United States sweeps Masters golds, silvers in Bogota

[onefrombills]

BOGOTA, Colombia - Junior Team USA dominated Masters match play Saturday, sweeping the boys and girls gold and silver medals while also taking a boys bronze at the 2009 Pan American Bowling Confederation Youth Championships.

Kristie Petravich of West Palm Beach, Fla., defeated Christine Bator of Warren, Mich., 2-0, to take the girls title, while Jake Peters of Decatur, Ill., beat Daniel Spink of St. Louis, Mo., 2-1, to take the boys gold medal.

"It feels great to end the tournament with a win like this," said Petravich, who beat Bator 195-187 and 198-159 in the best two of three championship match. "Either way we were going to get gold, so it didn't really matter who came out on top."

Peters defeated Spink in three games, dropping the opener 204-180 before coming back with victories of 209-188 and 258-245.

"Today was a redemption day for us after we finished second in trios and team," Peters said. "After getting silver in back-to-back events, it feels great to do this for the team. It was so nice going into the final knowing that we had the gold medal no matter what."

Geoffrey Young of Denton, Texas, earned a bronze medal by advancing to the semifinals, where he lost to Spink, 2-0. Jenn Boisselle of Brandon, Fla., Brittni Hamilton of Webster, N.Y., and Chris Pierson of Waukesha, Wis., lost in the quarterfinals.

The Masters medals capped off a successful week for Junior Team USA in the PABCON Youth Championships. In all, the squad captured eight gold medals, eight silver medals and three bronze medals for a total of 19 medals. The boys and girls teams both medaled in every event.


2009 PABCON YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Salitre Bowling Center, Bogota, Colombia
Saturday's Results

MASTERS
(Best two of three match play)

GIRLS

ROUND OF 16

(1) Christine Bator, United States def. (16) Carla Corpeno, Mexico, 2-0 (259-192, 203-148)
(10) Jackeline Gerani, Venezuela def. (7) Anggie Ramirez, Colombia, 2-1 (231-167, 165-239, 181-159)
(6) Jenn Boisselle, United States def. (11) Valerie Calberry, Canada, 2-0 (227-175, 219-202)
(4) Maria Jose Rodriguez, Colombia def. (13) Pamela Baudin, Canada, 2-0 (180-177, 223-191)
(3) Laura Fonnegra, Colombia def. (14) Aura Mendez, Venezuela, 2-1 (194-203, 191-180, 192-189)
(9) Kodee Pilling, Canada def. (8) Gabriela Hernandez, Mexico, 2-0 (225-181, 228-206)
(5) Brittni Hamilton, United States def. (12) Rosalie Hiscock, Canada, 2-0 (234-191, 197-182)
(2) Kristie Petravich, United States def. (15) Stephanie Martins, Brazil, 2-0 (239-189, 247-180)

QUARTERFINALS

Bator def. Gerani, 2-0 (194-181, 205-203)
Rodriguez def. Boisselle, 2-0 (213-187, 235-197)
Pilling def. Fonnegra, 2-0 (246-192, 240-215)
Petravich def. Hamilton, 2-1 (187-158, 204-235, 237-175)

SEMIFINALS

Bator def. Rodriguez, 2-0 (185-180, 217-207)
Petravich def. Pilling, 2-0 (247-200, 226-193)

FINALS

Petravich def. Bator, 2-0 (195-187, 198-159)


BOYS

ROUND OF 16

(16) Geoffrey Young, United States def. (1) Alejandro Montijo, Mexico, 2-0 (201-166, 191-176)
(10) Juan Gomez, Colombia def. (7) Andre Fors Farias, Mexico, 2-0 (228-178, 189-179)
(6) Israel Hernandez, Puerto Rico def. (11) Michael Piccari, Venezuela, 2-1 (191-205, 191-190, 246-218)
(13) Daniel Spink, United States def. (4) Kevin Belandria, Venezuela, 2-0 (244-203, 195-193)
(3) Fidel Marchena, Dominican Republic def. (14) Samuel Montalvo, Puerto Rico, 2-0 (233-153, 214-188)
(8) Rudy Quintanilla, El Salvador def. (9) Mathieu Beaudoin, Canada, 2-1 (235-186, 199-267, 264-168)
(5) Chris Pierson, United States def. (12) Carlos Cottone, Venezuela, 2-0 (214-211, 166-153)
(2) Jake Peters, United States def. Hector Soto, Puerto Rico, 2-1 (212-202, 224-235, 202-178)

QUARTERFINALS

Young def. Gomez, 2-1 (215-204, 211-214, 278-182)
Spink def. Hernandez, 2-0 (224-223, 244-232)
Marchena def. Quintanilla, 2-0 (187-145, 201-195)
Peters def. Pierson, 2-1 (159-172, 269-203, 243-227)

SEMIFINALS

Spink def. Young, 2-0 (278-233, 247-200)
Peters def. Marchena, 2-0 (258-246, 224-174)

FINALS

Peters def. Spink, 2-1 (180-204, 209-188, 258-245)

[mrbill]

I love seeing the scores, It makes me beleave that I can win a Turney with my similar scores some day.
Thanks for this post