The Massachusetts State Contest is a US State Contest.
All content (information, photos, videos) for this wiki page were used with permission of Andre Boulay.
2007 Competition[]
Will be held February 25th at the University of Massachusetts Amherst located in Amherst, MA. Andre Boulay is organizing and running the event.
Come and meet famous yo-yo players such as Andre Boulay, Johnnie Delvalle, and John Higby.
Divisions[]
Players may compete in the following divisions: Beginner, Intermediate (Sports Ladder), Junior Single A, X-Division, and Single A (1A).
Beginner division will be divided by age into three groupings: 5-9, 10-15, 16 and up.
Intermediate (Sports Ladder) division will be divided by age into 5 groupings: 7 and under, 8-10, 11-15, 16-29, 30+.
Junior Single A is limited to players between the ages of 6 and 14 years old.
X-Division is open to any age.
Single A (1A) is also open to any age.
Sponsors[]
Current sponsors (in alphabetical order)
Questions or comments? E-mail MAStates@gmail.com
2006 Competition[]
The 2006 MA State Yo-Yo Competition was held on Sunday, February 26th at UMass Amherst.
There were over 80 competitors and 13 sponsors.
Some of the special guests were Andre Boulay, Johnnie Delvalle, John Higby, Takeshi, Mikhail Tulabut, Tim Redmond, and Matt Boxthor.
The competition consisted of the following divisions: Beginner (Results), Sports Ladder (Results), Junior Single A (Results), X-Division Championship (Results), and Single A Championship (Results).
The top three players in each division were recognized. First place received a trophy while second and third place received prizes.
Since this was a Massachusetts State competition the highest placing player from Massachusetts in each style of play (1A, 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A) was recognized and awarded prizes. In the Single A (1A) division, the second and third place winners from Massachusetts were awarded certificates.
The competition was featured in the local news. Article Video
We would like to thank Boxthor for the videos. Boxthor's Massachusetts State Yoyo Contest 2006 Clip Video
Sponsors[]
We would like to thank all of our sponsors (in alphabetical order)
- A2Z Science and Learning store
- Dave's Skill Toys
- Dif-e-Yo
- Duncan
- Extreme Spin
- Infinite Illusions
- Mastermagic.net
- TheYo.com
- Umass Juggling Club
- YoYoJam
- Yomega
- YoYo Nation
- Yo-Yo People
Results[]
BEGINNER[]
| NAME | AGE | SCORE | PLACING | |||
| 5yr - 9yr | ||||||
| Williams, Brian | 6 | 46 | 1st | Group Photo - Awards | ||
| Williams, Claire | 8 | 36 | 2nd | Group Photo - Awards | ||
| Kanig, Max | 9 | 34 | 3rd | Group Photo - Awards | ||
| Salem, Hunter Daniel | 8 | 30 | 4th | |||
| Auger, Braden | 9 | 20 | 5th | |||
| 10yr - 15yr | ||||||
| Venman, Killian | 10 | 43 | 1st | Awards Photo | ||
