SHAKE, RATTLE, and BOWL at Cliff Castle Casino

champs Kyle King & Cody Taylor

      Kyle King made it two in a row at Shake Rattle and Bowl, while Cody Taylor made it two for his career, in exciting JBT Arizona Conference action at Cliff Castle Casino.

    Both divisions used our thrilling survivor format, with low-bowler-out matches after the usual top 50% cut.  Kris George put on a clinic in qualifying, averaging over 240 on a pattern so tricky that the cut was -136.  The 370+ pin gap betweenfirst and the cut is believed to be our largest ever.  Unfortunately for Kris, survivor can be vicious, and he was eliminated in his first match.  ,Eventually, the scratch field was whittled down to eight.  In those head to head matches, DJ Sloan beat Rebeca Reguero, Cameron Smith got past Courtney Dutton, Greg Garbera beat Randy Cote, and King beat Allie Ijams.

   In the semifinals, Sloan beat Smith 199-179 and King edged Garbera 201-184 to set up the championship match.  In that game Kyle, who had qualified second, was able to maintain control despite a great effort from Sloan, and King rolled to his 19th career JBT title, and 3rd in 4 events so far this season!

    The handicap division went from 24 semifinalists down to 8 survivors.  In those matches, Karissa Tafoya beat Dylan Taylor, Mike Kenny beat Ben Meils, Marina Stever beat defending champ Tim Keegan, and Cody Taylor beat Eric Demo.  Down to 4 survivors, Taylor edged Tafoya 172-166, and Stever walloped Kenny 253-204 to set up the title match.

    Stever was making her second title match within a month, having finished second at the Desert Open.  Despite a great effort, it was destined to be another runner-up finish for Marina, as Taylor bowled an excellent title match game to beat Stever 247-186 for his second career JBT title.

    April Urban and Amanda Ailport picked up $50 scholarships each as lucky winners of the Impact Challenge Bonus.  Visit them at Impact Bowling Pro Shop, 99th Ave and Bell in NW Phoenix.  Huge thanks to everyone at Cliff Castle for always being great hosts for our Tour.  $2,380 in scholarships was awarded to the 94 player field- want in on the fun?  Come on out to the next JBT event, it's a simple as that!