PBA West Region Ends Season at The Point. Courtesy Of The PBA West Region. Photo Courtesy Of PBA West Region.
Las Vegas - - - What a way to complete an action packed season! Over 170 bowlers filled the South Point Plaza for the West Regions final event of 2023. Competitors battled the PBA Anthony pattern in hopes of securing an RPI automatic birth into the finals here in January.
After the first 2 matches in the step ladder, our final match came down between the #1 seed, Tom Hess Bowling, and the #2 seeded, Scott Critchfield of Canyon Country, CA. Just a few weeks ago, Critchfield bowled for the title in our members only event at Black Oak Casino but couldn’t close the door as the #1 seed. His experience in that match helped him gain confidence this week against the strongest field the West region has seen in quite a while. The poise and confidence that Hess had throughout the match showed why he is a Major Champion on the PBA Tour. He didn’t have the best look but stayed patient with a clean 226-169 win over Critchfield claiming his 15th career Regional title.
PBA50 Automatic RPI spots:
Scott Critchfield
Steve Smith
Jerry Vertigan
On the regular division side, our field of 86 bowlers was narrowed down to the top 12 with 4 more games to determine our step ladder and implications for year end awards.
Southwest region bowler, Deo Benard, opened the door for potential POY candidate PJ Haggerty, to walk his way into the stepladder and steal the points lead. The task proved too much to handle as National Tour Champion and local favorite, Darren Tang, ended his run. After a semi-final win over Matt Murtishaw, Tang was matched up against the #1 seed Cortez Schenck of Phoenix, AZ. Schenck was the 2022 PBA West Region ROY and lead the star studded field from game 2 till the final frame.
In the title match, Tang had carry issues, which he didn’t have the previous two games. Schenck stepped up in the tenth frame needing a double to shut Tang out and earn his 4th career title and second of the year. Like he did all tournament, he did just that as he defeated Tang, 230-207 and threw his hat into the POY race.
Automatic RPI spots:
Cortez Schenck
Matt Murtishaw
PJ Haggerty
A big thank you to the staff at the South Point Tournament Bowling Plaza for hosting 3 events this weekend for the PBA. We return in January for our annual RPI finals right here in this building where over $100,000 will be given away!
Complete results:
https://www.r2sports.com/website/standings.asp?TID=41440
PBA50:
https://www.r2sports.com/website/standings.asp?TID=41441
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JBT News - Courtesy Of JBT - Tucson Open.
Tucson - - - Cesar Padilla and Ethan Brancatelli picked up JBT titles in exciting Arizona Conference action at Bowlero Tucson.
Matthew Garrett made his season debut a success with a 182-152 win over Daryus Alo to begin the scratch division stepladder finals. Another relative newcomer, Caden Ament, stopped Garrett in another low scoring match 185-179 to reach the finals. Top seed Cesar Padilla would have none of the lower scoring pace, having earlier blasted 299 to consolidate the lead, and then putting on an impressive ten strike title match performance for a 265-198 win, good for the 8th title of his JBT career.
Alex London is off to a red hot start this season, and began his third finals with a 229-213 win over Matthew Christensen. He followed that up with a 238-215 win over Isaiah Pino to reach the title match. Another member of the large Cactus contingent, Ethan Brancatelli, fired a 263 scratch game to leap a congested field into the top seed, and was strong in the final game as well, defeating London for the first title of his JBT career.
Katelyn Abigania extended her all-time lead in Girls Scratch wins with a final victory over Kendall Bollea. Daryus Alo rebounded from rough results lately to beat Zackary Evans for the U17 title. Jordan Cox won a ball of his choice from our title sponsor, the brands of Brunswick. Thanks as always to Jacob Smith and his team for their usual flawless hosting job. Want in on all this fun for all skill levels? Just check out our schedule and come on down!
Results From Sunday November 12.
Tucson - - -Rene Canez and Jon Abigania had the antidotes, capturing JBT titles in 'pick your poison' format action at Bowlero Tucson.
In this format, top seeded bowlers choose who they want to bowl in a matchplay bracket. Sixteen finalists were carved down to four in each division. In scratch, Katelyn Abigania outstruck Juan Canez 259-234, while Rene Canez (no relation) got past Mason Snow 240-212 to set up the title match. The day's pattern had played tricky in qualifying, but the talented field really opened it up in matchplay, with Brock Bivins and Canez each throwing their first JBT 300s, with Rene adding a 289 later for good measure. The final was a score-fest as well, with each throwing great shots and putting up Xs. In the end, Canez' clutch tenth frame double shut out Katelyn, and the win earned him his first career JBT title.
