Mission 47

     This past weekend we held the annual Cleveland Extravaganza Mission 47.

On November 23, 1962, crowds, in the brisk morning air outside Cleveland Public Hall, formed lines around the block. Many students attended the NASA’s 10 day Space Science Extravaganza fair sponsored by NASA and the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Public interest in the new space agency was high with the recent space activities including Mercury missions, planning for the Apollo, President John F. Kennedy announcing that the United States would land on the Moon, Walter Schirra completed a record six Earth orbits, and NASA Lewis (now Glenn) assumed responsibility for the Centaur and Agena rockets.

Fast forward to 2026, on the first weekend in May, there was a different Cleveland Extravaganza. Instead of the Cleveland Public Hall, we saw people standing outside the Best Western in Strongsville, Ohio with NASA theme jerseys. Instead of a 10 day Space Science fair,  it instead reminded us of a recent 10 day mission Artemis II, which on April 1, 2026, marked the first crewed flight to the Moon in over 50 years.  

Our community has a long-standing connection to NASA. Much like NASA’s missions, many darters don't just have the goal of reaching their target— but to keep pushing beyond it.

If you like the game of darts, just being in the room and seeing the level of play from players like, Alex Spellman, Leonard Gates, Steve Warnock, Larry Butler, Paula Murphy, Cali West, and Tracy Feiertag made the weekend entertaining. However, even with their talent, the amount of Cleveland area players reaching the top of the events leaderboard, made us proud.  A few stand outs from our members incuded, Kevin Yasenchak Open Cricket Champion, Victoria Sulecki and Jenn Malek as Runner Up Champions in Doubles 501. Tony Rook was Runner Up Champion in Open 301. Matt Hulec and his partner Gretchen Weidus, taking Alex Spellman (Two time CDC Continental Cup Champion and ranked first in men's ADO) and Tracy Feiertag (number two ranked ladies ADO leader and qualified for the WDF championship at Lakeside) out in the first round of mixed doubles. 

To some, a successful weekend may have been enjoying hanging out with new or old friends coming from other parts of Ohio, other states or even other countries. It may be playing a good match even if it resulted in a loss or making it into the money round. Whatever their goal was, we hope they achieved their mission 47. 

We want to thank everyone who came and supported this tournament. Even if you came to watch, purchased food or drinks, or entered in events, every bit helped to keep this tradition going for more missions in the future. We had some large turn outs with 87 entered in the open 301, 114 in the open 501, and 50 teams for mix trips to name a few.

Some shoutouts to some of our Cleveland area players/members that placed high in their events are listed below. (If we missed anyone, I am sorry and please email us so we can add you.)

--- Open 301 ---

Tony Rook Runner-Up Champion

Kevin Yasenchak Top 8

Ray Skrovan Top 8

Eddie Olchansky Top 16

Danny Russano Top 16

---Ladies 301 ---

Marlise Kiel Top 8

Victoria Sulecki Top 8

Liz Jernejcic Top 16

Cyan Davies Top 16

Jen Weiss Top 16

---Mix doubles 501---

Vince Walker/Haley Davies Top 4

Luke Kollias /Kim Fyock Top 4

Marlise Kiel / Kevin Yasenchak Top 8

Mike Jarvis / Stacey Jarvis Top 16

---Mix Trips---

Roy Walls/ Liz Jernejcic/ Jason Laprocina Top 4

Luke Kollias/ Gary Kidd/ Kim Fyock Top 8

Donnie Lambert/ Adam Meyer/ Tami Owen Top 16

Kevin Yasenchak/ Marlise Kiel/ Mike Pagel Top 16

Ray Skrovan/ Tony Rook/ Victoria Sulecki Top 16

---Open 501---

Kevin Yasenchak Top 8

Vince Walker Top 8

---Ladies 501---

Cyan Davies Top 8

Liz Jernejcic Top 16

Victoria Sulecki Top 16

---Open Doubles 501---

Gary Kidd/Luke Kollias Top 4

Jeff Boss/ Don Maddox Top 16

Pat Jurasin/ Chris McFarland Top 16

---Ladies Doubles 501---

Jenn Malek/ Victoria Sulecki Runner- Up Champion

Kristine Devaul/ Kim Fyock Top 4

Melissa Hess/Kathleen Mazur Top 16

Liz Jernejcic/Lindsey Prochaska Top 16

---Open Cricket---

Kevin Yasenchak Champion (beating out Alex Spellman)

Jeff Futch Top 8

Ryan Olson Top 16

Ray Skrovan Top 16

Kevin Guist Top 16

Nick Hill Top 16

---Ladies Cricket---

Marlise Kiel Top 16

Gretchen Weidus Top 16

Cyan Davies Top 16

Jenn Malek Top 16

Victoria Sulecki Top 16

---Open Doubles Cricket---

Kevin Yasenchak CHAMPION

Jeff Futch Top 8

Ryan Olson Top 16

Ray Skrovan Top 16

Kevin Guist Top 16

Nick Hill Top 16

---Ladies Doubles Cricket---

Cyan Davies/ Haley Davies Top 8

Marlise Kiel/ Trish GrzesikTop 8

Yvonne McFarland/ Leslie Zimmerman Top 8

Victoria Sulecki/ Liz Jernejcic Top 16

Jenn Malek / Lindsey Prochaska Top 16

Kim Fyock/ Kristine Devaul Top 16

Andrea Anguish/ Jen Weiss Top 16

---Blind Draw---

Vince Walker Top 4

Kevin Guist / Jeff Boss Top 8

Kevin Yasenchak Top 16

Rick Jenks/ Pat Luks Top 16

Chris McFarland/ Dillon Ulisses Top 32

Gary Rice/ Dave Kopin Top 32

Adam Lemasters/ Dominick Russano Top 32

Roy Knispel/ Tara Booth Top 32

---Blind Draw 01/Cricket/Choice---

Grant Clark/ Kevin Yasenchak Top 4

Liz Jernejcic Top 4

Sean Jones / Chris Erkelenz Top 8

Roy Knispel/ Toni Massimiani Top 16

Sarah Feldpusch/ Nick Mezlak Top 16

---Youth/Adult---

BurnitoJernejcic/ Liz Jernejcic CHAMPION

Sophia Schall/ Jenn Malek Top 8

Here is a link provided to see all of the results. https://tv.dartconnect.com/event/clex26/results

To see more photos of the event, (until more are posted to our website) feel free to check out the link provided https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091246031372