SUNSET BOWL

champs JR Monteith & Mike May

JR Monteith and Mike May captured very important titles as the Mojave Conference JBT season began its stretch run with an exciting event at Sunset Bowl.

Nathan Panaligan opened the scratch division of the stepladder finals with a 247-206 win over Brandon Watts.  Then it was all about Monteith.  He defeated Panaligan in a shootout, 267-246, then outlasted Brandon Allred in a great battle, 236-226, to reach the title match.

Jordan Ferrer has improved all season, and found himself as the tournament leader in the scratch division for the first time.  However, he picked a bad time to face Monteith, who didn't slow down at all, defeating Ferrer 248-192 for the win.  Jr shot 751 for his 3 stepladder games, and the win, the 6th of his career, gave him a huge lead in the Mojave Conference points race as we head into the final regular season event.

Ryan Yadao, who had been struggling in the scratch division, tried out the handicap division this week to get his confidence up, and did just that by making the finals, then defeating Alicia Sullivan in round one, 206-179.    Mike May then defeated Yadao 224-203, and followed with a 234-175 victory over Donovan Koff to reach the title match.

Top seed Drew Stern was enjoying his best event of the season by far, but May needed the win badly for a potential Bowler of the year run.  In the end, Mike defeated Drew 228-199, good for his third title of the season, bumping him up to 4th in the all-important points race.

71 bowlers competed in the event, so we hope everyone who attended had a great time, and will spread the word about the great benefits of bowling JBT.   Everyone who finished in the top 5 qualifies for the 2007 JBT 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 2007 JBT Touring Players' Championship, featuring a guaranteed minimum $2,000 first place scholarship per division! 

Big thanks to Sunset for hosting a JBT event for the first time.  Over $2,000 in scholarships were awarded.  Want in on the fun?  Come on out to the next JBT event, it's as simple as that!