The handicap final four featured two of the Cactus 'mafia', but they went to bowl with the fishes in that round, with Katelyn's brother Jon Abigania stopping Sam Winemiller 221-198, and Peyton Lee halting Miguel Espinoza 220-160 to set up the final game. Lee had been lucky to get in the field when one qualifier could not continue, and made the most of it to get all the way to the final, but the luck ran out there. Jon rolled a big game to avenge Katelyn's loss and claim the 6th title of his still young JBT career, making it over 20 titles combined for the amazing Abigania kids!
Katelyn was able to sweep the girls scratch weekend, this time with a win over Mackenzie Paige, while Jason Gootzeit, beatDaryus Alo for the U17 win (in the first game of matchplay when top seed Alo chose him for the round one match). Big thanks as always to JBT alum Jacob and his team for their usual great hosting job! Want in on all the fun for all ages and skill levels? Just check out our schedule, and come on down!
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Bowlero Bakers News - Courtesy Of Kristi Smith-Thompson.
Mesa - - - We had our first 5 person bakers team event November 4th. Congratulations to our winners!
We max'd out with 40 teams, filling Bowlero Mesa. We had 15 in the 925 & 25 in the 1075 cap
We raised $417 for the Mesa Strikers youth bowlers with our brackets, 50/50 & donations.
10 teams made stepladder rounds. We paid out $8000 in prize money, and $4800 in side pots
One team shot a 300 winning the $640 pot. Joe Thompson, Josh Thompson, Justin Thompson, Carlton Aspin & Kyle Abbas
925 Division:
Stepladder finals had 5 teams:
- first round was Michael Pospeshil vs Pam York with Pospeshil's team advancing to the next round
- next was Pospeshil vs Renee Haney with Haney's team taking the win in a sudden death roll off
- 3rd round was Haney vs Gabe Allison with Haney's team advancing in the sudden death roll off
- Final match was Haney vs Buddy Darnell's team. Team Haney took the win
High Games paid out $80 to each team: Armenta 193, Allison 202, 229 & 236, Stewart 232 & 202, Darnell 202, 190 & 205 and Haney 210
High Series paid $240: Buddy Darnell's team with their 1871
1075 Division:
Stepladder finals had 5 teams:
- first round was Tyler Andersen's team vs Joe Thompson's with Andersen's taking the win in a sudden death roll off
- next was Andersen vs Traveshamockery. Team Andersen again advanced to the 3rd round
- 3rd was Andersen vs Just House Bowlers, with Just House Bowlers taking the 2 games
- Final match up was Just House Bowlers vs Bowl Better. Each team won a game sending it to sudden death, with Just House Bowlers taking the victory
High Games paid out $240 each team: Bender 257, Weyrauch 266, Bender & Weyrauch split a pot with a 254, Garrow & Norton split with a 243, On Strike 265 & 257, Norton 256, Thompson 300, Garrow 278 Bowl Better 269
High Series paid $720: On Strike 2277
This was such a fun event. We will definitely be adding another. Thank you all who came out and supported us and helped raise money for our youth bowlers. Also a shout out to Gary Roff for running our brackets!.
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New Date Announced For MPUSBC Senior Masters And Queens - Courtesy Of MPUSBC.
Phoenix - - - Metro Phoenix USBC will be postponing the Senior Masters, Super Senior Masters and Senior Queens. The new date will be January 21, 2024. Please save the date and will have more information coming soon! Thank you! And just a reminder that the BVL tournament online entry closes this evening! If you haven't signed up, now is the time to do so!!
https://webapps.bowl.com/USBC.Registration/registration...
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Final Standings - Partial List - 2023 -24 Pepsi Sectionals AZ State USBC. For A Complete List, Please Visit AZ State USBC.Org.
North Youth Sectionals Held November 4-5, 2023 At Let It Roll Bowl In Phoenix.
South Youth Sectionals Held November 4-5, 2023 At Cactus Bowl In Tucson.
North Pepsi U8/U10, U10 Boys, Scratch 1 Costantino William J. 2 426 Mesa, AZ 2 Gutierrez Cash D. 3 297 Tempe, AZ 3 McWilliams Glenndon Jr 5 271 Kingman, AZ 4 Pesqueira Damian 5 230 Kingman, AZ 5 Haas Conner 5 172 Kingman, AZ.
