USBC Youth Open concludes and an all-girls team takes the team title
07/27/10
The 2010 United States Bowling Congress Youth Open wrapped up this weekend and the team title went to an all-girls team led by former Junior Team USA member Jessica Earnest.
More than 2,000 youth bowlers participated in the USBC Youth Open, sponsored by Pepsi, which was held at Expo Bowl in Indianapolis, Ind. The non-qualifying tournament is patterned after the USBC Open Championships and USBC Women’s Championships. Youth bowlers competed in team (four players), doubles, singles and all-events during the 11 days of competition.
Earnest, of Vandalia, Ill., rolled a 685 series as the team named USA Girls had games of 830, 803, and 896 for a 2,529 total to take the Division I team title. Liz Siebel of Hellertown, Pa., and Dayna Galganski of Orlando, Fla., each had a 624 series, and Brittni Hamilton of Webster, N.Y., a current Junior Team USA member who won the girls division at the 2010 Junior Gold Championships, contributed a 596 series.
Teams can be all boys, all girls or a combination, since teams are not divided by gender. Earnest said the USA Girls team was done spur of the moment. She had planned to bowl doubles with Hamilton, a teammate at Vanderbilt, and they asked Galganski and Seibel to join them for the team event. Each of the USA Girls competed in the USBC Junior Gold Championships in Indianapolis before joining together at the Youth Open.
"All four of us had made top15 at Junior Gold and we were tired,” Earnest said. “But we were paired up with a really good team and we had fun.”
The Rochester Four, with team members Michelle Secours of East Rochester, N.Y., Kaitlin Quinn of Livonia, N.Y., Cory Barber of Rochester, N.Y., and Jacob Kent of Newark, N.Y., were second at 2,439.
The USA Girls’ success didn’t stop with the team title. Earnest claimed the girls Division I all-events title with a 2,053 total (a 228 average for nine games) to edge Breanna Moree (2,007) of Pittsburgh, Pa. Galganski was third in all-events followed by Brandi Branka of Momence, Ill., with Seibel placing fifth. The all-events score is the bowler’s combined score from singles, doubles and team.
“I honestly wasn’t thinking all-events; I was just happy to be bowling well,” Earnest said. “I didn’t even think about what I was doing. I was just going out there to make people laugh and have a good time. That’s what the Youth Open is all about.”
In doubles, Ronnie Fujita of El Sobrante, Calif., and David Shaefer of Manteca, Calif., took the title with a 1,471 total with the four members of USA Girls taking the next two spots. Earnest (761) and Hamilton (698) combined for 1,459 to take second while Galganski (658) and Seibel (763) were third with 1,421.
Nicolas Sutherland of Grand Blanc, Mich., had games of 269, 221 and 278 for a 768 total to edge A.J. Chapman of Manchester, Iowa, by one pin for the boys Division I singles title. Matthew Brannan of Wetumpka, Ala., was third with a 765 series. Chapman won the boys Division I all-events title with a 2,016 total while Brannan tied Richard Farrington of Rochester, N.Y., for second at 1,971.
For complete results from all divisions, click here. All results are unofficial pending verification of averages.
2010 USBC Youth Open kicks off July 9 at Expo Bowl in Indianapolis
2010 USBC Youth Open
Expo Bowl in Indianapolis, Ind., United States (July 9-10, 15-20, 22-24, 2010)
The 2010 United States Bowling Congress Youth Open wrapped up this weekend and the team title went to an all-girls team led by former Junior Team USA member Jessica Earnest. More than 2,000 youth bowlers participated in the USBC Youth Open, sponsored by Pepsi, which was held at Expo Bowl in Indianapolis, Ind. The non-qualifying tournament is patterned after the USBC Open Championships and USBC Women’s Championships. Youth bowlers competed in team (four players), doubles, singles and all-events during the 11 days of competition.
Earnest, of Vandalia, Ill., rolled a 685 series as the team named USA Girls had games of 830, 803, and 896 for a 2,529 total to take the Division I team title. Liz Siebel of Hellertown, Pa., and Dayna Galganski of Orlando, Fla., each had a 624 series, and Brittni Hamilton of Webster, N.Y., a current Junior Team USA member who won the girls division at the 2010 Junior Gold Championships, contributed a 596 series.
Teams can be all boys, all girls or a combination, since teams are not divided by gender. Earnest said the USA Girls team was done spur of the moment. She had planned to bowl doubles with Hamilton, a teammate at Vanderbilt, and they asked Galganski and Seibel to join them for the team event. Each of the USA Girls competed in the USBC Junior Gold Championships in Indianapolis before joining together at the Youth Open.
"All four of us had made top15 at Junior Gold and we were tired,” Earnest said. “But we were paired up with a really good team and we had fun.”
The Rochester Four, with team members Michelle Secours of East Rochester, N.Y., Kaitlin Quinn of Livonia, N.Y., Cory Barber of Rochester, N.Y., and Jacob Kent of Newark, N.Y., were second at 2,439.
The USA Girls’ success didn’t stop with the team title. Earnest claimed the girls Division I all-events title with a 2,053 total (a 228 average for nine games) to edge Breanna Moree (2,007) of Pittsburgh, Pa. Galganski was third in all-events followed by Brandi Branka of Momence, Ill., with Seibel placing fifth. The all-events score is the bowler’s combined score from singles, doubles and team.
“I honestly wasn’t thinking all-events; I was just happy to be bowling well,” Earnest said. “I didn’t even think about what I was doing. I was just going out there to make people laugh and have a good time. That’s what the Youth Open is all about.”
In doubles, Ronnie Fujita of El Sobrante, Calif., and David Shaefer of Manteca, Calif., took the title with a 1,471 total with the four members of USA Girls taking the next two spots. Earnest (761) and Hamilton (698) combined for 1,459 to take second while Galganski (658) and Seibel (763) were third with 1,421.
Nicolas Sutherland of Grand Blanc, Mich., had games of 269, 221 and 278 for a 768 total to edge A.J. Chapman of Manchester, Iowa, by one pin for the boys Division I singles title. Matthew Brannan of Wetumpka, Ala., was third with a 765 series. Chapman won the boys Division I all-events title with a 2,016 total while Brannan tied Richard Farrington of Rochester, N.Y., for second at 1,971.
For complete results from all divisions, click here. All results are unofficial pending verification of averages.
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