AZ Doubles Classic at AMF SHEA VILLAGE

champions BJ Baker & Robbie Patterson; Austen Christensen & Mary Brandt

A sellout field of 100 teams shared in over $4,500 in scholarships and cash at the 10th Annual JBT SW Arizona Doubles Classic, presented by DryLanes.com.

In the scratch division, the fourth-seeded team of 3-time JBT champ Rachelle Davis and adult amateur star Tyson Branagan, owner of 4 JBT titles, defeated Grant and John Sudbeck, owners of 7 JBT titles combined, by a 180-152 score in round one of the Baker-format stepladder finals.

Round two was probably the best match in JBT Doubles history.  Brian Weyrauch and Mike Seitz engaged in a close, mid-scoring battle with Tyson and Rachelle.  Branagan finished spare strike to force Seitz to roll all three strikes in the tenth to win.  After getting the first two hits, Seitz' last ball came up high and managed to get nine, forcing a tie at 200.  In the first one-shot rolloff that ensued, both Tyson and Seitz threw perfect strikes to fore a second rolloff.  They repeated the flush strikes in the second... and the third... AND THE FOURTH rolloff.   Finally, in the fifth rolloff, Tyson went high for an eight count, while Seitz' equally high ball busted up a split for a nine-count and an exhausting win.

In round three, BJ Baker and Robbie Patterson took advantage of an obviously mentally spent team of Seitz and Weyrauch, with Baker's spare in the tenth ensuring what ended up to be a 192-180 victory, advancing them to the title match against top seedes Theo Douthit and Rhino Page.  

The final was truly an all star affair.  BJ and Theo are the two premier lefthanders currently in JBT with 19 titles between them.  Rhino is a three-time Team USA member and collegiate national champion (with 2 JBT SW titles), while Robbie is a 6-time JBT SW champ from our early seasons and current member of Brunswick's amateur staff.  The match was a well-bowled affair on some demanding conditions, but in the end Baker and Patterson had just enough to squeeze out a 204-182 victory.  It was Baker's 14th JBT SW win, good for sole possession of fourth place on our all-time titles list.

In contrast, all members of the handicap division's finalist teams were still looking for their first JBT titles.  In round one, Austen Christensen and Mary Brandt opened up with a 175-161 victory over Daniel Cotten and Anthony Pizzi, points leader Steven's big brother.

Round two was all Austen and Mary again, this time defeating first time finalists Mike Armstrong and Jessica Reed 195-146.  Christensen and Brandt then advanced to the title match with a 165-145 win over Ben Stalker and Nick Steckler.  Steckler also had the distinction of rolling the event's only 300 game, with a perfect effort in game 6.  

Top qualifiers Brandon Longo and Matthew Erb had led the tournament by a comfortable margin, but the pair of thumbless-style bowlers ran into trouble with the drying out conditions, and the tiring but confident pair of Austen and Mary.  In the end, they completed their conquering of the stepladder with a 174-155 win over Matt and Brandon, good for their first JBT SW wins, and a $325 scholarship for Austen.

Everyone who finished in the top 5 qualifies for the 2006 JBT SW Arizona Invitational Tournament, the regular season's year end event, featuring a guaranteed minimum $1,000 first place scholarship in each division.  Top season-long point scorers also qualify for the 2006 JBT SW Touring Players' Championship, featuring a guaranteed minimum $2,000 first place scholarship per division! 

Thanks to everyone at Shea Village for hosting this great event, and to Dry Lanes.com for being the title sponsor of the tournament.  Please continue to help spread the word about the terrific benefits of bowling JBT SW events! 

AZ Doubles at AMF Shea Village- final results and optional scholarship winners  
12/10/2005            
Arizona Conference          
           
