BEST IN THE WEST at Cactus Bowl

champs and finalists

Rene Canez and Seth Le picked up double points titles by capturing victories in the Best In The West tournament, in terrific Arizona Conference action at historic Cactus Bowl.

After fifteen all-matchplay games, the top six survivors advanced to a bracket style finals. In the scratch division, #5 Brendan Bobersky stopped AZ points leader #4 Cesar Padilla with a 2-0 sweep. In the other match, #3 Cayden Matherly bowled well, but could only stand back and watch as #6 Braxton Sexton blasted 300-265 to advance, with the exciting perfecto being the first of his JBT career. The top two seeds then came in. #2 Rene Canez defended his turf by stopping Bobersky, while top seed Dominic Montoya remained solid as he had been all weekend, but fell in a 2-1 dogfight to Sexton, riding the home-crowd wave to the title match. The momentum ran out for him there, though, as Canez looked as sharp as he ever has, destroying the pins in a 2-0 title match sweep, earning the second title of his JBT career and $800 top prize.

The handicap finals also began with two seeps, as Peyton Lee defeated points leader Isaiah Pino, while Christian Ortega beat another Cactus bowler, Kim Davis. The win included an oh-so-close 299 game, the second time in two months he's flirted with JBT perfection. In the semifinal matches, #2 Seth Le was one 'e' short of Peyton Lee, but had no shortage of strikes, sweeping the match. In the other semi, Miguel Espinoza used a perfect 15-0 matchplay record to grab the #1 seed, but found himself in a dogfight against Ortega, escaping 2-1 to set up the title match. Both Seth and Miguel continued the excellent bowling, but a tenth frame double won game one for Seth, and re rode that momentum to a sweep, and the third title of his JBT career. A large brackets haul pushed him over $1,000 in earnings on the weekend, and his hot streak has boosted him all the way up to #7 on the all-conference points list!

A consolation event was held for bowlers missing Saturday's 10-game cut. Nathan Harnit and Shaiden Raymond bowled great to win their divisions, but the individual highlight was Mason Snow, who connected for the first 300 of his career, yay! The Brands of Brunswick, our title sponsor, offered three balls, claimed by Cameron Coleman, Canez, and Nathan Bravo. Harnit, his brother Nicholas, and Jadeyn Mabry all hit the '28' jackpot for a quick $100 bonus each. Subdivision finals, also with boosted prize funds, were won by Aiden Ruiz-Jimenez with a U17 win over Sexton, and Kendall Bollea, who finished 10th in the main tournament then beat Mabry for the Girls Scratch win.

Big contributions from the Arizona Army National Guard, and Tucson Metro USBC, helped greatly in $7,476 being awarded to bowlers of all skill levels and ages! Huge thanks to Cactus Bowl for a great hosting job, as well as the tireless Matt Hunt, who went above and beyond to have the center ready, and whose friendliest Mafia in the land put on a great show for everyone.

The field is now set for the 28th annual Arizona Invitational, with 71 qualifiers shooting for $1,000 top prizes, and berths in the prestigious Touring PLayers Championships, All-Star Teams, and Bowler of the Year all on the line!

Best In The West- final results and scholarship winners
5/5/2024

	Scratch Division
rank	bowler	prize
1	Rene Canez	$800
2	Braxton Sexton	$460
3	Dominic Montoya	$350
4	Brendan Bobersky	$314
5	Cayden Matherly	$250
6	Cesar Padilla	$229
7	Mike Jones	$150
8	Amarr Bryant	$125
9	Aiden Ruiz-Jimenez	$230
10	Kendall Bollea	$200
11	Jason Gootzeit	$84
12	Alex Rosenblum
13	Quinten Bell
14	Brendon Etse
15	Juan Canez
16	Jadeyn Mabry	$160
17	Nathan Harnit	$200
18	Aliyas Sargento	$75
19	Andrew Sager	$40
20	Mason Snow	$30
21	Zach Sterkel	$20
22	Gage Baker	$69
23	Tayler Clark	$40
24	Aarin Shepard
25	Cameron Sager
26	Josh Burnett
27	Brendon Etse
28	Alex Thompson
29	Edison Yuen
30	Keith Ylvisaker
31	Ryan Zent
32	Garrett Kelsay
33	Gyrus Alo
34	Ethan Young
35	Asher Toberer	$20
36	Jace Miles
37	CJ Henry
38	Carlos Estrada
39	Daryus Alo	$30
40	Brock Bivins
41	Kaitlyn Hammer	$20
42	Bryan Gregson
43	JR Barczyszyn	$14
44	Jake Campbell
45	Nathan Bravo
46	Caden Meliska
47	Dylan Donahue
48	Payton Workman
49	Devin Montoya
50	Mackenzie Paige	$30
51	Nicholas Harnit	$100
52	Ian Silva
53	Carson Belnap
54	Daniel Gaudern
55	Josh DiGangi
56	Xavier Limon

