TRIANGLE BOWL

champs Jordan Yoke & Courtney Nikolas

    Jordan Yoke and Courtney Nikolas captured their first career JBT titles each in exciting Pacific Northwest Conference action at Longview's Triangle Bowl.

    The scratch division used our 'PBA' format, where for a second straight day a challenging shot was put out, with 16 bowlers advancing to a best 2-of-3 matchplay finals.  Catherine Rawsthorne led every round of qualifying en route to teh top seed, but let game two of her match against #16 Brandon Dunson get away with an errant fill ball, opening the door for Dunson to win game three and take out the #1 seed.  #2 Yoke fared better, sweeping #15 Jared McNeal.  #4 Marshall Kent also advanced, but #3 Jordan Plunkett was upended in two straight by #14 Justin David.

    In the round of eight, Yoke beat #5 Nick Bachteler 2-0; #9 Chris Kirk beat Dunson 2-1; #11 Josh Jackson swept David, and #6 Shay Thompson survived a 2-1 thriller against Kent, 221-213 in the deciding game.

   In single game semifinal matches, Thompson outlasted Kirk 215-201, while Yoke neat Jackson in easily the best matchof the day, 259-247 setting up a title match between two good friends and Triangle Bowl local bowlers, a very rare event in the scratch division.

   Yoke had his career high series on the pair picked for the title game, and used that confidence to build an early lead which Thompson, though bowling well,  could not recover from.  Jordan's 236-210 win was good for his first carre JBT title, worth $300 thanks to an extra $100 scholarship for winning with an Ebonite ball.

   The handicap division bowled on the house lane condition, and the extra room was readily evident, with the +77 cut the third-highest ever in a 5-game JBT qualifier, and over 100 pins higher than the previous day's cut.   Quanmtified another way, 21 bowlers finished ahead of the previous day's 5th-place total of +34.

   Krissy Nagasawa opened the stepladder finals with a 224-204 win over Nathan Coigny.  Courtney Nikolas, who had led after five games, then beat Nagasawa 223-201, setting up one of our favorite events, and all-sibling match, this time between Courtney and Ryan Nikolas.   This time, sister beat brother 206-203 to advance to the title match. 

   Top seed Travis McAllister took over from Courtney to lead the semifinal rounds, so it was appropriate that the two met for the title.  They both had been striking all day, but it was Nikolas that came up with teh big strings in the title match, winning 247-206 for her first career JBT title.

   Thanks to the whole crew at Triangle for a wonderful weekend at their fantastic center.  Over $1,800 in scholarships were awarded to bowlers of all ages and averages- want in on the fun?  Come on down to the next JBT event, it's that simple!

Triangle Bowl- final results and optional scholarship winners
3/29/2009    
Pacific Northwest Conference  
   
Handicap Division  
rank name prize
1 Courtney Nikolas $345
2 Travis McAllister $100
3 Ryan Nikolas $135
4 Krissy Nagasawa $50
5 Nathan Coigny $55
6 Thomas Nute $45
7 Max Cooper $35
8 Tyler Boe  
9 Jessica Bubnich  
10 Nicole Stickler $45
11 Ronert Altieri  
12 Brittany Yoke  
13 Thomas Nylund $25
14 Kevin Harja  
15 Chandler Jones  
16 Ashton Coigny  
17 Ashli Mortensen $30
18 Jania Romanoff  
19 Sam Burns  
20 kelsey Abrahamsen $10
21 Kyle Jonas  
22 Emily Sutton  
23 Ryan Laird $15
24 Quinton Miller  
25 Jordan Romanoff  
26 Ronnie Goodman  
27 Trevor Gates  
28 Cody Nelson  
29 Mandy Cramer  
30 Jessica Sutton  
31 leslie Strong $15
32 Anthony Douglas  
33 Zavh Hemming  
34 Kyle Hays  
35 Zane Hays  
36 Erika Gustin  
     
   
Scratch Division  
rank name prize
1 Jordan Yoke $300
2 Shay Thompson $100
3 Josh Jackson $75
4 Chris Kirk $120
5 Marshall Kent $80
6 Nick Bachteler $85
7 Justin David $30
8 Brandon Dunson $20
9 Catherine Rawsthorne $105
10 Jordan Plunkett  
11 lucas Stone $15
12 Schrader White  
13 Jeremy Witt  
14 Sam Parks  
15 Brandon Nylund  
16 Jared McNeal  
17 Nick Stone  
18 Eddy Smith  
19 Cameron Weier  
20 Eryk Jensen  
21 Tristan Curtis  
22 Patrick Hickok  
23 Perry Crowell \
24 Michael Paulson  
25 Cody Stone  
26 Todd Hopfner  
27 Matt Matias  
28 Sam Neves  
29 Bryan Gates  
30 Daniel Carroll  
31 Matthew Bartness  
32 Tyler Cruz  
33 Sarah Boe  
34 Corey Beatty  
35 Makayla Douglas  
36 James Billings  
37 James Bretthaven  
38 Katie Beismann  
39 Sam Clemens  
40 Brandon Driscoll  
   
     
Scratch High Games:  
  Rawsthorne 256  
  Rawsthrone 252  
Plunkett 242  
L Stone 238  
Plunkett 236  
   
Handicap High Games:  
McAllister 285  
A Mortensen 282  
Altieri 279  
C Nikolas 277  
C Nikolas, N Coigny, N Stickler 273
   
Round Leaders (5 pts. Each)  
Scratch Handicap
Rawsthorne C Nikolas
Rawsthorne Harja
Rawsthorne C Nikolas
Rawsthorne C Nikolas
Rawsthorne C Nikolas
  McAllister
  McAllister
  McAllister
   
   
   
High Female:  
Mortensen 1093  
Rawsthorne 1087  
Nikolas 1076  
Yoke 997  
Bubnich 968  
   
   
  TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $1,830