BRC Kyrene

champs Riley Dempsey & Lindsey Ailport

        Riley Dempsey and Lindsey Ailport dethroned two King Kyles to capture titles in exciting JBT Arizona Conference action at BRC Kyrene.

        Mark Curtis opened up the scratch division stepladder finals with a 216-205 win over Rane Lacona.  Curtis then got by first-time scratch finalist Travis Johnson 191-178, before Dempsey stopped Curtis 260-212 to advance to the title match.

        Top seed Kyle King put on one of his all-time best JBT performances, rolling 300 in game five to complete a +313 five-game total, fourth best all-time.  He coasted to the top seed from there, but had a tough title match opponent in Dempsey, expected to be one of Kyle's main challengers in Arizona this season.  Going into the 8th frame, both bowlers were on big strings which kept pressure on the other, but a 10th frame solid-10 spelled doom for Kyle, while Dempsey put on his best title match performance in a 268-236 win.  The victory was the fifth of Dempsey's JBT career.

        Brittany Kolatzny opened a high-scoring handicap finals with a 253 game that beat Bethany Baker (229) and Justice Lynch (198) in round one.  Brittany amped it up even more in round two, as her 275 beat Danielle Stewart (241) and Gillian Coyle (211).   Lindsey Ailport then turned the tables on Kolatzny with a big 261, defeating Brittany (232) and Sandy Truman (198) to advance to the championship game.

        Top qualifier Kyle Thompson opened the event with a 279 scratch game and never looked back, flirting with JBT scoring records by game four and easily grabbing the top seed for the finals.  However, a determined Lindsey wasn't backing down, and when Kyle struggled a bit with some high hits, Ailport took advantage for the 236-214 win and a long-awaited first title of her JBT career.

        Thanks as always to the crew at Kyrene for hosting our Tour where it all began back with tournament #1 in 1996 (this is tournament #773).  Over $1,500 in scholarships were awarded to bowlers of all averages- want in on the fun?  Come on out to the next JBT event, it's as simple as that!