MOJAVE INVITATIONAL

champs DJ Sloan & Kevin Weis

    DJ Sloan and Kevin Weis earned $1,000 scholarships each as champions of the 2010 JBT Mojave Conference Invitational hosted by Gold Coast Bowling Center.

    All five scratch bowlers who earned exemptions to the 16-bowler finals would have made the cut anyway, showing why they earned the exemptions in the first place.  Kyle King continued to be on another level, leading the 5-game qualifier on a very tough Scorpion pattern at +176 when the cut was -85.  However, it was top non-exempt qualifier Rebeca Reguero, Phoenix AZ, who took over in the semifinals, going 8-0 in the triple elimination matchplay finals.  The other stars of the conference knocked each other around, with DJ Sloan beating Aaron Foshie in round eight to set up a title match situation where He'd have to beat Rebeca three straight times to with the title.

     After winning a close first game 194-183, Sloan, from Las Vegas, revved it up for a 258-177 win in game two, and rode all that momentum for a 224-181 game three win, completing the comeback and winning the Mojave Invite for the second consecutive season.  Regeuro earned $500 for her brilliant performance.  Zach Hattori, Las Vegas, pocketed $360 for third, Foshie, Tempe AZ, earned $155 for 4th, and Zach Martinez, Chandler AZ, finished 5th for $170 in scholarships.

     The handicap exempt bowlers all made the most of their exemptions, as none of them would have made finals without the valuable bye.  However, none were able to completely capitalize on the bonus, with Samantha Meyers' sixth place finish by far the best result of the exempt bunch.  Rane Lacona earned the top seed by his excellent qualifying performance, but had to hang on by a thread to earn the round-5 bye.  Eventually, four bowlers remained who had avoided the eliminating third loss.  In that round, #5 Kayla Goad eliminated #10 Casey Nagamine, and #6 Katelyn Scott stayed alive by handing #2 Kevin Weis his second loss. 

     With three bowlers left, Las Vegas resident Weis earned the bye while Goad eliminated Scott in the next match, advancing her to a one-game title match.  That final game was all Weis, and his 244-203 win was good for a well-timed first title of his JBT career.  Goad, Phoenix AZ, earned $500 for second, Scott, Las Vegas, earned $250 for third, Nagamine, Kaneohe HI, got $180 for 4th, and Derek Acuff, closing in on Taylor King's all-conference points lead, earned $125 for fifth.

        Over $7,000 in scholarships were awarded to the 71 qualifiers.  Where else but JBT?  Thanks to everyone at Gold Coast for a great job hosting us.  Be sure to check the website often as we determine year-end awards, and gear up for the great summer of JBT action, all available 24-7 at www.bowljbt.com.

Mojave Invitational- final results and optional scholarship winners
5/16/2010    
Mojave Conference  
   
Scratch Division  
rank name prize
1 DJ Sloan $1,060
2 Rebeca Reguero $500
3 Zach Hattori $360
4 Aaron Foshie $155
5 Zach Martinez $170
6 Kyle King $495
7 Dan Hansen $140
8 Dallas Leong $75
9 Steven Manier $80
10 Allie Ijams $75
11 Spenser Lilley $75
12 Devin Bidwell $200
13 Kris George $125
14 Melissa Huether $50
15 Brad Hansen $50
16 April Urban $65
17 Matt Herbert  
18 Logan Kennedy  
19 Brandon Owen   
20 Riley Dempsey  
21 Chase Nadeau  
22 Justin Givler  
23 Eric Hatchett  
24 Tony Rose  
25 Tristan Curtis  
26 Jordan Ferrer  
27 Chris Kutcher  
28 Zach Simon  
29 Mark Curtis  
30 Ryan Howard  
31 Zach Ford  
   
Handicap Division  
rank name prize
1 Kevin Weis $1,000
2 Kayla Goad $500
3 Katelyn Scott $250
4 Casey Nagamine $180
5 Derek Acuff $125
6 Samantha Meyers $205
7 Rane Lacona $135
8 Nick Wade  $135
9 Paul Huether $75
10 Nick Willis $90
11 Nicholas Pollak $75
12 Donovan Koff $50
13 Aaron Watkins $165
14 Marina Stever $205
15 Ian Hanuscin $100
16 Randi Speiler $200
17 Douglas Csanyi  
18 Gabriella Weis  
19 Jack Parcell $5
20 Alex Zwingmann  
21 Kennison Andrews $15
22 Drew Stern  
23 Steven Acuff  
24 Justin Villa  
25 Taylor King  
26 Jon Gutierrez  
27 Tyler Ottenschot  
28 Brandon Duffy  
29 Isaiah Cleveland  
30 Kyle Andrews $30
31 Taylor Ray  
32 Jacob Potts  
33 Jake Childers  
34 Brandon Turner  
35 Brian Grupe  
36 Nathan Hanuscin  
37 Danny Varholdt  
38 Austin Signoretti  
39 Dylan Lucas  
40 James Gabour  
41 Megan Carlson $15
42 Travis Johnson  
   
Scratch High Games:  
  Hattori 279  
  Martinez 268  
Ijams 266  
King 266  
Sloan 258  
   
   
Handicap High Games:  
D Acuff 272  
Csanyi 268  
Koff 262  
Watkins 258  
Lacona 257  
P Huether 257  
   
High Female:  
Reguero +17  
Ijams -2  
Urban -15  
K Goad 051  
M Huether -61  
   
  TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $7,215