Meadow, NY: The LIGBT made a stop at AMF E. Meadow on Sunday to run a Sport Shot Spectacular. Nolan Herron, Fairfield, CT, was home from college on spring break and took home the $1,500 top prize by defeating Jayson Holley, Rosedale, NY 243-235. While Jayson earned $800 for his runner-up position, finishing in 3rd was left-handed Cameron Potts, Babylon, NY with a 216 worth $500. Rounding out the top 5 was 4th place finisher Anthony Kemp, Fresh Meadows, NY with a 203 worth $400 and 5th place finisher youth bowler Jason Lam, Oakland Gardens, NY with a 200 earning a $300 SMART scholarship.
The final shootout was exciting with Nolan taking the early lead with 4 strikes in his first 5 frames. Jayson, who had 28 pin handicap advantage, started with 5 spares in this first 6 frames to stay close to Nolan. But in the 8th frame Nolan missed a 1-pin spare tightening the match. Nolan immediately bounced back with a double in the last 2 frames to secure his 2nd LIGBT title. Cameron tripled in the 10th frame to jump to third place. Anthony bowled well but left 4 splits and Jason missed 3 makeable spares to settle for 5th place.
The LIGBT 3-squad sport shot tournament drew 152 entries, paid out $8,250 in prize money, and had 41 bowlers go to the cashing window. The side action awarded an additional $4,445 bringing the total event payout to $12,695.
Scores to cash on the “Boardwalk” pattern were 660 at noon, 649 at 2pm, and 653 at 4pm. The wildcard winners were Al Green, Westbury, NY (1,309) and Jason Lam (1,323.) High series of the day was shot by youth bowler Jaiden Ng, Syosset, NY with a 736 series in the noon squad. The Brunswick and Turbo raffle winners were Maggie Joseph and Shawn Cummings. The LIGBT welcomed 15 new members at AMF E. Meadow.
LIGBT’s next tournament is a 3-squad House Shot Spectacular at Strike 10 Deer Park Sunday, March 30th (noon-2pm-4pm.) To view the results of the AMF E. Meadow Sport Shot Spectacular please visit www.ligbtour.com. The LIGBT is sponsored by Brunswick, Turbo, Many Styles of Bowling, WON Network, and Randi B. Siegle Attorney at Law.