	Handicap Division
1	Seth Le	$1,017
2	Miguel Espinoza	$400
3	Christian Ortega	$350
4	Peyton Lee	$300
5	Kim Davis	$250
6	Isaiah Pino	$200
7	Aiden Crabtree	$200
8	Devin Fincham	$169
9	Ethan Brancatelli	$100
10	Matthew Carr	$100
11	Jacob Vasquez
12	Zackary Evans
13	Jakob Enright
14	Jaida-Marie De La Cruz
15	Alexander Hughes
16	Ava Johnson
T17	Walter Eaddy
17	Shaiden Raymond	$130
18	Cameron Coleman	$60
19	Brianna Asfall	$40
20	Maurice Boston-Sand	$30
21	Logan Trujillo	$20
22	Caden Henk
23	Kloey Kielich
24	Ari Hunt
25	Susan Meinhardt
26	Ayla Taylor
27	Thomas Glass
28	Alex London
29	Sam Winemiller
30	Isaac John
31	Pablo Ypina	$28
32	Terrell Coates
33	Madeleine Serafini
34	Elise Partida
35	Skyler Chaney
36	Ivan John
37	Abbie Hunt
38	Gauge Eccher
39	Alex Kasting
40	Andrew Thompson	$37
41	Ryan Lesho
42	Drake Wilkins
43	Nayt Beery
44	Kayden Johnson	$35
45	Connor Lee Haven-Barker	$20
46	Paityn Gaines
47	Xaden Todacheenie
48	Abigail London
49	Aiden Caraballo
50	Joshua Hansen
51	Sam Sitler
52	Jazmyn Meinhardt
53	Kylie Belnap
54	Evelynn Bollea


	U-17	Girls Scratch
1	Ruiz-Jimenez	Bollea
2	Sexton	Mabry
3	Bollea	P Lee
4	Gootzeit	T Clark
5	D Alo	K Davis
6	Barczyszyn	K Hammer
7	Baker	Paige
8	Snow	A Johnson
9	Nathan Harnit	Kielich
10	C Sager	De La Cruz

	Qualifying Leaders
	Scratch	Handicap
1	Dom Montoya +562	Brancatelli +472
2	R Canez +479	Espinoza +441
3	Sexton +453	Crabtree +396

	Round Leaders
	Scratch	Handicap
1	Donahue	Brancatelli
2	Dom Montoya	Vasquez
3	M Jones	Eaddy
4	M Jones	Eaddy
5	M Jones	Eaddy
6	Rosenblum	Eaddy
7	R Canez	Eaddy
8	R Canez	Eaddy
9	R Canez	Brancatelli
10	Dom Montoya	Brancatelli
11	Dom Montoya	Espinoza
12	Dom Montoya	Espinoza
13	Dom Montoya	Espinoza
14	Dom Montoya	Espinoza
15	Dom Montoya	Espinoza

	Scratch High Game
1	Snow 300
2	Sexton 300
3	Dom Montoya 290
4	M Jones 289
5	A Sager 288

	Handicap High Game
1	C Ortega 312
2	Eaddy 291
3	D Fincham 287
4	C Coleman 287
5	S Raymond 286

TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $7,476

The Junior Bowlers Tour & its sponsors present:

BEST IN THE WEST ALL-MATCHPLAY SHOOTOUT

Saturday & Sunday May 4-5, 2024 at Cactus Bowl, Tucson AZ

3665 S. 16^th Ave., (520) 327-6561 - Two day event, DOUBLE Arizona points

ENTRY FEE: $100, handicap or scratch

GUARANTEED 1^st PLACE: $800 (1:8 earn scholarships, minimum 5 spots paid)

Prepaying not necessary, but you can at our website, or scan this QR code to use Venmo: .

FORMAT:

Saturday, 10 AM: Five games of matchplay, lane condition #1

Saturday, 2 PM (approx.): Five games of matchplay, lane condition #2

The top 16 bowlers in each division advance to the semifinals

The rest enter a consolation event at no additional cost.

Sunday, 9 AM: Consolation event, 4 games, $100 first place + 17^th place AZ points

Sunday, 9 AM: Semifinalists bowl 5 matchplay games, lane condition #3

Sunday, 1:30 PM: Top 6 finalists bowl a bracket stepladder finals (2-of-3 matches, byes to the top 2)

POINTS:

Double Arizona and All-Conference points to the top 25.

GUARANTEED MINIMUM PRIZE FUNDS:

Scratch and Handicap: Girls Scratch and U17 bonus:

1^st- $800 1^st- $100

2^nd- $500 2^nd- $60

3^rd- $300 3^rd- $40

4^th- $200 4^th- $30

5^th- $100 5^th- $20

1:8 scratch and handicap earn scholarships

Top 5 half-qualify for the 2024 AZ JBT Invitational, with $1,000 for first place!

