LEISURE BOWL

champions Sam Cuevas & Travis Gudelj

    Sam Cuevas started the new season the way he ended it, while Travis Gudelj continued his dominance at Leisure, in exciting JBT SW action to open the New Mexico-Texas Conference's season.

    In the scratch division, Justin Taylor ended New Mexico's last hopes for a scratch title this event, as he eliminated Jeremy Medina in round one, 255-181.  Taylor then faced Stephen Gaucin, and after a spare in the first ran the next nine strikes for a dominant 279-200 victory.  

   In the semifinals, Cuevas doubled in the tenth frame to put away Taylor, 243-222.  It was hard to give Taylor the third place plaque after rolling 756 in the stepladder, which followed a 771 set in the semis (he was last to make the cut), but even that much wasn't enough to get by the confident Cuevas.

    Sam had gained much of that confidence by rolling twelve perfect shots for a 300 game in qualifying, the only perfecto of the season so far.  His last JBT SW appearance was a win in last season's NM-TX Invitational, but he'd have to get by top-seeded William Haverland to make it two wins in a row.  Both bowlers rolled an excellent game, however bad carry plagued Haverland as it had in a few previous title matches in a row.  After back-to-back solid-9 pins on the left hand lane, William watched Cuevas throw the first strike in the tenth, forcing him to double for the win.  Haverland carried a light hit in on the first ball, and then delivered a dead-flush shot on his next ball, but a solid-8 refused to fall, and a stunned Cuevas emerged victorious by a 235-228 score.  The dramatic win was good for the third title of his JBT SW career.

    Juan Romero, the #8 seed, opened the stepladder finals with a 221 game that was good enough to defeat Jared Jaramillo (207) and Brandon Dye (189).  In round two, Romero's 213 effort was enough to squeak by Eric Kear (207) and Brittany McComb (185).  In the semifinals, Romero came up clutch again, as his 227 beat Alex Giddings (206) and Josh Arceo (192), to advance to the title match.

     Top qualifier Travis Gudelj's only other victory came at Leisure, and he bowled with the confidence of a champion in the title match.  Romero's brilliant run finally came to an end as Travis remained in command and won the match 238-191, good for his 2nd career JBT SW title.

    Big thanks to everyone at Leisure Bowl for a fantastic weekend of competition! Be sure to watch the video of the finals on the Videos page of the website.

Leisure Bowl- final results and optional scholarship winners  
9/10/2005        
New Mexico-Texas Conference      
       
Scratch Division      
rank name city, state score prize
1 Sam Cuevas Lubbock, TX p 330 $255
2 William Haverland Canyon, TX p 355 $235
3 Justin Taylor Canyon, TX p 205 $50
4 Stephen Gaucin El Paso, TX p 219 $50
5 Jeremy Medina Santa Fe, NM p 163 $35
6 Jerod Florez Bosque Farms, NM p 160 $10
7 Bill Grant Rio Rancho, NM p 141 $40
8 Robyn Ashley Farmington, NM p 53  
9 Justin DeDera Albuquerque, NM p 43 $15
10 Anthony Johnson Amarillo, TX p 17 $15
11 Sarah Carity Albuquerque, NM m 28 $10
12 Justin Medina Santa Fe, NM m 30  
13 Jarrad Espinoza Albuquerque, NM m 59  
14 Christina Waldron Albuquerque, NM m 75  
15 Andy Byer Albuquerque, NM m 100  
16 Dan Romero Santa Fe, NM m 112  
17 Ashley Dale Albuquerque, NM m 229  
       
       
Handicap Division      
rank name city, state score prize
1 Travis Gudelj Albuquerque, NM p 244 $256
2 Juan Romero Albuquerque, NM p 165 $145
3 Alex Giddings Albuquerque, NM p 234 $70
4 Josh Arceo Albuquerque, NM p 216 $105
5 Eric Kear Albuquerque, NM p 202 $87
6 Brittany McComb Albuquerque, NM p 200 $40
7 Jared Jaramillo Albuquerque, NM p 199 $30
8 Brandon Dye Roswell, NM p 166 $20
9 Cody Mansfield Albuquerque, NM p 160 $72
10 Jordan Oppenheim Albuquerque, NM p 156 $35
11 William Yoder Albuquerque, NM p 144 $15
12 John Freeman Silver City, NM p 128  
13 John Stomp Albuquerque, NM p 115  
14 Alex Baker Rio Rancho, NM p 114  
15 Justin White Phoenix, AZ p 113  
16 Ashley Belden Tijeras, NM p 107 $15
17 Austin Mansfield Albuquerque, NM p 107 $15
18 Mark Mares Los Lunas, NM p 105 $45
19 Jamison Spam Rio Rancho, NM p 94 $15
20 Kelley Smith Albuquerque, NM p 86 $30
21 Audrey Martinez Albuquerque, NM p 81  
22 Brianna Jaramillo Albuquerque, NM p 72  
23 Michael Hinojosa Las Cruces, NM p 69  
24 John Perea Santa Fe, NM p 67  
25 Ryan Hensel Albuquerque, NM p 60  
26 Tres Williams Albuquerque, NM p 54  
27 Nathan Hughes San Jose, NM p 49 $30
28 Thomas Gutierrez Albuquerque, NM p 48  
29 Mike Romero Santa Fe, NM p 31  
30 Josh Brown Albuquerque, NM p 27  
31 Camille Martinez Santa Fe, NM p 25  
32 Wendy Shelton Albuquerque, NM m 32  
33 Sara Vargas Albuquerque, NM p 23  
34 Louis Gonzales Albuquerque, NM p 23  
35 Charlie Elliott Santa Fe, NM p 21  
36 Tyler Johnson Albuquerque, NM p 18  
37 Amanda Johnson Rio Rancho, NM p 13  
38 Vincent Michel Albuquerque, NM p 11  
39 Jeremy Baca Albuquerque, NM p 10  
40 Taylor Cruz Santa Fe, NM p 4  
41 Blake Brown Albuquerque, NM m 1  
42 Brenda Salgado Santa Fe, NM m 3  
43 Janeyl; Carper Rio Rancho, NM m 8  
44 Paul Carper Rio Rancho, NM m 8  
45 Julian Ortega Roswell, NM m 9  
46 Krista Casaus Roswell, NM m 12  
47 Ryan Scheer Albuquerque, NM m 12  
48 Kara Casuas Roswell, NM m 14  
49 Mariah Martinez Albuquerque, NM m 20  
50 Spencer Brown Albuquerque, NM m 21 $15
51 Heaven Pajala Albuquerque, NM m 30  
52 Kendall Kipp Albuquerque, NM m 43  
53 Olivia Silva Albuquerque, NM m 45  
54 Kyla Casuas Roswell, NM m 67  
55 Brook Scarberry Roswell, NM m 74  
56 Jessica Palma Albuquerque, NM m 77  
57 Brittany Leiby Albuquerque, NM m 78  
58 Stephanie Sheffer Albuquerque, NM m 106  
59 Susan Kurzeka Albuquerque, NM m 109  
60 Elizabeth Romero Santa Fe, NM m 115  
61 Zachary Barnard Albuquerque, NM m 169  
       
High Female: Carity 978      
Cuts: scratch -6; handicap +28      
Storm Ball Winner: Sara Vargas      
Jr. Gold Qualifier: none      
       
TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $1,755