Month: June 2017

Here’s a summary of the key updates from the FL State Youth Association Annual Meetings:

• Youth Leaders: Our zone representatives were re-elected for another year… Chyna Romedy is the Zone 1 Director and Brianna Pisani is the Zone 1 Director-at-large.
• 2017 Landen Tournament: The annual Bill & Millie Landen Tournament will take place 11/4 – 11/5 at Brandon Crossroads Bowl.  The optional Junior Gold add-on fees will increase but entries will be awarded at a 1:4 ratio (last year it was 1:5).  This tournament will be dedicated to Bradley Hartsfield, the outgoing State Youth Leaders President.
• Pepsi Tournament Winner: During the luncheon, John Nunn received awards for winning the U12 Boys Division of this year’s State Pepsi Tournament.
• Youth Hall of Fame: For the 3rd year in a row, the State Youth Hall of Fame inducted a former youth bowler from the First Coast USBC.  This year, Derek Freitag-Mee joined the Youth Hall of Fame for his Bowling Achievement.
• FL State General Scholarship Winners: Two youth bowlers from First Coast USBC were among the 15 recipients of $1,000 scholarships — Octavious Cook from Jax Lanes Grove Park and Jesstina Farrell from NAS Jax Freedom Lanes!
• 2018 Pepsi Tournament: The State Youth Council of Delegates selected the location for next year’s Pepsi / FL Handicap Tournament… Pin Street in Fort Myers.
• 2019 State Tournament: The Council of Delegates selected the locations of the State Tournament for 2019 — Pin Street in Fort Myers and Coral Lanes in Cape Coral.  As a reminder, the 2018 State Tournament will be along the Space Coast (Titusville area).

Over the past 4 weekends, youth bowlers from around the state traveled to Brandon & Tampa to compete for scholarships — bowling in teams, doubles and individually.  Several bowlers from the First Coast USBC did really well and we’d like to recognize performances in the top 15%.

(Note: 1 in 10 entries for team, doubles & singles will earn scholarships… the top 10%.  In 2016, the award ratio was 1:12, or roughly 8%.  For the “All Events Handicap” results, the top 2 in each division earn scholarships; Also this year the highest scratch score, boy and girl, that doesn’t win the All Events Handicap award will win $100 each.)

2017 State Tourney Results – unofficial week 4

*** Honor Scores — Congratulations to COREY PALMER and DONALD GRIGG, who each rolled their very first 300 game during the State Scholarship Tournament!  2 of the 3 perfect games in this tournament were bowled by First Coast youth bowlers! ***

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Team, Division 1: 10th place out of 75 teams – “Really?” from Jax Lanes Grove Park — Anne Levasseur, Dakota Metlika, Jonathan McKinley & Jack Metlika

Team, Division 2: 14th place out of 144 teams – “Nassau Thunder #1” from Nassau Lanes — Simon Harvey, John Nunn, Matthew Jordan & Selena Jordan

Team, Division 2: 21st place out of 144 teams – “Cash Me Outside” from Jax Lanes Grove Park — Kaden Kovach, Matthew Johnson, Mary Johns & Isiah Bautista

Team, Division 4: 1st place out of 43 teams – “Gutter Ballz” from Jax Lanes Grove Park — Logan Childress, Paige Childress, Anthony Gray & Joshua Thomason

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Doubles, Division 1: 2nd place out of 162 pairs – Jacob Smith & Corey Palmer from Batt Family Fun Center

Doubles, Division 1: 14th place out of 162 pairs – Alfred Ramirez from Beach Bowl & Bradley Hartsfield (State Youth Leaders President)

Doubles, Division 2: 10th place out of 273 pairs – Sydney Smith & Brandon Roberts from Jax Lanes Grove Park

Doubles, Division 2: 15th place out of 273 pairs – Kaden Kovach & Matthew Johnson from Jax Lanes Grove Park

Doubles, Division 2: 22nd place out of 273 pairs – Savannah Good & David Grigg from Jax Lanes Grove Park

