VICTOR BOWL

champs Kyle Reed & Emily Cheesman with Cerell Cardines, Allison Azvedo, and Katie Kipler

        Kyle Reed and Emily Cheesman picked up JBT titles in exciting dual So Cal - Mojave Conference action at Victorville's Victor Bowl.

        After qualifying, bowlers moved into 'pick your survivor', where higher seeds chose their pair and who they bowled against, needing to beat just one bowler on each pair to survive.  In scratch, fourteen survivors were carved down to just three, and in that semifinal match Kyle Reed (258) and Cerell Cardines (259) gave Josh Mabry (209) no chance, and they moved on to the title match.

        The finale, on the same pair, produced opposite results, as suddenly neither bowler could buy a strike.  The problem was that Cardines' spare game let him down as well, as three missed 10 pins proved costly in a 212-183 win for Reed, good for the third title of his JBT career.

        Twenty handicap survivors were whittled down to four, and in those matches, Katie Kipler beat Aislinn Lubag 225-210, and Cheesman slid past Connor Steelmon-Hill 193-164, to set up an all-ladies title game.

         Emily has been knocking on the door of a win for a while, and was finally able to break through with a 210-104 win over the veteran Kipler for her first career JBT title.

        Allison Avedo also had a heck of a day, blasting 240-250 scratch to begin the event and take a big lead.  Though she bowed out in fifth in the handicap division, she swept the subdivisions, winning Prioirity Girls Scratch 213-139 over Kaylee Am-Khong, and beating Solmon Salama 221-184 to take the U17 crown as well.

        Andrew Guba had the individual highlight of the day when he fired a 300 in matchplay, the first of his career and good for a $500 scholarship windfall courtesy of MSC and their rolling So Cal 300 jackpot!  

        Big thanks to the team at Victor for hosting us!  Want in on all this fun?  Just check out our schedule and come on down!