Last weekend the Butte youth bowlers took to the lanes to compete in the 14^th Annual USBC Youth City Championships at Star Lanes.

This year featured a total of 79 youth competitors over all the divisions. The youth not only competed for a place on the podium but they also competed for scholarships.  The Handicapped All Events winners in each division received a scholarship.  In addition, this year there was a participation award for a scholarship.  Every youth that bowled in an event was entered into a random drawing, this allowed everyone at every skill level to have an opportunity to win a scholarship.

Joslyn Klapan was the high scorer of the tournament winning the scratch all events title.  On her run to the title she out averaged the field by 9 pins.  She knocked down 1,761 pins over nine games (196 average).  Along the way to the all events title she rolled the girl’s high game of 242 and had a series of 629 pins.  The boy’s high game, and high game of the tournament, came from Brady Garner with a 246.  He also put together the boy’s high scratch series of 600.

Tourney first place winners follow (* represents scholarship winners):

Division 1

Team Event:  Throw it Better: (Kyra Bragg, Morgan Meagor, Kole Bragg, Joslyn Klapan) 2,460.

Doubles:  Joslyn Klapan and Lucas Forthofer 1,251.

Singles:  Joslyn Klapan 654.

Handicapped All Events:     Girls – Joslyn Klapan* 1,914;     Boys – Treyton Betterman* 1,859.

Scratch All Events:      Girls – Joslyn Klapan 1,761;      Boys – Kayden Dziak 1,682.

Division 2

Team Event:  Bull Pups: (Sydney Keller, Taylor Garrett, Cassie Fitzpatrick, Connor Allen) 2,471.

Doubles:  Kayli Thomas and Arianna Grundhauser 1,255.

Singles:  Connor Allen 693.

Handicapped All Events:      Girls – Charlize Forthofer* 1,884;      Boys – Brendan O’Boyle* 1,972.

Scratch All Events:      Girls – Sydney Keller 1,222;      Boys – Brendan O’Boyle 1366.

Division 3

Team Event:  Strikers: (Brylynn Sawtell, Kolton Johnson, Jackson Alberty, Jaxson Craig) 1,592.

Doubles:  Aspyn Danielson and Arianna Garcia 843.

Singles:  Caleb Heard 478.

Handicapped All Events:      Girls – Hannah Black* 1,326;      Boys – Mason Shogren* 1,302.

Scratch All Events:      Girls – Addyson Hayes 604;      Boys – Kyler Rector 750.

— Submitted by Galen Rich, Butte USBC Bowling Association Manager