The 2018 JBT Desert Open Marathon

champs Hunter Mayes & AJ Imperial with Harley Sweigart, Yael Salama, Brianna Salazar

        Hunter Mayes and AJ Imperial wrapped up the 22nd season of JBT action with exciting wins at the Desert Open, hosted by Glenfair Lanes in Glendale.

        After fifteen games of qualifying on three very challenging patterns, bowlers advanced to best 3-of-f matchplay until single-game semifinals and finals.  In the scratch division, 'chalk' held until those matches, and then chalk went right out the window, as #4 Harley Sweigart upset top seed Cortez Schenck 246-177, and #3 Hunter Mayes took out newly minted Team USA member #2 Adel Wahner 258-184 to set up the title match.

        Sweigart became JBT's all-time winningest lefty during his excellent season, while fellow portsider Mayes was making his first career top-5 JBT finish, let alone a trip to the title game.  Despite those stacked odds, Mayes bowled with the poise with a veteran, while Harley tried every trick he had but just couldn't get the right look on the title pair.   Hunter won the finale 224-178 for his first career title, $500 in earnings, the incredible glass cactus, not to mention free brackets and raffle tickets all next season- wow!

        The top two seeds in the handicap division also did well in matchplay, as newcomer and #1 Brianna Salazar and recently crowned TPC champ #2 Yael Salama each reached the semifinals.  Their fates diverged there though, as #5 Imperial upset Salazar 237-216, while Salama stopped William Robbins 208-191 to set up the finale.

        Yael's chances at a second straight major looked fleeting until a spare-spare 8th and 9th forced AJ to continue to mark to stay ahead.  He was up to the task, throwing a clutch tenth frame double that forced Salama to do the same.  Yael didn't get the first strike, and a relieved Imperial claimed his first career JBT title, the cactus, and all the goodies that come with it.

        Big thanks to Glenfair for hosting our event, and everyone for coming out and challenging themselves at one of our toughest events of the year.   Season 23 gets underway in just a few weeks- keep spreading the word to all ages and averages!

Desert Open- final results and scholarship winners
8/12/2018    
     
  Scratch Division  
rank bowler prize
1 Hunter Mayes $500
2 Harley Sweigart $300
3 Cortez Schenck $244
4 Adel Wahner $139
5 Keith Fung  
6 Dawson Reese  
7 Chris Tucker  
8 Christian Caron  
9 Josh Molloy  
10 Chris Mayes  
11 Justin Song $30
12 Anthony Schanen $50
13 Garrett Lee $5
14 Ryan Perry  
15 Hunter Bower  
16 Kyle Perry  
17 Lucas Rabb $30
18 Tim Hill  
19 Josh Fearing  
20 Brock Bivins  
21 Phillip Sauve  
22 Rashaad Jordan  
     
  Handicap Division  
1 AJ Imperial $500
2 Yael Salama $300
3 Brianna Salazar $250
4 William Robbins $180
5 Abby Franklin $130
6 Mark Sauve $100
7 Victoria Potter  
8 Raymond Gaiser  
9 Kyle Lawrence $30
10 Tracy Lewis $30
11 Kendall Bollea $45
12 Payton Workman  
13 Madison Holman  
14 Brian Erickson  
15 Kevin Lu  
16 Clifford Robbins  
17 Joshua Williams $10
18 Ryan Zent  
19 Emily Cheesman  
20 CJ Todeschi  
21 Caleb Rothstein  
22 Mackenzie Hammer  
23 Darren Fletcher  
24 Kaitlyn Hemmer  
25 Eric Gauna  
26 Elijah Arredondo  
27 Jason Gootzeit  
28 Justin Worthington  
29 Gavin Holter $20
30 Caden Meliska  
31 Cesar Padilla  
32 Jacob Soulliere  
33 Destiny Johnson  
34 Noel Hernandez  
     
TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $2,893

 

Qualifying scores:

  DESERT OPEN- scratch          
  22 bowlers;  12 Qualify; 4 byes
             
RANK BOWLER rd 1 rd 2 rd 3 TOTAL + / -
1 Schenck, Cortez 1017 1002 1156 3175 175
2 Wahner, Adel 924 997 966 2887 -113
3 Mayes, Hunter 953 921 967 2841 -159
4 Sweigart, Harley 1044 867 887 2798 -202
5 Molloy, Josh 937 911 924 2772 -228
6 Mayes, Christopher 783 994 994 2771 -229
7 Fung, Keith 957 906 906 2769 -231
8 Reese, Dawson 906 822 992 2720 -280
9 Song, Justin 919 853 941 2713 -287
10 Schanen, Anthony 839 1005 863 2707 -293
11 Tucker, Chris 845 863 927 2635 -365
12 Caron, Christian 827 808 981 2616 -384
13 Lee, Garrett 853 810 938 2601 -399
14 Perry, Ryan 842 855 895 2592 -408
15 Bower, Hunter 883 862 832 2577 -423
16 Perry, Kyle 831 799 898 2528 -472
17 Rabb, Lucas 784 943 791 2518 -482
18 Hill, Tim 747 871 827 2445 -555
19 Fearing, Josh 826 806 781 2413 -587
20 Bivins, Brock 777 743 855 2375 -625
21 Sauve, Phillip 771 771 780 2322 -678
22 Jordan, Rashaad 834 766 628 2228 -772