| Mencher, Avery | 11 | 38 | 2nd | |||
| Levitt, Jacob | 10 | 36 | 3rd | |||
| 16yr and up | ||||||
| Schubmehl, Jeanne | 45 | 46 | 1st | Group Photo - Awards | ||
| Williams, Dennis | 36 | 41 | 2nd | Group Photo - Awards |
SPORTS LADDER[]
| NAME | AGE | SCORE | PLACING | ||
| 7yr and under | |||||
| Dietz, Zachary | 7 | 10 | 1st | Awards Photo | |
| 8yr - 10yr | |||||
| Viola, Theo | 9 | 22 | 1st | Group Photo - Awards | |
| Micca, Sean | 9 | 19 | 2nd | Group Photo - Awards | |
| Mollan, Tylor | 8 | 18 | 3rd | Group Photo - Awards | |
| Williams, Paul | 10 | 17 | 4th | ||
| Stewart, Matt | 9 | 16 | 5th | ||
| Cottrell, Andy | 9 | 15 | 6th | ||
| Scott, Corey | 9 | 10 | 7th | ||
| Bellows, Joshua Gartner | 8 | 9 | 8th | ||
| Zaleski, Andy | 10 | 0 | 9th | ||
| 11yr - 15yr | |||||
| Hooker, Jake | 11 | 30 | 1st | Group Photo - Awards | |
| Brant, Alex | 13 | 29 | 2nd | Group Photo - Awards | |
| Ameur, Josef | 13 | 27 | 3rd | Group Photo - Awards | |
| Dietz, Daniel | 12 | 22 | 4th | ||
| O'Sullivan, Kieran | 11 | 21 | 5th - TIE | ||
| 12 | 21 | 5th - TIE | |||
| Dougherty, Matt | 13 | 21 | 5th - TIE | ||
| Barron, Addison | 11 | 20 | 6th - TIE | ||
| Smith, Josiah | 14 | 20 | 6th - TIE | ||
| Miller, Kiel | 11 | 18 | 7th | ||
| DeMeo, Ben | 13 | 17 | 8th | ||
| Melchiorre, Marisa | 12 | 13 | 9th | ||
| Melchiorre, Dan | 13 | 9 | 10th | ||
| Fleming, Lizzy | 11 | 0 | 11th - TIE | ||
| Rudin, Philip | 15 | 0 | 11th - TIE | ||
| 16yr - 29yr | |||||
| Gartner, Jillian | 17 | 19 | 1st | Group Photo - Awards | |
| Ricker, Eric | 28 | 13 | 2nd | Group Photo - Awards | |
| Lucas, Matt | 20 | 10 | 3rd | Group Photo - Awards | |
| Petrone, Katie | 21 | 9 | 4th | ||
| 30yr and up | |||||
| Wright, Grahame | 33 | 30 | 1st | Group Photo - Awards | |
| Finn, Jack | 50 | 24 | 2nd | Group Photo - Awards | |
| Ameur, Alicia | 37 | 19 | 3rd - TIE | Group Photo - Awards | |
| Brant, Andy | 41 | 19 | 3rd - TIE | Group Photo - Awards | |
| Hermanson, Seth | 32 | 16 | 4th |
JUNIOR SINGLE A[]
| NAME | SCORE | PLACING | |
| Hooker, Jake | 76.09 | 1st | Group Photo - Awards, Photo |
| Brant, Alex | 68.86 | 2nd | Group Photo - Awards, Photo |
| Bethell, Isaiah | 64.59 | 3rd | Group Photo - Awards, Photo |
| Dougherty, Matt | 51.42 | 4th | Photo |
| Rege-Cole, Leland | 48.78 | 5th | Photo |
| Williams, Paul | 46.53 | 6th | Photo |
| Dietz, Daniel | 46.08 | 7th | Photo1, Photo2 |
| Stewart, Matt | 45.40 | 8th | Photo |
| Kim, Brandon | 43.90 | 9th | Photo |
| Smith, Josiah | 32.44 | 10th | Photo |
| Miller, Kiel | 25.33 | 11th | Photo |
| Micca, Sean | 23.89 | 12th |
X-DIVISION[]
| NAME | SCORE | PLACING | |||
| Bennett, Dana | 38.84 | 1st | Group Photo - Awards | Video | |
| Karan, Shane | 38.00 | 2nd | 2A CHAMPION NON RESIDENT | Group Photo - Awards | Video |
| Lai, Ryan | 37.17 | 3rd | Group Photo - Awards, Photo | Video | |
