FIESTA LANES

champs Stephen Gaucin and Ashley Burns

Stephen Gaucin climbed the ladder for another JBT SW title, while Ashley Burns halted the climb of another to win her first, in JBT SW action at Fiesta Lanes.

The scratch division finals opened with Gaucin defeating CJ Brown 225-202.  CJ had electrified the crowd in the fifth game by blasting a 300 game, his first in JBT SW competition, and the sixth overall this season.

Gaucin then got by Tucsonan Chris Davenport 185-161, and resident videographer Philip Schwartz, 212-191, to reach the title match.

Top qualifier Justin DeDera had led most of the day in fairly dominant fashion, but Gaucin is always tough in the stepladder.  Some great clutch strikes in the late frames turned a small deficit into a runaway win for Stephen, and he captured his third JBT SW title with the 235-217 victory.

In the handicap division, Thomas Sanchez put on quite a show in his first finals appearance.  In round one, he rolled a 239 to defeat Dakota Samaniego (207) and Mason Holman (199).  Samaniego and Holman combined to be 15 years old and average 98 (50 and 48 respectively), so any age and any average once again prove to do very well with us!

In round two Sanchez came up with a big 244 to defeat fine efforts by John Freeman (221) and Julian Tapia (197).  In the semis, Chris Kopp (227) and Stephanie Gonzales (233) both came up big, But Sanchez was up to the challenge, firing a 259 to advance to the title match.

Top qualifier Ashley Burns turned the tables on Sanchez in the title match, however.  Her early string of strikes put too much pressure on Sanchez, who had some unfortunate opens to give Burns an insurmountable lead.  In the end, Ashley defeated Thomas 282-198, plenty good enough for her first career JBT SW title.   

 

Fiesta Lanes- final results and optional scholarship winners
11/20/2004
New Mexico-Texas Conference
	Scratch Division
rank	name	city, state	score	prize
1	Stephen Gaucin	El Paso, TX	p 185	$200
2	Justin DeDera	Albuquerque, NM	p 210	$165
3	Philip Schwartz	Oro Valley, AZ	p 207	$185
4	Chris Davenport	Tucson, AZ	p 190	$10
5	CJ Brown	Lubbock, TX	p 188	$75
6	Justin Medina	Santa Fe, NM	p 145	$30
7	Andy Byer	Albuquerque, NM	p 93
8	Labriel Leach	Tucson, AZ	p 52
9	Jeremy Medina	Santa Fe, NM	m 78
10	Jerod Florez	Bosque Farms, NM	m 140
11	Bill Grant	Rio Rancho, NM	m 20
12	Michael Noblesse	Tucson, AZ	m 50
13	Chad Johnson	El Paso, TX	m 73
14	Brandy Silva	Albuquerque, NM	m 76
15	Gregory Poor	Las Cruces, NM	m 133
16	BJ Eichensehr	El Paso, TX	m 159
17	Chris Johnson	El Paso, TX	m 168
18	Jarrad Espinoza	Albuquerque, NM	m 182
19	Amanda Falk	Tucson, AZ	m 252
20	Ashley Dale	Las Cruces, NM	m 263
	Handicap Division
rank	name	city, state	score	prize
1	Ashley Burns	Las Cruces, NM	p 255	$200
2	Thomas Sanchez	Las Cruces, NM	p 134	$100
3	Stephanie Gonzales	Las Cruces, NM	p 204	$70
4	Chris Kopp	Las Cruces, NM	p 200
5	Julian Tapia	El Paso, TX	p 170	$50
6	John Freeman	Silver City, NM	p 157	$60
7	Dakota Samaniego	Las Cruces, NM	p 121
8	Mason Holman	El Paso, TX	p 118	$30
9	Leo Guzman	El Paso, TX	p 98	$50
10	Josh Guzman	Las Cruces, NM	p 98	$30
11	Joseph Palma	Roswell, NM	p 65	$15
12	Annalicia Martinez	Santa Fe, NM	p 60	$30
13	Albert Wilkens	Las Cruces, NM	p 57
14	Kayla Jones	Roswell, NM	p 51
15	Michael Hinojosa	Las Cruces, NM	p 45
16	Anthony Tripi	El Paso, TX	p 45	$30
17	Bennie Vigil	Santa Fe, NM	p 44	$65
18	Jessica Palma	Albuquerque, NM	p 40	$30
19	Ahkeen Williams	El Paso, TX	p 25
20	Sabrina Vargas	El Paso, TX	p 24
21	Mark Mares	Los Lunas, NM	m 4
22	John Ross Saenz	El Paso, TX	m 7
23	Paul Carper	Rio Rancho, NM	m 11	$25
24	Janeyl Carper	Rio Rancho, NM	m 28
25	Stone Price	El Paso, TX	m 36
26	Alex Bell	El Paso, TX	m 36
27	Brandon Abeyta	Alcalde, NM	m 48
28	Jesse Henson	Hobbs, NM	m 60
29	Jeremy Baca	Los Lunas, NM	m 11	$60
30	Krista Casaus	Roswell, NM	m 13	$15
31	Jonathan Frederick	El Paso, TX	m 15
32	Charlie Elliott	Santa Fe, NM	m 20
33	Thomas Gutierrez	Albuquerque, NM	m 23	$30
34	Kyle Pearce	Espanola, NM	m 28	$15
35	Marcus banda	Las Cruces, NM	m 31
36	Kimberly Alonzo	El Paso, TX	m 32	$15
37	Kyla Casaus	Roswell, NM	m 46
38	Janine Rogers	Las Cruces, NM	m 49
39	Heaven Pajala	Albuquerque, NM	m 51
40	Corey Prater	El Paso, TX	m 52
41	Monty Samaniego	Las Cruces, NM	m 56
42	Kara Casaus	Roswell, NM	m 64
43	Sarah English	Roswell, NM	m 66
44	Matthew Rogers-Martinez	El Paso, TX	m 66
45	Taylor Cruz	Santa Fe, NM	m 75
46	Josh Arceo	Albuquerque, NM	m 75
47	Wensy Shelton	Albuquerque, NM	m 81
48	Susan Kurzeka	Albuquerque, NM	m 82
49	Danielle Rogers	Las Cruces, NM	m 84
50	Jennifer Greggerson	Las Cruces, NM	m 87
51	Christina Waldron	Albuquerque, NM	m 88	$30
52	Sara Vargas	Albuquerque, NM	m 99
53	Brandy Main	Roswell, NM	m 100
54	Carlos Abeyta	Alcalde, NM	m 100
55	Jamison Spam	Rio Rancho, NM	m 104
56	Amanda Johnson	Rio Rancho, NM	m 125
57	Kendra Jones	Roswell, NM	m 166
58	CJ Jordan	El Paso, TX	DNF
300 Game: CJ Brown
High Female: Brandy Silva 924
Cuts: scratch minus 15; handicap minus 9
Storm Ball Winner: Andy Byer
TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $1,695