AZ DOUBLES
Scratch champs Steven Black & Kyle King; Handicap champs Bryce Techmer & Rachel Lynn
The once and future Kings of JBT added another title to their collections, while Bryce Techmer and Rachel Lynn reached an impressive milestone of their own, in thrilling action at the JBT's AZ Doubles Classic held at AMF Christown.
After a full day of competition, the top 5 teams in each division rolled a Baker-style stepladder finals. The handicap division opened up with Sandy Truman and Andy Garriott defeating the Prewitt brothers, Jay and Guy, 189-179. Sandy and Andy were fine and dandy again in round two, beating Rebeca Reguero and Ron Hatfield 225-182. Lynn and Techmer turned the tables in the semifinals, beating Truman and Garriott 227-188 to reach the title match.
Top seeds Taylor Coleman and Nick Steckler had been at or near the top of the leaderboard all day, but struggled in the championship game. Bryce and Rachel took advantage for a 218-171 win and the victory. It was the 4th win for each bowler, and they join a very elite group of bowlers with 4+ handicap titles in JBT history.
Steven Black and Kyle King rolled 248-245 in the last semifinal game to sneak into the #5 seed for the finals, then showed the form that had already won them a combined 53 JBT titles and over $50,000 in scholarship earnings to run the ladder for yet another win. They began with a 215-178 win over Las Vegans Zach Hattori and Phil Platko. Steven and Kyle followed with a 266-187 win over ASU bowlers Brian Makan and Mike Ingeman (don't feel too bad for Brian, though- he made over $550 in brackets on the day), and then beat up on Californians JR Monteith and Matt Jones 258-215 to reach the title match.
Top seeds BJ Baker and Billy Grant then entered, setting up a title match with even more ridiculously impressive numbers- the foursome owns 87 JBT titles and over $85,000 in scholarship earnings! As expected, this match stayed close the whole way, with momentum swings both ways. Needing any mark in the tenth frame, Black flushed a strike as he did so many times in his JBT career as a junior, and the duo wrapped up yet another victory. The 42nd win of Steven's career extends his already formidable lead in career victories, while Kyle's 13th win moves him up- already- to 6th on our all-time title list.
Thanks as always to Ms. Pat Cook and the whole Christown crew for hosting one of our Tour's biggest events each season. 98 teams shared in over $4,000 in awarded scholarships. Want in on the fun? Come on down to the next JBT event, it's as simple as that!
| AZ Doubles- final results and optional scholarship winners | ||
| 12/8/2007 | ||
| Arizona Conference | ||
| Scratch Division | ||
| rank | name | prize |
| 1 | Kyle King ($200) and Steven Black ($200) | $400 |
| 2 | BJ Baker ($285) and Billy Grant ($150) | $435 |
| 3 | Matt Jones ($190) and JR Monteith ($160) | $350 |
| 4 | Brian Makan and Mike Ingeman ($150) | $150 |
| 5 | Zach Hattori ($100) and Phil Platko | $100 |
| 6 | Kris George ($85) and DJ Sloan ($40) | $125 |
| 7 | Chris Weyrauch ($115) and Rachel Carr | $115 |
| 8 | Brian Ballard ($60) and Chad Swiman | $60 |
| 9 | Cameron Smith ($90) and Foster Phandanouvong ($45) | $135 |
| 10 | Mike Cross and Randy Cote | |
| 11 | Greg Garbera ($60) and Mike Toon | $60 |
| 12 | Zach Simon and Kevin Saunders | |
| 13 | Greg Geering and Savahna Porter | |
| 14 | Christian Jensen and Al Davis | |
| 15 | Billy Lebbs and Mike Freidrichs | |
| 16 | Matt Cormack and JD Nance | |
| 17 | Matt Jones and Theo Douthit | |
| 18 | Joey Burke and Tyler Carbajal | |
| 19 | Forrest Holland and Mikey May | |
| 20 | Jon Pletcher and Brian Coleman | |
| 21 | Bear Wiltfang and Elias Ewert | |