All JBT events are PBA Jr. affiliate events!

Limited to 112 total entries. Email director@bowljbt.com to reserve spots.

RESERVED BOWLERS:

This reservation is an expectation that you will be bowling. PLEASE do not forget to contact us if you need to cancel or adjust your reservation. Repeated 'no-shows' may result in you not being able to reserve a spot. This list may not be updated after the Friday of the event as we travel, etc.

no.	bowler	Sat 10 AM
1	Alo, Daryus	x
2	Alo, Gyrus	x
3	Baker, Gage	x
4	Barczyszyn, JR	x
5	Beery, Nayt	x
6	Bell, Quin	x
7	Belnap, Carson	x
8	Belnap, Kylie	x
9	Bivins, Brock	x
10	Bobersky, Brendan	x
11	Bollea, Evelynn	x
12	Bollea, Kendall	x
13	Boston-Sand, Maurice	x
14	Brancatelli, Ethan	x
15	Bravo, Nathan	x
16	Bryant, Amarr	x
17	Burnett, Josh	x
18	Campbell, Jake	x
19	Canez, Juan	x
20	Canez, Rene	x
21	Caraballo, Aiden	x
22	Carr, Matthew	x
23	Chaney, Skyler	x
24	Clark, Tayler	x
25	Coates, Terrell	x
26	Coleman, Cameron	x
27	Cox, Jordan	x
28	Crabtree, Aiden	x
29	Davis, Kim	x
30	De La Cruz, Jaida-Marie	x
31	DiGangi, Josh	x
32	Donahue, Dylan	x
33	Eccher, Gauge	x
34	Enright, Jakob	x
35	Espinosa, Miguel	x
36	Estrada, Carlos	x
37	Etse, Brandon	x
38	Etse, Brendon	x
39	Evans, Zackary	x
40	Fincham, Devin	x
41	Gaines, Paityn	x
42	Gaudern, Daniel	x
43	Glass, Thomas	x
44	Gomez, Mark	x
45	Gootzeit, Jason	x
46	Gregson, Bryan	x
47	Griego, Lucia	x
48	Hammer, Kaitlyn	x
49	Hansen, Joshua	x
50	Harnit, Nathan	x
51	Harnit, Nicholas	x
52	Haven-Barker, Connor Lee	x
53	Henk, Caden	x
54	Henry, CJ	x
55	Hughes, Alexander	x
56	Hughes, Hannah	x
57	Hunt, Abbie	x
58	Hunt, Ari	x
59	John, Isaac	x
60	John, Ivan	x
61	Johnson, Ava	x
62	Johnson, Kayden	x
63	Jones, Mike	x
64	Kasting, Alex	x
65	Kelsay, Garrett	x
66	Kielich, Kloey	x
67	Le, Seth	x
68	Lee, Peyton	x
69	Lesho, Rylan	x
70	Limon, Xavier	x
71	London, Abigail	x
72	London, Alex	x
73	Lozano, Santiago	x
74	Mabry, Jadeyn	x
75	Matherly, Cayden	x
76	Meinhardt, Jazmyn	x
77	Meinhardt, Susan	x
78	Meliska, Caden	x
79	Miles, Jace	x
80	Montoya, Devin	x
81	Montoya, Dominic	x
82	Olson, Keegan	x
83	Ortega, Christian	x
84	Padilla, Cesar	x
85	Paige, Mackenzie	x
86	Partida, Elise	x
87	Pino, Isaiah	x
88	Provencher, Xavier	x
89	Raymond, Shaiden	x
90	Rosenblum, Alex	x
91	Ruiz-Jimenez, Aiden	x
92	Sager, Andrew	x
93	Sager, Cameron	x
94	Sargento, Aliyas	x
95	Serafini, Madeleine	x
96	Sexton, Braxton	x
97	Shepard, Aarin	x
98	Silva, Ian	x
99	Sitler, Sam	x
100	Snow, Mason	x
101	Sterkel, Zach	x
102	Taylor, Ayla	x
103	Thompson, Alex	x
104	Thompson, Andrew	x
105	Toberer, Asher	x
106	Todacheenie, Xaden	x
107	Trujillo, Logan	x
108	Vasquez, Jacob	x
109	Wilkins, Drake	x
110	Winemiller, Lily	x
111	Winemiller, Sam	x
112	Workman, Payton	x
113	Ylvisaker, Keith	x
114	Young, Ethan	x
115	Ypina, Pablo	x
116	Yuen, Edison	x
117	Zent, Ryan	x

	WAITING LIST
1	Asfall, Brianna
2	O'Neal, Benjamin
3	Padilla, Luis
4	Lugo, Saida
5	Cao, Hunter
6	Eaddy, Walter