MJBT is an Official PBA JUNIOR AFFILIATE the 2024-25 season!

The MJBT headed to Garden Center Lanes in Alexandria, MN for our 2024-25 Year End Event. We had 39 entries (29 boys and 10 girls) to come out and compete on a very difficult 40 ft, 32.3 mL, and a 1.8 to 1 ratio lane pattern.

On the girls side, CONGRATULATIONS to Taylor Lietha for taking home the title in a PHENOMAL championship match. Taylor was the #2 seed going into the top 4 stepladder and would be taking on the top seed, Kalli Triske. With low scores all through qualifying and round robin matchplay, spares, shot making, and your mental game would need to be on point or the championship match could change on a moments notice. Both ladies were clean through 9 frames, and Kalli had the only double in the match. Taylor went spare and “strike” in the 10th, to force Kalli to get a good count in the 10th frame. Kalli’s first shot in the 10th went high to leave a 3-6-9 spare. She would need 1 to tie and 2 for the win and Kalli missed them all to hand Taylor the title 197-196.

For the boys, CONGRATULATIONS to Trevor Rauma for battling some mental errors and coming through in the clutch to take home the year end title. Trevor was the top seed in the stepladder and would be taking on the #2 seed, Drake Wait. Both gentlemen had some errant shots during the match as the heat and mental game took a toll on both. Drake stepped up in the 10th looking to put some pressure on Trevor by going strike-spare and forcing Trevor to mark. Trevor made his best shot of the match in the 10th frame and put all 10 pins in the pit, to claim the title 195-183.

Thank you to Charlie Meyer, Sue Brede, Chad Meyer, Nevin Brede and the entire staff at Garden Center Lanes for continuing to host our year end event! A huge THANK YOU to all the parents and athletes for continuing to make the MJBT a premier youth scratch event in the Upper Midwest!

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