KEARNY MESA BOWL

champs Marco Flores & Yael Salama with Richard Paul III, Sterling Lopez & Brandon Lim; Girls winner Avery Domaguin

         Marco Flores and Yael Salama each earned their first JBT titles in exciting JBT Southern California Conference action at Kearny Mesa Bowl in San Diego.

        Bowlers were challenged by a tricky short pattern that kept scores low most of the day, but the top scratch bowlers really started to figure it out towards the end, as the last few 'super survivors' really showed their talents.  In the scratch division quarterfinal, Marco Flores rolled the second highest game of the event, a 276, and Solomon Salama was right behind with 252, joining qualifying leader Richard Paul, who "only" had 222 to form the final three.  In that match, Flores blasted 256 and Richard fired 246, leaving Salama in third with 196.   In the finale, it was Flores, untested in JBT title matches, sparing in the tenth to beat Paul, a northern California star with Team USA experience, 191-182, to earn his first career JBT title in style!

         The handicap division was also eventually whittled down to three bowlers, and in that match, Sterling Lopez (247) and Solomon's sister Yael (226) advanced over Brian Lim (213) to set up the finale.  In the title game, Lopez struggled a bit, while Yael finished with a flourish, doubling in the ninth and tenth for a 223-178 win over Lopez for her first career JBT title.  If she keeps this up, they may start referring to Solomon as "Yael's brother" instead of the reverse!

        The last thing Richard and Solomon wanted to do after their tough losses may have been to bowl again, but they put on a great show anyway in the U17 finale, with RPIII escaping 239-235, which also marked the first time Solomon has ever lost a U17 title match!  In the Priority Girls scratch division, 10 year-old talent Avery Domaguin broke through with a 224-146 win over Ashley Wilcox for the first of what may be many girls scratch wins.

        Huge thanks to MSC, Priority Girl, and Ebonite for significant contributions to the day's prize fund that help make So Cal JBT the place to be!  Want in on all we have to offer?  Just check out our schedule and come on down, that's all you have to do!  

Kearny Mesa- final results and scholarship winners
11/4/2017    
     
  Scratch Division  
rank bowler prize
1 Marco Flores $300
2 Richard Paul III $249
3 Solomon Salama $125
4 Kyle Andrews $100
5 Kevin Banaag $80
6 Trevyr Geronimo $60
7 Miguel Meraz $50
8 Israel Ramirez  
9 Michael Loera  
10 Marc Villalobos  
11 Garrett Lee  
12 Harley Sweigart $30
13 Axel Barajas  
14 Jacob Camacho  
15 Anthony Schanen  
16 Trevor Thompson  
17 Ryan Perry  
18 Matt Chesnut  
19 Brandon Millan  
20 Ian Versaggi  
21 Phillip Sauve  
22 Gael Egana  
23 Zack Long  
24 Matthew Carpenter $5
25 Austin Sugarman  
26 Kennison Andrews  
27 Kirk Chui  
28 Marco Lerma  
29 Marquan Rivers  
30 Ryan Howiseon $30
31 Tim Hill  
32 Alberto Bernal  
33 Ryan Lee  
34 Renee Gentry  
35 Jacey Opiana  
     
     
  Handicap Division  
1 Yael Salama $250
2 Sterling Lopez $150
3 Brandon Lim $125
4 Aleah Smith $100
5 William Robbins $80
6 Secilia Kalvelage $60
7 Jared Gutgesell $50
8 Braeden Phillips $40
9 Dawson Reese $75
10 Ashley Wilcox $25
11 Amanda Hanson $28
12 Manuel Aaron Gonzalez  
13 Dillon O'Neil  
14 Maheleah Potter  
15 Hillari Hampton $23
16 Avery Domaguin $94
17 Mark Sauve  
18 Clifford Robbins  
19 Kara Templin $30
20 Tyler Bodenhamer  
21 Lexi Cassman  
22 Justin Phillips Jr  
23 Kyle Perry  
24 Allison Azvedo  
25 Katie Kipler  
26 Jaclyn Azvedo  
27 Yairi Lubag  
28 James McGough  
29 Joshua Abigania  
30 Andrea Martinez  
31 Kason Xayavong  
32 Elias O'Hollaren  
33 Aislinn Lubag $15
34 Riley Christy  
35 Cameron Criss  
36 Katelyn Abigania  
37 Patrick Sablan  
38 Brian Erickson  
39 Kaitlynn Yukihiro  
40 Brandon Criss  
41 Gage Baker $5
42 Erik Hagen  
43 Shane Howard  
44 Emily Cheesman  
45 Zach Greim  
46 Silas Phillips  
47 Caleb Rothstein  
48 Simon Ortega  
49 Lindsay Greim  
50 Chris Hill  
     
  High Games  
  Scratch Handicap
  Paul 279 O'Neil 236
  Flores 276 J Phillips 234
  Paul 258 B Phillips 233
  Flores 256 Lim 233
  Salama 252 Wilcox 233
     
  High Female  
1 Domaguin -107*  
2 Wilcox -173  
3 Martinez -195  
4 Kalvelage -200  
5 A Azvedo -218  
     
  Qualifying Leaders  
  Scratch Handicap
1 Paul +97 Lopez +45
2 Salama +80 O'Neil +37
3 Meraz +28 Domaguin +23
     
  U-17  
1 Paul +97*  
2 Salama +80  
3 Meraz +28  
4 Flores -34  
5 Reese -48  
     
  Round Leaders  
  Scratch Handicap
1 Paul W Robbins
2 Paul W Robbins
3 Paul W Robbins
4 Paul Lopez
5 Paul Lopez
     
  Total Awarded This Event: $2,279