STARLIGHT LANES (Sunday)

champs Stephen Gaucin & Billy Read

Stephen Gaucin notched yet another win, while Billy Read kept it all in the family, in exciting JBT NM-TX Conference action at Santa Ana Casino’s Starlight Lanes.

The scratch division field fared pretty well on the PBA Scorpion pattern, with three 280+ games, highlighted by Brian Collier’s 300 in game five.  Two Coloradans opened the stepladder finals, with Nathan Shock topping points leader Jess Gagliardi 238-177.    William Entsminger then squeaked by Shock 238-235.  Andy Byer then edged Entsminger 215-212 to reach the title match.

Byer has been struggling through a streak of five consecutive title match losses, and would have his hands full in the always-tough Stephen Gaucin, the day’s top seed.  The right hand lane proved tricky in the title match, and Stephen’s strike on it in the fifth gave him a turkey- and amazingly, the only strike on that lane by either bowler the whole match, giving Gaucin the edge for a 217-195 victory, and his 9th career JBT title.

Jonah Seawright opened the handicap division stepladder finals with a 266-206 win over Josh Brown in match one.  Seawright then defeated Jamar McDaniel, who rolled 511 scratch for his last two qualifying games to jump into the finals, 223-192.  Read then just edged Seawright 224-221 in a well bowled semifinal to reach the title match.

It’s been an incredible month for Read, capturing the Main Event exactly a month ago.  However, top seed Cyera Quintana had been having quite a day of her own, rolling her first-ever 200 game en route to the top seed.  The final match turned out to be all Billy, as he rolled his second clean game of the finals for a 245-193 win over Quintana, and his 4th career JBT title.  His win combined with sister Debbie’s the day before marks the first time that two siblings have won JBT events in the same weekend!

 Over $1,400 in scholarships were awarded at the event.  Big thanks to the whole crew at Starlight for a great job as always hosting our events.  Want in on the fun, some on down to the next JBT event, it’s as simple as that!

 

Starlight (Sun.)- final results and optional scholarship winners
1/27/2008      
NM-TX Conference    
     
Scratch Division    
rank name city, state prize
1 Stephen Gaucin El Paso, TX $230
2 Andy Byer Albuquerque, NM $151
3 William Entsminger El Paso, TX $132
4 Nathan Shock Thornton, CO $100
5 Jess Gagliardi Alamosa, CO $20
6 Carlos Mendez El Paso, TX $15
7 Brian Collier Amarillo, TX $19
8 Chris Weyrauch Chandler, AZ $15
9 Nathan Hughes San Jose, NM  
10 Mike Cross Tucson, AZ  
11 Justin Silva Albuquerque, NM  
12 Paul Carper Rio Rancho, NM  
13 Dan Romero Santa Fe, NM  
14 Diego Lucero Santa Fe, NM  
15 Cody Mansfield Albuquerque, NM  
16 Zach Barnard Albuquerque, NM  
17 Josh Arceo Albuquerque, NM  
18 Aaron Raymond Bloomfield, NM  
19 Justin Medina Santa Fe, NM  
20 Jamison Spam Rio Rancho, NM  
21 Scott Wiley Albuquerque, NM  
22 Charlie Elliott Santa Fe, NM  
23 Ricky Griego Santa Fe, NM  
24 Travis Turner Amarillo, TX  
     
Handicap Division    
rank name city, state prize
1 Billy Read Albuquerque, NM $228
2 Cyera Quintana El Paso, TX $115
3 Jonah Seawright Albuquerque, NM $110
4 Jamar McDaniel Rio Rancho, NM $50
5 Josh Brown Albuquerque, NM $50
6 Roger Johnson Albuquerque, NM $30
7 Eric Sanford Santa Fe, NM $20
8 Marcos Armijo Santa Fe, NM  
9 Reanne Quesada El Paso, TX $30
10 Tevynn Laws Albuquerque, NM $15
11 Jaden Spam Rio Rancho, NM $30
12 Bailey McFarland El Paso, TX  
13 Annabeth Griego Santa Fe, NM  
14 Blake Brown Albuquerque, NM  
15 Joshua Barress Albuquerque, NM  
16 Seth Jaramillo Albuquerque, NM $15
17 Sam Zermeno El Paso, TX $21
18 Tricia Barress Albuquerque, NM $15
19 Debbie Read Albuquerque, NM $6
20 Tim Baribeau Albuquerque, NM  
21 Austin Mansfield Albuquerque, NM  
22 Mike Romero Santa Fe, NM  
23 Amanda Johnson Rio Rancho, NM  
24 Jordan Spam Rio Rancho, NM  
25 Olivia Silva Albuquerque, NM  
26 Alyvia Quintana El Paso, TX  
27 Sabrina Vargas Albuquerque, NM $15
28 Stephanie Barela Santa Fe, NM $30
29 Sara Vargas Albuquerque, NM  
30 Taylor Qunitana El Paso, TX  
31 Joey Grant Rio Rancho, NM  
32 Peter Cane Albuquerque, NM  
33 Susan Kurzeka Albuquerque, NM $15
34 Cassie Bacoccini Albuquerque, NM  
35 Janeyl Carper Rio Rancho, NM  
36 William Yoder Albuquerque, NM  
37 Wendy Shelton Albuquerque, NM  
38 Andrew McKinsey Rio Rancho, NM  
39 Andrea Jaramillo Santa Fe, NM  
40 Lacey Shelton Albuquerque, NM  
41 Dillon Bridge El Paso, TX  
42 Andrew Esparza El Paso, TX  
43 Jessica Palma Albuquerque, NM $5
44 Samantha McFarland El Paso, TX  
     
Ball winner: Stephanie Barela  
Scratch High Games: Cllier 300, Byer 288, Entsminger 280
Handicap High Games: B Read 276, Zermeno 249, D Read 249
     
TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $1,482