I think Bowen chose JQ, more as the best way to help eliminate Cayle and Trent
but was underestimating Escher.
Any EM is always dangerous,
but Bowen had the strategy of racking in 5000 pt shots into the KOHoles,
which he did on his first ball.

Regarding the lucky bounces off the pop bumper,
back up thru the top rollover lanes (greeking) by Escher,
Well didn't the same thing happen to Bowen
a ball or two earlier or maybe it was the tiebreaker on JQ before,
where Bowen got "lucky" about half dozen times.

I love the fact that an EM (Jungle Queen) and a classic SS pin (Skateball)
played key roles in deciding the PAPA champ.
Personally I get tired of all the tournament game play on the standard Modern DMD pins
in most tourneys; very glad that PAPA puts into play a good mix of EMs, Classic SS, as well as DMDs
to help choose the champion; as a true champ has to master all what pinball has to offer.

Congrats to Escher
and all the champs and participants in all the divisions.
I think someone needs to call Ellen and have all the young champions appear on her show.

Wonder if these wins by the youngsters (if they win cash)
will affect their amateur standing in regards to getting a NCAA scholarship in future.

I was more worrying about if he wanted to play say college baseball,
assuming he has the talent for such,
the fact that you take any money won in any sport,
i think may disqualify students from any college sports, per NCAA rules.