BEST IN THE WEST

champs & finalists

            Juan Canez and Jakob Enright wrapped up the Arizona Conference regular season with big wins at the Best In The West tournament, hosted by the team at Cactus Bowl in Tucson.

            Every game of the event was matchplay, and it took fourteen games to carve the sold out fields to the top 6 for a finals bracket.  In the scratch finals, #3 Brendan Bobersky defeated #6 JR Barczyszyn, while #4 Canez eliminated #5 Amarr Bryant.  The top two seeds then entered, and top seed Dylan Donahue stopped Bobersky, while Canez pulled off the upset over #2 Jason Gootzeit.  The best of 3 finals was tied one game a piece, and in the final, Canez remained in control, winning the match for the first title of his JBT career.

            In the handicap finals, #3 Enright beat #6 Cameron Peterson, while simultaneously #5 Paityn Gaines beat rookie #4 Brandon McIver Jr.  Both Paityn and Jakob, having red-hot springs, pulled off upsets over the top two in the next round, with Enright beating #1 Christopher Charron, and Gaines beating #2 Miramontes, to setup the final.  In the title match, Enright's magical 2025 continued, as he poured on the strikes for a two-game sweep over Gaines, good for the fifth title of his JBT career.

            Kendall Bollea kept rolling with an earlier win over Gaines for the Girls Scratch title, while Payton De Merritt led the early rounds and beat Gootzeit for the U17 win.  Huge thanks to the whole team at Cactus for their usual great hosting job, and nearly three decade partnership with JBT.  The field is now set for the 2025 Arizona Invitational, with top players fighting for over $6,000 in scholarships.

Best In The West- final results and scholarship winners

5/4/2025

   
     
 

Scratch Division

 

rank

bowler

prize

1

Juan Canez

$600

2

Dylan Donahue

$400

3

Jason Gootzeit

$375

4

Brendan Bobersky

$200

5

Amarr Bryant

$100

6

JR Barczyszyn

$100

7

Gyrus Alo

 

8

Gavin Fernandez

 

9

Daryus Alo

 

10

Nathan Harnit

 

11

Harper Schmidt

$30

12

Mike Jones

 

13

Gage Baker

$40

14

Aiden Ruiz-Jimenez

$40

15

Braxton Sexton

 

16

Payton DeMerritt

$160

17

Ian Silva

$100

18

Nicholas Harnit

$60

19

Christian Ortega

$40

20

Walter Eaddy

 

21

Nathan Bravo

 

22

Alex Thompson

 

23

Alex Rosenblum

 

24

Keith Ylvisaker

 

25

Nicco Bacoccini

 

26

Aliyas Sargento

 

27

Kendall Bollea

 

28

Jacob Vasquez

 

29

Cameron Sager

 

30

Garrett Kelsay

 

31

Luis Padilla

 

32

Rene Canez

 

33

Hayden Fernandez

 

34

Ethan Young

 

 

 

 

 

Handicap Division

 

1

Jakob Enright

$714

2

Paityn Gaines

$489

3

Christopher Charron

$300

4

Jacob Miramontes

$250

5

Brandon McIver Jr

$225

6

Cameron Peterson

$200

7

Diego Padilla

$175

8

Glenn Long

$150

9

Andrew Thompson

$125

10

Elle Judd

$140

11

Olivia Gee

$100

12

Ayla Taylor

$100

13

Caden Henk

 

14

Andrew Lynnes

 

15

Abi Hunt

 

16

Braylon Whitley

 

17

Devin Fincham

$100

18

Cameron Coleman

$80

19

Robert West

$40

20

Jonathan McDougall

 

21

Zayden Padilla

 

22

Zachary Holzwarth

 

23

Abby London

 

24

Zackary Evans

 

25

Cole Martin

 

26

Harvey Howe

$29

27

Peyton Lee

 

28

Hannah McGough

 

29

Aiden Carabello

 

30

Ari Hunt

 

31

Garrett Huizar

 

32

Nova Lynn Nodalny

 

33

Evelynn Bollea

 

34

Alex London

 

35

Aiden Crabtree

 

36

Maurice Boston-Sand

 

37

Sam Winemiller

 

38

Connor Barker

 

39

Kasey O'Brien

 

40

Jai De La Cruz

$15

41

Lily Carraza

 

42

Drake Wilkins

 

43

Cameron Carlo

 

44

Xavier Provencher

 

45

Devon Gee

 

46

Noah Dang

 

47

Xaden Todacheenie

 

48

Jayden Dang

 

49

Kim Davis

 

50

Nekoda Tibbits

 

51

Brenner Schmidt

$15

52

Noah Ramos

 

53

Sammy Mehanovic

 

54

Skyley Chaney

 

55

Jordan Garcia

 

56

Jacob McGough

 

57

Mason Clark

 

58

Anthony Brown

 

59

Brock Scotford

 

60

Kaden Fleming

 

61

Jeff Crowley

 

62

Terrell Coates

 

63

Ethan Brancatelli

$20

64

Ali Piekarski

 

65

Aiden Cheney

 
     
 

U-17

Girls Scratch

1

Gootzeit +142

Bollea -44*

2

DeMerritt +120*

Gaines -78

3

Baker +42

E Judd -129

4

G Fernandez +38

A Taylor -171

5

G Alo +24

Abi Hunt -277

6

Nathan Harnit +20

O Gee -322

7

C Peterson -32

K Davis -340

8

Nicholas Harnit -40

A London -355

9

Andrew Thompson -65

Ari Hunt -398

10

Gaines -78

De La Cruz -432

     
 

Qualifying Leaders

 
 

Scratch

Handicap

1

Donahue +448

Gaines +423

2

Gootzeit +352

Charron +380

3

DeMerritt +330

Judd +348

     
 

