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Our 59th Year www.TheBowlingNews.net VOL. 59, NO. 9 Bailey and Secours Take Texas Crowns Mike Bailey Michelle Secours Inside: Roumimper Wins H.H. Emir Cup in Qatar Page 4 BNN Interviews USBC Executive Director Chad Murphy Page 6 Grand Prix Results Page 10 Features Publisher’s Column By Tony Franklin Page 2 Honor Roll Page 3 Lane Laughter Page 8 Tomorrow’s Stars Page 8 Crossword Page 9 Looking Back Page 9 Just Paying Attention By Mark London Page 13 Up Your Average By Susie Minshew Page 18 Scan with smart phone to visit our website Mike Bailey of Allen and Michelle Secours of Huntsville won the Texas Masters and Bluebonnet Queens at Cityview Lanes in Ft. Worth respectively, last weekend. This was the first title for both in this prestigious and long-running event. The men had 173 entries and the women had 69 entries. Bailey, 45, used two 300 games in the round-robin finals to vault himself to the title, “The Storm Hy-Road Pearl matched up really well on this surface and oil pattern and allowed me to create a little bit of push down the lane that saved me on a couple of occasions,” he said. Bailey had a 66 pin lead over Tyler Jensen heading into the position round game, and never let his foot off the gas, finishing with a 116 pin victory over second place finisher, Steve Weber of San Antonio. Bailey said that he used the same mind-set and strategy going into that last game, “there’s no defense in bowling,” he added. Bailey is a long-time PBA member with the three PBA Regional titles to his credit. “The field was so strong, you Continued on Page 14 MARCH 5, 2015 Malott Helps Duke Win 38th Title in Roth/Holman PBA Doubles Championship PBA’s “odd couple” successfully defends 2011 title; Duke moves into third place on all-time PBA Tour titles list (l-r) Wes Malott, Marshall Holman, Mark Roth and Norm Duke INDIANAPOLIS – Professional Bowlers Association Hall of Famer Norm Duke of Clermont, Fla., with the help of partner Wes Malott of Pflugerville, Texas, successfully defended their Mark Roth/ Marshall Holman PBA Doubles Championship at Woodland Bowl, giving Duke his 38th career title and sole possession of third place on the all-time PBA titles list. The doubles event aired Sunday on ESPN with the hall of fame namesakes in the crowd, watching the action. Duke, who stands 5-foot6 and weighs 128 pounds, teamed up with Malott, at 6-foot-4, 250 pounds, to defeat international stars Dom Barrett of England and Osku Palermaa of Finland, 228-203, for a victory that also gave Malott 10 career titles and eligibility for future PBA Hall of Fame consideration. The 2011 Roth-Holman Doubles champions entered the finals as top qualifiers, and they bowled a game that was four single-pin spares away from perfection despite their contrasting physiques and bowling styles. Duke played a relatively straight line up the outside of the right lane, leaving and converting three of the four single-pin spares, but never missing the pocket. Malott played an inside angle Continued on Page 3 Matt McNiel Wins PBA Lakewood Holiday Lanes Storm Southwest Open Lakewood, Colo., – Wichita State University star Matt McNiel of Chanhassen, Minn., defeated Kris Koeltzow of Wheat Ridge, Colo., 213-201, to win the $2,500 first prize in the third annual PBA Lakewood Storm Southwest Open at Holiday Lanes Sunday. McNiel, one of the nation’s top amateur bowlers, rolled games of 238 and 236 in the final two games of the casher’s round to grab the 12th and last spot in the single-elimination match play finals. He then defeated fellow amateur Rick Shafer of Arvada, Colo., 2-1, in the best-of-three-game Round of 12 and disposed of George Brooks from Loveland, Colo., 2-0, in the Round of 8. In the semifinal round, he edged Jason Duran of Littleton, Colo., 228-227, to advance to the title match. McNiel doesn’t receive credit for a PBA title because he is not a member. Koeltzow also had a tough time getting to the title match, first defeating Ed Petrie from Clint, Texas, 2-0, in his Round of 12 match before out-striking PBA Hall of Famer Brian Voss, Continued on Page 7 Mario Colaluca Clarence McQueen, Jr. Retired professor Texas A & M McKinney, TX High School Career and Technology Education Teacher Fresno, TX Age 75. Right handed SASBA titles 2 9-300s 3-800s Age 55, Right handed SASBA titles 1 27-300s 17-800s Page 2 | Thursday, March 5, 2015 | THE BOWLING NEWS Random Thoughts Tony Franklin, Publisher Congrats to Wes Malott and Norm Duke for the winning the Roth/Holman PBA titles this week in Indianapolis, IN. The finals aired on ESPN Sunday but were tape-delayed from two weeks, but I have already whined about that enough. The big news was that it was Duke’s 38th PBA title, moving him into 3rd place on the all-time list, and Malott’s 10th title, which will qualify him for Hall of Fame consideration. 38 titles for Duke, man that is amazing number, he trails only Earl Anthony with 43 and Walter Ray Williams with 47. Duke is a native of Mount Pleasant, TX, which is halfway between Dallas and Texarkana, but spent his formative bowling years in Fort Worth. He won his first title at 18, which, if you really think about it is absolutely ridiculous, especially in 1983. Then he goes eight years before winning his second title in 1991. So from 1991 until today he won 37 titles in 24 years. Before doing some stat checking that seemed pretty awesome. However, WRW Jr. won his 47 titles in 24 years also. But wait there’s more. Anthony won his 43 titles in just 13 years!! For good measure let’s throw in Pete Weber with 37 titles in 31 years. So these are the four greatest bowlers of all time right? I don’t think there’s any doubt about that one. For my money I think Weber is the greatest and most physically talented bowler there ever was. Duke is the smartest, most educated and easily the most savvy of all gamesman that bowling has ever seen. If I could sit back and just watch one person bowl over and over, give me Marshall Holman. My favorite bowler; that’s an easy one, Del Ballard. I learned so much from him that has stuck with me my entire life. Lots of little things that are just as important in real life as they are on the lanes. Let me sprinkle one out there for you. No excuses. I have never heard him EVER make an excuse. If you didn’t get the result you wanted, there is only one person to blame, so get better. That’s the type of advice we can all use on an everyday basis, and I learned that from him at a really young age. Seems like I got off topic a bit, so let me get back to Wes and Norm. 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COLUMNIST BUBBA FLINT (flintsworld@aol.com) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CARTOONIST Note: Opinions expressed by our independent columnists and feature writers are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Bowling News. © 2015 The Bowling News FOUNDED AND PUBLISHED BY JOE GENNARO FROM 1956-2009 thing I learned from talking to Wes after their victory was the final game strategy. Malott drilled the Marvel Pearl before the show, and had planned to bowl on the left lane from the get so he would have no issue with the ball return, and he wanted to be left of everybody and soft. Duke had already told Wes that he doesn’t carry well on the right lane from past history so he was just trying to get a couple of strikes and no splits. The strategy played out perfectly with Malott saying that he was “extremely focused on winning” after losing to Mike Fagan in the World Championship title match a few weeks back. Read the PBA press release for a little more info on their strategy. 9-9-9-9-9-9 I will leave you this week with an interesting baseball fact, or at least one that is interesting to me. Why do baseball players wear hats in the field? It’s the sun, right, it keeps the sun out their eyes. Well what about night games when there is no sun? They still wear hats regardless of day or night games. Officially the first night baseball game was in 1935, and the players continued to wear hats in the field, so it clearly became part of the uniform, but why? Women softball players are playing basically the same game as baseball players, yet they don’t wear hats. Some wear visors, because of pony tails and long hair, but the pitcher rarely, if EVER wears any type of hat. They mostly wear headbands to keep the hair out of their face. I thought it was important to wear a hat to keep the sun out of your eyes… Bottom line is I have no idea. When I golf I wear a hat, sometimes I wear the hat forward, mostly I wear the hat backward. I always wear sunglasses, but that’s because I don’t want Daceman to see me looking at him with disdain for his horrendous golfing game. I love wearing hats, on the weekend I always wear a hat. You know why…cause I don’t want to do anything with my hair…very simple, but I still love hats. Just last weekend Genie threw a “seriously” at me about the number of hats and beanies we have in the closet. She even went so far as to suggest I properly organize the shelf in our closet into hat/ glove/beanie sections. I mean the nerve of this girl. She doesn’t own that closet, I don’t own that closet, Wells Fargo owns that closet. If they call me up, then maybe I consider some type of organization. Bottom line, nothing makes me happier than a good baseball hat, I bet I have 100 that are in active rotation, I just don’t understand why MLB players wear them to work on a Wednesday evening in July, it’s just too much of a sweat pocket. Would you rather have to “read” the lanes or get them to talk to you? BowlU will change everything about how you see the lane. 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Houston Granger, from the West Stars group, paced the ladies with a stately 203-244-278 = 725 set. Fisher Harwell’s awardwinning 12-bagger earned highgame honors. HONOR ROLL Tara Maryland 245-677, Robert Natho 258-737, Jody Muskett 234-667, Michelle Van Glider 189-551, Grace McGuire 173-489, Chad Kannenberg 266-717, Jody Muskett 227-634. Chris Namkoog 258-707, Kathlene Lyons 226-611, David Brewster 268-727, Vicky Alcorn 201-517, John Aplin 235- 622, Jan Laden 181-486, Scott Stofko 238-697, Josh Modelo 255-696. Brenda Bassett 201-550, Brad King (4 games) 235-826, Bobby Eidenier (4 games) 222-767, Brad Ellis 267-682, Harriet Waldon 249-621, Frank Bell 246-673, Annette Bell 218-577, Tad Natividad 290-721. Cathy Sposito 248-637, Danny Zeh 255-698, Susan Charlton 247-624, Fisher Harwell 765, Colette Johnson 201-551, Richard Reger 278-711, Ana Badillo 211-544, Brad King 259-752. Aricia Grant 184-479, Joseph Puckett 222-659, Jennifer Frank 118-291. SENIORS Michael Cash 266-737, Ann Hayes 165-482, Burdette Graham 235-650, Andrea Calloway 162-479. on the left lane with his power game, striking on six of his seven shots. “On day one in Milwaukee (where qualifying rounds for the doubles event took place two weeks earlier), there was so much traffic I had to play straight,” Duke said. “I couldn’t go around (the big-hook players), but the shot I found looked great and I told myself to remember that, because I figured that’s what we would face in the TV finals if we got that far, and that’s exactly what happened.” Malott followed Duke’s lead. “We discussed the situation and decided I’d finish the game on the left lane, where I could stand far to the left on the approach and wouldn’t have to deal with the ball return,” Malott said. “We had to let the conditions develop, but Norm was okay on the right lane, and I was okay on the left. Norm told me some past history about leaving single pins on the right lane and I wanted to make sure he remembered what he told me.” As predicted, Duke left back-to-back single pins in his first two frames of the Bakerformat contest. He said he was contemplating a ball change in hopes of striking, but Malott talked him out of it. “Wes told me to just live with it,” Duke said. “He told me, stick with the plan. We got a couple more nine-counts, but he just sat on that left