BOWLING UPDATE

From Tenpins & More

• Consistent bowling by both, along with an average match win by 35 pins, gave Monica Redman and Ward Stoffer their first win in the Doubles Marathon Series at Tenpins & More in Rio Rancho on the weekend.

The pair went 7-1 in match-play to win outright from twenty-three other combinations, with Redman averaging 180.5 and Stoffer 1917, both slightly above their entering averages.

It was their consistent scoring that won them the event, with game winning scores ranging from 401 and 359.

Three teams, tied at 6-2 played off for second through fourth place with Robin Prioleau and Jon Arevalo taking the higher spot with 226 and 258 respectively.

Third went to Trent Irwin and Joseph LaPointe, followed by Cameron and Haskell Lee.

Prioleau, the Albuquerque area “Woman Bowler-of-the-Year”, was on her game at a record pace opening with 278, 280, 247 (805) then adding 236, 252, 265 (753) for a personal best 1,558/6.

Arevalo, found form his last six games, averaging 239.5 after a slow – for him – start.

Rounding out the top eight were the teams of Will Hall/Joseph Paterson 5th, Land and Josh Matthies 6th, Kimble Platz/Steve Quintana 7th and Brian Bledsoe/Jeremiah Martin 8th.

• This weekend, more than one hundred and sixty bowlers from as far away as Arizona, Colorado and Texas as well as all over New Mexico will descend on Tenpins & More for the annual Junior Bowlers Tour “double-header” weekend.

Action starts at 9am Saturday with the doubles event, then concludes Sunday with the singles tournament.

The following Sunday (March 2) the NM Central Tournament Series makes it’s first stop at Rio Rancho in the “Dual Pattern Challenge”.

In this unique event, the left lane and right lane of each pair of lanes has a completely different oil pattern laid down, requiring increased concentration and careful ball selection to be able to score well.

The winner will receive $ 1,500, largest singles prize offered outside of the New Mexico Open tournament.