CENTER CITY LANES

champs Curtis Lindeman & Brandy Main

        Curtis Lindeman and Brandy Main survived aliens and the rest of the field to capture JBT titles in exciting NM-TX Conference action at Roswell's Center City Lanes.

        Ten scratch division 'survivors' were carved down to four game by game with the lowest score on each pair eliminated.  In the resulting semifinal matches, Lindeman squeezed by Ben Stedman 224-221, and William Yoder beat Zach Wojciechowski 192-158 to set up the title game.

        Yoder was looking to pull off the doubleheader sweep on the weekend, but Lindeman would not allow it to happen.  He won the title game 218-197 for the 8th title of his JBT career.

        The final four in handicap featured all southeast New Mexico bowlers.  In one match, siblings Gracie Mitchell and Michael Calderon played, with Gracie winning 208-173.  In the other match, Brandy Main advanced to the title match for the second straight day with a 188-174 win over Mathew West.

        The title match came down to the tenth frame.  Needing a strike to win, Brandy was able to come up with the clutch hit, giving her the 211-204 win.  It's her second JBT title, coming seven years after her first one!

        Olivia Stedman punched her ticket to the 2015 Girls TPC with a win over Gerilynn Delegarito in the Women's Series event.  Gerilynn became the youngest bowler to bowl in a Women's Series title match, and also led the qualifying round in the main tournament, before the survivor format caught her in round two.

        Thanks as always to the team at Center City, as well as the incomparable Brian Casaus, for making sure the event ran smoothly.  Want in on all this fun?  Just come on down to our next JBT event!