CANYON LANES

champs Cortez Schnck & Timothy Kessler, with U17 and Girls winners Richard Paul III & Kaylee Am-Khong

        Cortez Schenck finally found the winners circle again, while Timothy Kessler found it for the first time, in exciting JBT Southern California Conference action at Morongo Casino's Canyon Lanes.

        After five games on a very challenging pattern, Cortez Schenck emerged as the top seed for 'pick your poison' matchplay.  He had no problems, getting past Matt Green and Anthony Schanen to reach the title game.  Richard Paul III, the only other bowler to be plus in qualifying, got past round one, but fell to Austin Thompson in the semifinals.

        Austin and Cortez have been around JBT a long time, and in this iteration of their rivalry, Schenck came up with a 188-155 win.  It was Cortez' 85th career JBT title, but first since Best In The West since November.

        JBT veteran William Robbins led the handicap division qualifying round, aiming for his third straight JBT title, having won back to back in Tucson last week.  He came awfully close, falling to Nolan Am-Khong in the quarterfinals.  Nolan then survived a semifinal thriller against James McGough 195-194 to advance to the final.  His opponent would be Timothy Kessler, who got by Ryan Howieson in the other semifinal.  The title match was close throughout, but a missed spare from Nolan in the ninth gave Kessler a chance to mark for the win.  Timothy was up to the challenge, smashing a double to claim a 217-201win and his first career JBT title.

        Kaylee Am-Khong came up with a 190-166 win over Megan Carpenter to earn the day's Girls Scratch title, while Richard Paul defeated Ryan Howieson for the U17 crown.  Zack Long nailed a perfect 21 in our raffle game to earn a $100 scholarship bonus, and the day's large scholarship awards were due to another generous contribution from MSC, Inc- thanks again!!

        Thanks to the team at Canyon for another great job hosting our Tour.  Want in on all this fun and excitement for all ages and averages?  Just check out our schedule and come on down!