SILVA LANES

champs Cortez Schenck & Tatyon Payne

        Cortez Schenck inched closer to history, while Tatyon Payne earned JBT victory for the first time, in exciting NM-TX Conference action at Silva Lanes in Albuquerque.

        Schenck was the dominant bowler in the scratch division all evening long, building a big lead in the 'rising tide' format, which is a good format to have a large margin in.  All he needed in the final game was to not lose to Zach Wojciechowski by more than 38 pins.  Although Zach came up with a big 234, there was no-mo' mojo for Wojo, as Cortez' 224 was plenty to lock up the total pinfall race and the title the 62nd of his amazing JBT career.

        In the handicap division, Tatyon Payne also clawed his was to a big lead.  The 'tide' rose fast in round five, with five of the seven bowlers eliminated that game.  When the tide rolled out, only Payne and Jake Helmick were left treading water.  Helmick needed a miraculous 120 pin win to catch Tatyon in the final game, and Payne left no chance of that happening.  His +533 total with bonuses was enough to claim the first title of his JBT career.

        Thanks as always to  the team at Silva for a great job hosting us, and especially for letting us bowl on a busy Saturday night.  Want in on all the fun for all ages and averages?  Just check out our schedule and come on down!