WILDFIRE LANES
champs Dallas Leong & Samantha Conti, Women's Series champ Abby Franklin, and runners-up Wesley Low & Devyn Patalina
Dallas Leong and Smantha Conti claimed JBT titles in exciting Mojave Conference action at Wildfire Lanes in Henderson.
Cortez Schenck began the scratch division stepladder finals with a 190-172 win over Eric Hatchett. Schenck then escaped from Alex Watanabe 208-199. Dallas Leong then stopped Cortez 217-213, to move on to the title match.
Top seed Wesley Low put on a strong performance on a tough pattern to gain the #1 spot, but would have to face Leong for the second time in six days, having beaten him in Yuma last week. This time, Dallas got his revenge, beating Low 222-178, breaking a protracted string of second place finishes and earning his seventh career JBT title.
Jarred Starr-Moncayo began the handicap division stepladder finals with a 210-202 squeaker win over Dee Handley. Newcomer Samantha Conti then defeated Moncayo 202-159. In the semifinal match, Conti and Katie Cox tied at 178, with Samantha winning the rolloff 34-28 to move on to the title match.
Top seed Devyn Patalina had built a significant lead after the second round, but you still have to win the title game to win it all. Both bowlers struggled after a long day on the demanding conditions but in the end, Conti, the daughter of an east-coast JBT star, edged Patalina 168-166, for the first title of her JBT career.
Abby Franklin picked up her first Women's Series title of the season, beating Randi Speiler 191-142 for the day's crown.
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| Wildfire Lanes- final results and scholarship winners | ||
| 1/17/2015 | ||
| Scratch Division | ||
| rank | bowler | prize |
| 1 | Dallas Leong | $212 |
| 2 | Wesley Low | $174 |
| 3 | Cortez Schenck | $60 |
| 4 | Alex Watanabe | $30 |
| 5 | Eric Hatchett | $30 |
| 6 | Brendan Thomas | |
| 7 | TJ Rock | |
| 8 | Max Polhill | |
| 9 | KJ Martinez | |
| 10 | Randi Speiler | |
| 11 | Jamison Peyton | |
| 12 | Cerell Cardines | |
| 13 | Zack Hattori | |
| 14 | Joe Gerencser | |
| 15 | Ricardo Mendoza | |
| 16 | Jake Hilton | |
| 17 | Sergio Torres | |
| 18 | Nick Pollak | |
| Handicap Division | ||
| 1 | Samantha Conti | $229 |
| 2 | Devyn Patalina | $100 |
| 3 | Katie Cox | $50 |
| 4 | Jarred Starr-Moncayo | $44 |
| 5 | Dee Handley | $35 |
| 6 | Abby Franklin | |
| 7 | Tyler Hedges | $30 |
| 8 | Kyle Rendon | |
| 9 | Krystal Amico | |
| 10 | Paul Colyer | |
| 11 | Daryus Alo | |
| 12 | Justin Freeman | |
| 13 | Crystalene Pineda | |
| 14 | Laurren Takahata | |
| 15 | Dante Rohe | $10 |
| 16 | Sebastian Polhill | |
| 17 | Marguerite Evans | |
| 18 | April McDonnell | |
| 19 | Zack Long | $5 |
| 20 | Tyler Thomas | |
| 21 | Destiny Johnson | |
| 22 | Matthew Baker | $5 |
| High Games | ||
| Scratch | Handicap | |
| 1 | Watanabe 277 | Patalina 259 |
| 2 | Leong 254 | Patalina 255 |
| 3 | Low 252 | Cox 255 |
| 4 | Low 245 | Moncayo 242 |
| 5 | Schenck 238 | Moncayo 241 |
| High Female | ||
| 1 | Speiler -125 | |
| 2 | Franklin -140* | |
| 3 | Pineda -213 | |
| 4 | Handley -236 | |
| 5 | Takahata -264 | |
| Round Leaders | ||
| Scratch | Handicap | |
| 1 | Hatchett | Cox |
| 2 | Leong | Cox |
| 3 | Low | Cox |
| 4 | Low | Patalina |
| 5 | Watanabe | Patalina |
| 6 | Low | Patalina |
| 7 | Leong | Patalina |
| 8 | Low | Patalina |
| TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $1,015 | ||