BRC WEST COVINA
champs Matt Cormack & Eddie Sayles
Matt Cormack and Eddie Sayles showed there are two different ways to be unstoppable in exciting JBT So Cal Conference action at BRC West Covina.
Cormack wasn't unstoppable until he snuck into the scratch stepladder finals, where he won four matches to claim the victory. he began with a 216-180 win over Anthony Stevenson. He then beat the last righty in the field, Kyle King, 195-185, and followed with a 202-178 win over Mark French in what may be has JBT swan song, to advance to the title match.
Top qualifier Jeff Spiesman looked unbeatable, but Cormack was determined to end a victory drought in singles competition. After both bowlers started with triples, they both suffered rough mid-games, but it was Matt who rebounded first and best, starting a new string and ending up with a 234-218 win, his 3rd career JBT championship.
By contrast, Sayles' dominance was day-long, rolling 299 to open the day en route to claiming the top seed. The other 299 on the day was rolled by another handicap bowler, Keyon Lemus, and he opened the handicap stepladder finals with a 196-182 win over Brad Hansen. Robert Lim then struck in the tenth frame to defeat Lemus 197-190. Abel Gervacio then squeaked by Lim, 169-152, to advance to his first title match.
Sayles came out firing in the title match, and despite Gervacio's best efforts he was unable to keep up Sayles' torrid pace. In the end, Eddie's 243-201 win was good for his third title of the season, a great stat when it comes towards end of the season awards time!
Big thanks to Mr. Chad Cidlevicz and the whole crew at West Covina for an excellent job hosting our Tour for the first time! Over $1,900 in scholarships were awarded- want in on the fun? Come on down to the next JBT event, it's as simple as that!
| BRC W. Covina- final results and optional scholarship winners | ||
| 1/12/08 | ||
| So Cal Conference | ||
| Scratch Division | ||
| rank | name | prize |
| 1 | Matt Cormack | $480 |
| 2 | Jeff Spiesman | $175 |
| 3 | Mark French | $84 |
| 4 | Kyle King | $80 |
| 5 | Anthony Stevenson | $30 |
| 6 | Miguel Lopez | $25 |
| 7 | JR Monteith | $49 |
| 8 | Chris Fore | $30 |
| 9 | Matt Jones | $30 |
| 10 | Theo Douthit | $59 |
| 11 | James Hawkins Jr. | $15 |
| 12 | Jamie Ferry | $15 |
| 13 | Charlie Hair | $5 |
| 14 | James Hefley | |
| 15 | Shayne Huntley | |
| 16 | Alyse McGinnes | $15 |
| 17 | Jordan Ferrer | |
| 18 | Shane Peck | |
| 19 | Devin Bidwell | $15 |
| 20 | Michael Flood | |
| 21 | Greg Geering | |
| 22 | Forrest Holland | |
| 23 | Mike May | |
| 24 | Preston Fukumizu | |
| 25 | Gabriella Mayfield | |
| 26 | Cameron Smith | |
| 27 | Dan Soraci | $14 |
| 28 | Jon Huse | |
| 29 | AJ Garcia | |
| 30 | Brian Ballard | |
| 31 | Tiffany King | |
| 32 | Mark Myers | |
| 33 | Claudell Redwine | |
| 34 | Teddy Carter | |
| 35 | Foster Phandanouvong | $10 |
| 36 | Martika Cabezas | |
| 37 | Andrew Hilvano | |
| 38 | Steven Manier | |
| 39 | Brent Shern | |
| 40 | Virgil Hilvano | |
| 41 | Lana Lycan | |
| Handicap Division | ||
| rank | name | prize |
| 1 | Eddie Sayles | $300 |
| 2 | Abel Gervacio Jr | $152 |
| 3 | Robert Lim | $90 |
| 4 | Keyon Lemus | $40 |
| 5 | Brad Hansen | $60 |
| 6 | Samantha Meyers | $51 |
| 7 | Rebeca Reguero | $15 |
| 8 | Brandon Turner | $45 |
| 9 | Dan Hansen | $20 |
| 10 | Brandon Mullikin | |
| 11 | David Fritz | $15 |
| 12 | Kaitlin Mayall | $12 |
| 13 | Anthony Cruz | $15 |
| 14 | Jeff Bonnett | |
| 15 | Ravanna Richardson | |
| 16 | Andrew Estrada | |
| 17 | Godfrey Galsim | |
| 18 | Kirk Chui | |
| 19 | Brittany Kolatzny | |
| 20 | Nick Minot | |
| 21 | Jessica Jahn | |
| 22 | Karlie Loop | |
| 23 | Drew Stern | |
| 24 | Josh Shoup | |
| 25 | Bethany Baker | |
| 26 | Demenia Redwine | |
| 27 | Kyle DeCew | |
| 28 | AJ Minot | |
| 29 | Antone Beeks | |
| 30 | Christina Fraijo | |
| 31 | Eric Demo | |
| 32 | Shirniece Beeks | |
| 33 | Jenny Phandanouvong | |
| High Games: | ||
| Scratch: French, Monteith, Douthit, Soraci (all 279) | ||
| Handicap: Hansen 271, Mayall 264, Gervacio 262 | ||
| Ebonite ball winner: Kaitlin Mayall | ||
| TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $1,926 | ||