KEYSTONE LANES

champs Zack Long & Sterling Lopez with girls scratch winner Brittany Kolatzny

        Zack Long and Sterling Lopez captured JBT titles in exciting So Cal Conference action at Norwalk's Keystone Lanes.

        After five games on a tricky short pattern, bowlers moved on to matchplay.  The Andrews brothers dominated the field in qualifying, earning the 1 and 2 seeds and first round byes.  Kyle won his first match, but Kennison fell to #12 Kevin Banaag. Kevin then completed the Andrews sweep with a win over Kyle to reach his first JBT title match.

        Zack Long qualified third for matchplay, then got past Reigh Abaoag and Ryan Lee to reach the title game.  Long, whose only previous win came at the Tournament of Non-Champions despite a Bowler of the Year season in 2014-15, was able to edge Banaag 196-190 here to capture the second title of his JBT career.

        Secilia Kalvelage earned the top seed in the handicap division, and made it to the semifinals before falling to Tyler Handa.  Sterling Lopez upset #2 seed Jeff Rodda in the other semifinal to set up a title match between two non-champs.  In the final, Lopez came up with a huge game to stop Rodda 252-215 and earn the first title of his JBT career.

        Rodda got his revenge in the U17 division, beating Julian Zavala 214-201 for the win.  Brittany Kolatzny made it 2 for 2 on the new season with a 199-191 defeat of Kalvelage for the girls scratch win.

         Big thanks as always to the team at Keystone for their usual fine hosting job.  Want in on all this action for bowlers of all averages and ages?  Just check out our schedule and come on down!