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The MJBT headed to Sunset Lanes in Moorhead, MN for our April event. We had 40 entries (29 boys and 11 girls) to come out and compete on a 39 ft, 30.99 mL, and a 2.69 to 1 ratio.

On the girls side, CONGRATULATIONS to Lily Topinka for winning back-to-back events and taking home the title. Lily was the #6 seed going into match play and would be taking on the #2 seed, Zoe Skinner. If this sounds familiar, it should as this was a replay of the March title match. With low scores all through qualifying, spares would be a premium and a double or three strikes in a row could turn the title match on a moments notice. Zoe opened early in the title match, but Lily wasn’t fully able to take control, as she struggled early with a few splits. However, after an open in the 9th by Zoe, Lily stepped up and threw the last four strikes to claim the title, 191-178.

For the boys, CONGRATULATIONS to Joseph Woods-Weisman for claiming his fifth MJBT title. Joseph was the #5 seed, and would be taking on the #7 seed, Dakota France. Joseph had found something late in the tournament, and was coming off match play games of 245-235-242. Dakota also had bowled great during match play, however, he ran into a buzzsaw in the title match as Joseph came out throwing the front 8 and cruised to a 252-224 win.

Thank you to Darin Sundstrom, Nikki Hersrud and the entire staff at Sunset Lanes for being great hosts this month. 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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