MOJAVE INVITATIONAL

champs and finalists

            Youth was served at the JBT Mojave Invitational, with Ezekiel Trejo and Noah Dang emerging as champions, in tremendous action at Henderson's Strike Zone at Sunset Station.

            Trejo, just 13 years old, used a 299 game on the challenging Autobahn pattern to qualify first for triple-elimination matchplay.  He went 4-0 to start, and when in round eight he eliminated Elias O'Hollaren in fourth, and #9 Nathan Harnit eliminated #6 Gage Baker, it left a scenario with Trejo needing to beat Nathan twice for the title.  Ezekiel won a close first game to set up the finale, which saw both talented players throwing good shots but not able to string.  Harnit finished on the left lane which had been giving him fits, and when a perfect 11th frame shot left a brutal solid-8, Trejo now needed strike-spare to win.  Ezekiel calmly stepped up and got the double, adding a second Invitational to his resume, having won the handicap Invite at Suncoast in 2022!

             Dang was the story in handicap.  He barely squeezed into the Invite field with a good performance the previous day, but pulled a muscle in his side at the end of the day.  He fought through that to the #3 seed for matchplay, and then proceeded to race through the field undefeated, with may less-than-10 pin wins.  In round eight, he gave Skyler Chaney her second loss, and in round nine he eliminated Maurice Boston-Sand, leaving only Skyler standing with the unenviable task of having to beat Noah three times to swipe the title away.  In yet another close match, Noah came up with yet another win, earning (as did Trejo) the $1,000 top prize with the title.

            Paityn Gaines came on strong this spring, and beat Kendall Bollea for the Girls title as well as finishing 4th in handicap.  U17 went to Jeremy Morris, with a win over Trejo in an entertaining match.  Top season long point scorers now advance to the Touring Players Championship, our most prestigious event!. 

JBT 2025 INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENTS

$25,000 in scholarships

MINIMUM GUARANTEED!

Mojave: June 1, 9:30 AM, at Strike Zone

So Cal: June 8, 9:30 AM, at Winnetka Bowl

Mountain: June 15, 9:30 AM, Silva Lanes

Pac NW: June 22, 9:30 AM, at Triangle Bowl

Arizona: June 28, 11 AM, at Let It Roll   (T of C/ non-C Sunday 6/29)

ENTRY FEE: $60

Includes all scholarships except $2 scholarship brackets in both divisions

Eligibility:

Each event is open to anyone making TWO top-5 finishes in that Conference this season,

OR the top 40 in season-long points in that Conference after the last regular season event 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 bowl 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

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GUARANTEED PRIZE FUNDS, each event:

1^st-$1,000

2^nd- $500

3^rd- $250

4^th- $125

5^th- $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

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