Introducing Main Event champs Andrew Wang, Avery Domaguin, and Ernesto Reynoso!
JBT News - Courtesy Of JBT.
Las Vegas - - - Ernesto Reynoso of Folsom, CA defeated Elias O’Hollaren of San Diego CA, to win the open scratch singles division of the 2025 JBT Las Vegas Main Event, contested at the beautiful South Point Bowling Plaza.
Diego Lujan began the scratch division stepladder bracket with a win over Gavin Fernandez, while in a simultaneous match, Jayden De Guzman got past Jason Gootzeit. The 3 and 4 seeds then came in, with #3 Kevin Magnuson (who fired two 300 games during the tournament) stopping De Guzman, and O’Hollaren stopping Lujan, setting up a chalk final four. In those matches, O’Hollaren upset top seed Daryus Alo, and Reynoso stopped Magnuson, setting up a title match between the two amazing players.
Elias was looking to add a Main Event title to his stellar JBT resume, but two-time Team USA member Reynoso would not allow it, blasting nine in a row after a first frame open to claim the title and $5,000 top scholarship prize, while O’Hollaren added another $3,000 to his career earnings with the runner-up performance.
Giant thanks to the team at South Point for their fantastic hosting job, all of our sponsors and vendors, especially title sponsors IAM Bowling and the Brands of Brunswick, and of course every family and bowler who attended. Over $70,000 in scholarships were awarded to all ages and skill levels- come be a part of it at the 2026 Main Event, Dec 26-30, again at South Point, and JBT events year-round!
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JBT News - Courtesy Of JBT.
Las Vegas - - - In a battle of San Diego (and Nashville) based superstars, Avery Domaguin defeated Katelyn Abigania to win the girls scratch singles division of the 2025 JBT Las Vegas Main Event, contested at the beautiful South Point Bowling Plaza.
In a bracket/stepladder hybrid finals format, Domaguin began her climb from the 3 seed to eliminate Colorado’s Navaya Rivera, while in a 2024 title game rematch, #5 Kendall Bollea defeated defending champ #4 Lindsay Greim. The top two seeds then entered, and in that round #2 Abigania ended Bollea’s run. Simultaneous to that was perhaps the story of the tournament, as 13 year-old Alyssa Randisi outbowled a field of mostly high school and collegiate girls to grab the top seed. She lost a close match to Domaguin (who was herself the young rising star a few years ago), but that hardly diminished the head-turning performance all week long from the New Yorker.
That left Avery and Katelyn to play each other, as they have done countless times since they were little kids growing up in the same San Diego center. Of course, most of their bowling these days is done as Vanderbilt teammates, where they are freshmen bowling for the Commodores with other JBT alum and great talents nationwide. The match was low scoring but close, and after Domaguin finished strongly, she could only watch as 2022 and 2023 Main Event champ Abigania, needing a mark, left a disastrous open frame on an evidently good looking shot. That gave Avery a long awaited first Main Event title, and $2,000 top prize, while Katelyn earned another $1,200 for the frustrating but still excellent result.
Giant thanks to the team at South Point for their fantastic hosting job, all of our sponsors and vendors, especially title sponsors IAM Bowling and the Brands of Brunswick, and of course every family and bowler who attended. Over $70,000 in scholarships were awarded to all ages and skill levels- come be a part of it at the 2026 Main Event, Dec 26-30, again at South Point, and JBT events year-round!
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Tucson Metro Update - Courtesy Of Mark Kerr
TUCSON METRO USBC UPDATE
By Mark Kerr, President
Tucson - - - I want to wish everyone a Happy New Year, and may 2026 be a better year for us all, on and off the lanes.