lane and pounded the pocket. That’s the reason we worked together so well. He believed in me and I believed in him, and it worked.” While breaking his tie with Pete Weber for third place on the PBA career titles list (behind Walter Ray Williams Jr. with 47 and Earl Anthony with 43) was memorable, Duke was subdued about the accomplishment. “I don’t think anyone believes Pete is done winning titles,” the 50-year-old Duke said. “I don’t like to think that I’m done, either. This is part of a process in building a career. I’m glad to be part of helping Wes build with his career, and I’m certainly glad he’s helping with mine, because without him, I’m probably still chasing Pete. But to be ahead of Pete for even one day is a remarkable achievement, and something I truly value.” Malott, 38, felt the same about winning his 10th title, which will earn him a spot on the PBA Hall of Fame ballot in seven years, when he competes in his 20th year of membership. “Winning the doubles title in 2011 after struggling for a couple of years after I won Player of the Year for the 200809 season kind of kick-started me again,” Malott said. “Winning my 10th title and being eligible for the hall of fame Continued on Page 7 3rd ANNUAL WHEELCHAIR TOURNAMENT MARCH 19-22 Up/Down 9 Pin Tournament Saturday, March 20 7pm Bowl with an AWBA Member This is a AWBA/USBC Sanctioned Event Call Center for Details The “New” 817-346-0444 Cityviewlanes.net • Fax: 817-346-7208 Dallas USBC Women’s Bowling Association Annual Championship Tournament March 21-22, 28-29 Team Schedule Sat, March 21 - 9:00am Sat, March 28 - 1:00pm Sun, March 22 - 1:00pm Sun, March 29 - 9:00am Doubles Schedule Sat, March 21 - 12:00pm Sat, March 28 - 9:00am Sun, March 22 - 9:00am Sun, March 29 - 12:00pm All events held at USA Bowl Entry form online www.dallaswba.com 214-358-1382 Fax: 214-358-4056 10920 Composite Drive, Dallas, TX 75220 Visit us on the Web at www.USABowlInDallas.com Page 4 | Thursday, March 5, 2015 | THE BOWLING NEWS games, total pinfall; winners advance to Step 4 championship, losers earned $6,000) f-Roumimper def. Naif Oqab, United Arab Emirates, 437-427. Al-Dossari def. f-Danielle McEwan, Stony Point, N.Y., 441-405. Indonesia’s Tannya Roumimper Wins H.H. Emir Cup in Qatar DOHA, Qatar (Feb. 27, 2015) – Former Wichita State University star Tannya Roumimper of Indonesia defeated home country favorite Khaled Al-Dossari, 516-430 in the two-game total pinfall final match, to win the H.H. Emir Cup Friday at Qatar Bowling Centre. Roumimper rolled games of 287 and 229, including 8 handicap pins per game awarded to women entered in the tournament, to handily top Al-Dossari’s 184 and 246 games. But the former collegiate All-American needed her handicap pins in eliminating UAE’s Naif Oqab in the Step 3 semifinal round, 437-428. Top qualifier Danielle McEwan, a Team USA member from Stony Point, N.Y., was eliminated in the other Step 3 match, losing to Al-Dossari, 441-405. The H.H. Emir Cup is a PBA International-World Bowling Tour event. Roumimper will not be credited with a PBA title because she received eight handicap pins per game and she is not a PBA member. PBA International-WBT competition continues with the Kingdom of Bahrain Open at Ozone Entertainment Centre in Manama, Bahrain, March 2-7, and the Brunswick Euro Challenge at Dream Bowl Palace in Munich, Germany, March 14-22. PBA fans can follow the action in Bahrain by visiting abf-online.org and in Munich by visiting brunswickeurochallenge.com. Championship (two games, total pinfall; women entrants receive 8 handicap pins per game) f-Tannya Roumimper, Indonesia ($25,000) def. Khaled Al-Dossari, Qatar ($12,000), 516-430. Step 3 Final Standings (two Step 2 Final Standings (after 6 games, top 4 advance to Step 3 semifinal round) 1, f-McEwan, 1,368. 2, f-Roumimper, 1,362. 3, Oqab, 1,333. 4, Al-Dossari, 1,306. 5, Osku Palermaa, Finland, 1,302, $2,700. 6, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 1,276, $2,700. 7, Andres Gomez, Colombia, 1,273, $2,700. 8, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., 1,258, $2,700. 9, f-Cherie Tan, Singapore, 1,257, $2,300. 10, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 1,254, $2,300. 11, Manuel Otalora, Colombia, 1,249, $2,300. 12, f-Missy Parkin, Laguna Hills, Calif., 1,244, $2,300. 13, Yousif Falah, Bahrain, 1,240, $2,100. 14, Tom Hess, Urbandale, Iowa, 1,236, $2,100. 15, Mika Koivuniemi, Finland, 1,219, $2,100. 16, Martin Larsen, Sweden, 1,149, $2,100. f-denotes female competitors who receive 8 handicap pins per game in addition to actual pinfall totals. At Ennis All Star Bowl Lawrence belts 739 Matt Lawrence rocketed to the top of the leader board at Ennis All Star Bowl with a 255251-233 = 739 Tuesday Men’s Commercial set. Marie Jones was the leading lady firing off 201-158-187 = 546 numbers in Ennis Mixed Classic action. HONOR ROLL Todd Butler 258-715, Billy Cathey 239-692, Ricky Slack 212-624, Mary Sikes 193-516. At Red Bird Lanes Myers notches 721, Cathey bags 652 Bruce Myers led the scoring race last week at Red Bird Lanes by hammering out hefty 199-296226 = 721 Sunday Night Mixed marks. Lauren Cathey earned fem scoring honors with a solid 179235-238 = 652 Career Girls set. HONOR ROLL Rita Becker 200-556, Billy Cathey 266-702, Zachary Wrightsil 255-699, Billy Cathey (9 pin, no tap, 4 games) 300-1100, Lauren Cathey (9 pin, no tap, 4 games) 300-1040, Joyce Johnson 189-497. Marilyn Masterson 193-523, Shannon Monk 233-658, Deanna Hoffman 213-572, Brian Dickerson 256-642, Chris Lopez 219-613, David England 251-659, Denise Chambon 210-545, Paul Grody 265-717. Lynette Evans 222-601, James Bridges 243-644, Sue Elmore 190-545, Videll Kelly 244-656, Lynette Smith 230-584, Keith Jennings 278-722, Brenda Walker 236-548, Tony Bluitt 182-519. Flora Lias 172-503, Lauren Cathey 192-542. At Plano Super Bowl Patterson crushes 825, Joseph blasts 767 Mann 300/817, Borckardt, Klann, Lenihan, McKewin, Sockwell 300’s, Hiam, Rutledge, Wade and Wallentine 299’s Sunday & Monday Nights Mondays 9 PM to 2 AM Noon to 10:30 PM $1.50 games $5.00 All You Can Bowl Per Person Wednesdays Thursdays 9 AM to 11 PM 6 PM to 10:30 PM $2.00 games Red Bird Lanes We open at 9 AM EVERY Day 1114 S. Main Duncanville 972-298-7143 redbirdlanes@sbcglobal.net $1.00 games, food, beer Come and be a part of the Family! We are Bowling Family Owned and Family Operated for 42 Years. 2303 W. Ennis Ave. Ennis, Texas 75119 972-875-7827 bowlennistx.com Jon Kehler fired games of 276-279Marcus Patterson earned high-set honors for the week at Plano Super Bowl with a thundering strike-filled 289259-277 = 825 Friday Funsters session. Rick Mann finished close behind Patterson with an awardwinning 300/817 Friday Funsters series. Sandi Joseph, from the Monday Classic Trio group, fired a blistering 255-245-267 = 767 set to front distaff scoring. Mark Borckardt, R J Klann, Patrick Lenihan, Brian McKewin and Eddie Sockwell shared high-game honors with Mann as each posted award-winning 12-baggers. Kevin Hiam, Seth Rutledge, Wes Wade and Diane Wallentine took runner-up honors with near-perfect 299 solos. HONOR ROLL David Peterson 268-735, Heather Hudson 257-719, Mark Smith 257735, Kathleen Brown 195-560, Steve Fuhrman (4 games) 257-853, Cathey Pittsinger (4 games) 215-716, Gary Peterson 223-627. 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Debby Oulicky 267-699, Seth Rutledge (4 games) 1079, Megan Simon (4 games) 265-994, Lisa Wasson 257731, Ed Rasmussen 279-736, Susan Lee 248-666, Joe Guido 257-663. K ay P i ngsterhaus 195- 494, Lawrence Hopkins 241-604, Monique McMachen 168-500, Cindy Mann 245727, Emilio Natividad 241-683, Kristi Bennett 224-616. ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ THE BOWLING NEWS | Thursday, March 5, 2015 | Page 5 AMF DeSoto Lanes • 121 Northgate Drive, DeSoto, TX 75115 • Ph: 972-780-8090 AMF Lewisville Lanes • 1398 West Main St., Lewisville, TX 75067 • Ph: 972-436-6575 AMF Euless Lanes • 1901 W. Airport Frwy., Euless, TX 76040 • Ph: 817-540-0303 AMF Richardson Lanes • 2101 N. Central Expwy., Richardson, TX 75080 • Ph: 972-231-2695 AMF Garland Lanes • 1950 Marketplace Dr., Garland, TX 75041 • Ph: 972-613-8100 AMF Spare Time Lanes • 3149 S. Cooper St., Arlington, TX 76015 • Ph: 817-465-4997 Page 6 | Thursday, March 5, 2015 | THE BOWLING NEWS Bowling News Network Interviews USBC Executive Director Chad Murphy We saw recently that the new USBC Strategic Plan has been released and it contains five basic PRIORITIES. Please give us your comments on each one. Some of them come from just obvious needs, and others from the fact that we have been a lot of things to a lot of people and we had to get back to ‘what are we doing’ and ‘what are we working on’ . . . so we spent seven months business planning across our entire organization asking each and every individual project owner if you will what was their detailed business plan; and from that came the priorities. They are pretty obvious choices. Information Technology is something that we have not been great at in the past, but we have been processing a high number of memberships through the years so we need to be great at it when supporting our local associations. Technology means a lot of things. It is not just processing memberships. Things like the Bowling Academy and live feeds . . . if you go to bowl.com today, you can watch every pair at the Masters. You can literally pull it up and see what every pair is doing across the house. That is an amazing tool. So, we need to be great in that space – those are the kinds of things we are looking for. Who are the two people you mentioned in the IT Plan? Robert Stokes and Christi Bickley. Robert is Senior Director of Information Technology; Christi is Director of Project Management. One of the things we have missed around here the past few years is somebody that was central to all of the projects. Things would get missed, and you don’t really see it until it gets to the execution phase. There is an old quote that the process is more important than the outcome. Cristy and Robert will raise our game. Those two folks were hired through our restructuring last fall. Youth Development . . . that is a fairly easy one for me. It has been a lot of fun working on it and it has been great these past few years. We have had some momentum with the success of Junior Gold, but now we want to widen that scope. We have always had the U20 and U15 divisions; now we have got to get it down to the 8 and 10 year olds. We have to get kids engaged and to have an affinity for our sport at an earlier age and stay there for a lifetime. We are working on new things. We have a new league development program coming. It is actually a partnership with the PBA and PWBA; which is the first time we have done that in the youth area. We will have stand ups and counter cards featuring PBA and PWBA players . . . What a concept – I say that a little sarcastically because many people thought that this should have happened years ago when leaders chose to promote celebrities from other sports instead of our own. Yeah, it is not much of a stretch and it is kind of a big deal, and we think it is a good marketing concept that should be fun; and that will roll out in the next few weeks. Another thing that people may not know about our youth plan is that we put a lot of new people in the field. We have had people traveling to center after center meeting with managers and youth coordinators to help increase and develop new leagues. Saturdays are great, and we need to continue to support those programs, but the moms of today operate in a different cycle than we did in the past. And so we actually have people in the field trying to drive more traffic into youth programs of all kinds; and to help them build a better experience within the center so they will stay engaged longer. Marketing – across the whole platform, is a big piece of it too. Some of that will go directly to membership value; and all other areas. Membership value in a declining market is something that is easy to tear down and be critical of, but the reality is if you really look at it and ask ‘What do we get for a USBC membership;’ and the best answer is that we get a future for our sport . . . and that will be the answer moving forward. It is not so much what we get as individuals, but an allencompassing deliverable really looking at the sport side of it growing over time and getting back some of those key pieces we had years ago. That will be important. And the last priority is our Championship Tournaments. We have got to get moving around the country again. Our bowlers, who are also our customers, want the same thing they always wanted which is a good experience at the tournament. I always like to tell the Billings story. People cried out ‘Why are we going to Billings?’ – but we had a great time in Billings. We were treated well and we had a lot of fun – and the entry count may not have been as big as other places, but overall, it was a very good experience. The goal of giving folks a better experience than they may have had in recent years. Continued on Page 7 At AMF Euless Lanes April leads at 803, Wilson shoots 693 Lombardo 300 Michael April was on target last week at AMF Euless Lanes as he dominated the scoring with a dual award-winning 224-279-300 = 803 Full House series. Lindsey Wilson headed the ladies leader board with a robust 206-228-259 = 693 MatchPoint Mixed outing. Bob Lombardo shared highgame accolades with April with an award-winning 12-bagger. HONOR ROLL Doug Northup 279-748, Heath Morgan 279-741, Jason Hamm 267-724, Josh Renfro 257-728, Jessie Brantley 257-729, John Downing 240-621, Drew Johnson 230-637, Joe Gray 226-616. Josh Modelo 182-476, Tim Vong 728, Elmer Howard 631, Sherry Houghton 244-688, Teresa Ross 214-606, Lisa Steele 224-599, Nathena Locke 247-589, Paula Atchison 214-580. Sheila Walton 199-579, Lauren Black 206-569, Amanda Howard 192-547, Karla Widders 195-543, Jen Meredith 211-543, Miranda Harrington 172-487, Denise Wheeler 177-484, Tammy Crawford 134-376. At AMF Garland Benavides cracks 806, McGraw cards 737 Rene Benavides won highseries honors last week at AMF Garland Lanes by firing charttopping 278-249-279 = 806 numbers in Wednesday NASCAR action. Arvese McGraw posted a super solid 259-276-202 = 737 XXXX Rated set to lead the ladies. HONOR ROLL Bubba Stiff 268-725, Linda Chambers 240-652, Mike Faulkenberry 266-702, Shannon Fisher 211-559, Robert Wilson 256-652, Pat Grant 202-541, Thomas Jenkins 205-494, Carole Jachetta 166-462. Chase Helm 269-675, Lucretia Littrell 213-542, Michael Trammell 279-733, Tony Thayer 290-773, Tammy Self 236-674, Jesse Sereseroz 252-647, Pat Harris 176-490, John Sloan 257-733. Robert McGraw 258-747, Wanda Parker 215-591, Michael Cheatham 246-695, Misty Avant 234-642, Dwight Moore 238-678, Bertha Sanchez 227620, Rick Waltz 225-663, Amy Warren 189-520. Johnny Lannan 267-740, Linda Chambers 237-651, Paul Wilson 252727, Deneace Johnson 224-584. At Cowtown Bowling Palace Hughes chalks up 749, Milligan banks 680 Johnson, Milligan 300’s, Donahue 298 Daniel Hughes rounded-up the top score of the week at Cowtown Bowling Palace with a power-packed 264-258-227 = 749 Monday Mixers series. Tennelle Milligan, from the Ft. Worth Classic Trio group, headed the ladies high-set chart with a hard-hitting 228-227-225 = 680 session. C J Johnson and Jason Milligan shared high-game honors as each registered award-winning 12-baggers. Mike Donahue took runner-up accolades as he couldn’t close the deal with a 298 solo. HONOR ROLL Marcelino Negrete 276, Miki Jo Parish 234-618, Brian Thornburg 268, Brittany Rodriguez 203, Martin Edwards 268, Jim Sapey 279, Jamie Brooks 266, Don Key 258, Aam Loviseck 246-671. Diana Davis 216-571, Mike Heer 241, Luann Satchell 215, Kris Dennis 240, Rosemary Brown 202, Richard Botello 287-740, Rebecca Williams 232, Jerry New 279, Lindsey Megredy 214-604. Frankie Mata 266, Jason Milligan 733, Stefanie Johnson 244-669, Amy Langham 226-641, Andrew Tesar 257, Amy Wilson 228, Myke Bell 257, Katie Tallant 216-646, Billy Gann 247-696. Rebecca Williams 214, Randy Cross, Sr. 259-703, Katie Tallant 225-581, Bryan Liles 254, Art Beasley 228. SENIORS Johnny Zaskoda 256-673, Yolanda Espinoza 201, Jerry Densmore 248, Red Kelly 245, Frank Phillips 238-675, Neva House 198, Jimmy Davis 234, Joann Hollingsworth 192, Ken Eilert 232, Don Key 234-616. Joann Lindquist 177, Woody Godbey 202, Mike Moschella, Sr. 200. THE BOWLING NEWS | Thursday, March 5, 2015 | Page 7 MALOTT/DUKE Continued from Page 3 someday is a huge honor, but I really don’t think it’ll set in until that day that it’s announced I’m going to be put into the hall of fame. I’m very proud and humbled by what I’ve been able to accomplish, but right now it’s mind-boggling to me.” Barrett and Palermaa – the 2013 and 2010 PBA World Championship winners respectively – defeated DJ Archer of Friendswood, Texas, and two-hander Shawn Maldonado of Houston, Texas, 237-179, in the opening stepladder match, spoiling Maldonado’s television debut and bid for his first title. In the second match, the Finnish two-handed player and his English partner took advantage of back-to-back splits by Australian two-handed star Jason Belmonte and partner Bill O’Neill of Langhorne, Pa., to win 178-168. Barrett and Palermaa started the semifinal match with six consecutive strikes and took advantage of back-to-back open frames by Tom Daugherty of Tampa, Fla., and partner Dino Castillo of Carrollton, Texas, to post a 220-201 victory and a berth in the title match. PBA Tour players will compete in a trio of PBA International-World Bowling Tour events in Qatar, Bahrain and Germany over the next At Forum Bowl Greedy claims 802, Wilson rolls 755 month before heading to Portland, Maine, March 28-31 for PBA League Elias Cup competition and the Xtra Frame Maine Event at Bayside Bowl. PBA League quarterfinal, semifinal and championship rounds will air over four consecutive Sundays beginning March 29. The Maine Event will be covered live, exclusively on PBA’s online video streaming channel, Xtra Frame. Final Standings: 1, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla./Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, $22,000. 2, Dom Barrett, England/Osku Palermaa, Finland, $12,000. 3, Tom Daugherty, Tampa, Fla./Dino Castillo, Carrollton, Texas, $10,000. 4, Jason Belmonte, Australia/Bill O’Neill, Langhorne, Pa., $9,000. 5, DJ Archer, Friendswood, Texas/Shawn Maldonado, Houston, Texas, $8,000. Stepladder Results: Match One – Barrett/Palermaa def. Archer/Maldonado, 237-179. Match Two – Barrett/Palermaa def. Belmonte/O’Neill, 178-168. Semifinal Match – Barrett/ Palermaa def. Daugherty/Castillo, 220-201. Championship – Duke/Malott def. Barrett, Palermaa, 228-203. MCNEIL Championship: a-Matt McNiel, Chanhassen, Minn., ($2,500) def. Kris Koeltzow, Wheat Ridge, Colo., ($1,650), 213-201. Semifinal Round (losers earned $1,050): a-McNiel def. a-Jason Duran, Littleton, Colo., 228-227. Koeltzow def. a-Scott Christensen, Evergreen, Colo., 266-156. Round of 8 (best of three games, losers earned $775 each): a-McNiel def. George Brooks, Loveland, Colo., 2-0. Koeltzow def. Brian Voss, Centennial, Colo., 2-0. a-Duran def. a-Justin Perez, Colorado Springs, Colo., 2-1. a-Christensen def. Sean Lavery-Spahr, Pasadena, Texas., 2-1. Round of 12 (best of three games, losers earned $550): McNiel def. a-Rick Shafer, Aurora, Colo., 2-1. Koeltzow def. a-Ed Petrie, Clint, Texas, 2-0. Lavery-Spahr def. Brett Cooper, Denver, Colo., 2-0. a-Duran def. Frank Guccione, Castle Rock, Colo., 2-1. focus would be on quality, not quantity. It sounds like that is still the mission. Yes. It is just tough to measure it that way knowing that we are not in complete control. The experience in centers is what gets folks to stay. We can help with that and support our partners through the process, but we are looking at 30 years of data that suggests that we are going to get smaller. In operating your tournaments, given that professionals have higher expectations than amateurs, how will USBC differ in running events like the Open Championship versus the new PWBA professional tour? They are separate, but we will have high standards for both. We hired Damon Sarrocco and Jason Thomas to head up those events. Both have a deep history with tournaments mostly on the professional side, but they will operate our championship events as a whole package. Damon is at the Masters this week. I think serving the needs of the customer is important. If you go back in time, we used to have a U.S. Amateur Cham- Continued from Page 1 now living in Centennial, Colo., 299-258 and 223-217, in the Round of 8 match. Koeltzow overwhelmed Scott Christensen of Evergreen, Colo., 266-156, in his semifinal match. Koeltzow earned $1,650 for second place. Duran and Christensen each earned $1,050 as semifinal round losers. The Southwest Region’s next event is the PBA Odessa Southwest Open at Astro Bowl in Odessa, Texas, March 20-22. Canales, Chambers 300’s Jim Greedy’s rousing 247-277278 = 802 Fast Lane Trio league session headed the men’s high series race last week at Forum Bowl. Greedy finished his 4 game night with a 1039 series. Demetrya Wilson led the ladies with a stalwart 256-254245 = 755 Crusaders outing. Joseph Canales and Wallace Chambers captured high-game honors with award-winning 12-baggers. HONOR ROLL Joyce Johnson 187-549, Tammy Henderson 236-676, Barbara Woolridge 202-545, Preston Smith (9 pin) 300-861, Marcella Mills (9 pin) 290-774, Tony Herr 287-757, Lisa Anderson 231-601. Ron Rogers 279-781, Tamara Hamilton 223-602, Jason Bowerman 279-765, Tammy Henderson 207-608, Robert Raley 265-739, Donetta Fleming 152-455, Rich Van 202-575, Heidi Grafton 150-394. Larry Reed 265-728, Molly Chacon 195-514, Diana Jessie (4 games) 256-965, David James 280-736, Helen Woodley 237-632, Bill Holland 269-732, Marcella Mills 221-633, Preston Smith 263-714. Robbi Pauley 200-555, Jonathan Bolejack 279-784, Diana Jessie 265-698, Kevin Green 279-776, Demetrya Wilson 256-755, Billy Mills, Jr. 289-780, Kim Castro 258-661, Sammy Espinoza 251-591. Dolores Heitman 177-472, Wallace Chambers 769, Cassie Reese 237-660, Al Rush 235-607, Caroline Garcia 181-469, Philip Mills 257-687, Luann Mills 192-528. SENIORS Leon Kinchelow 286-699, Hazel Bunyea 221-595, Homer Dudley (9 pin) 300-766, Mary Edgett (9 pin) 300-824. At AMF Spare Time Lanes Newton drills 789, Chovanec posts 613 Jopson 299, McDuff 298 Mike Newton won the highset contest last week at AMF Spare Time Lane after top-notch 266-265-258 = 789 Bob Mann’s Businessmen’s action. Trayce Chovanec posted a rollicking 205-243-165 = 613 Sundowners set to front distaff scoring. Tim Jopson captured highgame accolades with a nearperfect 299 solo while Mike McDuff fell a few pins short with a 298 solo. HONOR Mike Young 246-665, Gayle Brice 201-536, Christopher Russell 247-650, Syida Johnson 213-534, Brad West 260-716, Steve Albin 275-696, Tina Calderon 192-531, Don Gentry 211-609. Karen Maynard 157-460, Lonnie Yanez 230-574, Jack Byerly 207-533, Grant Nelson 196-535, John Howell 247-625, Jim Graham 247-662, Phelisia McDowell 178-522, Bill McCormack 279-638. Mary Standley 201, Ricardo Bustamante 222-627, C R Hunter 211611, Leroy Willis 250-742, Bobby Galan 267-717, Terry Martin 268-715, Justin Boggio 269-699, Roger Pough 244-699, Barry Brice 258-698. Mike McDuff 695, Debbie Camp 224-566, James Brown 237-667, Susie Constantine 198-513, Roy Jackson, Jr. 247-656, Jeff Warren 257-666, Vicki Campbell 198-524, Austin Midkiff 247-645. Garry Keckler 203-589, Derrick Omey 212-584, Doug Anderson 225578, Robert Sandoval 190-523, Jake Luna 219, Charles Wanat 217-623, Joe Varella 248-606, Adam DeVaul, Jr. 233-605. Gabe Martinez 243-640, Gwen Cooper 189-511, Bill Uthoff, Jr. 234-638. MURPHY Continued from Page 6 Of these five priorities, which is the most important? They are all important. Good answer – OK, which is the most urgent? Same answer. There just isn’t one thing. We don’t live in a one size fits all world anymore, so we have to be diverse in our offerings and we have got to do well and be great at those things. You don’t see any weakness in the organization which might cause you to give attention to a particular area before something else? We have room to improve across the entire platform. There isn’t one area we could look at and say ‘That’s perfect.’ We need to improve across the board; and setting these priorities will get us out of some of the mundane business and make us focus on our mission. Make no mistake about it. All of these things are important; and information technology kind of brings all of the pieces together. Roger Dalkin’s infamous prediction was that membership would go under a million before it would level off. Was Roger right? Well, we said in a document last week that the numbers are going to continue to decline . . . fewer centers; fewer leagues. It all means less members. But it doesn’t mean that we can’t be successful in our programs. USBC has been measured by the barometer of membership numbers. But that one number isn’t the entire measurement. I don’t think you can measure any organization that does as much as USBC does on one piece. In fairness, I think that is what Roger was trying to say, but when he used the words “Thin the herd” it didn’t go over too well. 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Great Southwest Parkway Grand Prairie, Texas 75051 972-641-4406 or 972-647-2275 Page 8 | Thursday, March 5, 2015 | THE BOWLING NEWS Southwest-Area USBC Youth Scores Boys Philip Williams, Fiesta Lanes ................................ 774 Grant Fretz, Forum Bowl ........................................ 745 Cristobal Ortega, Tenpins & More ....................... 735 Jaxson Mueller, Plano Super Bowl ....................... 721 Adam Beasley, Cowtown Bowling Palace ............ 720 Matt Lenz, Mel’s Lone Star Lanes ......................... 685 Heath Fletcher, Hallmark Lanes ............................ 663 Christian Trinidad, Killeen Bowlerama ................. 652 Chris McCaleb, Red Bird Lanes ............................ 631 Dylan Lance, Big Spring Bowl-A-Rama ................ 626 Glenn Higginbotham, AMF Euless Lanes ............. 599 Johnnie Arraigo, AMF Garland Lanes .................. 598 J C Hill, Heritage Lanes ......................................... 571 Shane Link, Strikz .................................................. 554 Girls Amanda Morgan, Hallmark Lanes ......................... 693 Taryn Gray, Plano Super Bowl ............................... 642 Molly Maxson, Killeen Bowlerama ........................ 624 Jessica Kaiser, Fiesta Lanes ................................. 612 Robin Prioleau, Tenpins & More ........................... 601 Kira Hamman, Mel’s Lone Star Lanes .................. 593 Emily Piper, AMF Euless Lanes............................. 574 Ashley Deveau, Forum Bowl ................................. 567 Nadia Stone, Cowtown Bowling Palace................ 564 Maelyn Smith, Heritage Lanes .............................. 534 Rachel Fender, Red Bird Lanes............................. 530 Breanna Rogers, Big Spring Bowl-A-Rama .......... 503 Katie Taylor, AMF Garland Lanes .......................... 497 Tara Meche, Strikz .................................................. 436 Philip Williams led the Southwest-area USBC youth bowling last month with a thundering 269/774 Generation Gap series at Fiesta Lanes. Amanda Morgan paced the girls with a strong 279/693 Stars of Tomorrow set at Hallmark Lanes. At Big Spring Bowl-A-Rama, Big Spring – Dylan Lance 227-626, Richie Ewing 215, Dakoda Backes 196, Breanna Rogers 213-503, Kaitlyn Schroyer 200. At Fiesta Lanes, New Braunfels – Julio Rodriguez 270-617, Jeremy Burton 235-618, Stephen Lassig 279-694, J C Rodriguez 242-652, R J McMurren 227-656, Zachery Guerra 213-522, Aiydan Hughes 212-526, Antonio Perez 108-182, Milo Matocha 175-494, Banner Bradshaw 212-601, Abby Salazar 210587, Jessica Kaiser 214-612, Makalee Maloy 214-550, Abby Salazar 214-557, Lilly Pesato 132-384, Lorelyle Pesato 92-140, Abigail Kyle 81-149, Maggie Thoma 159-374, Maggie Thoma 152386, Cheyanne Griffen 149-394. At Hallmark Lanes, Killeen – James Schirripa 184-468, Eva Avans 173, Maya Dixon-Dates 459, Mike Mikell 203-523, Jessica Bearden 160-392, Kiden Whiteley 102, Ke Pearson 220, Bree Zammat 72, Hailee Duerre 174, Christian Boling 135, Bakari Guinyard 345, Tori Blackman 193, Heath Fletcher 237-663, Erika Shaffer 223, Amanda Morgan 601, James Schirripa 201, James Norris 587, Sierra Ciesiolka 174, Eva Avans 509, Hunter Wood 186, Mike Mikell 448, Jessica Bearden 194-431, Quinton Boyd 102, Markel Allgood 184, Bailey Skinner 92, Hailee Duerre 188, Bakari Guinyard 148-425, Tori Blackman 64, Mickinzie Lowe 177, Michael Dixon-Dates 234-659, Erika Shaffer 225-573, James Schirripa 201, James Norris 615, Sierra Ciesiolka 198, Eva Avans 509, John Kilpatrick 170-459, Jessica Bearden 158-427, Elijah Swift 92, Aden Medina 163, Bailey Skinner 82, Hailee Zammat 173, Bakari Guinyard 140-385, Mickinzie Lowe 87-223, Heath Fletcher 237-612, Sierra Ciesiolka 220-629, James Schirripa 200-522, Sierra Ciesiolka 209-531, Robert Marley 156, Mike Mikell 446, Suzy Brown 142-392, Marel Allgood 108, Charlie Eisenhart 199, Hailee Duerre 88, Bailey Skinner 182, Bakari Guinyard 122-297, Paige Carmer 85, Mickinzie Lowe 204, Michael Dixon-Dates 229-650. At Heritage Lanes, Oklahoma City, OK – Ashton Pavao 233-520, Faith Hill 154-413, J C Hill 215-571, Maelyn Smith 200-534. At Killeen Bowlerama, Killeen – Remington Smith 198-510, Molly Maxson 234-624, Christian Trinidad 278-652, Zain Smith 76-202, Shelby Dewald 102-213, Anthony Ryan 148356, Taylor Anderson 96-220, Caitlin Stone 206-549. At Mel’s Lone Star Lanes, Georgetown – Garrison Kurland 265-649, Kira Hamman 207-567, Bobby Smith 243639, Kira Hamman 205-593, Branden Hawk 236-623, Angela Kinningham 173-481, Jackson Fast 172-477, Katelyn Chicaiza 121-335, Matt Lenz 246-685, Amanda Knight 167-454, Bobby Smith 189-541, Paige Beeney 172-488, Chris Ledesma 92-184, Natalie Decovic 97-192. At Tenpins & More, Rio Rancho, NM – Cristobal Ortega 269-735, Robin Prioleau 214-601, Preston Hughes 204-550, Tristan Sanders 220-540, Abigail Attman 127-356, Kallista Fritts 212-577, Khalen Howard 195-527, Bailey Dodson 206-510. YOUTH TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE Teen Bowlers Circuit & TBC Jr. Contact: Brad Ellis, at bradellis8101@gmail.com March 22nd Red Bird Lanes, Duncanville, TX, Qualifying squads at 9 AM & 10:30 AM, top 6 to match play finals. - Sport shot Grand Prix Regionals –2014-15 ( 3 Super Regionals qualifying) Sundays - 10 a.m. & Noon April 19, 2015 Mel’s Lone Star Lanes, Georgetown July 31, 2015 Copperfield Bowl, Houston Grand Prix State Championship August 1 & 2, 2015 Copperfield Bowl, Houston Texas USBC Youth State Championship Tournament Every weekend beginning June 13 - June 28 Cityview Lanes, Fort Worth Team, Doubles, Singles Events Texas Youth Masters & Queens Qualifier in Conjunction with State Tournament Entries Close: April 15, 2015 Download entry at www.texasbowling.com If you have upcoming youth tournaments you would like listed on the schedule, contact The Bowling News at 817-267-8686, fax: (817-267-1813) or email: bill@TheBowlingNews.net. Dallas USBC Youth Scores Lane Laughter Jaxson Mueller topped the Dallas-area USBC youth bowling last week with a booming 244-233-244 = 721 Saturday Showstoppers series at Plano Super Bowl. Taryn Gray led the girls with a sparkling 223-234-185 = 642 Saturday Gold Sport set at Plano Super Bowl. At AMF Showplace Garland Lanes – Daniel Ferrell (2 games) 93185, Mariah Miller (2 games) 94-166, Johnnie Arraigo 245-598, Sara Taylor 172-488, Anthony Salinas 213-570, Katie Taylor 194-497. At Plano Super Bowl – James Johnson 138-336, Bella Hudson 70-201, Dylan Pittsinger 196-468, Mya Murray 115-316, Bryce Stephenson 242-653, Moriah Leraas 171-497, Alma Pai 209547, Luke Henke 155-402, Mya Murray 135-357, Bryce Stephenson 187-514, Hailey Keister 215-553, Bryce Klapper 257-626, Sabrina Inman 212-538, Truman Kohler-Katz 133-381, Sierra Jones 109-293, Aidan Hudson 158-420, Tyson Gray 228-587, Taylor Ryan 183-492, TJ Noggle 287-563, Caden Witt 158-423, Victor Munguia 193-543, Hailey Keister 169-471, Clay Adams 180-504, Christie Draper 201-579, Christopher Fueston (2 games) 105-180, Jordyn Wright (2 games) 79-139. At Red Bird Lanes – Bryen Lackey 109-246, Allura Jules 101-280, Chris McCaleb 247-631, Rachel Fender 199-530. At Strikz – Shane Link 228-554, Tara Meche 155-436. Fort Worth USBC Youth Results Grant Fretz led the Fort Worth-area USBC youth bowling last week with an impressive 265/745 Stars & Strikers series at Forum Bowl. Emily Piper paced the girls with a tidy 222/574 Wonders set at AMF Euless Lanes. At AMF Euless Lanes – Glenn Higginbotham 215-599, Raiden Lopez 156-406, Coleman Blackmon 167-327, Camdyn Burns 80-146, Brooke Woodard 168-441, Aaliyah Brown 68-106. At AMF Spare Time Lanes – Zach Herricks 179, Marinela Stefka 163, Garrett Flores 139, Jackie Ali 141, Chris Curtis 135, Marcia Londo 139. At Cowtown Bowling Palace – Dannyella Hochstine 209-551, Damion Flores 242, Brittnee Silva 174-427, Glenn Higginbotham 235, Isaac Marguez 128, Haggan Allcock 91, Jaylen Edwards 87, Olen Allcock 97, Savannah Cook 77, Thomas Dinan 69, Max Brown 223-597, James Hix 221, Brittney Martin 171, Adam Beasley 204. At Cowtown Bowling Palace – David Strand 234-612, Ro’Nae Medearis 187-532, Jake Swift 213, Brittnee Silva 161, Cameron Silva 191, Isaac Marquez 128-322, Haggan Allcock 91, Olen Allcock 103-198, Savannah Cook 94, Thomas Dinan 87, Kaylei Ervin 93, Adam Beasley 259-720, Nadia Stone 245-564, Wyatt Cross 220, Dannyella Hochstine 180, David Strand 202. At Forum Bowl – Evan Cooper 91-181, Carly Tackett 134-215, Hamilton Joseph 109-180, Zoey Sebourn 85-165, Logan King 108-298, Cheyenne Owings 118-316, Aydan King 98-275, Abby Milligan 135-277, Elijah Davila 196-490, Anyssa Boles 134-398, Nick Leal 183487, Allison Williams 134-386, Ashley Deveau 207-567, Jeremy Dunn 246-663, Katelynn Correll 203-565. 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HONOR ROLL Clayton Colby 246-638, Debbie Colby 234-537, Cornelius Cavitt 241676, Loren Tenczar 214-612, Ron Barton 206-602, Jeanie Martilla 175-514, Steven, AKA Chicken Hauk led the honor roll with 300/846 at Village in Wichita Falls, Phil Bailey shot 840 at Stadium…the legendary Paul Parker rolled 300/826 at DC Cityview…Solanja Perez led the ladies with 733 at Bowl El Paso…CDB had 732 at BRC Watuaga…Michelle Hostetter had 724 at Diamond…Chris Barnes converts the 4-pin to win his first major PBA title at the US Open, I still vividly remember that shot…Walter Ray Williams and Shannon Pluhowsky are BWAA Bowlers of the Year…Steve McBride shot 792 at PSB…Billy Franklin led Varsity with 711…youth bowler Geoffrey Young shot 765 at PSB…Tom Clark names Director of Communications for the USBC. Crandon Haddock 232-644, Candy Torrey 225-550. Bruce Southerland 247-703, Cathy Eberly 220-590, Joseph Jimenez 233602, Debbie Colby 211-571, Kevin Higar 236-632, Amy Marshall 173-490, Billie Bennett 230-662, Tammy Crawford 192-556. Lewen Albritton 237-618, Debbie Colby 222-614, Doug Isgitt 236-632, Tony Franklin 256-657, Clayton Colby 246-682, Rick Irvine 249-703, David Edwards 235-647, Justin Donnelly 263-633. pionship . . . and team trials, I think we had an amateur piece in that, and we are working toward bringing that back. It isn’t so much operating the tournaments that needs to be different; it is the offerings of the tournaments to the customer. Amateurs and pros are very different in what they expect, and we will do our best to deliver. You could also use, as an example, a marketing perspective. Leveraging the assets of our bowlers to drive the aspirational value to kids is important. A lot of folks have said how great it is that the ladies will get to go out on tour Continued on Page 11 Vince Page led the honor roll with 813 at Circle…Alvin Davis with 787 at Buckner…Jackie