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Check out full results from the 2018 MA State YoYo Contest, and video of the top three freestyles from the 1A Division. Congratulations to all the winners of one of the largest state contests in the country!
Today was the 10th Annual MA State YoYo Contest, organized by André Boulay and YoYoExpert, with special guest Ed Haponik! Players from five different states gathered to compete for top honors, and at the end of the day Tyler McCallumore took the win in the 1A Division and the title of MA State Champion! Check out full results from all divisions below.
| Ages 10 to 15 | ||
| Name | Age | Score |
| Jake Sullivan | 11 | 48 |
| Ages 16 and up | ||
| Name | Age | Score |
| Eileen Hiew | 19 | 39 |
| Nat Duranceau | 20 | 38 |
PICK YOUR TRICK |
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| AGES 11 and Under | |||
| NAME | AGE | SCORE | PLACE |
| Dylan Ostrowski | 11 | 46 | 1st – TIE |
| Hunter Smith | 11 | 46 | 2nd – TIE |
| Jackson Hannon | 10 | 42 | 3rd |
| Miles Lance | 11 | 41 | 4th |
| Jake Mcjuary | 11 | 34 | 5th |
| Russell Kosovsky | 11 | 34 | 6th |
| Mitchell Powers | 11 | 11 | 7th |
| Ages 12 to 17 | |||
| NAME | AGE | SCORE | PLACE |
| Brian Smith | 12 | 46 | 1st |
| Jake Lerman | 14 | 41 | 2nd |
| Evan Cole | 15 | 36 | 3rd |
| Tanios Abisaad | 17 | 35 | 4th |
| David Schudrich | 15 | 11 | 5th |
| Tennessee Weeks | 14 | 8 | 6th |
| Ages 18 + | |||
| NAME | AGE | SCORE | PLACE |
| Christopher Coffelt | 30 | 36 | 1st |
| Jeffrey Dibeneditto | 39 | 30 | 2nd |
| Ryan Munden | 35 | 26 | 3rd |
| Brian Gill | 37 | 25 | 4th |
Ages 11 and Under |
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| Players Name | Age | Overall Score | Place |
| Jackson Hannon | 10 | 97.50 | 1st |
| Max Callan | 10 | 73.63 | 2nd |
| Dylan Ostrowski | 11 | 67.55 | 3rd |
| Joshua Melford | 9 | 29.06 | 4th |
| Case Welch | 9 | 22.60 | 5th |
| Josh Lerman | 10 | 15.12 | 6th |
Ages 12 to 17 |
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| Players Name | Age | Overall Score | Place |
| Jake Lerman | 14 | 78.41 | 1st |
| Charles Barton | 15 | 72.96 | 2nd |
| Payton Manente | 15 | 70.68 | 3rd |
| Rebecca Grusby | 15 | 68.66 | 4th |
| Justin Sullivan | 14 | 63.72 | 5th |
| Evan Cole | 15 | 53.98 | 6th |
| Evan Slack | 15 | 49.55 | 7th |
| Chris Thibeault | 15 | 38.41 | 8th |
| carson beach | 15 | 37.13 | 9th |
| Harrison Isaac | 16 | 28.72 | 10th |
| Justin Slater | 14 | 22.01 | 11th |
| Devon Harrigan | 12 | 17.53 | 12th |
Ages 18 and up |
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| Players Name | Age | Overall Score | Place |
| Ian McGaunn | 19 | 49.75 | 1st |
| Matthew Giroux | 38 | 46.32 | 2nd |
| Peter Fuller | 40 | 34.24 | 3rd |
| Christopher Coffelt | 30 | 27.45 | 4th |
| Brian Gill | 37 | 6.75 | 5th |
| Ryan Munden | 35 | 6.43 | 6th |
