Wildfire Casino and Lanes was the hot location this time around for the Tour's 2017 2nd Quarter Championship with $250.00 in added prize money provided by the Tour!  We welcomed 3 new members to the Tour as Al Sutrick, Ken Wilson and Rob Barnetthave joined the ranks.  The Top qualifier from Saturday'scompetition was Greg Mamac, he received a Storm Bowling Ball courtesy of Storm.  Greg's incredible score of 1109 held up to also be Top Qualifier for the weekend and he will receive a Tour TQ jacket.  Congratulations Greg! And thanks to Storm Bowling Products for providing such a great prize! 

 

The weekend kicked off with our Crazy 8s Contest with Ron McGinnis once again taking it down and earning his way in to the Main Event.  New Member, Al Sutrick finished in second earning a partial paid entry as well.   Crazy 8s is a great way to "Win Your Way In" for only five bucks!  Give it a try next week at Sunset!  

There was a lot of action this past weekend as 3 bowlers found their way above the 1000 mark in their quest to become the next Tour Champ!  Congrats to Greg Mamac, Al Garcia, and Brian Blackman for their great qualifying scores.  A very nice attainable cut score of 912 was had on Sunday with 13 Members making the "Cash List" to share in the $4,032.00 paid out.  8 bowlers fromSaturday and 5 bowlers from Sunday fought their way into the 8-man bracket. 

Greg Mamac impressively climbed to the top of the Leaderboard on Saturday with an 1109 series in the final squad of the day!  Coming in 2nd was Brian Blackman with a very nice 1031 set of his own.  Both Greg and Brian earned first round byes for Sunday!  AfterSunday qualifying was completed, two Monster rounds were held to determine the Elite 8.  Advancing were Romel Aguilos, Mo Clark, Troy Rawling, Trent Dungan, Luis Napoles, Brian Blackman, Guy Hirsimaki and Alex Watanabe.  This group was comprised of 4 Members with one or more titles each and 4 Members in search of their first title.The eliminated finalists: Greg Mamac, Gene Villano, Corben Etteldorf, Michael Cox, and Al Garcia settled for a 9th-13th place finish good for a $95.00 payday. After the Elite 8 Round, Members Romel Aguilos, Brian Blackman, Alex Watanabe and Mo Clark were eliminated and received $125.00 each. 

The Final Four

Troy Rawling, Luis Napoles, Guy Hirsimaki, and Trent Dungan 

Making his second appearance this year in a Quarterly Championship, Troy Rawling was not even aware of the score in the final frames of his semi-final match, as he did not know he had it wrapped up going into the 10th frame against Luis Napoles.  With his win, Troy advanced to the final round.  In the other semi-final match Guy Hirsimaki and Trent Dungan faced off against each other.  Trent found his "zone" early in the match and while Guy shot a very impressive 243 it was not enough to overcome Trent's 272 game.  Both Guy and Luis each took home $254.00! 

In the championship match, Trent Dungan went up against Troy Rawling.  Troy was in a quest to be Las Vegas' first 5 Time Champion while Trent was looking for his first Championship.  With only 3 pins separating the pair in handicap, Trent had a slight advantage. Troy put the pressure on early and never looked back.  Trent, it seemed ran out of gas, having bowling 4 qualifying squads (16 games), two Monster rounds (2 games) and 2 match play games before heading into his final match.  Troy would finish with a 280 game becoming the 2nd Quarter Champion of 2017 and 9-Tap Tour LV's first 5 Time Champion!  Trent took home a nice check for$541.00 and Troy added $920.00 to his career earnings.  Congratulations to both Troy and Trent for a weekend of great bowling and achievements! 

Troy Rawling of Las Vegas joined the tour back in 2016. He has been bowling for 6 years with 2017 being his best year ever intournament competition.  Using his Pitch Blackdrilled up by Kyle at K & K Pro Shop at Sam's Town, Troy got his fifth 9-Tap Tour Title and another Championship shirt!  Watching and rooting him on was his wife, Benji, who incidentally will be getting all of the winnings!  Troy expressed his appreciation for the 9-Tap Tour crew and for the great competition the Tour provides the bowlers!   Well congrats Troy, you have proven yourself to be a fine champion with all of your titles coming in 5 different centers across Las Vegas!