BIG ROCK CASINO

champs Justin Medina and Nathan Hughes

Justin Medina and Nathan Hughes captured titles in the JBT SW's annual visit to beautiful Big Rock Casino Bowl in Espanola.

The stepladder finals opened with Josh Arceo defeating 15-time JBT SW winner BJ Baker by a 226-205 margin.  Bill Grant then had just enough to beat Arceo in round two 182-179.  The semifinal match was all Medina, as he confidently defeated Grant 245-215 to advance to the title match.

Top qualifier Tom Anderson was leading a JBT SW event for the first time, but struggled to maintain the same pace he had set earlier in the title match.  However, just when Medina appeared to have the tournament wrapped up, he threw a 4-6-7-10 split, and flagged all the pins on the spare ball to make it a match again.  Now needing a double to win, Tom threw a good ball but left a fast 8, and the result was a 193-192 win for Medina, good for his second career JBT SW title.

The handicap division finals opened with Susan Kurzeka rolling a 209, good enough to defeat efforts from Mike Romero (179) and Breanna Salazar (181).  The scores went way up in the next match, with Kyle Gaines sparing in the tenth for a 253 game, just edging Jamison Spam's excellent 248 game, and also defeating Kurzeka (203) to advance to the semifinal match.  In that semi, featuring three Big Rock league bowlers, Brandon Abeyta rolled a 224 to defeat Gaines (214) and Darryl Shadoan (201) to advance against top qualifier Nathan Hughes.

Hughes, a JBT regular quickly climbing the point list, easily led the tournament, but as all bowlers know, it's a whole new game once you get to the title match.  Hughes responded beautifully though, rolling his best game of the day in a 278-222 win over Abeyta, good for the first title of his JBT SW career.

Everyone who finished in the top 5 qualifies for the 2006 JBT SW NM-TX Invitational Tournament, the regular season's year end event, featuring a guaranteed minimum $1,000 first place scholarship in each division.  Top season-long point scorers also qualify for the 2006 JBT SW Touring Players' Championship, featuring a guaranteed minimum $2,000 first place scholarship per division! 

Thanks again to Jeff Pearce and his staff for another wonderful visit to Big Rock.  65 entrants shared in over $1,400 in scholarships awarded.  Please continue to help spread the word about the terrific benefits of bowling JBT SW events! 

 

Big Rock Casino Bowl- final results and optional scholarship winners
2/4/2006        
New Mexico-Texas Conference      
       
Scratch Division      
rank name city, state score prize
1 Justin Medina Santa Fe, NM p 134 $208
2 Tom Anderson Chandler, AZ p 189 $115
3 Bill Grant Rio Rancho, NM p 132 $73
4 Josh Arceo Albuquerque, NM p 47 $55
5 BJ Baker Tempe, AZ p 129 $38
6 Jeremy Medina Santa Fe, NM p 32 $15
7 Sam Cuevas Lubbock, TX p 19 $45
8 Cody Mansfield Albuquerque, NM p 1 $38
9 Jerod Florez Bosque Farms, NM p 15  
10 Christina Waldron Albuquerque, NM p 3 $8
11 William Entsminger El Paso, TX m 35  
12 Dan Romero Santa Fe, NM m 48  
13 Andy Byer Albuquerque, NM m 62  
       
       
Handicap Division      
rank name city, state score prize
1 Nathan Hughes San Jose, NM p 231 $290
2 Brandon Abeyta Alcalde, NM p 140 $100
3 Darryl Shadoan Espanola, NM p 188 $75
4 Kyle Gaines Espanola, NM p 114  
5 Jamison Spam Rio Rancho, NM p 112 $105
6 Susan Kurzeka Albuquerque, NM p 100 $120
7 Breanna Salazar Espanola, NM p 111 $40
8 Mike Romero Santa Fe, NM p 104 $30
9 Aaron Lujan Espanola, NM p 98 $25
10 Charlie Elliott Santa Fe, NM p 97 $30
11 Victoria Baca Albuquerque, NM p 91  
12 Kyle Pearce Los Alamos, NM p 81  
13 Ashley Dale Las Cruces, NM p 80  
14 Ryan Scheer Rio Rancho, NM p 74 $15
15 Brenda Salgado Espanola, NM p 65  
16 Sabrina Vargas Albuquerque, NM p 61  
17 Sophie Diaz Santa Fe, NM p 58  
18 Sara Vargas Albuquerque, NM p 57  
19 John Perea Santa Fe, NM p 55  
20 Nattlee Chavez Espanola, NM p 46  
21 Austin Mansfield Albuquerque, NM p 31 $90
22 Ashley Belden Tijeras, NM p 16 $10
23 Wendy Shelton Albuquerque, NM p 11 $10
24 Zachary Barnard Albuquerque, NM p 9  
25 Andrea Salazar Espanola, NM m 19  
26 Camille Martinez Santa Fe, NM m 57  
27 Jodi Lynn Garcia Espanola, NM p 7  
28 Evaristo Baca II Albuquerque, NM p 6  
29 Lawrence Gutierrez Espanola, NM p 2  
30 Eric Sanford Santa Fe, NM m 4  
31 Michaela Baca Albuquerque, NM m 10  
32 Heaven Pajala Albuquerque, NM m 29  
33 Thomas Gutierrez Albuquerque, NM m 31 $15
34 Elizabeth Romero Santa Fe, NM m 38  
35 Carlos Abeyta Alcalde, NM m 40  
36 Amanda Jarzemba Albuquerque, NM m 45  
37 Jeremy Baca Albuquerque, NM m 46  
38 Paul Carper Rio Rancho, NM m 47  
39 Pablo Guss Santa Fe, NM m 48 $15
40 Michael Hinojosa Las Cruces, NM m 59  
41 Debbie Jarzemba Albuquerque, NM m 62  
42 Brianna Jaramillo Albuquerque, NM m 87  
43 Allie Ijams Mission Viejo, CA m 90  
44 Brittany McComb Albuquerque, NM m 94  
45 Aaron Winchester Santa Fe, NM m 96  
46 Janeyl Carper Rio Rancho, NM m 97  
47 Rachel Thompson Albuquerque, NM m 109  
48 Antonio Garcia Santa Fe, NM m 115  
49 Michael Sandoval Espanola, NM m 133  
50 Mark Mares Los Lunas, NM m 136  
51 Juan Romero Albuquerque, NM m 136  
52 Eric Kear Albuquerque, NM m 177  
53 Michael Valdez Santa Fe, NM inc $15
       
Cuts: scratch +9; handicap +9      
Storm Ball Winner: Pablo Guss      
Jr. Gold Qualifier: none      
       
TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $1,460