THE ORLEANS

champs DJ Sloan & Josh Shoup

      DJ Sloan and Josh Shoup captured JBT titles in exciting Mojave Conference action at The Orleans.

     Brad Hansen continued his hot streak of late by opening the handicap division stepladder finals with a 243-226 victory over first time finalist Dakota Nitz.  Hansen then rolled past Andrew Gottlieb 234-218, before Teo Cipriaso stopped Hansen 199-184 to set up the title match.

    Top seed Shoup broke out of a protracted slump by leading the high-scoring event here, throwing the ball visibly better than in recent events.  He'd need it against Teo, who after being way out of the cut after game four, rattled off 4 games over 200 (and 3 over 260!) the rest of the way.  In an exciting title match, Shoup squeaked out the win for his 3rd career JBT title.

   Nathan Shock, who travels nearly as much as I do for JBT events, opened up the scratch division stepladder with a 258-191 win over all-conference points leader Kyle King.  Sloan then sent Shock back to Colorado with a 202-194 nailbiter win, and followed it up with a 213-198 win over James Hawkins, who averaged just shy of 250 in qualifying, to advance to the title match.

   Top seed Brandon Allred often does well on our difficult patterns, but the talented righty again showed his versatility by leading this very high-scoring event.  A tense title match came down to Allred needing all 3 strikes in the tenth frame, but his first ball left a 10-pin, giving DJ his 4th career JBT title.  He pocketed an extra $100 for winning with Ebonite, our title sponsor's, equipment.

   Thanks as always to the whole crew at The Orleans for being very welcoming hosts every time we visit.  Over $1,600 was awarded to juniors of all ages and averages- want in on the fun?  Come on down to the next JBT event, it's as easy as that!

Orleans (Sat.)- final results and optional scholarship winners
10/17/2008      
Mojave Conference    
     
Scratch Division    
rank name city, state prize
1 DJ Sloan Las Vegas, NV $300
2 Brandon Allred Las Vegas, NV $215
3 James Hawkins Jr Perris, CA $105
4 Nathan Shock Thornton, CO $95
5 Kyle King Phoenix, AZ $40
6 Kris George Las Vegas, NV $30
7 Cameron Smith El Cajon, CA  
8 Jeffrey Williams Surprise, AZ  
9 Chase Nadeau Las Vegas, NV  
10 Zach Hattori Las Vegas, NV  
11 Brian Ballard San Diego, CA $15
12 Eric Hatchett Las Vegas, NV  
13 Brandon Owen Las Vegas, NV  
14 Kaitlin Mayall Chula Vista, CA $45
15 Chris Kagawa Las Vegas, NV  
16 Alex Katz Las Vegas, NV  
17 Rebeca Reguero Phoenix, AZ  
18 Cory Keraly Las Vegas, NV $5
19 Matt Herbert Prescott, AZ  
20 Dallas Leong Las Vegas, NV $15
21 Chris Kutcher Las Vegas, NV  
22 Matt McHann Las Vegas, NV  
23 Jordan Ferrer Henderson, NV  
24 Erik Matthewson Las Vegas, NV  
25 Alyssa Madrid Las Vegas, NV  
26 Jordan Katz Las Vegas, NV  
27 Allie Ijams Flagstaff, AZ $15
28 Melissa Huether Las Vegas, NV  
     
       
     
Handicap Division    
rank name city, state prize
1 Josh Shoup Tolleson, AZ $200
2 Teo Cipriaso Las Vegas, NV $100
3 Andrew Gottlieb Las Vegas, NV $60
4 Dakota Nitz Las Vegas, NV $40
5 Brad Hansen Huntington Beach, CA $170
6 Dylan Lucas Las Vegas, NV $20
7 Kevin Weis Las Vegas, NV  
8 Dan Hansen Huntington Beach, CA  
9 Justin Villa Simi Valley, CA $60
10 Wesley Low Palmdale, CA $30
11 Ian Hanuscin Las Vegas, NV  
12 Austin Signoretti Las Vegas, NV  
13 Douglas Csanyi Las Vegas, NV  
14 Zac Hochman Las Vegas, NV  
15 Randi Speiler Bodfish, CA  
16 Samantha Meyers Mission Hills, CA  
17 Justin Givler Phoenix, AZ  
18 Aubrey Calabrse Las Vegas, NV $25
19 Alicia Sullivan Kingman, AZ $15
20 Tyler Ottenschot Las Vegas, NV  
21 Drew Stern Northridge, CA  
22 Aaron Watkins Las Vegas, NV  
23 John Baranowski Las Vegas, NV  
24 Marina Stever Mesa, AZ $15
25 Taylor Ray Las Vegas, NV  
26 Cris Boyle Chandler, AZ  
27 Oak Leavitt Las Vegas, NV  
28 Kenny Herbster Las Vegas, NV  
29 Andrew Kellogg Las Vegas, NV  
30 John Baranowski Las Vegas, NV  
31 Eric Demo San Diego, CA  
32 Oak Leavitt Las Vegas, NV  
     
       
Scratch High Games:    
  Hawkins 298    
  Shock 269    
C Smith 269    
Kagawa 269    
J Katz 268    
     
     
Handicap High Games:    
Gottlieb 300    
Cipriaso 286    
Shoup 286    
Cipriaso 284    
Cipriaso 283    
     
     
Round Leaders (5 pts. Each)    
Scratch Handicap  
1 Sloan Low  
2 Owen Shoup  
3 Hawkins Gottlieb  
4 Hawkins Gottlieb  
5 Hawkins Gottlieb  
6 Allred Gottlieb  
7 Allred Gottlieb  
8 Allred Shoup  
     
     
     
High Female:    
Mayall 10909    
Katz 1042    
Reguero 1024    
Madrid 971    
Sullivan 953    
     
     
  TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $1,625