EVERGREEN LANES

Charlie Simperman, Kyle Adams, Kenji London, Tai Garrett, Georgia Rahla; Jessica Holbrook

        Kenji London completed a breakthrough weekend, while Tai Garrett made a big Bowler of the Year move, in exciting JBT Pacific Northwest Conference action at Everett's Evergreen Lanes.

        Scratch bowlers dealt with both a challenging pattern and the 'nervewracker' format, where tied matches go to a two shot rolloff to determine the winner.  Duke Knudsen grabbed the top seed, and after a win over previous day's champ Harry Davis, had a battle with Kyle Adams.  Needing 20 pins to win the second game and stay alive, Adams got 19, forcing the long-awaited 'rolloff to get into a rolloff' scenario.  Kyle won the tiebreaker for game two, and followed that with a nervewracker win, to advance to the title match.  On the other side of the bracket, Kenjo London had the ultimate nervewracker experience.  He started by rebounding from a bad second game to win the tiebreak over DoHoon Kwon in match one.  Round two against Charlie Simperman tied 1-1 as well, forcing another nervewracker which London came through in as well.  Duncan Whitaker looked to have a semifinal win wrapped up, but Kenji came back to win the second game and the tiebreak as well to advance to the title match. 

        The finale seemed destined to end in one last nervewracker, and when London came back to win the second game, that's exactly what happened.  Adams, whose only singles win cane at Evergreen four seasons ago, bravely fought through a cramp in game two to get 18 in the rolloff, but Kenji was up for the challenge one last time, getting 9 on the last ball for the 19-18 win, first career JBT scratch title, and second win overall.

        The handicap division's matchplay was two-game total pinfall.  Jazel Tiquia had her best event so far to lead qualifying, but both she and #2 seeds fell in their first matches, Tiquia to Hailey Hopkins, and Karson to Georgia Rahla.  Georgia kept advancing with a semifinal win over Logan Winchell, while Tai Garrett stopped Hailey to set up the finale.  In that match, Tai came up with his second best game of the day, a clean 213, to grab not only his fourth career JBT title but also climb within 24 points of the points lead with five events to go.

        Jessica Holbrook claimed the Girls Scratch title with a win over Joleigh Murphy, and U17 went to Simperman, with a win over qualifying leader Duke Knudsen.  The Chalmers family took home the day's Ebonite ball courtesy of our amazing title sponsor.  Huge thanks to Jason and the team at Evergreen for their usual fantastic hosting job.  Want in on all the fun for all ages and averages?  Just check out our schedule and come on down!

Date: Sunday February 27, 2022  (This is ONE tournament that is one day long. Sunday is a separate one day event.  You can bowl only Sunday, only Saturday, or both).  

Start Time: Sunday qualifying squad at 10 AM, one squad only.

Re-entries?:  There's only one qualifying squad, so there are no re-entries this event..

Reservations:  Please email director@bowljbt.com to reserve a spot.  You can prepay (not required) at the 'Prepaying' section of this website.  Reservations (paid or unpaid) must check in no later than 15 minutes before start time.  At that time, all bowlers will be taken on a first come, first serve basis until the field is full.

Format: Qualifying round is 5 games.  The top 40% advance to a second round, 2 game total pinfall matches, using the 'nervewracker' variation in scratch

Divisions/ Averages:  Scratch or handicap.  It is the bowlers' choice of division.  Also, everyone age 16 or under as of 8/1/21 is automatically entered in the U-17 side event.   Also, every female is automatically entered in the Girls Scratch side event.   If this is your first JBT event this season, we will be asking for average info.  In most cases, your highest average from any current form of organized competition of at least 15 games is what we need.  If you bowl in multiple leagues / clubs, bring everything and we'll sort it out for you.  After your first JBT event, your average is re-rated before every JBT event according to JBT rules.  Please see JBT Rule 13 for complete details.

Points:  This event counts for Pac NW and All-Conference points.  Points qualify you for the big money season-ending Invitationals and Touring Players Championship, so get all you can.  Visit the 'statistics' section of the website to check on your points.  As the end of the season, the top 32 in Pac NW points, plus anyone who had a top-4 finish in a Pac NW event this season, advance to their respective Invitationals.

Entry fee: $50 handicap; $60 scratch.  Scholarship brackets are available for $2 each.  Raffle tickets for Ebonite bowling balls, and our PowerBowl and '26' jackpots, are available on-site. 

Covid details: JBT events follow- at least- all local Covid safety protocols, which you must be prepared for.   Please stay posted so you're not surprised about anything required of you. 

Scholarships: 1:6 in each division earn scholarships, scratch and handicap.  Minimum prizes in scratch are $300, $150, $100, $60.  In handicap, $250, $125, $75, $50.  Bowlers must finish in the top 4 once this season to qualify for that conference's Invitational, which features $1,000 for first place.  Bowlers who finish in the top 20 in a conference's points race, or the top 100 in all-conference points, qualify for the Touring Players Championship, featuring $2,000 for first.

Lane conditions: conditions vary from event to event, and are not posted prior to the event (unless otherwise announced).  Some events do not post the pattern until after qualifying.  Be ready for anything- it makes you a better bowler!  Check out previous patterns and corresponding cut scores at the 'lane conditions' section of this website.

Dress code:  Anything goes EXCEPT tank tops, hats, gym shorts, clothing promoting alcohol, drugs, or firearms, or excessively ripped or short clothing, subject solely to the director's discretion.  However, bowlers wearing slacks or dress shorts/skirts, and a 'name shirt' or PBA-style 'dye-sub' shirt, or college or high school team shirt, earn an extra 10 points on their season-long points total.  If you're not sure about dress code, check with us.  If you're new to us, the vast majority of the bowlers do dress in the 'bonus' dress code, and those points become very important, so plan accordingly.

RESERVED BOWLERS:

PLEASE do not forget to contact us if you need to cancel or adjust your reservation.  This list may not be updated after the Friday of the event as we travel, etc.  However, walk-ins / late entries are still gladly accepted as space permits.  There is generally plenty of room for walk-ins / late entries, and we'll  post here clearly if an event is nearing sellout or sold out.