GREEN VALLEY LANES
champs Christian Jensen & Matt Erb
Christian Jensen captured his second
consectutive Arizona Conference title, while Matt Erb captured his second ever
win, in exciting JBT action at Green Valley Lanes.
Scores
were exceedingly high all day, highlighted by a 300 from Greg Shoaf in
qualifying, and Shane Peck’s 299 in the seminfinals. Top scratch qualifier BJ Baker stayed red-hot all day en
route to a +450 8-game total, the 5th highest in JBT history.
Greg
Garbera doubled in the tenth frame of the first round of the scratch stepladder
for a 193-191 win over Peck. Garbera
then went spare, next-eleven for a 290-211 win over Kevin Saunders, before
Jensen stopped him 224-210 to reach the finale.
The
battle between these two veterans was close throughout, but it was spares, not
strikes, that determined the outcome. Christian
missed a 7-pin in the sixth frame to hand BJ the lead, but BJ returned the favor
by missing a 7-pin of his own in the ninth, giving Jensen the room he needed for
a 235-214 victory, the ninth of his JBT career.
Bobby
Gil, with a 77 league average, once again proved that JBT events are for any age
and any average by winning round one of the handicap finals 214-212 over Tim
Ribbeck. Gil then got by Justin
Givler 229-197, before rolling his high game of the day in a 276-163 defeat of
Erica Lockhart to reach the title match.
Top
seed Matt Erb had put on a clinic in the semifinals, coming the closest of all
bowlers to the $1,000 bonus available for anyone rolling 800 in three
consecutive games (790), en route to by far his best 8-game performance, +410.
Erb seemed to be less intimidated by the huge handicap difference he had
to make up (87 pins), and he continued his strike barrage with a 267-200 win,
good for his second career JBT win.
75 bowlers competed in the event. Everyone who finished in the top 5 qualifies for the 2007 JBT 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 2007 JBT Touring Players' Championship, featuring a guaranteed minimum $2,000 first place scholarship per division!
Big thanks to Bill O'Rourke and everyone at Green Valley Lanes for a terrific job hosting a JBT event for the first time since 2000. Over $2,100 in scholarships was awarded. Want in on the fun? Come on out to the next JBT event, it's as simple as that!
| Green Valley Lanes- final results and optional scholarship winners | ||||
| 3/3/2007 | ||||
| Arizona Conference | ||||
| Scratch Division | ||||
| rank | name | city, state | score | prize |
| 1 | Christian Jensen | Anthem, AZ | p 287 | $323 |
| 2 | BJ Baker | Tempe, AZ | p 450 | $350 |
| 3 | Greg Garbera | Tempe, AZ | p 239 | $105 |
| 4 | Kevin Saunders | Goodyear, AZ | p 287 | $110 |
| 5 | Shane Peck | Riverside, CA | p 274 | $75 |
| 6 | Lana Lycan | San Diego, CA | p 215 | $20 |
| 7 | Brian Weyrauch | Tempe, AZ | p 212 | $20 |
| 8 | Miguel Lopez | Peoria, AZ | p 184 | $15 |
| 9 | Randy Cote | Tucson, AZ | p 178 | |
| 10 | JR Monteith | Orange, CA | p 176 | |
| 11 | Will McPherson | Phoenix, AZ | p 171 | $45 |
| 12 | Bryanna Dawson | Chandler, AZ | p 170 | |
| 13 | Eric Rubin | Phoenix, AZ | p 156 | $28 |
