SAM'S TOWN

champs Cortez Schenck & Sam Espiritu

        Cortez Schenck and Sam Espiritu reached milestones of very different types, claiming titles in JBT Mojave Conference action at Sam's Town in Las Vegas.

        Nick Pollak began the scratch division stepladder finals with a 199-164 win over Russ Oviatt.  Schenck then stopped Pollak 193-169, and followed with a 204-143 win over Dallas Leong to move on to the title match.

        Top seed Harley Sweigart continued his hot run by leading the event here, and was looking to win a fourth title in a row.  He's gone through Cortez on his way to a few of them, but it was Schenck's turn for revenge this time, as he won the match 213-184 for the win.  It's the 60th of his JBT career, joining Kyle King as the only two bowlers to ever reach that auspicious milestone.

        Daryus Alo snuck into the handicap finals, then began a run up the ladder with a 211-188 win over Kelley Johnson.  Alo then got exactly the 17 pins he needed in the tenth (going gutter-spare-7 to do it) for a 211-210 win against first time finalist Dominic Olivares.  Espiritu then stopped Alo 228-196 to move on to the title match.

        Lexi Cassman led the first game of the tournament and the last round of the semifinals to earn the top seed, but could not maintain the momentum against Espiritu, who gave her little chance with a big opening string.  Sam won the game 247-201 to finally earn his first career JBT title- after all, it is his town.

        Kaylee Am-Khong won her first women's series title with a 168-149 win over top seed Rachael Berg.

        The biggest thrill of the day for anyone not named Sam or Schenck was Jopfel Gafate not only drawing the ace of spades in PowerBowl, but getting all the way to the $5,000 shot, the first bowler to do so.  He came oh so close, but got only 3 pins on the last ball instead of 5, earning the most exciting $50 we may ever have seen.

        Thanks as always to the team at Sam's Town for  a great job hosting us.  Want in on all the fun?  Just check out our schedule and come on down, that's all you have to do!

Sam's Town- final results and scholarship winners
11/7/2015    
     
  Scratch Division  
rank bowler prize
1 Cortez Schenck $200
2 Harley Sweigart $115
3 Dallas Leong $93
4 Nick Pollak $40
5 Russ Oviatt $30
6 Cerell Cardines $10
7 KJ Martinez $95
8 Jake Hilton  
9 Jamison Peyton  
10 Zack Long  
11 Tyler Boe $50
12 Kyle Reed  
13 Kirk CHui  
14 Joe Gerencser  
15 Nick Devlin $15
16 Sergio Torres  
17 Teagan Smale $29
18 Paul Colyer  
19 Eric Hatchett  
20 Cristian Roque  
21 Matt Zweig  
22 David Galvan  
23 Matt Green  
24 Kaylee Am-Khong  
25 Nolan Am-Khong  
26 Chris Tucker  
27 Jerod Walker  
     
  Handicap Division  
1 Sam Espiritu $272
2 Lexi Cassman $100
3 Daryus Alo $75
4 Dominic Olivares $60
5 Kelley Johnson $50
6 Rachael Berg $40
7 Jopfel Gafate $95
8 Mathew Adragna  
9 Elijah Lomotan  
10 Devyn Patalina  
11 Dylan Amico  
12 Tyler Hedges  
13 April McDonnell  
14 Kyle Gilbert  
15 Katie Kipler $14
16 Morgan Peacha $30
17 Nicole Baranowski $14
18 Matt Baker  
19 Marguerite Evans  
20 Dante Rohe $15
21 Justin Freeman  
22 Silas Phillips  
23 Phillip Sauve  
24 Krystal Amico  
25 Dee Handley  
26 Crystalene Pineda  
27 Josh Weber  
28 Jacob Childress  
29 Amanda Atkin  
30 Dillon O'Neil  
31 Brendan Lindsey  
32 Kyle Wilson  
33 Samantha Conti  
34 Max Hieble  
35 Mason Snow $5
36 Katie Cox  
37 Elijah Melchor  
38 Kyle Rendon  
     
  High Games  
  Scratch Handicap
1 Leong 258 Lindsey 269
2 Hilton 254 Olivares 259
3 Schenck 252 Alo 252
4 Sweigart 247 Johnson 252
5 Sweigart 244 Berg 252
     
  High Female  
1 Berg -143  
2 Khong -202  
3 Atkin -203  
4 Peacha -220  
5 Cassman -238  
     
  Round Leaders  
  Scratch Handicap
1 Hilton Cassman
2 Leong Alo
3 Sweigart Alo
4 Leong Espiritu
5 Leong Espiritu
6 Leong Olivares
7 Schenck Espiritu
8 Sweigart Cassman
     
  Total Awarded This Event: $1,388