SAM'S TOWN

champs Nick Pollak, Morgan Peacha, & Nolan Am-Khong

        Nick Pollak earned a nervewracking third title, while two others claimed their first, in exciting JBT Mojave Conference action at Sam's Town Bowling Center in Las Vegas.

        In the scratch division, bowlers competed in two game matches after qualifying, where matches tied 1-1 went into a one-shot rolloff.  Pollak's matches started smoothly with wins over Joe Gerencser and top seed Russ Oviatt, but the semifinal against Nick Devlin was a battle, which Pollak finally won 10-9 in the second rolloff.  On the other side of the bracket, #2 seed Cortez Schenck earned a first round bye, then swept #7 Paul Colyer and #3 Harley Sweigart to move on to the title match.

        Nick won a high scoring first game 247-226, but Schenck rebounded for the game two win to force the one-ball rolloff for the title.  Cortez went first and got 9, and Pollak followed with a strike for the win, the third title of his JBT career- evidently, the force was with him.

        Rachel Csanyi began a run up the handicap division stepladder finals with a 209-199 win over Kyle Gilbert.  Rachel then defeated newcomer Morgan Peacha 237-193, and followed with a 256-183 win over Kaylee Am-Khong to advance to the title match.

        The top seed was Kaylee's brother Nolan Am-Khong, who like his sister had a breakout day to gain the #1 spot.  Csanyi slowed down a bit in the title game, and Nolan took advantage for a 223-182 win, and the first title of his JBT career.

        Morgan and Kaylee were also the two finalists in the day's girls' event, and in their title match Khong came through with a 174-164 win for her first Women's Series title.

        Thanks as always to the team at Sam's Town for a great job hosting our event.  Want in on all the fun for all ages and averages?  Just check out our schedule and come on down!