Cactus Bowl
champs Derek Acuff & Kristen Lee with the happy pickle
Derek Acuff and Kristen Lee added to their JBT title collections with big wins at Tucson's Cactus Bowl in exciting JBT Arizona Conference action.
Dominic Luna opened the handicap division stepladder finals with a 235-191 win over KJ Martinez, who retook the all-time handicap top-5 finishes lead from Steven Acuff with the performance. Luna then escaped a thriller with Stan Bunce 216-213, but Andrew Dorsey fired the front seven in the next match to defeat Dominic 266-231 and advance to the title match.
Lee took over the top seed by firing 500 scratch the first two games of the semifinals, and the match with Dorsey promised to be interesting, as they've developed a friendly rivalry since the Cliff Castle event. However, Kristen kept up the same blistering pace, and Andrew was unable to keep up this time, resulting in a big 259-181 win for Lee, and the second title of her JBT career.
Deven Johnston opened up the scratch division stepladder finals with a 243-219 win over Cameron Smith. Amazingly, that was Deven's first win in the stepladder format. He must have decided he liked it, as he followed with a 221-172 win over Lanndyn Carnate, and a 228-195 victory over Riley Dempsey, to reach the title match.
Top seed Acuff completely dominated the tournament, leading by over 100 pins after the semifinals. He had a battle on his hands with Johnston though, easily bowling the best we've ever seen from him. In the end, Derek came up clutch, throwing all three in the tenth to shut out Johnston 224-223, and earning the sixth title of his excellent JBT career.
Jory Koizumi captured the day's Women's Series event with a 226-136 win over Hydeia Pennington. Jory just needs one more win to qualify for the 2012 Girls TPC this summer.
Thanks as always to Dale and the crew at Cactus for hosting our event, which awarded nearly $1,400 in scholarships to bowlers of all averages and ages. Want in on the fun? Check out our schedule and come on down!
| Cactus Bowl- final results and optional scholarship winners | |||
| 11/5/2011 | |||
| Scratch Division | |||
| rank | name | prize | |
| 1 | Derek Acuff | $200 | |
| 2 | Deven Johnston | $100 | |
| 3 | Riley Dempsey | $95 | |
| 4 | Lanndyn Carnate | $70 | |
| 5 | Cameron Smith | $30 | |
| 6 | Curtis Lindeman | $20 | |
| 7 | Cortez Schenck | $100 | |
| 8 | Aaron Munyon | ||
| 9 | Benjamin Todd | ||
| 10 | Chris McHenry | ||
| 11 | Ahkeen Williams | $15 | |
| 12 | Tim Jacob | ||
| 13 | Tim Crosswhite | $15 | |
| 14 | Joe Lewandowski | $30 | |
| 15 | Aaron Foshie | ||
| 16 | Nick Lee | ||
| 17 | Kyle Karpovich | $50 | |
| 18 | Gregg Kern | ||
| 19 | Derek Iozzio | ||
| 20 | Jory Koizumi | ||
| 21 | Danny Varholdt | ||
| 22 | Kayla Goad | ||
| 23 | Brad Van Sickle | ||
| 24 | Bryan Van Sickle | ||
| 25 | Myles Hamilton | ||
| 26 | Robert Atherton | ||
| 27 | Valerie Riggin | ||
| 28 | Matt Nipper | ||
| 29 | Tristan Carlson | ||
| 30 | Jarrod Davenport | ||
| 31 | Matthew Redmon | ||
| 32 | Marcus Stanley | $5 | |
| 33 | Scott Wilhelm | ||
| 34 | Marina Stever | ||
| Handicap Division | |||
| rank | name | prize | |
| 1 | Kristen Lee | $200 | |
| 2 | Andrew Dorsey | $130 | |
| 3 | Dominic Luna | $50 | |
| 4 | Stan Bunce | $55 | |
| 5 | KJ Martinez | $30 | |
| 6 | Cam Lamson | $20 | |
| 7 | Hydeia Pennington | ||
| 8 | Kevin Badke | ||
| 9 | Rashaad Jordan | ||
| 10 | Jerod Walker | $15 | |
| 11 | Jake Hilton | ||
| 12 | Megan Carlson | $15 | |
| 13 | Jake Bryan | ||
| 14 | Ryan Zent | $30 | |
| 15 | Richard Ramirez | ||
| 16 | John Patterson | ||
| 17 | Alex Pellegrino | $30 | |
| 18 | Savannah Carr | $30 | |
| 19 | Jacob DiGiacomo | $15 | |
| 20 | Rachel Stickles | ||
| 21 | Brandon Engers | ||
| 22 | Ryleigh Rickli | $15 | |
| 23 | Laurence Barron | ||
| 24 | Alyssa Williams | ||
| 25 | Sarah Dail | ||
| 26 | Stacey Lamb | ||
| 27 | Kristen O'Neal | $15 | |
| 28 | Steven Acuff | ||
| 29 | Alexis Atkin | ||
| 30 | Cassie Collins | ||
| 31 | Carter O'Neal | ||
| 32 | Nick Condon | ||
| 33 | Dakota Thompson | ||
| 34 | Josh Walsh | ||
| 35 | Cassandra Galvez | ||
| 36 | Corbin Hirsch | $15 | |
| Scratch High Games | |||
| Smith 279 | |||
| Dempsey 268 | |||
| Carnate 259 | |||
| Acuff 257 | |||
| Acuff 256 | |||
| Dempsey 256 | |||
| Handicap High Games | |||
| Luna 320 | |||
| Lamson 289 | |||
| Lee 279 | |||
| Pennington 273 | |||
| Dorsey 273 | |||
| Round Leaders | |||
| Scratch | Handicap | ||
| Carnate | Pennington | ||
| Munyon | Pennington | ||
| Acuff | Luna | ||
| Acuff | Dorsey | ||
| Carnate - Acuff | Luna | ||
| Acuff | Lee | ||
| Acuff | Lee | ||
| Acuff | Lee | ||
| Women's Series | |||
| Pennington -49 | |||
| Koizumi -54 | |||
| Lee -69 | |||
| Goad -71 | |||
| Carr -131 | |||
| TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $1,395 | |||