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Our 59th Year
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VOL. 59, NO. 26
JULY 2, 2015
EJ Tackett Wins PBA Xtra Frame Stephens/Donahue Romp
Lubbock Sports Southwest Open in SASBA SS/Guest Doubles
PBA’s 2013 Rookie of the Year captures first PBA Tour title, $15,000 prize
at Cowtown
Proprietor Jimbo Evans with champion EJ Tackett
LUBBOCK, Texas – Top
qualifier EJ Tackett of Huntington, Ind., threw a string
of seven consecutive strikes
to defeated Bill O’Neill of
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Langhorne, Pa., 256-213, to win
the PBA Xtra Frame Lubbock
Sports Southwest Open and his
first PBA Tour title Sunday at
South Plains Lanes.
Tackett, PBA’s 2013 Rookie
of the Year, opened the title
match with three single-pin
spares, but made a few adjustments and followed with his
string of seven strikes to run
away from O’Neill, who is
arguably the hottest player
in professional bowling this
summer. O’Neill came into the
Lubbock event fresh off wins in
the PBA Oklahoma Open and
Oklahoma’s Grand Casino Hotel
& Resort King of the Swing, a
multi-event summer series in
which he also had two thirdplace finishes.
Tackett, 22, had previously
finished second in the 2014
USBC Masters and the 2014
Oklahoma Open. Along with
his first PBA Tour title, he won
a $15,000 first prize.
“A lot of people took a
chance on me when I first
came out on tour, so I want
to thank all of them,” Tackett
said. “This one is for them.”
O’Neill advanced to the title
match with a 267-235 victory
over 2014 PBA Southwest Region Player of the Year Shawn
Maldonado, a two-handed
player from Houston, Texas.
Maldonado was trying for his
first PBA Tour title.
In the first match, Maldonado rallied from a 45-pin deficit
FORT WORTH, Texas – In
the SASBA Super Senior/Guest
Doubles at Cowtown Bowling Palace, June 20-21, Jim
Stephens and Mike Donahue
grabbed the lead in the first
game and romped to victory,
shooting high game after high
game and winning their
matches.
Keith Lohse and Anthony
Lavery-Spahr bowled great to
get 2nd.
Mike Warren and Phil
Kepner finished 3rd. Bob
McGregor and Joey Hafner
finished 4th and Roger West
and Dustin Williford rounded
out the top five.
Thanks to Jamie Brooks,
Steve Wunderlich and crew for
being gracious hosts.
300s were shot by Joey
Champions: Jim Stephens and
Mike Donahue
Hafner, Anthony Lavery-Spahr,
Chris Watson, Ron DePolo and
Allan Bueche.
Keith Lohse bowled great
and had his best finish yet.
Two ladies bowled, five
seniors bowl as guests and two
made the finals.
Magic Johnson Slam
Dunks Expo Keynote
Continued on Page 3
Page 3
USBC Women’s
Championship Concludes
Page 5
50th Terrell Invitational
Results Page 9
Teen Bowlers Circuit
Results Page 10
Features
Publisher’s Column
By Tony Franklin Page 2
Honor Roll Page 3
Looking Back Page 7
Tomorrow’s Stars Page 8
Just Paying Attention
By Mark London Page 13
Up Your Average
By Susie Minshew Page 17
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League
Night the
Way it
Should Be
Thomas Mendonca sent in a
great little story on a league he
bowls in at AMF Sparetime.
The moral of this story is
there are still great leagues out
there that get outside sponsors,
hand out awards, but more
importantly, leagues that make
bowling night a big highlight
in the week.
Tony,
I wanted to tell you about a
league at AMF Sparetime, Rays
Rx on Wednesday nights.
Jeff and Nikki Alsabrook
(Owner/managers of Rays
Pharmacy’s) sponsor the league
as well as bowl, and bring
the old touch of handing out
trophies for year-end awards.
L to R: BPAA Executive Director Frank DeSocio,
Keynote Speaker Magic Johnson and BPAA President Tom Martino
Year End Banquet at the VFW
They even rent out the VFW on
Harris Road in Arlington for
our year end banquet.
