THE ORLEANS
champs BJ Baker & Rebeca Reguero
On an extraordinarily high scoring day, two bowlers continued their extraordinary seasons with dramatic wins in JBT Mojave Conference action at The Orleans.
Brandon McMillen, who earned his first JBT title the day before in Orange County, began a climb for two in a row with wins over Miguel Lopez and Matt Jones (who fired a 300 game to open up the day) to open the scratch division stepladder finals. Mike Cross then struck in the tenth frame for an exciting 238-228 victory over McMillen to advance to the title match against top seed Baker.
Our highest scoring day of the season produced a thrilling dogfight at the top of the standings, with BJ emerging just one pin (+419) ahead of cross (+418), and only three more ahead of Jones (+415) after eight games. Having worked so hard to grab that top seed, Baker wasn't about to let it go, and after an opening spare he ran off the next eleven strikes for a 290-188 victory. The win continues what is quickly becoming the best extended streak in JBT history, as he captured the 32nd title of his JBT career, and seventh since the new year!
Paul Huether made his first JBT event in a while a success with an opening round stepladder win over Jon Gutierrez. Newcomer Zac Hochman then defeated Huether, before Danny Warden, in only his second event, stopped Hochman, to advance to his first title match.
Top seed Rebeca Reguero was looking for an extremely important win, well behind points leader Eric Hatchett, but already ahead of him in titles. Having an excellent winter/spring herself, Reguero continued an excellent day in a 235-212 win, good for her fourth career JBT title, and third in the Mojave Conference this year.
Among many other fine scores, Brian Ballard rolled his first JBT 300 game, and Zach Hattori came oh-so-close, firing a 299 in qualifying as well.
Thanks to everyone at The Orleans for being excellent hosts as always. 69 bowlers shared in over $1,800 in scholarships awarded. The field is now set for the 2008 Mojave Invitational. 108 bowlers are eligible to compete for the $1,000 scholarship per division- don't miss it!
| The Orleans- final results and optional scholarship winners | |||
| 4/28/2008 | |||
| Mojave Conference | |||
| Scratch Division | |||
| rank | name | city, state | prize |
| 1 | BJ Baker | Tempe, AZ | $330 |
| 2 | Mike Cross | Tucson, AZ | $215 |
| 3 | Brandon McMillen | Carmichael, CA | $60 |
| 4 | Matt Jones | Winnetka, CA | $78 |
| 5 | Miguel Lopez | Peoria, AZ | $60 |
| 6 | Brian Ballard | San Diego, CA | $38 |
| 7 | Cory Keraly | Las Vegas, NV | $60 |
| 8 | Kyle King | Phoenix, AZ | $30 |
| 9 | Cameron Smith | Santee, CA | $30 |
| 10 | Greg Geering | Phoenix, AZ | $120 |
| 11 | Jordan Ferrer | Henderson, NV | $10 |
| 12 | Nick Lamek | Las Vegas, NV | |
| 13 | DJ Sloan | Las Vegas, NV | |
| 14 | Theo Douthit | Phoenix, AZ | $15 |
| 15 | Nathan Panaligan | N. Las Vegas, NV | $30 |
| 16 | Kris George | Las Vegas, NV | |
| 17 | Dallas Leong | Las Vegas, NV | $15 |
| 18 | Chris Kagawa | Las Vegas, NV | |
| 19 | Ryan Yadao | Las Vegas, NV | |
| 20 | April Urban | Henderson, NV | |
| 21 | Zach Hattori | Las Vegas, NV | $11 |
| 22 | Adam Reynoso | Las Vegas, NV | $15 |
| 23 | Andy Reynoso | Las Vegas, NV | |
| 24 | Jordan Katz | Las Vegas, NV | |
| 25 | Steven Slivka | Las Vegas, NV | |
| 26 | Joshua Ferrer | Henderson, NV | |
| 27 | Matt McHann | Las Vegas, NV | |
| 28 | Shawn Hrisca | Las Vegas, NV | |
| 29 | Alex Katz | Las Vegas, NV | |
| 30 | Bobby Majdanski | Las Vegas, NV | |
| 31 | Lana Lycan | Santee, CA | |
| 32 | Mikey May | Vista, CA | |
| 33 | Chris Kutcher | Las Vegas, NV | |
| 34 | Allie Ijams | Flagstaff, AZ | |
| 35 | Logan Kennedy | Las Vegas, NV | |
| Handicap Division | |||
| rank | name | city, state | prize |
| 1 | Rebeca Reguero | Phoenix, AZ | $300 |
| 2 | Danny Warden | Kingman, AZ | $100 |
| 3 | Zach Hochman | Las Vegas, NV | $60 |
| 4 | Paul Huether | Las Vegas, NV | $50 |
| 5 | Jon Gutierrez | Las Vegas, NV | $75 |
| 6 | Josh Shoup | Tolleson, AZ | $32 |
| 7 | Chase Cole | Las Vegas, NV | |
| 8 | Andrew Watkins | Las Vegas, NV | $5 |
| 9 | Andrew Gottlieb | Las Vegas, NV | |
| 10 | Brandon Owen | Las Vegas, NV | $15 |
| 11 | Kenny Herbster | Las Vegas, NV | $30 |
| 12 | Jon Kozich | Las Vegas, NV | |
| 13 | Eric Hatchett | Las Vegas, NV | $25 |
| 14 | Kaitlin Mayall | Chula Vista, CA | $15 |
| 15 | Dericka Badilla | Kingman, AZ | |
| 16 | Donovan Koff | Las Vegas, NV | $8 |
| 17 | Chase Nadeau | Las Vegas, NV | |
| 18 | Bryce Hackney | Las Vegas, NV | |
| 19 | Ian Hanuscin | Las Vegas, NV | |
| 20 | Aaron Watkins | Las Vegas, NV | |
| 21 | Nick McCoy | Kingman, AZ | $15 |
| 22 | Drew Stern | Northridge, CA | |
| 23 | Alicia Sullivan | Kingman, AZ | |
| 24 | Justin Givler | Phoenix, AZ | $15 |
| 25 | Teo Cipriaso | Las Vegas, NV | |
| 26 | Skyler McGowan | Las Vegas, NV | |
| 27 | Melissa Huether | Las Vegas, NV | |
| 28 | James Gabour | Las Vegas, NV | |
| 29 | Douglas Csayni | Las Vegas, NV | |
| 30 | Bethany Baker | Tempe, AZ | $15 |
| 31 | Jackie Southam | Las Vegas, NV | |
| 32 | Darcie Staggs | Bullhead City, AZ | |
| 33 | Josh Chefalo | Bullhead City, AZ | |
| 34 | Brian Grupe | Las Vegas, NV | |
| Scratch High Games: Ballard, Jones 300, Hattori 299 | |||
| Handicap High Games: Hatchett 295, Shoup 288, Koff 273 | |||
| Ebonite Ball Winner: BJ Baker | |||
| TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $1,882 | |||