Round Leaders

 
 

Scratch

Handicap

1

Donahue

Andrew Thompson

2

De Merritt

Andrew Thompson

3

De Merritt

O'Brien

4

De Merritt

O'Brien

5

De Merritt

Gaines

6

Gootzeit

Charron

7

Donahue

Charron

8

Donahue

Gaines

9

Donahue

Gaines

10

Donahue

Charron

11

Gootzeit

Charron

12

Gootzeit

Charron

13

Donahue

Miramontes

14

Donahue

Charron

   

 

 

Scratch High Game

 

1

G Fernandez 300

 

2

J Canez 299

 

3

Ruiz-Jimenez 287

 

4

Donahue, Bobersky 279

 

5

Barczyszyn 279

 
     
 

Handicap High Game

 

1

Miramontes 286

 

2

Enright 284

 

3

Fleming 277

 

4

Gaines 276

 

5

Charron, Davis 275

 
     
  Total awarded: $5,622  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This event is at or near sellout.  Please tell your friends to email reservations ASAP, and double check that the list below is accurate.

The Junior Bowlers Tour & its sponsors present:

BEST IN THE WEST ALL-MATCHPLAY SHOOTOUT

 

Saturday & Sunday May 3-4, 2025 at Cactus Bowl, Tucson AZ

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

 

ENTRY FEE: $100, handicap or scratch    

GUARANTEED 1st PLACE: $500      (1:6 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 + 17th place AZ points

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

Sunday, 1:30 PM (approx!):   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:

1st- $500                                            1st- $100

2nd- $300                                            2nd- $60

3rd- $250                                            3rd- $40

4th- $200                                           

5th- $100                                           

 

1:6 scratch and handicap earn scholarships

Top 5 half-qualify for the 2025 AZ JBT Invitational, with $1,000 for first place!

All JBT events are  PBA Jr. affiliate events!

 

Limited to 105 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. 

This event is at or near sellout.  Please tell your friends to email reservations ASAP, and double check that the list below is accurate.

no.

bowler

Sat 10 AM

1

Alo, Daryus

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2

Alo, Gyrus

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3

Bacoccini, Ncco

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4

Baker, Gage

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Barczyszyn, JR

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Barker, Conner

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Bobersky, Brendan

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Bollea, Evelynn

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Bollea, Kendall

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Boston-Sand, Maurice

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Brancatelli, Ethan

x

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Bravo, Nate

x

13

Brown, Anthony

x

14

Bryant, Amarr

x

15

Canez, Juan

x

16

Canez, Rene

x

17

Cao, Hunter

x

18

Carlo, Cameron

x

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Carranza, Lilly

x

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Chaney, Skyler

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Charron, Christopher

x

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Cheney, Aiden

x

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Clark, Mason

x

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Coates, Terrell

x

25

Coleman, Cameron

x

26

Crabtree, Aiden

x

27

Crowley, Jeff

x

28

Dang, Jayden

x

29

Dang, Noah

x

30

Davis, Kim

x

31

De La Cruz, Jai

x

32

DeMerritt, Payton

x

33

Donahue, Dylan

x

34

Eaddy, Walter

x

35

Enright, Jakob

x

36

Espinoza, Miguel

x

37

Evans, Zackary

x

38

Fernandez, Gavin

x

39

Fernandez, Hayden

x

40

Fincham, Devin

x

41

Fleming, Kaden

x

42

Gaines, Paityn

x

43

Gallegos, Donald

x

44

Garcia, Jordan

x

45

Gee, Devon

x

46

Gee, Olivia

x

47

Gootzeit, Jason

x

48

Harnit, Nathan

x

49

Harnit, Nicholas

x

50

Henk, Caden

x

51

Holzwarth, Zachary

x

52

Howe, Harvey

x

53

Huizar, Garrett

x

54

Hunt, Abi

x

55

Hunt, Ari

x

56

Jones, Mike

x

57

Judd, Ellie

x

58

Kelsay, Garrett

x

59

Lee, Peyton

x

60

London, Abby

x

61

London, Alex

x

62

Long, Glenn

x

63

Lynnes, Andrew

x

64

Martin, Cole

x

65

Martinez, Ezeekial

x

66

McDougall, Jonathan

x

67

McGough, Hannah

x

68

McGough, Jacob

x

69

McIver, Brandon Jr

x

70

Mehanovic, Sammy

x

71

Miles, Jace

x

72

Miramontes, Jacob

x

73

Nadolny, Nova-Lynn

x

74

O'Brien, Kasey

x

75

Ortega, Christian

x

76

Padilla, Diego

x

77

Padilla, Luis

x

78

Padilla, Zayden

x

79

Peterson, Cameron

x

80

Piekarski, Ali

x

81

Provencher, Xavier

x

82

Ramos, Noah

x

83

Raymond, Shaiden

x

84

Rosenblum, Alex

x

85

Ruiz-Jimenez, Aiden

x

86

Sager, Cameron

x

87

Sargento, Aliyas

x

88

Schmidt, Brenner

x

89

Schmidt, Harper

x

90

Scotford, Brock

x

91

Sexton, Braxton

x

92

Silva, Ian

x

93

Stephens, Gracie

x

94

Taylor, Ayla

x

95

Thompson, Alex

x

96

Thompson, Andrew

x

97

Tibbits, Nekoda

x

98

Todacheenie, Xaden

x

99

Vasquez, Jacob

x

100

Villalobos, Aiden Caraballo

x

101

 

x

102

West, Robert

x

103

 

x

104

Whitley, Braylon

x

105

Wilkins, Drake

x

106

Workman, Jaden

x

107

Workman, Payton

x

108

Workman, Savanah

x

109

Ylvisaker, Keith

x

110

Young, Ethan

x

 

 

x

 

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