When I was young, the
leagues seemed to always do
this and sometime over the
years they quit doing awards
and started handing out $10 or
$20 for year-end prizes.
I read Xeno’s articles and he
talks about winning a regional,
and though he doesn’t have the
money he won for it he still has
the trophy.
Granted high handicap
Continued on Page 2
Basketball legend Ervin
‘Magic’ Johnson provided a
magnificent lesson for more
than 1000 bowling proprietors
during his Expo Keynote
address. Johnson intermingled
with the audience to share
lessons from his days on the
basketball court and more
recently his days in the board
room as a very successful
business leader.
4th Annual Strikes for
Strays on Aug 2nd
It’s that time again!
The all-volunteer non-profit
animal rescue group located
in the DFW area is holding the
4th Annual Strike for Strays
Fundraiser at Plano Super Bowl
in Plano, Texas.
If you enjoy bowling and
love animals, this is the event
to come support!
Last year the fundraiser sold
out and racked up over $12,000
to help foster animals and give
Continued on Page 9
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Random Thoughts
Tony Franklin, Publisher
As we make the long
journey back from El Paso, and
the USBC Open tournament,
several things we pass along
the way peak my interest. None
more than the huge windmill
thingy’s east of Big Spring.
They are actually called
windmill churns. Surprisingly, Texas produces the most
windmill power of any state; I
would have guessed it would
have been California. The wind
power accounts for 9% of all
electricity generated in the
state. The Roscoe wind farm
(the one we are driving past
right now) is the largest in the
state.
West Texas A&M began
wind energy research in 1970
and today there are approximately 80,000 windmills
operating in Texas. In a lot of
cases, farmers are leasing their
land to the entities managing
the windmill farms which creates new revenue streams for
them; the farmers are getting
approximately $3000-$5000 per
year, per churn.
The science behind the
windmill churn is for the wind
to run the propeller, which
in turn pumps water which
creates energy. The energy
is stored to the power grid,
and you now have renewable
energy for the state of Texas,
and a lot of energy at that.
There’s your science information for the day, thank you
Wikipedia.
Windmill Churn in Roscoe, TX
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Along with the sights and
sounds of a 10-hour drive,
there was some bowling involved. Not very good bowling,
but bowling just the same.
I shot 562 in team, 519 in
Doubles (sorry Genie) and 676
in Singles. Team was ugly for
all of us, Lisa Wasson was high
on the team with 578, but it
was a really good 578. I think
we shot 2677, a truly pitiful
display. I had seven opens in
team with four missed spares.
I could have made it a respectable set but never struck in the
tenth.
As for Doubles, it was a real
disaster, I tried to hook it for
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FOUNDED AND PUBLISHED BY JOE GENNARO FROM 1956-2009
two games until Genie politely
asked me to stop. She bowled
great, 206-246-212 for 664, but
it could have been much more,
and I was no help.
I followed Genie’s instructions and started playing the
lanes much straighter, and got
out to a 234-260 start before
finding three splits the last
game and a 182 game. That
really was the story of my
trip…open frames. I had seven
in Team, eight (all splits) in
Doubles and three in Singles.
18 opens in nine games is a
ridiculous amount. Strikes
weren’t that tough to find,
but makeable leaves certainly
were.
Lisa was our best bowler
for the weekend; she only had
eight opens for the nine games,
and had 1786 for all-events.
Year 17 is in the books and
it’s on to Reno again, my favorite USBC Open destination.
I did a quick records lookup
just to see how I have fared
over the years. My first year
was 24 years ago; 1991, in
Toledo. I took off several times
over the years for various
reasons, but have now bowled
11 straight years. My best year
was in Albuquerque in 2000,
where I shot 2,136 and finished
10th in All-events. My worst
year was in 2009 in Las Vegas
with 1,673. My tournament
average for the 144 games is
210. That was a little higher
than I was thinking it would
be, but a welcome surprise.
As always, it was a fun trip,
Tori got to visit “The Wild West
West” as I called it, and she
enjoyed that.
Tony with a Navy F4U Corsair
The best part was visiting
the War Eagles Air Museum.
