AMF DEER VALLEY LANES

champs Greg Geering & Nick Wade

     Greg Geering finally became a JBT titlist, while Nick Wade also tasted victory for the first time, in exciting JBT Arizona Conference action at AMF Deer Valley Lanes.

     The exciting 'survivor' format was used for this event, with low-bowler-out elimination matchplay resulting in do-or-die moments all throughout the center.  In the scratch division, six survivors eventually remained on the challenging lane conditions.  In that round, all six came up with 200+ efforts, but it was Kris George over Eduardo Perez 221-206; Greg Geering over James Hawkins 247-206; and in a thriller, Cameron Smith over Greg Garbera 258-237.

   With three bowlers left, Geering moved on with a big 236, while Kris' 187 escaped over Cameron's 177 to set up the title match.  Both bowlers are JBT veterans with experience at the highest levels of college bowling, so it was no surprise that they both bowled an excellent title match.  The only surprise was that Geering had not yet ever won a JBT title- but that anomaly was finally erased with a 237-234 triumph over George for title #1.

    The handicap division was also eventually whittled down to 6 bowlers.  In the round of 6, Daniel Cotten beat Jewel-Leigh Casesse 230-192; Nick Wade beat Austin Hinz 195-189, and Deven Johnston got by Alex Pellegrino 212-185.  With three bowlers left, a single match left Wade (223) and Johnston (212) standing, while Cotten's 203 effort was good, but relegated to third place.

    The title match didn't have the tension of the semifinals, because Wade came out firing with seven marks in eight frames, and Johnston, with the higher average, had trouble re-lining into the pocket on the title pair.  The 238-206 win was good for the first title of Wade's career.

   Thanks to everyone at Deer Valley for hosting our event, which awarded over $2,500 in scholarships to bowlers of all ages and averages.  Want in on the best in junior bowling?  Come on down to the next JBT event, it's really that easy!  

Impact Challenge Winners- Mike Kremer and Becki Meils

AMF Deer Valley- final results and optional scholarship winners
4/5/2009    
Arizona Conference  
   
Scratch Division  
rank name prize
1 Greg Geering $225
2 Kris George $195
3 Cameron Smith $85
4 Eduardo Perez $75
5 Greg Garbera $50
6 James Hawkins $40
7 April Urban $30
8 Jacob Smith  
9 Anthony Tripi  
10 Kyle King $240
11 Courtney Dutton  
12 Jeff Williams $5
13 Rachelle Davis $55
14 Matt Herbert  
15 Tim Ursillo $50
16 Labriel Leach  
17 Riley Dempsey  
18 Brenden Lou  
19 Anthony Benicki  
20 Ryan Howard $15
21 Miguel Lopez $15
22 rebeca Reguero  
23 Andy Holick  
24 Nicole Bring  
25 Shawn Peters  
26 Tyson Lewis  
27 Nick Lee  
28 Joe Lewandowski  
29 Eric Rubin  
30 Randy Cote  
31 Chris Varholdt  
32 Jenni Cahn  
33 Rane Lacona $15
34 Kaitlin Mayall  
35 Chelsea Zemelka  
36 Mike Kremer  
37 Kyle Karpovich  
38 Steven Pizzi  
   
Handicap Division  
rank name prize
1 Nick Wade $385
2 Deven Johnston $140
3 Daniel Cotton $190
4 Austin Hinz $75
5 Alex Pellegrino $60
6 Jewel Leigh Casesse $50
7 Lindsey Ailport $40
8 Jeff Anderson $80
9 Alexis Atkin $60
10 Emilio Luna $25
11 Megan Carlson $65
12 Justin Givler  
13 Derek Iozzio $50
14 Taylor King  
15 Josh Shoup $15
16 David Wessel $60
17 Kyle Smith  
18 Ashley Benicki  
19 Drew Stern $30
20 Michael Keller  
21 Brandon Webster  
22 Travis Johnson $30
23 Dominic Luna  
24 Brandon Aiken  
25 Marina Stever  
26 Jared Billman  
27 Brooks Gould  
28 Brandon Longo  
29 Kyle Chambers  
30 Kayla Goad  
31 Tyler Edenhofer  
32 Pamela Perez  
33 Steven Acuff  
34 Valry Swaim  
35 Danny Varholdt  
36 Derek Acuff  
37 Andrew Nicla  
38 Tanner Hill  
39 Cody Taylor  
40 Maura Swaim  
41 James Adams  
42 Jackson Curless  
43 Ashley Collins  
44 Becki Meils  
45 Timothy Jacob  
46 Jeffrey Schultz  
47 Blake Kalaf  
48 Ben Meils  
49 Tony Marin  
50 Savannah Carr  
51 Jared Boscarino  
52 Carson Richards  
53 Zach Simon  
54 Dylan Taylor  
55 Bethany Baker  
56 JD Sweet  
57 Steven Cheatham  
   
     
Scratch High Games:  
  Garbera 269  
  Ursillo 259  
Smith C 257  
Dutton 257  
Leach 253  
   
   
Handicap High Games:  
N Wade 278  
Hinz 258  
T King 258  
J Anderson 256  
Webster 256  
   
   
Round Leaders (5 pts. Each)  
Scratch Handicap
1 Leach T Hill
2 Peters K Smith
3 Smith Atkin
4 King Hinz
5 King Hinz
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High Female:  
Davis 1046  
Dutton 1039  
Urban 951  
L Ailport 923  
Reguero 916  
   
   
  TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $2,455