Dunston shot 740 at Berry…Sammy Ragland led the ladies with 660 at Red bird…Tonya Lovejoy shot 655 at Buckner…Jean Maynard rolled 626 at Bronco…Luci Bonneau wins the 18th Bluebonnet Queens defeating Sammie Pope…Mark Cozart shot 714 at Cowtown…Mike McHugh was high at Richland with 628, which was probably a career best to date…Ron Dill wins the MBT at All Star West, wow…Kevin Smith with ACBA at Circle…Ted Hannahs wins the PBA True Value Open over Hooking Bob Handley. Page 10 | Thursday, March 5, 2015 | THE BOWLING NEWS Grand Prix Regional Results Bantam Boys (l to r) Camden Malott, Luke Henke, Nicholas Hastings and Xian White Here are the results from the February 15th Grand Prix regional held at Plano Super Bowl. This was one of the largest regionals they have hosted with 175 youth entries. All 32 finalists are now seeded for the State Finals to be held August 1-2 at Copperfield Lanes in Houston. The next regional will be held at Mel’s Lone Star Lanes in Georgetown on April 19th. All bowlers receive scholarships just for participating. This scholarship program is a great opportunity to compete against the top bowlers in Texas. Everyone is a Winner! State Finals will have 10,000 additional points to be awarded. Don’t miss out on the next opportunity. For more information, please contact Mel’s Lone Star Lanes. Prep Boys (l to r) George Chewens, Aidan Hudson, Jordan Malott and Caden Witt Bantam Boys 1st place - Camden Malott, Highland Lanes - 200 pts 2nd place - Luke Henke, Plano Super Bowl - 100 pts 3rd place - Nicholas Hastings, College Bowl - 50 pts 4th place - Xian White, Stadium Lanes - 50 pts Prep Boys 1st place - George Chewens, South Lanes - 300 pts 2nd place - Aidan Hudson, Plano Super Bowl - 150 pts 3rd place - Jordan Malott, Highland Lanes - 75 pts 4th place - Caden Witt, Plano Super Bowl - 75 pts Junior Boys 1st place - Victor Munguia, Plano Super Bowl - 400 pts 2nd place - John Collin Grist, Western Bowl - 250 pts 3rd place - Sam Butler, College Bowl - 125 pts 4th place - Trey Bevels, Plano Super Bowl - 125 pts Major Boys 1st place - Adam Beasley, Cowtown Bowl - 500 pts 2nd place - Micah McCracken, Bowlmor Euless - 300 pts 3rd place - Jeremiah Gramly, Plano Super Bowl - 150 pts 4th place - Cade Hartsfield, Oak Hills Lanes - 150 pts Bantam Girls 1st place - Sarah Rivich, Copperfield Bowl - 200 pts 2nd place - Kiyah Lane, Village Bowl - 100 pts 3rd place - Brylee Jesko, Western Bowl - 50 pts 4th place - Isabella Hudson, Plano Super Bowl - 50 pts Prep Girls 1st place - Jaelle Hamman, Mel’s Lone Star Lanes - 300 pts 2nd place - Patricia Himes, College Bowl - 150 pts 3rd place - Breana Chewens, South Lanes - 75 pts 4th place - Stephanie LeClear, Cityview Lanes - 75 pts. Junior Girls 1st place - Hope Gramly, Plano Super Bowl - 400 pts. 2nd place - Linda Himes, College Bowl - 250 pts. 3rd place - Hailey Keister, Plano Super Bowl - 125 pts. 4th place - Samantha LeClear, Cityview Lanes - 125 pts. Major Girls 1st place - Megan Eaglehouse, Bowlmor Thousand Oaks - 500 pts. 2nd place - Sierra Ciesiolka, Hallmark Lanes, Killeen - 300 pts. 3rd place - Kira Hamman, Mel’s Lone Star Lanes - 150 pts. 4th place - Taryn Gray, Plano Super Bowl - 150 pts. 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She has to have someone to aspire to be. That is why we are getting into that space. There will be very separate but distinct offerings. The same folks will run them, but the tournament part is the easy part. What might be a little difficult is the high level of marketing that needs to go with them. Let’s assume that the PWBA will be successful and extend well beyond the current three year commitment. Will it eventually become a ‘for profit’ part of the organization? I don’t know the answer to that. We have so much to do right now, I have not even Bantam Girls (l to r) Sarah Rivich, Kiyah Lane, Brylee Jesko and Bella Hudson Junior Girls (l to r) Samantha LeClear, Hailey Keister, Linda Himes and Hope Gramly Prep Girls (l to r) Jaelle Hamman, Patricia Himes, Breana Chewens and Stephanie LeClear Major Girls (l to r) Sierra Ciesiolka, Kira Hamman, Taryn Gray and Megan Eaglehouse NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS considered what might happen four or five years from now. I wouldn’t be surprised if it doesn’t take more than four years to become profitable . . . but I can tell you this – we are extremely focused on getting a tour in place. The future will come later, and we will be ready to look at the options when we need to. What is the USBC Bowling Academy? Essentially it is a third party piece where we have licensed our brand to help build the coaching aspect of the sport. It is an on-line portal, if you will, of information that brings us through the stance to the five step approach to tools and skills and tasks to become a better bowler. It has a library of options within it that can be watched to become a better bowler. Coaches can use the tools to help them teach their students. It is one of those really cool things that technology has brought us that we really have not yet taken advantage of. Is it catching on? Yes. I think we had about 4,000 subscribers in the first couple of months, which is enormous. Will your Marketing Plan also include public relations and advertising? How will that roll out? Yes. We have in-house P.R. and we rely heavily on Strike Ten to get the message out; and Continued on Page 13 $10,000 in added money 3rd Annual NCTUSBC Open City Tournament NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS USBC Certified Handicap & Scratch Brackets High Pots EVERY shi 4333 River Oaks Blvd. Ft. 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Tom Clark: The only surprise was when the NBA and ESPN decided to move the Lakers/Knicks game off of Super Bowl Sunday, enabling us to agree to move our CP3 PBA Celebrity Invitational up into that time slot. I believe it helped our ratings that day, being at 2-4 pm ET vs. the 4:30-6 pm ET regularly scheduled showing. That CP3 show is always popular, but earlier it did a tremendous viewership, with over 1.1 million on average watching the show. In the other areas where we have increased ratings, they were part of strategic decisions that were made to improve our viewership and we were correct. Reducing the WSOB animal pattern shows to 1-hour length increased ratings on those shows by 18%, making the WSOB World Championship show live and moving the other live major championship shows into the prime earlier February time slots at 1 pm vs. 3 pm paid off. Show format adjustments and features, plus compelling competition featuring a wide variety of players have made the shows clip along. JPA: Masters and U.S. Open weeks seem to draw more viewers with more amateurs from their area or viewers watching ones they may know. What is the increase in Xtra Frame subscriptions over the last year? TC: The WSOB has always been our most popular Xtra Frame period for whatever reason, probably the depth of the field, international nature of it and the compelling competition every single day with every ball mattering so much because multiple events are on the line in such a tight timeframe. But the growth of Xtra Frame has been very encouraging all year. Before the WSOB we were at roughly 5,000 subscribers. It grew to 6,500 during WSOB, and now through the TOC it’s at 7,500. I know that subscribers are getting their money’s worth, the entertainment has been endless. Adding Marshall Holman to our webcast team has been very popular. And with the full PBA50 schedule and seven Xtra Frame-only national PBA tour title events being covered start-to-finish, the Summer Swing and WSOB still to come this year, we expect more and more people to jump aboard. JPA: What were the ToC ratings Sunday compared to last year’s ToC? TC: Viewership about the same as last year for the ToC, 850,000 on average. Although we had a lower lead-in show rating than last week, we again grew the audience from SportsCenter. The ToC was also the highest rated sporting event on cable TV on Sunday other than the NBA All-Star Game. BOWLER FRIENDLY PRO SHOPS & SERVICES Billy DeCicco 817-875-6488 Kirk Wright 469-867-2770 ############### Another treat of Tournament of Champions week was hearing a couple of legends and long-time friends on PBA XtraFrame. We heard Marshall Holman on last fall’s World Series of Bowling and have heard Mark Roth from time to time at various times when his health allows, but rarely together. Viewers were treated to several appearances from the three-time winners of the PBA doubles tournament which now bears their names. If you have a chance, go back to XtraFrame and watch the ToC match play rounds. Not only will you listen to the insight behind 56 PBA titles, but it’s quickly apparent these two could have been a fantastic announcer-analyst team. ################ Later on Tournament of Champions Sunday, there was even more dramatic bowling. After the TNBA Reed-Hawthorn Memorial Classic in Wycliffe, Ohio, well-known top amateur bowler Adam Barta challenged, then broke the current world record of total pinfall in a one-hour time span. Based on strict requirements put forth by the Guinness Book of World Records group, Barta knocked down 2708 pins, besting 2139 mark by George Frilingos of Queensland, Australia, set only last November. Rolling only at full racks, Barta rolled an amazing 163 strikes out of 291 total balls thrown. He was raising money for his Barta Nation Families MURPHY Continued from Page 11 we have a new P.R. firm - Five W. We have every other week calls with them and they are working on putting together a calendar for the year covering the things we have been talking about. Back to marketing . . . and it is easy to be negative; but there are also a lot of positive things to talk about with our sport, so you will see us talking about those things on social media and in some of the other vehicles that we use. Five W will be a part of that along with Strike Ten. In the last phone conversation I had with Chuck Pezzano about a week before he passed away, he was a little puzzled that bowling did not get more media and P.R. leverage out of the fact that the SMART Fund has over $50 million. Do you think we do enough to toot bowling’s horn about SMART? I think we do. I don’t know if the message always hits the intended target; but if you ask a mother with a child in bowling, or a coach, they know that and I can give several examples of successful bowlers in our program that are also good at other sports but stayed Continued on Page 14 Foundation, which financially helps those with loved ones fighting cancer. According to an article in the February 23rd Youngstown Vindicator, the amount raised is $3,500 and climbing. The foundation was begun to honor his late father. Despite being told he had two to three weeks to live, Peter Barta survived another two-and-ahalf years. To see how he did it, check out Craig Elliot’s michiganbowler.tv for the hour-plus long clip with Barta’s comments afterward. Host your next Tournament Fundraiser Right Here... A great way to raise money for any qualified organization. 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There was a CBS Market Watch piece a couple of months ago that was looking at SMART, so there is some attention. Can we do better? Absolutely. It has always been a good marketing tool, and we will continue to talk about it. In the slide show we just released we talk about bowling having $6 million a year in scholarships. We also talk about it in our ‘Bowling is a healthy way to live’ segment. We are pushing it in the Diamond Lanes Where Family Fun Begins SHORT SEASON LEAGUES FORMING NOW Monday Night Trio. Wednesday Afternoon Senior League. 