WILDFIRE LANES
champs Joe Lewandowski & Justin Villa
Joe Lewandowski and Justin Villa opened the 2012 segment of the '11-12 Mojave Conference season with big wins in exciting JBT action at Henderson's Wildfire Lanes.
11-time JBT champ Zack Hattori opened the scratch division stepladder finals with a 254-188 win over Dallas Leong. Hattori then got past Dan Hansen (trying to join Washington's Dan Hanson- with an 'o- in the winner's circle this month) 246-208. Lewandowski then stopped Hattori 211-204 to advance to the title match.
Californian top seed Mark Myers used his two-handed delivery to power his way to the top seed on a high scoring day (that was even more high scoring thanks to the 'mulligan' format which allowed bowlers a strategic re-shot in key places.) Phoenix's Lewandowski had all the answers in the title match though, firing a big game in a 242-212 win to earn the title. In Joe's three JBT victories, he's now beaten 7-time champ Myers, Hattori, and all-time wins leader Kyle King- now that's earning your wins!
Justin Villa began an adventurous climb up the handicap stepladder with a 218-212 squeaker over fellow Californian Marguerite Evans. Villa then struck in the tenth to defeat Josh Liebowitz 232-218. Justin followed that up with a 221-203 win over former Invitational champ Jeremy Cardines to reach the title game.
Top seed Ian Hanuscin had a big day to lead the event, but Justin was locked in as well, and getting stronger on a pattern that catered well to his a-game. After Villa finished at 250, he could only watch as Hanuscin (also a former Invitational champ) had a chance to double in the tenth for the win. When Ian couldn't get the second hit, Justin claimed a thrilling 250-247 win, and the second title of his JBT career.
Chase Nadeau fired the only natural 300 game of the event, despite many other close calls, including a mulligan-aided 300 from Nick Pollak.
Thanks to the crew at Wildfire for a great job hosting us for the first time. Over $1,100 in scholarships were awarded to bowlers of all averages- want in on the fun? Check out our schedule at www.bowljbt.com, and come on down, it's that simple!
| Wildfire Lanes- final results and optional scholarship winners | ||
| 1/21/2012 | ||
| Scratch Division | ||
| rank | name | prize |
| 1 | Joe Lewandowski | $215 |
| 2 | Mark Myers | $110 |
| 3 | Zack Hattori | $135 |
| 4 | Dan Hansen | $115 |
| 5 | Dallas Leong | $20 |
| 6 | Chase Nadeau | |
| 7 | Jakob Butturff | |
| 8 | Jordan Ferrer | |
| 9 | Cortez Schenck | $10 |
| 10 | Gary Faulkner | |
| 11 | Cameron Smith | |
| 12 | Kyle Karpovich | |
| 13 | Nick Pollak | |
| 14 | Dayton Martin | |
| 15 | Eric Hatchett | |
| 16 | Riley Dempsey | $15 |
| 17 | Ryan Warshefski | |
| 18 | Marina Stever | |
| 19 | Matt Brazeal | |
| 20 | Curtis Lindeman | |
| 21 | Mark Caparas | |
| 22 | Isaiah Cleveland | |
| 23 | Derek Iozzio | |
| 24 | Leah Glazer | |
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25 |
Derek Acuff | |
| Handicap Division | ||
| rank | name | prize |
| 1 | Justin Villa | $200 |
| 2 | Ian Hanuscin | $175 |
| 3 | Josh Liebowitz | $60 |
| 4 | Jeremy Cardines | $30 |
| 5 | Marguerite Evans | $20 |
| 5 | Brooke Martinez | $15 |
| 7 | Jake Myers | |
| 8 | Jake Smith | |
| 9 | David Galvan | |
| 10 | Megan Carlson | $30 |
| 11 | Kyli Selley | |
| 12 | Jason Pappas | |
| 13 | TJ Rock | |
| 14 | Steven Acuff | |
| 15 | Savannah Carr | |
| 16 | Aaron Watkins | |
| 17 | Randi Speiler | |
| 18 | Alexis Atkin | |
| 19 | Cerell Cardines | |
| 20 | KJ Martinez | |
| 21 | Shelby Dempsey | |
| 22 | Joe Gerencser | |
| 23 | Matt Dragovich | |
| 24 | Douglas Csanyi | |
| 25 | Pamela Wright | |
| 26 | Tyler Meitz | |
| 27 | Shauna Schultz | |
| Scratch High Games | ||
| Pollak 300 | ||
| Nadeau 300 | ||
| Faulkner 298 | ||
| Butturff 289 | ||
| Myers 289 | ||
| Handicap High Games | ||
| Liebowitz 315 | ||
| Hanuscin 288 | ||
| Smith 285 | ||
| Cardines 278 | ||
| I Hanuscin 273 | ||
| Round Leaders | ||
| Scratch | Handicap | |
| Butturff | KJ Martinez | |
| Nadeau | Liebowitz | |
| Lewandowski | Liebowitz | |
| Nadeau | J Cardines | |
| Lewandowski | J Cardines | |
| Lewandowski | I Hanuscin | |
| Myers | I Hanuscin | |
| Myers | I Hanuscin | |
| TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $1,145 | ||