The 2014 JBT Desert Open Marathon

champs Cortez Schenck & Destiny Johnson

        Cortez Schenck and Destiny Johnson wrapped up the 2013-14 JBT season in style, capturing one of our toughest titles at the Desert Open, hosted by Glenfair Lanes in Glendale, AZ.

        Bowlers rolled fifteen qualifying games in five game blocks on three of the toughest PBA patterns- Bear, Wolf, and Badger.  Jakob Butturff dominated the Wolf block to grab the lead, and remained solid on Wolf and Badger to end up the only bowler to finish qualifying with an over 200 average.  As leader, he got to pick the pattern for matchplay.  Unsurprisingly, he chose Wolf, and it seemed like a good choice, sweeping #16 Heather Penatzer in round one and ending the unparalleled career of Kyle King in round two.  However, Kyle's heir apparent Cortez Schenck was lurking in the other half of the draw.  After just barely making the cut, he started catching fire, rolling past last year's runner-up Tyler Boe in round one and TPC runner-up Russ Oviatt in round two.

        Down to single game semifinals, Kyle Duster defeated perhaps the new Cortez in 12 year-old TJ Rock, 208-179, while Cortez himself ousted Butturff in a match that didn't quite live up to its billing score-wise.   In the ensuing title game, both bowlers continued to struggle on the constantly changing conditions.  Despite an impressive effort from two-hander Duster on the short pattern, in the end Schenck came up with a 192-177 win.  It's the 19th of the season for Cortez (one behind Butturff's record), 4th consecutive title (tying the record), and 37th career JBT win (just one behind third place on the all time list)! 

        Megan LaPrell led both the Badger and Wolf blocks en route to the top handicap division seed, but Jakob's choice of Wolf for matchplay did her no favors, as #16 Tony Edgett swept her out in round one.  Meanwhile, defending champion Kyle Lawrence was pushed to the limit, beating Johnny Leggett 159-153 in the 5th game to advance.  Lawrence then beat Edgett to get back to the final four.  In those semifinals, Abby Franklin, the TPC runner-up, stopped Lawrence's back to back bid with a 219-174 win, while Destiny Johnson defeated the Pac NW's Brooke Collins 216-174 to set up a title match between the two friends, travel partners, and league teammates.

        It's tough to bowl your friend for a title, but both girls did very well considering that.  In the end, Johnson rolled 9 clean frames on the demanding pattern to earn a 223-181 win, her second career title, first major, and bonus brackets and raffle tickets all next season as part of the victory.  Franklin wraps up an excellent summer with 2nd-1st-2nd in her last three events!

        Big thanks to Jason Lucero and the whole crew at Glenfair for a great job hosting us- the center is in great shape and is a terrific venue for big tournaments.  The 2014-15 season of JBT excitement is all set to begin- if you want a part of all this excitement, challenge, and fun for all averages, just check out our schedule and plan to come on down! 

DESERT OPEN- final standings        
8/10/2014            
             
  SCRATCH       HANDICAP  
  Bowler prize     Bowler prize
1 Cortez Schenck $558   1 Destiny Johnson $515
2 Kyle Duster $250   2 Abby Franklin $285
3 Jakob Butturff $175   3 Kyle Lawrence $169
4 TJ Rock $125   4 Brooke Collins $130
5 Russ Oviatt $100   5 Jake Hilton $65
6 Derek Acuff $100   6 Dante Rohe $115
7 Kyle King 263   7 Rachael Berg $80
8 Keith Fung $115   8 Tony Edgett $65
9 Oscar Chan $94   9 Megan LaPrell $246
10 Tyler Boe $138   10 Jake Tucker  
11 Riley Dempsey $50   11 Johnny Leggett  
12 Bryan VanSickle      12 Leah Zweig  
13 Zach Hemming $80   13 Kristen Lee  
14 Alex Watanabe     14 Connor Lawrence $30
15 Curtis Lindeman     15 Jopfel Gafate  
16 Heather Penatzer $105   16 Alexis Atkin  
17 Correen Lieber     17 Gillian Coyle  
18 Eric Hatchett     18 Kendra Edgett  
19 Harley Sweigart $39   19 Nick Condon  
20 Brandon Wanders'     20 Kyle Sidileau  
21 Zach Martinez $15   21 Amanda Atkin  
22 Marina Stever     22 Paul Colyer  
23 Shelby Dempsey     23 Jarred Starr-Moncayo  
24 Mark Hugelmaier     24 David Rohe  
25 Shane Valleau     25 Sebastian Polhill  
26 KJ Martinez     26 Jerod Walker  
27 Courtney Schultz     27 Brooke Martinez  
28 Joe Gerencser     28 David Coughlin $5
29 Jerry Moreno     29 Aaron Coleman  
30 Joey Balistreri $15   30 Stefanny Toala  
31 Randi Speiler          
32 Tim Jacob          
33 Steven Acuff          
34 Josh Demick $15        
35 Savannah Carr          
36 Max Polhill          
37 Anthony Dang          
38 Josh Fearing          

 

