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Christian Jensen and Joe ClaspellTEXAS STATION
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Christian Jensen and Joe Claspell
JENSEN SWEEPS WEEKEND WITH TWO
VICTORIES
CLASPELL TAKES HANDICAP CROWN
It has been just over one year since Christian Jensen last tasted victory on the
Junior Bowlers Tour. This weekend, however, Jensen erased many months of
frustration with back to back victories on Saturday and Sunday, becoming the
second bowler EVER to accomplish this rare feat. On Saturday, Jensen
earned career title number three at a JBTSW event near his hometown of Anthem,
AZ. With no time to celebrate, he packed up and headed to Texas Station
Bowling Center, where he earned title number four with a Texas sized 279-180 win
over Bobby Sherman.
The scratch division finals began with a tense match between Tom Anderson and
Brandon Watts. Both bowlers traded strikes and spares, remaining clean
through nine frames and just a few pins apart. Andersons missed 10 pin in
the tenth frame allowed Watts to advance with a 189-178 win. Earlier in
the day, Watts delighted the crowd with a perfect 300 game, the first of his
young career. In match two, Watts faced off against DJ Sloan in another
nailbiter. Watts struck out in the tenth frame, forcing Sloan to get a
strike of his own to stay alive. Sloan's pocket shot came up short,
however, and Watts advanced 193-182 to take on second seed Jensen in the
semifinal match. With unabashed confidence, Jensen began with a spare
before rattling off a six pack of strikes and coasting to a 232-182 win and
ending Watts' day. In the championship match against tournament leader
Bobby Sherman, Jensen showed no signs of letting up. He strung the front
nine strikes before a ten pin ended his run, easily defeating Sherman's bid for
a second title.
With three events remaining in the season, the points standings continue to be
very exciting. Sloan's 4th place finish today moved him up a notch into
the coveted top 5. Brandon Allred moved into second place, bumping Steven
Black down one position. Point standings at the end of the regular season
are used to determine byes for the Gold Coast Invitational event on May 15.
In the handicap division, an eight person modified stepladder finals was used
once again. In the first match, Sean Adams used an early triple to easily
coast to victory over Taylor McKenrick and Kris George 251-196-162. George
was looking for his third consecutive title and, remarkably, was also shooting
for a weekend sweep, having shared honors with Jensen the day before.
Match number two was a handicap division strikefest, with Megan Withey needing
every strike she could throw in her huge 245 actual game (265 with handicap) to
defeat Sean Adams' 253 and Nick Lameks' 246. Earlier in the day, Lamek
rolled an outstanding 747 actual series in games 3-5 including a 277 to end
qualifying. This was also Lamek's third consecutive finish in the top 5
and he moves into second place in the point standings. In match number
three it was Withey once again, coming from behind with a clutch double in the
ninth and tenth frames to take care of Andrew Gottlieb's 235 and Sam Frey's 160.
The championship match between Withey and tournament leader Joe Claspell was
close throughout. Claspell, who had rolled a huge 276 actual game in the
semifinals, still had enough in him to defeat Withey 215-197 and earn his first
title.
Thanks as always to Jerry Francomano and his staff for another terrific hosting job at Texas Station, the home of the JBT SW's Las Vegas Main Event.
| Texas Station- final results and optional scholarship winners | ||||
| 3/20/2005 | ||||
| Mojave Conference | ||||
| Scratch Division | ||||
| rank | name | city, state | score | prize |
| 1 | Christian Jensen | Anthem,AZ | p 206 | $200 |
