Dual Pattern tournament results

Bowler Monday, March 3, 2025 No Comment

COFFEE WINS $ 1,500 ON DUAL LANE PATTERN Dale Coffee, former Cleveland Storm bowling stand-out made the trip from Colorado worthwhile, winning $ 1,500 for beating early leader, Pete Sheridan by twenty pins in the championship match at Tenpins & More on Sunday. The scores of 213 to 193 did not reflect the high scoring pace each had set in the games leading up to the final. Sheridan averaged over 237, while Coffee carded 222 over eight games. Forty-nine entrants were whittled down to twenty then four for the grand final. Los Alamos’ Michael DeVore (who drives down every week for league play at the Rio Rancho Center) opened with a win 245-211 over local Dennis Helmick, who finished fourth. DeVore shot 238 next but lost to Sheridan by ten pins (248) leading into the last match. Other area bowlers who cashed included Justin Medina 6th, Zach Harvey 7th, Trent Irwin 8th and Jake Gill 10th, along with Gabe Maestas 5th from Colorado Springs and Joseph Paterson 9th from Socorro. Click to download PDF Click to download PDF

Jeanne and Andrew Carver won the recent Valentine’s Doubles bowling tournament with an inspired performance on the lanes at Tenpins & More in Rio Rancho.

Bowler Monday, February 26, 2024 No Comment

BOWLING UPDATEFrom Tenpins & More * Jeanne and Andrew Carver won the recent Valentine’s Doubles bowling tournament with an inspired performance on the lanes at Tenpins & More in Rio Rancho. Wife, Jeanne had above-average games of 179, 180, 170 while husband, Andrew continued his current good form that has seen him with both 300 and 299 scores in leagues this month. He shot 233, 249, 245 and 200 (927) to overtake early leaders, Andy Weston and Charles Tully by 23 pins in final standings. Weston had a 265 and Tully, a left-hander, fired 224, 219, 232 and 213 for 888. Third went to Jason Schindwolf and Andy Byer nineteen pins behind, with Schindwolf’s 244, 204, 278, 225 (951), the best series of 62 bowlers. Other prize-winners included the duos of Anne Vallejos/Becky Luco, Teri and Joseph Paterson, Josie Herson/Kyle Belnap and Alyssa and Tyler Grier. * Tenpins & More pro-shop operator, Paul Yoder won Sunday’s King of the Hill tournament in a high-scoring finish over Espanola’s Kenneth Friedrich 244-212. This contest is bowled on a testing “sport” lane condition – this one 38′ long and almost flat oil, from gutter-to-gutter. Yoder chose to line up far right of center and send the ball down the first arrow (five board). He chose wisely, as it turned out, averaging 219 over eight games, and missing a strike or spare in only five frames. Friedrich, who bowls two-handed, found his way to the final match around the third arrow with a tense tenth frame two strikes in a row to deny Eric Carriage of a championship spot, 226-223. It took 733/4, a meagre 183 average to survive the first cur from thirty to fifteen, then, in succeeding games, 197 to the top eight and 200 to the top four. Next King & Queen of the Hill is set for Sunday March 24 at 9.30am.

Arevalo set the stage with an opening seven strikes in a row for 253, while Opela closed with six strikes for 248.

Bowler Monday, February 12, 2024 No Comment

BOWLING UPDATE From Tenpins & More * Highest average teams don’t always win handicap-added bowling tournaments but one did Sunday at Tenpins & More, when Carson Opela and Jon Arevalo saved their best team game to break a three-way tie in the annual Superbowl Doubles Marathon. Arevalo set the stage with an opening seven strikes in a row for 253, while Opela closed with six strikes for 248. Even giving up 64 pins, the duo had 437 to leave Jacob Neal and Teresa Hope in second with 367, just ahead of Chris Kenworthy and Sandra Fride who had 363, after all three teams had finished with 6-2 records in earlier match-play rounds. Five teams followed, on 5-3, necessitating a tie-breaker for placings four through eight. Peter Silva and Tom Thornhill had 388, followed by Anthony Garcia and Joe Chacon 375. Then came Khesean Manning/Robin Prioleau 331, Mike and Donielle Waite 314 and Soccoro’s Will Hall and Joseph Paterson 312. The next Doubles Marathon is Scheduled for Easter Sunday evening, March 31, starting at 5.30pm. * There’s plenty of tournament action coming up, with final squads this weekend for the Valentine’s Doubles as well as Color Pin Cash on Sunday morning at 9.30am. Then another round of the King or Queen of the Hill is set for Sunday February 25, also at 9.30am.

