Santa Fe Lanes, another "virgin" stop for the Tour, hosted our 2nd Quarter Championship with $1,000.00 in added prize money provided by our sponsors Findlay North VW and Miller Lite.  After 5 squads of qualifying which resulted in head to head Match Play competition of the Elite 8, the Tour crowned its 2nd QC Champion.  17 Members made the 'Cash List' with a low to cash of $95.00 and overall for the weekend $5,902.00 was paid out!  Our SundayFinalists were comprised of 10 bowlers from Saturday and 7 fromSunday. 

Saturday's Top Qualifier was Al Garcia and he "hooked up" with Brunswick, another Tour sponsor, to win a Brunswick Melee.  His AWESOME 1084 series also held up to be TOP QUALIFIER for the weekend earning him a Top Qualifier Tour jacket and a bye in the first round and the #1 seed in the Finals.

Daniel Lusung, Ellena Dominguez, and Richard Roush also had 4-Taps earning them $40 each from the 9-Tap Jackpot.  Scores were right on target ranging from the 1084 top seed down to 923 for the final spot.

The Final match of day brought together Greg Mamac and Ric Bisnar.  Ric had to spot Greg 17 pins in the handicap department.

The match started a little slow with both bowlers struggling a bit.  Greg finally got something going in the middle of the game stringing some strikes together.  Ric, commenting he was tired, put a string together late in the game but failed to get a strike in the 9th frame.  At this point, Greg had the match won for his first 9-Tap Tour Title.  The final score was 217 to 207.  Greg received an AWESOME $1,479.00.  Greg used his 'Dream On' ball from Global which was drilled by Jon Burroughs, owner of JB Bowling Supply in Henderson.  Greg commented that he was bowling with Mom and Dad in his heart as they were not able to attend and he thanked all the fan support and the coaching he got from Alex Watanabe, another Tour Champion!  As for the money........he is saving it!  Way to go Greg, great bowling.  

 

Congratulations to Ric Bisnar on his 2nd place finish earning him a 'SCARY' $666.00.  He told me he wished it was $777.00.  This is Ric's second 2nd place finish.  Congratulations Ric, keep trying and that 1st Title will be yours!  

Our 3rd and 4th place winners split the Pro Pot.  Jonathan Lunatook home $283.00 and Debbie Huston received $250.00 as she was not in the Pro Pot.  On a side note, in the Elite 8 round, Debbie Huston was matched up against her husband, Dennis.  1st vs 8th.  Debbie, bowling like a woman 'POSSESSED' crushed hubby 273 to 239.  Advancing on, Debbie threw a great game of 254 but ran into Ric, the 'Buzzsaw Bisnar' who bested her game with his own 288.