Pictured: Brandon JohnsonKroman.
Brandon JohnsonKroman wins 1st title at Bowlero Desert Sky! Story And Photo Courtesy Of SFT.
Our event this weekend was at Bowlero Desert Sky Lanes and we had nice little turnout with 66 total entries (43 qualifying and 23 economy parlay), 21 total cashers, and a 1 in 3.15 cash ratio and paid out over $3,200.00 in main and side event prize funds. Players bowled on the 42ft Autobahn oil pattern. Most of the players played in the middle of the lane trying to push their ball out past the 2nd arrow. This house typically has a lot of friction and it didn't take very long for the pattern to break down which forced players to move further left resulting in some very high scores. The average cut for today was about +100, which meant that bowlers had to bowl at least 20 or more pins higher than their regular average.
As always, we want to welcome our first-time bowlers to the SFT AHT family! We'd like to welcome Sara O'Conner, Craig Lester and Desirae Johnson-Kroman to our little bowling family! We hope you all had a good time at your first event and we look forward to seeing you at the next one! Congrats to Eddie Thompson on being this weekend's only Parlay Power Player. Eddie was able to advance to the quarterfinals through the $25.00 Economy Parlay! Your winner of the free plastic ball raffle, with an option to upgrade to any Track high-performance ball, was Taylor Massey.
The quarterfinals, like the rest of the event, were very high scoring with the standings tight and being determined by the final game of the quarterfinals. In the A Division, your #1 seed would be Eric Flick (+193) and he would have to take on SFT AHT veteran Dylan Taylor (+154). The B and C Divisions would cut down to the top bowler in each division, since the cut ratio is 1 in 3 and there were only 5 bowlers in the quarterfinals for those Divisions. Your leader in the B Division was Blake Cockerham (+121) and in the C Division it would be Brandon Johnson-Kroman (+144). Both Blake and Brandon would be seeded directly into the final match. In the A Division Semi-final match would see Eric Flick take a couple of frames to get lined up, which we then would see Dylan start off the match on a tear putting up a huge 266 game scratch to win, 266 to 250.
Going into the Final match, Dylan would seem to be the heavy favorite. He was looking for his 4th title of the 2019 season and 8th overall title, trying to catch up to the late, great Lynn Arthur who holds the record of SFT AHT titles with 10. What is truly amazing about Dylan's performance is that he gets zero handicap and most of his wins this season have been without any handicap. He would be giving up some pins in this match as Blake would receive 24 pins and Brandon would get 46 pins of handicap. Both Blake and Brandon were making their Finals debuts and both were looking to get their first SFT AHT title.
In the Finals, the match would start off with Dylan opening to put himself in a small hole. Brandon and Blake would both start out the gates quickly, striking and trying to build a lead. Blake would open in the third frame after leaving a nasty 5-6 split. Brandon would also open in the fourth by missing a ten pin. This would give Dylan a chance to get back into the match. After opening in the first frame Dylan would go on to throw a four-bagger and put himself back into the match. Blake would struggle with transition and would stay clean until the tenth frame finishing the match with a 209. Dylan would stone-9 in the eighth frame and ring ten the ninth frame. Going into the tenth he would need all three in order to put some pressure on Brandon to fill his frame. Dylan would show why he's the current player of the race leader by striking on all three balls to finish at 226. Brandon would need to mark in the tenth to win and his first ball looked good off his hand, but went high leaving the 3-6-10. Now he just needed a spare to win, but ended up chopping the 6-10 to finish at 226, which would result in a tie with Dylan and force a ninth-tenth frame roll off.
The ninth and tenth frame roll off would see Brandon receiving a pro-rated 9.2 pins of handicap while Dylan would receive zero handicap. Brandon would start off his ninth frame with a crushing strike. Dylan would get up next and throw all ten back in his ninth frame too. Dylan would finish his tenth frame with all three strikes to finish at 60 and forcing Brandon to double to win. Brandon would throw his first ball in the tenth for a strike; on his second ball everyone held their breath as he was able to crush the pocket for a strike and the win. He would finish the roll-off with a score of 67.2 giving him his first SFT AHT Title and $650.00! Congrats to Dylan Taylor for 2nd place and also to Blake Cockerham for finishing in 3rd place.