RIO RANCHO WINS 8TH STATE HIGH SCHOOL BOWLING TITLE

Bowler Monday, February 5, 2024 No Comment

Rio Rancho Rams high school bowling squad won their eighth NMAA High School state 5-A bowling championship Saturday in the event contested by twelve schools at Tenpins & More. They beat La Cueva Bears in the three-game finale 585-514 with game scores of 213-154, 183-170 and 189-190. After the local team took a comfortable 59-pin lead in game one, the northeast heights school quickly reduced that to 18 pins with a game two opening four strikes in a row. However two open frames and a timely double by the Rams recovered the handy lead, never to be threatened again. Rio Rancho’s eight wins puts them two ahead of rivals, Cleveland who have won the “big schools” crown six times. Others to win once each include Piedra Vista, Manzano, Sandia and La Cueva who won at the Albuquerque Convention Center in 2008. Winning team members included seniors, Alex Thompson, Alberto Medina, Carson and Kylie Belnap, along with Joshua Zeigler, Mia Medina, Isaiah Lopez and Brody Humphries, who along with coaches, Dana Miller-Mackie and Don Thompson and school sponsor Malissa Thompson celebrated by signing the NMAA banner that will find pride of place at Tenpins & More this week. Artesia Bulldogs won their ninth state title beating Espanola Valley in 4-A action while East Mountain beat Sandia Prep in 1-A to 3-A at Silva Lanes on Friday. FATHER BEATS SON FOR KING CROWN Gary Gill beat his son Jacob in a tense final at Sunday’s King of the Hill tournament at Tenpins & More. Dad, Gill threw only two strikes on the touchy sport lane condition but converted seven spares from eight attempts, while his son chopped three spares (2-5, 3-6-10 and 6-10 leaves) along with six strikes to lose 171-180. In earlier “survivor series” action, it took 752 over four games to make the first cut from 25 to twelve. In the cut to six, 191 was the number then 203 by qualifying leader, Leroy Espinoza to determine the finalists as Jacob 222 and Gary 215 entered the final match. Calendar: Sat Feb 10 – Valentine’s Doubles at 9am Sun Feb 11 – Superbowl Sunday Doubles Marathon at 8am

THREE CHAMPIONS RESOLVED; YOUTH TO GO THIS SUNDAY

Bowler Monday, January 15, 2024 No Comment

(updated 1/22/24) Three winners have been named so far in the 23rd Champion of Champions bowling tournament with the youth winner to be decided this Sunday at Tenpins & More in Rio Rancho. Antonio Lopez set a new scoring pace record in winning the men’s title, averaging 245.5 over 14 games, while going 12-2 in match-play to win by more than 300 pins. Lopez, formerly of El Paso, moved to Rio Rancho a couple years ago. “He likes to practice”, said Center manager, Steve Mackie, “and it shows”, he concluded. Lopez was carding 251.3, including games of 248, 279, 247, 193, 262, 278, 285, 247, 237, 258, 289, 210 and 235 before his last game of 169, bowled with a torn thumb and ripped fingers. Soccoro’s Joseph Paterson, whose family comes up twice every week for leagues and tournaments, finished second after finishing strong with 257, 225, 239 and 233, running down Isaiah Salinas with his last two games. Salinas hung on to claim third, three pins ahead of Gil Chavez who closed with 256 for fourth then Seth Muller rounded out the prize-winners, one pin ahead of Steve Shultz. Native American League bowler, Karen Coffey threw five games, of seven, above 200 and went 6-1 to win the women’s crown over Robin Prioleau by 49 pins. Prioleau struck out with a seven-bagger to keep Marlene Analla in third place. Coffey averaged 195.2, compared to Prioleau’s 222.5 in the handicap-added final. Kenneth Friedrich performed a rare “three-peat” win in the Senior final, having won previously in both the last two events. The Espanola resident, who also comes down here twice a week, was at his best with an 8-1 record and a 236.8 average to win by 220 pins. Friedrich started quietly with 197 before adding 247, 269, 211, 257, 259, 214, 254 and 224 with his unusual (for a senior bowler) two-handed release. Chavez, the only male to make two finals finished second ahead of Larry Silva by 19 pins with fast-finishing Blaine Sparks fourth another 21 pins behind, after a 215, 235, 218 closing burst. * Apart from this Sunday’s youth final, young bowlers have plenty to look forward to over the next nine months. Upcoming is the New Mexico High Schools State Championships with 5-A schools rolling off Saturday February 3 then a new Spring Doubles League starting Wednesday February 7, both at Tenpins & More. The Junior Bowlers Tour returns here for their annual “double-header” weekend March 9 & 10, with doubles on Saturday then a singles tournament on Sunday. Qualifying rounds start in May to decide the local teams who will take on a 12-member squad from Brisbane, Australia in September. The visiting team has bowlers ranging in age from 12-25. Calendar:Sun Jan 21: Youth Champion of Champions final at 9am followed by NMAA Foundation Bowlathon at 1pm

