Mastroianni, Horton, Neuer, and Barna Highlight Great Showing for PJBT Bowling Series at 2016 Junior Gold

The PJBT has always been one of the largest junior bowling series in the world.  The talent of our youth is amazing and growing every year, as our youth take their talents to the national stage.

This year the youth national event, The Junior Gold National Championships in Indianapolis on 2016.  The PJBT qualified 62 bowlers to compete in this event and many countless others competed in the event.  They may not have qualified thru us….but they are part of the PJBT Family.

I, Matt Himmelreich, tournament director, is so proud to see how much of an impact our tour has had on our youth.  We had a record amount of bowlers cash in this year’s event.

Junior Gold saw close to a record 3200 athletes compete in six divisions.  Junior Gold had 1356 athletes in U20Boys, 792 in U20Girls, 519 in U15Boys, 301 in U15Girls, 201 in U12Boys, and 121 in U12Girls.  Below are ALL the PJBT athletes that made the first grueling cut in their respective divisions.

We want to congratulate Anthony Mastroianni on finishing 2nd (national youth runner-up in U12Boys Division).  We also want to recognize Alexander Horton on finishing 3rd/4th with Brandon Bohn on Jackson, NJ.  Anthony Neuer finished 3rd/4th out of 519 boys in U15.  Neuer was the tournament leader after 16 grueling games of qualifying.  Amazing job!  Amanda Barna also had a great showing this year.  Barna was near the top of the U15Girls Leaderboard all week.   Barna finished in the top 10 in the U15Girls division and made a great run toward a win in her division.

The PJBT had 17 bowlers of 194 in the u20Boys First Cut….including our highest finisher being Michael Martell in 21st.  Keep in mind that our boys finished this high against 1356 athletes!  All 17 listed below.

We saw 3 of our U20Girls out of 114 competing after first cut.  Our highest U20Girls Finisher was Alyssa Balicki in 66th place out of 792 girls!  3 Girls listed below.

In the U15Division, we saw 4 boys top finishers out 519 boys….and 5 girl top finishers out of 301 girls!  Top finishers were Anthony Neuer and Amanda Barna.  See our top bowlers below.

In U12Boys, 3 of the top 4 finishers are ALL PJBT REGULARS!  Mastroianni, Horton, and Bohn finished 2-3-4 out of 201 athletes.  What an amazing job!

The PJBT also had some other great names of youth athletes that cashed at Junior Gold 2016.  Please note below their finishing positions and congratulate them.  We all look forward to 2017 in Cleveland, Ohio.

PJBT U20	BOYS TOP FINISHERS (1356 entries)		PJBT U20	GIRLS TOP FINISHERS (792 entries)
21st Place	MICHAEL MARTELL		66th Place	ALYSSA BALICKI
25th Place	RYAN GRAHAM		77th Place	BRYANNA LEYEN
33rd Place	DYLAN ZIMMERMAN		113th Place	JAMIE LEE KULAGA
41st Place	ANDREW LAZARCHICK
46th Place	JACK CELMER
49th Place	JACK COOK
67th Place	JARRETT DEFALCO
72nd Place	THOMAS GUNTER
73rd Place	GREG TACK
74th Place	CHRISTIAN FRANCIS
78th Place	CONNOR KOLESSIDES
83rd Place	CHRIS DIAPOLA
117th Place	ADAM ZIMMERMAN
144th Place	WALTER TOMLIN
152nd Place	KASEY SULLIVAN
161st Place	ALEX GLINSKI
183rd Place	DAVID CALLAHAN

 

PJBT U15	BOYS TOP FINISHERS (519 entries)		PJBT U15	GIRLS TOP FINISHERS (301 entries)
3rd/4th Place	ANTHONY NEUER		5th/8th Place	AMANDA BARNA
31st Place	JOEY OCELLO		20th Place	CHLOE SKURZYNSKI
47th Place	LUCAS FRANCIS		22nd Place	PAIGE BOYD
55th Place	NICHOLAS LEIGHTY		31st Place	HALEY YOUKER
			40th Place	AMANDA YEUNG

 

PJBT U12	BOYS TOP FINISHERS (201 entries)
2ND PLACE	ANTHONY MASTROIANNI
3rd/4th Place	ALEXANDER HORTON
3rd/4th Place	BRANDON BOHN