CLASS OF 2026 HALL OF FAME: Tucson Metro USBC announced its Class of 2026 for the Tucson Metro USBC Hall of Fame. In the Superior Performance Category are Shawna Strause and Richard Curtis. For Meritorious Service are Cory Knop and Joe Salgado. Congratulations to our Class of 2026, and we look forward to the induction ceremony that will take place after the final team squad for the 82nd Annual Tucson Metro USBC Open Championships and the 76th Annual Women’s Championships taking place at Bowlero Tucson.
OPEN AND WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP UPDATE: Entries are coming in for Tucson Metro USBC's 82nd Annual Open Championships and the 76th Annual Women's Championships, which are being held concurrently on the weekends of January 31-February 1, 2026, February 7-8, February 14-15, February 21-22, and February 28-March 1 at Bowlero Tucson.
Entry forms for both events can be found online at: https://tucsonmetrousbc.com/tournaments-1.
With the timeframe and lanes, there is a limit of 150 total teams that can be accepted. So if you and your team have a preferred time and dates to bowl, it would be advisable to get your entries in as soon as possible.
Association Manager Steve Harris that Squad 5 of the Open Championships and Women’s Championships (Feb 7th, 1:30pm) is full. Entry deadline is Saturday, January 24th.
For more information call (520) 591-0622 or Email to: am@tucsonmetrousbc.com.
CITY YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS: Tucson Metro USBC announced that the 2026 Tucson City Youth Tournament will take place January 31 - February 1.
The team (four person) takes place Saturday January 31 at Cactus Bowl. Doubles and singles takes place Sunday February 1 at Lucky Strike Bowl. Check in will start at 9 am with bowling beginning at 10 am.
Tournament entry forms are online at:
https://tucsonmetrousbc.com/youth-tournament-schedule
You can also pay using Zelle. Add am@tucsonmetrousbc.com to your Zelle list prior.
For more information, call 520-591-0622 or email am@tucsonmetrousbc.com
TUCSON SWISS JANUARY 24: On Saturday, January 24, 9:00 am (check-in starting at 8:00 am) at Bowlero Tucson. Tucson Metro USBC will be holding the Tucson Swiss Tournament.
This is a special event being held using the Swiss Format. Teams will consist of five persons, with six games of team match play where all five bowlers will bowl full games (not a Baker format). The maximum team average will be 1100 based on last year's book average. The maximum number of teams will be 20, and the maximum handicap per bowler will be 50 pins.
For the first three games, a short pattern, Broadway Version 2, will be the pattern bowlers will face. As in Swiss Tournaments, there is a break between sets, bowlers will be able to get lunch and get ready for the second set of three games, and the pattern will be 2023 PBA Tackett, a long pattern for bowlers to finish with. Entries are still being accepted and the tournament entry forms are online at https://tucsonmetrousbc.com/tournaments-1. Tucson Metro USBC can take Zelle payments, remember to add am@tucsonmetroudbc.com to your Zelle list. The deadline for entries is January 20.
ZELLE PAYMENTS ACCEPTED: Association Manager Steve Harris is reporting that more people are utilizing Zelle to pay for their entries to upcoming Tucson Metro tournaments. Tucson Metro set up the Zelle account to give bowlers another option to pay their entries. Just as a reminder, you need to add am@tucsonmetrousbc.com to your Zelle list to be able to pay by Zelle.
CONGRATULATIONS TO: Steve Lopez who bowled a 300 game on lanes 19-20 in the Knights of Pythias League at Tucson Bowl on December 17.
Shawna Strause, Tucson Metro USBC Hall of Fame Class of 2026 Inductee who bowled a 300 game on lanes 3-4, in the Knights of Pythias League at Tucson Bowl on December 17. This is Shawna’s sixth 300 game!
Kenny Lange had a great run last night in the Awesome Foursome League at Lucky Strike Bowl on December 23, and finished with a 299 game!
Troy Kiser, who bowled a 300 game on lanes 27-28 in the Ed Faulk Classic League at PINZ on December 26.
Bryan Van Sickle, who bowled a 300 game in the Ed Faulk Classic League at PINZ, December 26, on lanes 33-34!
