STARLIGHT LANES at SANTA ANA STAR CASINO

champs Bill Grant and Charlie Elliott

Bill Grant did the talking with his bowling ball for another title, while Charlie Elliott claimed his first JBT victory in season opening NM-TX Conference action at Starlight Lanes.

The opening match of the scratch finals was an instant classic. CJ Brown's 18-fill in the tenth forced Justin DeDera to go spare-strike for the win.  Justin was up to the task, doing exactly that for a 215-214 win.  In round two, William Haverland, who set JBT SW 5 and 8 game scoring records in Lubbock last year, took advantage of late open frames by DeDera to advance by a 216-202 score.  In the semifinal, Jerod Florez lost the carry he had enjoyed all day, while a pumped-up Haverland strung the first eight, and the result was a 269-166 victory advancing him to the title match.

Grant had gained the top seed with a 257 in game eight, and he and Haverland engaged in a very well-bowled match.  Bill's strike in the tenth on the tougher right-hand lane forced Haverland to double in his tenth for the victory.  William's first shot came up high, though, and the steady Grant walked away with the win, 221-217, good for his third career JBT SW victory.

 The handicap finals opened with Andres Gallegos rolling a fine 220 game to defeat good efforts by Jeremy Baca (203) and Dan Romero (204). Andres remained hot in round two, and his 240 score defeated Juan Romero's 214 and Olivia Silva's 219.  Olivia, at 8 years old with a 72 entering average, continues the early-season trend of younger bowlers keeping up with the bigger guys!  In the semifinal,  Janine Rogers snagged victory from the jaws of defeat when she converted the 4-9 in the tenth for a 237 game that squeaked by Gallegos (232) and Bobby Fisher (222).

The title match between Janine and Elliott was a back-and-forth affair, with neither bowler at a clear advantage until Rogers unfortunately missed a single-pin spare in the late frames.  Elliott stayed clean the rest of the way, and thrilled his family and friends with a 209 game and his first JBT SW title.  Janine struck out for good measure for a 211-209 final score, making it the second time in as many visits to Starlight that Janine has been the runner-up by two pins!

  

Starlight Lanes- final results and optional scholarship winners
9/11/2004
Scratch Division
rank	name	city	score	prize
1	Bill Grant	Rio Rancho, NM	p 284	$200
2	William Haverland	Canyon, TX	p 229	$225
3	Jerod Florez	Bosque Farms, NM	p 255	$60
4	Justin DeDera	Las Cruces, NM	p 181	$50
5	CJ Brown	Lubbock, TX	p 158	$85
6	Andy Byer	Albuquerque, NM	p 114
7	Jeremy Medina	Santa Fe, NM	p 72
8	Justin Taylor	Canyon, TX	p 53	$15
9	Kurt Lehner	Tucson, AZ	p 1	$30
10	Hasan Kural	Glendale, AZ	m 29	$30
11	Sam Cuevas	Abernathy, TX	even
12	Robyn Ashley	Farmington, NM	even
13	Ty Brown	Phoenix, AZ	m 6	$10
14	Sarah Carity	Flagstaff, AZ	m 32
15	Amanda Falk	Tucson, AZ	m 51
16	Patrick Porritt	Vista, CA	m 61
17	Brandy Silva	Albuquerque, NM	m 71
18	Justin Medina	Santa Fe, NM	m 97
19	Jarrad Espinoza	Albuquerque, NM	m 117
20	Jason Sears	Lubbock, TX	m 139
Handicap Division
rank	name	city	score	prize
1	Charlie Elliott	Santa Fe, NM	p 266	$315
2	Janine Rogers	Las Cruces, NM	p 225	$195
3	Bobby Fisher	Glendale, AZ	p 242	$70
4	Andres Gallegos	Albuquerque, NM	p 162	$105
5	Olivia Silva	Albuquerque, NM	p 179	$50
6	Juan Romero	Albuquerque, NM	p 178	$10
7	Jeremy Baca	Albuquerque, NM	p 163	$30
8	Dan Romero	Santa Fe, NM	p 137	$20
9	Jamison Spam	Rio Rancho, NM	p 135	$45
10	Janeyl Carper	Rio Rancho, NM	p 132
11	Stephanie Sheffer	Albuquerque, NM	p 128	$30
12	Paul Carper	Rio Rancho, NM	p 103
13	Danielle Rogers	Las Cruces, NM	p 81	$15
14	Louis Gonzales	Albuquerque, NM	p 80
15	Jonah Bell	Albuquerque, NM	p 65
16	Nathan Hughes	San Jose, NM	p 57
17	Amanda Johnson	Rio Rancho, NM	p 16	$15
18	Christina Waldron	Albuquerque, NM	p 9
19	Vincent Michel	Albuquerque, NM	p 4
20	Susan Kurzeka	Albuquerque, NM	m 3
21	Josh Arceo	Albuquerque, NM	m 17	$30
22	Brianna Jaramillo	Albuquerque, NM	p 12
23	Heaven Pajala	Albuquerque, NM	p 9	$15
24	Zakary Strickland	Albuquerque, NM	p 4
25	Ashley Dale	Albuquerque, NM	m 7
26	Sarah English	Roswell, NM	m 12
27	Zachary Barnard	Albuquerque, NM	m 14
28	Taylor Cruz	Albuquerque, NM	m 24
29	Megan Withey	Phoenix, AZ	m 26
30	Emily Milbank	Albuquerque, NM	m 27
31	Anthony Herrera	Albuquerque, NM	m 45
32	John Freeman	Silver City, NM	m 49
33	Wendy Shelton	Albuquerque, NM	m 51
34	Melanie Shelton	Albuquerque, NM	m 63
35	Kyle Pearce	Espanola, NM	m 74
36	Spencer Brown	Albuquerque, NM	m 89
37	Mark Mares	Los Lunas, NM	m 118
38	Brandon Abeyta	Alcalde, NM	m 123
39	Cody Mansfield	Albuquerque, NM	m 125
40	Eric Kear	Albuquerque, NM	m 139
41	Mike Romero	Santa Fe, NM	m 145
42	Carlos Abeyta	Alcalde, NM	m 147
43	Roger Johnson	Albuquerque, NM	w/d
300 Games: none
Cuts: scratch: plus 22, handicap: plus 14
High Games: scratch: CJ Brown 269, Haverland 269, Florez 266.  handicap: Elliott 265, J Rogers 259, J Romero 249
Jr. Gold Qualifiers: CJ Brown, Sarah Carity
Hi Female: Janine Rogers 1022
Storm Ball Winner: Andy Byer
Stepladder Results:
	Scratch:
	DeDera def. Brown 215-214
	Haverland def. DeDera 216-202
	Haverland def. Florez 269-166
	Grant def. Haverland 221-217
	Handicap:
	Gallegos (220) def. D Romero (204) and Baca (203)
	Gallegos (240) def. Silva (219) and J romero (214)
	Rogers (237) def. Gallegos (232) and Fisher (222)
	Elliott def. Rogers, 211-209
TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $1,695