CANYON LANES
champs Matt Cormack and Michael Unger
Matt Cormack and Michael Unger captured JBT titles in exciting Southern California Conference action at Morongo Casino's Canyon Lanes.
No 300 game has yet been bowled at the spectacular new center, and lots of bowlers had a crack to be the first, with Cormack's 299 opening effort proving to be the closest call. After briefly losing the lead, he ended up qualifying first for the stepladder finals.
The scratch finals opened with Matt Jones squeaking by Arizona's Kyle King 203-180. 26-time winner BJ Baker then defeated Jones 227-201, then followed with a 259-198 walloping of Jeff Spiesman to get to top seed Cormack.
Matt won his first JBT title on Super Bowl Sunday, and is now 2-for-2 on that date, as a ninth frame Greek Church from Baker gave Matt the edge for a 223-206 win and his 4th career JBT title.
On Super Sunday, no adjective was better to describe Unger, who after a string of forgettable JBT results, destroyed the field en route to the top seed. His 5-game qualifying score (+288) and his 330 game with handicap were both the 5th best efforts ever in our 500+ event history.
Four other handicappers fought it out for the right to dethrone Unger, beginning with Chris Tucker, who opened the stepladder finals with a 203-180 win over Drew Stern. Tucker then snuck by Kyle Frederick 204-198, before red-hot Eddie Sayles beat Tucker 244-221, to reach the title match.
No opponent could have been scarier for Unger than Sayles, who has already won three times in So Cal this year. However, Eddie's carry suddenly disappeared, as he left a solid-8, solid-9, solid-10, and two 7 pins in the title match, while Unger kept on doing what got him to the top seed, giving Michael a 229-203 win and his first career JBT title.
Big thanks to Mr. Randy Johnson and everyone at Canyon for a great job hosting our Tour- if you haven't seen this beautiful new center yet, please check it out soon! Over $1,900 in scholarships were awarded to bowlers of all ages and averages. Want in on the fun? Come on down to the next JBT event, it's as simple as that! Approximately $300,000 is expected to be awarded this season alone, and much more information can be found at the best website in junior bowling, www.bowljbt.com.
| Canyon Lanes- final results and optional scholarship winners | |||
| 2/3/2008 | |||
| So Cal Conference | |||
| Scratch Division | |||
| rank | name | city, state | prize |
| 1 | Matt Cormack | Van Nuys, CA | $230 |
| 2 | BJ Baker | Tempe, AZ | $370 |
| 3 | Jeff Spiesman | Ventura, CA | $120 |
| 4 | Matt Jones | Winnetka, CA | $140 |
| 5 | Kyle King | Phoenix, AZ | $40 |
| 6 | Theo Douthit | Phoenix, AZ | $28 |
| 7 | Danielle Schilling | Ventura, CA | |
| 8 | Dan Soraci | Oceanside, CA | |
| 9 | AJ Garcia | Azusa, CA | |
| 10 | Devin Bidwell | Simi Valley, CA | $15 |
| 11 | Lana Lycan | Santee, CA | |
| 12 | Chris Weyrauch | Chandler, AZ | |
| 13 | Cameron Smith | Santee, CA | |
| 14 | Caycee Landers | Mission Hills, CA | |
| 15 | Joey Chuo | La Quinta, CA | |
| 16 | Brian Ballard | San Diego, CA | |
| 17 | James Hefley | Bakersfield, CA | |
| 18 | Mikey May | Vista, CA | |
| 19 | Aliie Ijams | Flagstaff, AZ | |
| 20 | Alex Chuo | La Quinta, CA | |
| 21 | Jamie Ferry | West Covina, CA | |
| 22 | Kevin Lutz | Rialto, CA | |
| 23 | Preston Fukumizu | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 24 | Shane Peck | Riverside, CA | |
| 25 | Steven Sensabaugh | Yorba Linda, CA | |
| 26 | Charlie Hair | Lake Forest, CA | |
| 27 | James Hawkins | Quail Valey, CA | $19 |
| 28 | Susy Monteith | Orange, CA | |
| 29 | Scott Alvarez | La Quinta, CA | |
| 30 | Foster Phandanouvong | San Diego, CA | |
| 31 | Martika Cabezas | Thousand Palms, CA | |
| 32 | JR Monteith | Orange, CA | |
| 33 | Nicholas Alford | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 34 | Courtney Dutton | Chandler, AZ | |
| Handicap Division | |||
| rank | name | city, state | prize |
| 1 | Michael Unger | Trabuco Canyon, CA | $300 |
| 2 | Eddie Sayles | Los Angeles, CA | $100 |
| 3 | Chris Tucker | Cathedral City, CA | $60 |
| 4 | Kyle Frederick | Chandler, AZ | $120 |
| 5 | Drew Stern | Northridge, CA | $70 |
| 6 | Brad Hansen | Huntington Beach, CA | $30 |
| 7 | Cameron Santana | Costa Mesa, CA | $19 |
| 8 | Bethany Baker | Tempe, AZ | $124 |
| 9 | Wesley Low | Palmdale, CA | |
| 10 | Brandon Turner | San Diego, CA | |
| 11 | Jay Prewitt | Chandler, AZ | |
| 12 | Sarah Humphrey | Costa Mesa, CA | |
| 13 | Christina Fraijo | Covina, CA | |
| 14 | Anthony Cruz | San Diego, CA | $30 |
| 15 | Samantha Meyers | Mission Hills, CA | |
| 16 | Rane Lacona | Phoenix, AZ | $15 |
| 17 | Dan Hansen | Huntington Beach, CA | $20 |
| 18 | Anthony Tripi | Avondale, AZ | $15 |
| 19 | Kirk Chui | San Diego, CA | |
| 20 | Kaitlin Mayall | Chula Vista, CA | |
| 21 | Karlie Loop | Menifee, CA | $15 |
| 22 | Albert Torres | San Diego, CA | |
| 23 | Justin Givler | Phoenix, AZ | |
| 24 | Jenny Phandanouvong | San Diego, CA | |
| 25 | Robert Lim | West Covina, CA | |
| 26 | Cris Boyle | Chandler, AZ | $10 |
| 27 | Kyli Selley | Costa Mesa, CA | |
| 28 | Kyle DeCew | Riverside, CA | |
| 29 | Jeff Bonnett | Riverside, CA | |
| 30 | Brandon Mullikin | Torrance, CA | |
| 31 | Brittant Kolatzny | San Diego, CA | |
| 32 | Eric Demo | San Diego, CA | |
| 33 | Jacob Camacho | Menifee, CA | |
| Ball Winner: Allie Ijams | |||
| Scratch High Games: Cormack 299, Hawkins, Douthit, Hefley 279 | |||
| Handicap High Games: Baker 291, Boyle 269, D Hansen 265 | |||
| TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $1,919 | |||