SOUTHWEST INVITATIONAL

Josh Abigania, Kaitlyn Hammer, Lucas Rabb, Katelyn Abigania, Daniel Hong, Brockton Scotford

        Daniel Hong and Kaitlyn Hammer each earned $1,000 scholarships as champions of the 2021 JBT Southwest Invitational tournament, hosted by Cerbat Lanes in Kingman.   

        After five qualifying games on a challenging dual-pattern setup, bowlers advanced to exciting triple-elimination matchplay.  After eight rounds, only four scratch bowlers remained standing, and in that round top seed Lucas Rabb stayed alive by eliminationg Kyle Reed, and #2 seed Daniel Hong remained with only one loss via an elimination of #5 Hunter Mayes.   This set up a scenario where Rabb would have to beat Hong twice to take the title.  Lucas was appearing in his fourth Invitational title match, but Hong, who has been so close to victory before, came up with the win in game one to finally earn that first JBT title in major style.

        Six bowlers remained alive in the handicap division after six rounds, but that number was chopped in half in the next game, as Brockton Scotford ousted Hayden Fernandez, Hayden's brother Gavin eliminated Caden Meliska, and Kaitlynn Hammer remained on a big-time run, staying undefeated by ousting Sam Flaisig.  Brockton then got on a roll, giving Hammer loss #1, then eliminating Fernandez, setting up a situation where he now had to beat Kaitlyn twice more to win the title.    Game one cane down to the tenth frame, and in the biggest spot of her JBT career, Hammer threw a beautiful double for the win, second career title, first major, and the $1,000 top prize!

        The subdivision Invites went to the Abigania family, as Katelyn beat Aileen Linares for the Girls Scratch title, and Joshua beat Hong for the U17 win.     

        Big thanks to the team at Cerbat for hosting our event, Ebonite for their title sponsorship of the 25th season of the Junior Bowlers Tour, and everyone for an amazing season. Over $8,000 in scholarships were awarded to all skill levels and ages on the weekend, and the top season point scorers now advance to the Touring Players Championship!

***You qualify for this event by making a top-4 in this conference.  You are listed at the "Invitational Qualifiers" page if you already have.  You may also qualify by finishing in the top 32 in points AFTER Saturday's event in Kingman.  Visit the 'statistics' page of the website to check this after the Saturday event is done. 

June 26, 9:00 AM, at Cerbat Lanes

ENTRY FEE: $50 scratch, $40 handicap

 Includes all scholarships except $2 scholarship brackets in both divisions

Eligibility:

Each event is open to anyone making a top-4 finish in that Conference this season,

OR the top 32 in season-long points in that Conference

Format:

-QUALIFYING: Bowl 5 games across 10 lanes.   The top eleven 5-game totals, plus the top 5 season-long point scorers, advance to the triple-elimination finals!  (If a top-5 player does not show or chooses to bowl in the opposite division, additional bowlers will be taken to complete a 16-player field)

-FINALS: Bowlers will play TRIPLE elimination match play (keep bowling until you lose 3 times), until a winner is determined

***FORMATS, DATES, AND PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING SUBJECT TO COVID RESTRICTIONS, WHICH MAY BE VER Y DIFFERENT FROM TODAY.  STAY POSTED AT OUR WEBSITE & FACEBOOK!

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GUARANTEED PRIZE FUNDS, each event:

1^st-$1,000

2^nd- $250

3^rd- $150

4^th- $125

5^th- $100

Additional spots earn scholarships on a 1:6 ratio

PLUS The top 5 point scorers going into each Invite will have Invite winnings augmented to $50 minimum

ALL OTHER JBT RULES APPLY. SEE YOU THERE, DON’T MISS IT!!!