2208 East 8th Street Odessa, TX 79761 432-580-4386 marketplace – it just has to go deeper, and that is the task at hand. Do you agree that USBC, and ABC & WIBC before that, just tried to do too much; maybe just tried to be too many things to too many people? And if you do, how can today’s USBC stay more focused on its basic purpose and mission? I do think we can lose focus by widening the lens. There is a wide range of things we can work on. The challenge is to get it down to something we can be successful in; and that is really what we did in identifying our priorities. We are going to be focused on the areas we talked about and you will see a lot of communications and P.R. around them. I wouldn’t want to speak about what folks did in the past, because I think you can always do more as long as you don’t lose focus on what is important. I get caught talking about core competencies of a governing body . . . and we must stay focused on those. Our members deserve that, and they are the largest and most important piece of the puzzle. In the past, it seems like the groups wasted a lot of time and effort stepping on each other’s toes; but that does not seem to be as big a problem today. At least for BPAA and USBC. You seem to have a good relationship. Is it because you are under the same roof here in Arlington? I think it provides clarity. One group is not trying to be the other. We have a great relationship with our partners in the BPAA and in the industry Continued on Page 15 TEXAS CROWNS Continued from Page 1 Every Monday & Thursday Night is College Night @ Stadium Lanes Unlimited Bowling for only $6.50 per person 10 PM to 12 AM Bring Your ID $1.75 & $2.00 Longneck Specials every College Night Come check out our newly revamped sound system and light show 2105 Knickerbocker Rd. San Angelo, Texas 76904 325-651-2695 Fax: 325-224-3052 couldn’t afford any let-downs and it is almost like a sigh of relief to win. This is a tournament I point to every year, it’s well ran and a lot of fun to bowl, I’m just really happy,” said Bailey. The Queens champion, Michelle Secours, 24, is originally from Rochester, NY, but moved to Texas in 2010 to attend Sam Houston State University and she is currently getting her Masters in Clinical Psychology and hopes to graduate in May. Secours had a 100 pin lead over her Sam Houston State teammate Kimi Davidson of Azle going into the final position round game, and ended up not needing much of it. She finished with a commanding 70 pin victory, “I was really glad I had that big lead and just told myself to make good shots and I knew that I could kind of cruise into it and hoped that my line didn’t go away,” she said. At Big Spring Bowl-A-Rama Gutierrez registers 297/774, Woolverton weaves 634 Campbell, Ewing 299 BIG SPRING, TX – Armondo Gutierrez won high-set honors last month at Big Spring BowlA-Rama by polishing off potent 297-248-229 = 774 marks in Men’s Caprock action. Terri Woolverton, from the Wednesday Nite Trio group, led the ladies scoring race with a stalwart 234-201-199 = 634 outing. Charlie Campbell and Stephen Ewing shared high-game accolades with near-perfect 299 solos. HONOR ROLL K r ist a l Ash more 204, Ter i Woolverton 190, Jennifer Jakubowski 189, T-Bones Newton 188, Sam Gonzales, Sr. 279-728, Jared Ringener 238-699, Tommy Booth 268-686, Philip Ringener 257-681. Charlie Campbell 678, Richard Anderson 245-663, Eddie Gonzales, Jr. 245-663, Josh Rochelle 257-659, Claud Frier 247-648, Stephen Ewing 644, Richard Rowden 226-639, Joey Gutierrez 222-631. John Dodd 224-630, David Renteria 234-622, James Rawls 214-619, Chris Joslin 247-607, Stephen Ewing 268-690, Jerry Holten 255-673, John Jackson 237-637, Paul Johnson 224-614. Aaron Hendricks 218-630, Rick Liles 204-605, Gary Kelley 218-600, Amber Doss 201, Alice Ewing 201, Leeann Sears 194, Jared Ringener 279-769, Eddi Gonzales, Jr. 263-729, Michael Leuschner 279-706. Philip Ringener 268-680, James Rawles 247-674, Charlie Campbell 239-6723, Monty Hendricks 222-658, Ransom Parks 235-657, Timmy Marshall 258-625, Brent Newton 213614, Tammy Newton 211. Julie Bass 207, Mary Lou Saldana 203, Veronica Schroyer 201, T-Bones Newton 191, Julie Bass 171, Aimee Torrez 166. At Stadium Lanes Kennmer turns in 788, Jacobs tosses 661 Williamson 300 SAN ANGELO, TX – Ronny Kennmer headed the leader boards last month at Stadium Lanes after booking a banner 246-275-267 = 788 Petroleum league series. Stephanie Jacobs, also from the Petroleum group, posted a nice 221-193-247 = 661 set to pace the lady bowlers. Heather Williamson earned high-game honors with an awardwinning 12-bagger. HONOR ROLL Donald Christian 247-707, Nikki It was no easy win for Secours has she beat several international stars, collegiate champions and arguably the greatest lady bowler of all time on her way to the title. “I just can’t believe that I won, you forget in Texas that you have USBC here, there are pro’s coming in too, so I just expected to make the cut, I never thought that I could win,” she added. “I’m pretty proud of myself.” Finalists: Masters – 1st Mike Bailey $3000 2nd Steve Weber $2000 3rd Tyler Jensen $1500 4th Shawn Maldonado $1200 5th Jim Stephens $1000 Lowe 203-509, Travis Tribolet 289-673, Sheila Dean 245-549, Debbie Young 210-468, Phil Bailey 288-716, Heather Williamson 649, Kelly King 249-616. Alice Davis 202-571, Brad Kinyon 265-616, Debbie Langley 214-489, Jim Sweat 268-655, Suzanne Torres 185-530, Michael Luckett 233-616, Kitta Dory 175-467. SENIORS Terry Hoffpauir 201-554, Samuel Green 204-476, Jesse Davis 247-708, Elaine Jones 246-625. 6th Bobby Wacker $975 7th Anthony Simonsen $950 8th Mike Donahue $925 9th Roger Petrin $875 10th Tyrone Branagan $825 Queens – 1st Michelle Secours $1600 2nd Kimi Davidson $850 3rd Heather Whitney $750 4th Anita Arnett $650 5th Debby Oulicky $550 6th Carolyn Dorin-Ballard $500 7th Clara Guerrero $475 8th Mariana Ayala $450 9th Diana Jessie $425 10th Crystal Boutotte $400 THE BOWLING NEWS | Thursday, March 5, 2015 | Page 15 At Western Bowl MURPHY Brown masters 806, Carlisle tosses 687 Continued from Page 14 Macon, Sledge and Wilson add 300’s, Williams 299 AMARILLO – David Brown’s high-powered 279-258-269 = 806 NTO Senior production captured high-series honors for the month at Western Bowl. Krysta Carlisle’s chart-topping 216-234-237 = 687 Asarco Mixed set fronted fem scoring. Dylan Macon, Trey Sledge and David Wilson shared high-game honors with award-winning 12-baggers. Brandon Williams took runner-up honors with a near-perfect 299. HONOR ROLL Brandon Williams 783, Trey Sledge 768, Brian Collier 278-760, Chris Foshee 290-759, David Wilson 756, Nathan Herring 269-752, Mason Edmondson 277-751, Ron Hites 267-750, David Wilson 267-750. Carl See 278-749, Brandon Williams 278-746, Gary Jackson 268-746, Mike Judd 248-741, Ronnie Phillips 265-735, Dylan Macon 279-734, Johnny Wood 258-733, Tommy Crites 268-732. Darren Lambright 258-732, Clayton Parker 258-728, Brandon Meyer 288727, Randy Webb 257-726, Mark Payne 278-726, Gary Dunn 258-726, Ed Culp 280-726, Chris Foshee 255-726. Kirk Kerbo 279-725, Dylan Macon 724, Jeff Chaparro 278-722, Tyler Albracht 278-719, David Velez 278-718, Nathan Herring 256-717, Mike Gentry 276-717, Chris Sledge 256-716, Mike Gentry 269-715. Jeff Chaparro 277-713, Billy Watson 268-711, Brennan Chaparro 255-711, Robert Sowle 266-711, Marshall Morrison 252-710, David Smiddy 268-710, Dylan Macon 276-709, Mike Judd 268-709. Adam Standley 248-709, Kirk Aduddel 257-707, Russell Hervey 275707, Brandon Meyer 269-707, Jonathan Lawson 257-707, Gary Dunn 259-707, Mark Payne 244-706, Jeff Campbell 246-706. Patrick Copelin 247-704, Darren Lambright 257-703, Mark Payne 269-703, Casey Boyd 289-701, Dan Orr 245-701, Clayton Parker 290-700, Ashley Farrah 246-678, Debra Shannon 257-661. Debra Shannon 247-654, Kat Darlington 234-652, Lana Allemand 223-646, Rosa Sledge 242-646, Connie Moorman 237-641, Cindy Brock 224636, Kat Darlington 224-634, Kirsten Kelley 227-633. Pat Herring 227-632, Debra Shannon 224-632, Connie Moorman 242-628, Cindy Brock 223-628, Megan Larson 235-625, Kyla Collier 245-625, Christina Hansen 224-624, Debra Shannon 220-623. Carrie Wichers 230-618, Carrie Wichers 224-618, Jennifer Polk 223614, Samantha Fox 247-612, Cindy Brock 237-611, Glenda Bouker 234-611, Candra Chandler 211-609, Brenda McMahon 220-608. Laura Schwartz 225-607, Cindy Brock 213-606, Maureen Hood 216-603, Debra Mazura 215-602, Kat Darlington 221-602, Erica (Turner) Williamson 224-602, Debra Shannon 217-602. World Famous MID CITY LANES as well. Initiatives like the YES Fund and others have brought us together in ways that maybe were not possible before. I think the strategic plans of the two organizations make it very clear. On the USBC side it is about servicing our members and providing benefits. And the BPAA side is simple – they exist to enhance the profitability of their members. Is it safe to say that there is more and better communications between USBC and BPAA, and will it continue? There is no doubt. How does that extend to other organizations, specifically the PBA? I think we are stronger together than we are apart. I realize that is an easy thing to say. It is a little tougher to walk the walk. The PBA is a for profit business. They have owners and others that drive that business, and they make decisions that are independent. If they were here on our campus, I think there would just be more communications. I don’t know that the business strategy would change much because they are a very different organization at their core and in their mission. An example –the league program we are about to launch using the pros. It only took a couple of phone calls and they were on board quickly. There will always be ways we can work together; and if we do that more, we will be more successful. How long ago was it that you were living in Kentucky selling bowling balls? I started here on April 10, 2010, so it has been almost five years. Did you ever dream when you were doing that, that less than five years later you would be sitting in this office doing this job? Your story really is a good example of the cliche “Only in America.” We have been really blessed. I pinch myself sometimes. ROCK ’N’ BOWL ™ ROCK ’N’ BOWL® Rock ’n Bowl is a federally registered service mark belonging to Mid City Lanes and Sports Palace, Inc. in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is against the law to infringe in anyway on this service mark. Inquiries on such use should be referred to our trademark aĴorney, Rick Stanley at 504-523-1580. MID CITY LANES 3016 S. Carrollton Avenue • New Orleans, LA 70118 504-861-1700 Across 5. Boyhood 7. String 8. Picture 12. Whiplash 13. Track 14. Everything 16. Imitation 19. Bohn 20. Selma 24. Redmayne 26. Hashtag 27. USSR 28. Inarritu 29. Animated There is only one forward, and now this. Both groups have been awesome to work with . . . but no, not in a million years. A guy like me usually does not end up running an organization like this. But I really believe we serve at the pleasure of our volunteer leaders. I really did not know what that meant before I got here; but we live by that now. Give us your thoughts on your Training Center. It is great. When you walk through there it is like Continued on Page 16 THE ALL NEW 806-352-2737 5120 Canyon Dr. • Amarillo, TX 79109 60 Lanes • Pro Shop • Restaurant • Bar Package Includes: TEEN TIME $20.00 Non-Refundable deposit required. Reserve your lanes today! Call Kathy or Randy. 