AZ DOUBLES, presented by DryLanes.com

(top) Scratch champs Mike Donnelly and Hasan Kural; (bottom) Handicap champs Justin and Amanda Vadnais, and runners-up Emmanuel and Efren Durazo

Another packed house of 117 teams for the Arizona Doubles Classic enjoyed good scoring, a great auction, and a $3,500+ scholarship payout at AMF Christown.

The event, sponsored by DryLanes.com, featured a silent auction which raised over $2100 for the Invitational and Touring Players' Championship prize funds.  Among the 31 items auctioned off were a Louis Gonzales autographed ball, Tom Candiotti autographed jersey, and personal lessons with PBA starts Chris Barnes, Mika Koivuniemi, and Mike Scorggins.  Many local pro shops and businesses also donated to the auction and we thank all of them very much!  A complete list of donors and items can be found at our website, www.jbtsw.com.

The bowling was as exciting as the auction, with plenty of big scores, but only one 300- a first game perfecto by adult bowler Johnnie Milhrone.  In the end, each division was whittled down to five for our exciting Baker-style stepladder finals.  In the scratch division, Steven Black and Theo Douthit, the 1-2 bowlers on tour this season in earnings, opened the finals with a 196-177 win over the San Diego sister duo of Kacy and Lindsy Bonifacini.  In round two, the team of Hasan Kural and Mike Donnelly, who always partner up for Doubles events- usually with great results- maintained that trend with a 222-216 win over Black and Douthit.  In the semifinals, Hasan and Mike ousted Chris Weyrauch and former JBT star Tyson Branagan 235-152 to reach the title match.

The top seed team was an adult-junior combo.  Jason Arnold is one of JBT's best bowlers but is in a year-plus title drought, which partner Al Davis, one of Tucson's best adult bowlers, hoped to help him out of.  A close title match turned in the late frames, when both Kural and Donnelly both missed corner pins to open the door for Jason and Al.  Arnold then unfortunately missed a corner pin himself, swinging the momentum back to Mike and Hasan. Donnelly's 10th frame double forced Davis to do the same, and a first-ball split by Al wrapped up a 196-182 win for Donnelly and Kural, splitting the $350 first place scholarship.

In the handicap division, the team of red-hot Kevin Narciso and Larry Gilgur took on the brother-sister combo of Amanda and Justin Vadnais.  The match was close, but the Vadnaises prevailed 202-191.  In an all-Prescott round two, Justin and Amanda defeated Zach Herbert and Bugs Norbury, 227-210.  The match was notable in that it featured a former doubles championship team- Justin and Bugs- playing against each other!  In the semifinals, the Vadnaises took out the adult-junior team of Philip Stephens and Ed Noto 195-176 to reach the title match.

The father-son top qualifying team of Emmanuel and Efren Durazo took over the lead in the final game, but were unable to hold the momentum in the title match.  Conversely, Amanda and Justin continued to gain steam, and completed the successful ladder climb with a 234-182 win over the Durazos.  Amanda cashed for $350 for her first JBT SW title, while Emmanuel raked in $200 for second.  

Thanks as always to Pat Cook and everyone at Christown for another great hosting job!

 

