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MINNEAPOLIS – Thousands of the nation’s top youth bowlers are headed to Minneapolis for the 2026 Junior Gold Championships, which starts with official practice sessions on Saturday and will conclude July 18 with the stepladder finals in each of the four age-based divisions for both boys and girls, which are U12, U14, U16 and U18.

This year marks the first time the Junior Gold Championships has come to the Minneapolis area and its hallowed center, Cedarvale Lanes.

Cedarvale won’t be the only venue in use, however, as, nine additional bowling centers will help play host to nearly 3,500 athletes competing in the Minneapolis area during the weeklong tournament for a part of the event’s nearly $500,000 scholarship fund.

Junior Team USA and Futures Team USA 2027 also will have spots up for grabs through qualifying and the stepladder finals at this year’s Junior Gold Championships.

BowlTV will provide livestream coverage of all rounds of competition at the 2026 Junior Gold Championships. Junior Gold coverage will be limited to five of the 10 centers during the qualifying rounds in all four divisions, with each center offering 16 lanes of coverage. Additional lanes will be added at Cedarvale Lanes and Mermaid Entertainment during the advancers rounds and match play.

Qualifying and match play at the USA Bowling National Championships will be streamed live on BowlTV with viewers being able to watch competition pairs at Lucky Strike Lakeville.

The stepladder finals at both the USA Bowling National Championships and Junior Gold Championships will be streamed live on BowlTV and on Bowling TV, the new 24-hour channel dedicated entirely to bowling, which can be found on Prime Video, LG Channels, Xumo Play, DISH TV, Bonusview, Sling Freestream, Plex, Free Live Sports and Bowling TV’s Roku app.

The USA Bowling National Championships finals will stream live on both platforms on July 9 at 5 p.m. Eastern…