PAC NW DOUBLES

champs Josh Jackson, Sam Parks, Wes Jenkins, & Jessica Bubnich

       Four juniors captured JBT titles in exciting action at the Pac NW Doubles Classic, hosted by Roxbury Lanes.

      Perry Crowell and Kevin Hong escaped round one of the scratch division's Baker-format stepladder finals with a 216-212 win over Chris Kirk and Rob Hartwig.  Perry and Kevin then survived another squeaker, 191-180 over Lori Hanken and Patrick Hickok, before being stopped by Sam Parks and Josh Jackson 214-200, to reach the title match.

    Top seed Tristan Curtis teamed with talented adult bowler Tom Anderson, who has always done well in this event for his juniors, to lead the event fairly easily after qualifying.   However, Baker style bowling is all about momentum, and Sam and Josh had all of it, as they opened with a six bagger that was too much for a hole for Tom and Tristan to come back from, despite the match getting much closer at the end.  The 224-203 win was good for the first JBT title each for Jackson and Parks.

   Thomas and Laurie Nylund opened the handicap division stepladder finals with a close 227-223 victory over Lee Farquhar and Andy Herrmann, with both teams stringing late in the game.  Jessica Bubnich and Wes Jenkins then took over, beating the Nylunds 186-167, and following with a 234-203 win over Aaron Waterman and Ron Satterthwait to reach the title match.

   Top seeds Thomas and John Nute bowled very well all day, highlighted by Thomas' high individual handicap game of the day (291), to grab the top seed.  All four finalists bowled extremely well all game, but ninth frame opens from Jessica and Thomas gave Bubnich and Jenkins a one-pin lead after nine frames.  John, up first in the tenth, then struck, and Jenkins matched him with a strike of his own.  Nute then struck again on shot #2, and Wes again came up clutch, matching the strike.  After John got 8 on the fill shot (with an unfortunate 4-9), Jenkins then left an 8-count of his own, good enough for the 212-211 thrilling win, his first JBT title, and Jessica's second.

   All of that excitement paled in comparison to the PowerBowl playing of the day, with three bowlers- Daniel Carroll, and Zach Hemming twice getting to the jackpot shot.  After Carroll missed and Hemming missed on his first effort, Zach changed his final shot call to 5, threw a plastic ball at the corner, and the 4-pin fell out of the cluster he left at the last possible second for a 5-count, hitting the PowerBowl jackpot for a cool $1,000 holiday scholarship bonus-- wow!!!

  Thanks to the whole crew at Roxbury for another great job hosting out Tour.  Over $3,000 in scholarships was awarded to a large field who braved some nasty weather to participate.  Want in on all this fun?  Want to win over $1,000 for finishing 15th? You gotta bowl JBT events, it's as simple as that!!!

Pac NW Doubles- final results and optional scholarship winners    
12/14/2008          
Pac NW Conference        
         
Scratch Division        
rank name   city, state   prize
1 Sam Parks $210 Josh Jackson $195 $405
2 Tristan Curtis $200 Tom Anderson   $200
3 Perry Crowell IV $100 Kevin Hong   $100
4 Lori Hanken $40 Patrick Hickok $40 $80
5 Chris Kirk $60 Rob Hartwig   $60
6 Danielle Schilling   Kevin Valmonte     
7 Todd Hopfner $75 Krista Elmore   $75
8 Marshall Kent   Tyler Cruz    
9 Jon Smith   Travis Mowry    
10 Schraeder White   Rachel Kreighbaum    
11 Josh Baumgardner   Recardo Ashton    
12 Jordan Plunkett   James Yost    
13 Daniel Carroll $110 Andrew Haugen    
14 Brandon Dunson   Colton Munger    
15 Brandon Nylund   Ty Treddenbarger    
16 Sarah Boe   Kevin Nagasawa    
17 Justin David   Matt Matias    
18 Keynan Fanslow $25 Scott Schimming   $25
           
         
Handicap Division        
rank name   city, state   prize
1 Jessica Bubnich $150 Wes Jenkins $150 $300
2 Thomas Nute $245 John Nute   $245
3 Aaron Waterman $100 Ron Satterthwait   $100
4 Thomas Nylund $80 Laurie Nylund   $80
5 Lee Farquhar   Andy Herrmann $60 $60
6 Mike Kennedy   Robert Altieri     
7 Kelsey Abrahamsen   Christen Gooding    
8 Jaymi McCollum   Juston McFarland    
9 Max Cooper $30 Kevin Harja   $30
10 Correen Lieber   Randy Lieber    
11 Dani Telstad   Megan Page    
12 Travis McAllister $30 Ronnie Goodman $15 $45
13 Alex Vollmer $15 Joshua Burbach   $15
14 Jeremy McCollum   Marty McCollum    
15 Francesca Dorsch   Conrad Smith    
16 Zach Hemming $1,075 Bri Hemming $15 $1,090
17 Cody Nelson $30 Janai Romanoff   $30
18 Sam Burns   Jordan Romanoff    
19 Billy Shestock   Ricky Garza    
20 Ryan Gallagher $10 Bryan Switzer II   $10
           
Scratch High Games:        
  Hopfner 279        
  Curtis 277        
Parks 258        
White 255        
Baumgardner 254        
         
         
Handicap High Games:        
Nute 291        
Waterman 282        
T Nylund 260        
Altieri 258        
C Lieber 258        
         
         
Round Leaders (5 pts. Each)        
Scratch   Handicap    
1 Hanken / Hickok   Cooper / Harja    
2 Valmonte / Schilling   Farquhar / Herrmann  
3 Parks / Jackson   Waterman / Satterthwait  
4 Curtis / Anderson   Waterman / Satterthwait  
5 Curtis / Anderson   Nute / Nute    
6 Curtis / Anderson   Nute / Nute    
7 Curtis / Anderson   Nute / Nute    
8          
         
         
         
High Female:        
Schilling 897        
Hanken 857        
Kreighbaum 824        
Telstad 750        
C Lieber 724        
         
         
  TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $3,015  

for those of you wondering where Evan had to run off to...

Jessica's win was clearly thrilling!