GIRLS' INVITATIONAL
champ Courtney Dutton & Rachelle Davis
Courtney Dutton captured her 4th career title in the first ever JBT Girls' Invitational, held at AMF Christown.
A great atmosphere was enjoyed by all involved as our dedicated high average girls finally had an event to call all their own. The 25-girl fiels was cut to 12 after 6 games of qualifying. In round one of matchplay, Dutton defeated Amanda Albani 421-374, Amanda Falk beat Melissa DelRio 440-336, Rebecca Bodinet outlasted Chelsea Zemelka 427-423, and Arisha Piper got by Sharla Jucutan 434-363.
Round two saw four amazingly competitive matches all decided by 10 pins or less. The "blowout" was girls points leader Allie Ijams getting by Falk 342-332. In other matches, Dutton beat Urban 409-406, Rachelle Davis beat Piper 434-426, and Bodinet squeezed out a 378-375 decision over Lana Lycan.
Down to one game semifinal matches, Davis best Bodinet 247-167, and Dutton bested Ijams 205-180, setting up the title match.
Courtney had appeared on the verge of elimination many times throughout the day, but always seemed to answer with a string of strikes. This match was no different, as Dutton won the game 212-188 for the title.
| Girls Invitational- final results and optional scholarship winners | |||
| 8/11/2007 | |||
| Scratch Division | |||
| rank | name | city, state | prize |
| 1 | Courtney Dutton | Chandler, AZ | $615 |
| 2 | Rachelle Davis | Tucson, AZ | $415 |
| 3 | Allie Ijams | Flagstaff, AZ | $370 |
| 4 | Rebecca Bodinet | Maricopa, AZ | $250 |
| 5 | April Urban | Las Vegas, NV | $170 |
| 5 | Lana Lycan | San Diego, CA | $125 |
| 5 | Amanda Falk | Tucson, AZ | $125 |
| 5 | Arisha Piper | Pico Rivera, CA | $230 |
| 9 | Amanda Albani | Phoenix, AZ | $75 |
| 9 | Melissa Del Rio | Tucson, AZ | $75 |
| 9 | Chelsea Zemelka | Phoenix, AZ | $75 |
| 9 | Sharla Jucutan | San Diego, CA | $75 |
| 13 | Michelle Snyder | Alamogordo, NM | |
| 14 | Alicia Sullivan | Kingman, AZ | |
| 15 | Kaitlin Silva | Canyon Country, CA | |
| 16 | Darcie Staggs | Bullhead City, AZ | |
| 17 | Alesha Pannier | Lake Havasu City, AZ | |
| 18 | Catherine Rawsthorne | Seattle, WA | |
| 19 | Tera Bolton | Tucson, AZ | |
| 20 | Kaitlin Mayall | Chula Vista, CA | |
| 21 | Bethany Baker | Tempe, AZ | |
| 22 | Martika Cabezas | Palm Springs, CA | |
| 23 | Tiffany King | Surprise, AZ | |
| 24 | Rebeca Reguero | Phoenix, AZ | |
| 25 | Breezy Sharma | Lake Havasu City, AZ | |
| TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $2,600 | |||
