WESTERN BOWL
champs Brian Collier & Jeremy Larance
Brian Collier made
it an historic double-play, while Jeremy Larance needed overtime to claim
victory, in exciting JBT TX-NM Conference action at Amarillo’s Western Bowl.
Brian Burkett
opened his first scratch division stepladder finals appearance with a 252-205
win over Colorado’s Nathan Shock in round one.
Justin Medina then defeated Burkett 204-169, setting up a rematch against
the previous day’s champion, Brian Collier.
That match proved to be heartbreaking deja-vu for Justin, as Collier
defeated him again, 197-164, to advance to the title match again.
Top seed Dan
Romero was leading a stepladder-format JBT event for the first time, having had
a strong showing all day long.
However, Collier is on the roll of his JBT career, and he began with the
front five to create a hole for Romero he couldn’t quite dig out of, and the
224-203 final result was good for his second consecutive JBT title, marking the
first time in the JBT’s 500+ tournament history that a scratch division bowler
won his first two titles in the same weekend, and only the 7th time
that anyone has won two JBT events in one weekend.
Tyler Allen opened
up the handicap division stepladder finals by defeating the only non-North Texan
in the field, Joshua Barress, by a 176-157 score.
Jared Kellison stopped Allen’s run, 200-179 in the semifinal, to
advance to his first title match.
Top seed Jeremy
Larance used a 265 scratch game during qualifying to boost him up to the
tournament lead, which he never relinquished.
Jeremy had the lead for most of the title match, but a missed spare in
the tenth gave Kellison a chance strike out for a one pin victory.
After getting the first two, Jared got 9 on the fill ball for a 196 tie,
the first title match tie in a very long time.
In the ensuing two-frame rolloff, Larance’s mark in the tenth wrapped
up the win and his first career JBT title.
Big thanks to Mr.
Randy Webb and the whole crew at Western Bowl for their hospitality in all our
visits to their beautiful center.
Over $1,320 in scholarships were awarded- want in on the fun?
Come on down to the next JBT event, it’s as easy as that!
| Western Bowl- final results and optional scholarship winners | |||
| 3/2/2008 | |||
| NM-TX Conference | |||
| Scratch Division | |||
| rank | name | city, state | prize |
| 1 | Brian Collier | Amarillo, TX | $200 |
| 2 | Dan Romero | Santa Fe, NM | $175 |
| 3 | Justin Medina | Santa Fe, NM | $75 |
| 4 | Brian Burkett | Ennis, TX | $30 |
| 5 | Nathan Shock | Thornton, CO | $120 |
| 6 | Sam Cuevas | Lubbock, TX | $14 |
| 7 | Rusty Wilkinson | Amarillo, TX | |
| 8 | Brad Pierce | Abilene, TX | |
| 9 | Andy Byer | Albuquerque, NM | $44 |
| 10 | Zachary Barnard | Albuquerque, NM | |
| 11 | Travis Turner | Amarillo, TX | |
| 12 | Chris Davis | Amarillo, TX | $15 |
| 13 | Stephen Planer | Oklahoma City, OK | |
| 14 | Katelyn Mulcahy | Canyon, TX | |
| 15 | Jory Dunavin | Amarillo, TX | |
| 16 | Zach Barton | Allen, TX | |
| 17 | Stephen Hardy | Manchester, NH | $15 |
| 18 | Nathan Hughes | San Jose, NM | |
| 19 | Gabrielle Potts | Canyon, TX | |
| 20 | Jess Gagliardi | Alamosa, CO | |
| 21 | Zach Wilkinson | Amarillo, TX | |
| 22 | Diego Lucero | Santa Fe, NM | |
| 23 | Brendan Smith | Garland, TX | |
| 24 | William Entsminger | El Paso, TX | |
| 25 | Bradley Robinson | DeSoto, TX | |
| 26 | Andrew Cuevas | Lubbock, TX | |
| 27 | Eric Byrd | Amarillo, TX | |
| Handicap Division | |||
| rank | name | city, state | prize |
| 1 | Jeremy Larance | Amarillo, TX | $245 |
| 2 | Jared Kellison | Amarillo, TX | |
| 3 | Tyler Allen | Canyon, TX | $100 |
| 4 | Laef Pendergraft | Amarillo, TX | $80 |
| 5 | Joshua Barress | Albuquerque, NM | $30 |
| 6 | Wendy Shelton | Albuquerque, NM | $25 |
| 7 | Jonah Snell | Amarillo, TX | $10 |
| 8 | Jeff Johnson | Amarillo, TX | |
| 9 | Debbie Read | Albuquerque, NM | $58 |
| 10 | Tricia Barress | Albuquerque, NM | $15 |
| 11 | Erin Kelley | Amarillo, TX | |
| 12 | Kirk Russell | Canyon, TX | |
| 13 | Braxton Williams | Amarillo, TX | $10 |
| 14 | Josh Michaels | Borger, TX | $15 |
| 15 | Mike Romero | Santa Fe, NM | |
| 16 | Jerrico Palma | Roswell, NM | $5 |
| 17 | Tevynn Laws | Albuquerque, NM | |
| 18 | Kat Swindell | Amarillo, TX | $15 |
| 19 | Caleb Goehring | Amarillo, TX | |
| 20 | Kristie Rush | Lubbock, TX | |
| 21 | Patrick Michaels | Borger, TX | |
| 22 | Arielle Palma | Roswell, NM | |
| 23 | Seth Jaramillo | Rio Rancho, NM | |
| 24 | Dusty Blevins | Canyon, TX | |
| 25 | Lacey Shelton | Albuquerque, NM | |
| 26 | Jonah Seawright | Albuquerque, NM | |
| 27 | Joseph Palma | Roswell, NM | |
| 28 | Annalicia Martinez | Roswell, NM | $9 |
| 29 | Katie Rush | Lubbock, TX | |
| Ball winner: Patrick Michaels | |||
| Scratch High Games: Byer 255, 247, Cuevas 247 | |||
| Handicap High Games: Read 238, Martinez 234, Shelton 231 | |||
| TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $1,320 | |||