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The MJBT headed north to Super Bowl in Ramsey, MN for the 24th Annual Mike Light, Jr. MJBT/CBA Doubles event. 35 boys and 14 girls came out to compete with adult bowlers from the Central Bowlers Alliance (CBA) to test their skills on the Kegel Chromium Element lane pattern.

On the girls side, CONGRATULATIONS to Kayla Devine in winning her first MJBT title, with her partner Lori Munson. Kayla and Lori were the #2 seed in the stepladder after 12 games of baker format qualifying. In the first match, they went up against the #3 seed Madyson Marx and Janell Niles. Madyson & Janell had some untimely opens late in the 1st game of the 2 game total. Those opens were too much to make up, with Kayla and Lori winning 360 to 348. The title match was against the #1 seed Elizabeth Rittenour and Kayla Pashina. Kayla fought some early ball reaction and some nerves were noticeable from Elizabeth (who made her first MJBT stepladder). Those two things allowed Kayla and Lori to cruise to the title, 421 to 334.

For the boys, CONGRATULATIONS to Ethan Teply for leading qualifying and winning back-to-back titles with his partner (and MJBT Hall of Famer), Erik Vermilyea. In the first match of the stepladder, #2 seeds, Tyler Rodenz and Matt McNiel (also an MJBT Hall of Famer) battled the #3 seeded Spencer James (making his first stepladder appearance) and his partner, Chad Nelson. Tyler and Matt pulled away in the 2nd game of the match and won easily, 448 to 367. This lead to a battle of the top two seeds, with bragging rights on the line (at least for Erik and Matt). Ethan and Erik game out strong in game 1, which made it tough for Tyler and Matt to overcome, and Ethan and Erik come home with the title by winning 401 – 379.

Thank you to Super Bowl, for hosting the CBA/MJBT doubles. However, none of this would be possible without the leadership and help from Jason Hanson and the members of the Central Bowlers Alliance for donating their time to continue this tournament tradition. A very special thank you to all the parents that help out in making sure that our tournament runs as smoothly as possible. A BIG SHOUT OUT to all of those that donated door prizes to our youth competitors and our sponsors: MOTIV bowing products for their ongoing support for youth scratch bowling in the Upper Midwest!!

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