STARLIGHT LANES

champ Angel Ortega & runner-up Josh Helmick

        In one of the most unique formats ever held by the JBT, Angel Ortega dominated the night to win his first career title in terrific New Mexico-Texas Conference action at Starlight Lanes.

        Bowlers competed in 'Hi/Lo', which began with two games of highball, where bowlers tried to score as high as possible, with only the first ball of each frame counting.  Then they switched to lowball, with the lowest score being best- as long as you hit at least one pin each time.  Ortega excelled in both disciplines, finishing third in highball with 217 (out of a possible 240 two-game total), and first in lowball with 110 (a nearly impossible perfect two game score would be 40), to earn the top seed.   Josh Helmick was right behind, finishing tied for first in Hi and 6th in Lo to grab the #2 seed.  He also had the two most extreme games on the day, as his 117 was the best Hi game, and 46 the "worst" Lo game!

         Moving on to matchplay, Ortega's toughest challenge may have been his first match, as #16 Gillian Coyle took Angel down to the last lowball frame before bowing out.  Ortega then beat Josh Demick, and Danny Cobine to get to the finals.  Meanwhile, Helmick was successful on the other side of the bracket, downing Christian Apolonio, Ahkeen Williams, and Zach Wojciechowski to reach the title game.

        As top seed, Angel chose the game for the title match, and surprised nobody by picking lowball.  He built a 20 pin "lead" through six frames, which is huge in this game, forcing Josh to go for 1-counts (which risks gutterballs, which become strikes).  Helmick was unable to catch up in the late frames, and the 59-93 win in the title game was good for the first title of Ortega's career.

        This was a very fun event filled with a great spirit and unusual challenges, thanks to everyone who gave it a try!  If you want to compete and have fun in things that only we offer, all you have to do is check out our schedule and come on down!

Starlight Lanes- final results and scholarship winners
11/10/2014    
     
  Scratch Division  
rank bowler prize
1 Angel Ortega $200
2 Josh Helmick $100
3 Zach Wojciechowski $50
4 Danny Cobine $30
5 Jacob Gill $20
6 Joey Balistreri  
7 Ahkeen Williams  
8 Josh Demick  
9 William Yoder  
10 Jonah Seawright  
11 Kyle Salazar $15
12 Isziah Zuni  
13 Zach Harvey  
14 Ben Stedman  
15 Christian Apolonio  
16 Gillian Coyle  
17 Brad Harvey $5
18 Carson Opela  
19 Matt Wemken  
20 Armando Ortega  
21 Doug Griffth  
22 Bree Vargas  
23 Quirino Sanchez  
24 Donius Jeffries II  
25 Aedyn May  
26 Justin Hackney  
27 Rhiannon May  
     
TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $420

 

Qualifying totals:

rank Bowler hi 1 hi 2 hi total hi rank   lo 1 lo 2 lo total lo rank   TOTAL RANK
1 Ortega, Angel 116 101 217 3   54 56 110 1   4
2 Helmick, Josh 112 107 219 1.5   117 46 163 6   7.5
3 Gill, Jacob 112 107 219 1.5   96 72 168 8   9.5
4 Yoder, William 100 101 201 11   75 61 136 2   13
5 Balistreri, Joey 98 104 202 9.5   74 84 158 5   14.5
6 Wojo, Zach 115 92 207 8   104 63 167 7   15
7 Williams, Ahkeen 100 98 198 13.5   61 87 148 3   16.5
8 Demick, Josh 95 103 198 13.5   81 75 156 4   17.5
9 Seawright, Jonah 115 99 214 5   79 112 191 17   22
10 Salazar, Kyle 102 98 200 12   85 93 178 12   24
11 Zuni, Isziah 99 114 213 6   94 111 205 19   25
12 Harvey, Zach 95 100 195 16   106 66 172 10   26
13 Cobine, Danny 106 110 216 4   150 136 286 24   28
14 Stedman, Ben 102 106 208 7   119 128 247 22   29
15 Apolonio, Christian 105 97 202 9.5   113 116 229 20   29.5
16 Coyle, Gillian 105 88 193 18   91 89 180 13   31
17 Harvey, Brad 108 88 196 15   95 99 194 18   33
18 Opela, Carson 95 98 193 18   96 91 187 15   33
19 Wemken, Matt 96 97 193 18   75 115 190 16   34
20 Ortega, Armando 90 90 180 24   98 79 177 11   35
21 Griffith, Doug 86 87 173 26   90 81 171 9   35
22 Vargas, Bree 86 88 174 25   92 94 186 14   39
23 Sanchez, Quirino 95 92 187 21   95 145 240 21   42
24 Jeffries, Donius 80 110 190 20   156 113 269 23   43
25 May, Aedyn 88 98 186 22   157 144 301 25   47
26 Hackney, Justin 97 87 184 23   124 187 311 26   49
27 May, Rhiannon 84 77 161 27   161 157 318 27   54