Dylan Shafel defeated Chris Gibbons 226-207 to win the MAST event at Watertown Bowl 18 in Watertown Sunday.

This was Shafel’s first career MAST title. Gibbons was seeking his thirteenth career title.

Shafel qualified second at 1,013, and averaged 234 through his three matches en route to the win.

Gibbons led qualifying at 1,023, finishing with a 279 game to climb from fifth to first and earning him fifty bonus points in the M & J Truck and Auto Points Race. He then averaged 240 in three rounds of match play.

Shafel earned $424 for the win, with Gibbons taking home $292 for second. The other match play payouts Sunday were $187 for 3rd-4th, $149 for 5th-8th, and $115 for 9th-12th.

Forty-three bowlers competed on Watertown’s house pattern. The cut to twelfth after four games of qualifying was 915. There were no honor counts posted during the day Sunday.

Tour co-sponsor Matt Maly and M & J Truck and Auto added $300 to the prize fund for this event. MAST extends a huge Thank You to M & J Truck and Auto for their generosity.

Full results will be posted shortly.

Our next event is a Trios tournament at Ten Pin Alley in Fitchburg on Saturday, January 11th. Qualifying starts at 11:30am. The oil pattern will be announced shortly, and the event will feature Match Play finals. We are capping entries at thirty-two three-person teams; please visit the MAST Facebook page or contact a tournament official to sign up. We hope to see you all there.