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Happy New Year To All! May 2023 Be A: Happy, Healthy, And Prosperous One. For Everyone In The Bowling Community.
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JBT News - Courtesy Of JBT. Bowlero Mesa Event December 10-11.
Mesa - - - A Nevada team and an Arizona team picked up JBT titles in exciting action at the popular annual AZ Doubles, this year honoring 10-time champ Labriel Leach, who we lost earlier this year.
The Baker-format scratch division stepladder finals began with Josh Molloy and Nick Barrieault outscoring Katelyn Abigania and Clay Rees 248-237. In an all-GCU second round, Josh and Nick again emerged victorious, this time over Mathew Adragna and Anthony Scharton. Top seeds Andrew Guba and Cerell Cardines were a formidable duo, with Andrew already winning twice this season, and Cerell coming off that five-title finish to his JBT career. It looked like Barrieault and Molloy had the answer to stop them and climb the ladder, but a tenth frame open flipped the match the other way, and a relieved Andrew and Cerell took home the title, the 4th and 23rd of their respective careers.
The mother-son team of Kristen and Connor Meliska opened up the handicap stepladder with a 216-143 win over first-time finalists Everett Parker and Jeremy Lorenzo. A close second match saw Max Diaz-Gonzalez and Caden Rose squeezing by the Meliskas 163-156. That left top seeds London Reyes and Caden Henk, who had bowled great en route to leading five of seven rounds. However, they could not find the same look they had all day, and Max and Caden took advantage with a good enough game to win their first career JBT titles each.
As part of remembering Labriel, a large addition to the day's raffle and prize fund was organized by Beezy's good friend Bryanna Cote. Huge thanks to her and the many alumni and adults who always come back to bowl with today's JBT kids and make this a special day annually on the JBT calendar. Thanks also of course to Jodi, Tiffani, and the team at Mesa for their usual great hosting job. Want in on all this fun for all skill levels? Just check out our upcoming schedule and come on down!
A talented team of Las Vegans almost won the So Cal version of the Baker Shootout, then retooled to stop a tough defending champ team in Arizona, in fun and exciting JBT action at Bowlero Mesa.
All 28 teams each rolled 10 Baker games before the top 8 moved on to head to head matchplay. The #8 team, incorrectly called "No Brains" no matter what their team t-shirts said, got in by one pin, upset the top seeds in round one, but fell to the Las Vegas team in the semifinal. The other semi was a real clash of the titans, with the defending champs (a Bollea, a PBA director Blanchard, and three Abiganias) getting past this year's version of 'Dahdoul Textiles', featuring all-timer old-timers Cortez Schenck and Wesley Low, to set up the finale.
After a close loss in Montclair, Sebastian and JP added red-hot Andrew Guba and JT and Jon Verde, and they were able to sweep the final matchup 2-0 for the title. It's Huffman's 6th, Guba's 5th, JT's third, and first for JP and Jon.
A Huge thanks to Tiffani, Jodi and the team at Mesa for being their usual great hosts, and to all the alumni and adults for bowling and making his weekend a perennial favorite. Want in on all this fun? Just check out our schedule and come on down!
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First Tucson Metro For 2023 Around The Corner. Courtesy Of Mark Kerr.
Tucson - - - The first tournament for 2023 on the Tucson Metro USBC calendar is coming up, the 73rd Annual Women's Open Championships, January 21-22 at Fiesta Lanes.
Tucson Metro USBC wants to thank Candy and the staff at Fiesta Lanes for hosting the tournament. Lino Nava Jr is the Tournament Director.
The team event will take place on Saturday, January 21, 1 p.m. and the singles and doubles evens will take place Sunday, January 22, 9:30 a.m.
Deadline for entries is January 13. Tournament applications are at your Tucson bowling centers and online at tucsonmetrousbc.com.
For more information, please call (520) 591-0622.
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E&BC Tournaments January Event... Courtesy Of Eric Carroll.
Phoenix - - - Location: AMF Union Hills in Phoenix, AZ. When: Saturday, 1/21/23. Handicap Tournament Event Entry Fee $60.00; Prize Fund Incentive (PFI)(aka Progressive) $25.00; Re-Entry Fee $50.00; 1st squad offers a Win-A-Spot w/PFI (Progressive) $30.00. 2 Squads: 1st squad check in 11am - 12pm w/ tourney play at 12pm. 2nd squad check in 1:30pm-2:30pm w/ tourney play at 2:30pm. All totals ordered high to low. Cut to cashers finals 1 in 5. Finals/Cashers round 3 games w/ a cut to the top 3 bowlers for elimination rounds at approximately 3:30pm. If you qualify, you cash. High game and series pots available. Eliminator and brackets available. We are also offering a scratch alibi side event at $30.00. You will be bowling on the E&BC Tournaments Sapphire Oil Pattern. $2.00 of the PFI will rollover to the end of year final event along with $3.00 of the entry fee, in which the end of year event to be November/December 2023. We will be accepting Venmo up until 1/18/22. You can Venmo entry fee only ($60.00) to: @E-BCTournaments, Contact me via messenger for other options to pay entry fee prior to tournament date. Day of the event is cash only. Any questions, or if you'd like to sign up early you can email me at ebc_tournaments@yahoo.com.
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More To Come.