TECH CITY BOWL
champs Marshall Kent & Kyle Nichols
Marshall Kent reasserted his dominance in scratch before leaving the Northwest, while rookie Kyle Nichols made a perfect debut in handicap, in exciting action at Kirkland's Tech City Bowl to open the 16th season of JBT competition.
Jeremy Witt opened the scratch division stepladder finals with a 199-161 win over Patrick Hickok. Alex Earle then edged Witt 185-182 when Jeremy missed a 10-pin in the tenth frame. Courtney Couch then showed she can hang with the guys just fine by beating Earle 208-154 to advance to the title match.
Top seed Kent pretty much lapped the field in what turned out to be a surprisingly demanding lane condition, but he found himself in a tight contest against Couch, and after nine frames they were all tied up. Marshall went 9-spare-strike in the tenth, forcing at least the same from Courtney. Unfortunately for Couch her first shot went high and got eight, giving Marshall the 188-184 win, and the eleventh title of his outstanding JBT career. Courtney was already a winner on the day, though, having beaten Danaka Heekin 167-148 in the Impact Bowling Women's Series title match, giving her the early lead for Pac NW female Bowler of the Year.
Becky Davidson began a climb up the handicap division stepladder with a 203-185 win over Samantha Smart. Becky then defeated her good friend Kelsey Abrahamsen 192-180. Toby Shepherd then stopped Davidson's run 191-177, advancing him to the championship game.
Top seed Nichols was the last man in the cut, then caught fire in the semis, charging all the way to the top seed. After Toby finished at 175, Kyle needed a 20-fill to win. He went ten better, striking out for the 186-175 win and the first title of his JBT career,
Thanks to the crew at Tech City for a great job hosting our Tour for the first time. Over $1,300 in scholarships were awarded to bowlers of all ages and averages. Want in on the fun? Check out our great schedule of events and come on out to the next JBT event!
| Tech City Bowl- final results and optional scholarship winners | |||
| 8/27/2011 | |||
| Scratch Division | |||
| rank | name | prize | |
| 1 | Marshall Kent | $275 | |
| 2 | Courtney Couch | $100 | |
| 3 | Alex Earle | $70 | |
| 4 | Jeremy Witt | $75 | |
| 5 | Patrick Hickok | $50 | |
| 6 | Thomas Nute | $30 | |
| 7 | Luke Jordan | $35 | |
| 8 | Evan Pendergraft | $20 | |
| 9 | Eddy Smith | ||
| 10 | Josh Mullen | $5 | |
| 11 | Brian Monnette | ||
| 12 | Jesse Covington | ||
| 13 | Kevin Tindell | ||
| 14 | Anthony Douglas | ||
| 15 | Cody Pike | ||
| 16 | Michael Paulson | ||
| 17 | Nick Bachteler | ||
| 18 | Tyler Stickler | ||
| 19 | Tyler Boe | $120 | |
| 20 | Kyler Crevier | ||
| 21 | Connor Jackley | ||
| 22 | Danaka Heekin | ||
| 23 | Brandon Dunson | ||
| 24 | Jacob Miller | ||
| 25 | Correen Lieber | ||
| 26 | Cortez Schenck | ||
| 27 | Tyler Satter | ||
| 28 | Tristan Curtis | ||
| 29 | Robby Davidson | ||
| 30 | Travis Smart | ||
| 31 | Carlton Johnson | ||
| 32 | Tessa Friason | ||
| 33 | Zach Hemming | ||
| 34 | Catherine Rawsthorne | ||
| 35 | Ricky Leighton | ||
| 36 | Caleb Hathaway | ||
| 37 | Quinton Miller | ||
| 38 | Sean Chesterfield | ||
| 39 | Alan Vancleeve | ||
| 40 | Ben Martin | ||
| 41 | Donnie Whipple | ||
| 42 | John Jordan | ||
| Handicap Division | |||
| rank | name | prize | |
| 1 | Kyle Nichols | $200 | |
| 2 | Toby Shepherd | $100 | |
| 3 | Becky Davidson | $30 | |
| 4 | Kelsey Abrahamsen | $50 | |
| 5 | Samantha Smart | $20 | |
| 5 | Kjerstin Richards | ||
| 7 | Tylor Hale | ||
| 8 | Max Polhill | $30 | |
| 9 | Andy Herrmann | $60 | |
| 10 | Samm Cosby | ||
| 11 | Nicole Stickler | ||
| 12 | Nicole Egan | ||
| 13 | Candice Orm | $15 | |
| 14 | Zoe Mahn | $15 | |
| 15 | Aaron Althoff | ||
| 16 | Kara Lieber | ||
| 17 | Brett Scott Jr | ||
| 18 | Jordan Heard | ||
| 19 | David Scott | ||
| 20 | Connor Gracia | ||
| 21 | Sebastian Polhill | ||
| 22 | Andre Calipes | ||
| 23 | Hannah Abney | ||
| 24 | Bri Hemming | $15 | |
| 25 | Jacob Mullen | $5 | |
| 26 | Katie Elliott | ||
| 27 | Mitchell Barber | ||
| 28 | Sam Tse | ||
| 29 | Jamilah Ousley | ||
| 30 | Kyle Hays | $15 | |
| 31 | Sean Abrahamsen | ||
| Scratch High Games | |||
| Witt 258 | |||
| Kent 258 | |||
| Earle 255 | |||
| Covington 246 | |||
| A Douglas 243 | |||
| Handicap High Games | |||
| Althofff 271 | |||
| K Lieber 259 | |||
| Davidson 237 | |||
| Hale 235 | |||
| K Richards 233 | |||
| Round Leaders | |||
| Scratch | Handicap | ||
| A Douglas | Shepherd | ||
| A Douglas | Hale | ||
| Pendergraft | Hale | ||
| Pendergraft | Hale | ||
| Kent | Herrmann | ||
| Kent | Herrmann | ||
| Kent | Shepherd | ||
| Kent | Nichols | ||
| Women's Series | |||
| Couch -49* | |||
| Heekin -116 | |||
| Richards -118 | |||
| Lieber -137 | |||
| Smart -165 | |||
| TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $1,305 | |||