2 Hours of Bowling Use of House Shoes Large Pizza Large Coke per person $10.00 worth of Game Tokens (for Birthday Honoree) $15.95 plus tax per person (minimum of 10 bowlers) CASINO BOWLING Color Pin Sweeper Crossword Answers Down 1. Kitty 2. Bedposts 3. Lofting 4. Stroke 6. Selfie 9. Citizenfour 10. Steal 11. Veripapa 15. Witch 17. Messenger 18. Release 19. Backends 21. Lady Gaga 22. Birdman 23. Harris 25. Moore New Orleans REMEMBER! When I made the decision to move from bowling balls to bowling, it was a pretty harrowing process. I was working for a great company with some great people; and I learned a lot through the process of being with San Antonio Columbia and in Hopkinsville; I really enjoyed that. When this opportunity came, it was not easy to walk away. But I have really enjoyed it here. I have had a lot of support here at the campus . . . moving youth initiatives Saturday Nights at 8 PM Entry fee $15.00 Strikepot & Super Strikepot Tickets Each Game 5405 Amarillo Blvd. East, Amarillo, Texas 79107 806-383-9531 Page 16 | Thursday, March 5, 2015 | THE BOWLING NEWS MURPHY Continued from Page 15 a beacon of light. Just think about the folks who will come through those doors in the next 50 years. It is just a great thing to have to promote bowling. Any place that has teaching at its core is special. We have some very good people working very hard down there. We have international teams coming in all the time. We have the Combine and the World Coaches Conference. But I would not say that the Training Center is “ours.” It really belongs to all of bowling. Other than the World Coaches Conference, how do you work with Kevin Dornberger and his World Bowling organization? I think you know we are supporting the Olympic effort, and we are in constant contact with Kevin. He has done a great job of keeping us in the loop and updated. I had dinner with him at the Summit recently and there is a lot going on. It seems like the level has been raised recently. But all of the bowling organizations need to step up and work together for bowling to be more successful. Back in October I hinted to Frank DeSocio that World Bowling should have an office here. Do you agree? This is the International Bowling Campus, so that is an easy answer. I don’t know much about the history there, but I know I drive down Six Flags Drive every morning and see the International Bowling Campus sign on the building and know that it is not just ours. It belongs to bowling. I do know that Kevin is opening a new office in Europe. I don’t know if he SASBA TOUR SCHEDULE March 7-8 All Star Lanes, Kenner, LA 60/50/Guest Trio March 14-1 Brunswick Zone, Denton 70/60/50/50 Foursome March 28-29 Astro Super Bowl, San Antonio, TX Member/Guest Doubles April 4-5 Cowtown Bowling Palace, Fort Worth, TX Champion/Non-Champion Dbls April 18-19 Brunswick Westcreek, Fort Worth, TX Gary Pfeil Memorial Singles April 25-26 Emerald Bowl, Houston, TX Regular Singles May 2-3 To Be Announced May 16-17 Plano Super Bowl, Plano, TX 70/60/50/Guest Foursome 1010 N. Austin Ave. Georgetown, TX 78626 512-930-2200 www.melslonestarlanes.com Call Mel or Doug and sign up today ! 7th Annual March Madness SPRING TRIO TOURNAMENT Tournament Saturday, April 4, 1PM & 4PM $2500 1st-$1250 2nd-$600 3rd-$400 4th-$275 5th (28 teams) The 7th annual March Madness is a non-sanctioned handicap mixed tournament with 5-member teams Saturday, March 21nd, 1:00 PM Sunday, March 22rd, 11:00 AM Team Fee: $250.00 Cap on team average is 1000 Tournament Director: Joe Mata Team Fee: $120.00 ($40/person) Any combo of men and/or women Hdcp 80% of 220 - No Cap would want an office here. That would be a good question for him. In a word, how would you describe your management style? Collaborative I believe in hiring a good person to do a job, letting them do it, and then managing it through the process. If you look at some of the things we did in the Youth area – building advocacy groups. We commissioned a task force to look at membership value. Things like that. I am not the guy who has all of the answers, but maybe I can put the Continued on Page 17 At Fiesta Lanes Williams soars to 774, Kaiser garners 662 Tollett 300 NEW BRAUNFELS – Philip Williams, Yout h Bowler, dominated scoring last month at Fiesta Lanes with a hard-hitting 269/774 Generation Gap league series. Misty Kaiser led the ladies race with sky-high 242/662 Ball & Chain numbers. Denver Tollett garnered highgame accolades with an awardwinning 12-bagger. HONOR ROLL Mike Sills 279-711, Rick Satterfield 254-732, T L Walker 224-540, Darren Robeck 221-589, Dale Blume 267658, Travis Vanicek 266-697, Jerry Sportsman 287-746, David Schmidt 279-750. Denver Tollett (4 games) 916, Kris Hughes (4 games) 268-968, Darrell McCall 259-622, Thomas Stange 235- 693, Gene Bishop 289-728, Dave Lile 255-741, Chris Brown 275-652, Mark Bryd 252-680. Kris Hughes 278-732, Patrick Kinne 259-744, John Grein 183-496, Colby Delano 260-577, Jeanette Vacek 234574, Sylvia Guerra 202-582, Tammy Ranslaben 181-460, Tammy Ranslaben 166-471. Kelli Scott 239-534, Lashonda Mannie 215-621, Corinne Gaudio 228-516, Sheri Starbuck 223-582, Paula Brissenden 221-563, Carma Herndon 192-567, Mary Spence 244-509, Jacque Devine 195-546. Sylvia Guerra 247-614, Catherine Wilson 234-648, Melissa Morrison 219-564, Melissa Morrison 197-575, Michaela Zapata 221-548, Michaela Zapata 199-573, Virginia Stevens 165-445. At Mel’s Lone Star Lanes Shaffer levels 820, Thompson belts 692 Banks and Hackworth 300’s, Stafford 299 GEORGETOWN – Steve Shaffer pounded out potent 263278-279 = 820 marks in Pot O Gold action to capture high-series honors for the month at Mel’s Lone Star Lanes. Lori Thompson, Shaffer’s league mate, paced the lady bowlers with a sparkling 230236-226 = 692 set. Jeff Banks and Jason Hackworth’s award-winning 12-baggers earned them highgame honors while Scott Stafford took runner-up honors with a near-perfect 299 solo. HONOR ROLL Tad Howitt 239-696, Rayeann Cawthon 225-583, R J Little 262748, Elena Johnson 236-644, Jacob Wininger 238-675, Teri Merkel 177-471, Scott Stafford 772, Crystal Ganoung 265-645. Isaiah Jones 244-655, Crystal Reese 200-550, Chris Craig 257-678, Amanda Wyrick 225-574, Pat Galvan 234-637, Bruce Cook 253-693, Crystal Ganoung 184-516, John Waliczek 225-665, Lyndsey Trost 233-561. SENIORS Larry Gautier 263-734, Carol O’Brien 242-661, Bill Franks 266-712, Dellene Davis 231-641. Singles Side Event $20 Bowlers can bowl both squads but must change at least one bowler on the team. Each squad will bowl three games, total pin fall after both squads will determine placing. Prize fund will be returned 100%. 3318 E. Interstate 20, Big Spring, TX 79720 John and Diana Dodd, Owners and Certified Coaches 432-267-7484 — Fax: 432-267-1644 Tournament Director: Jeff Banks Snack Bar 432-267-7485 THE BOWLING NEWS | Thursday, March 5, 2015 | Page 17 MURPHY Continued from Page 16 right people in the room. I am a roll up your sleeves type of guy. I like to get in and do my share of the work, but at the same time we need experts in some areas. Robert Stokes is an example. I would never roll up my sleeves and go over there to write some code. We would be in trouble if I did that. Are you in this job for the long term? Do you see yourself in this job 10 years from now? The short answer is yes. I’m 43, and I never aspired to have this job, but I have been a lifelong bowler and I have really enjoyed the past year. My plan is to work hard, and if we can be successful, I hope I can be here a long time. Another good move I have heard mentioned is having a clear understanding of the number two position. When Stu Upson was here, we were not sure who was second in command. Yes- Jason Overstreet is our Deputy Director. He has a great background in media, and many other talents. It was an easy choice. Any final thoughts? We have had a lot of change here, and I think we are coming out of it in a very positive way. I am driven to make it as good as it can be and I am very excited about the future. At Pin Center Bowl Martindale hammers 724 CL EBUR NE – Bobby Martindale led the high-set chase last month at Pin Center Bowl with an estimable 247-246-231 = 724 Casino league showing. Kathy Butler’s stately 225/555 Whenever Blues outing paced the ladies. HONOR ROLL Bill Barber 237-688, Stacie Parrish 170-471, Brian Boase 247-623, Nancy Rago 194-507, Bill Barber 211-574, Nancy Rago 183-508, Bill Barber 221-615, Dave Clark 213-622, Kathy Butler 211-520. Bill Barber 233-630, Kathy McGonagill 198-500, Dave Clark 209-614, Kathy McGonagill 199-513, Bill Barber 242-663, Kathy Butler 174-522, Lee Whitehead 245-645, Kathy McGonagill 220-515. Danny Bergman 279-706, Kathy Butler 201-520, Ronnie Rurak 268-714, Kathy Butler 167-455, Lee Whitehead 255-677, Becky Lee 169-424, Alan Hewitt 288-720. Kathy McGonagill 190-515, Bobby Martindale 247-696, Martha Moore 187-449. At Terrell Harwell racks up 738, Chambers mints 622 Harwell 300, Holley 300, 299 TERRELL – Bubba Harwell headed the leader boards last month at Terrell Bowling Center with hard-hitting 279-223-236 = 738 numbers in Friday Night Quads action. Linda Chambers was red hot for the ladies with a sky-high 237-186-199 = 622 Tuesday Night Mixed set. Bubba Harwell and Bobby Holley shared high-game accolades with award-winning 12-baggers and Bobby Holley took runner-up honors with a near-perfect 299 solo. HONOR ROLL Jason Marquez 251-703, Vanessa Barrow 209-570, Josh Orr 237-668, Lisa Massey 216-584, Ed Domaracki 236607, Pat Cooper 202-550, Rooster Adams 244-652, Karen Sommers 221-559. Bobby Holley 673, Kari Nunn 191553, Bobby Holley 648, John Johnson 241-691, Janet Newkirk 210-569, Bubba Harwell 733, Rita Wilson 213-545, Richie Rylant 247-710, Delores Green 208-551. Marvin Love 255-649, Bill Mowery 220-589, Chris Tijerina 212-622. PBA Spare Shots PBA STARS HEAD EAST FOR THREE PBA INTERNATIONAL-WORLD BOWLING TOUR EVENTS PBA stars from around the world are heading east for a three-tournament PBA International-World Bowling Tour series, beginning with the H.H. Emir Cup, which is underway at Qatar Bowling Centre in Doha, Qatar, and ends Friday. The Qatar event will be followed by the Kingdom of Bahrain Open at Ozone Entertainment Centre in Manama, Bahrain, March 2-7, and the Brunswick Euro Challenge at Dream Bowl Palace in Munich, Germany, March 14-22. Fans can follow the H.H. Emir Cup and Bahrain Open on the Asian Bowling Federation website: http://abf-online.org/. Brunswick Euro Challenge results will be available on its website: http://brunswickeurochallenge.com/. Chris Barnes is defending champion in the Emir Cup, but will not defend his title due to weather-related travel delays that caused him to cancel his travel plans. Shaker Al Hassan of the United Arab Emirates won the 2014 Bahrain title. Eventual PBA Rookie of the Year Marshall Kent of Yakima, Wash., is defending Brunswick Euro Challenge champion. Kent won the 2014 event as an amateur. Heading into the three-tournament swing, Barrett is the WBT men’s points leader in the two-year, rolling points system, with 588 points. Mike Fagan is second with 582 points. Kelly Kulick is the WBT women’s points leader with 698 points, comfortably ahead of fellow American Liz Johnson (559). “JACK RABBITS” PBA LEAGUE BOWLING BALL DEBUTS THIS WEEK Number four in the continuing series, Concrete Software will debut the “virtual” Pittsburgh Jack Rabbits PBA League team ball into the PBA Bowling Challenge game on Thursday (Feb. 26). PBA League-logoed team balls for gaming play currently available to PBA Bowling Challenge players include the Dallas Strikers ball, GEICO New York WTT KingPins ball and the Silver Lake Atom Splitters ball. The remaining four PBA League balls will be added to the PBA Bowling Challenge arsenal, one a week, leading up to the PBA League Elias Cup competition March 28-29 at Bayside Bowl in Portland, Maine. PBA League-logoed balls can be used by more than 12 million people who play PBA Bowling Challenge Mobile Game on a regular basis. The PBA Bowling Challenge by Concrete Software app is available on Google Play, Apple iOS, Amazon App Store and Nook. PBA REGIONAL UPDATE: BLANCHARD HOLDS OFF AMATEUR LOW FOR SUTTER CREEK TITLE Josh Blanchard of Gilbert, Ariz., defeated 17-year-old amateur Wesley Low Jr. of Palmdale, Calif., 235-224, to win the PBA West Region’s Jackson Rancheria Casino Resort Championship at Gold Country Lanes in Sutter Creek, Calif., Sunday. Along with his seventh PBA Regional title, Blanchard earned $2,500. Low, who became the youngest player ever to win a PBA Regional in a PBA Challenge event at South Point Bowling Center in Las Vegas two years ago at age 15, earned $1,300 for his SMART scholarship account. The two-handed left-hander also bowled the only 300 game Continued on Page 19 I want to PROUDLY ANNOUNCE... Pin Center Bowl Now Has AMF HPL Synthetic Lanes AMF has a patent on this type of lane. It has the benefits of synthetic, however they play like wood! We Kept the Wood Approaches! 