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West Lane Bowl Juniors
By Correen Edgerly
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Some highlights of the weeks that have passed us by in
these summer leagues just can’t go by unnoticed. Our
juniors are at it again.
In the week of June 3
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Aydin Crutchfield rolled a 115
game in the Tuesday Bumpers, in the Tuesday Juniors
Danielle Acosta rolled a 100 game. Friday Junior Adult
had Ashley Rocco with a 215, Frankie Salazar 257, and
Silvano Gelsomini with a 224. In the Saturday Junior
Leagues starting with the Bumpers we had Cielo Galano
with a 100, in the Bantams it was Lillyanna Stockman
with a 111, the Preps had Jacob Norman with a 199 and
Evan Raponkus with a 123 and for the juniors Michael
Ross rolled a 114, Tommy Galano 210 and Frankie Sala-
zar a 210.
The week of June 10
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in the Tuesday Bumpers Jerome
Nisby Jr. had an 84 duplicate, Brandon Cesaro rolled a
108 and Brandon Acosta had a 129 game, in the Juniors
Danielle Acosta rolled a 105. Friday Junior Adult had
Ashley Rocco with a 211, Frankie Salazar 211, Tommy
Galano 227, and Eren Olguin 206. Saturday Bumpers
had Elias Flores with a 78 and William Cain a 77, Lilly-
anna Stockman posted a 91 in the Bantams, Jacob Nor-
man rolled his 190 and Josiah Deville his 123 game both
in the Preps, and in the Juniors it was Francisco Martinez
with a 255 and Zach Guffey 201.
The week of June 17
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Kenzie Routhier rolled a 108
game in the Tuesday Bumpers and in the Juniors Dan-
ielle Acosta rolled a 107 game. The Friday Junior Adult
had Silvano Gelsomini with a 226, Tommy Galano a 224
and Frankie Salazar a 106. Cielo Galano rolled a 80 and
William Cain a 72 both in the Saturday Bumpers and in
the Bantams it was Lillyanna Stockman with a 109, the
preps had Josiah Deville with a 121, Hailey Smith 109,
Faith Raponkus 111 and Evan Raponkus a 112 game,
and in the Saturday Juniors it was Mario Palacio with a
162, Francisco Martinez 215, Frankie Salazar 237, Mi-
chael Ross 129 and Tommy Galano 194.
In the week of June 24
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in the Tuesday Bumpers Bran-
don Acosta rolled a 100 game, in the Juniors we had
Danielle Acosta with a 115, Kevin Enad 123 and Yazmin
Crutchfield with a 108. Davis Fong rolled his 227 game
in the Friday Junior Adult, also in this league was Frankie
Salazar with a 224 and Silvano Gelsomini with a 211. In
the Saturday Leagues starting with the Bumpers Cielo
Galano rolled a 98, William Cain 91, Elias Flores 81, and
Victor Ventura 90, Lillyanna Stockman rolled her 113
game in the Saturday Bantams. Saturday Preps had
Jacob Norman with a 166, Alec Hernandez 120 and Evan
Raponkus 131, and in the Juniors it was Mario Palacio
with a 197, Frankie Salazar 234, Zach Guffey 198, Fran-
cisco Martinez 209 and Tommy Galano 198.
Wonderful bowling to all of you and until next month
may the pin fall be with you.
2017 Junior Gold Championships To Get Underway in Cleveland
With Record-Setting Field
By Aaron Smith or Jason Thomas
ARLINGTON, Texas –
The 2017 Junior Gold Championships presented by the Brands of Ebonite Interna-
tional will have a record field of approximately 3,500 youth bowlers when the 20th edition of the premier event
begins competition Monday in Cleveland.
The Junior Gold Championships features the top youth bowlers in the country seeking national titles, spots on
Junior Team USA and part of a $320,000 scholarship fund, also a tournament record. The tournament has 20-
and-under, 15-and-under and 12-and-under divisions for both boys and girls, for six total divisions.
The tournament will take place in seven centers across the greater Cleveland area – Freeway Lanes of
Parma, Wickliffe Lanes, Yorktown Lanes, AMF Brookgate Lanes, Game of Mentor, Roseland Lanes and Game
of Wickliffe.
Competitors in all divisions will bowl 16 qualifying games over four days before the field is cut. Bowlers in the
U20 and U15 divisions will bowl an additional five games before a second cut is made, and those making the
second cut will bowl another five games to determine the 16 bowlers for match play. In the U12 division, after
the initial cut, competitors will bowl an additional four games before the field is cut to the top eight for match
play.
Match play for each division will be a double-elimination bracket to determine the TV finalists. Each match will
be two games with total pinfall determining the winner.
The finals in each division will be taped Saturday, July 22, for broadcast on CBS Sports Network. The U12
finals will air July 25 at 8 p.m. Eastern, the U15 finals will air Aug. 1 at 8 p.m. Eastern and the U20 finals will air
Aug. 8 at 8 p.m. Eastern.
BowlTV will provide livestream coverage of the Junior Gold Championships, starting with the advancers round
in each division, until the TV finalists are determined.
Five of the six champions from the 2016 event in Indianapolis return in 2017, including three participants look-
ing to defend their titles.
Jeffery Mann of West Lafayette, Indiana, will return in hopes of adding a second U20 title to his collection,
while both U15 champions, Solomon Salama of Beverly Hills, California, and Mabel Cummins of Elburn, Illi-
nois, also return in the same age-based division.
Both U12 champions, Edgar Burgos of Dorado, Puerto Rico, and Hannah Diem of Seminole, Florida, will
move up to the U15 division in 2017.
Several competitors at the Junior Gold Championships also will earn spots on 2018 Junior Team USA.
The top four boys and top four girls in the U20 division after 26 games of qualifying automatically qualify for
2018 Junior Team USA, if they are age-eligible. In addition, the winner and runner-up after bracket play in the
U20 division also make the team. If one or both of the finalists in the bracket already earned a spot through
qualifying, the next age-eligible athlete based on the qualifying standings will take the spot. Bowlers must be
age 20 or younger as of Jan. 1, 2018 to be eligible.
The top age-eligible male and female bowler in the U15 divisions at the conclusion of 26 qualifying games
and the U15 bracket champions automatically qualify for the U15 Developmental team. These individuals must
be age 15 or younger as of Jan. 1, 2018.
Prior to the start of competition Monday, competitors will have the opportunity to experience a trade show, the
tournament’s Opening Ceremony and prepare for the 2017 event with the official practice sessions.
The trade show will take place Saturday, July 15, from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. at Huntington Convention Center Hall
C, while the Opening Ceremony will be Sunday, July 16, at the Cleveland Public Auditorium with doors opening
at 7 p.m. Practice will take place both days.
The 2017 Bowling.com Youth Open Championships also will take place in Cleveland, starting July 13.
This year’s event will be held at Game of Mentor on July 13-14, 21-24 and 29-30 and feature four age-based
divisions – U10, U12, U15 and U20 – in team, doubles, singles and all-events competition.
For more information on the Junior Gold Championships presented by the Brands of Ebonite International,
visit
To learn more about the Bowling.com Youth Open Championships,
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