2016 JBT TOURING PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP

champs Cortez Schenck, Adel Wahner, and Evan Smith

The two dominant bowlers of the season put exclamation points on their 2015-16 campaigns, while a rookie broke through for her first win in a big way, at the 2016 JBT Touring Players Championship, hosted by Strike Zone in Henderson, NV.

Bowlers competed in 10 qualifying games on two challenging lane patterns, five semifinal games on a third pattern, and eight quarterfinal matches on a fourth to get to the stepladder finals, a true test of versatility and endurance both mental and physical. In the opening match of a star-studded scratch division finals, Pac NW Conference Bowler of the Year Ryan Nikolas ended two-time defending champion Dallas Leong's bid for a three-peat, defeating him 238-214. Wesley Low, runner-up at the TPC last year, then wowed the crowd with a huge 298 game to eliminate Nikolas, who had a fine 224 effort.

That set up a dream match between once and future Wichita State stars Low and top seed Cortez Schenck. Cortez blistered the tricky semifinal pattern to leap from the 8th spot to the top, and did not let up in the title match, while Low faltered a bit on the left hand lane. The end result was a 246-212 win for Schenck, the $2,000 top prize, and the extension of his records for most titles in a season (25) and career (an incredible 79).

NM-TX Bowler of the Year Donius Jeffries II began the handicap division finals with a 234-222 victory of So Cal all-star team member Jeff Rodda. Pac NW Rookie of the Year Evan Smith then beat Jeffries 218-181 to advance to her first ever singles title match.

Leah Zweig grabbed the top seed away from Smith late in the semifinal block, but both girls were unable to get dialed in on the championship pair under major title match pressure. However, it was Evan who filled the frames the best, resulting in a 207-184 win, her first career JBT title, and the $2,000 top scholarship prize. Her win marks not only the second TPC win in a row by a Pac NW girl, but the second in a row by a bowler with West Seattle Bowl as their home house, with Zoe Mahn having won the event last year!

The Girls TPC stepladder featured three of the JBT's best female talents. In an all-Pac NW semifinal, Kelsey Abrahamsen squeaked past AJ Schock 166-162 to advance to the title match against top seed NM wunderkind Adel Wahner. Adel has had an unprecedented season, and took it one step further with a 189-157 title match win, good for the $400 top scholarship prize, and 14th girls win of her incredible season.

A fun-filled evening at the annual Celebration Dinner was again a highlight of the JBT year, as our incredible title sponsor Ebonite gave out some of the newest Ebonite balls to highlight hundreds of dollars of door prizes, and a great time was had by all.

Thanks to Strike Zone and Sunset Station for a great hosting job, all of our sponsors and volunteers for making TPC possible, and everyone who attended. 77 of the 157 bowlers who entered shared in the $18,731 in scholarships awarded- WOW!

Make sure to start planning your road to the 2017 TPC- don't miss any JBT events when the new season starts in late August!

Touring Players Championship- final results
7/10/2016

	Scratch Division
rank	bowler	PRIZE ($)	TPC	brackets	top dawg	powerb	deca	2nd ch	elite	girls	sweeper
1	Schenck, Cortez	$2,308	2000	58							250
2	Low, Wesley	1324	1000	324
3	Nikolas, Ryan	603	500	13	50		40
4	Leong, Dallas	990	400	180	100		60				250
5	Devlin, Nick	813	300	43	200				270
6	Duster, Kyle	220	200				20
7	Tuholski, Chris	210	175	15							20
8	Sweigart, Harley	520	150	15							355
9	Acuff, Derek	155	125						30
10	Cardines, Cerell	130	100						30
11	Grondin, Joe	100	100
12	Rock, TJ	115	100	15
13	Herrmann, Andy	55		15							40
14	Hatchett, Eric
15	McNeal, Tommie
16	Colyer, Paul
17	Koff, Donovan
18	Ortega, Angel	10							10
19	Wojciechowski, Zach	15		15
20	Guba, Andrew
21	Leggett, Johnny
22	Torres, Sergio	20									20
23	Gerencser, Joe	50		30							20
24	Fung, Keith
25	Boe, Tyler	125				10					115
26	Wahner, Adel	438		28					10	400
27	Reed, Kyle	175									175
28	Crowell, Kolby
29	Opela, Carson	75			75
30	Martinez, Noah
31	Wanders, Brandon	80									80
32	Schock, AJ	100								100
33	Harvey, Brad
34	Polhill, Max
35	Hogstrom, Tyler
36	Roque, Cristian
37	Schanen, Anthony
38	Vargas, Bree
39	Shishima, Kylie
40	Peyton, Jamison
41	Jennings, Jerry	100									100
42	Demick, Josh
43	Walker, Jerod	40			40
44	Balistreri, Joey
45	Long, Zack	80									80
46	Andrews, Kyle
47	Abrahamsen, Kelsey	400						200		200
48	Andrews, Kennison
49	Ortega, Chris	20						20
50	Harvey, Zach	30						30
51	Childs, Hayden	50						50
52	Romero, Vanessa
53	DeFazio, Ryan
54	Apolonio, Christian
55	Acuff, Steven	100						100
56	Berry, Taylor
57	Seawright, Jonah


