Up Front
games is tough.” Tough, but not impossible, as he
proved in defeating Michael Schoerner in back-to-back two-game matches, 377-350 and 387-274. Just getting to the Junior Gold Cham-
pionships requires a great deal of work and dedication, a fact not lost on U12 Girls champion Madison Bailey, 12, or U20 Girls winner Breanna Clemmer, 16. Bailey defeated Sarah Sanes in a
single-game championship match, 151- 135. Just like that, the fear she’d felt in the weeks leading up to her first Junior Gold event, and the nervousness she’d experienced during the competition, subsided. “My dad says that hard work pays off,”
she noted. He was right. Nerves were not a factor for Clem-
mer, a Junior Gold veteran despite being at the bottom of the U20 age group. She won the U15 Girls championship in 2012. Did Clemmer rest on her laurels? No.
To keep sharp, she has bowled with college-age women, picking up tips on lane play and mental toughness. That’s why she was able to dispatch Rachael Albright in the U20 Girls two-game title match, 387-353. “It feels good inside to know that
I have won two titles at Junior Gold,” Clemmer said. “It means that all of my hard work has paid off.” Hard work is critical in bowling, but
U20 BOYS 1. Tylor Greene, Davison, MI 2. Wesley Low, Palmdale, CA 3. Michael Coffey, Melbourne, FL 4. Andrew Herbert, Eden, NY
U15 BOYS 1. Adam Zimmerman, Deer Park, NY 2. Michael Schoemer, Plymouth, WI 3. Cortez Schenk, Phoenix, AZ 4. David Hooper Jr., Greenville, SC
U12 BOYS 1. Anthony Neuer, Lewisburg, PA 2. Alexander Horton, Douglassville, PA 3. Spencer Robarge, Springfield, MO 4. Manuel Rosich, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
it does not guarantee success — some- thing that U20 Boys champion Tylor Greene understands all too well. “In the other years I made match play,
I went 0-2, so it was a relief to get past the first few rounds,” said Greene, who was competing in his last Junior Gold event because he has “aged out.” Winning those early round matches felt good, but it brought him no favors
EVERYTHING BOWLING, ALL THE TIME
BOYS WINNERS OF THE 2014 USBC JUNIOR GOLD CHAMPIONSHIPS “IT’S ONE OF THE
BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF MY LIFE, AND I WON’T FORGET
THIS MOMENT.” — TYLOR GREENE
“TO BE ABLE TO CALL MYSELF A JUNIOR GOLD CHAMPION IS UNBELIEVABLE. IT MEANS THE
WORLD TO ME.” — ADAM ZIMMERMAN
IN THIS KIND OF TOURNAMENT, AND IT MEANS A LOT BECAUSE THERE
WERE A LOT OF GOOD BOWLERS.” — ANTHONY NEUER
in the title showdown, in which he had to take on 2013 winner Wesley Low. “With him being the defending
champion, it really put some pressure on me,” Greene observed, “but I think there was a lot on him as well, trying to defend.” In the end, it was Greene who pre-
vailed, 433-388. Winless in previous years, he refused to give up, and this
year went undefeated. So did U15 Girls winner Ashley Chan-
nell, who also built upon her Junior Gold experience and this time came out on top. “I went undefeated in match play
last year, [but] I lost both matches in the championship match,” Channell, 14, recalled. “So it meant a lot to win this year.”
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ////////////////// September 2014 10
“YOU NEED TO MAKE YOUR SPARES
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50