The Junior Tournament Bowlers Association held its very popular Adult-Junior event once again at the beautiful Southwyck Lanes in southwest Toledo and once again with a nearly full field of 94 teams Sherri, Steve and the great staff handled the crowd beautifully. Thanks to everyone at Southwyck for their support and dedication to making this a very successful event. Also thanks to Steve for the great modified house pattern that worked well to provide some big scores without being a shootout!! One 300 game in the first game of qualifying by Ken Jesse of Huber Heights, OH was high for the adult men and a 265 by Kristi Kerr of Saginaw, MI was high for the women. Boys high game was a 280 in game 2 by Zeke Bayt of Westerville, OH, while the girls high game was tossed by Kristen Keenan of Centerville, OH who had a 278 in game 3. Angela Wilt and Breanne Schmansky

Leading qualifying for the girls was the team of Nicole Mosesso and Jane Bloom of Centerville, OH at +183. It took a score of -63 to make the Baker match play finals. Reaching the final 4 were Courtney Cox and Jennifer Owens of Dayton, OH who defeated the number 1 seed Mosesso/Bloom in the Round 8, 3 to 1. They faced the 4 seeds Brianne Schmansky and Angela Wilt from Westland, MI in the semi’s and Schmansky/Wilt prevailed 2-0 to reach the championship match. Opposing them in the finals was be Westerville’s Mary Wells and 2008-2009 JTBA Player of the Year Joy Arrigo, who advanced by defeating last months champ Blair Blumenscheid and her partner Ashley Stahurski of Bexley OH, 2-1. In the Championship match Schmansky would strike in all of her 5 frames to lead her team to a 218-183 win and take home the $500 scholarship. Wells would garner $250 for her second place effort. Our Junior Gold Qualifiers for the girls were Ashley Howe and Beth Crossen.

Leading the field in the boys division were a pair of JTBA veterans and Wright State University players Ryan Dobie of Springfield, OH and Jay Foote of Worthington, OH at a stellar +328. It took a score of +156 to advance to the 16 team match play field. Foote lead all players at +320. Dobie/Foote advanced to the finals by besting Northfield Center, OH’s Bryce Postolka and Jason Johnson of Macedonia, OH in the semi-finals 205-168. Facing Dobie/Foote in the finals would be McMurray PA’s J.R. Martino and former JTBA and PBA exempt player Joe Bailey, who struck often defeating Jacob Casto of Vermillion,OH and his partner PBA player Chris Loschetter 245-211. In the title match Dobie/Foote started strong with a turkey and then caught a key double in the 8th and 9th to earn the crown as Martino/Bailey lost the carry with 4 straight 9 counts to start the match, finishing with a turkey in the 9th and 10th but falling short 209-200. This is Foote 1st JTBA title and Dobie’s 2nd. Junior Gold Qualifiers for the boys were Richard Galya Jr. of North Braddock, PA, J.R. Martino of McMurray, PA and Chad Hoover of Davison MI. Jay Foote and Ryan Dobie

Our next stop is Thanksgiving weekend on November 29, 2009, when the JTBA will hold our annual Pepsi/Park Lanes open at Park Lanes in Mansfield, OH. Park and Pepsi will be adding to the prize fund so this is always a great event. This will be our final event of this calendar year as we move into our break for High School bowling. If you couldn’t get you shirt in Toledo we apologize for not having enough time to distribute them. They will be available in Mansfield! A special note of thanks goes to our helpers in Toledo; John Netherland, Chris Creeks, and Rich and Richard Galya. Good-luck to our High School bowlers this season and we look forward to your return to JTBA.