Pete Sheridan used his many years of experience in competitive bowling around the world to win Sunday’s King of the Hill tournament at Tenpins & More.

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* Pete Sheridan used his many years of experience in competitive bowling around the world to win Sunday’s King of the Hill tournament at Tenpins & More.

Sheridan overcame a testing sport lane condition laid down for the event – appropriately named “Scrooge 46” – that produced only thirteen scores above 200 in the qualifying round of 116 games, a lowly eleven percent above “par”.

House pro, Paul Yoder had 223, 224, 190, 268 for 905, followed by Jacob Gill 190, 257, 253, 154 (854) then Scott Wiley of Corrales third on 743. Sheridan made the cut to the top 15 with 707.

In round two of the survivor series format, Josh Burnett 246 and Andy Zunwalt 227 led the eight to round three, Sheridan’s 199 good for fourth.

Next round Carson Opela, last month’s runner-up to Andy Byer had 210, ahead of Sheridan’s 204, followed by Cliff Byer 201 and Yoder 198.

The penultimate semi relegated Opela and Yoder to third and fourth, leaving Sheridan, 61 and Byer 66 to bowl for the title.

Sheridan bowled a clean game of 194 with three strikes, five single-pin spares and two 8-count spares to win by a good margin.

His many years of bowling in Air Force competition throughout Europe, Turkey and England guided his win Sunday and support the adage “experience counts”.

* Calendar:
Thur Dec 28: Champion of Champions squad at 1.30pm
Sat Dec 30: “Desperado” squads at 9am & 11.30am
Sun Dec 31: New Year’s Eve parties at 2pm, 5.30pm & 8.30pm

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