 

 

  DESERT OPEN- handicap          
  34 bowlers ; 16 Qualify            
             
RANK BOWLER rd 1 rd 2 rd 3 TOTAL + / -
1 Salazar, Brianna 981 1093 1165 3239 239
2 Salama, Yael 1102 941 1055 3098 98
3 Lawrence, Kyle 998 980 976 2954 -46
4 Franklin, Abby 959 960 1033 2952 -48
5 Imperial, AJ 1057 995 853 2905 -95
6 Lewis, Tracy 877 981 1045 2903 -97
7 Sauve, Mark 921 962 1015 2898 -102
8 Potter, Victoria 915 971 1002 2888 -112
9 Bollea, Kendall 980 990 915 2885 -115
10 Workman, Payton 925 957 986 2868 -132
11 Robbins, Willliam 846 1007 983 2836 -164
12 Holman, Madison 845 917 1054 2816 -184
13 Erickson, Brian 854 975 977 2806 -194
14 Gaiser, Raymond 924 913 962 2799 -201
15 Lu, Kevin 906 958 915 2779 -221
16 Robbins, Clifford 901 957 910 2768 -232
17 Williams, Josh 937 902 910 2749 -251
18 Zent, Ryan 922 822 996 2740 -260
19 Cheesman, Emily 855 849 997 2701 -299
20 Todeschi, CJ 923 870 884 2677 -323
21 Rothstein, Caleb 839 866 962 2667 -333
22 Hammer, Mackenzie 762 934 947 2643 -357
23 Hammer, Kaitlyn 869 878 875 2622 -378
24 Gauna, Eric 835 964 814 2613 -387
25 Arredondo, Elijah 830 876 904 2610 -390
26 Fletcher, Darren 832 945 827 2604 -396
27 Worthington, Justin 810 888 878 2576 -424
28 Gootzeit, Jason 825 848 894 2567 -433
29 Holter, Gavin 847 925 782 2554 -446
30 Meliska, Caden 809 894 812 2515 -485
31 Padilla, Cesar 757 791 963 2511 -489
32 Soulliere, Jacob 883 827 784 2494 -506
33 Johnson, Destiny 823 817 847 2487 -513
34 Hernandez, Noel 724 907 764 2395 -605

 

 

 

 

 

to be held

Saturday & Sunday August 11-12, 2018

at

Glenfair Lanes 6110 N. 59th Ave, Glendale AZ, (623) 937-9225

 

 

All bowlers roll 15 games each on 3 different lane conditions!

Top 16 advance to single elimination matchplay!**

Per block and overall prizes- bonuses for the champs can translate into THOUSANDS:

 

 

 

FORMAT:  (TWO divisions, scratch and handicap)

 

Friday August 10:

-           Noon-9 PM:      tournament patterns available for practice (call for specific times & mention Desert Open for discounted rate)

 

Saturday August 11:

-          10 AM:              5 games, pattern 1

-          2 PM:               5 games, pattern 2  

 

Sunday August 12:

-          9 AM:               5 games, pattern 3

the top 16  fifteen-game totals advance to matchplay**

-          1 PM:               round of 16, best 3-of-5 matchplay,   highest scratch seed chooses pattern!

-          3:30 PM:           round of 8, best 3-of-5 matchplay    (starting times approx. following round completion)

-          5 PM:               rounds of 4 & 2, single game matches

**23+ entries cuts to 16; 16-22 entries cuts to 12; less than 16 entries cuts to 8

 

 

ENTRY FEE:  $100 (includes all scholarships except brackets, available on-site.)       $500 first place guaranteed (plus below)!

 

PRIZE FUNDS: (based 36 entries- 1:6 earn awards)

 

Every 5-game block:                                         final standings:                                    CHAMP ALSO RECEIVES:

1st-      $50                                                        1st-          $500                                       - exemption in day 2 of 2019 TPC

                                                                        2nd-         $250                                       - the famous glass cactus trophy!

                                                                        3rd-4th-    $150                                        - 5 brackets AND 25 raffle tix

                                                                        5th-6th     $100                                       at EVERY 18-19 JBT event!

- High overall female (if no other prize won): $100                                                                             

                     

                                                                                      

This is AWESOME!!!  To enter, visit www.bowljbt.com, or contact us at director@bowljbt.com.

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