The Bracket Challenge

01/13/2026

Messing around with AI this afternoon...

Whatever does Yeet The Strike mean?!

01/13/2026

People love to talk.
I like to strike.

If you’re curious, you already know what to do.
If you’re skeptical, that’s fine too.

Either way, I’ll be waiting.

I’m giving away a ball every day at 900global.com.
Keep entering.
You probably won’t win.

– Vengeance

01/12/2026

Well that was certainly a weekend for the books for us!

Thank you to the 113 bowlers who came out this past weekend to the Pigeon Forge No Tap and Pigeon Forge Scratch events.

Congratulations to Ricky Spiva for outlasting 53 other bowlers to come away with the no tap win with a score of 1161.

For the scratch event, it was the first one we had with a seperate Senior / Ladies division and it looked to pay dividends as we had 9 in that division. Congratulations to Jeremy Adams on his win with a 5 game total of 946.

For the main division, we had 56 entries, with no reentries from squad A. After qualifying was over, Josh Lewis led with a 1039, and Spiros Schenk was the only other bowler to qualify in the plus at 1033. We are cutting to the top 12 this year but continuing to pay 1 in 4. We were able to pay 14 spots this weekend. After the dust settled, it was Josh Lewis coming away with the victory over Spiros by a score of 258 to 196.

Congratulations Josh on your 16th Bracket Challenge title.

01/11/2026

Congratulations to Josh Lewis on his Pigeon Forge Scratch win. He continues to add to his Legend status.

He defeated Spiros Schenk 258-196.

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01/11/2026

And then there were four!

Josh Lewis vs Neal Nakandakare
Spiros Schenk vs Zack McSwain

01/11/2026

From 56 entries down to 8...let's go!

01/11/2026

After 5 game of qualifying, Josh Lewis led with an 1039, while Zack Nelson was our cut at 927. We paid 14 spots and the final score was Nathaniel Potter at 913.

Stay tuned as we progress through the afternoon.

01/11/2026

The roster for Sevierville is open! We are maxing all 4 squads at 40 entries.

You must register through www.thebracketchallenge.org to guarantee your spot.

10a No Tap:
1. James Tucker
2. Bo VanHoy
3. James Lockmiller
4. Ryan Hollon
5. Ashlynn Morton
6. Dustin Davis
7. John Sheftz

2p No Tap:
1. Brandon Griffin
2. Connor Griffin
3. Kevin Shafer
4. Thomas Egler
5. Jacob Henry
6. Gary Pearson
7. Wes McWethy

7p Scratch:
1. Trent Wolfe
2. Brandon Wolfe
3. John Sheftz
4. Kevin Cooper

10a Scratch:
1. Russell Elkin
2. Bo VanHoy
3. Zack McGhee
4. George Cooper
5. Chris Massengale
6. Cody Ozias
7. Zack Nelson
8. Keegan Mier
9. Dalton O'Neal
10. Spiros Schenk
11. Justin Lewis
12. Jim Ambrose
13. David Painter
14. Cephas Hensley
15. James Lockmiller
16. Landon Ison
17. Ryan Hollon
18. Ashlynn Morton
19. Dustin Davis
20. Nick Sheets
21. Austin Lockhart
22. Chad Bailey
23. Matt Giuliani
24. Josh Lewis
25. Greg McMahan
26. Zarek Merza
27. Neal Nakandakare
28. Wes McWethy
29. Kevin Shafer
30. Thomas Egler
31. David Christopher
32. Jacob Henry
33. Leonard Cook
34. Blake McReynolds
35. Nicholas Elkin
36. Thomas Woolbright
37. Matt Mikels
38. Nathaniel Potter
39. Ryan Carpenter
40. Jason Estes

10a Waiting List:
1. Randy Weiss
2. Andrew Scantland

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01/11/2026

Here are the results from the first scratch squad this evening. The leader of the main event is CJ Petrin at -64. Jeremy Adams is the leader of the senior/ladies division at -54. See everyone tomorrow at 9 for registration and bowl at 10.

01/11/2026

Our Pigeon Forge scratch winner will win this trophy thanks to Slingin' Wood Pro Shop