CROSLEY LANES

champs Cameron Weier (go Canucks!) and Khalid Lucas

        Cameron Weier and Khalid Lucas put on title match clinics to earn impressive victories in JBT Pacific Northwest Conference action at Vancouver's Crosley Lanes.

        Makayla Douglas held her own against the guys once again, this time opening the scratch division stepladder finals with a 202-188 win over Schrader White.  Weier then began his climb to the top with a 214-202 win over Makayla.  That turned out to be his closest match by a large margin, as he then proceeded to catch fire to an amazing degree.  He fired ten strikes to defeat second seed Tristan Curtis 276-171.  Then came top seed Josh Mullen, who absolutely lapped the field, leading all eight rounds in a spectacular performance on a challenging condition.  Weier, meanwhile, started the day 155-203-140 to fall out of contention, but then shot 234-211 to sneak into the cut, and then 258-267 to close out matchplay to jump into the finals.  Amazingly, he had even better than all of the above left in the tank, firing the back eleven for a 290-149 win over a demoralized Mullen to capture the title, the 12th of his JBT career.  As much as Josh's great day should not be overshadowed, the strength of Weier's comeback ranks among some of the best in JBT history. 

        Tyler Satter, having a huge weekend that jumps him back into Bowler of the Year contention, opened the handicap division stepladder finals with a 193-174 win over Kara Lieber.  Bri Hemming, the current points leader who is also in the B.O.Y. hunt, beat Satter in an important match 207-185.  JBT newcomer Jordan Heard then edged Hemming 208-195 to advance to the title match.

        Top seed Khalid Lucas won his first JBT title in March at Splits, and continued that momentum by leading the event here.  Heard put on an excellent performance for a rookie in a pressure situation, but Lucas was able to match her shot for shot, and in a surprisingly high scoring finale, Khalid escaped with a 274-252 win, good for his second career JBT title.

        Thanks as always to the Crosley crew for hosting our Tour.  Over $1,500 in scholarships were earned by bowlers of all ages and averages.  The Pac NW Conference heads to Longview next for Invitational weekend- be there Saturday to qualify or improve your standing for Sunday!