She may only be 11 years-old, but Jadyn Arnett can now call herself a national champion.
Arnett won the bantam girls singles title at the national Youth Bowling Canada (YBC) five-pin championship Sunday in Toronto.
Arnett, who bowls out of Prince George's Black Diamond Lanes, won 17 out of 26 games in the three-day tournament en route to winning the championship. Her average was 178.23 points to claim the gold medal.
Kelli Ann Sheridan from Grand Falls - Windsor, Nfld., earned the silver medal, winning 15 of 26 games. Sheridan was tied with Northern Ontario's Felicity Eckensviller and Alberta's Natalya Langevin for second place and won the tie-breaking game with 224 points. Eckensviller tallied 216 points to claim the bronze medal. Langevin rolled a 164 in the tiebreaker.
Arnett went into Toronto as the B.C. bantam champion, a title she won in March in Langley.
Black Diamond's senior girls squad of Kassidy Johnson, Paige Meise, Megan Reimer and Lezzyl Aquino finished fifth at the YBC national championships.
The team won 12 out of 21 games for an 844.71 average. It won four of seven games on the first day of competition Friday and followed up with four wins in nine games on Saturday. The Black Diamond girls won four of five on Sunday to wrap up the tournament.
The 2014 champions from Saskatoon defended their senior girls title, winning 16 out of 21 games for an 869.05 average.
Manitoba captured the silver medal with an 857.57 average, winning 14 out of 21 games, followed by Alberta, which claimed bronze winning 13 out of 21 games. Northern Ontario finished fourth, winning 13 out of 21 games.
