The U20 division of the 2017 Junior Gold Championships featured 1,418 boys and 840 girls, who each rolled 16 games across four bowling centers, before the top 203 boys and top 120 girls moved on to a five-game advancers round.  In the end, HBT's Kristopher Yadao placed 7th amongst the over 1400 boys and earned a spot on the boys' Junior Team USA for 2018 through qualifying.