SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INVITATIONAL

Elias O'Hollaren, Brandon Rother, Jon Abigania, Katelyn Abigania, Cerell Cardines, Josh Molloy

          Cerell Cardines and Jon Abigania earned $1,000 scholarships each as champions of the JBT Southern California Conference Invitational tournament, hosted by Winnetka Bowl.

          Sixteen scratch and handicap bowlers advanced out of qualifying to the exciting triple-elimination matchplay finals.  In scratch, Chris Mayes began matchplay 3-0 in a quest to chase down his brother for Bowler of the Year, but slowed down in later matches to finish in sixth, while Hunter’s 11th place finish was just enough to hang on to Bowler of the Year honors.  A wild round eight saw Elias O’Hollaren eliminated in fourth, which gave Josh Molloy a bye, while Cardines then beat Kyler Orosco (who had just fallen to Molloy) to set up a one game title match.

          Cardines had been on an unprecedented title match losing streak for such a talented bowler, but finally got off the schneid last month at Covina, and followed it up with a solid game here to take the title, the 19th of his outstanding JBT career.

          In the handicap division, Brandon Rother qualified as the #2 seed, and then tore through matchplay 5-0 before his first loss, eventually recovering to eliminate Jerry Wang in 4th place.  Simultaneously, Abigania eliminated Nathan Chambers in third, setting up a scenario of Brandon needing to win two straight to swipe the title from Jon.  Rother fired a huge first game to set up the decider, and in that match Abigania recovered to beat Rother and capture the title.  It’s his first singles JBT title, second career, and $1,000 bonus for the talented rising star.  Jon's win also meant that Lindsay Greim hung on to the points lead she entered the weekend with to capture handicap Bowler of the Year honors.

          The Abigania fsmily’s excellent day continued as Katelyn led scratch qualifying, which put her in both subdivision title matches.  She won girls scratch with a final win over handicap top qualifier Kaitlynn Yukihiro, but friend and teammate Elias O’Hollaren beat her out for the U17 crown. 

          Huge thanks to Daniel and the team at Winnetka for hosting a very successful Invitational weekend.  Over $8,000 was awarded this weekend alone to all ages and skill levels.  Top bowlers now move on to the Touring Players Championship, featuring $2,000 top prizes, July 28-31 in Vegas!

So Cal Invitational- final results and scholarship winners
6/5/2022    
     
  Scratch Division  
rank bowler prize
1 Cerell Cardines $1,000
2 Josh Molloy $514
3 Kyler Orosco $250
4 Elias O'Hollaren $472
5 Katelyn Abigania $450
6 Chris Mayes $130
7 Allex Zieg  
8 Sebastian Huffman  
9 Solomon Salama  
10 Stephanie Fung  
11 Hunter Mayes $50
12 JP Griffin  
13 Michael Marmolejo  
14 Josh Abigania $50
15 Ryland Pimentel $45
16 Daniel Hong $50
17 Tyler Castronova  
18 Ernesto Reynoso  
19 Adrian Yamanoha  
20 Brock Bivins  
21 Madison Holman  
22 Brandon Howard  
23 Dominic Montoya  
24 Emily Cheesman  
25 Prestin Frazee  
26 Ben Dinenberg  
27 Connor Steelmon-Hill  
28 Dominic Fisher  
29 JR Barczyszyn  
30 Aidan Miles  
31 Jacee Correa  
32 Ronnie Castillo  
     
