Best In The West

Josh Molloy, Nicholas Harnit, Cameron Coleman, Andrew Guba, Gyrus Alo; Kloey Kielich

            Andrew Guba and Cameron Coleman picked up JBT major titles, capturing the 2023 Best In The West event, hosted by Cactus Bowl in Tucson.

            After fifteen games of matchplay on three different patterns, the top six in each division advanced to a bracket finals.  In the scratch division first round, #6 Keith Ylvisaker got past #3 Daryus Alo, and #4 Josh Molloy beat #5 Jason Gootzeit, both in 2-0 sweeps.  The next round also featured sweeps, as top seeded Guba came in to beat Ylvisaker, and Molloy upset #2 Amarr Bryant, to set up the title match.  In the clash of two veterans, Josh won the first game, but Andrew won the second, setting up a final game for the title.  Guba left no doubt, starting with the front six and then cruising to the 234-212 win, good for the ninth title of his JBT career (and eighth of the season!), coming with $829 in total scholarship earnings.

            The handicap finals featured all sweeps, as they must have exhausted their dramatic finishes through the grueling and closely contested matchplay rounds.  To open the finals, #3 Coleman beat #6 Alex Rosenblum in two close games, while #5 Evelynn Bollea bested early leader #4 Zackary Evans.  The top two seeds then came in and could not maintain their momentum going, as Bollea stopped #2 Nicholas Harnit, and Coleman upset top seed Joshua DiGangi, to set up the final.   Cameron had been cramping in earlier matches, but looked to be improving in the matches against Evelynn, and kept up the good scoring pace to sweep two games and earn his second career JBT title, first major, and the $800 first place scholarship prize.

            The usual simultaneous Girls Scratch and U17 subdivisions were held with boosted prize funds as well.  El Paso's Kloey Kielich defeated Kaitlyn Hammer to win the Girls event, while in a sibling match between two brothers both rapidly improving, 13 year-old Gyrus Alo squeaked past big brother Daryus for the title.  A well-bowled title match is rarely anticlimactic, but it may have been the case, as Gyrus earlier fired 297-833 in the consolation event for the high game and series of both the tournament and his career by far!

            Lots of big thanks for this (and all) JBT events: the team at Cactus for being amazing hosts, the folks at VisitTucson.com, Mark Kerr and the Tucson USBC for spreading the word, the AZ National Guard for a major prize fund contribution, our title sponsors IAM Bowling and the Brands of Brunswick, and especially the tireless Matt Hunt, director of the Cactus Youth program, for turning the center into a shrine for the kids, with pennants on the masking units, award banners everywhere, and the beautiful Best In The West banner shown below.  A whopping $7,458 was awarded to the sellout field, wow!   Want in on all this fun and action for all ages and skill levels?  Just check out our schedule and come on down!        

Best In The West- final results and scholarship winners

5/7/2023

   
     
 

Scratch Division

 

rank

bowler

prize

1

Andrew Guba

$829

2

Josh Molloy

$752

3

Amarr Bryant

$430

4

Keith Ylvisaker

$329

5

Daryus Alo

$325

6

Jason Gootzeit

$260

7

Kyle Ponzo

$194

8

Harper Schmidt

$140

9

Juan Canez

$15

10

Cesar Padilla

 

11

Rene Canez

$15

12

Thomas Lawrence

 

13

Gavin Fernandez

 

14

Mike Jones

 

15

Juan Saenz

 

16

Quinten Bell

$45

17

Gyrus Alo

$100

18

Aaron Coleman

 

19

JR Barczyszyn

 

20

Alex Thompson

 

21

CJ Todeschi

 

22

Braxton Sexton

 

23

Ryan Zent

 

24

Grant Keller

 

25

Payton Workman

 

26

Ian Silva

 

27

Andrew Sager

 

28

Brock Bivins

 

29

Tayler Clark

$40

30

Cayden Matherly

 

31

Dylan Donahue

 

32

Mitchell Hays

 

33

Aiden Ruiz-Jimenez

 

34

Brendan Bobersky

 

35

Jadeyn Mabry

$45

36

Mackenzie Paige

$30

37

Jacob Ellis

 

38

Kaitlyn Hammer

$60

39

Josh Burnett

 

40

Mason Snow

 

41

Chris Lellos

 

42

Bailey Knight

 

43

Hayden Fernandez

 

44

Harrison Cole

 

     
 

Handicap Division

 

1

Cameron Coleman

$800

2

Evelynn Bollea

$500

3

Joshua DiGangi

$415

4

Nicholas Harnit

$330

5

Zackary Evans

$265

6

Alex Rosenblum

$215

7

Isaiah Pino

$165

8

Miguel Espinoza

$125

9

Nathan Bravo

$159

10

Kloey Kielich

$145

11

RJ Pointon

$44

12

Mason Stark

$59

13

Ian Holzwarth

$15

14

Abigail London

$45

15

Devin Fincham

$44

16

Thomas Giali

 

