Kearny Mesa Bowl

champs Ben Canfield & Gael Egana

        Ben Canfield completed a dream weekend, while 9 year-old Gael Egana tasted victory for the first time, in exciting JBT Southern California Conference action hosted by Kearny Mesa Bowl in San Diego.

        Our new and very exciting 'super-survivor' format was used for this event, where after qualifying the lowest game plus the two lowest overall pinfall totals are eliminated, game by game, until only one bowler remains.  In the handicap division, twelve survivors were quickly whittled down to three.  In the resulting three-way match, Anthony Dang remained red-hot, firing a 288 game (with pins) to advance.  Egana's 238 was also enough to move on, while newcomer Brian Schwedock bowed out in third with a fine 202 effort.

        Dang was trying for the third time in eight days to win a JBT title, but unfortunately for him the third time proved not to be the charm, as Egana showed no signs of intimidation in the tense environment, jumping to an early lead and cruising at the end for a 228-209 win, and the first title of his JBT career.

        In the scratch division, eighteen survivors were carved down to six, and in a very dramatic round, Cameron Smith was eliminated by low game with a 151.  It then came down to the tenth frame, and in the end Riley Dempsey (+110) and Kyle Duster (+114) were eliminated on total pinfall, while Joe Lewandowski fired a 234 to get to +137 and stay alive.

        In the ensuing round of three, Jakob Butturff, the overall pinfall leader, survived with 225, and Ben Canfield, the previous day's runner up, survived with 193, leaving Lewandowski in third with a 185 final game.

        Canfield was eager for revenge from the previous day's title match, but was stuck facing one of the Tour's hottest bowlers in Butturff.  Jakob led for most of the game, until a disastrous ninth frame washout gave Ben the opening he needed to come up with the 234-209 win and the fourth title of his JBT career.  It completed a dream weekend for him with a 299, a win, a second place finish, and of course the $1,000 PowerBowl windfall on Saturday.

        Brittany Kolatzny and Ashley Dunn played for the Impact Bowling Women's Series title for the second straight time, which could be a common occurrence between these two.  This time, even though Dunn qualified first by two pins, it was Brittany winning the match for the second straight day, already giving her 2 of the 3 wins she needs to qualify for the 2013 Girls TPC next summer.

        Thanks as always to the whole crew at Kearny for hosting our Tour.  Want in on fun and excitement you just can't get anywhere else?  Check out or schedule and come to the next JBT event, that's all you have to do!

Kearny Mesa Bowl- final results and scholarship winners
9/9/2012    
     
  Scratch Division  
rank bowler

prize

1 Ben Canfield $200
2 Jakob Butturff $130
3 Joe Lewandowski $80
4 Kyle Duster $30
5 Riley Dempsey $65
6 Cameron Smith $10
7 Steven Manier  
8 Cortez Schenck $75
9 Luke Holley $15
10 Bobby Hornacek  
11 Justin Sims  
12 Parker Brooks  
13 Chris Valenzuela  
14 Jerome Jordan Jr $30
15 Brandon Wanders  
16 Derek Acuff  
17 Jacob Camacho  
18 Isaiah Cleveland  
19 Wesley Low  
20 Oscar Chan $30
21 Aaron Yamamoto  
22 Frank Aldrete $15
23 Ashley Dun  
24 Brittany Kolatzny  
25 Kirk Chui  
26 Steven Acuff  
27 Chelsea Houston  
28 Austin Thompson $15
29 Matt Zweig  
30 Daniel Lopez  
31 Harley Sweigart  
32 Rance Dvorak  
     
  Handicap Division  
1 Gael Egana $200
2 Anthony Dang $100
3 Brian Schwedock $55
4 Alexis Atkin $30
5 Trenton Romleski $25
6 Megan Carlson $45
7 Kennison Andrews $10
8 Kyle Andrews $65
9 Ricardo Mendoza  
10 Nick Condon $15
11 Michael Ma  
12 Kylie Shishima $45
13 Kyli Selley $15
14 Nick Daniels  
15 Marguerite Evans $75
16 Shauna Schultz  
17 Austin Hopkins  
18 Trevor Thompson $30
19 Glenn Alan Teal  
20 Leah Zweig  
21 James McGough  
22 Samantha Potter  
23 Greg Adler  
     
  High Games  
  Scratch Handicap
1 Hornacek 279 Dang 288
2 Canfield 269 Dang 258
3 Chui 264 Dang 246
4 Smith Ken Andrews 242
5 Dempsey, Hornacek 258 Carlson 238
     
  High Female  
1 Dunn -105  
2 Kolatzny -107*  
3 Atkin -118  
4 Carlson -124  
5 Houston -144  
     
  Round Leaders  
  Scratch Handicap
1 Dempsey Dang
2 Lewandowski Dang
3 Lewandowski Dang
4 Butturff Dang
5 Butturff Oh Dang!
     
TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $1,405