Our event this weekend was at AMF Desert Hills and we had a low turnout. We had a total of 38 entries (32 qualifying and 6 economy parlays) with 14 prize winners and a 1 in 2.71 cash ratio, paying out $1,875 in prize funds. The players bowled on the 50 ft 2023 USBC Jr. Gold - Qualifying (U15B & U20BG) oil pattern that provided a medium to higher scoring pace throughout the event.
No one hit the Momma’s Mystery Score so that money will roll over to our next event. Your winner of the drawing for the free plastic ball, with the option to upgrade to any high-performance Track ball for $99.00, was Seth Krich!
There were 12 competitors who made it to the cashers round. Coming out of the A Division, Dave Inoshita would move straight on to the finals with a score of 704. The B Division would see Marc Bakunowski (+98) vs. James Roethle (+96). Their match would fall in the hands of James, 215-169. The C Division would see newcomer, Johnathal Hall, move on straight to the finals with a set of 629 (+29) .
We would have a mix of people in the finals, with Johnathan bowling in their first ever Strikeforce, whereas James would be looking for his 5th title. The finals would start off with Johnathan having a really rough start, which would give Dave and James big early leads to start off the match. Halfway through the match, Dave would have the opportunity to be the first bowler to double in the match and he would end up splitting, which would then give James the upper hand. James would take full advantage and never looked back, putting multiple strikes together in the back half o f the game to easily win over the other two opponents as well as taking home the $390 top prize and his 5th title! The final scores were 223 (Roethle) - 187 (Inoshita) - 186 (Hall).
Thank you to everyone that came out this weekend to bowl our tournament. We can’t run tournaments like these without you guys! Thanks to the entire staff at AMF Desert Hills for having us out this weekend. As always, if you have any feedback, please let us know how we can further accommodate bowlers and improve our tournaments. We’ll be back at AMF Chandler this weekend for another standard 2-squad event. See ya there!
Video Link to Final Match: https://youtube.com/live/0LEYZHmy0cs?feature=share
