AZ DOUBLES
champs Derek Acuff & Harley Sweigart, and Ryan Perry and Jay Perry
Two teams took interesting paths to victory, capturing titles at the AZ Doubles Classic, hosted by AMF Christown in Phoenix.
JBT veteran Kyle Duster and recent alum Mark Myers began the Baker-format scratch division stepladder finals with a 201-180 win over the similarly constituted Jake Tucker and Josh Mullen. ASU bowler Chase Nadeau and former ASU bowler (and 23 time JBT champ) Ben Canfield then defeated Mark and Kyle after a long mid-game delay 212-187. The delay was unfortunately a sign of things to come, as Ben and Chase then got past all-time JBT greats Dallas Leong and now-PBA star Josh Blanchard 187-175 in another delayed match, to move on to the championship.
Harley Sweigart and Derek Acuff both had partners with last-minute issues, so they teamed up for the event, and the all-southpaw combination proved to be dominant, leading through most of the day. Another lane issue forced to the title match to me moved mid-game, as well as hand-scored- an unfortunate circumstance for sure, but we all know bowling is as much mental as it is physical, and Harley and Derek seemed to have the advantage on both sides, cruising to a 257-181 win and the title over an understandably weary Nadeau and Canfield. It was Harley's 17th, and moves Acuff to within one win of his stated goal of 30 career titles with win #29.
The father-son team of William Robbins II and III got a W in round I of the handicap finals, besting Gavin Holter and AJ Imperial 200-175. Ryan and Jay Perry then began a charmed climb up the rest of the stepladder, starting with a 171-166 squeaker over the Robbins when III couldn;t get the XX in the X. Against Christian Caron and season-1 JBT bowler Matt Villegas, Matt couldn't get the double he needed, and the Perrys advanced with a 226-218 win.
Top seeds Abby Franklin and Bex Boyko had led since game two of the tournament, but found themselves in a tough match for the title. The match seemed to turn when Jay missed a 5-pin in the ninth. However, one more twist was in store when Franklin also missed a 5-pin in the tenth, and the result was a 187-182 win for the shocked Perrys, good for Ryan's second career JBT title.
Thanks as always to the team at Christown for hosting this annual classic event. Want in on all this fun for all ages and averages? Just check out our schedule and come on down!
| AZ Doubles- final results and scholarship winners | |||||
| 12/17/2016 | |||||
| Scratch Division | |||||
| rank | bowler | prize | bowler | prize | total |
| 1 | Harley Sweigart | $530 | Derek Acuff | $530 | |
| 2 | Chase Nadeau | $250 | Ben Canfield | $250 | |
| 3 | Dallas Leong | $229 | Josh Blanchard | $229 | |
| 4 | Kyle Duster | $150 | Mark Myers | $150 | |
| 5 | Josh Mullen | Jeke Tucker | $100 | $100 | |
| 6 | Sean Trzaskowski | Craig Spencer | |||
| 7 | Cedrick Bell | Max Polhill | |||
| 8 | Cortez Schenck | $45 | Mike Calderon | $45 | |
| 9 | Matt Zweig | Joshua Morin | |||
| 10 | KJ Martinez | Travis Adams | |||
| 11 | Randy Cote | Tim Jacob | |||
| 12 | Zack Long | Ray Kadane | |||
| 13 | Troy Blickenstaff | Stu Williams | |||
| 14 | Christopher Mayes | Hunter Mayes | |||
| 15 | Labriel Leach | Heather Penatzer | |||
| 16 | Nick Devlin | Riley Dempsey | |||
| 17 | Cierra Chamot | Dave Cirigliano | |||
| 18 | Austin Muldoon | Alex Seng | |||
| 19 | Keith Fung | Kyle King | |||
| 20 | Michael Heath | Joshua Mabry | |||
| 21 | Chris Weyrauch | Zach Rapp | |||
| 22 | John Newton | Brandon Rouse | |||
| 23 | Brittany Kolatzny | Theo Douthit | |||
| 24 | Tyler Boe | Cameron Smith | |||
| 25 | Raymond Johnson | Michael Chamot | $10 | $10 | |
| 26 | Chris Rouse | David Rouse | |||
| 27 | Jerod Walker | Cristian Roque | |||
| 28 | Bryanna Cote | Josh Demick | |||
| 29 | Dante Rohe | Paul Colyer | |||
| 30 | Justin Phillips Jr | Justin Phillips Sr | |||
| 31 | Jennifer Pheigarn | Correen Lieber | |||
| Handicap Division | |||||