  2014 DESERT OPEN QUALIFYING - SCRATCH
           
rank bowler block 1 block 2 block  3 total
1 Butturff, Jakob 1155 1013 894 3062
2 Chan, Oscar 902 987 1071 2960
3 Duster, Kyle   960 1040 957 2957
4 Boe, Tyler 1062 928 963 2953
5 Oviatt, Russ 949 989 1000 2938
6 Dempsey, Riley 890 1084 959 2933
7 Acuff, Derek 976 957 961 2894
8 Van Sickle, Bryan 983 966 925 2874
9 King, Kyle 929 938 999 2866
10 Hemming, Zach 954 966 901 2821
11 Fung, Keith 994 943 864 2801
12 Watanabe, Alex   890 992 911 2793
13 Schenck, Cortez 911 956 910 2777
14 Lindeman, Curtis 844 980 944 2768
15 Rock, TJ 1009 887 865 2761
16 Penatzer, Heather 914 963 874 2751
17 Lieber, Correen 866 911 954 2731
18 Hatchett, Eric 892 924 902 2718
19 Sweigart, Harley 972 906 833 2711
20 Wanders, Brandon 806 1008 875 2689
21 Martinez, Zach 826 984 849 2659
22 Stever, Marina 866 930 829 2625
23 Dempsey, Shelby 829 858 928 2615
24 Hugelmaier, Mark 849 927 833 2609
25 Valleau, Shane 795 996 797 2588
26 Martinez, KJ 805 874 902 2581
27 Schultz, Courtney 799 830 878 2507
28 Gerencser, Joe 786 943 774 2503
29 Moreno, Jerry 818 848 831 2497
30 Balistreri, Joey 716 882 884 2482
31 Speiler, Randi 759 869 854 2482
32 Jacob, Tim 729 891 857 2477
33 Acuff, Steven 641 923 856 2420
34 Demick, Josh 826 762 831 2419
35 Carr, Svannah 754 853 784 2391
36 Polhill, Max 670 785 842 2297
37 Dang, Anthony 614 759 777 2150
38 Fearing, Josh 683 717 634 2034

 

  2014 DESERT OPEN QUALIFYING - HANDICAP
             
rank bowler block 1 block 2 block 3 hcp total
1 LaPrell, Megan 719 818 785 60 3222
2 Johnson, Destiny 699 731 763 60 3093
3 Hilton, Jake 823 988 885 22 3026
4 Franklin, Abby 720 719 687 58 2996
5 Rohe, Dante 894 752 776 36 2962
6 Tucker, Jake 854 890 865 23 2954
7 Berg, Rachael 812 739 806 38 2927
8 Lawrence, Kyle 663 810 688 51 2926
9 Leggett, Johnny 788 934 869 22 2921
10 Zweig, Leah 713 878 770 37 2916
11 Collins, Brooke 775 808 889 29 2907
12 Lee, Kristen 810 845 848 26 2893
13 Lawrence, Connor 578 621 674 67 2878
14 Gafate, Jopfel 740 806 800 35 2871
15 Atkin, Alexis 792 925 925 13 2837
16 Edgett, Tony 753 816 833 27 2807
17 Coyle, Gillian 724 869 802 27 2800
18 Edgett, Kendra 671 776 665 45 2787
19 Condon, Nick 781 863 893 16 2777
20 Atkin, Amanda 721 804 733 33 2753
21 Colyer, Paul 768 846 866 18 2750
22 Sidileau, Kyle 778 711 775 21 2579
23 Starr-Moncayo, Jarred    640 679 632 40 2551
24 Rohe, David 631 787 739 26 2547
25 Polhill, Sebastian 598 734 522 46 2544
26 Walker, Jerod 686 751 681 27 2523
27 Martinez, Brooke    665 803 784 18 2522
28 Coughlin, David 698 721 699 20 2418
29 Coleman, Aaron 499 572 536 53 2402
30 Toala, Stefanny 695 693 5 33 1888

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

to be held

Saturday & Sunday August 9-10, 2014

at

Glenfair Lanes, 6110 N. 59th Ave, Glendale AZ, (623) 937-9225

 

 

All bowlers roll 15 games each on 3 different lane conditions!

Top 16 advance to single elimination matchplay!**

Per block and overall prizes- bonuses for the champs can translate into THOUSANDS:

 

 

FORMAT:  (TWO divisions, scratch and handicap)

 

August 5-6-8:

-          evenings:     tournament patterns available for practice (call for exact times and mention Desert Open for discounted rate)

 

Saturday August 9:

-          10 AM:              5 games, pattern 1

-          2 PM:               5 games, pattern 2  

 

Sunday August 10:

-          9 AM:               5 games, pattern 3

the top 16  fifteen-game totals advance to matchplay**

-          1 PM:               round of 16, best 3-of-5 matchplay,   highest scratch seed chooses pattern!

-          3:30 PM:           round of 8, best 3-of-5 matchplay    (starting times approx. following round completion)

-          5 PM:               rounds of 4 & 2, single game matches

**23+ entries cuts to 16; 16-22 entries cuts to 12; less than 16 entries cuts to 8

 

 

ENTRY FEE:  $100 (includes all scholarships except brackets, available on-site.)                 $500 first place guaranteed!

 

PRIZE FUNDS: (based 48 entries- 1:6 earn awards)

 

Every 5-game block:                                         final standings:                                    CHAMP ALSO RECEIVES:

1st-      $50                                                        1st-         $500                                        - exemption in day 2 of 2015 TPC

                                                                        2nd-        $300                                        - the famous glass cactus trophy!

                                                                        3rd-4th-    $150                                        - 5 brackets AND 25 raffle tix

                                                                        5th-          $125                                        at EVERY 14-15 JBT event!

- High overall female (if no other prize won): $100            6th-8th:      $100