BOWL EL PASO
champs Bill Grant and David Morgan
Bill Grant claimed a landmark win, while David Morgan tasted victory for the first time, in exciting JBT TX-NM Conference action at Bowl El Paso.
BJ Eichensehr opened up the scratch division stepladder finals with a big 258, to oust always tough Geoffrey Young, who bowed out with 190. Grant then took over, edging Eichensehr 235-226, and following with another thriller, this time 205-203 over Arizona's Kyle King.
Top qualifier Andy Byer and Grant battled down to the wire for Bowler of the Year last season, with Grant's Invitational win giving him the edge, so a great battle was expected for this title, and they didn't disappoint. In a tightly contested match, Grant stepped up and threw a brilliant double in the tenth for a 204-193 win, making him only the 14th bowler in JBT history with 10 career titles.
In a battle of cousins to begin the handicap stepladder, it was Alexandro Reyes beating Josh Reyes 268-224. Jackie Jones then defeated Reyes 221-209, before Morgan stopped Jones, 217-192, to reach the title match.
Top seed Dillon Bridge was leading a JBT event for the first time, and both bowlers ended up struggling quite a bit in their first title match. In the end, though, Morgan had enough for a 189-160 win, and his first career JBT victory.
Big thanks to Wiley Quintana and everyone else at Bowl El Paso for a great job
hosting our Tour!
Wanna get in on the fun? Come on down to the next JBT event, it's as
simple as that!
| Bowl El Paso- final results and optional scholarship winners | |||
| 9/29/2007 | |||
| NM-TX Conference | |||
| Scratch Division | |||
| rank | name | city, state | prize |
| 1 | Bill Grant | Rio Rancho, NM | $230 |
| 2 | Andy Byer | Albuquerque, NM | $115 |
| 3 | Kyle King | Phoenix, AZ | $130 |
| 4 | BJ Eichensehr | El Paso, TX | $40 |
| 5 | Geoffrey Young | Denton, TX | $40 |
| 6 | William Entsminger | El Paso, TX | $30 |
| 7 | Tom Anderson | Chandler, AZ | |
| 8 | Stephen Gaucin | El Paso, TX | $120 |
| 9 | Dan Romero | Santa Fe, NM | |
| 10 | Carlos Mendez | El Paso, TX | |
| 11 | Chris Ward | El Paso, TX | |
| 12 | Paul Carper | Rio Rancho, NM | |
| 13 | Jamison Spam | Rio Rancho, NM | |
| 14 | Pablo Herrera | Las Cruces, NM | |
| 15 | Jess Gagliardi | Alamoso, CO | |
| 16 | Josh Arceo | Albuquerque, NM | $15 |
| 17 | Diego Lucero | Santa Fe, NM | |
| 18 | Nathan Shock | Thornton, CO | |
| 19 | Jonathan Frederick | El Paso, TX | |
| 20 | Charlie Elliott | Santa Fe, NM | $10 |
| 21 | Chris Johnson | El Paso, TX | |
| 22 | Zachary Barnard | Albuquerque, NM | |
| Handicap Division | |||
| rank | name | city, state | prize |
| 1 | David Morgan | El Paso, TX | $205 |
| 2 | Dillon Bridge | El Paso, TX | $130 |
| 3 | Jackie Jones | El Paso, TX | $60 |
| 4 | Alexandro Reyes | El Paso, TX | $40 |
| 5 | Josh Reyes | El Paso, TX | |
| 6 | Tomas Reyes | El Paso, TX | $30 |
| 7 | Aurora Popple | El Paso, TX | $23 |
| 8 | Peter Cane | Albuquerque, NM | $17 |
| 9 | Valerie Holguin | El Paso, TX | $31 |
| 10 | Kyle Klein | Phoenix, AZ | $120 |
| 11 | Andrew Esparza | El Paso, TX | $40 |
| 12 | Taylor Knight | Phoenix, AZ | $15 |
| 13 | Steven Buster | El Paso, TX | |
| 14 | Rebeca Reguero | Glendale, AZ | |
| 15 | Joshua Barress | Albuquerque, NM | |
| 16 | Janeyl Carper | Rio Rancho, NM | |
| 17 | Ryan Doan | Las Cruces, NM | |
| 18 | Manny Reyes | El Paso, TX | |
| 19 | Stephanie Barela | Santa Fe, NM | $10 |
| 20 | Susan Kurzeka | Albuquerque, NM | |
| 21 | Sabrina Barton | El Paso, TX | |
| 22 | Jessica Palma | Albuquerque, NM | |
| 23 | Leo Guzman | El Paso, TX | |
| 24 | Mike Romero | Santa Fe, NM | |
| 25 | Rebecca Meils | Phoenix, AZ | |
| 26 | Sabrina Vargas | Albuquerque, NM | |
| 27 | Dominic Cuomo | El Paso, TX | $15 |
| 28 | Patricia Barress | Albuquerque, NM | |
| 29 | Corey Prater | El Paso, TX | |
| 30 | Juamai Cupeles | El Paso, TX | |
| 31 | Seth Jaramillo | Albuquerque, NM | $15 |
| 32 | Kara Casaus | Roswell, NM | |
| 33 | Cyera Quintana | El Paso, TX | |
| 34 | Daniel Duskin | Phoenix, AZ | |
| 35 | Jaden Spam | Rio Rancho, NM | |
| 36 | Debbie Read | Albuquerque, NM | |
| 37 | Billy Read | Albuquerque, NM | |
| 38 | Sara Vargas | Albuquerque, NM | |
| 39 | Carl Burney | Santa Fe, NM | |
| 40 | Eric Sanford | Santa Fe, NM | $30 |
| 41 | Kristina Casaus | Roswell, NM | |
| 42 | Bobby Morgan | El Paso, TX | |
| 43 | Samantha McFraland | El Paso, TX | |
| 44 | Debbie Jarzemba | Santa Fe, NM | |
| 45 | Kyla Casaus | Roswell, NM | $5 |
| 46 | Taylor Quintana | El Paso, TX | |
| 47 | Jaden Spam | Rio Rancho, NM | |
| Ball winner: Kyla Casaus | |||
| Scratch High Games: Grant 277, Young 245, Byer 244 | |||
| Handicap High Games: Holguin 274, Barela 258, Cane & Popple 250 | |||
| TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $1,526 | |||