THE ORLEANS

champs Eric Warren & Bethany Baker

Arizonans Eric Warren and Bethany Baker invaded Las Vegas and walked out with victories in exciting JBT SW Mojave Conference action at The Orleans.

The scratch division finals opened with Kris George continuing a fine spring with a 201 game that defeated Christian Jensen (189) and Jeremy Almoina (194).  Brandon Watts then came up with a 236 to win round two against George (192) and Mike Ingeman (234), who had fired a big 290 to get into the finals.  In the semifinals, Shane Peck rolled a 235 to reach his first scratch division title match, ousting Watts (188) and Brandon Allred (213).

Warren had led the scoring barrage all day long, firing his second career JBT 300 game, en route to an 801 3-game opening series, only the 10th 800 series in JBT SW history.  The powerful lefty remained red-hot in the finals as well, defeating Peck 236-189 for his third career victory, which was also the first scratch win of his JBT career.

Top qualifier Bethany Baker had cheered on big brother BJ to his first career 300 (finally!) earlier in the day, but then took over the family spotlight by charging to the top seed for the first time in her career.  She and Hill engaged in an extremely well-bowled title match, but in the end Bethany had enough in the tank for a 267-243 win over Hill, giving Baker the first title of her JBT career.

Everyone who finished in the top 5 qualifies for the 2006 JBT SW Mojave 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 The Orleans for another great job hosting our Tour. 87 entrants shared in over $2,000 in scholarships awarded.  Please continue to help spread the word about the terrific benefits of bowling JBT SW events!