WINNETKA BOWL

champs Solomon Salama & Brandon Criss with Ryan Lee and DJ Soperanaz; Kaylee Am-Khong and Salama

        Two familiar names, but only one familiar face, claimed JBT titles in exciting action with season-long implications at Winnetka Bowl.

        Tim Hill began the scratch division stepladder finals with a 214-186 win over Anthony Schanen.  Ryan Lee then took over, plucking the "Bird" with a 243-185 win, and continuing to pile on the strikes in a 257-241 thriller over Josh Mabry to advance to the finals.

        The good news for Ryan was that he was in another title match.  The bad news was that top seed Solomon Salama awaited him, and Solomon has had Lee's number of late in JBT matches.  In fairness to Ryan, Solomon has had most kids' numbers nationwide the last few years with his phenomenal performances.  Unfortunately for Lee, it was more of the same, as both players bowled well but in the end Salama came up with a 233-203 win, good for the 8th title of his JBT career.

       Elias Luna watched his big brother win scratch yesterday, and must have been motivated as he began a title run of his own with a 229-205 win over Kaitlynn Martin to begin the handicap division stepladder finals.  Zach Greim, finally busting out of some near-misses, then stopped Luna 216-195.  Another younger sibling, Cameron Criss' brother Brandon, then beat Greim 214-190 to reach the title match.

       Top seed DJ Soperanaz had taken the lead from Criss at the end of qualifying then coasted to the #1 spot with great bowling.  The title game was close throughout, but in the end Brandon joined his borther as JBT champions with a 222-217 win over DJ for his first career JBT title.

      It was a dual repeat in the subdivisions (the picture even came out exactly the same, go figure), as Salama beat Greim for the U17 win, while Kaylee Am-Khong got past Martin for the Priority Girls Scratch win.

     Big thanks to the team at Winnetka for their usual great job hosting our Tour.  Over $3,700 in scholarships were awarded on the weekend- want in on all the fun for all ages and averages?  Just check out our schedule and come on down!

Winnetka- final results and scholarship winners
4/22/2018    
     
  Scratch Division  
rank bowler prize
1 Solomon Salama $265
2 Ryan Lee $125
3 Josh Mabry $105
4 Tim Hill $75
5 Anthony Schanen $50
6 Costa Gastouniotis $40
7 Harley Sweigart $131
8 Marc Villalobos  
9 Noah Briceno   
10 Kyle Reed $15
11 JR Mehlum  
12 Garrett Lee  
13 Kaylee Am-Khong $50
14 Nolan Am-Khong  
15 Kevin Babaag  
16 Tanner Sisk  
17 Zack Long  
18 Trevyr Geronimo  
19 Kyler Orosco  
20 Allex Zieg  
21 Louis Luna  
22 Kyle Gilbert  
23 Leoj Chin  
24 Johnalan Linhorst  
25 Gael Egana  
26 Ardani Rodas  
27 Ricky Pollom  
28 Renee Gentry   
29 Jacey Opiana  
30 Marquan Rivers  
31 Clifford Baltazar  
32 Deelynn Berrie  
33 Austin Sugarman  
     
  Handicap Division  
1 Brandon Criss $270
2 DJ Soperanaz $125
3 Zach Greim $160
4 Elias Luna $75
5 Kaitlynn Martin $85
6 Lindsay Greim $50
7 Connor Steelmon-Hill $40
8 Justin Erickson $30
9 Autumn Barnes $20
10 Daniel Hong $20
11 Simon Ortega  
12 Caleb Rothstein $15
13 Silas Phillips $65
14 Aislinn Lubag $30
15 Secilia Kalvelage $15
16 Preston Carrasco  
17 Yairi Lubag $15
18 William Robbins  
19 Clifford Robbins  
20 Travis Miller $15
21 Yael Salama  
22 Lathan Chin $60
23 Brian Erickson  
24 Brandon Lim  
25 Dawson Reese  
26 Akayla Orosco  
27 Caleb Ready  
28 Cyruss Tehrani  
29 Jace Barnes  
30 Emily Cheesman  
31 Nathan Chambers  
32 Cora Lerma  
33 Theresa Miller  
34 Jared Schiada  
35 Hillari Hampton $30
36 James McGough $5
37 Kyle Perry  
38 Jadeyn Mabry  
39 Ethan Chambers  
40 Adrian Yamanoha  
41 Braeden Phillips  
42 Louis DePero  
43 Marco Cuevas  
44 Cameron Criss  
45 Hailey Shepherd  
46 Garrett Ready  
47 Grant Ready  
48 Shane Howard  
     
  High Games  
  Scratch Handicap
1 Mabry 289 B Criss 269
2 Salama 279 Z Greim 257
3 Salama 270 Soperanaz 251
4 R Lee 266 N Chambers 245
5 R Lee 257 3 tied with 244
     
  High Female  
1 Am-Khong -62*  
2 Martin -134  
3 Gentry -143  
4 Opiana -147  
5 Kalvelage -153  
     
  Qualifying Leaders  
  Scratch Handicap
1 Salama +102 Soperanaz +105
2 Sweigart +55 B Criss +85
3 Briceno +13 K Martin +76
     
  Round Leaders  
  Scratch Handicap
1 N Am-Khong N Chambers
2 N Am-Khong K Martin
3 Hill B Criss
4 Salama B Criss
5 Salama Soperanaz
6 Salama Soperanaz
7 Salama Soperanaz
8 Salama Soperanaz
     
  Total Awarded This Event: $1,981