AZ Doubles at AMF Christown- final results and optional scholarship winners
12/11/2004
Arizona Conference
Scratch Division
rank name prize partner, schol. won prize score total prize
1 Hasan Kural $175 Mike Donnelly $175 p 321 $350
2 Jason Arnold $270 Al Davis   p 362 $270
3 Chris Weyrauch $185 Tyson Branagan   p 341 $185
4 Steven Black $163 Theo Douthit $133 p 275 $299
5 Kacy Bonifacini $110 Lindsy Bonifacini   p 283 $110
6 BJ Baker $45 Christian Jensen $45 p 270 $90
7 Philip Schwartz $80 Mike Ramsey p 258 $80
8 Tony Silva $35 Devyn Scotford $35 p 228 $70
9 Jerimiah Wiltfang $105 Art Ramirez p 184 $105
10 Kenny Lynn Steve Lynn p 179
11 Elias Ewert Jeff Strom p 175
12 Miguel Lopez Bobby Lopez Sr. p 163  
13 Lanndyn Carnate Natalie Cianciola p 112  
14 Labriel Leach Joey Burke p 98  
15 Brandon Temple Jason Craigen p 93
16 David Sevier $60 Josh Smith p 55 $60
17 Will McPherson Mike Seitz p 52
18 Ty Brown JD Nance p 49
19 CJ Crooks Nick Tropea p 41
20 Tim Bonneville Andrew Cain p 7
21 JJ Newell Roger Buckley m 4
22 Michael Cripe Dave Bonifacini m 43
23 Rachel Carr Mel Stene m 61
24 Emily Ornelas Sue Davis m 68
25 Justin Reinfried David Richard m 47
26 Sarah Carity Marcus Stermer m 49
27 David Bruegger Michael McHenry m 51
28 Joseph Guthrie Lyle Barnard m 51
29 Chris Ingram Cedrick Bell m 52
30 Ryan Immel Adam Laskey m 54
31 Jimmy Mellstrom Matt Rulapaugh m 63
32 Joseph Anderson Bart Mullen m 71
33 Scott Millard Johnnie Milhrone m 78
34 Rebekah Gottlieb Kevin Bochenski m 80
35 Randy Cote Scot Norris m 81
36 Jerod Florez Bill Grant m 82
37 David Parks Deshaun Jefferson m 96
38 Bobby Fisher Chris Dawson m 98
39 Robert Majeske David Majeske m 109
40 Tiffany King Pat Battillo m 121
41 CJ Lee Mike Lee m 121
42 Brandon Sherman Ron Chase m 122
43 GregGarbera Aaron Brandt m 122
44 Berman Sae-Aee Justin Greenrock m 130
45 Tiffany Chi Dave Rathert m 136
46 Scott Harnden Mark Harnden m 139
47 Savahna Porter Dwayne Brooks m 146
48 Amanda Falk Nick Cianciola m 158
49 Ryan Lamb Lyle Lamb m 162
50 Chris McHenry Kameron Stickney m 170
51 Erin Patterson Robbie Patterson m 178
52 Rich Greene Kevin Rutchik m 243
53 Sean Grant Michael Chi m 368
Handicap Division
rank name prize name prize score total prize
1 Amanda Vadnais $380 Justin Vadnais   p 212 $380
2 Emmanuel Durazo $200 Efren Durazo   p 251 $200
3 Philip Stephens $240 Ed Noto   p 250 $240
4 Zach Herbert $150 Bugs Norbury p 246 $150
5 Kevin Narciso $75 Larry Gilgur $75 p 206 $150
6 Cara Miller $130 Joel Miller   p 186 $130
7 Justin White $95 Louis White p 167 $95
8 Zach Huglin $35 Chris Wurm $50 p 164 $85
9 Kevin Schoenfeld $75 Dave Andrews p 160 $75
10 Kevin Saunders $140 Bob Starkey p 142 $140
11 Rakan Najdawi $50 Michelle Casper p 140 $50
12 Derek Thurber   Kristy McGurthy p 137  
13 Kylee Bonneville $15 Tim Bonneville Sr. p 131 $15
14 Jenny Ortag Chris Webber p 87
15 Rebecca Bodinet Steve Bodinet p 73
16 Michale Curry $60 Mike Gattornia p 47 $60
17 Greg Geering Don Miller p 41  
18 Sabrina Rodriguez $15 Chuck Jones p 34 $15
19 Bryanna Dawson   Denise Dawson p 34
20 Eric Rubin   Rane Lacona $30 p 22 $30
21 Amy Hammann Eugene Robinson p 21
22 Aashan Johnson Trey Fuller m 21
23 Steven Sheffey Kyle King m 26
24 Laura Sitton Jonathan Crowell m 45
25 Alex Powell Richard Powell m 54
26 Angel Wilder Frank Robredo m 57  
27 Mike Smith Selina Carranza m 61
28 Megan Withey Bruce Irwin m 73
29 Alex Ellis Mark Ellis m 75
30 Jewels Giordano Jim Giordano m 126
31 Rachelle Davis Traci Warren m 2
32 Kevin Millard Geoffrey Millard m 5
33 Mark Mandell James Turner m 9
34 Dan Eagy $75 Chelse McDowell m 11 $75
35 Rachel Lynn   Brittany Crowell   m 15
36 Kris George Eric Warren m 27
37 Nicholas Lee Michael Majeske m 29
38 Foster Phandanouvong Archan Phandanouvong m 29
39 Bryce Techmer Bryan Robinson m 34
Sean Balbos Alex Van Kirk m 32
40 Casey Candiotti Tom Candiotti m 45
41 Justin Weber John Battenfield m 54
42 Amanda Albani Dennis Albani m 55
43 Meghan Majeske Kristen Lee m 59
44 Zachary Najdawi Steven Casper m 59
45 Ken Russell Lucille Lane m 64
46 Beth Houston Richard Houston m 73
47 Joe Owens Bobby Lopez Jr $30 m 75 $30
48 Matt Payne Ron Dennis m 76
49 Brian Weyrauch Jeff Millmier $15 m 78 $15
50 Marc Algeri Andrea Veitch m 87
51 Courtney Dutton Mike Friedrichs m 92
52 Henry Silva Mike Altherr m 95
53 Austen Christensen Mary Brandt m 99
54 Chris Trejo Gilbert Trejo m 100
55 Travis Scott Travis Scott m 103
56 Holly Emery Matt Emery m 104
57 CJ Crowley Tee Crowley m 147
58 Brittany Riggers Tim Riggers m 174
59 Rebeca Rugero Joe Reguero m 176
60 Michael Kremer Joey Fisher m181
61 Max Van Kirk Tyler Brown m 196
Cuts: scratch minus 44; handicap plus 1
Storm Ball Winner: Jewels Giordano
Finals results:
Scratch:
Black/Douthit def. Bonifacini / Bonifacini, 196-177
Kural/Donnelly def. Black/Douthit, 222-216
Kural/Donnelly def. Weyrauch/Branagan, 235-152
Kural/Donnelly def. Arnold/Davis, 196-182
Handicap:
Vadnais/Vadnais def. Narciso/Gilgur, 202-191
Vadnais/Vadnais def. Herbert/Norbury, 227-210
Vadnais/Vadnais def. Stephens/Noto, 195-176
Vadnais/Vadnais def. Durazo/Durazo, 234-182
TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $3,551

 

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