BUENA LANES (Sunday)

champs Matt Jones & Devin Moody

Matt Jones ended a long slump with a title, while Devin Moody aced his way to hos first win, in exciting JBT action at Ventura's Buena Lanes.

James Hawkins, who won a two-frame rolloff just to make the cut, blasted through the semifinals up to the #5 seed, and then opened the scratch division stepladder finals with a 267-183 win over defending all-conference Bowler of the Year JR Monteith.  Hawkins then beat JBT rookie Shaun Morad 256-201, giving Hawkins over 1000 pins his last four games on the challenging Viper pattern.  Jones then stopped Hawkins in a surprisingly low-scoring semifinals 182-167 to advance to the title match.

Jones has been off to a very slow start in 2008 after capturing two titles in the Tour's fall swing, while his opponent, top seed Kyle King, hasn't been doing anything slowly, having already amassed more top 5 finishes in one season than anyone else in JBT history (are you kidding me?!).  However, King struggled for the second straight day on the championship pair, and Jones made the shots he needed to for a 218-188 win, the 3rd title of his JBT career.

Brad Hansen opened up the handicap division stepladder finals with a squeaker of a 184-180 win over Kirk Chui in round one.  Hansen then rolled by Robert Smith (not that one, but who knows what his future holds!) 242-176, and stayed red-hot in a 226-193 win over Brandon Turner, who is having a fine season, to reach his first career title match.

Top seed Devin Moody has been focusing more on his tennis lately, but you wouldn't know it from his outstanding bowling on this day, essentially sweeping everyone else out in straight sets.  It was more of the same in the title match, as Hansen slowed down and Devin took advantage for a 221-164 win and his first career JBT title.

Our female bowlers have made quite a mark on JBT lately, and the trend continued again, with the tournament's two highest games coming from girls- Kaitlin Mayall's 299 and Caycee Landers' 289 effort.

Huge thanks to everyone at Buena Lanes for their incredible hospitality over a very busy weekend.  87 entrants shared in over $2,400 in scholarships awarded at the event- want in on the fun?  Come on down to the next JBT event, it's as simple as that!

 

Buena Lanes- final results and optional scholarship winners
3/30/2008
So Cal Conference
	Scratch Division
rank	name	city, state	prize
1	Matt Jones	Winnetka, CA	$465
2	Kyle King	Phoenix, AZ	$345
3	James Hawkins	Quail Valley, CA	$86
4	Shaun Morad	Buena Park, CA	$50
5	JR Monteith	Orange, CA	$50
6	Jeff Spiesman	Ventura, CA	$50
7	Caycee Landers	Mission Hills, CA	$20
8	BJ Baker	Tempe, AZ	$70
9	AJ Garcia	Azusa, CA	$11
10	Matt Cormack	Van Nuys, CA	$70
11	Preston Fukumizu	Los Angeles, CA
12	Brandon Kraye		$15
13	Theo Douthit	Phoenix, AZ	$15
14	Jonathan Mamakos
15	Chris Weyrauch	Chandler, AZ
16	Cameron Smith	Santee, CA
17	James Hefley	Bakersfield, CA
18	Cort McPherson	Simi Valley, CA
19	Anthony Stevenson	San Diego, CA	$26
20	Matt Tubis	San Diego, CA
21	Gabriella Mayfied	Lake Isabella, CA
22	Mike Cross	Tucson, AZ
23	Jaime Ferry
24	Eric Rubin	Phoenix, AZ
25	Devin Bidwell	Simi Valley, CA	$15
26	Mark Myers
27	Foster Phandanouvong	San Diego, CA
28	Bradnon McMillen	Carmichael, CA
29	Matt Herbert	Prescott, AZ
30	Jordan Scott	Clovis, CA
31	Lindsay Hannasch
32	Martika Cabezas	Thousand Palms, CA
33	Lee Alpert
34	Danielle Schilling	Ventura, CA
35	Travis Zehntner	Goleta, CA
36	Scott Englehart	Chatsworth, CA
37	Brian Ballard	San Diego, CA
38	Frank Pacheco	Goleta, CA
39	Tony Rose	Bakersfield, CA
40	Lana Lycan	Santee, CA
41	Mikey May	San Diego, CA
42	Spencer Crawford-West	San Diego, CA
43	Miguel Lopez	Peoria, AZ
44	Dorian Herrero	San Diego, CA
45	Brian Le	Camarillo, CVA
	Handicap Division
rank	name	city, state	prize
1	Devin Moody	Bakersfield, CA	$340
2	Brad Hansen	Huntington Beach, CA	$155
3	Brandon Turner	San Diego, CA	$113
4	Robert Smith	Ventura, CA	$60
5	Kirk Chui	San Diego, CA	$76
6	Kaitlin Mayall	Chula Vista, CA	$84
7	Jordan Cook	Murrieta, CA	$35
8	Jeremy Davis	Santa Barbara, CA	$24
9	Eddie Sayles	Los Angeles, CA
10	Samantha Meyers	Mission Hills, CA	$30
11	Malan Moody	Bakersfield, CA
12	Luke Holley	Ventura, CA
13	JJ Robeniol	Buena Park, CA	$30
14	Casie Moody	Bakersfield, CA
15	Drew Stern	Northridge, CA	$45
16	McKenna George	Oxnard, CA
17	Maile Shepard	Santa Barbara, CA
18	Karlie Loop	Menifee, CA	$45
19	Jenny Phandanouvong	San Diego, CA	$30
20	David Fritz	San Diego, CA	$15
21	Jerome Jordan, Jr		$15
22	Christina Fraijo	Covina, CA
23	Sarah Humphrey	Costa Mesa, CA
24	Kaitlin Silva	Canyon Country, CA
25	Jacob Camacho	Murrieta, CA
26	Ravanna Richardson
27	Wesley Low	Palmdale, CA
28	Eric Demo	San Diego, CA	$15
29	John Pengelley	Newbury Park, CA
30	Nicole Shepard	Santa Barbara, CA
31	Chelsea Houston	Ventura, CA
32	Kyli Selley
33	Carol Chui	San Diego, CA
34	Robert Lim	Cerritos, CA
35	Josh Shoup	Tolleson, AZ
36	John Wright	Oceanside, CA
37	Anthony Cruz	San Diego, CA
38	Dan Hansen	Huntington Beach, CA
39	Bethany Baker	Tempe, AZ
40	Kevin Robeniol	Buena Park, CA
41	Brett Smith	Ventura, CA
42	Brittany Kolatzny	San Diego, CA
Ball Winner: Jordan Cook
Scratch High Games: Stevenson 258, Hawkins 254, Garcia 254
Handicap High Games: Chui 282, Mayall 275, Turner 269
	TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $2,413

No, Matt, we were bowling ON Viper, not WITH a Viper!! (yes, that's a real snake!)