BIG ROCK BOWLING CENTER

champs Aaron Johnston & Zac Frias

        Aaron Johnston and Zac Frias survived high scoring opponents en route to JBT titles in exciting New Mexico-Texas Conference action at Espanola's Big Rock Bowling Center.

        After five games, the top 16 bowlers in each division advanced to the 'oadotat' rounds, where the higher-seeded bowlers needed to win one game to advance, while lower seeds need to win two games, puting a huge emphasis on the qualifying rounds, even though pins are dropped in matchplay.  Only #13 Danny Cobine won in scratch round one as a lower seed, ousting #4 Cameron Smith.  #5 Mason Edmondson stopped Danny in the next round though.  Edmonson in turn was defeated by top seed Johnston 278-235 in one semifinal, while #2 Joe Lewandowski snuck by #3 Wendy Shelton, making her second straight open scratch finals 199-194, to set up a 1 vs 2 title match.

        Needing to win twice, Lewandowski looked to be in trouble in game one, but struck out for 247. Needing a strike to win, Johnston rung a 10-pin and then struck on the fill for a 247 tie.  Joe won the ensuing rolloff 10-9 to force a second game.  Joe started off with the front 5 in game two, but Aaron stayed with him with spare-five bagger himself.  A crucial ninth-frame open from Joe gave Aaron all the room he needed, as he went of the sheet from the eighth frame for an eventual 268-265 win in a thrilling two-game match.

        Top handicap seeds fared well also, with #13 being lucky for Parker Simpson, who upset #4 Jeremiah Martin.  In the round of eight, #8 Kory Hetmer came up with a huge win to oust #1 Nathaniel Duran, while #2 Elizabeth Romero rolled on with a win over Kyler Duggins.  #6 Lindsey Sanchez stopped Romero's fine run in the semifinals, beating her twice to get to the final match.  She'd face #5 Zac Frias, who stormed past Hetmer (his league teammate) 260-223 in the other semi.

        Zac, the higher seed, remained in control the whole title match, winning game one 235-219 for the first title of his JBT career.

        Wendy Shelton completed a dominant performance by defeating Sabrina Vargas 214-203 for the three-event sweep of the Women's Series on the weekend (to go with the two regular top five finishes)!

        Thanks as always to the staff at Big Rock for a great job hosting our Tour.  Over $1,600 in scholarships were earned by bowlers of all averages and ages- you can still get in on the unique fun of JBT this season, just check out our schedule and come on down!

Big Rock- final results and scholarship winners
4/29/2012    
     
  Scratch Division  
rank bowler

prize

1 Aaron Johnston $380
2 Joe Lewandowki $155
3 Wendy Shelton $65
4 Mason Edmondson $40
5 Curtis Lindeman $30
6 Tyler Albracht $20
7 Nick Lee  
8 Danny Cobine  
9 Cameron Smith  
10 Derek Acuff  
11 Riley Dempsey $15
12 Matthew Synnett $30
13 Josh Helmick  
14 Chris Brown  
15 Marcos Armijo  
16 Ahkeen Williams  
17 Holden Luke $5
18 Eric Sanford  
19 Dallas Ehlert  
20 Tom Crites  
21 Tim Crites  
22 Aaron Foshie  
23 Josh Herschmann  
24 Cortez Schenck  
25 Sabrina Vargas  
26 Michael Conway  
27 Braxton Williams  
28 Dale Coffee  
29 Mike Romero  
30 Tyler Satter  
31 Nick Sanchez  
     
  Handicap Division  
1 Zac Frias $200
2 Lindsey Sanchez $100
3 Elizabeth Romero $60
4 Kory Hetmer $65
5 Nathaniel Duran $75
6 Josh Demick $60
7 Kyler Duggins $58
8 Parker Simpson $15
9 Jeremiah Martin  
10 Steven Acuff  
11 Jacqueline Valenzuela  
12 KJ Martinez $30
13 Isaac Duran $30
14 Tristen Martinez $45
15 Cody Romero  
16 Kallista Fritts  
17 Katie Rush $20
18 Adel Wahner   
19 Jennifer Valenzuela  
20 Derrick McCoy  
21 Austin Thompson  
22 Allie May  
23 Priscilla Red $53
24 Sophie Diaz  
25 Linzi Martinez  
26 Amber Synnett  
27 Kristie Rush $5
28 Lacey Shelton   
29 Brandon Heckler  
30 Stephanie Barela $30
31 Cerra Strickland  
32 Alexis Atkin  
33 Taylor Simpson $15
34 Jonah Seawright  
35 Zachary Wojciechowski  
36 Olivia Silva  
37 Trevor Thompson  
38 Taylor Williams  
39 Joey Balistreri  
40 Jake Helmick  
41 Gerilynn Delegarito  
42 Michael Briceno  
43 Audrey Campbell  
     
  High Games  
  Scratch Handicap
1 Smith 299 Acuff 291
2 Johnston 288 C Romero 288
3 Dempsey 279 Demick 281
4 Lewandowski 279 N Duran 267
5 Johnston 278 I Duran 262
     
  High Female  
1 Shelton +195  
2 Sabrina Vargas -3  
3 Wahner -50  
4 E Romero -51  
5 Red -66  
     
  Round Leaders  
  Scratch Handicap
1 Cobine E Romero
2 Johnston N Duran
3 Johnston - Smith N Duran
4 Johnston J Demick
5 Johnston N Duran
     
TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $1,633