| 1 | Ryan Perry | $400 | Jay Perry | $400 | |
| 2 | Abby Franklin | $144 | Bex Boyko | $100 | $244 |
| 3 | Christian Caron | $150 | Matt Villegas | $150 | |
| 4 | William Robbins III | $125 | William Robbins II | $125 | |
| 5 | Gavin Holter | $55 | AJ Imperial | $55 | $110 |
| 6 | Justin Worthington | $50 | Kevin Van Gordon | $50 | $100 |
| 7 | Donius Jeffries II | $30 | Donius Jeffries | $30 | |
| 8 | Corbin Hirsch | Juan Bautista | |||
| 9 | Matt Wachter | $30 | Madison Holman | $30 | |
| 10 | Ryan Zent | John Conaway | |||
| 11 | Genevieve LaLonde | Mark Sauve | |||
| 12 | CJ Todeschi | Clifford Robbins | |||
| 13 | Samm Cosby | Amanda Atkin | |||
| 14 | Baylee Snow | $15 | Greg Snow | $15 | |
| 15 | Joshua Molloy | $5 | Sean Molloy | $5 | |
| 16 | Andrew Thomas | Silas Phillips | |||
| 17 | Avery Domaguin | David Domaguin | |||
| 18 | Donna Boehm | Phillip Sauve | $14 | $14 | |
| 19 | Destiny Johnson | Shawn Seng Jr | |||
| 20 | Sebastian Polhill | Tyler Hedges | |||
| 21 | Allyssa Caron | Robert Atherton | |||
| 22 | Landon Theobald | Zach Martinez | |||
| 23 | Mackenzie Hammer | Bob Larrick | |||
| 24 | Megan Carlson | Rachel Carr | |||
| 25 | Michael Metzler | $71 | Robert Sliskovich | $71 | |
| 26 | Emily Frerichs | Darron Chhon | |||
| 27 | Josh Brown | William Brown | |||
| 28 | Darren Fletcher | John Fletcher | |||
| 29 | Sarah Halligan | Steve Lawton | |||
| 30 | Taylor Knight | Noelle Pitard | |||
| 31 | Simon Ortega | Freddy Ramirez | |||
| 32 | Zackery Koterman | Scott Koterman | |||
| 33 | Kendall Bollea | Derrick Bollea | |||
| 34 | Bailey Knight | Kaitlyn Hammer | |||
| High Games | |||||
| Scratch | |||||
| 1 | Leong 275 | ||||
| 2 | Zweig 267 | ||||
| 3 | Nadeau 264 | ||||
| 4 | Sweigart 262 | ||||
| 5 | Sweigart 260 | ||||
| Handicap | |||||
| 1 | Boyko 279 | ||||
| 2 | Van Gordon 275 | ||||
| 3 | M Sauve 269 | ||||
| 4 | W Robbins 268 | ||||
| 5 | C Robbins 261 | ||||
| Qualifying Leaders | |||||
| Scratch | |||||
| 1 | Leong-Blanchard +265 | ||||
| 2 | Sweigart-Acuff +205 | ||||
| 3 | Schenck-Calderon +108 | ||||
| Handicap | |||||
| 1 | Franklin-Boyko +118 | ||||
| 2 | Worthington-VanGordon +99 | ||||
| 3 | Jeffries-Jeffries +76 | ||||
| Round Leaders | |||||
| Scratch | |||||
| 1 | Sweigart-Acuff | ||||
| 2 | Sweigart-Acuff | ||||
| 3 | Leong-Blanchard | ||||
| 4 | Leong-Blanchard | ||||
| 5 | Sweigart-Acuff | ||||
| 6 | Sweigart-Acuff | ||||
| 7 | Sweigart-Acuff | ||||
| Handicap | |||||
| 1 | Worthington-VanGordon | ||||
| 2 | Franklin-Boyko | ||||
| 3 | Franklin-Boyko | ||||
| 4 | Franklin-Boyko | ||||
| 5 | Franklin-Boyko | ||||
| 6 | Franklin-Boyko | ||||
| 7 | Franklin-Boyko | ||||
| TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $2,613 | |||||
The Junior Bowlers Tour
To be contested
NOV 26 BOWLIUM MONTCLAIR CA 11 AM
DEC 3 HILINE LANES BURIEN WA 9 AM & 12:30 PM
DEC 11 TENPINS & MORE RIO RANCHO NM 9:30 AM & 12:30 PM
DEC 17 AMF CHRISTOWN PHOENIX AZ 11:00 AM
TBA Winter/Spring 2017 LAS VEGAS NV TBA
Bowl one or as many as you can! All events are 3 balls max per bowler!
*Teams must have AT LEAST one JBT-eligible bowler. Partner can be ANY bowler.
(JBT eligible means age 21 or under as of 8/1/16)
*Handicap AND Scratch divisions!
*$400 1st place scholarship minimum per team guaranteed at each event !
ENTRY FEE: $80 per team handicap FORMAT: (2 divisions, scratch & handicap)
$100 per team scratch --bowl 4 team games across 8 lanes
Teams with juniors who --top 40% bowl 3 team matchplay games
have never bowled in a JBT
enter for $10 off per junior! --top 5 teams in each division bowl a BAKER
style stepladder finals
OPTIONAL EXTRAS FOR ADULTS AND JUNIORS !! (all returned 100%)
Brackets adult and junior scratch and handicap brackets will be run.
Junior prizes are awarded as scholarship and adult prizes are awarded as cash.
Adults may also choose to declare any/all winnings to their partner as scholarship.
Position prizes awarded as scholarship to juniors only