TRIANGLE BOWL
champs Rob Edwards and Megan Page
Rob Edwards continued his Pac NW Conference dominance, while Megan Page tasted victory for the first time, in exciting JBT action at Longview's Triangle Bowl.
A newcomer to JBT, Marshall Kent, opened the scratch division of the stepladder finals with a 216-202 win over Nick Stone. Another JBT rookie, Chris Kirk, then strung the strikes to beat Kent 246-188. Lori Hanken then ousted Kirk 214-201, and she advanced to her first JBT title match.
Talented females are nothing new to JBT- five females have won scratch titles in mixed events our history- and Miss Hanken was eager to add her name to that list, firing a 299 game earlier to highlight her excellent day. However, top seed Rob Edwards was determined to not let that happen. The defending Pac NW JBT Bowler of the Year, who finished second at the season-opener in Seattle, was nearly perfect this time, tossing a 279 game to defeat Lori and capture his 3rd career JBT title. He used an Ebonite bowling ball for the win, good for an extra $100 from Ebonite.
Justin David opened the handicap division stepladder with a 218-206 victory over Connor Gracia in round one. In a thrilling second game, Katie Beismann squeaked by David 250-242. 10 year-old Tyler Boe then wowed the crowd by shooting 224 scratch en route to beating Beismann 271-201 to set up the title match.
Top seed Megan Page was enjoying her best JBT event by far, but had her hands full with the very impressive Boe. Despite another fine effort from Tyler, Megan picked her first JBT title match to come up with the high scratch game of her career, a 265 (293 with handicap), and she captured her first career JBT title.
Thanks to everyone at Triangle for a great job hosting us, and thanks to YOU for spreading the word about our Tour. A Pacific Northwest record 79 bowlers competed in the event, and we feel that could be just the beginning of where this Conference can go. Keep up the great job spreading the word! Over $1,600 in scholarships was awarded- want in on the fun? Come on out to the next JBT event, it's as simple as that!
| Triangle Bowl- final results and optional scholarship winners | |||
| 11/11/2007 | |||
| Pacific Northwest Conference | |||
| Scratch Division | |||
| rank | name | city, state | prize |
| 1 | Rob Edwards | Vancouver, WA | $333 |
| 2 | Lori Hanken | Oregon City, OR | $155 |
| 3 | Chris Kirk | $75 | |
| 4 | Marshall Kent | $50 | |
| 5 | Nick Stone | Tacoma, WA | $46 |
| 6 | Luke Stone | Tacoma, WA | $20 |
| 7 | Curtis Dicken | ||
| 8 | Todd Hopfner | Sumner, WA | $45 |
| 9 | Cody Stone | Tacoma, WA | |
| 10 | Cameron Weier | Federal Way, WA | $80 |
| 11 | Jordan Yoke | ||
| 12 | Austin Marshall | Newport, OR | |
| 13 | Mathew Bartness | ||
| 14 | Matt West | Gresham, OR | $30 |
| 15 | Jordan Plunkett | Everett, WA | $15 |
| 16 | Sam Neves | Tacoma, WA | $15 |
| 17 | Josh Jackson | Tacoma, WA | $30 |
| 18 | Tristan Curtis | Fife, WA | |
| 19 | Matthew Kemper | Portland, OR | |
| 20 | Adam Nadasky | Tacoma, WA | |
| 21 | Jake Klemsen | Milwaukie, OR | |
| 22 | Falisha Forgash | Tacoma, WA | |
| 23 | Kirk Williams | Oregon City, OR | |
| 24 | Michael Bartness | ||
| 25 | Nate Whitson | Tacoma, WA | |
| 26 | Jared McNeal | ||
| 27 | Patrick Hickok | Gresham, OR | |
| 28 | Zach Stone | Tacoma, WA | |
| 29 | Tyson Fuqua | ||
| 30 | Michael Raney | ||
| 31 | Charles Boddy | ||
| 32 | Perry Crowell | Hoquiam, WA | $15 |
| 33 | Catherine Rawsthorne | Seattle, WA | |
| 34 | Sarah Boe | Fife, WA | |
| 35 | Chelsea Lynch | Seattle, WA | |
| 36 | Daniel Carroll | Seattle, WA | |
| 37 | Amanda Gustin | ||
| 38 | Tyler Cruz | Tacoma, WA | |
| Handicap Division | |||
| rank | name | city, state | prize |
| 1 | Megan Page | Covington, WA | $225 |
| 2 | Tyler Boe | Redmond, WA | $140 |
| 3 | Katie Beismann | Bothell, WA | $75 |
| 4 | Justin David | Bellevue, WA | $60 |
| 5 | Connor Gracia | Woodinville, WA | $41 |
| 6 | Zach Hemming | Woodinville, WA | $50 |
| 7 | Thomas Nylund | Kent, WA | |
| 8 | Andrew Mohr | $15 | |
| 9 | Matt Matias | Kent, WA | $6 |
| 10 | Erika Gustin | ||
| 11 | Jessica Bubnich | Tacoma, WA | |
| 12 | Brandon Nylund | Kent, WA | |
| 13 | Clayton Bult | Woodinville, WA | $35 |
| 14 | Brett Hall | Tacoma, WA | $22 |
| 15 | Courtney Nikolas | $30 | |
| 16 | Krissy Nagasawa | Kent, WA | |
| 17 | Stephen Switzer | Fife, WA | |
| 18 | Riann Bogner | ||
| 19 | Jimmy Smith | Troutdale, OR | $15 |
| 20 | Jordan Kent | $15 | |
| 21 | Tyler Stickler | Fife, WA | |
| 22 | Mersadez West | Gresham, OR | |
| 23 | Kim Gustin | ||
| 24 | Megan Green | ||
| 25 | Makayla Douglas | Gresham, OR | |
| 26 | Zach Betz | Kelso, OR | |
| 27 | Brittany Yoke | ||
| 28 | Danielle Mansanarez | Tacoma, WA | $15 |
| 29 | Sam Burns | Federal Way, WA | $15 |
| 30 | Travis McAllister | Tacoma, WA | |
| 31 | Bryan Switzer II | Fife, WA | |
| 32 | Max Leach | ||
| 33 | Kyle Hayes | ||
| 34 | Malachi Kahr | ||
| 35 | Kayla Muki | ||
| 36 | Nicole Stickler | Fife, WA | |
| 37 | Harley Dahlquist | ||
| 38 | Carlton Johnson Jr | Oak Harbor, WA | |
| 39 | Brittany Arndt | Portland, OR | |
| 40 | Ryan Nikolas | ||
| 41 | Matt Greely | ||
| PowerBowl winners: | |||
| Ball Winner: | |||
| Scratch High Games: Hanken 299, Stone 290, Edwards 279 | |||
| Handicap High Games: Hall 265, Gracia 264, Matias 259 | |||
| TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $1,663 | |||