Sunday March 27, 2011 the second half of the JTBA regular season began at the beautiful Freeway Lanes of Wickliffe near Cleveland, Ohio for the 2011 version of the Cleveland Open. Scores were low as the players struggled on the tough 39 ft 2011 pattern from the Hoosier Classic Collegiate tournament!! Justin Netherland of Port Clinton, Ohio was the only player from the 110 player field to best the 200 mark, at +120 clearing the rest of the boys field by 140 pins. Maxx Tamburrino of Sandusky, Ohio was second at -20 aided by a near perfect 299 in the 11th game of qualifying to get the second seed in the Stepladder finals. 3rd seed was Wright State star Ryan Dobie of Springfield, OH at -30. Seeded 4th was Vandalia, Ohio's Eric Sacks at -46. The 5th player to reach the stepladdder had to be decided in a 1 game roll off as hometown favorite Ryan Ashby of Madison, Ohio tied with University of Toledo ace Jon Myers of Swanton, Ohio tied at -79. Myers would strike often in the roll of to best Ashby 244-160 to move on!!! Myers then struggled but survived Sacks in the 1st match 175-168.
Next up was Dobie posting a 223 with Myers needing a double in the 10th to win. It was not to be as Myers came up just short at 218. Dobie then moved on to face 2nd seed Tamburrino but a missed spare in the 8th frame by Max open the door for Dobie to advance 201-189. Netherland and Dobie exchanged some Brooklyn's and late trip 4's but Netherland finished with a timely turkey to take home the hardware and the $800 1st prize 214-198.
On the girls side Jerracah Heibel of Meadville, Pa lead qualifying at -115, followed by Justine Anderson of Cuyahoga Falls, Oh at -133, then Mary Wells of Westerville, Ohio and 4th was Lauren Krywy of Sterling Heights, MI at -151. Krywy also had high game for the girls at 258. Wells who struggled a bit in the 1st block roared back to take her 6th JTBA title of her career, running the ladder by defeating Krywy 192-168 in match 1 and Anderson in match 2 , 234-158 and she continued to strike in a great Championship match over Heibel 226-197. Wells netted $400 for the victory!!!!!
Next up the JTBA Youth Doubles at Rebmans Recreation Center in Lorain, Oh on April 10, 2011. It's filling fast so get your entries in early. If you need a partner please contact the JTBA office as we have some players looking!!
A reminder of the rules to be eligible for the Championships in June!!! You must bowl 5 of 11 events, 2 of the last 4 and make a cut to be eligible!!! Also Corby Anderson and Jacob Casto are coordinating a fund raiser for players to help with their Junior Gold trip to Las Vegas this summer. At the JTBA Doubles event we have a Bowl-A-Thon open to any JTBA member who is qualified for Junior Gold. An entry form will be available to down load on this website soon!! For more information please contact Corby or Jacob on Facebook or call them. Corby at (419) 606-4038 or Jacob at (440)787-6639Freeway Lanes Tournament Director Amy Salter with Cleveland Open Champ Mary Wells of Westervill, OHFreeway Lanes Youth Directer Keith Beavers with Champ Justin Netherland of Port Clinton,Oh