I have always loved WWII era
airplanes and was completely
engulfed in it when I was
younger. This particular museum, about 20 minutes outside
of El Paso, displayed WWII and
Korean War era planes. They
had everything I have always
wanted to see up close and
personal.
My favorite plane has
always been the Navy F4U
Corsair. It had a very distinctive “bent-wing” design and
was a game-changer in the
Pacific theater during the end
of WWII. Getting to see it in
person and stand next to it
was a real thrill for me. I could
have stayed there all day, but
we had to go bowl…stupid
bowling.
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Finally this week a piece
of interesting research done
by long-time DFW bowler CR
Hunter. CR lives in Mansfield,
and has a deep desire to see
a family-friendly, smoke-free
bowling center built within
the city limits. In order to
hopefully expedite this desire,
he has done some extensive
market research in the hopes of
providing investors, or business-persons the background
and data needed to start-up a
venture like this.
Mansfield has been one of
the fastest growing cities in the
area over the last 15 years, and
that trend is not expected to
stop anytime soon.
CR has extensively researched the area between FM
157 and Highway 360 along
the Highway 287 corridor for
potential sites, population,
household income and other
economic market factors.
If you have any interest in
finding out more about the research, please email CR Hunter
at crhunter2@hotmail.com.
LEAGUE NIGHT
Continued from Page 1
game isn’t a regional, but for
a beginner bowler winning
that trophy, it sure feels like an
accomplishment.
This is their second year of
sponsoring and we have a great
time throughout the season
and the banquet and awards
night is a great time for all.
Some even get up and do a
little karaoke.
I’m sending you this email,
first to mention to you there
are opportunities out there for
businesses to get involved with
bowling leagues and maybe get
as much out of their league as
we do.
This is a heads up that even
though bowling centers and
leagues have taken a hit these
last few years, there are some
leagues out there still making
it fun to bowl. Thanks for your
time.
Thomas Mendonca
I really want to thank
Thomas for sending this in,
and also thanks to the Alsabrook family for giving back to
bowling in a way very few do
these days.
To all of the readers, think
about this, and see if you can
find a way to make your league
this much fun.
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Belmonte, Bohn, Fagan
Nominated for ESPY,
Voting Now Open
Men
Scott Crawford, Plano Super Bowl ................................. 879
Johnathon Hooks, Brunswick Zone Watauga ................ 856
Scott Teel, Cowtown Bowling Palace .............................. 833
Doug Patton, Mel’s Lone Star Lanes .............................. 814
Wayne Waters, Forum Bowl............................................. 804
Bo Bolon, Tenpins & More ............................................... 788
Rene Benavides, AMF Garland Lanes ............................ 780
Steve Friar, AMF Euless Lanes ...................................... 768
Billy Hargett, Killeen Bowlerama .................................... 766
Kevin Westdyk, AMF Lewisville Lanes .......................... 761
John Ciesiolka, Hallmark Lanes ..................................... 757
Zachary Shaver, Hallmark Lanes..................................... 757
Jay Witt, Terrell Bowl ...................................................... 750
Clifford Conaster, Heritage Lanes................................... 736
Alan Bueche, Fiesta Lanes .............................................. 730
Kevin Hammer, Strikz ....................................................... 726
Willie Jackson, Brunswick Westcreek Lanes ................. 725
Bradley Robinson, Red Bird Lanes................................. 715
Clyde Webber, AMF Spare Time Lanes .......................... 712
Mike Graves, Rowlett Bowl-A-Rama ............................... 707
Pete Evans, Ennis All Star Bowl...................................... 637
Tim Robinson, Ennis All Star Bowl ................................. 637
Loston Yarbrough, AMF DeSoto Lanes .......................... 606
Women
Dakota Stutz, Hallmark Lanes ......................................... 793
Dana Miller-Mackie, Tenpins & More .............................. 788
Carolyn Dorin-Ballard, Brunswick Zone Watauga.......... 778
Cathy Sposito, Plano Super Bowl ................................... 726
Jean Maxson, Killeen Bowlerama ................................... 719
Bertha Sanchez, AMF Garland Lanes ............................. 685
Michelle Montgomery, Heritage Lanes ........................... 681
Pam Lawrence, Mel’s Lone Star Lanes........................... 662
Sylvia Stewart, Forum Bowl............................................. 661
Tara Light, Fiesta Lanes ................................................... 655
Mindy Wynn, AMF Euless Lanes ..................................... 654
Alma Rodriguez, Cowtown Bowling Palace ................... 640
Patty Ellington, Terrell Bowl ............................................ 630
Kelly Cozza, AMF Lewisville Lanes................................. 615
Christy Antle, Ennis All Star Bowl................................... 607
Nell Ray, Brunswick Westcreek Lanes ........................... 596
Mae Boose, AMF DeSoto Lanes ..................................... 596
Lauren Cathey, Red Bird Lanes ...................................... 572
Kathleen Brown, Rowlett Bowl-A-Rama.......................... 553
Debbie Colby, Strikz ........................................................ 545
