Three New Mexico bowlers set a new city and state record team score on the final night of the $ 23,500 Bud Trios League at Tenpins & More in Rio Rancho last Wednesday

BOWLING UPDATE
From Tenpins & More

* Three New Mexico bowlers set a new city and state record team score on the final night of the $ 23,500 Bud Trios League at Tenpins & More in Rio Rancho last Wednesday.

Between them, the two right-handers and one southpaw bowled thirty-two strikes from thirty-six deliveries.

Pete Sheridan led the way with 290, Victor Napolitano 279 and anchor-man Carl Chavez 266 combined for 835, a remarkable 278.3 average.

Chavez later found that their 835 was the ninth highest three-person team game recorded so far this year across the US, which includes more than one million registered league bowlers.

* Isaiah Salinas, 19 and Annie Alvarado, 11, won their way in to the New Mexico squad to bowl against twelve Australian bowlers from the city of Brisbane, who will be in Rio Rancho for both the International Challenge Cup and the Youth New Mexico Open in mid-September.

Salinas, a powerful two-handed player, shot 225, 221, 188 and 210 for a handicap added 960 series, while Alvarado overcame a low second game to add 145, 168 and 148 for 952.

The other nine bowlers each received points for placings, with 21-year-old Robin Prioleau closing with 256, alongside 225, 208 and 199 for 932 followed by former Rams high school bowler, Tyler Grier who also finished with 256 and 910.

Next were brother-and-sister, Alberto and Mia Medina, along finishing well with 254 and 222 for 906 and 902 respectively.

After the qualifying tournaments are over in July, the top two point-scorers will complete the local side.

The next roll-off is this Sunday, May 19 at 1pm.

* Up to twelve teams of four will take to the Tenpins & More lanes on Saturday (May 18) to bowl in an email challenge match against bowlers at Keon Park Center in Melbourne, Australia.

It’s the third annual contest which has been won by Rio Rancho by 23 pins per game the first year and seven pins a game in 2023.