  Handicap Division  
1 Jon Abigania $1,000
2 Brandon Rother $530
3 Nathan Chambers $250
4 Jerry Wang $200
5 Kaitlynn Yukihiro $250
6 Jacob McGough $140
7 Caden Sham $100
8 Eddie Torres $75
9 Martin Velasco  
10 Akayla Orosco  
11 Lindsay Greim $50
12 Kendall Bollea  
13 Brent Purugganan $50
14 Stephen Abkin $50
15 RJ Escurel  
16 Nathan Tidball $29
17 Ivan Ceballos  
18 Jacob Lepore $22
19 Gage Baker $15
20 AC Domantay  
21 Ian Fiel  
22 Jai Kankariya $15
23 Kaitlyn Touchette  
24 Cameron Escurel  
25 James McGough $14
26 Bryce Nakunz  
27 Stephanie Hong  
28 Pamela Faller  
29 Andrew Sanchez  
30 Cuzack Bove $50
31 Kaili Purugganan  
32 Hannah McGough  
33 Roman Miller $29
34 Regis Tonelete  
35 Ethan Chambers  
36 Hayden Fernandez  
37 Kayden O'Dell  
38 Aarin Shepard  
39 Koryn Marquez  
40 Nathan Harnit  
41 Gavin Fernandez  
42 Porfirio Jimeno III  
     
  U-17 Girls Scratch
1 K Abigania +101 K Abigania +101
2 O'Hollaren +93* Yukihiro +3
3 Rother +74 Fung -46
4 Pimentel +65 Bollea -58
5 Griffin +52 Holman -104
6 J Abigania -3 Orosco -119
7 Huffman -71 Cheesman -128
8 Reynoso -91 Faller -134
9 Nakunz -106 Greim -149
10 Frazee -127 Hong -156
     
  Qualifying Leaders  
  Scratch Handicap
1 K Abigania +101 Yukihiro +122
2 O'Hollaren +93 Rother +119
3 Molloy +72 J Abigania +80
     
  Round Leaders  
  Scratch Handicap
1 K Abigania Rother
2 Orosco Escurel
3 K Abigania Escurel
4 K Abigania Yukihiro
5 K Abigania Yukihiro
     
  Scratch High Game  
1 Griffin 300  
2 Huffman 298  
3 Huffman 278  
4 Cardines 278  
5 Molloy 277  
     
  Handicap High Game  
1 Torres 268  
2 Escurel 265  
3 J Abigania 258  
4 Rother 256  
5 Rother 256  
     
TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $5,930

 

 

 

 

JBT INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENTS

 

$25,000 in scholarships

MINIMUM GUARANTEED!

 

 

Mountain: May 22, 9:30 AM, at Silva Lanes

So Cal: June 5, 9:30 AM, at Winnetka Bowl

Mojave: June 12, 9:30 AM, at Suncoast

Arizona: June 18, 9:30 AM, at Let It Roll   (T of C/ non-C Sunday 6/19)

Pac NW: June 26, 9:30 AM, at Paradise Lanes

 

 

ENTRY FEE: $60 scratch, $50 handicap

 Includes all scholarships except $2 scholarship brackets in both divisions

 

 

Eligibility:

Each event is open to anyone making a top-4 finish in that Conference this season,

OR the top 32 in season-long points in that Conference

Format:

-QUALIFYING: Bowl 5 games across 10 lanes.   The top eleven 5-game totals, plus the top 5 season-long point scorers, advance to the triple-elimination finals!  (If a top-5 player does not show or chooses to bowl in the opposite division, additional bowlers will be taken to complete a 16-player field)

 

-FINALS: Bowlers will play TRIPLE elimination match play (keep bowling until you lose 3 times), until a winner is determined

 

***FORMATS, DATES, AND PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING SUBJECT TO COVID RESTRICTIONS, WHICH MAY BE VERY DIFFERENT FROM TODAY.  STAY POSTED AT OUR WEBSITE & FACEBOOK!

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GUARANTEED PRIZE FUNDS, each event:

1st-$1,000

2nd- $500

3rd- $250

4th- $125

5th- $100

 

Additional spots earn scholarships on a 1:6 ratio

 

PLUS The top 5 point scorers going into each Invite will have Invite winnings augmented to $50 minimum

 

EACH INVITATIONAL IS WORTH TRIPLE POINTS.  THE TOP 20 IN EACH CONFERENCE’S POINTS AFTER THE INVITATIONAL ADVANCE TO THE 2022 TOURING PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP IN LAS VEGAS, WITH $2,000 FOR FIRST PLACE!

 

ALL OTHER JBT RULES APPLY. SEE YOU THERE, DON’T MISS IT!!!