17

Sam Winemiller

$100

18

Xaden Todacheenie

$74

19

Gage Baker

$40

20

Abigail Hunt

$30

21

Conner Pendergrass

$20

22

Jake King

 

23

Joshua Hansen

 

24

Jakob Enright

$15

25

Paityn Gaines

 

26

Danielle Fincham

$20

27

Jordan Cox

$15

28

Isaac John

$15

29

Jacob Vasquez

 

30

Keiran Roth

 

31

Madeleine Serafini

 

32

Terrell Coates

$15

33

Nathan Harnit

 

34

Ivan John

 

35

Doug Brooks

 

36

Nessa Betters

 

37

Araceli Hunt

 

38

Jaden Villanueva

$29

39

Kimberly Davis

 

40

Ethan Brancatelli

$15

41

Connor Lee Haven-Barker

$30

42

Eric Bol

$30

43

Peyton Lee

$15

44

Spencer Rafferty

 

45

Lily Winemiller

 

46

Jaida-Marie De La Cruz

 

47

Tavin Leonard

 

48

Kelsey Alexander

 

49

Mel Betters

 

50

Mason Langhans

$60

51

Cameron Sager

 

52

Christian Ortega

 
     
 

U-17

Girls Scratch

1

D Alo 3109

Kielich 2618*

2

G Alo 2943*

K Hammer 2589

3

Schmidt 2943

T Clark 2571

4

Gootzeit 2891

M Paige 2445

5

DiGangi 2860

D Fincham 2433

6

Baker 2825

Mabry 2432

7

Ni. Harnit 2777

Davis 2360

8

Pointon 2775

P Lee 2294

9

Evans 2769

Gaines 2292

10

Barczyszyn 2740

A London 2225

     
 

Qualifying Leaders

 
 

Scratch

Handicap

1

J Molloy +484

Pointon +487

2

Guba +481

DiGangi +484

3

Ponzo +462

Ni. Harnit +477

     
 

Round Leaders

 
 

Scratch

Handicap

1

T Lawrence

Devin Fincham

2

T Lawrence

Devin Fincham

3

D Alo  

Devin Fincham

4

D Alo

Pino

5

D Alo

Z Evans

6

Bryant

Z Evans

7

Molloy

Z Evans

8

Guba 

Z Evans

9

Guba

DiGangi

10

Molloy

Pointon

11

Guba

DiGangi

12

Guba

DiGangi

13

Guba

DiGangi

14

Guba

DiGangi

15

Guba

DiGangi

   

 

 

Scratch High Game

 

1

G Alo 297

 

2

T Clark 288

 

3

Guba 288

 

4

Ponzo 279

 

5

D Alo 278

 
     
 

Handicap High Game

 

1

Devin Fincham 316

 

2

C Coleman 305

 

3

C Coleman 296

 

4

Giali 283

 

5

Roth 281

 
 

 

 

TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $7,458

 

THIS EVENT IS NEARING OR AT SELLOUT.  Please review the list below and contact us if your plans have changed, and email us as soon as possible if you would like to reserve a spot.

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The Junior Bowlers Tour & its sponsors, VisitTucson.com, & The AZ National Guard present:

 

BEST IN THE WEST ALL-MATCHPLAY SHOOTOUT

 

Saturday & Sunday May 6-7, 2023 at Cactus Bowl, Tucson AZ

3665 S. 16th Ave., (520) 327-6561                       -           Two day event, DOUBLE Arizona points

 

ENTRY FEE: $100, handicap or scratch     (includes 5 scholarship ‘brackets’!) 

GUARANTEED 1st PLACE: $800      (1:8 earn scholarships, minimum 5 spots paid)     

    Prepaying not necessary, but you can at our website, or scan this QR code to use Venmo:    .

 

 

FORMAT:

Saturday, 9 AM:                              Five games of matchplay, lane condition #1

Saturday, 1:30 PM (approx.):       Five games of matchplay, lane condition #2

 

The top 16 bowlers in each division advance to the semifinals

The rest enter a consolation event at no additional cost.

 

Sunday, 9 AM:         Consolation event, 4 games, $100 first place + 17th place AZ points

Sunday, 9 AM:         Semifinalists bowl 5 matchplay games, lane condition #3

Sunday, 1:30 PM:   Top 6 finalists bowl a bracket stepladder finals (2-of-3 matches, byes to the top 2)

 

POINTS:

Double Arizona and All-Conference points to the top 25.  

