PORTLAND — Maine State Junior Gold Bowlers held its last tournament of the season at Spare Time Family Fun in Portland, Maine, on Saturday, April 30. The qualifiers that each earned a spot in the 2016 Junior Gold Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana are Cameron Atherton (1064 pins for 5 games), Austin Hicks (1030 pins), and Joshua Looman (932 pins) – earning them . This month’s U20 tournament winner is Austin Hicks, and the U15 winner is Parker Thibault, earned through head-to-head matches.

Atherton is from Fayette and bowls out of Meadow Lanes in Wilton. Hicks is from Gorham and bowls out of Spare Time in Portland. Looman is from Oakland and bowls out of Sparetime Recreation in Augusta. Thibault is from Lewiston and bowls out of Sparetime Recreation in Lewiston.

U20 High Games: Ben Furrow 214, 200; Joshua Looman 233, 220; Tyler Lerman 236; Nathan Boothby 217, 203; Jakob Harzewski 204; Austin Hicks 279, 224, 223, 204; Cameron Atherton 258, 236, 201; Chris Goulette 258; Matt Douglas 248, 223, 208, 200; Brandon Plummer 221, 213; Zachary Lessard 204, 201; Seth Kolreg 246, 237, 235; U15: Parker Thibault 219, 213, 207, 205, 205; Chris Haney 266; 200; Shayne MacFarlane 213, 212; Alexandrah Gagne-Robertson 223; Jacob Sutter 200.

There are qualifiers from two other tournaments this month. Christopher Goulette from Detroit qualified in the Maine State USBC Youth Open (1953 pins for 9 games). Tournament champions are Tyler Carr from Durham (1984 pins) and Jenn Lemay from Augusta (1663 pins).

Qualifiers from the MSUSBC Pepsi Tournament are U20s Seth Kolreg from Auburn (1004 pins for 5 games) and Alyssa Sutherland from Hermon (629 pins), U15s Shayne MacFarlane from Lewiston (846 pins) and Alissa Parker from Glenburn (772 pins), and U12s Cayden Hinkley from Jay (566 pins) and Rubianne Vaughn from New Gloucester (607). Tournament champions are Seth Kolreg and Jenn Lemay (989 pins).

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