	Handicap Division
rank	bowler	PRIZE ($)	TPC	brackets	top dawg	powerb	deca	2nd ch	elite	girls	sweepers
1	Smith, Evan	$2,155	2000	135							20
2	Zweig, Leah	1070	1000								70
3	Jeffries, Donius	500	500
4	Rodda, Jeff	420	400						20
5	Hall, Daniel	703	300	58	100	5	30				210
6	Johnson, Destiny	260	200	60
7	Rothstein, Caleb	175	175
8	Galland, Ryan	150	150
9	Robbins, William	125	125
10	Conti, Samantha	190	100	90
11	Hackney, Justin	195	100			5					90
12	Edwards, Payton	110	100						10
13	Wilcox, Ashley
14	Pimentel, Ryland
15	Sasaki, Zian
16	Greim, Zach	120			80		40
17	Kalvelage, Secilia										20
18	Bland, Brittany	60									60
19	Phillips, Silas	70									70
20	Sauve, Mark	60		30							30
21	Cdebaca, Toby	15		15
22	Hill, Tim	270							270
23	Hopkins, Brendan	180									180
24	Alo, Daryus
25	Gilbert, Kyle	15		15
26	Zent, Ryan	45		45
27	Herson, Josie	13		13
28	Herson, Taylor
29	Polhill, Sebastian	100							10		90
30	Villalobos, Marc
31	Sauve, Phillip	120					20				100
32	Domaguin, Avery	75		15		10			10		40
33	Yauney, Dustin
34	Hedges, Tyler	58		58
35	Davis, Bernadette
36	Todeschi, CJ
37	Freeman, Justin
38	Khong, Nolan Am
39	Haight, Derek	80		30	50
40	Durr, Maddi	60		60
41	Kolppa, Olivia	60		60
42	Adragna, Mathew
43	Evans, Marguerite
44	Robbins, Clifford
45	Franklin, Abby
46	Espiritu, Sam	68		68
47	McGough, James	15		15
48	Atkin, Amanda
49	Berg, Rachael
50	Khong, Kaylee Am	10							10
51	Hays, Zane	80		15		5	60
52	Hays, Kyle
53	Rohe, Dante	5				5
54	Melchor, Elijah	90									90
55	Jonker, Jordan
56	Phillps, Eric
57	Reese, Dawson	90						30	10		50
58	Lawrence, Justin	215		15				200
59	Lawrence. Kyle
60	Gafate, Jopfel	20									20
61	McDonnell, April	50						50
62	Cdebaca, Montana
63	Abney, Hannah
64	Peters, Bailey	158		8	50			100
65	Bergonzi, Matteo	100									100
66	Olivares, Dominic										0
67	Boyko, Bex
68	DeNune, Tyler	100			40						60
69	Garcia, Mariano	125			125
70	Bash, Madison
71	Perry, Ryan
72	Amico, Dylan
73	Nguyen, Nathan	300									300
74	Rendon, Kyle
75	Lindsey, Brendan	250			250
76	Hetmer, Kory
77	Gonzalez, Mateo
78	Bishop, Tyler	150			60			20			70
79	Childs, Holden
80	Csanyi, Rachel
	.	$18,731
	.
	Girls TPC
1	Wahner, Adel
2	Abrahamsen, Kelsey
3	Schock, AJ
4	Vargas, Bree
5	Shsihima, Kylie
6	Romero, Vanessa
7	Atkin, Amanda
8	Am-Khong, Kaylee
9	Berg, Rachael
10	Csanyi, Rachel
	.
	.
	Second Chance Scratch
1	Abrahamsen, Kelsey
2	Acuff, Steven
3	Childs, Hayden
4	Harvey, Zach
5	Ortega, Chris
6	Long, Zack
7	Aolonio, Christian
8	DeFazio, Ryan
9	Andrews, Kyle
10	Andrews, Kennison
