PAC NW BAKER TEAM EVENT

champs Tommie McNeal, Tanner Spacey, Ty Treddenbarger, Erik Vanderford, and Kyle Jonson

        A talented quintet from the Puget Sound took down the title in the JBT Pac NW Baker Team event, hosted by Burien's Hiline Lanes.

        After 12 qualifying Baker games, "That's not Blue" qualified first at -41 on the challenging pattern.  However, the #9 seeded "Everyone Hates Chris" made five more enemies by ousting them in round two of the 2-of-3 matchplay finals.  #2 "Christmas Custard" (pictured above) had the match of the day, as their deciding game against "Start With Your Left" ended tied at 161, and the ensuing one-shot rolloff between Daniel Hanson and Tanner Spacey remained tied at four strikes each before Tanner pulled out a 10-9 win in round five to move on.  They won another 3-game match in the semis, this time from #11 "Evergreen Lanes" to reach the title game, which would be against none other than Everybody Hates Chris, who worked their way to the finals from the other side of the bracket.

        The title match featured ten excellent bowlers going back and forth, and it too was decided by a third and final game, won by Spacey and company for the victory.  It's the 7th of Tanner's career, 2nd for Tommie McNeal, and 2nd for Kyle Jonson, and they were assisted by adults Erik Vanderford and Tanner and Tommie's coach Ty Treddenbarger.   Everybody Hates Chris (pictured below) settled for second, and was actually a perfectly likable team of Johnny Leggett, Caleb Hathaway, Treyshawn Culpepper, and Chris and Craig Tuholski.

        Thanks as always to Pat Johns and the Hiline crew for hosting one of the most fun events of the season.  Want in on all the action?  Just come on out to the next JBT event, that's all you have to do!