LEISURE BOWL

champs Justin DeDera & Kyla Casuas

    Justin DeDera added another title to his collection, while Kyla Casuas became one of our youngest champions ever in JBT SW action at Leisure Bowl.

    The scratch division struggled on some very demanding conditions, with only two bowlers averaging over 200 in the qualifying round.  Eventually the scratch division was whittled down in the Survivor format to three bowlers.  A Justin was guaranteed to win at that point as Justins DeDera, Taylor, and Medina all advanced to this round.  

    In three-way matchplay, DeDera, the #2 seed going in, led with a 200, while Medina rolled a 194 to best Taylor's 191, eliminating the top seed, and setting up a title match between him and DeDera.

    Medina, still looking for his first JBT SW title, struggled during the title match, while a fast start by DeDera allowed him to coast the rest of the way.  The end result was a 213-153 win, good for the fifth title of his JBT SW career.

    In the handicap division, twenty-one qualifiers were whittled down to six in some very exciting and tense Survivor-style matches. In the round of six matches, Ashley Belden ousted top-seed Alex Yoder 208-169; Delta Bauer, the last bowler in the cut, defeated Zachary Barnard 264-162 (despite Zach's unreal conversion of the 7-8 split hitting the LEFT side of the 7-pin); and Jeremy Baca just got by Kyla Casuas 200-194.  However, since that left three winners, the highest losing score also advanced from that round, giving Casaus a second chance she wouldn't squander.

     In the round of four, Baca easily defeated Belden 202-147, and Casaus just edged Bauer 201-195, and each bowler advanced to play each other again, but this time for the title.

    Nine year-old Kyla, already the second bowler with an average under 100 to make the title match this season, showed no fear in taking on Baca again with a large crowd cheering on both bowlers.  Unfortunately for Jeremy, he struggled on the drying conditions, while Kyla filled frames when she could converting both a 7 and 10 pin along the way.  The result was a blowout 178-136 win for Kyla, good for the first JBT SW title of her career.

    Big thanks to everyone at Leisure Bowl for a fantastic weekend of bowling fun!

Leisure Bowl- final results and optional scholarship winners  
9/11/2005        
New Mexico-Texas Conference      
(survivor format; score is 5-game total)    
       
Scratch Division      
rank name city, state score prize
1 Justin DeDera Albuquerque, NM p 17 $240
2 Justin Medina Santa Fe, NM m 124 $100
3 Justin Taylor Canyon, TX p 56 $125
4 Bill Grant Rio Rancho, NM m 38 $25
5 Jeremy Medina Santa Fe, NM m 74 $20
6 Jerod Florez Bosque Farms, NM m 3 $35
7 William Haverland Canyon, TX m 87 $5
8 Robyn Ashley Farmington, NM m 75 $40
9 Sarah Carity Albuquerque, NM m 136  
10 Ashley Dale Albuquerque, NM m 142  
11 Andy Byer Albuquerque, NM m 151  
12 Christina Waldron Albuquerque, NM m 167  
13 Stephen Gaucin El Paso, TX m 187 $15
14 Jarrad Espinoza Albuquerque, NM m 215  
15 Anthony Johnson Amarillo, TX m 258  
       
       
Handicap Division      
rank name city, state score prize
1 Kyla Casuas Roswell, NM m 49 $200
2 Jeremy Baca Albuquerque, NM m 20 $113
3 Ashley Belden Tijeras, NM m 169 $73
4 Delta Bauer Albuquerque, NM m 70 $50
5 Alex Yoder Albuquerque, NM p 97 $70
6 Zachary Barnard Albuquerque, NM m 15 $58
7 Brianna Jaramillo Albuquerque, NM p 23 $108
8 Brook Scarberry Roswell, NM m 29  
9 Wendy Shelton Albuquerque, NM m 58 $60
10 Krista Casaus Roswell, NM p 14 $15
11 Jessica Palma Albuquerque, NM m 18  
12 Ryan Scheer Albuquerque, NM m 26  
13 Jordan Oppenheim Albuquerque, NM m 42  
14 Michael Hinojosa Las Cruces, NM m 51  
15 Blake Brown Albuquerque, NM m 62  
16 Stephanie Sheffer Albuquerque, NM m 9 $15
17 Heaven Pajala Albuquerque, NM m 12 $10
18 Susan Kurzeka Albuquerque, NM m 27 $10
19 John Stomp Albuquerque, NM m 41  
20 Travis Imler Albuquerque, NM m 52  
21 Olivia Silva Albuquerque, NM m 53  
22 Paul Carper Rio Rancho, NM m 71  
23 Thomas Gutierrez Albuquerque, NM m 74 $25
24 Kara Casaus Roswell, NM m 81  
25 Cody Mansfield Albuquerque, NM m 82  
26 Sara Vargas Albuquerque, NM m 83  
27 Sabrina Vargas Albuquerque, NM m 84  
28 Mark Mares Los Lunas, NM m 94  
29 Josh Brown Albuquerque, NM m 114  
30 Alex Giddings Albuquerque, NM m 123  
31 Jacob Gill Albuquerque, NM m 125  
32 Jamison Spam Rio Rancho, NM m 135  
33 Amanda Johnson Rio Rancho, NM m 141  
34 Brandon Dye Roswell, NM m 170  
35 John Freeman Silver City, NM m 178  
36 Charlie Elliott Santa Fe, NM m 182  
37 William Yoder Albuquerque, NM m 194  
38 Nathan Hughes San Jose, NM m 195  
39 Justin White Phoenix, AZ m 196  
40 Kyle Pearce Espanola, NM m 209  
41 Janeyl Carper Rio Rancho, NM m 234  
42 Brenda Salgado Santa Fe, NM m 3  
43 Janeyl; Carper Rio Rancho, NM m 8  
       
Cuts: scratch -124; handicap -70      
Storm Ball Winner: John Freeman      
Jr. Gold Qualifier: none      
       
TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $1,425