Shake, Rattle, & Bowl
champs Zach Martinez and Steven Acuff
Zach Martinez and Steven Acuff opened the 15th season of JBT Arizona Conference action with thrilling victories at Cliff Castle Casino's Shake, Rattle, & Bowl.
Tyler Shipman opened the scratch division stepladder finals with a 199-186 win over Labriel "Iceman" Leach. All-time JBT titles leader Kyle King then defeated Shipman 216-194. Zach Martinez, who has had some great stepladder matches with King but had never beat him, finally got over that block with a 222-205 win to advance to the title match.
Top seed Brian Weyrauch took the lead away from Zach after game seven, and they engaged in an exciting, back and forth match. Needing a mark and cgood count to lock up the win, Zach's first shot in the 10th looked to be a catastrophic pocket 7-10, but both pins wobbled and fell, giving him the 212-192 win and a long awaited first career JBT title.
Five year-old Stacey Lamb, the 2010 TPC champ, was at it again, opening up the handicap division finals with a 220-195 win over James Adams. Brooke Martinez (Zach's sister) then beat Lamb 213-172. Steven Acuff then defeated Martinez 212-202 to reach the title game.
Top seed Megan LaPrell has been steadily improving, and looked great en route to earning the #1 position for the finals. However, Acuff has been in top form lately as well, and after nine frames the match was tied. Megan finished first, going 8-spare-7, and Steven's 9-spare-8 was just enough for the 218-216 win. The victory was the third of his JBT career, matching his brother Derek in that category.
Thanks to everyone at Cliff Castle for another great job hosting our Tour. Over $1,500 in scholarships were awarded to bowlers of all averages age 21 and under. Want in on the fun? Come on out to the next JBT event, it's as simple as that!
| Cliff Castle- final results and optional scholarship winners | |||
| 9/4/2010 | |||
| Arizona Conference | |||
| Scratch Division | |||
| rank | name | prize | |
| 1 | Zach Martinez | $200 | |
| 2 | Brian Weyrauch | $125 | |
| 3 | Kyle King | $60 | |
| 4 | Tyler Shipman | $75 | |
| 5 | Labriel Leach | $40 | |
| 6 | Antony Tripi | ||
| 7 | Kyle Karpovich | $15 | |
| 8 | Nick Lee | $55 | |
| 9 | Sam Amaral | ||
| 10 | Rane Lacona | ||
| 11 | JD Sweet | ||
| 12 | Rebeca Reguero | $5 | |
| 13 | Riley Dempsey | ||
| 14 | Derek Acuff | ||
| 15 | Mike Kremer | ||
| 16 | Deven Johnston | ||
| 17 | Justin Givler | ||
| 18 | Travis Johnson | ||
| 19 | 100% Cotten | ||
| 20 | Mark Curtis | ||
| 21 | Joe Lewandowski | ||
| Handicap Division | |||
| rank | name | prize | |
| 1 | Steven Acuff | $200 | |
| 2 | Megan LaPrell | $145 | |
| 3 | Brooke Martinez | $120 | |
| 4 | Stacey Lamb | $75 | |
| 5 | James Adams | $50 | |
| 6 | Josue Chavez | $55 | |
| 7 | Duane Browning | $30 | |
| 8 | Taylor King | $140 | |
| 9 | Elyi Stocks | ||
| 10 | Danny Varholdt | ||
| 11 | Stephen Haanpaa | ||
| 12 | Amanda Ailport | $45 | |
| 13 | Marina Stever | ||
| 14 | Savannah Carr | $45 | |
| 15 | KJ Martinez | ||
| 16 | Valry Swaim | ||
| 17 | Derek Iozzio | ||
| 18 | Brandon Ely | ||
| 19 | Madison Murdock | ||
| 20 | Alex Pellegrino | $30 | |
| 21 | Alexis Atkin | $15 | |
| 22 | Megan Carlson | $20 | |
| 23 | Sandy Truman | $5 | |
| 24 | Ryan Zent | ||
| 25 | Brock Hargrove | ||
| 26 | Caila Macias | ||
| 27 | Cortez Schenck | ||
| 28 | Nick Skalicky | ||
| 29 | Brittany Kolatzny | ||
| 30 | Brandon Engers | ||
| 31 | Jordan Bell | ||
| 32 | Jakob DiGiacomo | $5 | |
| 33 | Mackenzie Butler | ||
| 34 | Kayla Goad | ||
| 35 | Kristen Lee | ||
| 36 | Kyle Thompson | $30 | |
| 37 | AJ Estes | ||
| 38 | Courtney Piazza | ||
| 39 | Lindsey Ailport | ||
| 40 | Bethany Baker | ||
| 41 | Jasmin Martinez | ||
| 42 | Jake Childers | ||
| 43 | Stanford Bunce | ||
| 44 | Danny Gary | ||
| 45 | Maura Swaim | ||
| 46 | Connor DePau | ||
| Scratch High Games: | |||
| Karpovich 299 | |||
| Reguero 264 | |||
| Z Martinez 257 | |||
| Z Martinez 248 | |||
| B Weyrauch 248 | |||
| Handicap High Games: | |||
| Stever 285 | |||
| J Adams 281 | |||
| B Ely 280 | |||
| Haanpaa 279 | |||
| T King 278 | |||
| Round Leaders (5 pts. Each) | |||
| Scratch | Handicap | ||
| Tripi | J Adams | ||
| Z Martinez | Iozzio | ||
| Z Martinez | B Ely | ||
| Z Martinez | S Acuff | ||
| Z Martinez | S Acuff | ||
| B Weyrauch | S Acuff | ||
| Z Martinez | LaPrell | ||
| B Weyrauch | LaPrell | ||
| High Female: | |||
| A Ailport -10 | |||
| Reguero -12 | |||
| B Martinez -49 | |||
| Stever -65 | |||
| Carr -77 | |||
| TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $1,585 | |||