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At Cowtown Bowling Palace
Teel hammers 833,
Rodriguez nails 640
Bell 300
Scott Teel heated up the lanes
at Cowtown Bowling Palace with
a power-packed 289-289-255 =
833 Monday Mixers production.
Alma Rodriguez, Teel’s league
mate, held the hot hand for the
ladies with a sizzling 244-177-199
= 640 session.
Myke Bell’s award-winning
12-bagger captured high-game
honors.
HONOR ROLL
David Poe 280, Stella Evans 193,
Ronnie Sloan 268, Jim Sapey 269, L
A Aragon 268, Sandy Soule 266-756,
Big Red Herman 215-564, Jennifer
Bilyew 155, Blane Adkins 287-678, Pam
Candler 243-583.
Ryan Burns 268, Alma Rodriguez
203, Greg Gonzalez 248, Dorina Hart
200, Kelly Ray 276, Amy Langham
244-628, Xeno Garcia 268, Kathleen
LeCroy 212, Vernon Smith 268.
Kevin Roberts 257-717, Myke Bell
775, Katie Tallant 203-537, Duane
Skinner 277, Andrew Tesar 258, Bryce
Johnson 259, Vella Edwards 201-582,
Sean Johnson 256-635, Roy Clendening
243.
SENIORS
Bobby Stone 234, Larrie Boyett
212, Larry Stevenson 225-643, Joann
Lindquist 199, Larry Thun 225, Cheryl
Berube 191-508, Johnny Zaskoda 260694, Jewel Elliott 198, Jimmy Davis 231.
Karen Holder 192-535, Jim Riley
226.
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Two-time
defending PBA Player of the
Year Jason Belmonte, PBA Hall
of Famer Parker Bohn III and
five-time Tour winner Mike
Fagan have been selected as
Best Bowler nominees for the
2015 ESPY Best Bowler Award.
Fans can vote for their
selections by clicking
on http://espn.go.com/
espys/2015/?voting=bestbowler
Awards will be announced
July 15 during ceremonies at
TACKETT
in the fifth frame, finishing
with seven consecutive strikes
– including a cross-over strike
on his first shot in the 10th
frame – to eliminate defending Lubbock Southwest Open
champion Mitch Beasley of
Nashville, Tenn.
The Xtra Frame Lubbock
Southwest Open, presented
by Storm, was the fourth PBA
Tour event covered exclusively
live on by PBA’s exclusive
online video-streaming service.
Earlier in the year, Chris
Barnes of Double Oak,
Texas, won the DHC PBA Japan
Invitational in Tokyo – the
first international event ever
streamed live on Xtra Frame;
Josh Blanchard of Phoenix,
Ariz., won the PBA Xtra Frame
Maine Shootout at Bayside
Bowl in Portland, Maine, and
Colombia’s Andres Gomez won
the PBA Xtra Frame Pensacola
South Open last Sunday at New
Liberty Lanes in Pensacola,
Fla.
Among the 59 players who
qualified for the cashers’ round
was former Major League AllStar John Burkett of Southlake,
Texas. Burkett, a 50-year-old
first-year competitor on the
PBA50 Tour, bowled Saturday’s
early nine-game qualifying
squad. With half of the field yet
to bowl, Burkett was certain he
had missed the cut to Sunday’s
cashers’ round, so he headed
back to Southlake – roughly
320 miles away.
