GREEN VALLEY LANES

champs Cameron Smith & Blake Kalaf

     It's time for JBT Jeopardy!  The answer is: Cameron Smith and Blake Kalaf.  The question:  Who are two people you most definitely do not want to bowl against at Green Valley?   The champs from our 2008 event here both did it again in 2009 this week, in exciting Arizona Conference action. 

     Matt Herbert opened up the scratch division stepladder finals with a 246-184 win over Greg Garbera.  In another high scoring match on the house pattern, Eduardo Perez outstruck Herbert 256-234.  Perez followed that effort with a solid 247 game, but it turned out to be not nearly enough as Smith blasted a 290 game to advance to the title match.

     Top seed Riley Dempsey has had a breakout spring on Tour, with his first win at Deer Valley in April, and he continued the streak here by firing the event's only 300 game to open the tournament.  He lost the lead for only one game (to qualifying leader Rachelle Davis), but regained it for the semis and the finals.  In a title match that was closely contested, Dempsey, up first in the tenth, left a big split, giving Cameron the space he needed to win the match, defend his title, and pick up the landmark 10th victory of his JBT career, only the 16th bowler in JBT history to reach that lofty milestone- congrats Cameron!

      Kristen Lee opened up the handicap division title match in high scoring fashion with a 268-238 win over JD Sweet.  Kayla Goad then came up with a thrilling one-pin victory over Lee, 201-200.  Instant karma got Kayla in the semifinals though, as Blake Kalaf earned a one-pin win of his own, 205-204, to reach the title match.

     Top seed Michael Keller was making his first career JBT finals, and did so in fine style by grabbing the tournament's top seed in game seven.  However, the first title match of anyone's JBT career is a daunting proposition, and Kalaf's confidence at the site of his only other win helped him to a 224-187 win and his 2nd career JBT title.

     Thanks as always to Green Valley for being gracious hosts at our event, which awarded over $2,000 in scholarships to bowlers of all ages and averages.  Shannon Ryan and Andy Holick cashed in for $50 scholarships each as winners of the Impact Challenge, courtesy of Impact Pro Shop at 99th Ave & Bell in northwest Phoenix.  Want in on the best fun and excitement in junior bowling?  Come on out to the next JBT event, it's that simple!

Green Valley Lanes- final results and optional scholarship winners
5/16/2009    
Arizona Conference  
   
Scratch Division  
rank name prize
1 Cameron Smith $360
2 Riley Dempsey $100
3 Eduardo Perez $60
4 Matt Herbert $110
5 Greg Garbera $95
6 Kyle King $120
7 Kris George  
8 Miguel Lopez  
9 Rachelle Davis $45
10 Kaitlin Mayall $15
11 Rane Lacona  
12 Steven Manier $15
13 Courtney Dutton  
14 Rebeca Reguero  
15 Andy Holick $50
16 Randy Cote  
17 Jacob Smith  
18 Kalyn Washburn  
19 Delano Coveris  
20 James Hawkins $15
21 Labriel Leach  
22 Anthony Tripi  
23 Chris Varholdt  
24 Amanda Falk  
25 Nick Lee  
26 Jeff Williams $5
27 Kyle Karpovich $5
28 William Witt  
29 Mike Aguilar  
30 Mike Kremer  
31 Nathan Shock  
32 Melissa Aguilar  
33 Joseph Lewandowski $5
34 Martika Cabezas  
   
Handicap Division  
rank name prize
1 Blake Kalaf $230
2 Michael Keller $115
3 Kayla Goad $75
4 Kristen Lee $60
5 JD Sweet $125
6 Drew Stern $70
7 Samantha Meyers $35
8 Nicki Nunez $75
9 Andrew Nicla  
10 Kennison Andrews  
11 Alex Pellegrino $15
12 Jeff Anderson $30
13 Danny Varholdt  
14 Jason Mertens  
15 Cody Vanderweyst $15
16 Krystal Gray  
17 James Burke  
18 Jordan Vanderweyst $45
19 Shannon Ryan $65
20 Becki Meils  
21 Trevor Roberts  
22 Kyle Andrews $45
23 Jon Serfillipi  
24 Daniel Cotton  
25 William Cornett  
26 Dominic Luna  
27 Taylor Coleman  
28 Brandon Webster  
29 Ben Meils  
30 Bethany Baker  
31 Tyler Edenhofer $15
32 Lindsey Ailport  
33 Andre Hernandez $15
34 Travis Johnson  
35 Alexis Atkin  
36 Josh Shoup  
37 marina Stever  
38 Savannah Carr  
39 Emilio Luna  
40 Marcus Stanley  
41 Kara Smasel  
42 Justin Givler  
43 Jared Boscarino  
44 brooks Gould  
45 Wesley Gee  
   
     
Scratch High Games:  
  Dempsey 300  
  Davis 287  
Dempsey 279  
Garbera 279  
Hawkins 269  
   
   
Handicap High Games:  
Stern 263  
Sweet 262  
Kennison Andrews 260  
Goad 259  
Kalaf 259  
   
   
Round Leaders (5 pts. Each)  
Scratch Handicap
1 Dempsey Meyers
2 Dempsey Pellegrino
3 Dempsey Kalaf
4 Dempsey Kalaf
5 Davis Kalaf
6 Dempsey Kalaf
7 Dempsey Keller
8 Dempsey Keller
   
   
   
High Female:  
Davis 1128  
Mayall 1084  
Dutton 1022  
Reguero 1014  
Washburn 997  
   
   
  TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $2,030