BY KENT LOWE | CONTRIBUTING WRITER
DEC 13, 2021 – 2:57 PM
So many things happening in the bowling world, especially here in South Louisiana and including some important city and state tournament news, but let’s start with the latest edition of the Sue Braud BR Singles event at All-Star Lanes.
The December edition drew 290 entries and it took 629 to make the cut to the semis and then 659 to make the 32-player bracket finals.
When the dust had cleared, Chandler Delaune of Lafayette, who entered with a 200 average won the $1,925 first prize. He defeated Slidell’s Joshua Jochum, who entered with a 209 average. Delaune rolled a two-game set of 481 to win over Jochum’s 422. Second place paid $962.50. Kenon Smith and Sumner Taylor made the semifinal round to earn $404.25 each, and Nathan Girouard and Kim Thibodeaux of Lafayette, Pete Greco of New Orleans and Aaron Senegal of Baton Rouge made the round of eight to earn $269.50 apiece.
Eric White of Baton Rouge had an 802 scratch set during the qualifying round as Chad Conard rolled 299 and Deep South Scratch winner Jacob Garretson had a 290 game in qualifying and advanced to the final 32.
There is a BR tournament Facebook page to follow for upcoming dates in 2022 and www.BowlTheBR.com.
Sumner Taylor put together a different format for the Friday night sweeper and there were 37 entries for that. James Mayer won the final match against Brian Mumphrey, 238-226, to win the $350 first prize.