At the end of the five-hour
trip, he learned he had, in fact,
qualified in 58th place, so he
turned around and drove back
to Lubbock.
Bowling the cashers’ round
on three hours’ sleep, Burkett
moved up to 34th place after
two games before fatigue set in
and he fell to 51st.
Upcoming exclusive live
coverage events on Xtra Frame
will be the Teen Masters
National Championship, June
30-July 3, and the Teen Masters
Collegiate Masters, July 4-5, at
South Point Bowling Plaza in
Las Vegas; the MOTIV Revolution Tournament at ThunderContinued on Page 13
the Microsoft Theater in Los
Angeles Wednesday, July 15 at
8 p.m. ET on ABC.
In 2015, Belmonte won the
United States Bowling Congress
Masters for an unprecedented
third consecutive year and successfully defended his Barbasol
PBA Tournament of Champions
title to boost his career win
total to 13. He has five other
top-five finishes including runnerup finishes in the Oklahoma
Open and Maine Xtra Frame
Shootout.
Bohn won the PBA Players
Championship for his 34th career PBA Tour title. He had two
other top-10 finishes including
eighth in the Barbasol Tournament of Champions and 10th in
the Mark Roth/Marshall Hol-
man Doubles Championship.
Fagan won the 2014 PBA
World Championship for his
fifth career title and second
major. He also had three
other top 10 finishes including second in the DHC Japan
Invitational and sixth in the
Bahrain International and
Badger Opens.
HISTORY OF ESPY BEST
BOWLER AWARD WINNERS
2014 - Pete Weber
2013 – Pete Weber
2012 – Sean Rash
2011 – Jason Belmonte
2010 – Walter Ray Williams
2009 – Norm Duke
2008 – Norm Duke
2007 – Norm Duke
2004 – Pete Weber
2002 – Pete Weber
2000 – Parker Bohn III
1997 – Bob Learn Jr.
1996 – Mike Aulby
1995 – Norm Duke
At Strikz
Hammer compiles 726
FRISCO – Kevin Hammer
was definitely on target last
week at Strikz as he dominated
scoring with a superb 234-278214 = 726 Lousy Bowlerz league
performance.
Debbie Colby and Genie
Franklin, also from the Lousy
Bowlerz group, shared the
lead for the ladies with highly
commendable 196/545 numbers.
HONOR ROLL
Bruce Southerland 245-679, Patricia
Graham 182-508, Billie Bennett 246661, Debbie Colby 200-543, Cornelius
Cavitt 238-705, Steve Southerland
246-714, Richard Ferguson 233-628.
Tony Franklin 245-656, Cathy
Eberly 193-536, Doug Rice 268-671,
Jeanie Martilla 233-514, Don Levy
207-607, Mark Timm 233-645, Ron
Shive 246-654, Scott Orofino 246-619.
PBA Unveils Schedule, Prize Fund for
GEICO World Series of Bowling VII
Focus on live ESPN PBA World Championship, new host Reno National
Bowling Stadium highlight changes
RENO, Nev. (June 18,
2015) – This December, Reno’s
National Bowling Stadium will
be the center of the bowling
universe as ESPN, Xtra Frame
and the best players in the
world will converge for a series
of the most unique and lucrative events in the sport at the
GEICO Professional Bowlers
Association World Series of
Bowling VII presented by Silver
Legacy.
WSOB VII will again give
players from around the world
five fresh opportunities for PBA
titles across five diverse PBA
lane oil patterns, highlighted
by the main event, the PBA
World Championship.
The World Series will feature an enhanced prize fund,
adjusted tournament formats,
live TV and the potential for
the largest field in WSOB
history. Celebrating its 20th an-
niversary, the National Bowling
Stadium’s 78 lanes means a full
field of 312 and a prize fund
that will exceed $760,000.
The focal point will be the
PBA World Championship, the
season’s final major championship and its ultimate test of
versatility and endurance. The
five players who qualify for the
live stepladder finals on ESPN
on Thursday, Dec. 17, will
survive 66 games of qualifying
and round-robin match play
on five different lane condition
challenges.
