BOWL EL PASO

champs Christian Jensen and Cody Mansfield

A high scoring day of action at Bowl El Paso saw an Arizonan and a New Mexican walk away with JBT SW titles in our last Texas stop of the season.

The scratch division finals opened with local favorite Stephen Gaucin crushing Andy Byer by a 237-131 margin.  In round two, Justin De Dera squeaked by Gaucin 214-202.  In a semifinal clash between DeDera and BJ Baker, Justin's 7-count in the tenth frame proved costly, as BJ got the 19 pins in the tenth he needed for a 203-202 win to advance to the title match.

Top qualifier Christian Jensen has found the winning formula lately with two wins already this spring.  He easily led qualifying with 6 of 8 games of 225 or better, and began with the first six strikes in the title match to put Baker away early.  The 256-193 final score was good for the fifth title of his JBT SW career.

The handicap division enjoyed a very high-scoring day with 20 of the 65 bowlers scoring +100 or better.  Eight games wasn't enough to determine the finalists, as Carlos Mendez and Joseph Clickener tied for the final spot.  Mendez won the rolloff with a clutch double to grab the #8 seed, and then got himself into another thriller in match two.  After Charlie Elliott finished with a 200, Jesse Henson got the first strike in the tenth for 227, but could only watch as Mendez converted a 4-pin for a 228 game and a one-pin victory.

In round two, Christina Waldron, one of our most improved female bowlers this year, blasted a big 231 to defeat Mark Benson's 202, and finally ousting Mendez, who finished with a fine 214.  In the semifinals, Waldron really got it going, rolling a big 243 to defeat Alex Bell's 170 and Josh Arceo's 169 efforts, advancing her to the title match.

 Top qualifier Cody Mansfield had done most of his damage in the semifinals, and continued on a roll with a strong start in the title match.  The problem for Cody was that Waldron started equally strong, setting up a dramatic finish.  With both bowlers clean and on strings going into the tenth, Waldron filled 20 to finish with a 251 game (after handicap).  Needing spare-6 to win the tournament, Mansfield's first shot left a solid-9, which he converted.  His fill ball came up very high, however, but just broke up a bigger split for the 6-count he needed for the 252-251 victory, and his 2nd career JBT SW title.

Thanks to Wiley Quintana, Bowl El Paso, and many friends of the JBT SW throughout El Paso for a great job in spreading the word and hosting the event! 

 