Doubles, Division 2: 27th place out of 273 pairs – Kenneth Aldrich & Danielle Lester from Nassau Lanes

Doubles, Division 2: 29th place out of 273 pairs –Jonah Smith & Tyler Ryals from Nassau Lanes

Doubles, Division 2: 42nd place out of 273 pairs – Erica Grigg & Donald Grigg from Jax Lanes Grove Park

Doubles, Division 3: 9th place out of 224 pairs – Kenneth Etheridge & Andrew Walker from Batt Family Fun Center

Doubles, Division 3: 20th place out of 224 pairs – River Plungis & Landon Plungis from Nassau Lanes

Doubles, Division 3: 21st place out of 224 pairs – Ethan Russell & Andy Kuchler from Bowl America Orange Park

Doubles, Division 3: 32nd place out of 224 pairs – Travis Haynes & Alyssa Someillan from Jax Lanes Grove Park

Doubles, Division 4: 2nd place out of 94 pairs – Anthony Gray & Joshua Thomason from Jax Lanes Grove Park

Doubles, Division 4: 7th place out of 94 pairs – Nevaeha Bernard & Gabriella Pettus from Beach Bowl

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Singles, Division 1: 2nd place out of 270 entrants – Donald Grigg from Jax Lanes Grove Park

Singles, Division 1: 9th place out of 270 entrants – Isiah Bautista from Jax Lanes Grove Park

Singles, Division 1: 10th place out of 270 entrants – Anthony Godwin from Nassau Lanes

Singles, Division 1: 19th place out of 270 entrants – Charles Goguen from Jax Lanes Grove Park

Singles, Division 1: 35th place out of 270 entrants – Christopher Vetter from Bowl America Orange Park

Singles, Division 2: 8th place out of 352 entrants – Kenneth Aldrich from Nassau Lanes

Singles, Division 2: 24th place out of 352 entrants – Matthew Johnson from Jax Lanes Grove Park

Singles, Division 2: 30th place out of 352 entrants – Kyle Johns from Jax Lanes Grove Park

Singles, Division 2: 40th place out of 352 entrants – Leonard Fendenheim from Bowl America Mandarin

Singles, Division 3: 2nd place out of 244 entrants – Travis Haynes from Jax Lanes Grove Park

Singles, Division 3: 4th place out of 244 entrants – Simon Harvey from Nassau Lanes

Singles, Division 3: 7th place out of 244 entrants – Andrew Walker from Batt Family Fun Center

Singles, Division 3: 13th place out of 244 entrants – Nicklaus Ebey from Bowl America Orange Park

Singles, Division 3: 15th place out of 244 entrants – Derrick Wilson from Beach Bowl

Singles, Division 3: 17th place out of 244 entrants – Michael Ransom from Bowl America Mandarin

Singles, Division 3: 25th place out of 244 entrants – Sam Shipe from Beach Bowl

Singles, Division 4: 2nd place out of 115 entrants – Anthony Gray from Jax Lanes Grove Park

Singles, Division 4: 10th place out of 115 entrants – Joshua Thomason from Jax Lanes Grove Park

Singles, Division 5: 16th place out of 115 entrants – Kyle Johns from Jax Lanes Grove Park

Singles, Division 5: 1st place out of 66 entrants – Brianna Pisani from Beach Bowl

Singles, Division 5: 9th place out of 66 entrants – Kaden Kovach from Jax Lanes Grove Park

Singles, Division 6: 19th place out of 155 entrants – Jessica Crowley from Jax Lanes Grove Park

Singles, Division 7: 12th place out of 180 entrants – Savannah Nelson from Bowl America Orange Park

Singles, Division 7: 24th place out of 180 entrants – Keelie Percival of Nassau Lanes

Singles, Division 8: 4th place out of 91 entrants – Mary Johns from Jax Lanes Grove Park

Singles, Division 8: 8th place out of 91 entrants – Nevaeha Bernard from Beach Bowl