Thank you to everyone who came out this weekend and supported the event. We look forward to seeing you all next Sunday for our 3-Squad Standard event at Bowlero Kyrene! Happy Father's Day and have a great week!
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News From The JBT's.
Phoenix - - - Justin Song and Miya Greene win JBT titles at Let It Roll! Solomon Salama wins U17 and Aileen Linares takes Priority Girls Scratch. Really great stuff all day. Points should be updated in about an hour, keep refreshing our site and we’ll notify you here as well.
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Ferrell, Rolls A 299 At USBC Open Championships.
Las Vegas, NV. - - - Congratulations is being sent to Jonathan Ferrell, who rolled a 299 game at the USBC Open Championships. The game was rolled on lanes 43 and 44 at South Point, on June 14. Jonathan, who bowled in the team event, represented Strike Zone Pro Shop #1. He left a 6 pin on his last shot, that cost him a perfect game.
"I pulled it," he said, of his last shot. "I was really nervous."
Strike Zone Pro Shop is owned by Cedrick Bell, and is located inside AMF McCray Lanes in Chandler. Other team members include: Kyle Abbas, Bell, Jeremy Mcelliott, and Arthur Temp. The team itself rolled games of: 972, 1110, and 1020, for a total pin fall of 3,102.
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Cote Finishes Second, At Fountain Valley Open.
Fountain Valley, CA. - - - Congratulations goes out to Bryanna Cote, of Red Rock, who finished second in the 2019 PWBA Fountain Valley Open this past Saturday. The event was held at Fountain Bowl.
It's official... A Message From Golden Pin Lanes.
To our Valued Customers. .
Tucson - - - As you are probably aware Pima County purchased our building in 2018 and our yearlong lease is coming to an end. After 59 years in business it is with great sadness that we will be closing the bowl on Friday, June 21 at 10 pm.
We have enjoyed the journey and we are thankful to our leagues and customers who have been by our side. You are family to us and we will miss you.
We are proud to have been a part of the Tucson community and host to many state championships and professional tournaments. It has been a fun ride and we hope that after we are closed our name and memories will live on.
Thank you for your loyal patronage over the years. We wish you all the best.
The Staff at Golden Pin Lanes.
Tucson Bowl Offering Many League Choices For The Upcoming Season.
Tucson - - -The Tucson Bowl, 7020 E 21st Street, 2018/19 Fall League Schedule has been released. Come on by, check it out, and sign up for a fall bowling league. We are offering many different league choices. Tucson Bowl will have full season (32-36 weeks), and short season (12-16 weeks) leagues to choose from. We will have leagues for women only, for men only, Seniors (50+) only, and plenty of mixed (any combination of men and/or women) leagues. We will have sanctioned and non-sanctioned leagues, and will have some non-commitment leagues/events also. These leagues will start up in late August or early September. For additional information contact Tucson Bowl @ 520-747-1363.
No Tap Saturday Nights At Tucson Bowl.
Tucson- - - No Tap Saturday Nights at Tucson Bowl, 7020 E 21st Street, continues on Saturday Night June 8th, 2019. Last Saturday night we had 26 total entries and paid out $338.00 from the prize fund, and $42.00 from the optional shootout side pot, the strike pot was not hit and continues to grow. No Tap Saturday Nights at Tucson Bowl runs every Saturday night throughout the summer. For additional information call Tucson Bowl at 520-747-1363.
Fourth Of July Six Game Sweeper At Tucson Bowl.
Tucson - - -Tucson Bowl, 7020 E 21st Street, will be running a 4th of July 2019, 6 Game Sweeper. Check-in begins at 9:30 AM, bowling starts at 10:00 AM. Entry fee is $60.00, the oil pattern will be the Kegel Bourbon Street. There will be two divisions, "Scratch" (open to all bowlers, bowlers with averages of 200 and above must bowl in this division) and "Handicap" (averages of 199 and below, 90% of 200). You may enter 1 division only. For additional information contact Tucson Bowl at 520-747-1363.