champs Marc Villalobos, William Robbins, Clint Strawmyer, Secilia Kalvelage, Costa Gastouniotis
Five bowlers won their first JBT titles in a scratch event, winning the So Cal 5-person Baker Team Challenge, hosted by Bowlium Lanes in Montclair.
The team in various shades of green made the other teams green with envy, as they qualified #7 for the exciting matchplay rounds, then won three rounds, including some teams with stacked JBT scratch division rosters, to reach the final match.
Baker bowling is all about teamwork and momentum, and they certainly had all of that in the midnight finals, as after a long day of bowling (most had already bowled the Doubles event during the day, and still had singles in the morning), they swept the finals 2-0 to win the event. For scratch regulars Marc Villalobos and Costa Gastouniotis it was their first wins, adult bowler Clint Strawmyer finally won the title that eluded him while still a junior, handicap regular Secilia Kalvelage got a scratch win (teams did receive bonus pins for extra bowlers under a 170 average besides the one required), and William Robbins just keeps on winning, making it two titles in less than seven hours!
Huge thanks to Bowlium for providing the lanes on a Saturday night to make this event possible, as well as all the adults for taking tie to bowl with today's amazing kids. Want in on the fun? Just come on out to the next JBT event!
| So Cal Baker- final results and scholarship winners | |||
| 11/26/2017 | |||
| rank | bowlers | prize | total |
| 1 | Marc Villalobos | $125 | $500 |
| William Robbins | $125 | ||
| Secilia Kalvelage | $125 | ||
| Costa Gastouniotis | $125 | ||
| Clint Strawmyer | |||
| 2 | Kirk Chui | $63 | $250 |
| Trevor Thompson | $63 | ||
| Caleb Rothstein | $63 | ||
| Ricky Pollom | $63 | ||
| Nick Condon | |||
| 3 | Trevyr Geronimo | $30 | $150 |
| Jasey Opiana | $30 | ||
| Ardani Rodas | $30 | ||
| Kylie Shishima | $30 | ||
| Clifford Baltazar | $30 | ||
| 4 | Brian Reed | $150 | |
| Kyle Reed | $50 | ||
| Marguerite Evans | |||
| Zack Long | $50 | ||
| Harley Sweigart | $50 | ||
| 5 | Kyle Gilbert | $25 | $100 |
| Kaylee AmKhong | $25 | ||
| Avery Domaguin | $25 | ||
| Sebastian Huffman | $25 | ||
| Buddy Lucas | |||
| 6 | Daniel Hong | ||
| Emily Schrider | |||
| Richard Delgado | |||
| Michael Marmolejo | |||
| Allex Zieg | |||
| 7 | Darron Peters | ||
| Jacob Camacho | |||
| Mondesi Saavedra | |||
| Emily Cheesman | |||
| Cheryl Robinson | |||
| 8 | Zack Jellsey | ||
| Zack Jellsey | |||
| Stacie Jellsey | |||
| Zack Murray | |||
| Art Guzman | |||
| 9 | Jen Peterson | ||
| Freddy Ramirez | |||
| Simon Ortega | |||
| Justin Phillips Jr | |||
| Justin Phillips Sr | |||
| 10 | Richard Paul III | ||
| Frank Howard | |||
| Shane Howard | |||
| Ryan Lee | |||
| Brandon Wanders | |||
| 11 | Israel Ramireez | ||
| Gael Egana | |||
| Alberto Bernal | |||
| Carlos Perez | |||
| Manuel Gonzalez | |||
| 12 | Tyler Handa | ||
| John Handa | |||
| James McGough | |||
| Maheleah Potter | |||
| Samantha Potter | |||
| 13 | Kyle Nino | ||
| CJ Schaffer | |||
| Braeden Phillips | |||
| David Schaffer | |||
| Tony Nino | |||
| 14 | Halie Morgan | ||
| Sahara Morgan | |||
| Amanda Buettner | |||
| Carie Morgan | |||
| Dan Baxter | |||
| 15 | Zach Greim | ||
| Zian Sasaki | |||
| Jordan Bronson | |||
| Hailey Shepherd | |||
| Jody Sheperd | |||
| 16 | Jim Ferguson | ||
| Tanner Ferguson | |||
| Connor Steelmon-Hill | |||
| Garrett Lee | |||
| Mike Lee | |||
| 17 | David Erickson | ||
| Brian Erickson | |||
| Zack Gonzalez | |||
| Clifford Robbins | |||
| William Robbins | |||
| 18 | Marquan Rivers | ||
| Aidan Contreras | |||
| Donavan Bennett | |||
| Lidia Hernandez | |||
| Jonathan Huezo | |||
| 19 | Tim Hill | ||
| Austin Sugarman | |||
| Renee Gentry | |||
| Jesse Garcia | |||
| Katherine Hill | |||