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- October 2017
Schwartz Leads Junior Team USA As
2017 Pabcon Youth Championships
Concludes In Mexico
By Aaron Smith
ARLINGTON, Texas
– Stephanie Schwartz of
Racine, Wisconsin, put together an inspired effort for
Junior Team USA at the 2017 Pan American Confed-
eration Youth Championships, taking home four gold
medals to highlight a week of competition in Monterrey,
Mexico.
The 2017 event concluded Friday at Bol Obispado
and featured countries from the American Zone split
into two age-based divisions – 21-and-under and 16-
and-under – for singles, doubles, mixed doubles (U16
only), trios (U21 only), team and Masters competition.
Medals also were award for all-events.
Junior Team USA only competed in the U21 division.
The girls team, featuring Schwartz, Breanna Clemmer,
Sydney Brummett and Julia Bond, cruised to the top
spot in the medal count with a total of 11 medals, in-
cluding gold medals in four of six events.
The boys team included Brandon Biondo, Jeffery
Mann, Kennon McFalls and Cortez Schenck. The Jun-
ior Team USA boys matched Canada for the most
medals with five but was unable to record a win
throughout the week, taking home one silver medal and
four bronze medals.
Schwartz, a 21-year-old right-hander, kicked off com-
petition Sunday by winning singles, and she teamed
with Clemmer on Monday to earn the top spot on the
medal stand in doubles. Schwartz, Clemmer and Brum-
mett claimed gold in trios Tuesday, and Schwartz’s
overall effort for 24 games helped her to the all-events
win with a 5,080 total, a 211.66 average.
―It felt really good to win gold for the first time, and it
means the world to be able to do it in my final year on
Junior Team USA,‖ said Schwartz, who helped
Stephen F. Austin win the 2016 NCAA Women’s Bowl-
ing Championship. ―I tried to stay calm, make great
shots and knew my teammates were there to support
me no matter what. I will always remember this mo-
ment, but I hope to have more opportunities to compete
on the adult team in the future. I’m really grateful for all
of the opportunities I’ve had in this program.‖
Schwartz also added a pair of bronze medals in team
and Masters to finish off a dominating performance at
Bol Obispado. Schwartz was the only player in either
U21 division to medal in every event.
Previous opportunities to represent the United States
at the 2014 and 2016 World Bowling Youth Champion-
ships and 2015 PABCON Youth Championships saw
the four-time Junior Team USA member take home a
total of five medals, but she was unable to strike gold
along the way.
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2017 Reno Jr/Adult Invitational
by Debbie Haggerty
It is hard to believe it’s been 19 years since we started this tournament. Many
bowlers still come every year and say they wouldn’t miss it for anything. Seeing
friends we have made over the years and catching up is a special part of what this
event brings each year. Many of the kids are now adults, parents, and coaches.
We’ve seen some great youth directors retire and lost a few friends over the years.
Getting to know such great people and sharing our stories is such a blessing and
makes me so grateful to have met them and gotten to know them. This is truly a
special event.
This year we hosted 339 doubles teams and 132 teams with a prize fund of $10,
935.00. We added $2885.82 to our prize fund from unassigned SMART funds.
Next year will be our 20
th
year and our final year as directors. The dates for next
year are July 27-29. I hope everyone will put some teams together and make it the
best sendoff ever. The Stadium will be undergoing some major renovation in 2019
and after that a new tournament may emerge that will be managed by some of our
current staff, Lisa and Anthony Morrison. We will keep you posted on that!
This years’ Champions and top 3 finishers are as follows:
Division 1 Team
: Ben and Clark Walmer, Patrick Dabatos and PJ Haggerty, Har-
vest Park Bowl with a 2599
2
nd
Place goes to Team Dabatos, Patrick Dabatos, Noah Tom, Nichole Hiraoka and
Ceejay Godizano with 2482; 3
rd
was Classic team Jaylen Frankos, Manuel Dacasin
Jr, CJ Godizano and Nicholas Postag with 2425
Division 2 Team:
Jacob and Jay Motas, Michael Demello III and Anthony Bianucci
from Harvest Park Bowl with a 2331, tied with the team of Alice Lozendo, Tiana
Cruz, Joanne Alibayan and Jaylen Francos from Classic Bowling Center
3
rd
Place was Classic Team #12 Janice Enriquez, Dollar Dacasin, Hazel Pettit and
Tony ―TJ‖ Pettit with 2314
Division 3 Team
: Lizzy Carli, Breanne Billman, Michele Golder and Manny Castillo
Sr from Valley Center Bowl with a 2155
2
nd
place Gardena #1, Nicole and Vic Camou, J’nei Shepard and Brandon Pekins
with a 2149; 3
rd
Place Boardwalk Bowl Unbowlievable, Kalia Allen, Zina Augustine,
Adriana Preston and Andrew Cameron with a 2142
Division 1 Doubles
: Manuel Dacasin Jr and Robert Hiraoka, 1380, Classic BC
2
nd
: Nicholas Postag and Robert Hiraoka, 1374, 3
rd
Calvin Au and David Chen 1327
Division 2 Doubles:
Tanner and Jim Ferguson from Cerritos Lanes, 1267
2
nd
: Hannah and Jay Ahlquist, Knotty Pines, 1250, 3
rd
Lane Pierce and Ty Cabanilla,
Valley Center, 1246
Division 3 Doubles: Miranda Griffin and Tyler Matsumura, Gardena Bowl, 1144
2
nd
: Breanne Billman and F. Tom Cabanilla, Valley Center, 1139, 3
rd
Connor Steel-
mon-Hill and JerellManeja, Cerritos Lanes, 1133
The only 300 this year was bowled by PBA member PJ Haggerty, who also rolled a
nice 814 series. Patrick Dabatos just missed perfection with a 299/717.
