By Jonathan V. Perez
Variety News Staff

RAUL Dumapit, Rizza Hensely and Jamie Vales topped the inaugural January monthly roll-off of the Pepsi King, Queen and Prince/Princess of the Lanes held last Saturday and Sunday at the Saipan Bowling Center.
Dumapit, Hensley and Vales were crowned the King, Queen and Prince of the Lanes for January as the year-long tenpin bowling tournament started its season.
Dumapit, the 2005-2006 PBA Class A champion, had a four-game total of 902 pinfalls for a winning start in the King of the Lanes.
Dumpait started out strong with a 276 and 263, slowed down with a 171 in the third game before closing out with a 192 for a 225.50 average in the four-game series to earn the $150 top prize.
He enjoyed a 40-pin lead over Rusty Musca, 862.
Musca posted a four-game series of 215, 257, 177 and 213 for a 215.5 average and won $70.
Roman Borja, 851, Robert Talavera, 844, and Jon Eparwa, 824, pocketed $40, $30 and $20 to complete the top five in the men’s division.
In the Queen of the Lanes, Hensley returned to her fighting form in claiming the inaugural crown and the $65 prize.
Hensley, who failed to win a single monthly title last year, knocked down 770 – 167, 197, 220, 186 – pins in the four-game series. She had an average of 192.50 pins in the four games.
Yho Villavicencio was the runner up finishing with 757 pinfalls to pocket $35 while Diane Camacho, 749, won $30.
Vales, meanwhile, earned her first Princes of the Lanes title after a 600-pin victory.
She had a roller-coaster four-game series starting off with a 143. She registered 175 pins in the second game and slowed down with a 124 in the third frame.
Vales finished with a 158 to post a 150 average and win the $20 prize.
Marion McKenzie, 582 – 144, 156, 142, 140 – bagged $15 the same amount that Raphael Zapanta won after a 555 performance.
In the 2006 finals of the King, Queen and Prince/Princess of the Lanes held on Jan. 7 and 14, Raymond Angeles, Gina Sablan and Jeremy Williams beat their opponents to emerge as champions.
For more information on the monthly roll-off, call Ross or Gigi Zapanta at 788-0259 or email them at zapanta@vzpacifica.net.