AMF DEER VALLEY LANES
champs Greg Geering & Nick Wade
Greg Geering finally became a JBT titlist, while Nick Wade also tasted victory for the first time, in exciting JBT Arizona Conference action at AMF Deer Valley Lanes.
The exciting 'survivor' format was used for this event, with low-bowler-out elimination matchplay resulting in do-or-die moments all throughout the center. In the scratch division, six survivors eventually remained on the challenging lane conditions. In that round, all six came up with 200+ efforts, but it was Kris George over Eduardo Perez 221-206; Greg Geering over James Hawkins 247-206; and in a thriller, Cameron Smith over Greg Garbera 258-237.
With three bowlers left, Geering moved on with a big 236, while Kris' 187 escaped over Cameron's 177 to set up the title match. Both bowlers are JBT veterans with experience at the highest levels of college bowling, so it was no surprise that they both bowled an excellent title match. The only surprise was that Geering had not yet ever won a JBT title- but that anomaly was finally erased with a 237-234 triumph over George for title #1.
The handicap division was also eventually whittled down to 6 bowlers. In the round of 6, Daniel Cotten beat Jewel-Leigh Casesse 230-192; Nick Wade beat Austin Hinz 195-189, and Deven Johnston got by Alex Pellegrino 212-185. With three bowlers left, a single match left Wade (223) and Johnston (212) standing, while Cotten's 203 effort was good, but relegated to third place.
The title match didn't have the tension of the semifinals, because Wade came out firing with seven marks in eight frames, and Johnston, with the higher average, had trouble re-lining into the pocket on the title pair. The 238-206 win was good for the first title of Wade's career.
Thanks to everyone at Deer Valley for hosting our event, which awarded over $2,500 in scholarships to bowlers of all ages and averages. Want in on the best in junior bowling? Come on down to the next JBT event, it's really that easy!
Impact Challenge Winners- Mike Kremer and Becki Meils
| AMF Deer Valley- final results and optional scholarship winners | |||
| 4/5/2009 | |||
| Arizona Conference | |||
| Scratch Division | |||
| rank | name | prize | |
| 1 | Greg Geering | $225 | |
| 2 | Kris George | $195 | |
| 3 | Cameron Smith | $85 | |
| 4 | Eduardo Perez | $75 | |
| 5 | Greg Garbera | $50 | |
| 6 | James Hawkins | $40 | |
| 7 | April Urban | $30 | |
| 8 | Jacob Smith | ||
| 9 | Anthony Tripi | ||
| 10 | Kyle King | $240 | |
| 11 | Courtney Dutton | ||
| 12 | Jeff Williams | $5 | |
| 13 | Rachelle Davis | $55 | |
| 14 | Matt Herbert | ||
| 15 | Tim Ursillo | $50 | |
| 16 | Labriel Leach | ||
| 17 | Riley Dempsey | ||
| 18 | Brenden Lou | ||
| 19 | Anthony Benicki | ||
| 20 | Ryan Howard | $15 | |
| 21 | Miguel Lopez | $15 | |
| 22 | rebeca Reguero | ||
| 23 | Andy Holick | ||
| 24 | Nicole Bring | ||
| 25 | Shawn Peters | ||
| 26 | Tyson Lewis | ||
| 27 | Nick Lee | ||
| 28 | Joe Lewandowski | ||
| 29 | Eric Rubin | ||
| 30 | Randy Cote | ||
| 31 | Chris Varholdt | ||
| 32 | Jenni Cahn | ||
| 33 | Rane Lacona | $15 | |
| 34 | Kaitlin Mayall | ||
| 35 | Chelsea Zemelka | ||
| 36 | Mike Kremer | ||
| 37 | Kyle Karpovich | ||
| 38 | Steven Pizzi | ||
| Handicap Division | |||
| rank | name | prize | |
| 1 | Nick Wade | $385 | |
| 2 | Deven Johnston | $140 | |
| 3 | Daniel Cotton | $190 | |
| 4 | Austin Hinz | $75 | |
| 5 | Alex Pellegrino | $60 | |
| 6 | Jewel Leigh Casesse | $50 | |
| 7 | Lindsey Ailport | $40 | |
| 8 | Jeff Anderson | $80 | |
| 9 | Alexis Atkin | $60 | |
| 10 | Emilio Luna | $25 | |
| 11 | Megan Carlson | $65 | |
| 12 | Justin Givler | ||
| 13 | Derek Iozzio | $50 | |
| 14 | Taylor King | ||
| 15 | Josh Shoup | $15 | |
| 16 | David Wessel | $60 | |
| 17 | Kyle Smith | ||
| 18 | Ashley Benicki | ||
| 19 | Drew Stern | $30 | |
| 20 | Michael Keller | ||
| 21 | Brandon Webster | ||
| 22 | Travis Johnson | $30 | |
| 23 | Dominic Luna | ||
| 24 | Brandon Aiken | ||
| 25 | Marina Stever | ||
| 26 | Jared Billman | ||
| 27 | Brooks Gould | ||
| 28 | Brandon Longo | ||
| 29 | Kyle Chambers | ||
| 30 | Kayla Goad | ||
| 31 | Tyler Edenhofer | ||
| 32 | Pamela Perez | ||
| 33 | Steven Acuff | ||
| 34 | Valry Swaim | ||
| 35 | Danny Varholdt | ||
| 36 | Derek Acuff | ||
| 37 | Andrew Nicla | ||
| 38 | Tanner Hill | ||
| 39 | Cody Taylor | ||
| 40 | Maura Swaim | ||
| 41 | James Adams | ||
| 42 | Jackson Curless | ||
| 43 | Ashley Collins | ||
| 44 | Becki Meils | ||
| 45 | Timothy Jacob | ||
| 46 | Jeffrey Schultz | ||
| 47 | Blake Kalaf | ||
| 48 | Ben Meils | ||
| 49 | Tony Marin | ||
| 50 | Savannah Carr | ||
| 51 | Jared Boscarino | ||
| 52 | Carson Richards | ||
| 53 | Zach Simon | ||
| 54 | Dylan Taylor | ||
| 55 | Bethany Baker | ||
| 56 | JD Sweet | ||
| 57 | Steven Cheatham | ||
| Scratch High Games: | |||
| Garbera 269 | |||
| Ursillo 259 | |||
| Smith C 257 | |||
| Dutton 257 | |||
| Leach 253 | |||
| Handicap High Games: | |||
| N Wade 278 | |||
| Hinz 258 | |||
| T King 258 | |||
| J Anderson 256 | |||
| Webster 256 | |||
| Round Leaders (5 pts. Each) | |||
| Scratch | Handicap | ||
| 1 | Leach | T Hill | |
| 2 | Peters | K Smith | |
| 3 | Smith | Atkin | |
| 4 | King | Hinz | |
| 5 | King | Hinz | |
| 6 | |||
| 7 | |||
| 8 | |||
| High Female: | |||
| Davis 1046 | |||
| Dutton 1039 | |||
| Urban 951 | |||
| L Ailport 923 | |||
| Reguero 916 | |||
| TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $2,455 | |||