Mason Clark, who was bowling on lanes 1-2 in the Ed Faulk Classic League at PINZ, on December 26. Mason soared in the first frame and then strung the next 11 for a 290 game and continued with five more strikes to begin his second game and getting a Varipapa 300. Mason works hard on his game and has shown great improvement. Keep up the good work, Mason!
Will Phillips, who bowled a 300 game on lanes 11-12 in the Awesome Foursome League at Lucky Strike Bowl on December 29.
In the Ed Faulk Classic League on January 2, Ryan Tetreault gave it a good run and had a 299 game in league competition. Congratulations Ryan!
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KOFTH News - Courtesy Of Svet Vukomanovich
Tucson - - - What a great way to start a new year. Congratulations to Bryan Van Sickle for winning. He bowled consistent all day, on January 11. Congratulations go out to the other finalist, Rich Miller, Shawn Whitelaw. Rene Canes, Eddie Joe. Scores were up and down from all bowlers. The shot was a tough one. Thanks to all the bowlers. The next KoH will be 21 March 2026. Hope to see all of you there. Whatch for the flyer. Again congratulations to Bryan for the win.
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Thompson Tournament News - Courtesy Of Kristi Smith - Thompson.
Chandler - - - Congratulations to our January 2026 No Tap Winners!
We had 65 total entries. 61 in handicap and 9 in scratch
11 places cashed and we paid out $1935 in prize money, and $684 in side pots
Break the Bank rolled over and now sits with $730
Handicap Division winners:
1s tErick Duperron
2nd Jeffrey Nelson Jr
3rd Laura Kozma
4th Aaden Coor & Kathy Moody
6th Ben Livermore
7th Dave Nelson & Sammy Lee
9th Bill Cutler
Scratch to cash were:
1st Garrett Plum
2nd Nick Cox
Side Pot Payouts:
- High Games scratch paid out $14/game
- High Game Handicap paid out $55 for 1stand $37 for 2nd
- High Series Scratch paid $35 for 1st
- High Series Handicap paid $135 for 1stand $90 for 2nd
Brackets and side pots can be found on Tournament Bowl.com.
Don't miss our next event. We're doing a special Valentine's Mixed Scotch Doubles February 14th@ Bowlero Kyrene. We're still ironing out some details. Watch for the flyer to post and we'll be sure to format so we get out in time for our Valentine!!
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SFT News - Courtesy Of SFT
Mesa - - - Congrats to Gunnar Wilson for picking up his 2nd SFT AHT title this weekend, January 11, at AMF Mesa for $1,040! Thanks to everyone who came out and supported this event! If you would like to see more info about this event click this link for the results page:
https://aht.strikeforcetour.com/content/amf-mesa-11126
You can watch the final match from this event on our YouTube channel here: https://youtube.com/live/0CvJQm6eRb8
We are now recording the final matches LIVE on YouTube at events! We made this switch to make it easier for us to archive and organize matches and for members to be able to find their match. Please hit the like and subscribe!
We hope to see everyone at our next event in two weeks at Strike Force Event at Bowlero Via Linda (2 Squads)!
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SFT Update - Courtesy Of Craig Spencer.
Hello everyone!
Mesa: - - - We’re excited to share a quick recap of 2025 along with some fresh updates and changes coming in 2026. These improvements are designed to help Strike Force Tour Aht improve and make the overall member experience more valuable!
We’d love to hear your thoughts after checking out the video and our newly updated, improved rulebook—your feedback means a lot to us. We've added a entire new section devoted to our purpose, mission, and values.
We can’t wait to kick things off and see everyone this weekend at our season opener at Strike Force Event at AMF Mesa (2 Squads)!
Link to SFT AHT 2026 New Additions & 2025 Review: https://youtu.be/d8Mvy0ivp0Q
Link to Updated Rulebook: https://aht.strikeforcetour.com/.../2026-rule-book...
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