MJBT is an Official PBA JUNIOR AFFILIATE Tournament Host for 2023!

The MJBT headed to River City Extreme in Monticello, MN for our April event. There were 49 entries (35 boys and 14 girls) that came to compete on the 40 ft, 2 to 1 ratio, and 30 mL lane pattern.

On the girls side, CONGRATULATIONS to Lily Topinka for winning her FIRST MJBT TITLE!! Lily was the #3 seed going into match play and would be facing the #1 seeded, Ashley Gorman. The pattern played very difficult for the ladies, so spares were going to be very valuable, and this title match proved it. Both ladies went back and forth with the lead as it was a battle to stay clean. In the 10th frame, Lily went spare-strike to force Ashley to mark in the 10th. Ashley may have thrown her best shot of the match, however, she left a 10 pin and failed to convert it which gave the win to Lily 172-165.

For the boys, CONGRATULATIONS to Joseph Woods-Weisman on winning this months event! Joseph was the top seed going into the modified stepladder and would be facing the #4 seeded Tatum Lee, who was competing in his first MJBT. Tatum was trying to run the ladder and was cruising going into the title match. Joseph started out with the front 4, while Tatum struggled at the beginning of the match. Joseph opened the 5th and Tatum got back into the match with a 3 bagger. Tatum then opened and Joseph never looked back to cruise to a 220-176 victory.

Thank you to Brady Stearns and the entire staff at River City Extreme 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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