 

GUARANTEED MINIMUM PRIZE FUNDS:

Scratch and Handicap:                 Girls Scratch and U17 bonus:

1st- $800                                            1st- $100

2nd- $500                                            2nd- $60

3rd- $300                                            3rd- $40

4th- $200                                            4th- $30

5th- $100                                            5th- $20

 

1:8 scratch and handicap earn scholarships

Top 4 qualify for the 2023 AZ JBT Invitational, with $1,000 for first place!

All JBT events are now PBA Jr. affiliate events!

 

Limited to 105 total entries.  Email director@bowljbt.com to reserve spots. 

 

RESERVED BOWLERS:

This reservation is an expectation that you will be bowling.  PLEASE do not forget to contact us if you need to cancel or adjust your reservation.  Repeated 'no-shows' may result in you not being able to reserve a spot.  This list may not be updated after the Friday of the event as we travel, etc. 

THIS EVENT IS NEARING OR AT SELLOUT.  Please review the list below and contact us if your plans have changed, and email us as soon as possible if you would like to reserve a spot.

no.

bowler

Sat 9 AM

1

Alexander, Kelsey

x

2

Alo, Daryus

x

3

Alo, Gyrus

x

4

Baker, Gage

x

5

Barczyszyn, JR

x

6

Bell, Quinten

x

7

Betters, Melquidez

x

8

Betters, Nessaique

x

9

Bivins, Brock

x

10

Bobersky, Brendan

x

11

Bol, Eric

x

12

Bollea, Evelynn

x

12

Brancatelli, Ethan

x

13

Bravo, Nathan

x

14

Brooks, Doug

x

15

Bryant, Amarr

x

16

Burnett, Josh

x

17

Canez, Juan

x

18

Canez, Rene

x

19

Clark, Tayler

x

20

Coates, Terrell

x

21

Cole, Harrison

x

22

Coleman, Aaron

x

23

Coleman, Cameron

x

24

Cox, Jordan

x

25

Davis, Kimberly

x

26

DeLaCruz, Jaida-Marie

x

27

DiGangi, Joshua

x

28

Donahue, Dylan

x

29

Ellis, Jacob

x

30

Enright, Jakob

x

31

Espinoza, Miguel

x

32

Evans, Zackary

x

33

Fernandez, Gavin

x

34

Fernandez, Hayden

x

35

Fincham, Danielle

x

36

Fincham, Quinten

x

37

Gaines, Paityn

x

38

Gaudern, Daniel

x

39

Giali, Thomas

x

40

Gootzeit, Jason

x

41

Guba, Andrew

x

42

Hammer, Kaitlyn

x

43

Hansen, Joshua

x

44

Harnit, Nathan

x

45

Harnit, Nicholas

x

46

Haven-Barker, Connor Lee

x

47

Hays, Mitchell

x

48

Henry, CJ

x

49

Hernandez, Noel

x

50

Holzwarth, Ian

x

51

Hunt, Abigail

x

52

Hunt, Araceli

x

53

John, Isaac

x

54

John, Ivan

x

55

Jones, Mike

x

56

Keller, Grant

x

57

Kielich, Kloey

x

58

King, Jake

x

59

Knight, Bailey

x

60

Langhans, Mason

x

61

Lawrence, Robert

x

62

Lawrence, Thomas

x

63

Lee, Peyton

x

64

Lellos, Chris

x

65

Leonard, Tavin

x

66

London, Abigail

x

67

Mabry, Jadeyn

x

68

Matherly, Cayden

x

69

Molloy, Josh

x

70

Ortega, Christian

x

71

Padilla, Cesar

x

72

Paige, Mackenzie

x

73

Pendergrass, Conner

x

74

Pino, Isaiah

x

75

Pointon, RJ

x

76

Ponzo, Kyle

x

77

Rafferty, Spencer

x

78

Reid-Hirsch, Corbin

x

79

Reyes, London

x

80

 

x

81

Rosenblum, Alex

x

82

Roth, Keiran

x

83

Ruiz-Jimenez, Aiden

x

84

Saenz, Juan Felipe

x

85

Sager, Andrew

x

86

Sager, Cameron

x

87

Schmidt, Harper

x

88

Serafini, Madeleine

x

89

Sexton, Braxton

x

90

Silva, Ian

x

91

Snow, Mason

x

92

Stark, Mason

x

93

Thompson, Alex

x

94

Todacheenie, Xaden

x

95

Todeschi, CJ

x

96

Uribarri, Daunte

x

97

Vasquez, Jacob

x

98

Verde, JT

x

99

Villanueva, Jaden

x

100

Winemiller, Lily

x

101

Winemiller, Sam

x

102

Workman, Payton

x

103

Ylvisaker, Keith

x

104

Zent, Ryan

x

105

O'Hollaren, Elias

x

105 Simmons, Chase x
     
 

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