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Dumapit leads winners of Lion’s Club roll-off
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Posted on Feb 25 2009
Raul Dumapit ran away with the Class A championship of the Saipan Filipino-American Lions Club Classified Bowling Tournament held over the weekend at the Saipan Bowling Center.
Bernard Paraiso, meanwhile, topped Class B of the handicap-computed tournament with Marion McKenzie snatching the championship in Class C.
Dumapit won Class A by beating Robert Talavera in the championship of the stepladder finals, 226-198. Talavera earlier advanced to the finals against veteran kegler Kitz Barja, 176-158
Dumapit topped the three-game roll-off after totaling 741 pinfalls built around handicap-aided scores of 248, 268, and 225 for an average of 247.
Barja averaged 227 finished second in the eliminations with a total of 682 (218, 281, 183), while Talavera was third place with an average of 220 after coming up with rounds of 220, 220, and 219 for a total of 659.
Paraiso, for his part, out-dueled Ronald Epan in the championship of the Class B finals by rolling a 231 against Epan’s 169. Epan earned the right to face Paraiso in the finals after displacing Ron Cal, 207-175.
Paraiso earlier finished as the No. 1 seed in the Class B roll-off after he averaged 222 pins built around scores of 192, 215, and 260 for a total of 667.
Finishing four pins shy was Epan after he averaged 221 with his total of 663 (174, 218, 271).
Cal rounded out the Top 3 after she tattooed 641 pins in the three-game roll-off (200, 227, 214) for an average of 214.
In Class C, youth bowler McKenzie upset Gloria Omechelang in the finals by the slimmest of margins, 223-220.
McKenzie overcame long odds to win the division. She first beat Joven Abris in the semis, 195-174, to advance to the finals.
Omechelang ruled the three-game roll-off by firing 690 pinfalls (249, 240, 241) for a handicap-aided average of 230.
Abris, who averaged 229, was good for second with a three-round haul of 688 (223, 226, 239), while McKenzie finished an unassuming third with his total of 671 (180, 254, 237).
The Saipan Filipino-American Lions Club Classified Bowling Tournament was sponsored by Tan Holdings’ Jerry Tan, JET Holdings’ Juan S. Tenorio, Micronesian Brokers, Inc., Dianne Chong, Eli Arago, Lina Dimaano, Jess Delos Santos, and A&L Corporation.