| Cuartero, Francis Patrick | 30.47 | 4th | Photo | ||
| Coons, Jeff | 26.27 | 5th | 4A MASS STATE CHAMPION | Group Photo - Awards | Video |
| Kirk, AJ | 25.99 | 6th | |||
| Sutter, Nathan | 23.91 | 7th | 5A MASS STATE CHAMPION | Group Photo - Awards | |
| Moriarty, Camden | 23.20 | 8th | Photo1, Photo2 | ||
| Robinson, Jonathon | 22.92 | 9th | |||
| Rudin, Philip | 21.09 | 10th | |||
| Cosky, Brian | 20.40 | 11th | |||
| Girardi, Eric | 16.88 | 12th | |||
| Tetz, Drew | 15.94 | 13th | 3A CHAMPION NON-RESIDENT | Group Photo - Awards | |
| Fernandez, Matthew | 15.00 | 14th | |||
| Chrisner, Dashiell | 10.55 | 15th |
MA STATE SINGLE A PRELIM[]
| NAME | SCORE | PLACING | |
| Koloski, Eric | 42.5 | 1st | Photo |
| Lozyniak, Alex | 41.96 | 2nd | Photo |
| Cooper, Jordan | 37.5 | 3rd -TIE | Photo |
| Tulabut, Mikhail | 37.5 | 4th -TIE | Photo1,Photo2 |
| Cosky, Brian | 35 | 5th | Photo |
| Lai, Ryan | 32.23 | 6th | Photo |
| Gumlaw, Nick | 26.76 | 7th | Photo |
| Dineen, Henry Q. | 25.54 | 8th | |
| Bennett, Dana | 25 | 9th - TIE | Photo |
| Karan, Shane | 25 | 10th - TIE | Photo1,Photo2 |
| Moriarty, Camden | 25 | 11th - TIE | Photo1,Photo2 |
| Piscitelli, Andrew | 24.38 | 12th | Photo |
| Almanzar, David | 23.75 | 13th | Photo1,Photo2 |
| Gartner, Brahm | 23.13 | 14th | Photo |
| Bethell, Solana | 21.88 | 15th | Photo1,Photo2 |
| Baines, Brandon | 21.28 | 16th | Photo |
| Scott, Ryan | 18.13 | 17th | Photo |
| Bein, Ethan | 17.64 | 18th | Photo |
| Coons, Jeff | 17.5 | 19th | Photo |
| Tetz, Drew | 15 | 20th | Photo |
| Deutchman, Eric | 7.91 | 21st | Photo |
| Frederick, Devon | 6.25 | 22nd | Photo |
| Chrisner, Dashiell | 3 | 23rd | Photo |
| Fumo, Shawn | 0 | 24th | Photo |
FINAL RESULTS SINGLE A[]
| NAME | SCORE | PLACING | |||
| Koloski, Eric | 45.00 | 1st | 1st Mass Resident | Group Photo - Awards | Video |
| Lai, Ryan | 42.90 | 2nd | Group Photo - Awards | Video | |
| Lozyniak, Alex | 41.04 | 3rd | 2nd Mass Resident | Group Photo - Awards | Video |
| Cooper, Jordan | 38.01 | 4th | 3rd Mass Resident | Video | |
| Cosky, Brian | 36.14 | 5th | 4th Mass Resident | Video | |
| Karan, Shane | 34.04 | 6th | |||
| Baines, Brandon | 31.75 | 7th | |||
| Piscitelli, Andrew | 31.71 | 8th | 5th Mass Resident | ||
| Dineen, Henry Q. | 30.54 | 9th | 6th Mass Resident | ||
| Bennett, Dana | 27.76 | 10th | |||
| Gumlaw, Nick | 25.86 | 11th | 7th Mass Resident | ||
| Moriarty, Camden | 24.02 | 12th | 8th Mass Resident | ||
| Almanzar, David | 23.55 | 13th | 9th Mass Resident | ||
| Gartner, Brahm | 21.22 | 14th | 10th Mass Resident | ||
| Bethell, Solana | 19.56 | 15th | 11th Mass Resident |
2005 Competition[]
The 2005 MA State Yo-Yo Competition was held on Sunday, February 6th at UMass Amherst.
The judges were Andre Boulay, Johnnie Delvalle, John Higby, and Jennifer Baybrook.
