STARLIGHT LANES
champs Paul Carper & Nick Sanchez
Two New Mexico bowlers in the thick of the Bowler of the Year race defended their home turf, picking up important victories in exciting JBT action at Santa Ana Star Casino's Starlight Lanes.
Chris Brown practiced his Houdini act in the scratch division of the stepladder finals, beginning with a 205-199 win over Joe Lewandowski when Joe left a brutal 4-9 in the tenth frame. Chris and Danny Cobine then engaged in a classic, with Danny striking out for a 238-237 thrilling win. William Entsminger then beat Cobine 221-173 to advance to the title game.
Top seed Carper had thoroughly dominated the tournament, leading 7 of the 8 rounds. Though the veteran Entsminger was hungry for another win in his final JBT season, Paul was just too strong, beginning with the front six strikes en route to a 257-223 win, and the 5th title of his JBT career.
In a battle of two of the premier handicap division bowlers this season, Cortez Schenck beat Marina Stever 224-198 to open up their stepladder finals. Kallista Fritts, having a wonderful first JBT event, then ousted Schenck 223-201. Jonah Seawright then turned the tables in the semifinals, defeating Kallista 245-184 to advance to the championship game.
Top seed Nick Sanchez, who was the points leader heading into the event, was looking to consolidate that lead with a win, while the resurgent Seawright was having his best JBT event in quite a while. In the end, it was Nick who came up with the 237-189 win, good for his second career JBT victory. Both Nick and Paul's wins were huge in the Bowler of the Year Race, giving them 2 each, which is one of the major stats that Bowler of the Year is calculated with.
Thanks as always to the crew at Starlight for making it easy to run a smooth event, which awarded over $1,600 in scholarships to bowlers of all ages and averages. Want in on the fun? Check out all the info at our website, and make plans to see us soon!
| Starlight Lanes- final results and optional scholarship winners | |||
| 4/23/2011 | |||
| NM-TX Conference | |||
| Scratch Division | |||
| rank | name | prize | |
| 1 | Paul Carper | $245 | |
| 2 | William Entsminger | $240 | |
| 3 | Danny Cobine | $60 | |
| 4 | Chris Brown | $65 | |
| 5 | Joe Lewandowski | $90 | |
| 6 | Labriel Leach | $20 | |
| 7 | Curtis Lindeman | ||
| 8 | Aaron Foshie | $15 | |
| 9 | Billy Read | ||
| 10 | Jacob Wright | ||
| 11 | William Yoder | ||
| 12 | Sara Vargas | ||
| 13 | Jacob Gill | ||
| 14 | Amber Robinson | ||
| 15 | Zach Martinez | $15 | |
| 16 | Alex Yoder | ||
| 17 | Josh Helmick | ||
| 18 | Scott Wiley | ||
| 19 | Riley Dempsey | $15 | |
| 20 | Ahkeen Williams | ||
| 21 | Tim Crites | ||
| 22 | Seth Jaramillo | ||
| 23 | Michael Conway | ||
| 24 | Tevynn Laws | ||
| 25 | Nick Lee | ||
| 26 | Brandon Gill | ||
| 27 | Marcos Arnijo | $5 | |
| 28 | Kyle Madrid | ||
| 29 | Noah Pinnick | ||
| 30 | Tim Baribeau | ||
| 31 | Janeyl Carper | ||
| 32 | Ryan Fast | ||
| 33 | Tom Crites | ||
| 34 | Krysta LaRue | ||
| 35 | Sabrina Vargas | ||
| 36 | Mike Romero | ||
| Handicap Division | |||
| rank | name | prize | |
| 1 | Nick Sanchez | $230 | |
| 2 | Jonah Seawright | $100 | |
| 3 | Kallista Fritts | $115 | |
| 4 | Cortez Schenck | $60 | |
| 5 | Marina Stever | $50 | |
| 6 | Jake Helmick | $40 | |
| 7 | Jeff Russell | $60 | |
| 8 | KJ Martinez | $65 | |
| 9 | Christian Brown-Rodriguez | ||
| 10 | Jacqueline Vanlenzuela | $15 | |
| 11 | Linzi Martinez | ||
| 12 | Aurora Popple | ||
| 13 | Jennifer Valenzuela | ||
| 14 | Alyssa Williams | ||
| 15 | Zachary Wojciechowski | ||
| 16 | Tanya Paris | $30 | |
| 17 | Kory Hetmer | ||
| 18 | Ina Parrent | $15 | |
| 19 | Bryan Nogan | $15 | |
| 20 | Joseph Trujillo | $5 | |
| 21 | Katie McNeil | ||
| 22 | Joey Balistreri | $30 | |
| 23 | Dillon Farfan | ||
| 24 | Audrey Campbell | $15 | |
| 25 | Elizabeth Romero | ||
| 26 | Stephanie Barela | ||
| 27 | Josh Demick | ||
| 28 | Becki Meils | ||
| 29 | Sophie Diaz | ||
| 30 | Tonia Barela | ||
| 31 | Lacey Shelton | ||
| 32 | Sarah Romero | ||
| 33 | Nicholas Hamm | ||
| 34 | Brooke Martinez | ||
| 35 | Kelly McNeil | ||
| 36 | Nick Lloyd | ||
| 37 | William Laws | ||
| 38 | Brittany Leiby | ||
| 39 | Dale Coffee | ||
| 40 | Allie May | ||
| 41 | Priscilla Red | ||
| 42 | Randy Newlin | ||
| 43 | Matt Vargas | ||
| 45 | Cerra Strickland | ||
| 46 | Alex Cowen | ||
| Scratch High Games: | |||
| Sara Vargas 279 | |||
| Entsminger 279 | |||
| Foshie 267 | |||
| Brown 267 | |||
| Entsminger 259 | |||
| Handicap High Games: | |||
| Schenck 310 | |||
| Wojo 289 | |||
| Stever 288 | |||
| Parrent 282 | |||
| Jake Helmick 280 | |||
| Round Leaders (5 pts. Each) | |||
| Scratch | Handicap | ||
| Read- Carper | Parrent | ||
| Carper | Schenck | ||
| Carper | Helmick | ||
| Carper | Stever | ||
| Lindeman | Helmick | ||
| Cobine | Helmick | ||
| Carper | Helmick | ||
| Carper | N Sanchez | ||
| High Female: | |||
| Stever +33 | |||
| Sara Vargas -20 | |||
| Robinson -62 | |||
| Jacq. Valenzuela -120 | |||
| B Martinez -142 | |||
| TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $1,615 | |||