BIG ROCK CASINO
champs Lance Ragland & John Abrahamson
Lance Ragland kept the "#16 jinx" alive and well, while John Abrahamson tasted JBT victory for the first time, in exciting NM-TX Conference action at Espanola's Big Rock Casino.
Ragland snuck into the 16th and final seed for our PBA format semifinals, featuring best 2-of-3 matchplay. Paul Carper had earned the #1 seed by averaging over 230, but was swept 2-0 by Lance. #2 TJ Gaudette also fell in round one, to #15 Aaron Raymond. #3 Hannah Stedman was the high seed to survive, with a 2-0 win over #14 Charlie Elliott.
In the round of eight, Ragland upset #8 Sara Vargas, Stedman swept #10 Danny Cobine, #5 Jess Gagliardi beat #15 Aaron Raymond, and #6 Tevynn Laws swept #13 Jonathan Lawson. In one-game semifinals, Gagliardi beat Stedman 247-212, while Ragland and Laws tied at 190, forcing a one-shot rolloff that went three rounds before Lance escaped 10-7 to reach the title match.
Gagliardi was looking to win his second JBT title in roughly seven hours, having won the scratch-only event earlier in the day. However, Ragland had the better look on the title match pair, and he took advantage for a 223-186 win and the first title of his JBT career.
The stepladder finals was all about Joseph Trujillo for three games. He began his onslaught with a 262-225 win over Robbie Garcia. Trujillo then got past Roger Johnson 239-206, and followed with a big 253-209 win over Olivia Stedman to reach the title match.
Top seed John Abrahamson had a great day en route to the top seed, and was able to slow down Trujillo, winning the match 234-208 for the first title of his JBT career.
Thanks to everyone at Big Rock for hosting our Tour! Want in on all the fun? Check out our schedule and come on out to the next JBT event, it's really that simple!
| Big Rock- final results and optional scholarship winners | ||
| 5/1/2010 | ||
| NM-TX Conference | ||
| Scratch Division | ||
| rank | name | prize |
| 1 | Lance Ragland | $200 |
| 2 | Jess Gagliardi | $145 |
| 3 | Hannah Stedman | $75 |
| 4 | Tevynn Laws | $40 |
| 5 | Sara Vargas | $45 |
| 6 | Danny Cobine | |
| 7 | Jonathan Lawson | |
| 8 | Aaron Raymond | |
| 9 | Paul Carper | $30 |
| 10 | TJ Gaudette | $15 |
| 11 | William Entsminger | $10 |
| 12 | Matt Helmick | |
| 13 | Ryan Scheer | $20 |
| 14 | Dan Romero | $15 |
| 15 | Nick Lee | |
| 16 | Charlie Elliott | $30 |
| 17 | Christina Waldron | $15 |
| 18 | Ahkeen Williams | $15 |
| 19 | Jacob Gill | $5 |
| 20 | Tom Crites | $45 |
| 21 | Amber Robinson | |
| 22 | Jacob Wright | |
| 23 | Anthony Guerra | |
| 24 | Wendy Shelton | $15 |
| 25 | Danny Crites | |
| 26 | Tim Crites | |
| 27 | Janeyl Carper | |
| 28 | Ryan Fast | |
| 29 | Cody Franke | |
| 30 | Kyle Madrid | |
| 31 | Peter Cane | |
| 32 | Robbie Alley | |
| 33 | Billy Read | |
| Handicap Division | ||
| rank | name | prize |
| 1 | John Abrahamson | $200 |
| 2 | Joseph Trujillo | $115 |
| 3 | Olivia Stedman | $75 |
| 4 | Roger Johnson | $85 |
| 5 | Robbie Garcia | $30 |
| 6 | Ben Stedman | $15 |
| 7 | Rabakkah Gaynor | |
| 8 | Jacob Valdez | |
| 9 | Lawrence Gutierrez | |
| 10 | Seth Jaramillo | $10 |
| 11 | Tim Baribeau | |
| 12 | Stephanie Barela | $15 |
| 13 | Lacey Shelton | |
| 14 | Andrea Jaramillo | |
| 15 | Alyssa Williams | |
| 16 | Elizabeth Romero | $15 |
| 17 | Josh Helmick | |
| 18 | Micayla Scheer | |
| 19 | Nick Sanchez | |
| 20 | Mario Guillen | |
| 21 | Jonah Seawright | |
| 22 | Klarice Medina | |
| 23 | Rebecca Finch | |
| 24 | Tanya Paris | |
| 25 | Sophie Diaz | |
| 26 | Marcos Armijo | |
| 27 | Nicole Gallegos | |
| 28 | Shawna Bellman | |
| Scratch High Games: | ||
| Vargas 278 | ||
| Laws 268 | ||
| Entsminger 268 | ||
| Carper 257 | ||
| Ragland 249 | ||
| Handicap High Games: | ||
| B Stedman 302 | ||
| Abrahamson 292 | ||
| O Stedman 275 | ||
| R Johnson 266 | ||
| Gutierrez, S Barela 260 | ||
| Round Leaders (5 pts. Each) | ||
| Scratch | Handicap | |
| Gaudette | Garcia | |
| Gaudette | B Stedman | |
| Entsminger | O Stedman | |
| Gaudette | O Stedman | |
| Carper | O Stedman | |
| Abrahamson | ||
| Abrahamson | ||
| Abrahamson | ||
| High Female: | ||
| H Stedman +97 | ||
| S Vargas +40 | ||
| O Stedman 0 | ||
| Waldron -27 | ||
| Robinson -73 | ||
| TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $1,250 | ||