Scratch Division          
rank name prize partner prize score total prize
1 BJ Baker $375 Robbie Patterson   p 358 $375
2 Theo Douthit $425 Rhino Page   p 438 $425
3 Brian Weyrauch $135 Mike Seitz   p 295 $135
4 Rachelle Davis $110 Tyson Branagan   p 253 $110
5 Grant Sudbeck $110 John Sudbeck   p 145 $110
6 Eric Rubin $80 Mike Toon   p 142 $80
7 Brandon Donnelly $70 Andrew Cain   p 141 $70
8 Savahna Porter $60 Mathew Jones   p 127 $60
9 Christian Jensen $60 Al Davis   p 126 $70
10 Kris George $45 Eric Warren   p 97 $45
11 Merrell Hughes   Bryan Strait   p 88  
12 Tom Garcia   Justin Medina   p 6  
13 Kacy Bonifacini   Lindsy Bonifacini   p 2  
14 DeShaun Jefferson $15 Brian Ballard   m 26 $15
15 Robert Majeske   David Majeske   m 50  
16 Will McPherson   Chris Cox   m 77  
17 Justin Penwell   John Breier   m 104  
18 Greg Garbera $30 Jeff Crawford   m 108 $30
19 Christina Waldron   Brandy Silva   m 118  
20 Elias Ewert   James Turner   m 127  
21 Zach Herbert   Bugs Norbury   m 150  
22 Jonathan Pletcher   Brian Coleman   m 163  
23 Randy Cote   Michael Cross $15 m 171 $15
24 Joseph Anderson   Israel Vasquez   m 224  
25 Greg Geering $30 Aaron Brandt   m 59  
26 Joey Burke   Labriel Leach   m 61  
27 Traci Boyle   Joe Rettig   m 70  
28 Cameron Smith   Shane Peck $60 m 75 $60
29 Bill Grant   Jon Olivas   m 79  
30 Philip Stephen   Ed Noto   m 81  
31 Kyle King   Bruce Irwin   m 90  
32 Jerod Florez   Jeremy Medina   m 104  
33 Jimmy Kremer   Carlos Jimenez   m 107  
34 Dan Bodinet   Kevin Saunders   m 113  
35 Megan Withey $30 Dan Eagy   m 117 $30
36 Jeremy Mason   Jerry Mason   m 122  
37 Chris Weyrauch   Rachel Carr   m 131  
38 Emily Ornelas   Lorenzo Carnate   m 133  
39 Ashley Dale   JD Nance   m 158  
40 Bear Wiltfang   Jonden Soper   m 160  
41 Scott Millard   Johnny Millirones   m 173  
42 Amanda Falk   Natalie Cianciola   m 176  
43 Kylee Bonneville   Tim Bonneville Sr.   m 184  
44 Kevin Schoenfeld   Buck Prosser   m 203  
45 Steven Black   Rebekah Gottlieb   m 218  
46 Melissa Del Rio   Tyler Tantlinger   m 218  
47 David Johnston   Bubba Johnston   m 222  
48 Hasan Kural   Mike Donnelly   m 230  
49 Taylor Brennan   Chris Ingram   m 245  
50 Mike Kremer   Rane Lacona   m 260  
51 Marc Algeri   Amanda Albani   m 276  
52 Lanndyn Carnate   Tiffany Chi   m 289  
           
Handicap Division          
rank name prize name prize score total prize
1 Austen Christensen $335 Mary Brandt   p 86 $335
2 Brandon Longo $173 Matthew Erb $113 p 278 $286
3 Ben Stalker $135 Nick Steckler   p 260 $135
4 Mike Armstrong $50 Jessica Reed $50 p 94 $100
5 Daniel Cotten $90 Anthony Pizzi   p 61 $90
6 Cameron Peck $70 Kyle Ruzylo $100 p 46 $170
7 Kaitlin Mayall $70 Bill Mayall   m 16 $70
8 Emmanuel Durazo   Effren Durazo   m 27 $60
9 Courtney Dutton $60 Terry Brennan   m 33 $60
10 Amanda Vadnais   Justin Vadnais   m 38  
11 Bethany Baker   Sue Davis   m 48  
12 Mike Romero   Melanie Romero   m 49  
13 Nicholas Lee   Michael Majeske   m 55  
14 Jacob Fischer $45 Jordan Bell $60 m 73 $105
15 Matt Payne   Corbin Farris   m 84  
16 Ty Prewitt   Jay Prewitt   m 86  
17 Kyle Vizthum   Mary Vizthum   m 110  
18 Michael Curry $75 Mike Gattorna   m 130 $75
19 Tim Radney $15 Dan Radney   m 164  
20 Kyle Frederick   Ron Frederick   m 175  
21 Rakan Najdawi   Michelle Casper   m 178  
22 Robert Atherton   Todd Atherton   m 256  
23 Kevin Magyar   Randy Blunck   dnf  
24 Holly Emery   Matt Emery   dnf  
25 Amy Hammann   Euguene Robinson   m 96  
26 Bryanna Dawson   Crystal Dawson   m 101  
27 Rebeca Reguero   Brian Whitman   m 101  
28 Kevin Millard   Justin Newkirk   m 105  
29 Nicholas Rumley   Benjamin Rumley $15 m 107 $15
30 Alicia Sullivan   Jerry Sullivan   m 114  
31 Justin White   Louis White   m 123  
32 Travis Scott   Mike Latham   m 126  
33 Steven Pizzi $60 Zach Simon   m 131 $60
34 Anthony Cruz   Al Monfort   m 136  
35 Alex Powell   Richard Powell   m 139  
36 Chelsea Zemelka   Steven Sheffey   m 142  
37 Ryan Dugan   Don Grotz   m 151  
38 Joshua Shoup   Eric Roybal   m 157  
39 Kayla Frederick   Norm Marasti   m 160  
40 Rebecca Bodinet   Steve Bodinet   m 164  
41 Jason Moore   Austin Penny   m 169  
42 Taylor King   Maureen Warren   m 196  
43 CJ Crowley   Michael Crowley   m 217  
44 Justin Jordan   Scott Whalen   m 220  
45 Eric Vizthum   Paul Vizthum   m 235  
46 Bryce Techmer   Mike Techmer   m 248  
47 Derek Hurley   Doug Hurley   m 283  
48 Zachary Najdawi   Nick Cianciola   inc  
           
           
Cuts: scratch minus 52; handicap minus 91        
Storm Ball Winner: Travis Scott          
           
           
TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $4,516 ($3,236 scholarship, $1,280 cash adult brackets)