's Master - Mackenzie Cuda
Open Intermediate - Zerek Price
Open Advance - Matt Heitman
Open Regular - Brandon Coble
Women's Regular - Leslie Williams

*** SINGLES BRACKETS HAVE BEEN MADE PUBLIC ***

ALL Divisions begin at 9am. Even if you do not have a match at 9am, we recommend you're there and available to play. There's always some No Shows that will result in the next matches being called right away.

The brackets will run on continuous play, so always be ready for your next match.

I look forward to seeing you all out there.

Shoot Well, and Good Luck

We are excited to see this year's players for the 2026 Great Plains 8-Ball Shootout. Join us at the Sandhills Global Event Center located at 4100 N 84th Street, Lincoln, NE.

Please search your name on Compusport to verify you are registered. Players will see the start time of their registered event. Singles brackets will be made public on Wednesday but please make your plans based on the scheduled start times.

Team brackets will be made public after teams check in on Friday.

Find the bracket here or through the Compusport App to recieve notifications as brackets go live.

CompuSport - 2026 Great Plains 8 Ball Shootout Tournaments and leagues manager / Gestionnaire de tournois et de ligues sportives

🎱22nd Annual Great Plains 8 Ball Shootout🎱

Where: Sandhills Global Event Center Lincoln, NE
When: January 23-25, 2026
Contact your Operator for sign up information

What a weekend we had at the Sandhills Global Event Center with the AE Leagues - Great Plains 8 Ball Shootout.

Over 600 players, adults and junior alike, showed up to compete. There was drama abound every step of the way while the Open Teams division whittled it's way from 127 Teams down to the Final 2 Teams shooting in the Finals Sunday afternoon.

The Gash Hounds captured the Hot Seat, then waited for the Outlaws to come back from the B Side for one EPIC Finals match. The Outlaws forced a second set, and held a lead through the first three rounds, but the Gash Hounds didn't quit, forcing a Final Game, providing Mike Dempsey the chance he needed. Mike delivered in the clutch, including a kill shot on the One Ball that left the onlookers in awe. Mike finished the game, delivering the victory over to the Gash Hounds in an incredible come-back fashion(47-21 over the final 5 games).

The Ladies bracket delivered drama of a different variety. That which was one of domination. The Pooh Bears finished undefeated, rarely needing to even play the final game of the match.

Congratulations to all the players, and thank you for your part in an absolutely amazing event.

Team Finishers:
Open Teams:
1st - Gash Hounds/NTS
Chris Manning / Mike Dempsey / Kodey Lee / Austin Donaldson
2nd - Outlaws/AE Leagues-NE
Jim King / Perry King / Randy Reid / Jeff Hudson
3rd - IIWII/Gams RR Biz
4th - American Hustler Gotta Have It/NTS

Womens Teams:
1st - Pooh Bears/NTS
Jessica Frideres / Mackenzie Cuda / Trish Vermule / Jodi Peckham
2nd - Hot Mess/NTS
Mandy Hatfield / Carrie Diemer / Donelle Heirs / Mariah Budlong
3rd - FUBAR/NTS
4th - Hot Flashes/AE Leagues-NE

Singles Finishers
8 Ball:
Open Masters: 1st - Jay Gall / 2nd - Dustin Gunia
Womens Masters: 1st - Jessica Frideres / 2nd - Mackenzie Cuda
Open Intermediate: 1st - Matt Tillman / 2nd - Austin Donaldson
Open Advanced: 1st - Travis Hanson / 2nd - Mike Calhoun
Open Regular: 1st - Chris Stapleton / 2nd - Richard 'Chip' Thomas
Womens Regular: 1st - Jodi Peckham / 2nd - Donelle Hiers
9 Ball:
Open/Rated: 1st - Jay Gall / 2nd - Rylan Yoder
Womens/Rated: 1st - Valerie Dukich / 2nd - Becky Albright

LOD 8 Ball Scotch Doubles(37 teams)
1st - Cory Lang / Jamin Walters
2nd - Shara Cutler / Jordan Lammerts

The 21st Annual AE League Great Plains 8 Ball Shootout is upon us, and all the singles match times & match ups have been made public.

Friday, the doors open at 8am, the Tournament starts at 9am. Even if you don't have a match time scheduled for 9am, make sure you are there by 9am. No Shows can always result in additional matches moving into the 9am time slot. If you have a match time of 9:45am, your match will not be called at 9am due to a no-show. It will be 9:45am, depending on table availability.

As a reminder, if you have a TBA as your opponent, you need to plan on showing up at that time. You could potentially have an opponent, or it could end up being a bye.

We look forward to seeing everyone there. I know we're in for some great competition.

Great Event News x2.

1. Sandhills Global and AE Leagues have worked together to help with the cost of the event for the players. Pricing overall is being reduced, in addition to drink and food specials that will be offered throughout the event. We don't have the exact specifics, but we're very pleased they have listened and are making changes in food and drink pricing.

2. Payouts have increased and are higher than ever. This is in thanks to Accel Entertainment Nebraska and AE Leagues support.

On Saturday, doors open at 7:30am, matches begin at 8:30am.