Champion Corben Etteldorf

WOW!!! GREAT turnout at Bowlero Saturday! Our last Tournament (Skyway) set a 2009 high of 139, but that was a 2-Day Tournament. The 130 for One-Day at Bowlero nearly matched Skyway and easily beats the previous 2009 one-day high of 121 at Narrows Plaza. Surprisingly, nobody got any big strings of 9-Taps going all day, so 4 members shared the Consolation with a lowly 3 No-Taps. Figures... We just increased the Consolation Bonus, so we'd pay out more money. The smaller payout helped give a BIG boost to the Jackpot, now climbing to $4,575.00. The PROGRESSIVE POT also grows from VERY BIG to a HUGE $2,567.00, for next weeks "Best 3 of 4" at Sun Villa Bowl in Bellevue. (directions in Wednesday's email)

At the Top of the Cash List we not only had a "Battle of the Ages", it was also a "Battle of EXTREMES"! In the 2nd Squad, 72 year-old Janae O'Nail, set the bar high, with a huge 1125. The 2nd place score was only 993 at that point. The 1125 looked unbeatable, but "Anything's Possible" on the Tour. In the 3rd squad, in steps a 16 year-old High-School student, Corben Etteldorf who rips off an incredible 1130. Another of the extremes, had Janae with 55 pins of handicap and Corben with only 2 pins. Guess it's true... ANY level of bowler CAN win at ANY time! We were ALL prepared for ANYTHING to happen in the 4th Squad and it nearly did. Terrence Alford had three BIG games but one soft stretch left him short, settling for 3rd Place, with a very nice 1082.

The CHAMPIONSHIP is Corben's FIRST Tour Title. He joined the Tour last January on a "Waiver", right out of the Junior ranks where he had been on the South Sound All-Star team. As Corben's bowling has improved, he has sought out tougher competition, such as the PBA Experience League he joined at Paradise. That challenge is what motivated him this year, to move up to adult Leagues and Tournaments. Corben had some BIG games in his first 5 months on the Tour, but only one Cash prior to his 2nd Place finish at Tower Lanes in May. At Tower, we thought he had his first win in the bag, until Paul Marcello nosed him out late in the day. This week, he reversed the roles and he was the one doing the 'Nosing Out', in a close finish that came down to Striking-Out in the 10th frame to pull out the close 5 pin win. Corben's ball was a Columbia "White Dot" drilled for him by Keith Boyd at Paradise. Corben also credits Keith's coaching for his continued improvement. He's plans on using his $2,147.00 in winnings to pay for a trip to Las Vegas to bowl in his first High Roller Tournament. He asked us to thanks his friend Demetrius for being there to cheer him on, his Mom (LaRae) for being his biggest supporter and his Dad (Bob) for always reminding him to "Never Give Up"!

RESULTS

Place	Semi-Finalist	HNCP	Score W/HDCP	Prize
1st	Corben Etteldorf PROG. POT WON 50%	2	1130	$1,000.00 + $1,147.00 = $2,147.00 1st Place
2nd	Janae O'Nail PROG. POT WON 0%	55	1125	$500.00 + $0.00 = $500.00 2nd Place
3rd	Terrence Alford PROG. POT WON 10%	9	1082	$300.00 + $229.00 = $529.00 3rd Place
4th	Paul Marcello	0	1061	250
5th	John Nissen	1	1028	220
6th	David Chung	8	999	200
7th	Christina Miller	26	997	185
8th	David Kim	-3	993	170
9th	Alfredo Oriza	33	990	160
10th T	Chris Pierce	7	977	145
10th T	Dan Norlin	10	977	145
12th	Bob Rouse	18	974	130
13th	Paul Mann	28	967	120
14th	Patrick Robbins	18	966	110
15th T	Rob White	4	964	100
15th T	Leon Bemis	12	964	100
17th	Don Ratzburg	42	962	90
18th	Bruce Gorr	21	951	85
19th	Jim Humphrey	3	949	80
20th	Greg Burdsall	-5	945	75
21st	Steve Shine	18	941	70
22nd	Mholee Divina	19	936	68
23rd	Jon Schneider	0	935	66
24th	Gary King	-5	933	64
25th	Tong Nguyen	9	931	62
26th	Claire Contrades	55	927	60

OTHER PAYOUTS

Award	Score (w/hndp)	Recipient	Prize
OPTIONAL SCRATCH HIGH SERIES	1061	Paul Marcello	$105.00
-	1005	David Kim	$55.00
OPTIONAL SCRATCH HIGH GAME	300	David Kim	$80.00
-	300	Greg Burdsall	$80.00

NEW PROGRESSIVE POT TOTAL: $2,567.00
NEW 9-TAP JACKPOT TOTAL: $4,475.00

STRIKEPOT CONSOLATION WINNER:
3 No-Taps W.Hall-P.Robbins-J.Humphrey-K.Seaton ($25 ea) ($100.00)

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION