The 2023 Junior Hall of Fame Tournament Sunday at Bowlero Lanes in the Milwaukee suburb of Wauwatosa awarded $11,700 in SMART scholarship funds, tournament founder and director Shannon Labinski announced. 

The tournament, which also awarded $500 in Bowl4Life scholarships, has awarded $144,135 in SMART scholarship funding since it began in 2007.

The field was 24 scratch and 40 handicap teams. Prior to 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic, the field was 84 teams, with 24 scratch and 60 handicap.

New PBA Tour champion A.J. Johnson was the celebrity.

The tournament is sponsored by 900 Global, I AM Bowling, the Milwaukee Area USBC and Hall of Fame, Ten on the Deck Productions, Bowl4Life, and the PBA — the tournament is now a PBA Junior Affiliate tournament and features PBA Junior Star awards.

Phil Brylow & $2 Phil - Ten On The Deck Productions again webcast the scratch division of the tournament.

The youth female and male bowlers rolling the most pins over their average during qualifying in the handicap division win the $50 PBA Junior Star awards. Scratch prizes are awarded to the highest 4-game series male and female in the scratch division.

The Chuck Eberhardt Team Award was given to the top qualifying team in each division.

In scratch, there was four games of traditional bowling and four games of team Baker format, with the top eight teams advancing to Round 2.

In Round 2, those eight teams bowled four more team Baker games, with pins carrying over, and the top four teams then advanced to a stepladder finals. The stepladder format was 2-game team Baker format matches.

In handicap, there was three games of traditional bowling and four games of team Baker format, with the top 20 teams advancing to Round 2.

In Round 2, those 20 teams bowled four more team Baker games, with pins carrying over, and the top four teams then advanced to a stepladder finals. The stepladder was 1-game team Baker format matches.

The team Baker format has the adult bowling frames 1, 4, 7 and 10 and the youths bowling 2-5-8 and 3-6-9.

In the handicap division, handicap is 85% of 220 for individuals and for Baker games is 60 percent of the total youth handicap per game.

Results are at the bottom of this story.

More information is available at the event’s Facebook page and the event's website.

Here is the webcast of the stepladder finals. Here is the webcast of the Round of 8. And here is the webcast of qualifying.

And here are the official photos from the tournament.

Labinski said the 2023 Celebrity Charity Event the night before the JHOFT also was a success, raising money for Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Foundation Fighting Blindness and Down Syndrome Awareness Minnesota.

Labinski thanked the Hall of Fame Members and adult celebrities for donating their time to make this event possible, led by Betsy Bear-Hoff; the businesses that donated to the record-setting online auction, led by Rochelle Roventini; and Grebe's Bakery for taking care of the adult bowlers and staff.

The 18th annual Junior Hall of Fame Tournament is scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024 at Bowlero Wauwatosa.

2023 JUNIOR HALL OF FAME TOURNAMENT
FINAL STANDINGS 
HANDICAP DIVISION
1st Place: $1,000/Team & JHOFT Trophy, 900 Global Bowling Ball & I AM Bowling $50 Certificate
Trenton Holz, Dylan Nissen and Benjamin Gnewuch

2nd Place: $800/Team & 900 Global Bowling Ball
Mike Chambers, Donovan Shira and Tashawn Kelly

3rd Place: $600/Team & 900 Global Bowling Bag
Billy Rodriguez, Ben Jones and Brady Helminski

4th Place: $400/Team & 900 Global Bowling Bag
Glenn Schwandt, Michael Zwiefelhofer and Jason Boyce

5th-9th Place: $300/Team
Chris Tuskowski, Bella Santeliz and Alexander Santeliz
Gary Exner, Reiley Kosiboski and Nolan Lobdell
Steve Dekerf, Genevieve Labinski and Bryson Wallenkamp
Michael James, Jayden McDonald and Cooper Kujawa
Brian LeHouillier, Kyler Zeman and Robert Tock

10th-14th Place: $200/Team
Dan Morris, Logan Roventini and Dominic Miszewski
Cody Schmitt, Jackson Reeder and Kaitlin Dayton
Steve Barron, Evan Wirkkula and Gabriella Eggers
Vance Vetter, Bryce Breunig and Titus Lee
Alyssa Pierson, Hunter Singsime and Elizabeth Vanderhei

15th-20th Place: $100/Team
Tim Felsinger, Noah Wollenzein and Jenna Palmer
Jesse Burt, Chase Rick and McKenzie Larsen
Andrew Loose, Kaiden Storck and Autumn Vodicka
Cassie Hoehnen, Braelynn Anderson and Nolan Nielsen
Lori Exner, Zachary Semrow and Rollin Barthel
Matt Duty, Ian Kloss and Norman Hareng

21st Place: $100/Team – First team out of the cut (tie – both teams received $100)
Ron Buxbaum, Kei Westfall and Jacob Young
Rich Mueller, Riley Dudek and Evan Hareng

PBA Junior Star Award, Handicap Female - $50 Scholarship Prize Money & Trophy
Eva Hareng – 91 pins over average

PBA Junior Star Award, Handicap Male - $50 Scholarship Prize Money & Trophy
Dylan Nissen – 180 pins over average

Chuck Eberhardt Team Award - $100/Team & Trophy
Dylan Nissen and Benjamin Gnewuch (Trenton Holz)

Bowl4Life Random Scholarship Winner, Handicap - $250
Aubrey Jacak 

SCRATCH DIVISION
1st Place: $1,000/Team & JHOFT Trophy, 900 Global Bowling Ball & I AM Bowling $50 Certificate
Jason Miller, Winston Petri and Trae Henrichsmeyer

2nd Place: $800/Team & 900 Global Bowling Ball
Glen Deutschendorf, Gina Scichowski and Shooter Garlisch

3rd Place: $600/Team & 900 Global Bowling Bag
AJ Johnson, Devin Titus and Dake Titus

4th Place: $400/Team & 900 Global Bowling Bag
Chad Maas, Bryce Irwin and Aubin Williams

5th Place: $300/Team
Chris Hill, Dalton Zeman and Hunter Adams

6th-8th Place: $200/Team
James Rogers, Nolan Valerine and Lucas Will
Cotie Holbeck, Payton Davis and Evan Warren
Matt Hibbard, Travis Tock and Kayden Bruggink

PBA Junior Star High Series Award, Scratch Female - $50 Scholarship Prize Money & Trophy
Gina Scichowski - 958

PBA Junior Star High Series Award, Scratch Male - $50 Scholarship Prize Money & Trophy
Trae Henrichsmeyer – 956
Devin Titus - 956

Chuck Eberhardt Team Award - $100/Team & Trophy
Gina Scichowski and Shooter Garlisch (Glen Deutschendorf)
Bryce Irwin and Aubin Williams (Chad Maas)

Bowl4Life Random Scholarship Winner, Scratch - $250
Devin Titus