CDYST History

On this page, you can check out the CDYST all-time leaders and record holders. Since our Kickoff Event, we have awarded $32,818 in scholarships to our talented youth bowlers. In all, there have been 34 CDYST tournaments and our bowlers have knocked over 1,045,062 pins in 5,718 games; an average of 182.77. 

Milestones

Saturday, May 15, 2010: Liz Kuhlkin became our inaugural champion when she defeated Christopher Hanson 232 - 218 to top a field of  25 talented youth bowlers who competed in the CDYST Kickoff Tournament at Town ‘n Country Lanes in Guilderland, New York. $840 in scholarship prizes were awarded.

2010 - 2011 Season

Saturday, September 30, 2010: The first season of CDYST competition began as 15 talented bowlers came out to Del Lanes and earned a scholarship fund of $315. This event began a new tradition of regular youth scholarship tournaments in the Capital District.

Saturday, February 12, 2011: Tyler Mochrie defeated Kalynn Carl 247 - 198, Scott Frament 244 - 193, and Matthew Olson 255 - 232 at Sunset Lanes to become the first bowler to win three matches in the finals and first two-time champion.

Saturday, March 12, 2011: Tyler Mochrie defeated Casey Schoonmaker 246 - 163 at Burnt Hills Lanes to become the first bowler to win back-to-back tournaments and three titles overall.

Saturday, May 14, 2011: Our inaugural season came to a close as Christopher Hanson defeated Casey Schoonmaker 213 - 188 to win his second title of the season and a record scholarship of $750 at the 2011 CDYST Masters; the total scholarship fund was a record $2,305. For the season, our talented bowlers earned a total of $6,335 in scholarship prizes.

2011 - 2012 Season

Saturday, November 5, 2011: Anthony Alix rolled the first honor score in CDYST competition with a 300 in his second game of qualifying at Catskill Lanes.  The perfect game helped enable him to become the first CDYST bowler to top 1,000 in the qualifying round when he fired a 1,008 4-game series.

Saturday, November 19, 2011: We surpassed 30 entries in a regular season event for the first time, as 32 talented bowlers competed at Sportsman’s Bowl. This also marked the first time we awarded entries into the Junior Gold tournament.

Saturday, December 3, 2011: Thanks to the overwhelming support of our host centers, sponsors, and our bowlers and their parents, we surpassed the $10,000 mark in scholarship awards in our 15th tournament, which was held at Del Lanes.

Thursday & Friday December 28 - 29, 2011: Our first multi-day tournament, the 2011 CDYST Holiday Open, was held at Towne Bowling Academy. Joe Smith, who was one of the first four bowlers to compete, earned his first title by rolling a 970 four-game series to set a bar that was not surpassed by any of the 28 talented bowlers who combined for 50 total entries. Justin and Kalynn Carl were the Crossover Doubles champions in our first-ever non-singles competition. $1,705 in scholarships were awarded.

Friday, December 29, 2011: Justin Carl rolled the second 300 game in CDYST competition in his first game of the 2011 CDYST Holiday Open held at Towne Bowling Academy.

Saturday, April 14, 2012: Corey Buckley defeated Thomas “TJ” Marr 254 - 157 to become the first bowler to win a regular season event leading wire-to-wire. In winning his first title, Corey held a 234-pin lead at the end of the semifinals as he set a new seven-game scoring record of 1,658 (1,748 with bonus pins)

Saturday, April 28, 2012: Our second season came to a close as Michael Hartmann defeated Matthew Olson 226 - 197 to win his second title of the season and a record scholarship of $800 at the 2012 CDYST Masters; the total scholarship fund was a record $2,465. For the season, our talented bowlers earned a total of $10,925 in scholarship prizes.

2012 - 2013 Season

Saturday, October 20, 2012: The total scholarship fund surpassed $1,000 at a regular season tournament for the first time when we awarded $1,010 to a record field of 39 talented bowlers at Towne Bowling Academy.

Saturday, November 10, 2012: We surpassed 40 entries for the first time in a regular season tournament, as 41 talented bowlers competed at Hometown Lanes.  Vernon Billington II became the first bowler from Connecticut to win a CDYST title when he defeated Corey Buckley 279 - 258 in the highest scoring match in CDYST history.

Saturday, December 1, 2012: Casey Schoonmaker rolled the third 300 game in CDYST competition in Game 3 of the qualifying round at Del Lanes.

Thursday and Friday, December 27 - 28, 2012: Thanks to the overwhelming support of our host centers, sponsors, and our bowlers and their parents, we surpassed the $25,000 mark in scholarship awards in our 27th tournament, the 2012 CDYST Holiday Open held at Towne Bowling Academy.

Saturday, January 5, 2012: Jalen Scott-Jones became the first bowler from Rhode Island to win a CDYST title when he defeated Amber Dominic 266 - 203 to top a record-tying field of 49 talented youth bowlers at Alpha Lanes.

Saturday, April 6, 2012: Thanks to the support of our bowlers, their families and friends, our sponsors, and host centers, we established a new record of $11,528 in scholarship awards for the season. Also, during the third game of the semifinals of our event at Spare Time East Greenbush, one of our bowlers knocked over the 1,000,000th pin in CDYST competition.

Saturday, April 27, 2013: Our third season came to a close as Patrick DeVoe earned his first CDYST title and a record scholarship of $900 by defeating Christopher Hanson 200 - 197 and 189 - 184 in the Championship Round of the 2013 CDYST Masters. The scholarship fund was a record $3,190. Throughout the season, our talented youth bowlers earned a record $14,718.

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