Developing passion for playing pool enables West Virginia’s Bonds to become national champion

By Shane Hulsey, Sports Writer | July 9, 2025
Derrick Bonds lines up a shot during his Billiard Congress of America Wheelchair 8-ball National Championship match against Charlie Hans on Tuesday at the Oakley-Lindsay Center. | Shane Hulsey photo

QUINCY — Derrick Bonds recalled the date instantly. “It was July 24, 2011,” Bonds said. That was the day Bonds, an avid motocross racer from Beckley, W. Va., was involved in a horrific accident at a local track. “I wrecked off the side of a jump,” Bonds said. “The bike landed on me and broke…

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Schuckman: Success on pool table helps stoke Bockenfeld’s ‘drive to go further and play higher in this sport’

By Matt Schuckman, Sports Editor | May 13, 2022
Quincy's Kelsey Bockenfeld poses with her American Cue Sports Illinois State Association women's championship plaque. Photo courtesy Rack Daddy's

QUINCY — The hardware Kelsey Bockenfeld has collected in the past five weeks has made her trifecta of titles complete. State champion. National champion. World champion. That’s quite a resume. The Quincy native won an American Motocross Association ATV national championship during her days racing quads, but has since found a passion and a drive…

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