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KILLEEN BOWLERAMA 254-699-5222 922 N. 38th Street KILLEEN, TEXAS 76543 bowling@hot.rr.com your awareness. Watch everyone’s rotation and ball path a) all the way down the lane and b) through the pins. It doesn’t matter if the other person rolls the ball like you or even with the same hand as you. More on this handedness thing in a moment. You’ve heard of the “breakpoint,” I’m sure. That’s really quite a misnomer. It’s not a point at all. It’s an area of the lane. It used to be that the “breakpoint” was given to you by the lane. That’s only partially true today. Oh, and don’t confuse breakpoint with exit point, a product of the theory of 31. This idea says you have the best chance to hit the pocket (not necessarily strike) if your ball is on a certain board when it exits the pattern. That board is determined by the distance the oil is down the lane minus a given of 31. So, on a THS of 40 feet, you’d want your ball to be on the 9th board at 40 foot mark in order to give yourself a chance to hit the pocket. On the PBA’s Badger pattern at 52 feet, this theory would have your ball at 21 only eight feet from the headpin. Since the pocket is on 17, you can see this clearly wouldn’t work. The oil pattern does commonly give you the left-right breakpoint. You, however, can develop the north-south breakpoint. That’s what growing your breakpoint is all about – length, not width. Whatever that area was on the lane for whoever you are watching, all you have to do is figure out how YOU get there. That’s it. It’s that simple. So, how do you get that done? First things first There are some givens that have nothing to do with the purpose of your bowling event but a great deal to do with how you score in it. For example, how old and what type of lane surface you’re playing on is very important. Knowing how each surface typically behaves can give you an edge in getting lined up faster which is, of course, the point. Wood will respond very differently than any synthetic lane and they will both be drastically different than lane with Guardian on it. Wood changes quickly and more dramatically than synthetics. AMF HPL or SPL synthetic lanes respond differently than Brunswick’s ProLane or Anvilane synthetics, for example. Synthetics are harder than wood. The harder the surface, the smaller the footprint of the ball on that surface. Even among synthetic surfaces, there are differences. AMF synthetic surfaces have a different hardness than Brunswick synthetic surfaces. Continued on Page 19 At Hallmark Kennedy, Sr. nails 753, Blackman banks 708 Schirripa, Jr. 299 KILLEEN – Earl Kennedy, Sr. was the bowler to beat in the Guys & Dolls league at Hallmark Lanes last month in leading all players with a power-packed 266254-233 = 753 series. Lisa Blackman led the ladies with a hard-hitting 215-246247 = 708 Partytimers league production. Pete Schirripa, Jr. captured high-game honors with a nearperfect 299 solo.. HONOR ROLL Pete Schirripa, Sr. 201-551, Pete Schirripa, Jr. 269, Andy Layne 692, Esther Navarro 210-592, Quinten Goins 162-468, Kristina Marley 154-415, Cherill Potts 199, Suzie Wollek 544, Ben Hogan 278-729. Lisa Blackman 234, Belinda Ullery 582, Josh Herrick 282, John Ciesiolka 711, Esther Navarro 267-652, Jose Caballero 244-645, Mitzi Cina 204-562, Dan Haddenham 279, John Ciesiolka 719. Karin Ciesiolka 256-668, Lewis Stansbury 191, T J Jones 565, Pete Schirripa, Jr. 259, Andy Layne 663, Christine Scott 209-564, Quinten Goins 221-566, Vivian Mikell 145-415, Vickie Gill 202. Suzie Wollek 510, Mark Hough 277, Ben Hogan 685, Rosie Perez 214-580, Pete Schirripa, Jr. 262-710, Phyllis Love 224-562, Pete Schirripa, Jr. 248-722, Emily Berger 245, Mitzi Cina 472. Lewis Stansbury 278, Pete Schirripa, Jr. 726, Karin Ciesiolka 246-685, Lewis Stansbury 196-542, Pete Schirripa, Jr. 249-695, Connie Herron 247-547, Jerry Kilpatrick 200-529, Vivian Mikell 161-438. Suzie Wollek 190-558, Dan Haddenham 279, Vince Simmons 671, Sally Wedgewood 215, Sandy Monterde 552, Bryant Logan 258, Ben Hogan 682, Kisha Cruz 225-617, Pete Schirripa, Jr. 247-699. Mitzi Cina 214, Mary Schirripa 528, Dan Haddenham 279-723, Darline Bryant 266-675, T J Jones 202, Lewis Stansbury 566, Jim Dittmer 268, Esther Navarro 212-583, Jerry Kilpatrick 188. Quinten Goins 498, Christine Goins 144-393, Mia Daywalt 192, Stacey Phillips 505, Rod Watkins 267-717, Pete Schirripa, Jr. 747, Ashley Wilson 279-692, Dan Haddenham 225-643, Patti Wright 193. Mitzi Cina 547, Will Bland, Sr. 255-711, Darline Bryant 279-689. SENIORS Mark Doran 265-693, Pat Pendleton 209, Nee Wallace 545, Bob Hines, Jr. 207, Jay Herman 565, Joan Hellon 157, Nancy Holstine 482, Robert Bridges, Jr. 244, Bill Langford 597. Christine Kuebler 212-502, Larry O’Keeffe 235-609, Dot Mays 203, Barbara Person 546, Jay Herman 225, Harry Hellon 587, Deb Buford 175, Nancy Holstine 496, Harry Hellon 239, Jay Herman 617. Josephine Smith 202-530, T J Jones 242, Rullie Haywood 641, Beverly Haywood 226, Linda Strickland 564, Gene Hampton 215, Harry Hellon 538, Joan Hellon 169, Nancy Holstine 507. Ray Miles 258-662, Wanda Clark 193, Barbara Jones 516, Jose Herrera, Sr. 245, Larry O’Keeffe 622, Nee Wallace 202, Bev Lyons 539, Bob Hines, Jr. 233, John Ayers 564, Peg Hartley 161, Deb Buford 472. Pete Riendeau, Sr. 254, Larry O’Keeffe 665, Deb Buford 214-519. At Killeen Bowlerama Bennight books 761, McPhail claims 695 Allen, Bohannon, Kirtley 300, Anguiano 299, Duncan 296 KILLEEN – Donny Bennight’s stellar 761 Saturday Rollers group session lit up the lanes last month at Killeen Bowlerama. Erica McPhail headed the ladies’ leader board with a robust 246/695 Sundowners showing. Cliff Allen, Brian Bohannon and Adam Kirtley shared highgame honors as each recorded award-winning 12-baggers. Adam Anguiano’s near perfect 299 solo took runner-up honors while Jesse Duncan followed up with a 296 game. HONOR ROLL Jimmy Ryan, Jr. 234-689, Erica McPhail 236-679, Eric Gregory 690, Elizabeth Reyes 507, Mark Castro 258, Norma Rios 192, Mike Chaney 706, Linda Strickland 221-567, John Manibusan 278. Joann Biels 221, Conan Sindt 752, Jean Maxson 256-671, Carlos Perez 268-636, Lynda Roberts 183-478, Jason Stephens 731, Josh Maxson 754, Debra Massey 246-656, Crystal Stutz 205-548. THE BOWLING NEWS | Thursday, March 5, 2015 | Page 19 PBA SPARE SHOTS Continued from Page 17 of the tournament. PBA Regional Challenge events are open only to players who have not won a PBA event. In an all-Baker title match, PBA Hall of Famer Tom Baker of King, N.C., defeated Stoney Baker of Canton, Ga., 192-188, 173-243, 256-230, in the bestof-three-game title match to win his 31st PBA Regional title in the PBA50 Dave Edwards Toyota Southern Open presented by Ebonite at Paradise Lanes in Spartanburg, S.C., Sunday. Tom gained the advantage in game one before Stoney found his shot in game two and tied the match. Tom got lined up in game three, winning the title and the $2,300 first prize while Stoney pocketed $1,200 as the runner-up. The Bakers are not related. Kyle Bigelow of Troy, Ohio, defeated amateur Ari Wilson of University Park, Ill., 257-218, to win his first title in the PBA Lynwood Bowl Midwest Challenge presented by Roto Grip at Lynwood Bowl in Lynwood, Ill., Sunday. Bigelow earned $1,500 along with his title. PBA Challenge events are open to players who have never won a PBA title. Bigelow defeated Gerald Marrs of Huntley, Ill., 229-223, and Wilson edged Mitchell Kratic of Whiting, Ind., 203-177, in the semifinal round to set up the championship match. As PBA Regional players continue their pursuit of season-long points championships in their respective regions, which will mean berths in the PBA Regional Challenge Finals along with paid entries into PBA World Series of Bowling VII at South Point in Las Vegas, a busy March schedule of PBA Regional activity gets started Feb. 27-March 1 with the PBA50 Pensacola (Fla.) South Open at New Liberty Lanes. Bowling Update From Ten Pins & More Rio Rancho High School bowlers scored well in the overall season from October through last Saturday but fell short in the state 6A Championships. Cleveland rebounded in their last three matches, coming from the loser’s bracket, to beat out Mayfield and runnersup, Rio Rancho in an exciting finish at Holiday Bowl. The Rams captain, Ben Stedman fired a personal best 769 three-game series that included a 277 to help the team to a second place finish in the seedings round with 2,932 behind top seeded Cleveland 2,983 but ahead of El Dorado’s 2,883. That spot earned the top two a bye in to round two where Rio Rancho relegated Sandi High 2-0 on games of 218-155 and 195-146 in the Baker-format matches. After sitting out round three with a bye they beat La Cueva 171-134 then lost a tie-breaker 60-59 after earlier tying at 159 before shooting 211-167 and setting up the winner’s bracket final against Mayfield. They lost the first match 164-179 but came back in a low scoring finish 148-133 and 193-180 to take the number one place going in to the finals against Storm. A 223-202 first game win in the championship round looked promising for the Rams to repeat the title they were defending but a late three strikes in a row gave Cleveland game two, 224-212. Tenpins & More presents… NEW SEASON UP YOUR AVERAGE SCRATCH MATCH-PLAY SERIES Continued from Page 18 At Tenpins & More Lund smashes 300/779, Carper scores 299/746 Ortega, Riley, Stedman add 300’s, Pinge and Thurston 299’s RIO RANCHO, NM – John Lund topped the charts at Tenpins & More last month with a booming 244-300-235 = 779 Senior Trios league session. Janeyl Carper, from the Santa Fe Mazda Volvo Scratch Classic group, led the ladies with a rousing 235-299-212 = 746 set. Angel Ortega, Mike Riley and Ben Stedman shared highgame honors with Lund with award-winning 12-baggers. Sam Pinge and Bob Thurston shared runner-up honors with Carper with near-perfect 299 solos. HONOR ROLL Jeff Jones 258-721, Troi Donnachaidh 203-544, Bill Byer 246-701, Ron Smith 265-723, Troi Donnachaidh 202-564, Reg Card (4 games) 235-840, Angel Ortega (4 games) 278-963. Beverly Gabaldon (4 games) 211724, Bob Kelsey 203-516, Colleen Kelsey 201-549, Richard Marquis 278-747, Gloria Gonzakowski 220-580, John Lund 247-737, Teresa Hope 235-633. John Lund 268-754, Adrienne Hare 279-676, Jenn Medas-Bedard 247-590, Bob Thurston 762, Beverly Gabaldon 231-615, Teresa Hope 248-681, Brian Hare 259-740, Greg Kenneth 270-717. Demost Qu i nt a na 268-715, Samantha Mathews 258-633. It was all Storm in game three 201-157 after three splits, all open frames by the Rams tied the tournament’s two heavyweight teams at one loss apiece. Cleveland got off to a good start in the final clash, winning 247-181, followed by a nail-biting finish in the second game that went to Cleveland 210-204. Stedman was consoled with the league’s all-time high average award of 215, a berth on the All-Star state squad, along with fellow Rams’ Carson Opela, Natalia Tchiloyans and Courtney Dawes as well as the high game and series award at the state final. In other events, East Mountain beat out Pojoaque and Sandia Prep in 4A action, while Piedra Vista beat Farmington and Artesia in the new 5A final. (Leading up to the 12th New Mexico Open in 2015) The softer the surface (like old wood), the larger the footprint, i.e. a larger portion of the ball surface is in contact with the lane surface. The more of the ball’s surface in contact with the lane, the greater influence the lane will have on that ball. Larger footprints = more friction. More friction = more hook potential. There are a myriad of things to which you should pay attention including the ball and its path through the pins, who you are crossing with, what type of rotation they have, what part of the lane they’re playing, the ball surface they have chosen, and who you are following. 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