11	Walker, Jerod
12	Romero, Vanessa
13	Berry, Taylor
	.
	.
	Second Chance Handicap
1	Lawrence, Justin
2	Peters, Bailey
3	McDonnell, April
4	Reese, Dawson
5	Bishop, Tyler
6	Bergonzi, Matteo
7	DeNune, Tyler
8	Bash, Madison
9	Amico, Dylan
10	Olivares, Dominic
11	Abney, Hannah
12	Cdebaca, Montana
13	Perry, Ryan
14	Jonker, Jordan
15	Phillips, Eric
16	Gonzalez, Mateo
17	Garcia, Mariano
18	Rendon, Kyle
19	Lawrence, Kyle
20	Hetmer, Kory
21	Boyko, Bex
22	Gafate, Jopfel
	.
	.
	Deca Game Scratch
1	Leong, Dallas	234	($60)
2	Nikolas, Ryan	233	($40)
3	Duster, Kyle	228	($20)
4	Harvey, Zach	223
5	Gerencser, Joe	213
6	Wojciechowski, Zach	212
7	Schenck, Cortez	212
8	Devlin, Nick	202
9	Low, Wesley	202
10	Andrews, Kennison	199
11	Colyer, Paul	194
12	Tuholski, Chris	187
13	Reed, Kyle	184
14	Seawright, Jonah	177
15	Sweigart, Harley	177
16	Harvey, Brad	172
17	Herrmann, Andy	170
18	Boe, Tyler	169
19	Demick, Josh	157
20	Childs, Hayden	157
21	Abrahamsen, Kelsey	154
22	Hogstrom, Tyler	140
23	Andrews, Kyle	0
24	Long, Zack	0
	.
	.
	Deca Game Handicap
1	Hays, Zane	254	($60)
2	Greim, Zach	239	($40)
3	Hall, Daniel	236	($30)
4	Sauve, Phillip	230	($20)
5	Jeffries, Donius	222
6	Hackney, Justin	214
7	Zweig, Leah	212
8	Hedges, Tyler	210
9	Sauve, Mark	208
10	Johnson, Destiny	206
11	Hopkins, Brendan	201
12	Conti, Samantha	201
13	Kolppa, Olivia	198
14	Hays, Kyle	198
15	Cdebaca, Montana	191
16	Edwards, Payton	191
17	Haight, Derek	186
18	Rendon, Kyle	185
19	Phillips, Eric	185
20	Cdebaca, Toby	180
21	Amico, Dylan	180
22	Adragna, Mathew	178
23	Gilbert, Kyle	177
24	Lawrence, Justin	177
25	Davis, Bernadette	175
26	Berg, Rachael	174
27	Gonzalez, Mateo	174
28	Zent, Ryan	161
29	Lawrence, Kyle	156
30	Villalobos, Marc	0

SCORES:

Scratch Semifinals:

	2016 JBT TPC - scratch

rank	bowler	TOTAL	gm 16	gm 17	gm 18	gm 19	gm 20	gm 21	gm 22	gm 23	TOTAL	+/-
1	Schenck, Cortez	3305	277	240	240	254	255	277	278	277	5403	803
2	Low, Wesley	3359	273	190	287	226	236	251	235	220	5277	677
3	Leong, Dallas	3394	192	213	222	235	222	271	173	253	5175	575
4	Nikolas, Ryan	3313	243	235	194	214	286	201	169	195	5050	450
5	Devlin, Nick	3552	175	173	138	245	209	145	218	172	5027	427
6	Duster, Kyle	3402	238	180	267	177	179	174	197	208	5022	422
7	Tuholski, Chris	3313	162	249	260	190	196	232	146	186	4934	334
8	Sweigart, Harley	3213	206	192	267	232	235	165	242	144	4896	296
9	Acuff, Derek	3268	170	237	204	178	201	168	203	202	4831	231
10	Cardines, Cerrell	3314	165	229	144	187	158	186	147	264	4794	194


	Scores above now include bonus pins (if any)

Handicap Semifinals:

2016 JBT TPC - handicap