| 14 | Nicholas Lee | Tucson, AZ | p 144 | |
| 15 | Kyle King | Phoenix, AZ | p 126 | $95 |
| 16 | Dan Delano | Phoenix, AZ | p 110 | |
| 17 | Brian Ballard | San Diego, CA | p 34 | |
| 18 | Mike Aguilar | Tucson, AZ | m 51 | |
| 19 | Justin White | Phoenix, AZ | p 4 | $15 |
| 20 | Kris George | Glendale, AZ | p 3 | $80 |
| 21 | Forrest Holland | Escondido, CA | m 4 | |
| 22 | Tim Burns | Coram, NY | m 5 | |
| 23 | Chris McHenry | Tucson, AZ | m 6 | |
| 24 | Chris Weyrauch | Chandler, AZ | m 6 | $15 |
| 25 | David Johnston | Glendale, AZ | m 51 | |
| 26 | Melissa Del Rio | Tucson, AZ | m 60 | |
| 27 | Chris Davenport | Tucson, AZ | m 63 | |
| 28 | Kevin Schoenfeld | Phoenix, AZ | m 77 | |
| 29 | Mike Ingeman | Phoenix, AZ | m 84 | |
| 30 | Chris Varholdt | Chandler, AZ | m 93 | |
| 31 | Ernest Cook | Phoenix, AZ | m 100 | |
| 32 | Tera Bolton | Tucson, AZ | m 118 | |
| 33 | Mike Kremer | Peoria, AZ | m 128 | |
| Handicap Division | ||||
| rank | name | city, state | score | prize |
| 1 | Matt Erb | Phoenix, AZ | p 410 | $200 |
| 2 | Bobby Gil | Green Valley, AZ | p 228 | $100 |
| 3 | Eric Lockhart | Tucson, AZ | p 268 | $60 |
| 4 | Justin Givler | Phoenix, AZ | p 258 | $40 |
| 5 | Tim Ribbeck | Green Valley, AZ | p 231 | $110 |
| 6 | Mike May | San Diego, CA | p 208 | $121 |
| 7 | Courtney Dutton | Chandler, AZ | p 196 | |
| 8 | Justin Newkirk | Tucson, AZ | p 187 | |
| 9 | Bryce Techmer | Tempe, AZ | p 183 | |
| 10 | Sam Aguilar | Tucson, AZ | p 178 | |
| 11 | Taylor Knight | Phoenix, AZ | p 177 | $15 |
| 12 | Rachelle Davis | Tucson, AZ | p 166 | $15 |
| 13 | Anthony Tripi | Avondale, AZ | p 150 | $15 |
| 14 | Josh Shoup | Tolleson, AZ | p 147 | $110 |
| 15 | Daniel Koenigslieb | Green Valley, AZ | p 131 | |
| 16 | Rebeca Reguero | Phoenix, AZ | p 124 | $30 |
| 17 | Eric Vitzthum | Glendale, AZ | p 111 | |
| 18 | Michael Srncik | Green Valley, AZ | p 110 | |
| 19 | Kyle Vitzthum | Glendale, AZ | p 101 | |
| 20 | David Price | Safford, AZ | p 95 | |
| 21 | Kyle Klein | Phoenix, AZ | p 85 | $30 |
| 22 | Greg Shoaf | Phoenix, AZ | p 68 | $30 |
| 23 | Chelsea Zemelka | Phoenix, AZ | p 67 | |
| 24 | Bethany Baker | Tempe, AZ | p 60 | |
| 25 | Jacob Smith | Tucson, AZ | p 53 | |
| 26 | Aaron Bennett | Tucson, AZ | p 45 | |
| 27 | Cris Boyle | Mesa, AZ | p 43 | |
| 28 | Holly Emery | Gilbert, AZ | p 43 | |
| 29 | Dillon Brand | Phoenix, AZ | p 38 | |
| 30 | Taylor King | Phoenix, AZ | p 34 | $15 |
| 31 | Matt Payne | Phoenix, AZ | p 26 | $30 |
| 32 | Kyle Frederick | Chandler, AZ | p 25 | |
| 33 | Daniel Cotten | Glendale, AZ | p 19 | |
| 34 | Rebecca Bodinet | Phoenix, AZ | m 2 | |
| 35 | Joey Longo | Phoenix, AZ | m 3 | |
| 36 | Dylan Taylor | Scottsdale, AZ | m 9 | |
| 37 | Matt Aguilar | Tucson, AZ | m 9 | |
| 38 | Logan Bennett | Tucson, AZ | m 23 | |
| 39 | Jay Prewitt | Chandler, AZ | m 40 | |
| 40 | William Cornett | Sahuarita, AZ | m 67 | |
| 41 | Brandon Longo | Chandler, AZ | m 85 | |
| 42 | Shawn Peters | Tucson, AZ | m 88 | |
| Ball Winner: Bill O'Rourke | ||||
| Impact Challenge Winner: Joshua Shoup | ||||
| TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $2,187 | ||||