JEDDAH — Rey Feliciano with 659 emerged as the Male Bowler of the Week and with supreme planking of 621 from Mevin Lising, led Micah's Pride to the top of team standings with total computed points of 134, dislodging the former leader Extreme 1:11 that slid to second with 124 points at the end of session four of the FEDBG-FMBL 16th meet at the Bowling City here.
Feliciano blasted a 221 opener and was helped best by Paolo Allego's 214 on Micah's 1,030 initial defeat of D'Luf's Strikers which retuned 1,006. A sparkling 244 supported by Lising's 220 and team chief Rolly Vistal's 216 repeated a 1,030-999 wallop of their opponents. Feliciano's game fumbled down and Oca Bernabe and Ester flashed for an identical 230, while Lising and Allego injected 212 and 223, respectively. Micah's Pride swept the scratch at 3,203-2,971 including endgame of 1,242-1,145. Consolation to D'Luf's Strikers was winning the first two handicapped sets and the overall output of 3,500-3,508 to sign 11-9 points disparity in Micah's favor.
Feliciano was recognized on his games of 221, 244 and 194 to receive corresponding BOW prize. D'Luf's was defended by Grace Funtillon 629, Robert de Guzman 618, Richard Antonio 597, skipper Cesar Pagtalunan 577, Farida de Guzman 572 and Ed Cordova 515.
Al-Murjanah Bowlers also made news when they scored their best to be the Team of the Week on aggregate of 3,529 which beat Extreme 1:11 that totaled 3,454. Three top scorers for the Steve Fragata-skippered team were Lexter Atienza 609, Nurissa Ramos 600 and May Lourdes 600. Roger Daquioag, Fragata and Jojie Manalansan combined for 1,720 to win all handicapped sets and eclipsed game three. Team captain Dariel Loquias with 635 fought well for Extreme, aided by Archie Santos who gave 629 to save 4 points on the first two scratch games.
Lance & 3rdy settled 11.5-8.5 when it submitted 3,335-all with Hal Facons when the earlier won scratch set of Game 1 and emptied opponent on the last game. Hal Falcons saved initial handicapped set then took all points in Game 2 inflicted by the 262 of Nap Patayan. Team Manager Rene Ocampo geared for better output but Igna Salgado made the result a rare tie with his 220 in the last game. Shirley Sagmit consoled Hal Falcons with her Lady Bowler of the Week-winning score of 637 to be in the spotlight on games of 196, 228 and 213. Jun Estefano scored best at 601 for Lance & 3rdy.
Also winners this week were Cool Guys blanking Shawly Bowlers on the motivation of Randy Mata who posted jackpot-winning score of 278 in the last game. Defending champion Ekis-7 walloped Fine Boys 18-2 and BCT Mongoose emptied Rock N Roll on the twin powering of Rommel Cagampang 636 and Emil Payongayong 613.
Team rankings after four weeks: Micah's Pride – 134 points, Extreme 1:11l – 124, BCT Mongoose – 112, Lance & 3rdy 103.5, Ekis 7 – 99, Shawly Bowlers – 89, Rock N Roll – 86, Al-Murjanah Bowlers – 80, Cool Guys – 78, D'Luf's Strikers – 77, Hal Falcons – 72.5, Fine Boys – 49.
