STRIKE ZONE

champs Riley Dempsey & Steven Acuff

        Two veteran Arizona bowlers wrapped up the 2011-12 Mojave Conference regular season with exciting wins at Sunset Station's Strike Zone bowling center.

        Dallas Leong opened up the scratch division stepladder finals with a 245-206 win over Eric Hatchett.  JBT all-time titles leader Kyle King then stopped Leong 233-202.  Dempsey then turned the tables on King 231-199 to advance to the title match.

        Top seed Zack Hattori recovered from a bad first game to put on an impressive performance on the challenging 'Stockholm' lane pattern, but both bowlers found the carry tough to come by on a well bowled, tense final match.  Dempsey doubled in the tenth frame, forcing Zack to do the same to capture (amazingly) his first title since December 2009.  Hattori's perfect first shot destroyed the rack but somehow left a solid-7, giving Dempsey the 212-203 win and the 14th title of his excellent JBT career.

        Brendan Lindsey, a champ earlier this season in Pahrump, opened the handicap stepladder finals with a 227-212 win over David Galvan.  Lindsey then beat California's Shauna Schultz 223-202.  Acuff then stopped Brendan's run with a 241-220 semifinal win to advance to the title match.

        Justin Villa earned the top seed in a logjammed field with just a +41 score, indicative of the day's tough lane pattern.  He then proceeded to fire a clean 227 in the title game... and get blown out by Acuff, who found a look he didn't have all day for a 257 scratch game, resulting in a 269-241 total win.  It's his 8th career JBT title, earning him the record for the most all time handicap wins.

        Alexis Atkin won the day's Impact Bowling Women's Series event with a 203-142 win over Kayla Goad, solidifying her position in the 2012 Girls TPC, held here at Strike Zone this July.

        Thanks as always to the crew at Strike Zone for hosting our event.  Over $1,400 in scholarships were earned by bowlers of all averages and ages- want in on the fun?  Check out our schedule and come on down to the next JBT event you can, it's that simple!