CLIFF CASTLE CASINO

champs Cortez Schenck & Phillip Sauve; U17 winner Cristian Roque & Girls Scratch winner Destiny Johnson

        Two veterans added JBT titles to their collections in exciting Arizona Conference action at Shake Rattle and Bowl at Cliff Castle Casino.

        Bowlers competed in matchplay after qualifying, and in both rounds were limited to only two balls, placing a premium on physical adjustments.  In the scratch division, Nick Devlin claimed the top seed, and then squeezed by Josh Demick and Harley Sweigart to make the finals.  On the other side of the bracket, Cortez Schenck got past fellow Arizonans Cristian Roque and Keith Fung to advance against Mick for the title.

        A close title match was decided in the tenth frame, when Devlin left a brutal 4-9, allowing Schenck to cruise to the title, his 87th in his JBT career.

        CJ Todeschi was impressive in leading the handicap division of the event, but matchplay can turn things quickly, and he lost to Clifford Robbins in the round of 8.  Phillip Sauve then stopped Robbins to reach another title match.  Christian Caron needed a mark to move on against Sauve for the title, but a big split put a crushing stop to that, and Destiny Johnson benefited from Caron's catastrophe to advance to face Sauve.

        Both finalists were 4-time JBT champs, and it's rare that winners of that caliber face each other in the handicap division.  In a good battle, Sauve emerged with the win, and the 5th title of his JBT career.

     Johnson was consoled with the day's Girls Scratch win, beating Amelia Mosley for that honor.  Cristian Roque earned the day's U17 win with a convincing victory over Nathan Nguyen.

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

Cliff Castle- final results and scholarship winners
3/12/2017    
     
  Scratch Division  
rank bowler prize
1 Cortez Schenck $274
2 Nick Devlin $181
3 Harley Sweigart $75
4 Keith Fung $50
5 Kyle Duster $30
6 Cristian Roque  
7 Christian Apolonio  
8 Josh Demick  
9 Nathan Nguyen  
10 Austin Muldoon  
11 Justin Song  
12 Josh Fearing  
13 Carson Opela  
14 Max Polhill  
15 Chris Ortega  
16 Dante Rohe $10
17 Catelyn Croutch  
18 Justin Lawrence  
19 Rashaad Jordan  
     
  Handicap Division  
1 Phillip Sauve $214
2 Destiny Johnson $100
3 Christian Caron $70
4 Clifford Robbins $40
5 CJ Todeschi $80
6 Jacob Soulierre $55
7 Mark Sauve $30
8 Jennifer Peterson  
9 Kyle Perry $5
10 Amelia Mosley $44
11 Sarah Halligan  
12 Kyle Lawrence $15
13 Abby Franklin  
14 Elijah Melchor  
15 Raymond Gaiser  
16 Alex Seng  
17 Ryan Perry  
18 Bella Flowers  
19 Andrew Thomas  
20 Landon Theobald  
21 Tyler Hedges  
22 Shawn Seng Jr  
23 William Robbins  
24 Kevin Lu  
25 Ryan Zent  
26 Justin Worthington  
27 Reagan Russ  
28 Darren Fletcher  
29 Silas Phillips  
30 Zakery Koterman  
31 Sebastian Polhill  
32 Justus Wright  
     
  Qualifying Leaders  
  Scratch  Handicap
1 Devlin +136 Todeschi +112
2 Duster +89 Soulliere +105
3 Roque +88 M Sauve +67
     
  High Games  
  Scratch Handicap
1 Fung 289 Soulliere 268
2 Sweigart 279 Soulliere 254
3 Devlin 256 C Robbins 243
4 Sweigart 255 M Sauve 243
5 Fearing 249 K Perry 243
     
  Girls Scratch side event  
1 Mosley -121  
2 Johnson -129*  
3 J Peterson -158  
4 Croutch -161  
5 Franklin -186  
     
  U-17 scratch side event  
1 Roque +88*  
2 Nguyen even  
3 Todeschi -23  
4 Caron -75  
5 A Seng -143  
     
     
  Round Leaders  
  Scratch Handicap
1 Fung Soulliere
2 Roque K Perry
3 Sweigart Todeschi
4 Devlin Todeschi
5 Devlin Todeschi
     
TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $1,273