| Place | Name (First Last) | Locale | Tech | Eval 1 | Eval 2 | Eval 3 | Eval 4 | Deducts | Final Score |
| 1 | Tylor McCallumore | MA | 65.0000 | 4.1500 | 4.4000 | 4.0000 | 2.3250 | 0.0 | 79.8750 |
| 2 | Andrew Maider | NY | 60.4788 | 3.7500 | 4.0000 | 4.2500 | 2.1250 | 0.0 | 74.6038 |
| 3 | Philip White | NY | 56.9851 | 4.7500 | 5.0000 | 4.9000 | 2.4500 | 0.0 | 74.0851 |
| 4 | Michael Ferdico | MA | 54.3663 | 4.7500 | 4.2500 | 4.9000 | 2.3000 | 0.0 | 70.5663 |
| 5 | Michael kurti | NJ | 49.4575 | 4.0000 | 3.2500 | 4.1000 | 1.9500 | 0.0 | 62.7575 |
| 6 | ky zizan | PA | 49.7042 | 3.1000 | 3.0000 | 3.4000 | 1.7500 | 0.0 | 60.9542 |
| 7 | Andrew Bergen | NY | 50.9724 | 2.7500 | 2.6000 | 3.0000 | 1.6250 | 1.5 | 59.4474 |
| 8 | David Kane | MD | 50.9548 | 3.2500 | 2.7500 | 3.1500 | 1.7500 | 3.0 | 58.8548 |
| 9 | Nick de Valpine | MA | 45.7173 | 3.2500 | 3.9000 | 3.0000 | 1.8250 | 0.0 | 57.6923 |
| 10 | Daniel Dietz | MA | 38.5655 | 3.3500 | 3.0000 | 3.1000 | 1.6750 | 0.0 | 49.6905 |
| 11 | Doug Kapinos | MA | 37.0741 | 2.6000 | 2.8500 | 2.5000 | 1.5500 | 1.0 | 45.5741 |
| 12 | David Ospina | MA | 37.5556 | 2.5000 | 2.2500 | 2.0000 | 1.2000 | 0.0 | 45.5056 |
| 13 | Brian Melford | NY | 32.8934 | 2.5000 | 2.7500 | 3.0000 | 1.3750 | 0.0 | 42.5184 |
| 14 | CJ Atkinson | NJ | 30.6739 | 2.2500 | 2.5000 | 3.1500 | 1.2500 | 0.0 | 39.8239 |
| 15 | Michael Maddeaux | NY | 31.2552 | 2.6000 | 2.5000 | 3.1500 | 1.3750 | 3.0 | 37.8802 |
| 16 | Erik Bjork | MA | 29.1883 | 2.0000 | 2.7500 | 2.0000 | 1.2500 | 0.0 | 37.1883 |
| 17 | Jason Couture | ? | 28.1079 | 2.0000 | 2.2500 | 2.0000 | 0.8750 | 1.0 | 34.2329 |
| 18 | Remy Baskin | MA | 30.0280 | 2.2500 | 2.1500 | 2.2500 | 1.1750 | 4.0 | 33.8530 |
| 19 | Michael Gleockner | PA | 26.4697 | 2.2500 | 2.2500 | 2.2500 | 1.1250 | 1.0 | 33.3447 |
| 20 | Daniel Franco | NH | 28.3487 | 2.2500 | 1.8500 | 2.1500 | 1.1250 | 3.0 | 32.7237 |
| 21 | Cody Krug | NY | 24.9783 | 2.0000 | 1.9000 | 1.8500 | 1.0500 | 0.0 | 31.7783 |
| 22 | brandon hodges | NY | 24.0154 | 2.1000 | 1.7500 | 2.2500 | 1.1750 | 0.0 | 31.2904 |
| 23 | nick frisbie | NJ | 25.5068 | 1.7500 | 1.7500 | 1.2500 | 0.8250 | 0.0 | 31.0818 |
| 24 | Shane O’Donnell | MA | 24.4675 | 2.1000 | 2.6000 | 2.0000 | 1.0000 | 2.0 | 30.1675 |
| 25 | aaron finch | NY | 23.3930 | 1.7500 | 1.5000 | 2.0000 | 0.9500 | 0.0 | 29.5930 |
| 26 | Jack Demaree | NY | 24.7141 | 1.7500 | 1.7500 | 2.0000 | 0.8750 | 3.0 | 28.0891 |
| 27 | Stuart White | NY | 29.5524 | 2.5000 | 1.0000 | 2.2500 | 1.0000 | 9.0 | 27.3024 |
| 28 | Nick Jennings | NJ | 20.2398 | 1.5000 | 1.5000 | 1.5000 | 0.8250 | 0.0 | 25.5648 |
| 29 | Ben Gates | NJ | 21.4435 | 1.9000 | 0.5000 | 1.1000 | 0.5500 | 2.0 | 23.4935 |
| 30 | ryan connolly | MA | 14.2096 | 2.0000 | 1.6500 | 2.2500 | 1.0000 | 3.0 | 18.1096 |
| 31 | Michael Bazzinotti | MA | 14.9788 | 1.9000 | 1.9000 | 1.5000 | 0.8000 | 4.0 | 17.0788 |
| 32 | Lando Finkelsteign | NY | 13.8690 | 1.6500 | 1.4000 | 1.2500 | 0.7500 | 3.0 | 15.9190 |
