CA Doubles Classic at FOREST LANES

champs Devin Bidwell & Mason Sherman and Shane Lien & Lana Lycan

A jam-packed day of action at Forest Lanes saw two bowlers come through for second titles, and two regulars finally cash in for title number one, in the JBT SW's So Cal Doubles Classic.

After seven grueling team games, the scratch field was reduced to five teams for the stepladder finals.  In round one, current JBT superstar Brian Carmichael and former JBT superstar and current PBA member Joel Ricketts fired 11 out of 12 strikes to end the day of the New Mexican team of Jerod Florez and Jeremy Medina, 279-204.

In round two, Carmichael and Ricketts, who needed a 509 score in game 7 just to get into the finals, continued to look dominant, defeating Jared Lawrence and Chris Fritsch 229-183.  In the semifinals, though, Brian and Joel were derailed by the adult-junior team of Matt Jones and Robert Mosley, 238-179, advancing them to the title match.

Top qualifiers Devin Bidwell and Mason Sherman had dominated the field most of the day.  Sherman averaged 236 for his seven games, while after a bad first game, Bidwell averaged 228 for his last six, easily grabbing the top seed.  The title match was well-bowled and dramatic.  In the end, a late double from Mason and Devin locked it up, and the 224-205 win was good for Mason's 2nd career JBT SW title, and Devin's first.  They split the $350 top scholarship prize.

In the handicap division, the stepladder finals belonged to the San Diego team of Shane Lien and Lana Lycan.  They opened the finals by defeating the adult-junior team of Martika Cabezas and Andrea Snyder by a 229-189 margin.  In a furious round two comeback, they edged the father-son team of Mike and Jeff Carr, 222-214.  Mike also had the high game of the tournament, a big 299 in game one.  In the semifinal, Lana and Shane took care of Savannah Guerrero and Jenna Katsura 205-163 to advance to the championship game.

Top-seeded Allie Ijams and Eddie Sayles were one of the few teams to improve in the semifinals, but found themselves struggling against the red-hot Lycan and Lien in the title match.  In the end, Shane and Lana came up with a 223-184 win, good for Lana's 2nd career JBT SW title and Shane's first, and they split a $300 scholarship prize.

Every junior who finished in the top 5 qualifies for the 2006 JBT SW So Cal 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! 

Big thanks to everyone at Forest Lanes for hosting this great event, and for working with us with the overflow crowd. 69 teams shared in over $3,100 awarded.  Over $200,000 will be awarded by JBT SW this season alone- visit us at www.jbtsw.com, and please continue to help spread the word about the terrific benefits of bowling JBT SW events! 

So Cal Doubles at Forest Lanes- final results and optional scholarship winners  
12/3/2005            
Southern California Conference          
           
Scratch Division          
rank name prize partner prize score total prize
1 Devin Bidwell $190 Mason Sherman $230 p 531 $420
2 Matt Jones $200 Robert Mosley   p 314 $200
3 Brian Carmichael $100 Joel Ricketts   p 270 $100
4 Jared Lawrence $50 Chris Fritsch $50 p 288 $100
5 Jerod Florez $30 Jeremy Medina $30 p 287 $60
6 Sam Hitchcock $60 Paul Danforth   p 268 $60
7 Theo Douthit $40 Teddy Turner   p 245 $40
8 Shane Peck $165 Randy Myers   p 176 $165
9 Justen Danforth   Pat Danforth   p 152 $30
10 Joey Weaver   Derek Taylor   p 139  
11 Shelby Shirlock   Ashkan Tahvildaran   p 129  
12 Drew Wellnitz   John Wellnitz   p 78  
13 Jeff Spiesman   Kevin Valmonte   p 78  
14 Cameron Smith $15 Nate Swiman   p 66 $15
15 Pat Snyder   Doane Cole   p 4  
16 Will Jackson $15 Krischna Howard   m 16 $15
17 David Bingam   Dennis Carter   m 55  
18 Forrest Holland   Travis Benelli   m 70  
19 Danielle Schilling   Derek Schilling   m 19  
20 Christian Jensen   Kris George   m 27  
21 Jessica Hetkowski   Christina Waldron   m 36  
22 Nick Powanda   John Powanda   m 54  
23 Brian Gonzales   Edmund Rede   m 56  
24 April Urban   Steve Zimmerman   m 62  
25 Chris Weyrauch   Rachel Carr   m 69  
26 Dayton Crossley   Jason Eubanks   m 79  
27 Robert Page   Brittany Page   m 114  
28 JR Monteith   James Maloney   m 127  
29 Brian Ballard   Deven DeLuca   m 132  
30 Alyse McGinnes   Richard Brown $15 m 136 $15
31 Felicia Mara   Brian Main   m 136  
32 Preston Fukumizu   Marcus Battiest   m 137  
33 Jeremy Glover $15 Leigh Hall   m 167 $15
34 Arisha Piper   Kristyn Lee   m 167  
35 Eric Milne   Fred Moynier   m 168  
36 Foster Phandanouvong   Jason Wilt   m 176  
37 Steven Lanning   Steven Lanning   m 233  
           
           
Handicap Division          
rank name prize name prize score total prize
1 Lana Lycan $180 Shane Lien $200 p 39 $380
2 Allie Ijams $145 Eddie Sayles $175 p 129 $320
3 Savannah Guerrero $100 Jenna Katsura   p 112 $100
4 Jeff Carr $80 Mike Carr   p 107 $80
5 Martika Cabezas $85 Andrea Snyder   p 55 $85
6 Anthony Cruz $95 Al Monfort   p 22 $95
7 Paul Ospital $15 Paul Ospital   p 2 $15
8 Steve Hair   Charlie Hair   m 9  
9 Erin Ballard   James Green   m 11  
10 Brett Lackerman   Greg Lackerman   m 34  
11 Marc Harding $30 Shayne Huntley $30 m 44 $60
12 Cameron Peck   Kyle Ruzylo   m 45  
13 CJ Schaffer   David Schaffer   m 93  
14 Christina Fraijo   Sharon Fraijo   m 109  
15 Rudy Powell   Louis Powell Sr.   m 118  
16 Kacy Bonifacini $15 Dave Bonifacini   m 149 $15
17 Drew Stern   Johnny Varela   m 42  
18 Samantha Meyers   Warren Meyers   m 69  
19 Tyler Boscarino $15 Michael Boscarino   m 71  
20 Michael May   Debra Holland   m 74  
21 Calvin Nophalath   Simon Nophalath   m 76  
22 Brian Castelloe   Ed Castelloe   m 82  
23 Andrew Chain   Mimi Duong   m 98  
24 James Hawkins   Wesley Low $15  m 109  
25 Kelly Ruzylo   Alanna Veach   m 144  
26 Justin Basom   Troy Lien   m 150  
27 Jason Larcome   Ronnie Nophalath   m 158  
28 Wishtoyo Vasquez   Dexter Harrod   m 177  
29 Kyle DeCew   Jason Warschauer   m 191  
30 Kaitlin Mayall $30 Laura Hardeman   m 191  
31 Brittany Kolatzny   Arno Kolatzny   m 202  
32 Jaymes Conn   Kevin Conn   m 243  
           
           
Cuts: scratch minus 3; handicap minus 38        
Storm Ball Winner: Justin Basom          
           
           
TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $3,179 ($2,375 scholarship, $804 cash adult brackets)