Men’s high scores
: Royce Agustin 274/732, Roman Dacasin 285/725, Robert Hira-
oka 246/712, Anthony Morrison 266/704, Jay Ahlquist 268/701, Clark Walmer
268/674, Paul Zumstein 256/669, Brett Kociemba 264/669, Anthony Bianucci
262/668, Ty Cabanilla 236/667, Chris Alvarez 256/663, Jaylen Frankos 246/660,
Adam Smith 253/657, Jonathan Cariaga 257/655, Joshua Durfee 234/654, Ceejay-
Godizano 254/652, Maynard Hinton 264/649, Andrew Cameron 254/648, Patrick
Young 250/641, Jerell Maneja 250/637, Tyler Matsumura 278/633, Dwayne Hunter
255/633, Vic Camou 268, Derrick Mar 253, Danny Alvarado 267
Women’s High Scores
: Tammy Herzog 213/610, Rose Young 215/589, Briana
Juhl 210/588, Nichole Hiraoka 215/585, Amy Hepperle 226/580, Hazel Pettit
207/561, Mimi Chang 214/538, Renee Byers 205/537, Janice Enriquez 214/533,
JannetteAlcober 204/504, Christine Harper 200/464
Boys High Scores
: Calvin Au 269/723, Daniel Chin 279/715, Nicholas Postag
275/714, Jason Gee 257/695, Brandon Muraoka 237/678, Max Dumpit 278/674,
Manuel Dacasin Jr 237/668, Preston Martin 266/655, Ronnie Lockwood 234/652,
Noah Tom 268/633, Kynan Prach 232/631, Jacob Gaddam 225/631, Javier Marga-
rito 243/624, Brett Kranz 268/618, Adam Roura 225/612, Tyler Costa 238/611, Tan-
ner Ferguson 234/608, Andrew Rose 234/604, Michael Demello III 227/595, Alika
Kaleo 247/593, Lane Pierce 220/593, Ben Walmer 227/588, Ivan Escolar 243/586,
Joshua Gaddam 245/585, Tony ―TJ‖ Pettit 235/582, Alyxier-Jared Lozendo 234/575,
Colton Sperl 246, Zachary Maneja 255/568, Brandon Huynh 233, Austin Costes
209/555, Robby O’Neill 230/553, Jordan Hamano 222/553, Davion Bell 202/551,
Tanner Webb 223, Achilles Reyes 221, James Mason 221, Christian Chan 230,
Tristan Cruz 200/530, Austin Nishihakamada 199/526, Chase Garibaldi 202/525,
Cody Herzog 213/524, Francisco Martinez 229/523, James Schmalle 202/521, Tyler
Handa 233/520, Robbie Munoz 214/516, Ryan Ng 207/511, Michael Duncan Jr
214/498, Dylan Parks 200, Connor Steelmon-Hill 208/487, Ashton Reyes 207/469,
Isaiah Grab 169/465, Brentjohn Masian 190/464, Brad Booth 197/456
Girls High Scores
: Joanne Alibayan 247/641, Brooke Bryan 234/607, AmareeDur-
fee 229/607, Heidi Zumstein 229/565, Camelia Coffman 230, Amanda Vogt
201/557, Amanda Ferrigno 210/555, Jessica Davis 231, Cristina Chan 206/518,
Nicole Camou 204/509, Erika Lee 202/486, Hannah Ahlquist 168/471, Julia
Martegani 201/449.
Have a great 2017-18 bowling season and look forward to seeing you in July for our
20
th
finale!!!
