South Champion

The PBA Jr. South Regional ran three days at Bowl America Southwest in Midlothian, a practice day and then two days of competition: fifteen games of qualifying across three sport patterns, then match play. Arryn closed Saturday trailing the leader by 72 pins with only one qualifying block and match play left to bowl.

Rather than press, he trusted his game. On the EJ Tackett 44-foot pattern he posted a +112 block with back-to-back 279 and 276, vaulting from off the pace to the top of the board at +22 through 15 games. He then went 2 and 2 in match play and held on to win the U15 Boys title by 16 pins, a 198.2 average across 19 games, and a berth in the PBA Jr. National Championship Finals in early 2027.

Danielle McEwan 41-foot pattern, Sunday afternoon. The top four after qualifying bowled a one-game round robin, three matches each with 30 bonus pins for a win, then a position round with 1st against 2nd, all on cumulative event pinfall.

Arryn carried a 70-pin lead into match play. He beat Grayson Underwood 211 to 162, lost to Carson Wilkerson 200 to 170 and beat Colton Adams 210 to 195, and went into the position round 77 pins ahead of Wilkerson. Wilkerson won that game 184 to 153, and Arryn took the title by 16 pins.

This is one of Arryn's most significant results to date. Three different PBA Jr. sport patterns over two days demand elite shot-making, fast lane adjustment, and mental resilience, and he showed all three. The comeback from 72 down is the telling part: instead of pressing, he trusted his ball-striking and let it do the talking on the longest pattern of the weekend.

A regional title against a quality field, plus the Nationals berth that comes with it, is a milestone that speaks for itself. It also rewards a specific kind of toughness, the ability to stay calm and keep making shots when the math says you are behind.

A huge thank you to the PBA and Bowl America Southwest for hosting a well-organized and competitive event, and to everyone who supported and cheered Arryn on all weekend.

Down seventy-two and unbothered. He trusted the shot and let it talk.