STARLIGHT LANES
champs Chris Brown & Jeremiah Martin
Chris Brown and Jeremiah Martin scored big wins to jump into the top five in points, in exciting JBT NM-TX Conference action at Starlight Lanes at Santa Ana Star Casino.
Brown snuck into the stepladder finals, then squeezed past his opening match when a tenth from washout from Hannah Stedman keyed a 223-203 win for Chris. Brown then caught fire, beating Joe Lewandowski 256-224, and followed with a 201-168 win over Tim Crites to advance to the title match.
Top seed Cameron Smith used a 745 semifinal set to dominate the event, but when Brown, the powerful no-thumb bowler, gets in his groove he is as tough to beat as anyone. He proved it again here with a 233-212 win over Smith, good for the fourth title of his JBT career.
Adel Wahner began a climb up the handicap division stepladder finals with a 231-202 win over birthday girl Alyssa Williams. Wahner then got by Austin Thompson in a high scoring match 256-236, and followed with a 227-216 win over Alexis Atkin (who went 9-spare through the first eight frames) to advance to the title game.
Top seed Jeremiah Martin has had a red-hot spring, and after taking over the lead in the semifinals, remained untouchable in the title match, winning 249-210 for the second title of his career. Both Chris and Jeremiah jump into the top 5 in season-long points with the wins, earning them byes into the Invitational matchplay finals.
Wendy Shelton won her fourth consecutive Impact Bowling Women's Series title with a 247-223 win over Hannah Stedman, all but locking up NM-TX Girl Bowler of the Year honors.
Thanks as always to the crew at Starlight for hosting our event, which awarded over $1,400 in scholarships to bowlers of all averages and ages.
| Starlight Lanes- final results and scholarship winners | ||
| 5/19/2012 | ||
| Scratch Division | ||
| rank | bowler |
prize |
| 1 | Chris Brown | $215 |
| 2 | Cameron Smith | $110 |
| 3 | Tim Crites | $50 |
| 4 | Joe Lewandowski | $125 |
| 5 | Hannah Stedman | $30 |
| 6 | Nick Lee | $20 |
| 7 | Josh Helmick | |
| 8 | Cortez Schenck | $15 |
| 9 | Curtis Lindeman | |
| 10 | Ahkeen Williams | $30 |
| 11 | Aaron Foshie | |
| 12 | Tim Jacob | |
| 13 | Matt Helmick | $15 |
| 14 | Paul Carper | $15 |
| 15 | Scott Wiley | $45 |
| 16 | Danny Cobine | |
| 17 | Wendy Shelton | |
| 18 | Derek Acuff | |
| 19 | Jacob Gill | |
| 20 | Mason Edmondson | $30 |
| 21 | Sabrina Vargas | |
| 22 | Ryan Gose | |
| 23 | Riley Dempsey | |
| 24 | Tom Crites | |
| 25 | Brandon Gill | |
| 26 | Braxton Williams | |
| 27 | Tim Baribeau | |
| 28 | Olivia Stedman | |
| 29 | Michael Conway | $5 |
| 30 | Marina Stever | |
| 31 | Olivia Silva | |
| Handicap Division | ||
| 1 | Jeremiah Martin | $230 |
| 2 | Adel Wahner | $100 |
| 3 | Alexis Atkin | $60 |
| 4 | Austin Thompson | $65 |
| 5 | Alyssa Williams | $40 |
| 6 | Jason Mora | $30 |
| 7 | Ben Stedman | $35 |
| 8 | Linzi Martinez | $20 |
| 9 | Sean DeLeeuw | $5 |
| 10 | Josh Demick | $30 |
| 11 | Zach Lewandowski | |
| 12 | Jonah Seawright | $30 |
| 13 | Brittany Leiby | |
| 14 | Jake Helmick | |
| 15 | Austin Eddingtton | $15 |
| 16 | Joey Balistreri | |
| 17 | Derrick McCoy | $15 |
| 18 | Morgan Ellis | $15 |
| 19 | Jennifer Valenzuela | |
| 20 | Lacey Shelton | |
| 21 | Cerra Strickland | |
| 22 | Elizabeth Romero | $15 |
| 23 | John Ellis | |
| 24 | Kelly McNeil | |
| 25 | Zachary Wojciechowski | $15 |
| 26 | Isaac Duran | $75 |
| 27 | Steven Acuff | |
| 28 | Bryan Nogan | |
| 29 | Kory Hetmer | |
| 30 | Jacqueline Valenzuela | |
| 31 | Kallista Fritts | |
| 32 | Amber Eddington | |
| 33 | Brandon Heckler | |
| 34 | Nathaniel Duran | |
| 35 | Allie May | |
| 36 | Alexander Cowen | |
| 37 | Robin Prioleau | |
| 38 | Trevor Thompson | |
| 39 | Lindsey Sanchez | |
| 40 | Gerilynn Delegarito | |
| 41 | Sophie Diaz | |
| 42 | Taylor Williams | |
| 43 | Adam Lebbs | |
| 44 | Tristen Martinez | |
| High Games | ||
| Scratch | Handicap | |
| 1 | Lewandowski 279 | A Thompson 290 |
| 2 | Lewandowski 279 | Martin 281 |
| 3 | Smith 277 | L Shelton 279 |
| 4 | Smith 268 | A Thompson 270 |
| 5 | Acuff 268 | A Williams 269 |
| High Female | ||
| 1 | Stedman +16 | |
| 2 | Shelton -12* | |
| 3 | Atkin -39 | |
| 4 | Vargas -39 | |
| 5 | Wahner -96 | |
| Round Leaders | ||
| Scratch | Handicap | |
| 1 | H Stedman | A Williams |
| 2 | Tim Crites | A Williams |
| 3 | Smith | Balistreri |
| 4 | Smith | A Thompson |
| 5 | Smith | A Thompson |
| 6 | Smith | A Thompson |
| 7 | Smith | Martin |
| 8 | Smith | Martin |
| TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $1,470 | ||