BRC TRI-CITY

champs Cortez Schenck & Elijah Melchor

        Cortez Schenck reached yet another milestone, while Elijah Melchor tasted victory for the first time, in exciting Arizona Conference JBT action at Brunswick Tri-City Bowl.

        Eight scratch bowlers advanced to the pick-your-poison matchplay rounds, where higher seeds choose who they want to bowl in 2-game pinfall matches.  Top seed Schenck cruised by Keith Fung 439-379, #2 seed Jakob Butturff got by Sean Trzaskowski 451-337, Ben Canfield edged Derek Acuff 431-407, and Bryan Van Sickle upset Dallas Leong 404-381.

        Down to single game semifinal matches, Schenck beat Van Sickle 205-171, and Butturff stopped Canfield 212-158, setting up a title match between the two most decorated active JBT bowlers.  In that match, Schenck had the better look, and his 216-171 win earned him the 40th title of his JBT career, only the third bowler to reach that lofty level, and only two wins behind #2 all-time Steven Black.   

        In the handicap division, Joseph Metzer earned the top seed, and picked his poison well, defeating Dante Rohe 393-336 in the round of 16.   He had no trouble in the next round either, beating Kyle Ponzo 441-360.  Down to single game semifinal matches, Metzer edged Anastasia Hurley 173-168, while in the other match, newcomer Elijah Melchor got past veteran Marguerite Evans 197-184 to advance to face Joseph for the title.

       Melchor saved his high game of the tournament for the title match, stopping Metzer's roll 225-186, earning Elijah the first title of his JBT career.

        Rachel Francone won her first Women's Series title of her career, defeating Gillian Coyle 167-144 for the first of three wins she needs to qualify for the Girls TPC next summer.

        Big thanks to Maggie and the staff at Tri-City for a great job hosting us in their beautifully remodeled center.  Want in on all the fun and action?  Just check out our schedule and come on down, that's all you have to do!