| 22 | Cris Boyle and Gary Montgomery | |
| 23 | Rachelle Davis and Philip Schwartz | |
| 24 | Jeremy Medina and Allie Ijams | |
| 25 | Brian Weyrauch and Mike Seitz | |
| 26 | Bryanna Dawson and DeShaun Jefferson ($45) | $45 |
| 27 | Mike Armstrong ($60) & Aaron Hauser | $60 |
| 28 | Riley Dempsey and Jim Dempsey | |
| 29 | Miguel Lopez and Bobby Lopez | |
| 30 | Steven Pizzi and Jacob Fischer | |
| 31 | Martika Cabezas and James Hawkins Jr ($15) | $15 |
| 32 | Samantha Pager and Tim Barrow | |
| 33 | Amy Hammann and Eugene Robinson | |
| 34 | Kevin Schoenfeld and David Richard | |
| 35 | Will McPherson and John Seitz | $15 |
| 36 | Mike Kremer and Dillon Brand | |
| 37 | Nicholas Lee and Robert Majeske | |
| 38 | Eric Rubin and Justin Medina | |
| 39 | Greg Shoaf and Amy Johnson | |
| 40 | Matt Zang and Devon McCormick | |
| 41 | Chris Varholdt and Vance Varholdt | |
| 42 | Tiffany King and Natalie Cianciola | |
| Handicap Division | ||
| rank | name | prize |
| 1 | Rachel Lynn ($350) and Bryce Techmer ($250) | $600 |
| 2 | Taylor Coleman ($420) and Nick Steckler | $420 |
| 3 | Sandy Truman ($115) and Andy Garriott ($130) | $245 |
| 4 | Rebeca Reguero ($155) and Ron Hatfield | $155 |
| 5 | Jay Prewitt ($100) and Guy Prewitt ($45) | $145 |
| 6 | Anthony Tripi ($45) and John Brooks ($75) | $120 |
| 7 | Erick DuPerron and Dillon Pau ($80) | $80 |
| 8 | Ailicia Sullivan ($35) and Joey Longo ($35) | $70 |
| 9 | Candance Gardner ($65) and George Gardner | $65 |
| 10 | Daniel Cotton ($60) and Anthony Pizzi | $60 |
| 11 | Nicki Nunez and Pamela Perez | |
| 12 | Austin Turnage and Mike Donnelly | |
| 13 | Natalie Mounier and Kylee Bonneville | |
| 14 | Kristen Lee and Mike Lee | |
| 15 | Devon Johnston ($15) and Mike Johnston | |
| 16 | Eduardo Perez and Gino Salaverria | |
| 17 | Jacob Smith and Marc Burris | |
| 18 | Amanda Vadnais and Justin Vadnais | |
| 19 | Kayla Pabon and Angie Horton | |
| 20 | Samantha Aguilar and Chris McHenry | |
| 21 | Kyle Klein and Dennis Klien | |
| 22 | Derek Black and Don Black | |
| 23 | Bethany Baker and Darcie Staggs | |
| 24 | Courtney Dutton and Rane Lacona ($15) | $15 |
| 25 | Shawn Peters and Dillon Brand | |
| 26 | Kyle Karpovich and Rick Karpovich | |
| 27 | Danielle Stewart and Frank DiFiore | |
| 28 | Michael Smith and Corey Gillson | |
| 29 | Christina Luethy ($60) and David Luethy | $60 |
| 30 | Justin Givker and Kyle Frederick ($5) | $5 |
| 31 | Holly Emery and Matt Emery | |
| 32 | Brandon Longo and Matt Erb | |
| 33 | Shannon Ryan ($30) and Keith Ryan | $30 |
| 34 | Ben Meils and Ted Meils | |
| 35 | Eric Demo ($30) and Steve Demo | $30 |
| 36 | Emily Ornelas and Jeanette Spottedcrow | |
| 37 | Dennan Boscarino and Tony Boscarino | |
| 38 | Keenan Barton and Troy Conley | |
| 39 | Kaitlin Mayall and Lana Lycan | |
| 40 | Rebecca Meils and Peggy Meils | |
| 41 | Amanda Ailport and Samantha Ammeman | |
| 42 | Mike Kenny and Matt Payne | |
| 43 | Travis Ann Scott and Travis Scott | |
| 44 | Tyler Boscarino ($5) and Derrick Boscarino | |
| 45 | Anthony Bonkowske and Lindsey Ailport | |
| 46 | Eric Vitzthum and Paul Vitzthum | |
| 47 | Josh Shoup and Martha Mayall | |
| 48 | Mary Christensen and Austen Christensen | |
| 49 | Jessica Reed and Jon Reed | |
| 50 | Daniel Duskin and Chris Thomson | |
| 51 | Jenny Phandanouvong and Archan Phandanouvong | |
| 52 | Steven Cheatham and barbara Cheatham | |
| 53 | Nick Rumley and Marina Stever | |
| 54 | Blake Kalaf and Chris Gonos | |
| 55 | Taylor Knight ($15) and Patrick Knight | $15 |
| 56 | Kayla Frederick and Ron Frederick | |
| 57 | Barbara Lampkin and Labriel Leach | |
| Ball Winner: Greg Geering | ||
| TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $4,015 | ||