Zapanta drew 2,406 pinfalls overall with a 200.5 average to beat Richard Leong (2,366 total, 197.17 avg.) and Simon Manacop (2,359 total, 196.58 avg.) for the top spot.
“It was kind of bad at the start, but I know I had a chance,” said Zapanta in a phone interview. “It was hard to connect my strikes and I was fortunate to bowl my high games.”
The champ mustered 269 pinfalls in his last game — the highest recorded this weekend. Zapanta’s second best score came from game nine at 242 pinfalls.
“I just made sure I took out my spares,” he said.
Ed Baluyan tallied 2,262 pinfalls to trail Manacop, followed by Russelle Zapanta (2,243) and Bernard Paraiso (2,231).
In the women’s division, Cal was the lone bowler to pass the 2,000 mark with a 2,205 pinfall total. Cal scored 221 and 223 in games 11 and 12, respectively to earn a 183.75 average. Beating a 17-player pool wasn’t an easy feat for the veteran bowler, who surpassed Gina Sablan’s 1,998 pins and Gloria Omechelang’s 1,985.
Diana Camacho and Yho Villavicencio completed the women’s top five at 1,931 and 1,903.
The three-day competition also featured men’s and women’s singles, doubles, and team events.
Leong (607-singles, 639-doubles, 607-team) and Camacho (522-singles, 514-doubles, 572-team) posted the best records overall with 1,853 and 1,608 pinfalls, respectively.
Robert Talavera came second in the men’s division with 1,775 and a game high 628 pinfalls in the team round. Former King of the Lanes winner Alex Castro reached third place with 1,758 pinfalls (609-singles, 600-doubles, 549-team). Raymond Zapanta ranked 11th with 1,623 pinfalls – in between Tony Verdaguer (1,628) and brother Raphael Zapanta (1,596).
Women’s masters champion Ron Cal fell next to Camacho at 1,475 with a 163.89 average (506-singles, 467-doubles, 502-team).
