STARLITE LANES
champs Deo Benard & Alisabeth Rich; Harley Sweigart
Deo Benard and Alisabeth Rich claimed JBT titles in exciting JBT action at Flagstaff's Starlite Lanes.
Harley Sweigart began the scratch division stepladder finals with a 227-184 win over reigning Bowler of the Year Lucas Rabb. The next match was a thriller, as Sweigart got the hits to out-strike Cerell Cardines, who fell victim to a late pocket 7-10, 267-251.
Top seed Deo Benard exploded onto the scene two seasons ago in handicap, and rapidly advanced through the scratch ranks last season. He's gotten the new season off to a great start, defeating Sweigart in an entertaining finale to earn the 6th title of his JBT career.
Rich squeezed her way into the handicap finals, and then ran the table, starting with a 229-197 win over Kaitlyn Hammer. Alisabeth then got past Madison Holman to reach the title game.
Top seed Hayden Hull put on a clinic in his home town, outscoring a strike-filled field to get the #1 spot. He kept striking in the title match, and he needed to to make up the handicap difference. Now needing a mark to win, Hull threw what looked to be a good shot, but a 4-10 stood. When he couldn't get the spare, Alisabeth came away with the 237-224 win and her first career JBT title.
Solomon Salama defeated Benard 206-159 to win the U17 finals, in a match we may see a lot of this season. The Priority Girls scratch win went to Samantha Conti, who beat Aileen Linares 163-152.
Thanks to Dale and the crew at Starlite for hosting our Tour. Want in on all the fun? Check out our schedule and come on down!
| Starlite Lanes- final results and scholarship winners | ||
| 9/15/2018 | ||
| Scratch Division | ||
| rank | bowler | prize |
| 1 | Deo Benard | $315 |
| 2 | Harley Sweigart | $192 |
| 3 | Cerell Cardines | $125 |
| 4 | Lucas Rabb | $100 |
| 5 | Clifford Robbins | $75 |
| 6 | Ryan Perry | $50 |
| 7 | Solomon Salama | $73 |
| 8 | DJ Kneifel | |
| 9 | Zach Harvey | $14 |
| 10 | Skyler McGowan | |
| 11 | Joe Gerencser | |
| 12 | Dawson Reese | $14 |
| 13 | Matthew Garrett | |
| 14 | Christian Apolonio | |
| 15 | Tim Hill | $19 |
| 16 | Aileen Linares | $25 |
| 17 | Samantha Conti | $50 |
| 18 | Sebastian Huffman | |
| 19 | Brock Bivins | |
| 20 | Jake Tucker | |
| 21 | Kyle Perry | |
| 22 | Nick Noone | |
| 23 | Phillip Sauve | |
| 24 | Hunter Mayes | $14 |
| 25 | Josh Fearing | |
| 26 | Darren Fletcher | |
| 27 | William Robbins | |
| 28 | Christian Caron | |
| 29 | Rashaad Jordan | |
| 30 | Abby Franklin | |
| 31 | Jacob Merki | |
| 32 | Chris Mayes | |
| 33 | Mariano Garcia | |
| 34 | Gavin Holter | |
| 35 | Elizabeth Romero | |
| Handicap Division | ||
| 1 | Alisabeth Rich | $200 |
| 2 | Hayden Hull | $150 |
| 3 | Madison Holman | $140 |
| 4 | Kaitlyn Hammer | $100 |
| 5 | Eric Gauna | $120 |
| 6 | Noel Hernandez | |
| 7 | Alex Thompson | $30 |
| 8 | Kara Thompson | $10 |
| 9 | Payton Workman | |
| 10 | Faythe Reid | |
| 11 | Cameron Criss | |
| 12 | Jennifer Peterson | |
| 13 | Jordan Gil | |
| 14 | Yael Salama | |
| 15 | Eli DeHerrera | |
| 16 | Ryan Zent | |
| 17 | Kendall Bollea | $25 |
| 18 | Mark Sauve | |
| 19 | Kyle Lawrence | $20 |
| 20 | Raymond Gaiser | |
| 21 | Josh Williams | |
| 22 | CJ Todeschi | |
| 23 | Leah Zweig | $15 |
| 24 | Mackenzie Hammer | |
| 25 | Silas Phillips | |
| 26 | Jadeyn Mabry | |
| 27 | Emily Cheesman | |
| High Games | ||
| Scratch | Handicap | |
| C Robbins 278 | Criss 280 | |
| Salama 278 | Hull 276 | |
| L Rabb 269 | K Hammer 273 | |
| Sweigart 267 | Gauna 266 | |
| Sweigart 266 | Hull 264 | |
| High Female | ||
| 1 | Linares +44 | |
| 2 | Conti -9* | |
| 3 | Hammer -13 | |
| 4 | Holman -52 | |
| 5 | Peterson -116 | |
| Qualifying Leaders | ||
| Scratch | Handicap | |
| 1 | R Perry +134 | Hull +215 |
| 2 | Rabb +117 | K Hammer +181 |
| 3 | Salama +99 | N Hernandez +135 |
| U-17 | ||
| 1 | Salama +99* | |
| 2 | Benard +73 | |
| 3 | Garrett +5 | |
| 4 | Reese -4 | |
| 5 | Conti -9 | |
| Round Leaders | ||
| Scratch | Handicap | |
| 1 | Benard | Hull |
| 2 | Gerencser | K Hammer |
| 3 | Benard | Gauna |
| 4 | Gerencser | K Hammer |
| 5 | R Perry | Hull |
| 6 | Rabb | K Hammer |
| 7 | Benard | Hull |
| 8 | Benard | Hull |
| Total Awarded This Event: $1,876 | ||