The 13^th annual Junior Hall of Fame Tournament drew a sold-out field of 84 teams and awarded $13,050 to cross the $100,000 mark in scholarship funds awarded in its history on Sunday at AMF Bowlero, tournament founder and director Shannon Labinski reported.

Since 2007, the Junior Hall of Fame Tournament has awarded more than $102,000 in scholarship prizes to youth bowlers.

Here’s a great video by Labinski on the history of the tournament.

Each team consists of an adult Hall of Fame member or celebrity and two youth bowlers. USBC Hall of Famer and 900 Global staffer Lynda Barnes again came from Texas to take part.

Complete standings can be found at the tournament website and Facebook page.

Labinski offered thanks to sponsors 900 Global, Logo Infusion, and the Milwaukee Area USBC Bowling Association and Hall of Fame.

Labinski reported that youth bowlers Blake Reiger and Ryan Dreikosen won the event for the third time, and the Adam Schultz High Series Award recipient was the high bowler in the entire house, Collin Krachey, whose 1,018 for four games of qualifying beat all of the adults.

The 14th annual Junior Hall of Fame Tournament already is scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020. It's amazing what Labinski and her crew of sponsors and volunteers accomplish, and here's hoping it continues for years. 

JUNIOR HALL OF FAME TOURNAMENT
2019 FINAL STANDINGS  

SCRATCH DIVISION
1st Place: $1,000/Team & 900 Global Bowling Balls & Logo Infusion Custom Jersey
Dan Paul, Blake Reiger & Ryan Dreikosen
(Blake and Ryan are 3-time Junior Hall of Fame Tournament champions)

2nd Place: $800/Team & 900 Global Bowling Balls
Chris Pierson, Brandon Lauber & Brady Lauber

3rd Place: $600/Team & 900 Global 3-Ball Rollers
Ryan Zagar, Collin Krachey & Michael Powley

4th Place: $450/Team & 900 Global 2-Ball Rollers
Cotie Holbeck, Taylor Jensen & Michael Maerder

5th Place: $300/Team
Glen Deutschendorf, Josie Parr & Addison Jacak

6th-8th Place: $250/Team
Ron Wallenkamp, Jr, Anna Callan & Mara Geiwitz
Lennie Boresch, Anthony Martorana & Joey Ervin
Chad Kloss, Alex Peglow & Emily Bierman

HANDICAP DIVISION
1st Place: $1,300/Team & 900 Global Bowling Balls & Logo Infusion Custom Jersey
Michael James, Andrea Mcphail & Sophie Klicka

2nd Place: $1,000/Team & 900 Global Bowling Balls
Shawn Klinke, Samantha Hinckle & Leo Voss

3rd Place: $900/Team & 900 Global 3-Ball Rollers
Aaron Drouillard, Holden Gabrielsen & Peter Trick, Jr.

4th Place: $800/Team & 900 Global 2-Ball Rollers
Jenny Wonders, Ian Koster & Landon Bauer

5th Place: $600/Team
Brian Miller, Alan Howell & Logan Stoffel

6th Place: $500/Team
Steve Barron, Darren Frasa & Jake Dros

7th-12th Place: $300/Team
Nick Wetzel, Samuel Weiland & Payton Davis
Scott Huenink, Andrew Athas & Chloe Wright
Rob Lange, Connor Gabrielsen & Dane Pintar
Chuck Weber, Paxton Bauer & Caston Dhuse
John Peterson, Jake Evitts & Cameron Oglesby
Christine Weber, Brodie Marks & Max Katzenmeyer

13th-20th Place: $250/Team
Josh Gulig, Parker Stasiulis & Brady Bjurstrom
Bob Nowaczyk, Travis Tock & Kayden Bruggink
Harley Aumann, Caitlyn Marrs & Chloe Van Sistine
Amanda Van Duyn, Vincent Prelesnik & Dartanion Sellers
James Tucker, Todd Rene Fournier & Kieran Pavlat
Eric Shelby, Keegin Nachtwey & Matthew Sertich
James Seelig, Lucas Paprocki & Carter Bartz
Katie Zwiefelhofer, Allyssa Tanner & Ethan Kailin

Jennifer Krueger Award - $50 Scholarship Prize Money & Crystal Pin Trophy
Telaya White +113

Adam Schultz Award - $50 Scholarship Prize Money & Crystal Pin Trophy
Keegin Nachtwey +172
Leo Voss +172

Jennifer Krueger High Series Award - $50 Scholarship Prize Money & Crystal Pin Trophy
Jasmine McKee – 853 Series

Adam Schultz High Series Award - $50 Scholarship Prize Money & Crystal Pin Trophy
Colin Krachey – 1,018

Michael James sent me this message recounting the day his team had in winning the handicap division, and I think it does a great job capturing what the event is all about.

My team consisted of Andrea McPhail and Sophie Klicka, who are cousins, and are both granddaughters of Chris Holzschuh.  

After two games of qualifying, I didn't think we were doing anything special... I had about 445 and each of the girls had about 310 or so.  Then I learned that Andrea averages 116 and Sophie was in the 130s.  They were really kicking it, but you'd never know it from their demeanor as they had other siblings/cousins on the pair and they were all goofing around like pre-and early teens do.

So once I realized how well the team was doing, I asked the girls if they were having fun bowling, and they said that they were.  Then I asked if they could have more fun, and they each said YES.  So I asked them if we could get up to 5% more fun and they agreed.

Then I threw a bad shot (and spared) and they both opened.  Sophie then said "I think we can even have 8% more fun". 

Thus, the team name "Team 8% More Fun" was born, and though that team name will never appear officially, that made us a team and it all clicked.  About that time, Sophie's brother (I think) called her "Sophie 300 Game", so I started calling her that.  A little later, I decided that Andrea (the 116 avg, older, and decidedly more shy one) needed a nickname, and I pulled "Andrea the Hammer" out of thin air.

During one of the Baker games in qualifying, our team had a scratch 247 game.  Again... with a 116 and a mid-130s average bowler.  Our qualifying score had us in 2nd place after the cut for the next round of Baker games.

Nothing exciting happened too much that second round (other than us holding our own and bowling well enough to be the #1 seed in the Finals).

We bowled Shawn Klinke's team.  My first frame I left a 6-10 and cherryed it, and Andrea left a Greek Church and took 1 pin, giving us 15 in the 2nd and when our opponents both marked we had already used up our 17 pins of handicap.  The girls looked terrified to be bowling for the championship, so I went to Chris and one of the moms (I don't know which) but I said that the girls were pressuring themselves, so I said that I was going into Full Fun Mode.

Sophie got up, left a 5-6-10, and came back saying that she hated that she was by herself and everyone was watching.  I told her (loud enough for everyone in the center to hear) that this was a blast, and this is what bowlers live for.  You don't win unless everyone is watching... "This is Great!".  She rolled her eyes at me, then made the split, and every single person applauded long and loud.  She was way totally embarrassed.  And I was having the time of my life.

In mid-game, Shawn's team had five opens in a row and we stayed relatively clean, and when their bowler opened in the 9th, it clinched the game for us.  When I got up in the 10th, I threw my first ball and I came back and told the girls "That's it, we win", and they both looked confused and said "Really?"  Ah, kids... I was living and dying with each ball by each team, and they had to be told that they won.