Bowling World Aug/Sep 2019

32 www.bowlingworld.com - August/September 2019 JUNIORS SDLV Srikers Win USA Bowling National Championships U12 Title The SDLV Strikers, from left: Sebastian Huffman, Katelyn Abigania, coach Gary Oatis, Avery Domaguin, Elias O’Hollaren By Terry Bigham ALLEN PARK, Mich. – The Southwest Region champion SDLV Strikers fought back from an early deficit to take home the U12 title at the 2019 USA Bowling National Championships presented by Sixlets. CBS Sports Network aired the best-of-five title match held at Thunderbowl Lanes. Against DKJ Pro Shop, the Northeast Region champion, the SDLV Strikers found themselves down 24 pins after three frames in the opening game. But Katelyn Abigania, the two-time U12 Jun- ior Gold champion, started a string of three strikes for the Strikers while DKJ Pro Shop missed two single-pin spares, allowing the Strikers to grab a 1-0 lead with a 189-169 victory. DKJ Pro Shop bounced back to take the next two games by scores of 189-136 and 188-166. Kai Strothers led the charge by rolling six consecutive strikes over Games 2 and 3. “There was no nervousness with the kids,” SDLV Strikers coach Gary Oatis said. “They were talk- ing with each other, different balls they wanted to try. Sometimes I said yes, sometimes I had to say no. We were right there, all we had to do was keep going. They just needed a little bit of encouragement.” The Strikers admitted that, down 2-1, they were still loose though they knew there was no room for error. “We were talking to each other,” Avery Domaguin said. “I was singing. I sing whenever I bowl. If I focus too much, I over think.” Despite starting and finishing Game 4 with open frames, the Strikers won the game, 174-154, to force a deciding Game 5. “It was definitely stressful,” Abigania said of dropping two games and having to battle back. “But we tried not think about it, and we just tried to take one frame at a time.” Her teammate, Elias O‟Hollaren, the 2019 Junior Gold U12 boys champion who said he was eating a salad during the TV show, added, “I just tried to have fun the last game.” In Game 5, the teams were tied through six frames. Domaguin struck for SDLV only to have Wil- liam Cunningham answer with a strike for DKJ Pro Shop But while SDLV‟s Abigania and O‟Hollaren converted single-pin spares in the eighth and ninth frames, respectively, DKJ Pro Shop‟s Ronin Rivera and Donaven Kline each had difficult spare at- tempts and could not convert. Sebastian Huffman stepped up in the final frame needing eight pins to close out the match and delivered, knocking down nine on his first shot as the Strikers claimed the title with a 155-144 victory in the deciding game. Huffman, who was on the U12 runner-up team at last year‟s USA Bowling National Champion- ships, said that experience helped him to be better prepared this time around. “There was something different this time,” Huffman said. “I didn‟t shake every shot.” The USA Bowling National Championships brought together the champions from 16 regional tourna- ments in the U12 and U15 divisions. The 32 teams bowled 15 matches in qualifying, using a modi- fied Baker format, to determine seeding for the double-elimination match-play bracket. Teams bowled the best-two-of-three Baker matches to determine the teams for the national title matches. BowlTV.com provided livestream coverage of qualifying and the match-play bracket. CBS Sports Network w ill televise the U15 title match of the USA Bowling National Championships on Tuesday, Aug. 27, at 9 p.m. (Eastern). West Lane Bowl Juniors BY Correen Edgerly Check Out Our Website And Facebook Page For Upcoming Events And Special Coupons Winter leagues will start back up the week of September 9 th , come in and sign up to receive your free game before league starts. The week of 6/29 had Catherine Quinones with a 190 game, Anthony Nava posted a 146 and Kyle Knight had a 164 all in the Friday Junior Adult. In the Tuesday Juniors Aizik Juarez rolled a 137, Andrew Juarez 142 and 3 rd brother Robbie Juarez had a 140 game. Santi Martin posted his 103 in the Saturday Bumpers, in the juniors we had Salvador Lowen with a 158, and Xavier Martin with a 177. In the Saturday Scratch Masters Emily Rose rolled a 246, Isa- bella Reft 245, Matthew Maragos 258, Lorenzo Lew 263, Zach Guf- fey 255, and Jason Silva 235. In the Tracy Ford Parts Friday Junior Adult Eveie Woodard rolled a 276 game, Greg Nunez 237, Jesse Montenegro 179 and David Mixon 251. Robbie Juarez rolled his 177 game in the Tuesday Jun- iors. In the Saturday bumpers Amelia Kroinzan rolled a 104, Hailey Smith posted her 232 game in the Saturday Juniors and in the Scratch Masters Logan Woolen posted a 267, Alejandro Gonzales 225, Jason Silva 238, and Nick Johnson 247. Justin Watty had a 196, Hailey Smith 200 and Logan Woolen 227 all in the week of 7/13 in the Tracy Ford Parts Friday Junior Adult. Shawn Cannon rolled a 106 and Amelia Koinzan had a 100 game both in the Saturday Bumpers. In the Juniors Emarion Riven posted a 227, and in the Scratch Masters Logan Woolen rolled a 267, Darci Bussman 220, Emily Rose 277, Skyler Wheatcraft 232, and Zach Guffey 250. Last but not least the week of July 20 th had these great scores in the Tuesday Juniors Ali Kharufeh 108, Liela Kharufeh 108 and Jerome Nisby Jr. 101. Wonderful bowling to all of you and until next month may the pin fall be with you. GSA USBC Ralph Sutton Memorial Scholarship Congratulations to Sabrina Bennett and Alex Flater who are the GSA USBC Ralph Sutton Memorial Scholarship recipients!! They will each be receiving a $1,000 scholarship!! We are very proud of both of you for your hard work and dedication to the game of bowl- ing!! Good luck to both of you this fall in college!