For the first time, bettors
will be able to wager on PBA
World Championship results at
the host hotel Silver Legacy’s
MGM Mirage Satellite Race and
Sports Book. The finals will
be the PBA’s first time in live
prime time TV since 2001.
“Thursday night, December
17, will be one of the greatest
spectacles in the history of
the game,” PBA Tour CEO and
Commissioner Tom Clark said
of the 2015 PBA World Championship finals.
The qualifying stages of
the PBA World Championship
involve nine games each on
the PBA’s Cheetah, Viper,
Chameleon and Scorpion lane
conditions. Those stages will
again also serve as separate
opportunities for players to
win PBA Tour titles and prize
money. After the nine-game
qualifying rounds in the
Cheetah, Viper, Chameleon and
Scorpion Championships, the
top 24 from each pattern will
advance to best-of-five-game
single-elimination match play
rounds (the top eight qualifiers
will receive a bye to automatically advance to the second
match play round). Match play
will reduce the field in each
event to four semifinalists. The
four ESPN-televised animal
pattern finals will include two
one-game semifinal matches
with the two winners bowling
for titles.
Entries open on July 8. The
past two World Series have
included sold-out fields, each
with representatives from 21
countries.
Subscriptions to Xtra
Frame, PBA’s exclusive online
video-streaming service, have
reached their all-time highs at
each of the past four WSOBs,
and the 2014 WSOB’s ESPN
viewership ratings were up 14
percent cumulatively for the
seven shows produced over
the previous year. Fans from
around the world also have
scheduled trips around the
WSOB.
In addition to the main
schedule, several ancillary
events and TV shows will take
place at WSOB VII. Here’s a
look at PBA World Series of
Bowling VII:
To enter the tournament:
Entries will open on a
first-come basis on July 8 by
contacting PBA Membership
Services Manager Mary von
Krueger (email: maryvk@
pba.com; cell: 206-332-9688).
PBA members will have first
priority.
The entry fee for WSOB VII
will be $1,000 for PBA members ($1,200 for non-members),
including all four animal
pattern championships and the
PBA World Championship.
All World Series players are
required to stay at the Silver
Legacy. A Silver Legacy reservation confirmation number
will be required at the time of
entry. See details below.
In 2014, 93 of the sold-out
field of 240 players cashed in
at least one of the five PBA
Tour-title events.
First prize in the PBA
World Championship will be
$60,000; first prize in the
Scorpion Championships will
be $20,000.
Based upon a full field of
312 entries, WSOB VII will
pay out more than $760,000
in prize money to 246 cashing
positions.
Entrants not advancing
to match play or any cashers
round will have a tournament
stay of Dec. 7-11, with an
option of staying Dec. 12-13 to
participate in the Tri-Regional
Open.
To attend as a fan:
For fans attending WSOB
VII, see the complete competition and ESPN television
schedule below for dates and
times. Qualifying rounds will
be held between Dec. 8-16.
ESPN finals will be conducted
Dec. 17-19.
To watch on Xtra Frame:
All preliminary qualifying
and match play rounds of
WSOB VII, including the PBA
Challenge match play events,
will be covered live by PBA’s
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239-239-237 = 715 Sunday Night
Mixed series headed the honor
roll for the week at Red Bird
Lanes.
Lauren Cathey, also from
the Sunday Night Mixed group,
posted a fine 181-201-190 = 572
set to lead the lady bowlers.
HONOR ROLL
Rita Becker (9 pin, no tap) 216-756,
Lauren Cathey (9 pin, no tap) 300-807,
Billy Cathey 247-691, Roland Bernal
243-691, Robert Willis, Jr. (9 pin, no
tap, 4 games) 280-1018.
Lauren Cathey (9 pin, no tap, 4
games) 300-970, Equale Lacey 222-610,
Jennifer Cantral 192-492, Shannon
Monk 233-637, Fred Downey 221-590,
Shannon Vogel 235-666, Denise
Chambon 192-514.
David England 232-635, Jessica
Zientek 159-413, James Bridges 221607, Lois Gibson 176-496, Lee Jones
205-563, Van Russell 159-453, Chance
Cathey 235-597, Leslie Zinn 151-426.
