Heading into the Youth Bowling Canada national championship tournament, Jeff Strong was hoping to avoid a last-place finish.
He did. In a big way.
Strong, a 15-year-old from Prince George's Black Diamond Lanes, won the silver medal in the junior boys division. He claimed the shining prize Monday in Regina when he beat Manitoba's Derek Sabourin 318-270 in a sudden death playoff. The 318 was impressive, especially considering the fact Strong's personal-best score to date is 370.
Strong, who rolled to a B.C. championship earlier this year, was making his first-ever appearance at nationals.
"I feel really good," he told The Citizen via cell phone.
"I think [playing in nationals] was a bit easier than I thought. I thought I was going to get slaughtered but I actually did all right."
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