It was the last night of eight-ball league play prior to the Christmas break and so to switch things up a bit league organizers went with a Scotch Doubles format.

This is an alternate shot format that helps level the playing field between the highly skilled and less skilled teams.

No amount of leveling however could hold back the Alpha Cues.

The team of Oliver Robitaille, Ed Lepp, Isabelle Deshaies and Jason Biench were unstoppable posting a score of 162 out of a possible 180 to win the night.

While not widespread, there were mutterings that perhaps they should be tested for performance-enhancing drugs but apparently beer does not qualify.

The team that benefited the most from this format was We’ve Got Balls.

After applying their sizeable handicap, earned with distinction as the last place team in the league, the team of Kirn Dhillon, Paul Cairns, Reuben Van Klaveren and Mark Johnson shot well over their average to post a fourth place finish and garner a valuable six points in the process.

The biggest upset of the evening was the result turned in by the previously surging Ramblin’ Rowdies. Heading into play, the Rowdies held down second spot in the league.

However, they just couldn’t maintain their torrid pace and turned in a less than stellar performance, finishing next to last and dropping them to fifth in the standings.

At 2014’s end, top teams are Yukon Jack (64.5 points), Balls Deep (56.5), Team Awesome (54.5), Alpha Cues (53.5), Ramblin’ Rowdies (52.5) and The Bad Goatees (49).

– Report courtesy of Yukon Slim, Porter Creek Billiards