Heart of America Junior Classic

We have added lots more goodies to our new website, including a My Tournament hub where you can see all your tournament entry information in one place!

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HUGE (long) and exciting new update!

We now have a tournament website. This brings a lot of cool features to the tournament that we know many of you have asked for. The site features will include:

*Signing up for tournaments
*Live Rosters
*View past tournaments (once we get them all uploaded)
*Early Sign up for Junior Gold - you can even pre-pay if you'd like
*Live Scoring and real time results
*All of our rules and forms in one easily accessible area
*FAQS (coming soon)
*Bowling center information for all houses that host us

There is even more that isn't listed here, but let's just say, its pretty cool

The tournament entry for Royal Crest is live and you can sign up now.

We will run Royal Crest online in tandem with our usual scoring to ensure that everything is updating and calculating as it should, so Royal Crest results on the new website will not be official. You will still need to check here for official standings and results for this tournament.

As with new things there can be growing pains, so if you see something that doesn't look quite right, or if there is something you would like to see added let us know!

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Congratulations to our Champions: Graesyn Hoss, Master Div., Gavin Neal, Classic Div., and, Kale Duffett, Major Div.! Thank you to our host, Mission Bowl, with over 40 years of support! Hope to see everyone at Royal Crest Lanes on Sep. 26th.

Here are the results of the Junior Gold qualifier and high game.

For those that participated in Junior Gold and have the Advancer Option designation, you have the ability to buy out your spot. Please see us tomorrow for more information on how to do that!

Congratulations to those that qualified and to those that earned extra scholarship!

Congratulations to all of tomorrow’s qualifiers for Match-play! Reminder: check-in begins at 8am. The alternate has the option to bowl if anyone is not there by 8:30am sharp. We will post Junior Gold results and high game scholarships shortly.

Here are the results from A Squad

Final results for the tournament will be posted after B Squad

Reminder for tomorrow’s tournament at Mission Bowl: Check-in for A squad begins at 8:15am with practice starting at 8:50. B squad check-in begins at 12:15, with practice at 12:50. There are still a few spots available on both squads, if you still need to sign-up. Junior Gold is optional at an additional 50.00 per bowler, as it’s a 1-in-5 ratio, 250.00 to USBC for each winning spot. You will need to have a 2026-20207 JOG membership prior for Junior Gold, that can easily be done on Bowl.com. Scholarship High Game is also available on site. See everyone tomorrow!

Home BOWL.com is the interactive home for USBC, the national governing body of bowling. We’re a membership organization that provides standardized rules, regulations and benefits to make bowling fair and fun for everyone.

Here are the rosters for this coming weekends tournament at Mission Bowl. Please let us know if you can no longer attend. There is still room if you would like to bowl. This will be the first Junior Gold qualifying event we hold for the new year as well!

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2026 Greater Ozarks Youth Shootout Tournament Rules


1. This Tournament is a USBC Youth Sanctioned Tournament. All Bowlers must be a current 2026-2027 USBC Member in good standing. All USBC rules apply. Youth bowlers must follow Rule 400 Youth Membership Eligibility.

2. The event will be held on August 23, 2026 at 12:00 p.m. at Enterprise Park Lanes, 1625 S Enterprise, Springfield, MO 65804. Walk-ins accepted 30 minutes before the start of the tournament if spots are available. Cost is $75. Prize fund-$50 Lineage-$20 Expenses-$5 Payout ratio-1:5. 100% of the prize fund will be returned in SMART and awards.

3. Late arrivals will be given zeros in the frames they miss.

4. Format: 4 games, moving pairs each game. Top 8 will go to a single elimination bracket. If there is a tie for the top 8, high game will break the tie for seeding in the bracket unless the tie is for 8th place then there will be a 9th and 10th frame roll off. If there is a tie during bracket play, there will be a 9th and 10th frame roll off.

5. It is the responsibility of the bowler and/or parent to verify that your average is correct.

6. Handicap is 85% of 220. Entering average is high book from 2025-2026 with 12 games or more. If there is no 25/26 average then a current league with 12 games or more, if neither the bowler will bowl scratch at 220. The tournament will have up to 3 divisions, depending on the number of entries and the average range of bowlers. Bowlers will be placed in the appropriate division to ensure fair and competitive play. Each division must have a minimum of 8 bowlers.

7. Dress code: clean, neat jeans, fingertip length shorts/skirts or slacks (without holes) are required. No sweats or workout (basketball type shorts) clothing. No suggestive printing, graphics, or promotion of liquor or to***co products on clothing is allowed. If you question it, don't wear it! Tournament directors’ decision on this matter is final.

8. Any situation not covered by these rules will be handled at the discretion of the Tournament Director. All decisions made by the Tournament Director are final.


Optional Event - Junior Gold Qualifier Rules


1. Participants must have a Junior Gold membership to enter and entries will be taken day of.

2. Event will be optional and run with the Springfield Youth Shootout on August 23 at 12 pm at Enterprise Park Lanes, 1625 S Enterprise Ave, Springfield, MO 65804.

3. Format is 4 games on a challenge pattern. Scratch scores will be used to determine the winner. In the event of a tie, the winner will be determined by 9th and 10th frame roll off.

4. Advancement ratio will be 1:5. If we have enough entries we will split into age divisions and gender otherwise it will be combined. Cost is $50 for U18/U16. If there are enough to have a U14/U12 division, the cost will be $30.

5. The first person to not advance, if there is extra over the advancement ratio, will be given the option to pay the difference for the next Junior Gold spot.

6. If the first person not to advance declines to pay for the difference of the extra spot, the extra money will be paid to SMART in the form of a scholarship to that person.