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.

BOWLING UPDATE
From 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.