GIRLS' INVITATIONAL

champ Courtney Dutton & Rachelle Davis

Courtney Dutton captured her 4th career title in the first ever JBT Girls' Invitational, held at AMF Christown.

A great atmosphere was enjoyed by all involved as our dedicated high average girls finally had an event to call all their own.  The 25-girl fiels was cut to 12 after 6 games of qualifying.  In round one of matchplay, Dutton defeated Amanda Albani 421-374, Amanda Falk beat Melissa DelRio 440-336, Rebecca Bodinet outlasted Chelsea Zemelka 427-423, and Arisha Piper got by Sharla Jucutan 434-363.

Round two saw four amazingly competitive matches all decided by 10 pins or less.  The "blowout" was girls points leader Allie Ijams getting by Falk 342-332.  In other matches, Dutton beat Urban 409-406, Rachelle Davis beat Piper 434-426, and Bodinet squeezed out a 378-375 decision over Lana Lycan.

Down to one game semifinal matches, Davis best Bodinet 247-167, and Dutton bested Ijams 205-180, setting up the title match.

Courtney had appeared on the verge of elimination many times throughout the day, but always seemed to answer with a string of strikes.   This match was no different, as Dutton won the game 212-188 for the title.