NM-TX INVITATIONAL

champs Harley Sweigart, Taylor Herson, and U17 & Girls winner Lauren Jaramillo

        Harley Sweigart and Taylor Herson emerged victorious at the 2017 NM-TX Conference JBT Invitational, hosted by Silva Lanes in Albuquerque.

        Sixteen finalists in each division competed in the grueling triple-elimination matchplay finals.  The scratch division finals hinged on round seven, where Harley Sweigart and Cortez Schenck, in a great battle for the all-conference points lead, played each other, with Sweigart dealing Schenck his second loss.  Harley lost to William Yoder in the next round, while Stefan Wood eliminated Schenck, giving Yoder a bye while Sweigart eliminated Wood in what amounted to a semifinal, setting up a one game title match.  In the finale, early opens plagued both bowlers but Sweigart stayed in control to defeat Yoder and earn the title, the 24th of his excellent JBT career, and another $1,000 payday.

        Avery Domaguin continued her stunning romp through the Tour the last few months by leading handicap qualifying here, finally going out in round seven in fifth place.  Down to four bowlers left, Gerilynn Delegarito ousted Montana Cdebaca, while Taylor Herson, still with only one loss, eliminated Deo Benard, setting up a title match where 'Sugar' would have to beat Herson twice to take the title.  Taylor wanted none of that, firing 200 scratch in the first match to claim the victory, her second, and $1,000 top scholarship prize.   

        Lauren Jaramillo was Queen of the Side Events on the day, winning the Girls Scratch Invite with a victory over Montana Cdebaca, and finishing the sweep with a U17 win over Daniel Hall for a $400 payday.

        Huge thanks to Silva for their usual great hosting job. The top 20 points scorers now advance to the 2017 Touring Players Championship, the most prestigious event on the JBT calendar!       

NM-TX Invitational- final results and scholarship winners
5/21/2017    
     
  Scratch Division  
rank bowler prize
1 Harley Sweigart $1,000
2 William Yoder $530
3 Stefan Wood $250
4 Cortez Schenck $179
5 Angel Ortega $160
6 Nick Devlin $14
7 Zach Wojciechowski $50
8 Carson Opela $50
9 Blayne Hurst $28
10 Noah Martinez  
11 Kyle Duster  
12 Brad Harvey $50
13 Bradley Edwards  
14 Daniel Hall $170
15 Christian Apolonio  
16 Zach Harvey $50
17 Chris Ortega  
18 Mateo Gonzalez  
19 Joey Balistreri  
20 Will Davis  
21 Matteo Bergonzi  
22 Josh Demick  
23 Nathaniel Duran  
24 Aileen Linares  
25 John Ellis  
26 Nathan Nguyen  
27 Jonah Seawright  
     
  Handicap Division  
1 Taylor Herson $1,000
2 Gerilynn Delegarito $515
3 Montana Cdebaca $365
4 Deo Benard $200
5 Avery Domaguin $223
6 Kara Thompson $130
7 Josie Herson $50
8 Jay Heffer  
9 James Huebner  
10 Lauren Jaramillo $415
11 Alek Rakov  
12 Angela Romero $30
13 Morgan Ellis  
14 Toby Cdebaca $55
15 Jacob Marquis $50
16 Donius Jeffries II $50
17 Alex Thompson  
18 Lara Wood $5
19 Christina Ward  
20 Allyssa Williams  
21 Shaneice Williams  
22 Kallista Fritts  
23 Bernadette Davis  
24 Audrey Campbell $15
25 Desiree Knott $15
26 Dale Case  
27 Kyle Perry  
28 Colin RIchardson   
29 Reagan Russ  
30 Sammy Vallejos Jr  
31 John Green  
32 Brandon Platero  
33 Alyssa Williams $15
34 Lindsay Sanchez  
35 Cassie Robinson  
36 Land Matthies  
37 Yarelis Alvarez  
38 Kambree Rogers  
39 Matt Ross  
40 Trevor Dodson  
41 Mariano Garcia  
     
  Qualifying Leaders  
  Scratch  Handicap
1 A Ortega +74 Domaguin +65
2 Hurst +42 K Thompson -5
3 Yoder +14 J Herson -12
     
  High Games  
  Scratch Handicap
1 B Harvey 265 Benard 272
2 Wojciechowski 256 Benard 263
3 Devlin 253 L Jaramillo 237
4 A Ortega 242 Domaguin 237
5 Devlin 239 Heffer 236
     
  Girls Scratch side event  
1 L Jaramilo -90*  
2 M Cdebaca -150  
3 Linares -172  
4 B Davis -202  
5 Delegarito -202  
     
  U-17 scratch side event  
1 L Jaramillo -90  
2 Hall -103  
3 W Davis -122  
4 M Cdebaca -150  
5 Linares -172  
     
  Round Leaders  
  Scratch Handicap
1 Hurst M Ellis
2 Wojciechowski T Herson
3 Hurst T Herson
4 A Ortega Domaguin
5 A Ortega Domaguin
     
TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $5,664