TRIANGLE BOWL

champs Ashton Yamasaki & Ryan Smerud with Hunter Bower, Paul Rosales, Brooklyn Boudreau, Yamasaki

        Ashton Yamasaki and Ryan Smerud teamed up to win JBT titles in exciting Pacific Northwest Conference action at Triangle Bowl in Longview.

        In our popular 'mix it up' format, scratch and handicap bowlers are paired up after qualifying to form doubles teams, who then compete together the rest of the way.  Tommie McNeal and Lohrghan Ziegler began the baker format stepladder finals wioth a 174-161 win over Makana Wong and Cosmo Castellano.  Tyler Bow and Isaac Maikolff then stopped McNeal and Ziegler 203-187.  In a higher scoring semifinal, Yamasaki and Smerud halted Boe and Mailkoff 239-210 to move on to the title game.

        Hunter Bower and Paul Rosales both had excellent qualifying rounds to become the top seeded team, and held on to that lead comfortably through round two.  Neither team could get a whole lot going in the finale, but in the end Ryan and Ashton came through with the strikes for a 198-181 win over Hunter and Paul for the championship. It was Smerud's second win in a rown, and Yamasaki's first career JBT title.

        Ashton continued to have Hunter's number in the U17 subdivision, beating him 213-123 for that event.  Brooklyn Boudreau won her first Priority Girls Scratch event with a 242-166 win over Shannon Bliquez.

        Big thanks to Beau and the whole team at Triangle for their usual fantastic hosting job.  Want in on all this fun for all ages and averages?  Just check out our schedule and come on down!