STRIKE GOLD LANES
champs Zach Wojciechowski & Eric Gauna with Yarelis Alvarez, Deo Benard, Donius Jeffries
Zach Wojciechowski and Eric Gauna captured JBT titles in terrific NM-TX Conference action at Strike Gold Lanes.
Deo Benard won round one of the scratch division stepladder finals 213-171 over Blayne Hurst. In a back and forth semifinal, Benard struck in the tenth for a 213-195 win over Daniel Hall in the semifinal.
Top seed Zach Wojciechowski completely lapped the scratch field, but you have to 'win the tournament twice' in a stepladder format. He had no issues doing just that, parlaying some good early breaks into a 247-212 win over Benard. With the win he becomes just the 42nd player in JBT history to amass 10 JBT titles- congrats!
Michael Jamael defeated Luis Garcia 205-186 to begin the handicap division stepladder finals. Gauna then stopped Jamael 231-206 to advance to the title game.
Lauren Jaramillo had been brilliant all day in getting the top seed, but struggled to strike in the title game. She stayed clean though, forcing a mark from Eric in the tenth. Gauna struck on his first shot and ended a long search for his first JBT title with a 206-196 win over Lauren.
Jaramillo also appeared in the Priority Girls Scratch title game, but Yarelis Alvarez came up with that win, 181-159, for her first Girls Scratch win. U17 went to Benard, who rolled by Donius Jeffries in that final.
Big thanks to Edward Romero and the team at Strike Gold for another great job hosting our Tour. Want in on all the fun? Just check out our schedule and come on down!
| Strike Gold Lanes- final results and scholarship winners | ||
| 4/28/2018 | ||
| Scratch Division | ||
| rank | bowler | prize |
| 1 | Zach Wojciechowski | $292 |
| 2 | Deo Benard | $185 |
| 3 | Daniel Hall | $85 |
| 4 | Blayne Hurst | $64 |
| 5 | Jonah Seawright | $30 |
| 6 | Donius Jeffries | |
| 7 | Will Davis | $14 |
| 8 | David Jepsen | |
| 9 | Chris Ortega | |
| 10 | Nathaniel Duran | |
| 11 | Noah Martinez | |
| 12 | Aileen Linares | |
| 13 | Christian Apolonio | |
| 14 | Bernadette Davis | |
| 15 | Brandyn MacPhee | |
| Handicap Division | ||
| 1 | Eric Gauna | $214 |
| 2 | Lauren Jaramillo | $182 |
| 3 | Michael Jamael | $60 |
| 4 | Luis Garcia | $40 |
| 5 | Yarelis Alvarez | $80 |
| 6 | Kloey Kielich | |
| 7 | Kallista Fritts | |
| 8 | Clifford Robbins | $43 |
| 9 | Christopher Bennett | $45 |
| 10 | John Green | |
| 11 | Jay Heffer | |
| 12 | Justin Weddige | |
| 13 | Alex Harmon | $14 |
| 14 | Faith Pinter | |
| 15 | Taylor Herson | |
| 16 | Alex Thompson | |
| 17 | Jayden Martinez | |
| 18 | Michael Newlon | $19 |
| 19 | Gerilynn Delegarito | |
| 20 | Angela Romero | |
| 21 | Montana Cdebaca | $28 |
| 22 | Josie Herson | |
| 23 | Tylor MacPhee | $14 |
| 24 | Toby Cdebaca | $30 |
| 25 | Carlos Estrada | |
| 26 | William Robbins | $5 |
| Qualifying Leaders | ||
| Scratch | Handicap | |
| 1 | Wojo +207 | Jaramillo +107 |
| 2 | Benard +164 | Gauna +95 |
| 3 | Hall +144 | Garcia +92 |
| High Games | ||
| Scratch | Handicap | |
| 1 | Hall 278 | Jaramillo 265 |
| 2 | Wojo 277 | Weddige 263 |
| 3 | Wojo 277 | Garcia 257 |
| 4 | Benard 259 | Gauna 254 |
| 5 | Hall 257 | C Robbins 250 |
| Girls Scratch side event | ||
| 1 | Jaramillo +62 | |
| 2 | Alvarez -43* | |
| 3 | Fritts -46 | |
| 4 | Linares -108 | |
| 5 | Cdebaca -151 | |
| U-17 scratch side event | ||
| 1 | Benard +164 | |
| 2 | Jeffries +47 | |
| 3 | Garcia +72 | |
| 4 | C Robbins +11 | |
| 5 | W Davis +9 | |
| Round Leaders | ||
| Scratch | Handicap | |
| 1 | Wojo | C Robbins |
| 2 | Wojo | Gauna |
| 3 | Wojo | Gauna |
| 4 | Wojo | Garcia |
| 5 | Wojo | Jaramillo |
| 6 | Wojo | Jaramillo |
| 7 | Wojo | Jaramillo |
| 8 | Wojo | Jaramillo |
| TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $1,430 | ||