Bowlers of the Year and Other Winners Honored

Bowler Monday, October 2, 2023 No Comment

BOWLING UPDATE From Tenpins & More * Nine-year-old Madeleine Serafini of Arizona and teenager, Dmitri Richardson of Colorado won their respective handicap and scratch divisions at last week’s Youth New Mexico Open at Tenpins & More. A record 161 entries traveled here from a record seven states (other than the aforementioned and from within New Mexico, Oklahoma, Washington, California and Texas) to bowl for an event record $ 8,897 in scholarship monies. The winners each received $ 1,250. Richardson beat challenger John Green with a closing string of strikes for 233 and his third Junior Bowlers Tour title. Rio Rancho’s Alberto Medina, his sister Mia and Aiden Ruiz-Jimenez gave locals early hope but lost in semi-final matches against out-of-staters. Serafini remained calm under pressure after last start winner, Rebecca Wilson, opened with two strikes in a row. The youngster’s spare-shooting ability proved the difference though as her opponent missed two single-pin spares. It was announced during the tournament that a large squad of bowlers and coaches will be coming to the 2024 event from Brisbane, Australia to play the Youth New Mexico Open as well as a challenge match against All-Star JBT teams. * A high average team dominated Sunday’s Doubles Marathon at Tenpins & More winning with a 7-1 match-play record. After losing the opener, Antonio Lopez and Steve Ontiveros averaged 226.6 over 14 games, Lopez finishing with world-class 225, 279, 277 (781), ably supported by Ontiveros 212, 221, 213 (646). Two teams tied for second at 6-2, with Robin Prioleau/Joseph Martinez rolling 378 in a tie-breaker, ahead of Bobbie Vega/Dan Brenning 340 to finish third. Fourth place went to Teri Paterson/Noe Baltazar on 5.5-2.5. In a six team play-off for fifth through eighth, all on 5-3, Jon Arevalo/Carson Opela emerged 375, followed by father-and-son, Cliff and Andy Byer 352, Tom Thornhill/Khesean Manning of Gallup 323 and Marcus Sanders/Joe LaRosa 301. * More Rio Rancho league regulars won awards at the city bowling association banquet last month. Honored youth included Carson and Kylie Belnap, Mia Medina, Lucia Griego, Shane Muller, Ethan Loudenback, Kira Vanderlip and Aiden Ruiz-Jimenez. Adults were Eric Vanderlip, Levi and Paul Yoder, Sam Pinge, Angelo and Leroy Espinoza, Carson Opela, Anthony Rodriguez, Montana C de Baca, Aileen Linares, Robin Prioleau, Michelle Dennison, Karen Barcal, Karen Coffey and Rick Candelaria (whose 233 season league average was high for the city). Bowlers-of-the-Year were Jacob Gill, Joe LaRosa and Bobbie Vega (seniors) while the Hall-of-Fame added Dan Brenning. Pete Sheridan, Dusti Griffin, Brenda Hamilton and Phyllis Bustos among others. * Calendar: Sun Oct 8: Handicap Singles at 9 am and 11 am