Shake, Rattle, and Bowl at Cliff Castle Casino

champs Cameron Smith & Derek Iozzio

     Cameron Smith and Derek Iozzio opened the 14th season of JBT Arizona Conference action with victories at Cliff Castle Casino's Shake, Rattle, and Bowl.

    Allie Ijams, the 08-09 Female Bowler of the Year, picked up right where she left off by opening the scratch division stepladder finals with a 222-175 win over David Johnston, who had earlier fired the high game of the day with a 299 effort in the qualifying round.   Ijams then got by Jeff Mathews 203-136, before Riley Dempsey stopped Allie 212-188, to reach the title match.

     Top seed Smith has had consistently excellent results at Cliff Castle throughout his stellar JBT career, and this day was no different as he grabbed the top seed.  The title match proved to be a grind with both bowlers adjusting to the drying lanes by playing a very deep inside line.  Despite a good effort from the up-and-coming Dempsey, it was the veteran Smith rolling to a 218-191 triumph, good for his 11th career JBT victory.

    The eight-person handicap finals opened with plenty of drama, as CJ Sanchez (191) could only watch as Kaitlin Silva and Jerimiah Cruz tied at 213, with Silva coming away with a 42-36 rolloff win.  Adam Lebbs then rolled a second round 199 to beat Silva (158) and Amanda Ailport (171).  JD Sweet then fired a 234 to oust Lebbs (172) and Blake Kalaf (159), advancing him to the title game.

    Top seed Derek Iozzio had been solid all day, and recaptured the lead in the eighth game to earn the finals' top seed.  Sweet, who was 0-2 in previous title match appearances, threw a much better game, but could not find the carry, while Iozzio kept the pressure on, and in the end Derek cruised to a 209-183 win, good for his first career JBT title.

    Over $2,000 in scholarships were awarded at the event.  Thanks always to the crew at Cliff Castle for a great job hosting our event.  Want in on all the fun and excitement?  Come on down to the next JBT event, it's as simple as that! 

Cliff Castle- final results and optional scholarship winners
9/5/2009    
Arizona Conference  
   
Scratch Division  
rank name prize
1 Cameron Smith $215
2 Riley Dempsey $125
3 Allie Ijams  $115
4 Jeff Mathews $135
5 David Johnston  $50
6 Kyle King $85
7 Labriel Leach $30
8 Blaine Hellman $50
9 Chris Varholdt  
10 Aaron Raymond $20
11 Eduardo Perez  
12 Jess Gagliardi  
13 Courtney Dutton  
14 Kyle Jones $75
15 Matt Herbert $45
16 Steven Bowling  
17 Tim Ursillo  
18 Anthony Tripi  
19 Justin Givler $30
20 Zachary Martinez  
21 Kyle Karpovich $5
22 Nick Lee  
23 Sam Amaral  
24 Shawn Peters  
25 Gregg Kern  
26 Jared Billman  
27 Rebeca Reguero $5
28 Tyson Lewis  
29 Matt Helmick  
30 Cody Taylor  
31 Zach Simon  
32 Robert Atherton  
33 Rane Lacona  
34 Amanda Vadnais  
35 Shawn Greenough  
36 Zach Herbert  
37 Daniel Cotton  
38 Mike Kremer  
39 Walter Olriksen  
40 Anthony Benicki  
41 Kyle Chambers  
     
   
Handicap Division  
rank name prize
1 Derek Iozzio $225
2 JD Sweet $260
3 Blake Kalaf $115
4 Adam Lebbs $70
5 Amanda Ailport $155
6 Jerimiah Cruz $60
7 Kaitlin Silva $120
8 CJ Sanchez $40
9 Clay Hanson $30
10 Steven Acuff $35
11 Savannah Carr $15
12 Valry Swaim  
13 Sandy Truman $15
14 Justin Boyd  
15 Jordan Hastings  
16 Josh Helmick  
17 Joey Sorce  
18 Elyi Stocks  
19 Maura Swaim  
20 Alexis Atkin  
21 Derek Acuff $10
22 Alex Pellegrino $15
23 Dominic Luna \
24 Ashley Benicki  
25 Steven Cheatham  
26 Reba Hanson  
27 Stephan Tremoulis  
28 Megan Carlson $30
29 Taylor King  
30 Kayla Goad  
31 Brooks Gould  
32 Austin Albertson  
33 Connor Gerchak  
34 Jose Cortes  
35 Trevor Roberts  
36 Brittany Kolatzny  
37 bethany Baker  
38 Ashley Walkenbach  
39 Brandon Ely  
40 Lindsey Ailport  
41 Jonah Herrick  
42 Jacqui Gerchak  
43 Jeremy Chesney  
44 Marina Stever  
45 Pamela Perez  
46 Travis Johnson  
47 Stacey Lamb  
48 Kristen Lee  
49 Jake Childers  
50 Nick Wade  
51 Danny Varholdt  
52 Brooke Martinez  
53 Rane Lacona  
54 Ashley Collins  
55 Candace Gardner  
56 Ashley Olriksen  
57 Jacob Coay  
     
Scratch High Games:  
  Johnston 299  
  Mathews 290  
Gagliardi 279  
Ijams 275  
Dempsey 268  
   
Handicap High Games:  
Iozzio 292  
Lebbs 280  
Ailport 280  
Kalaf 279  
Kalaf 278  
   
Round Leaders (5 pts. Each)  
Scratch Handicap
Mathews Lebbs
C Smith E Stocks
D Johnston J Cruz
D Johnston A Ailport
D Johnston A Ailport
Dempsey Iozzio
Ijams Kalaf
C Smith Iozzio
   
   
   
High Female:  
Ijams +94  
Silva +58  
A Ailport +56  
Dutton +40  
Reguero -51  
   
  TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $2,180