Sponsors[]
We would like to thank all of our sponsors (in alphabetical order)
- A2Z Science and Learning store
- American Yo-Yo Association
- Buzz-On Industries
- Dave's Skill Toys
- Dif-e-Yo
- Extreme Spin
- Mastermagic.net
- Umass Juggling Club
- YoYoBestBuy
- YoYoJam
- Yomega
- Yo-Yo People
Results[]
BEGINNER[]
| NAME | AGE | SCORE | PLACING | |||
| 5yr - 9yr | ||||||
| O'Flaherty, Claudia | 7 | 32 | TIE (4th) | |||
| Bedsa, Amber | 8 | 41 | 3rd | |||
| Stewart, Matthew | 8 | 32 | TIE (4th) | |||
| Viola, Theo | 8 | 50 | TIE (1st) | |||
| Colt-Rege Leland | 9 | 50 | TIE (2nd) | |||
| 10yr - 15yr | ||||||
| Duffy, Aiden | 10 | 38 | 4th | |||
| Ben Adams | 10 | 43 | 3rd | |||
| Lai Tyler | 11 | 48 | 1st | |||
| Boulay, Jaime | 14 | 45 | 2nd | |||
| 16yr and up | ||||||
| Okun, Nate | 19 | 38 | 4th | |||
| Lucas, Matt | 19 | 48 | 1st | |||
| Petrone, Katie | 20 | 46 | TIE (3rd) | |||
| Kozlowski,Mitchelle | 20 | 46 | TIE (2nd) |
SPORTS LADDER[]
| NAME | AGE | SCORE | PLACING | ||
| 7yr and under | |||||
| Dietz, Zachary | 6 | 4 | 2nd | ||
| Mollan,Tylor | 7 | 11 | 1st | ||
| 8yr - 10yr | |||||
| Dietz, Joshua | 8 | 5 | 6th | ||
| Francesquini, Kawika | 8 | 14 | 4th | ||
| Dolmanisth, Taliesin | 8 | 18 | 1st | ||
| Hooker, Jake | 10 | 7 | 5th | ||
| Loomis-Dulong, Forest | 10 | 16 | 3rd | ||
| O'Sullivan, Kieran | 10 | 17 | 2nd | ||
| 11yr - 15yr | |||||
| Dietz, Daniel | 11 | 12 | TIE (5th) | ||
| Bethell, Solana | 11 | 26 | 2nd | ||
| Ferdico, Michael | 11 | 30 | 1st | ||
| Ameur, Josef | 12 | 21 | 4th | ||
| Wozniak, Chris | 14 | 9 | 6th | ||
| Freitag, Kyle | 14 | 12 | TIE (5th) | ||
| Gartner, Brahm | 14 | 23 | 3rd | ||
| 16yr - 29yr | |||||
| Gartner, Jillian | 16 | 9 | TIE (2nd) | ||
| Deutchman,Eric | 19 | 18 | 1st | ||
| Frederick, Devon | 20 | 9 | TIE (3rd) | ||
| 30yr and up | |||||
| Wright, Grahame | 32 | 28 | 1st | ||
| Ameur, Alicia | 36 | 10 | 4th | ||
| Sponburgh, Cher | 50 | 11 | 3rd | ||
| Lowing, Doug | 50 | 13 | 2nd |
X-DIVISION[]
| Name | Results |
| Ryan Lai | 1st |
| Nate Sutter | 2nd |
| Dana Bennett | 3rd |
| Pat Cuartero | 4th |
| Jeff Coons | 5th |
| Camden Moriarty | 6th |
| David Almanzar | 7th |
| Ethan Bein | 8th |
| Ben Gates | 9th |
SINGLE A DIVISION[]
| NAME | Freestyle Score | Final |
| Koloski, Eric | 316 | 1st |
| Lozyniak, Alex | 301 | 2nd |
| Ferrante, Brett | 287 | 3rd |
| Piscitelli, Andrew | 228 | 4th |
| Baines, Brandon | 210 | 5th |
| Cosky, Brian | 206 | 6th |
| Lai, Ryan | 192 | 7th |
| Fumo, Shawn | 170 | 8th |
| Dillon, Brendan | 156 | 9th |
| Wellman, Daole, Gordie | 141 | 10th |
| Almanzar, David | 140 | 11th |
| Bennett, Dana | 135 | 12th |
| Larrabee, Brendan | 129 | 13th |
| Bein, Ethan | 99 | 14th |
| Dineen, Henry | 25 | 15th |