KEYSTONE LANES
champs Kris George and Jacob Potts
George, Potts capture regular season JBT wrapups at Keystone
One is nearing the end of his JBT career and one is just beginning, but they both know how to win: Kris George and Jacob Potts captured JBT titles in exciting So Cal Conference action at Norwalk's Keystone Lanes.
The very tough PBA shark pattern challenged the bowlers, but Devin Bidwell bit the shark back, firing the event's only 300 game, vaulting him into the stepladder finals, which he began successfully with a 257-188 win over Travis Zehntner. Greg Geering then defeated Bidwell 234-212, and followed with an even bigger 262-198 win over 31-time champion Kyle King in the semifinals.
Top seed Kris George also found a way to string strikes on the shark, putting up a 290 game earlier that helped consolidate the lead. He remained tough in the finals as well, gutting out a 218-204 win for the 21st title of the talented Las Vegan's JBT career.
Kyle DeCew opened up the handicap division stepladder finals with a 207-191 victory over first-time finalist Jordan Bibby. Jacob Potts, a winner in Ventura last month, then took over, beating De Cew 238-196, and following with a 175-167 war of attrition over Michael Unger to return to the title match.
Top seed Ashley Dunn had absolutely owned this tournament, grabbing the lead in game two and never looking back to easily nab the top seed for the first time in a JBT event. However, the title match saw both bowlers struggling, and in the end it was Potts, the youngest bowler in the field, emerging with a 183-159 win and his second career JBT title.
The field is now set for the JBT So Cal Invitational, with $1,000 scholarships going to the champion of each division. Over $2,300 in scholarships were awarded at this event alone- want in on all the fun and excitement that only JBT can offer? Simply check out our schedules and come on out to the next JBT event, it's as simple as that!
| Keystone Lanes- final results and optional scholarship winners | |||
| 6/13/2009 | |||
| Southern California Conference | |||
| Scratch Division | |||
| rank | name | prize | |
| 1 | Kris George | $240 | |
| 2 | Greg Geering | $125 | |
| 3 | Kyle King | $295 | |
| 4 | Devin Bidwell | $140 | |
| 5 | Travis Zehntner | $40 | |
| 6 | Charlie Hair | $30 | |
| 7 | Foster Phandanouvong | $40 | |
| 8 | Tim Ursillo | $20 | |
| 9 | Justin Lou | ||
| 10 | Joey Chuo | ||
| 11 | Mark Curtis | ||
| 12 | Steven Manier | ||
| 13 | Greg Garbera | ||
| 14 | Kevin Jones | $30 | |
| 15 | Lana Lycan | ||
| 16 | Amanda Falk | ||
| 17 | Chris Varholdt | ||
| 18 | Aaron Beck | ||
| 19 | Brittany Page | $15 | |
| 20 | Courtney Dutton | ||
| 21 | Brian Ballard | ||
| 22 | Steven Bojorquez | ||
| 23 | Mark Myers | ||
| 24 | James Hawkins | ||
| 25 | Cameron Smith | ||
| 26 | Jimmy Hefley | $75 | |
| 27 | Matt Herbert | ||
| 28 | Jamie Ferry | ||
| 29 | Robert Page | ||
| 30 | Riley Dempsey | ||
| 31 | Anthony Cruz | ||
| 32 | Kaitlin Mayall | ||
| 33 | Martika Cabezas | ||
| 34 | Natalie Jimenez | ||
| 35 | Rebeca Reguero | $10 | |
| 36 | Ryan Howard | $15 | |
| 37 | Aaron Steinberg | ||
| 38 | Christina Fraijo | ||
| 39 | Shayne Huntley | ||
| 40 | Eddie Sayles | ||
| 41 | Jerome Jordan Jr | ||
| 42 | Shane Peck | ||
| 43 | Preston Fukumizu | ||
| 44 | Shaun Morad | ||
| Handicap Division | |||
| rank | name | prize | |
| 1 | Jacob Potts | $370 | |
| 2 | Ashley Dunn | $200 | |
| 3 | Michael Unger | $75 | |
| 4 | Kyle DeCew | $90 | |
| 5 | Jordan Bibby | $40 | |
| 6 | Brittany Kolatzny | $75 | |
| 7 | Bethany Baker | $25 | |
| 8 | Jenny Phandanouvong | $35 | |
| 9 | Luke Holley | $45 | |
| 10 | Isaiah Cleveland | $30 | |
| 11 | David Fritz | $45 | |
| 12 | Kyle Andrews | ||
| 13 | Denny Courtney | ||
| 14 | Jordan Kraye | ||
| 15 | Dan Hansen | ||
| 16 | Tanner Long | $30 | |
| 17 | Karlie Loop | $15 | |
| 18 | Samantha Meyers | $5 | |
| 19 | Wesley Low | ||
| 20 | Jeff Bonnett | ||
| 21 | Layla Sefried | $105 | |
| 22 | Randi Speiler | ||
| 23 | Theron Jouett | ||
| 24 | Adam Dubia | ||
| 25 | Kirk Chui | ||
| 26 | Rane Lacona | ||
| 27 | Adrian Duke | ||
| 28 | Andre Hernandez | ||
| 29 | Michael Ma | ||
| 30 | Brad Hansen | $30 | |
| 31 | Eric Demo | ||
| 32 | Brandon Turner | ||
| 33 | Carol Chui | ||
| 34 | Vincent Jouett | ||
| 35 | Justin Villa | ||
| 36 | Kennison Andrews | ||
| 37 | Thomas Addison | ||
| 38 | Josh Shoup | ||
| 39 | Justin Givler | $15 | |
| 40 | Matthew Green | ||
| 41 | John Wright | ||
| 42 | Marina Stever | ||
| 43 | Jacob Camacho | ||
| 44 | Vincent Nolan | ||
| 45 | Wesley Gee | ||
| Scratch High Games: | |||
| Bidwell 300 | |||
| George 290 | |||
| King 264 | |||
| Geering 262 | |||
| Geering 256 | |||
| Handicap High Games: | |||
| Dunn 268 | |||
| De Cew 257 | |||
| Unger 253 | |||
| Potts 251 | |||
| Fritz 249 | |||
| Round Leaders (5 pts. Each) | |||
| Scratch | Handicap | ||
| 1 | Hair | Unger | |
| 2 | Lou - Ursillo | Dunn | |
| 3 | Haig | Dunn | |
| 4 | George | Dunn | |
| 5 | Hair | Dunn | |
| 6 | King | Dunn | |
| 7 | George | Dunn | |
| 8 | George | Dunn | |
| TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $2,355 | |||
