NOB HILL BOWLING

champs Tanner Spacey & Michelle Jensen

        Tanner Spacey and Michelle Jensen both got hot when they needed it, climbing the stepladders en route to titles in exciting JBT Pacific Northwest Conference action at Yakima's Nob Hill Bowling.

        Spacey began his climb up the ladder with a high scoring 248-232 win over recent champ Tommie McNeal.  Spacey then put a 'century' beating on Brian Monnette 255-155, and followed with a 210-187 win over Tyler Boe to reach the title match.  Top seed Nick Devlin consolidated his points lead with the fine performance here, but had his hands full in the title game.  With a chance to strike for the win, Nick left a heartbreaking 7-pin, and Tanner won the match 222-203, good for the 7th title of his JBT career.

        Jensen also had a high-scoring match in her first stepladder round, getting past Cameron Pierre in that match 241-226.  Michelle then stopped points leader Kelsey Abrahamsen 207-183, and followed with a huge game in a 283-196 win over Tyler Ficek to reach the title game.  Top seed Ryan DeFazio had taken over the lead in the semifinals, but couldn't keep the momentum he had going earlier against Jensen.  Michelle has had many finals appearances before this, all ending in heartbreak, but this time she finally broke through, winning the match 211-183 for a long awaited first career JBT title.

        Abrahamsen was also the top seed for the day's Women's Series title match, but Courtney Nikolas ground out a 168-151 win over Kelsey to grab the day's girls' scratch crown.

        Thanks as always to Jim Kent and the fantastic crew in Yakima for hosting a busy day!  Want in on the fun for all ages and avarages?  Just check out our schedule and come on down!