At Ennis All Star Bowl
Evans and Robinson
tie with 637,
Antle cards 607
Pete Evans and Tim Robinson
tied for the top spot on the honor
roll last week at Ennis All Star
Bowl with hard-hitting 637
series. Evans, from the Pairs
& Spares group, downed lines
of 245-181-211 while Robinson
rolled games of 193-201-243 in
Ennis Mixed Classic action.
Christy Antle, Evans’ league
mate, paced the gals with a solid
216-195-196 = 607 set.
HONOR ROLL
Brian Butler (9 pin, no tap) 2771034, Tiffany Flores (9 pin, no tap)
194-644, Randy Childress (9 pin, no
tap) 254-943, April Hopkins (9 pin,
no tap) 208-641, Tice Hopkins (9 pin,
no tap) 253-883.
Kati Holloway (9 pin, no tap) 169555, Kayla Lawrence 209-580, Tracy
Holloway 246-625, Lauren Cathey
226-570, Billy Cathey 219-618, Sandra
Bishop 195-558, Darren Antle 227-565.
Mary Sikes 173-460, Robert Sessom
190-500.
2015 Women’s Championships
Concludes in Reno
RENO, Nev. - The 96th
Women’s Championships
concluded Tuesday as the final
shots of the 2015 event made
their way down the lanes at the
National Bowling Stadium.
The 82-day tournament
kicked off April 10 and welcomed nearly 16,000 bowlers
for the event’s record 10th trip
to Reno and seventh visit to the
“Taj Mahal of Tenpins.”
The 2015 USBC Women’s
Championships featured plenty
of highlights on the lanes,
including a late rush at the top
of the leaderboard in many
categories. All standings are
unofficial and pending final
verification.
Among the new leaders
during the final days were
Brooke Bower of Camp Hill,
Pennsylvania, in Diamond
Singles and Jennifer Asplin of
Oakley, California, in Diamond
All-Events.
Bower, a former Kutztown
University standout, fired a
781 series June 25 to cruise
into the top singles spot.
The 22-year-old right-hander
finished her second Women’s
Championships appearance
with games of 257, 257 and 267.
The following day, Asplin
made her own run at the
singles lead before settling
into second place with a 751
performance, but her overall
effort left her at the top of the
standings in Diamond AllEvents with 2,182.
added 736 in team and 695 in
doubles in her return to the
NBS, where she rolled a 299
game and finished seventh in
Scratch All-Events in 2012.
At Plano Super Bowl
Crawford smashes
300/300/879,
Sposito flips a 726
Funderburk 300
Scott Crawford topped the
charts last week at Plano Super
Bowl with high-powered, dual
award-winning 300-279-300 =
879 numbers in Pepsi Classic
league action.
Cathy Sposito headed the
ladies leader board with a robust
180-279-267 = 726 Thursday
Classic Trio league showing.
Glenn Funderburk shared
high-game honors with Crawford
w it h a n awa rd-w i n n i n g
12-bagger.
HONOR ROLL
Troy Berneburg 253-649, Dawn
Klapper 211-576, Dewayne Whiteaker
240-709, Pamela Dickerson 192-470,
Justin Pittsinger (4 games) 229-846,
Brenda Blair (4 games) 130-449, Gary
Peterson 223-632.
Shirley Patterson 200-486, Dave
Cook 256-717, Akeshia King 211-593,
Doug Brown 257-728, Heather Hudson
245-680, Jacob Finlinson 264-722,
Sarah Crystal 201-485, Delynda
Lanzillio 232-613.
Barb Wygren 208-550, Ronnie
Rhodes 237-622, Dottie Culpon 210590, Henry King 277-751, Liz Everett
203-580, Devin Johnson 242-645, Nisha
Wilcox 198-552, Dottie Culpon 247-609.
Delinda Lanzillio 213-585, Mike
Mayer 255-700, Sterling Deaton 247682, Mike Coles 287-754, Whitney
Williams 256-649, Glenn Funderburk
759, Christy Woods 236-587, Gary
Peterson 244-662.