| 2 | Bobby Sherman | Las Vegas, NV | p 227 | $185 |
| 3 | Brandon Watts | Lake Havasu City, AZ | p 142 | $150 |
| 4 | DJ Sloan | Las Vegas, NV | p 198 | $40 |
| 5 | Tom Anderson | Chandler, AZ | p 109 | $35 |
| 6 | Philip Schwartz | Oro Valley, AZ | p 100 | $35 |
| 7 | Nathan Panaligan | N. Las Vegas, NV | p 83 | $20 |
| 8 | Brandon Allred | Las Vegas, NV | p 41 | $15 |
| 9 | Berman Sae-Aee | Glendale, AZ | p 32 | |
| 10 | Robyn Ashley | N. Las Vegas, NV | p 13 | |
| 11 | Carl Winder | Las Vegas, NV | p 4 | |
| 12 | Emily Ornelas | Phoenix, AZ | m 29 | $30 |
| 13 | Chris Kagawa | Las Vegas, NV | m 72 | |
| 14 | Eddie Schaub | Las Vegas, NV | m 81 | |
| 15 | Michael Yusi | Las Vegas, NV | m 87 | |
| 16 | BJ Baker | Tempe, AZ | m 103 | |
| 17 | Raoul Saiz | Las Vegas, NV | m 103 | $15 |
| 18 | Sarah Carity | Phoenix, AZ | inc card | |
| 19 | Jeff Matthews | Las Vegas, NV | m 89 | |
| 20 | Jessica Hetkowski | Las Vegas, NV | m 97 | $15 |
| 21 | Brandon Donnelly | Lake Havasu City, AZ | m 103 | $15 |
| 22 | Johnny Ray | Las Vegas, NV | m 110 | |
| 23 | Ray Griffith | Las Vegas, NV | m 110 | |
| 24 | Rebekah Gottlieb | Las Vegas, NV | m 123 | |
| 25 | Bear Wiltfang | Lake Havasu City, AZ | m 133 | |
| 26 | Jason Dondoy | Las Vegas, NV | m 137 | |
| 27 | Matt Cossey | Henderson, NV | m 152 | |
| 28 | Heather Brown | Las Vegas, NV | m 164 | |
| 29 | Tiffany Chi | Prescott, AZ | m 164 | |
| 30 | DeShaun Jefferson | Phoenix, AZ | m 212 | |
| 31 | Melissa Castro | Las Vegas, NV | m 219 | |
| 32 | Chris McClockey | Las Vegas, NV | m 236 | |
| 33 | Bobby Majdanski | Las Vegas, NV | m 268 | |
| Handicap Division | ||||
| rank | name | city, state | score | prize |
| 1 | Joe Claspell | Lake Havasu City, AZ | p 176 | $200 |
| 2 | Megan Withey | Glendale, AZ | p 165 | $145 |
| 3 | Andrew Gottlieb | Las Vegas, NV | p 174 | $60 |
| 4 | Sam Frey | Las Vegas, NV | p 174 | $70 |
| 5 | Nick Lamek | Las Vegas, NV | p 172 | $135 |
| 6 | Sean Adams | Las Vegas, NV | p 153 | $30 |
| 7 | Kris George | Glendale, AZ | p 161 | $65 |
| 8 | Taylor McKenrick | Henderson, NV | p 142 | $30 |
| 9 | Justin Spurrier | Las Vegas, NV | p 136 | |
| 10 | Hannah Chipman | Las Vegas, NV | p 98 | $15 |
| 11 | Blaine Hellman | Las Vegas, NV | p 68 | |
| 12 | Matt Carter | Santee, CA | p 59 | |
| 13 | Nick Seghetti | Las Vegas, NV | p 56 | |
| 14 | Ryan Yadao | Las Vegas, NV | p 7 | |
| 15 | Alesha Pannier | Lake Havasu City, AZ | p 5 | $15 |
| 16 | Kevin Narciso | Phoenix, AZ | p 3 | |
| 17 | Kyle Bridgman | Kingman, AZ | m 3 | |
| 18 | Alex Katz | Las Vegas, NV | m 3 | |
| 19 | Jason Majdanski | Las Vegas, NV | m 11 | $25 |
| 20 | Matt Raagas | Las Vegas, NV | m 16 | |
| 21 | Walker Newman | Las Vegas, NV | m 60 | |
| 22 | Michael Lugo | Las Vegas, NV | m 2 | |
| 23 | Steven Lanning | San Diego, CA | m 5 | |
| 24 | Maddie Pellegrino | Henderson, NV | m 6 | |
| 25 | Kyle Adams | Las Vegas, NV | m 8 | |
| 26 | Alicia Sullivan | Kingman, AZ | m 18 | |
| 27 | Kevin Houck | Lake Havasu City, AZ | m 18 | |
| 28 | Brandon Dauphinais | Henderson, NV | m 20 | $15 |
| 29 | Darcie Staggs | Bullhead City, AZ | m 26 | |
| 30 | Sam Cefalu | Las Vegas, NV | m 26 | |
| 31 | Alvin Chan | Lake Havasu City, AZ | m 29 | |
| 32 | Casey Bybee | Las Vegas, NV | m 40 | |
| 33 | Dillon Hageman | Las Vegas, NV | m 42 | |
| 34 | Zach Hattori | Las Vegas, NV | m 43 | |
| 35 | Rachelle Davis | Tucson, AZ | m 59 | |
| 36 | Sean Huggins | Las Vegas, NV | m 70 | |
| 37 | Shane Peck | Riverside, CA | m 88 | |
| 38 | Zack Newman | Las Vegas, NV | m 127 | |
| 39 | Logan Kennedy | Las Vegas, NV | m 131 | |
| 40 | Bryce Hackney | Las Vegas, NV | m 135 | |
| 41 | Jordan Katz | Las Vegas, NV | m 221 | |
| Cuts: scratch -82, handicap -1 | ||||
| Storm Ball Winner: Brandon Watts | ||||
| TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $1,560. | ||||