STARLIGHT LANES (Sat.)

champs Justin Silva and Debbie Read

Justin Silva and Debbie Read captured JBT titles in exciting NM-TX Conference action at Santa Ana Casino’s Starlight Lanes.

Justin Medina opened the scratch division stepladder finals with a 259-200 win over Stephen Gaucin.  Justin’s 259 proved to be the high game of the entire tournament, as the field struggled on the Cheetah pattern.  Silva then took over, edging Medina 211-203, then doubling in the tenth to squeak by Chris Weurauch 210-205 to advance to the title match.

Top qualifier Mike Cross had the best look all day long en route to the top seed, and Silva had struggled in the matchplay portion of many previous JBT events.  Neither of those facts held true in the final, as Cross couldn’t quite recover enough from early opens, while Justin- fighting a badly bleeding thumb- made great shot after great shot, finishing with a 255-202 win and his first career JBT title.

Wendy Shelton won the first match of the handicap stepladder finals in a nailbiter, 195-193 over Jaden Spam.  Read, like Silva a #3 seed, then took charge, beating Shelton 236-183, and following with a 205-187 victory over Olivia Silva to get to the title match.

9 year-old top seed Andrew McKinsey had been enjoying his best JBT event by far in leading since game 4, but was unable to find the range early in the title match, giving Debbie the advantage she needed to finish with a 217-192 win and her second career JBT title.

Over $1,300 in scholarships were awarded at the event.  Big thanks to the whole crew at Starlight for a great job as always hosting our events.  Want in on the fun, some on down to the next JBT event, it’s as simple as that!

 

Starlight (Sat.)- final results and optional scholarship winners
1/26/2008      
NM-TX Conference    
     
Scratch Division    
rank name city, state prize
1 Justin Silva Albuquerque, NM $200
2 Mike Cross Tucson, AZ $108
3 Chris Weyrauch Chandler, AZ $60
4 Justin Medina Santa Fe, NM $70
5 Stephen Gaucin El Paso, TX $90
6 Brian Collier Amarillo, TX  
7 Zach Barnard Albuquerque, NM $20
8 Paul Carper Rio Rancho, NM $35
9 Bill Grant Rio Rancho, NM $105
10 Casey Fitzgerald Albuquerque, NM  
11 Nathan Shock Thornton, CO  
12 Scott Wiley Albuquerque, NM  
13 Jess Gagliardi Alamosa, CO  
14 Nathan Hughes San Jose, NM  
15 Josh Arcero Albuquerque, NM  
16 Ricky Griego Santa Fe, NM  
17 Andy Byer Albuquerque, NM $50
18 William Entsminger El Paso, TX  
19 Jason Schindwolf Albuquerque, NM  
20 Diego Lucero Santa Fe, NM  
21 Carlos Mendez El Paso, TX  
22 Dan Romero Santa Fe, NM  
23 Thomas Gutierrez Albuquerque, NM  
24 Travis Turner Amarillo, TX  
25 Charlie Elliott Santa Fe, NM  
26 Josh Brown Albuquerque, NM  
27 Jamison Spam Rio Rancho, NM  
     
Handicap Division    
rank name city, state prize
1 Debbie Read Albuquerque, NM $206
2 Andrew McKinsey Rio Rancho, NM $130
3 Olivia Silva Albuquerque, NM $50
4 Wendy Shelton Albuquerque, NM $56
5 Jaden Spam Rio Rancho, NM $20
6 Joey Grant Rio Rancho, NM $19
7 Billy Read Albuquerque, NM $60
8 Peter Cane Albuquerque, NM  
9 Janeyl Carper Rio Rancho, NM $15
10 Taylor Qunitana El Paso, TX  
11 Jordan Oppenheim Rio Rancho, NM $6
12 Reanne Quesada El Paso, TX  
13 William Yoder Albuquerque, NM $30
14 Dillon Bridge El Paso, TX $5
15 Annabeth Griego Santa Fe, NM  
16 Bailey McFarland El Paso, TX  
17 Jamar McDaniel Rio Rancho, NM  
18 Blake Brown Albuquerque, NM  
19 Tevynn Laws Albuquerque, NM  
20 Sophie Diaz Santa Fe, NM  
21 Andrea Jaramillo Santa Fe, NM  
22 Cyera Quintana El Paso, TX  
23 Joshua Barress Albuquerque, NM  
24 Sam Zermeno El Paso, TX $30
25 Cassie Bacoccini Albuquerque, NM  
26 Jonah Seawright Albuquerque, NM  
27 Seth Jaramillo Albuquerque, NM  
28 Aaron Raymond Bloomfield, NM $5
29 Tricia Barress Albuquerque, NM  
30 Greg Stottlemyer Albuquerque, NM  
31 Marcos Armijo Santa Fe, NM  
     
Ball winner: Debbie Read  
Scratch High Games: Barnard 254, Carper 254, Cross 248
Handicap High Games: Grant 249, Shelton 246, D Read 236, Oppenheim 236
     
TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $1,370