VIRGIN RIVER LANES

champs Jeremy Bellflower & Brandon Allred

Brandon Allred ended a frustrating stretch of events by winning his first scratch title, while Jeremy Bellflower tasted victory for the first time in JBT SW action at Virgin River Bowling Center.

A tiny field made the trip, and thus were rewarded by an easier than usual shot at valuable JBT points, and reaped the benefits of our minimum scholarship guarantees, which allowed us to award $1,065 to just 32 bowlers.

The scratch finals opened with two-time defending champ Nathan Panaligan defeating first-time finalist Derick Parnell 226-162.  In round two, Nathan took on another stepladder rookie, and the results were similar as Panaligan cruised 177-139.  In the semifinals, 2003-04 Mojave conference Bowler of the Year Philip Schwartz finally stopped Nathan's bid for a three-peat, 237-205, to advance to his first title match of the year.

Top qualifier Allred had suffered a couple of heartbreaking near-misses of the finals, but took advantage of early miscues by Schwartz to build an early lead.  Brandon won the match 191-171, earning the first scratch title of his JBT SW career, to go with a handicap win to open last season.

The handicap division stepladder opened up with newcomer Alex Montes getting past Adam Stroud by a 205-144 margin.  Round two was a struggle, but in the end Montes defeated Darcie Staggs 136-115 to move on.  Bellflower and Montes then hooked up in another war of attrition, but Jeremy righted the ship quicker, leading to a 155-142 win to advance to the title match.

Top qualifier Amanda Dewees had led for most of the day, but was unable to pull away from Bellflower.  In the end, Amanda needed a spare plus count to win.  Leaving a 10-pin, Amanda unfortunately missed the spare by a hair, giving Bellflower a 159-152 win, and his first JBT SW title.   

 

Virgin River- final results and optional scholarship winners
Mojave Conference
10/17/2004
Scratch Division
rank	name	city	score	prize
1	Brandon Allred	Las Vegas, NV	m 43	$230
2	Philip Schwartz	Oro Valley, AZ	m 65	$230
3	Nathan Panaligan	North Las Vegas, NV	m 100	$70
4	Andrew Decker	Las Vegas, NV	m 89	$50
5	Derick Parnell	Las Vegas, NV	m 150	$20
6	Chris Kagawa	Las Vegas, NV	m 250
7	Daniel Hansak	Las Vegas, NV	m 267
8	Bobby Sherman	Las Vegas, NV	m 269
9	DJ Sloan	Las Vegas, NV	m 157
10	Kurt Plotkin	Las Vegas, NV	m 165
11	Jerimiah Wiltfang	Lake Havasu City, AZ	m 184
12	Matt Cossey	Henderson, NV	m 188
13	Chris Hooks	Henderson, NV	m 243
14	Cayson Coyle	Las Vegas, NV	m 245
15	Eddie Schaub	Las Vegas, NV	m 256	$20
16	Johnny Ray	Las Vegas, NV	m 261
17	Cody Raynoha	Las Vegas, NV	m 397
Handicap Division
rank	name	city	score	prize
1	Jeremy Bellflower	Las Vegas, NV	p 42	$200
2	Amanda Dewees	Las Vegas, NV	p 91	$100
3	Alex Montes	Las Vegas, NV	m 39	$75
4	Darcie Staggs	Bullhead City, AZ	m 8	$40
5	Adam Stroud	Las Vegas, NV	m 51	$20
6	Brandon Dauphinais	Henderson, NV	m 154	$20
7	Steven Slivka	Las Vegas, NV	m 167
8	Travis Stroud	Las Vegas, NV	m 202
9	Kealey Fukuyama	Las Vegas, NV	m 95
10	Maddie Pellegrino	Henderson, NV	m 123
11	Jordan Ferrer	Las Vegas, NV	m 148
12	Hanna Chipman	Las Vegas, NV	m 152
13	John Haggerty	Las Vegas, NV	m 155
14	Kelly White	henderson, NV	m 207
15	Taylor McKenrick	Henderson, NV	m 226	$10
300 Games: none
Cuts: scratch: minus 153, handicap: minus 91
High Games: scratch: Schaub 233, Schwartz 226, Decker 223.  handicap: Dauphinais 255, Montes 230, McKenrick 203.
Jr. Gold Qualifiers: none
Storm Ball Winner: Chris Kagawa
Stepladder Results:
	Scratch:
	Panaligan def. Parnell 226-162
	Panaligan def. Decker 177-139
	Schwartz def. Panaligan 237-205
	Allred def. Schwartz 191-171
	Handicap:
	Montes def. Stroud 205-144
	Montes def. Staggs 136-115
	Bellflower def. Montes 159-142
	Bellflower def. Dewees 159-152
TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $1,065