Gold Winners

SZCZERBINSKI, BOWERS EARN DOUBLES GOLD AT PABCON YOUTH

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - Junior Team USA's John Szczerbinski of North 
Tonawanda, N.Y., and Brent Bowers of Mulvane, Kan., teamed up to earn the 
gold medal in boys doubles Tuesday afternoon at the 2008 Pan American 
Bowling Confederation Youth Championships.

Fueled by Szczerbinski's 299 in the fourth game, the duo totaled 2,740 and 
won the title by 76 pins over silver medalists Daniel Melo and Juan 
Rodriguez of Colombia. Puerto Rico's William Navas and Francisco Valiente 
took bronze with 2,538.

Szczerbinski shot 1,398 for six games, while Bowers totaled 1,342, including 
256 the final game as the pair pulled away. Both players said the turning 
point was Szczerbinski's 299 game, which Bowers complemented with a 224.

"I felt like I made pretty good shots and got the 10th and 11th and then the 
12th one I thought was pretty darn good but the 10 pin just decided to stay 
up," Szczerbinski said. "I couldn't complain, though, because that was a 
good shot."

Despite shooting 523 in Game 4, the pair entered Game 6 leading the 
Colombians by just seven pins but by the final frame the Americans had 
locked up the title.

"I felt like we were on top of the world after that 523, and I honestly 
didn't think anyone was even close to us," Bowers said. "When they told us 
Colombia was on our tails, I was surprised that we had a lot of work to do. 
It was six games of non-stop, in your face just good bowling."

The other U.S. pairing of Geoffrey Young of Denton, Texas, and Daniel Spink 
of Florissant, Mo., finished in seventh place with 2,486. Young totaled 
1,276 while Spink added 1,210.

In girls doubles, Mexico's Aseret Zetter and Patricia Contreras won the gold 
as the pair combined for 2,639. They were propelled to the gold by matching 
279s in Game 2 and never looked back. Contreras led the duo with a 1,340 
series while Zetter shot 1,299.

Junior Team USA's Christine Bator of Warren, Mich., and Josie Earnest of 
Vandalia, Ill., jumped from third to second in the final game and earned the 
silver medal with 2,547. Earnest shot 1,288 while Bator had 1,259. The other 
Mexican pairing of Gabriela Hernandez and Lilia Robles took bronze with 
2,495.

Jenny Brown of DeLand, Fla., and Kristie Petravich of West Palm Beach, Fla., 
finished fourth with 2,444. Brown totaled 1,223 while Petravich added 1,221.

In the all-events race, Young leads with a 12-game total of 2,764, an 
average of better than 230 a game. Costa Rica's Alberto Lizano is second, 
119 pins back. Szczerbinski is third with 2,630, Bowers is eighth at 2,556 
and Spink sits in 11th with 2,548.

Earnest leads girls all-events with 2,551, an average of 212.58. Bator is 
second with 2,485, Brown is fifth with 2,398 and Petravich is tied for 
seventh with 2,340.

Competition continues Wednesday with six games of trios action. Junior Team 
USA will team up Szczerbinski, Young and Bowers for the boys and Brown, 
Earnest and Bator for the girls. After the third game, the coaches have the 
option of subbing in the fourth player and have decided to swap Bator for 
Petravich and Spink for Bowers.

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2008 PABCON YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Galaxy Bowling Center (San Salvador, El Salvador)
Tuesday's results

DOUBLES
(Top 10, six games)

BOYS

1, Brent Bowers/John Szczerbinski, United States, 2,740. 2, Daniel Melo/Juan 
Rodriguez, Colombia, 2,664. 3, William Navas/Francisco Valiente, Puerto 
Rico, 2,538. 4, Alberto Lizano/Marco Moretti, Costa Rica, 2,507. 5, Sabin 
Spence-LeBlanc/Randy Churchill, Canada, 2,506. 6, Raymond Lussiere/Mathieu 
Beauduin, Canada, 2,493. 7, Daniel Spink/Geoffrey Young, United States, 
2,486. 8, Kevin Belandria/Carlos Cottone, Venezuela, 2,484. 9, Jose 
Ramburini/Manuel Fernandez, Dominican Republic, 2,416. 10, Michael 
Piccari/Leovigildo Rodriguez, Venezuela, 2,394.

GIRLS

1, Aseret Zetter/Patricia Contreras, Mexico, 2,639. 2, Christine Bator/Josie 
Earnest, United States, 2,547. 3, Gabriela Hernandez/Lilia Robles, Mexico, 
2,495. 4, Kristie Petravich/Jenny Brown, United States, 2,444. 5, Angie 
Ramirez/Maria Jose Rodriguez, Colombia, 2,370. 6, Kodee Pilling/Rosalie 
Hiscock, Canada, 2,286. 7, Jackeline Gerani/Patricia de Faria, Venezuela, 
2,241. 8, Valerie Ruiz/Ashley Spaid, Puerto Rico, 2,231. 9, Natalia 
Rico/Diana Gomez, Colombia, 2,189. 10, Brittany Hawkes/Pamela Beaudin, 
Canada, 2,187.


ALL-EVENTS
(Top 10, 12 games)

BOYS

1, Geoffrey Yong, United States, 2,764. 2, Alberto Lizano, Costa Rica, 
2,643. 3, John Szczerbinski, United States, 2,630. 4, Daniel Enrique Melo, 
Colombia, 2,627. 5, Raymond Lussier, Canada, 2,596. 6, Juan Sebastian 
Rodriguez, Colombia, 2,579. 7, Michael Piccari, Venezuela, 2,562. 8, Brent 
Bowers, United States, 2,556. 9 (tie), Carlos Cottone, Venezuela and Randy 
Churchill, Canada, 2,550.

GIRLS

1, Josie Earnest, United States, 2,551. 2, Christine Bator, United States, 
2,485. 3, Maria Jose Rodriguez, Colombia, 2,424. 4, Lilia Robles, Mexico, 
2,410. 5, Jenny Brown, United States, 2,398. 6, Patricia Contreras, Mexico, 
2,391. 7 (tie), Aseret Zetter, Mexico, and Kristie Petravich, United States, 
2,340. 9, Paula Vilas, Dominican Republic, 2,339. 10, Patricia de Faria, 
Venezuela, 2,314.