2017 JBT Las Vegas Main Event- Open Scratch division

champ Solomon Salama & runner-up Nick Postag

        Solomon Salama of Los Angeles defeated fellow Californian Nick Postag 246-237 to win the Scratch Singles division of the 2017 JBT Las Vegas Main Event, held at the South Point Bowling Plaza.

        Postag had defeated Main Event newcomer Adam Glickman of Florida in one semifinal, while in the other, Salama, the two-time defending Junior Gold U15 champ, ousted Wesley Low, the two-time defending Main Event champ, in a battle of the once and future kings of two-handed lefty bowling.

        Both talented bowlers were locked in on the finals pair, so it was just a matter of carrying corner pins, and though they each left four, Solomon had the longer strike strings inbetween, giving him the win and $3,200 top scholarship prize, while Postag settled for $2,000 for the runner-up spot.

        Low and Salama each fired one of the event's five 300 games, and were joined by TJ Rock, Jacob Mullen, and Deo Benard, each earning both $100 from South Point and another $100 from JBT year-round sponsor MSC, Inc.     Big thanks to Ebonite International and all of our other sponsors, as well as everyone for traveling and bowling with us.  We look forward to seeing you at the 2018 Main Event, again Dec 26-30 at South Point!