Bowl El Paso- final results and optional scholarship winners
4/10/2005
New Mexico-Texas Conference
	Scratch Division
rank	name	city, state	score	prize
1	Christian Jensen	Anthem, AZ	p 309	$305
2	BJ Baker	Tempe, AZ	p 205	$130
3	Justin DeDera	Las Cruces, NM	p 194	$175
4	Stephen Gaucin	El Paso, TX	p 134	$50
5	Andy Byer	Albuquerque, NM	p 128	$30
6	Philip Schwartz	Oro Valley, AZ	p 99
7	Brandy Silva	Albuquerque, NM	p 92	$20
8	Jeremy Medina	Santa Fe, NM	p 34
9	Justin Medina	Santa Fe, NM	p 23	$30
10	Jerod Florez	Bosque Farms, NM	m 101
11	Bill Grant	Rio Rancho, NM	m 1
12	Jacob Kirtley	El Paso, TX	m 24
13	BJ Eichensehr	El Paso, TX	m 25
14	Sam Cuevas	Lubbock, TX	m 46
15	Jay Lent	Las Cruces, NM	m 46
16	Alfonso Fuentes	El Paso, TX	m 57
17	Ashley Dale	Las Cruces, NM	m 91
18	Chris Johnson	El Paso, TX	m 105
19	Sarah Carity	Phoenix, AZ	m 141
	Handicap Division
rank	name	city, state	score	prize
1	Cody Mansfield	Albuquerque, NM	p 258	$230
2	Christina Waldron	Albuquerque, NM	p 198	$130
3	Alex Bell	El Paso, TX	p 252	$110
4	Josh Arceo	Albuquerque, NM	p 242	$95
5	Mark Benson	El Paso, TX	p 208	$70
6	Carlos Mendez	El Paso, TX	p 156	$50
7	Charlie Elliott	Santa Fe, NM	p 179	$115
8	Jesse Henson	Hobbs, NM	p 164	$45
9	Joseph Clickener	El Paso, TX	p 156	$25
10	Thomas Gutierrez	Albuquerque, NM	p 154	$65
11	Jeremy Baca	Albuquerque, NM	p 138	$15
12	Nathan Hughes	San Jose, NM	p 134	$30
13	Alexys Escandon	El Paso, TX	p 130	$30
14	Amanda Johnson	Rio Rancho, NM	p 122	$25
15	Susan Kurzeka	Albuquerque, NM	p 120
16	Nathan Anderson	El Paso, TX	p 111
17	McKenzie Nicolson	El Paso, TX	p 106
18	Stone Price	El Paso, TX	p 104
19	Aurora Popple	El Paso, TX	p 102
20	Sabrina Barton	El Paso, TX	p 102
21	Jessica Gibson	Hobbs, NM	p 91
22	Austin Pangelinan	El Paso, TX	p 87	$15
23	Leo Guzman	El Paso, TX	p 87	$45
24	Danielle Rogers	Las Cruces, NM	p 79	$15
25	Bailey Mcfarland	El Paso, TX	p 76
26	Caitlin Ortiz	Las Cruces, NM	p 69
27	Corey Prater	El Paso, TX	p 66
28	Michael Hinojosa	Las Cruces, NM	p 51
29	Wendy Shelton	Albuquerque, NM	p 44
30	Ryan Fast	Las Cruces, NM	p 41
31	Jesus Fuentes	El Paso, TX	p 34
32	Steven Ortiz	Las Cruces, NM	p 33
33	Janine Rogers	Las Cruces, NM	p 28
34	Michael Ortiz	Las Cruces, NM	p 19
35	Juan Romero	Albuquerque, NM	p 17	$45
36	Bethlehem Pal-Laya	El Paso, TX	p 17	$15
37	Lee Nicolson	El Paso, TX	p 11
38	Monty Samaniego	Las Cruces, NM	p 11
39	Tommie Hall	McDonald, NM	p 11
40	Jason Ortiz	Las Cruces, NM	p 10
41	Jonathan Frederick	El Paso, TX	p 21
42	Kimberley Alonzo	El Paso, TX	p 7
43	Julian Ortega	Roswell, NM	p 6	$15
44	Anthony Tripi	El Paso, TX	m 2
45	John Ross Saenz	El Paso, TX	m 2
46	Alyssa Williams	El Paso, TX	m 3
47	Jennifer Fast	Las Cruces, NM	m 18
48	Benjamin Burrs	El Paso, TX	m 21
49	Jamie Tillman	Hobbs, NM	m 23
50	Austin Mansfield	Albuquerque, NM	m 26
51	Travis Gudelj	Albuquerque, NM	m 32
52	Brandon Culp	El Paso, TX	m 36
53	Heaven Pajala	Albuquerque, NM	m 38
54	Bobbi Reich	Albuquerque, NM	m 39
55	Annalicia Martinez	Roswell, NM	m 42
56	Mark Mares	Los Lunas, NM	m 51
57	Janeyl Carper	Rio Rancho, NM	m 52
58	Rachel Thompson	Albuquerque, NM	m 65
59	Taylor Cruz	Santa Fe, NM	m 67
60	Zakary Strickland	Albuquerque, NM	m 77
61	Paul Carper	Rio Rancho, NM	m 89
62	Jimmy Jones	El Paso, TX	m 100
63	Cerra Strickland	Albuquerque, NM	m 115
64	Ahkeen Williams	El Paso, TX	m 184
65	Jeff Tillman	Roswell, NM	m 205
High Female: Silva 1039
Cuts: scratch -3, handicap +24
Storm Ball Winner: Janeyl Carper
High Games: scratch: Baker 278, DeDera 268, Jensen 258; handicap: Gutierrez 291, Johnson 283, Mansfield 269
	TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $1,955