North Pepsi U8/U10, U10 Girls, Scratch 1 Serafini Madeleine L. 4 518 PEORIA, AZ 2 Guilin Alexis M. 1 358 LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ 3 Long Sidney L. 1 276 LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ 4 Long Addison S. 1 267 LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ 5 Pineda Kale'a O. 2 214 Mesa, AZ.
North Pepsi U8/U10, U8 Boys, Scratch 1 Sera Jaxsin 5 265 Kingman, AZ 2 Linderman Lane R. 5 215 Kingman, AZ.
North Pepsi U8/U10, U8 Girls, Scratch 1 O'Brien Allyson L. 1 342 LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ 2 Rivera Kinzley 3 214 Tempe, AZ.
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South Pepsi U8-U10, U10 Boys, Scratch 1 Harden Noah L. 3 334 Sierra Vista, AZ 2 Valdez Jeremy 1 292 Tucson, AZ 3 Downes Hayden 1 279 Tucson, AZ.
South Pepsi U8-U10, U10 Girls, Scratch 1 Murillo Maggie M. 2 370 Casa Grande, AZ 2 Totoonchie Payton A. 2 366 Casa Grande, AZ 3 Downes Serenity 1 270 Tucson, AZ.
South Pepsi U8-U10, U8 Boys, Scratch 1 Coleman Chance 3 224 Sierra Vista, AZ .
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11 & Under, Boys, Handicapped 1 Lowe Ronald 3 731 PEORIA, AZ 2 Reyes London C. 8 717 Phoenix, AZ 3 Spring Jaemasen L. 6 711 Tempe, AZ 4 Workman Jaden E. 3 697 PEORIA, AZ 5 Soltz Parker K. 4 696 Prescott Valley, AZ 6 Costantino William J. 2 693 Mesa, AZ 7 Sera Bransin 7 681 Kingman, AZ 8 Whitley Braylon 3 672 PEORIA, AZ 9 Sera Jaxsin 7 671 Kingman, AZ 10 Hughes Jacob A. 3 669 PEORIA, AZ 10 Price Cain T. 6 669 Tempe, AZ 12 Spetrino Nathaniel A. 3 662 PEORIA, AZ.
11 & Under, Girls, Handicapped 1 Workman Savanah M. 3 725 PEORIA, AZ 2 Simpson Chanel M. 3 694 PEORIA, AZ 3 McLelland Aubrey L. 5 689 Chandler, AZ 4 Sibilla Caylee A. 3 677 PEORIA, AZ 5 Guilin Alexis M. 1 671 LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ 6 Piekarski Alianna V. 5 669 Chandler, AZ 7 Kuykendall Addisyn 4 667 Prescott Valley, AZ 8 Aubree Kiec 3 665 PEORIA, AZ 9 Wall Anastasia L. 3 656 PEORIA, AZ 10 Long Addison S. 1 655 LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ 11 Williams Riley 4 642 Prescott Valley, AZ.
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North Handicap Sectional 12 & Above, Boys, Handicapped 1 Wasson Caden H. 7 1,069 Tempe, AZ 2 Vasquez Jacob N. 7 998 Tempe, AZ 3 Rabins Garrett J. 5 989 Prescott Valley, AZ 4 Duong Jaden 4 973 PEORIA, AZ 5 Wilkins Drake 6 968 Chandler, AZ 6 Fincham Devin Q. 4 955 PEORIA, AZ 7 Glass Thomas A. 2 954 Mesa, AZ 8 Coates Terrell L. 4 948 PEORIA, AZ 9 Norris Chase R. 2 940 Mesa, AZ 10 Schlinsog Michael 8 934 Kingman, AZ 11 Carlo Cameron C. 1 924 LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ 12 Hill Garrett E. 1 921 LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ.
North Handicap Sectional 12 & Above, Girls, Handicapped 1 Michaelson Donna A. 4 920 PEORIA, AZ 2 Yazzie Domunique 5 917 Prescott Valley, AZ 3 Chaney Skyler B. 6 914 Chandler, AZ 4 Womble Madilyn 5 900 Prescott Valley, AZ 5 Whorton Isabel D. 5 878 Prescott Valley, AZ 6 Sharif Alia S. 5 869 Prescott Valley, AZ 7 Lynnes Emaleah D. 1 864 LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ 8 Gaines Paityn 2 853 Mesa, AZ 9 Thomson Nevaeh 8 848 Kingman, AZ 10 Cober Monroe 4 831 PEORIA, AZ 11 Chaffin Hailey 4 814 PEORIA, AZ 12 Whorton Kylie P. 5 808 Prescott Valley, AZ
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