| 33 | Evan Pillow | NJ | 12.8884 | 1.3500 | 1.0000 | 1.0000 | 0.6250 | 2.0 | 14.8634 |
| 34 | Alex Martin | MA | 9.9995 | 1.3500 | 1.2500 | 1.3500 | 0.8000 | 0.0 | 14.7495 |
| Place | Name (First Last) | Locale | Tech | Eval 1 | Eval 2 | Eval 3 | Eval 4 | Deducts | Final Score |
| 1 | Christopher Castro | NY | 65.0000 | 2.1667 | 2.5000 | 3.0000 | 1.3333 | 2.0000 | 72.0000 |
| 2 | Alex Martin | MA | 18.6389 | 1.1667 | 1.6667 | 1.5000 | 0.8333 | 6.0000 | 17.8056 |
| 3 | Brian Melford | NY | -7.3981 | 0.6667 | 0.3333 | 0.3333 | 0.1667 | 1.0000 | -6.8981 |
| Place | Name (First Last) | Locale | Tech | Eval 1 | Eval 2 | Eval 3 | Eval 4 | Deducts | Final Score |
| 1 | Donald Hodgkinson | MA | 65.0000 | 4.0000 | 3.6667 | 4.0667 | 2.0000 | 0.0000 | 78.7333 |
| 2 | Stuart White | NY | 41.0091 | 3.1667 | 2.8333 | 2.5000 | 1.4167 | 1.0000 | 49.9258 |
| 3 | Brian Melford | NY | -0.4727 | 0.3333 | 0.3333 | 0.3333 | 0.3333 | 6.0000 | -5.1394 |
| Place | Name (First Last) | Locale | Tech | Eval 1 | Eval 2 | Eval 3 | Eval 4 | Deducts | Final Score |
| 1 | Philip White | NY | 65.0000 | 3.6667 | 3.3333 | 3.8333 | 2.0000 | 8.0000 | 69.8333 |
| 2 | Tylor McCallumore | MA | 50.7671 | 4.0000 | 4.0000 | 3.1667 | 1.7500 | 3.0000 | 60.6837 |
| 3 | David Kane | MD | 51.3107 | 3.0000 | 2.6667 | 2.8333 | 1.5000 | 9.0000 | 52.3107 |
| 4 | Stuart White | NY | 48.1194 | 3.0000 | 2.6667 | 2.6667 | 1.3333 | 10.0000 | 47.7861 |
| 5 | ryan connolly | MA | 25.7471 | 2.3333 | 3.1667 | 1.6667 | 1.1667 | 2.0000 | 32.0805 |
| 6 | Jason Couture | MA | 20.0399 | 1.3333 | 1.1667 | 1.8333 | 0.7500 | 13.0000 | 12.1232 |
| Place | Name (First Last) | Locale | Tech | Eval 1 | Eval 2 | Eval 3 | Eval 4 | Deducts | Final Score |
| 1 | Michael kurti | NJ | 61.3889 | 3.1667 | 3.5000 | 3.6667 | 1.7500 | 0.0000 | 73.4722 |
| 2 | Andrew Maider | NY | 52.6820 | 3.3333 | 3.0000 | 3.0000 | 1.6667 | 1.0000 | 62.6820 |
| 3 | David Kane | MD | 49.4041 | 3.3333 | 3.1667 | 3.8333 | 1.8333 | 0.0000 | 61.5708 |
| 4 | Philip White | NY | 43.5912 | 3.0000 | 2.6667 | 2.8333 | 1.4167 | 5.0000 | 48.5078 |
| 5 | Ethan Bein | MA | 41.3985 | 2.6667 | 2.3333 | 2.6667 | 1.5000 | 3.0000 | 47.5651 |
| 6 | Michael Ferdico | MA | 34.5637 | 3.6667 | 2.8333 | 2.8333 | 1.4167 | 0.0000 | 45.3137 |
| 7 | Brian Melford | NY | 14.0724 | 1.3333 | 1.3333 | 1.0000 | 0.6667 | 1.0000 | 17.4057 |
| 8 | CJ Atkinson | NJ | 16.5577 | 1.6667 | 1.3333 | 1.8333 | 0.6667 | 5.0000 | 17.0577 |
| 9 | Michael Gleockner | PA | 12.3275 | 1.3333 | 1.0000 | 1.6667 | 0.5000 | 2.0000 | 14.8275 |
The Mass State YoYo Contest is one of the best yoyo contests in the country, and we’re only two weeks away from this year’s event! Taking place June 7th & 8th in Northampton, Massachusetts, this event brings the best talent the East Coast has to offer.
Full website with all information is up at MAStates.com.