Dottie Culpon 188-524, Wayne
Walker 225-593, Mary Littlejohn
180-507, Jim Stephens 277-736, Scott
Crawford (4 games) 1092, Sandi Joseph
(4 games) 234-911, Craig Boyle 262-729.
Janie Garcia 245-650, Terry
Maynard 258-708, Linda Foster 208554, Marcus Patterson 279-758, Cindy
Mann 231-661, Mike Norris 227-660,
Amy Morrison 187-532.
At AMF Euless Lanes
Friar turns in 768,
Wynn peppers 654
Steve Friar claimed highseries honors for the week at
AMF Euless Lanes with a highpowered 278-223-267 = 768 Full
House outing.
Mindy Wynn fronted fem
scoring with a sizeable 203-218233 = 654 Two Mixed Up session.
HONOR ROLL
Jason Hamm 278-758, John Eft
258-722, Doug Northup 277-701, Tyler
Florentino 227-674, Danny Lawing
246-656, Verne Otto 220-608, Steven
Monroe 213-563, Stephanie Harp
279-638.
Wendy Streater 238-616, Claudia
Blake 222-600, Deidra Juetten 268-580,
Nathena Locke 200-567, Shannon
Bartley 201-543, Denise Wheeler 205493, Crystal Goodwin 95-240.
In team competition,
Team USA member Shannon
Pluhowsky rolled a 706 series
June 19 to help AZ Gals of
Peoria, Arizona, into the lead
in Diamond Team with a 2,717
total.
The team rolled games
of 915, 960 and 842, and
Pluhowsky was joined by
Megan Withey (682), Megan
Kelly (668) and Brenda Burns
(661).
USBC Hall of Famer
Lynda Barnes of Double Oak,
Texas, and 2005 USBC Queens
champion Tennelle Milligan
of Arlington, Texas, posted
the only 1,400 in doubles at
the 2015 event, 1,404, on their
way into the lead in Diamond
Doubles on May 8.
Milligan led the way with
games of 266, 217 and 277 for a
760 series, while Barnes added
194, 234 and 216 for a 644 set.
LaDeena Gray of Eureka,
California, was the only bowler
to hold onto the lead in multiple events this year.
had a 554 set to help Eureka’s
Harbor Ladies into the Sapphire
Team lead with a 1,942 series,
and she continued strong the
following day with 479 in
singles and 441 in doubles for
a 1,474 all-events total, which
landed her at the top of the
Topaz All-Events standings.
Along with high scores, participation also was celebrated
at the NBS this year as seven
bowlers joined the 50-Year Club
at the 2015 Women’s Championships, including USBC Hall
of Famers Betty Barnes of Reno
and Sylvia Broyles of Spring
Branch, Texas.
Joining Barnes and Broyles
in reaching milestones this
year were Yvonne Carrel of
Buena Park, California; Vivian
Harasim of Portage, Michigan;
Frances Plaia of Mandeville,
Louisiana; Lucille Strauss
of Richmond, Virginia; and
Shirley Williams of Corona,
New York.
The 2016 Women’s Championships will head to Las Vegas
and be held at the new South
Point Bowling Plaza, which is
part of the South Point Hotel
and Casino. The 2016 event
will run from April 9-July 10
(last team date), marking the
tournament’s third visit to Las
Vegas, and first trip since 1983.
For more information on the
Women’s Championships, visit
BOWL.com/WomensChamp.
Visit us on Facebook at the
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Congress serves as the national
governing body of bowling as
recognized by the United States
Olympic Committee (USOC).
USBC conducts championship
events nationwide including the largest participation
sporting events in the world
- the USBC Open and Women’s
Championships - and profes-
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Masters and USBC Queens.
Founded in 1895, today
USBC and its 2,500 state and
local associations proudly serve
more than a million members.
USBC is headquartered in
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The online home for USBC is
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2015 USBC WOMEN’S
CHAMPIONSHIPS
At National Bowling Stadium, Reno, Nev.
(Top 5 division leaders with
hometown and pinfall)
*NOTE: All standings are
unofficial and pending final
verification.
TEAM
Diamond
(For bowlers with combined
averages of 725 and above)
1, AZ Gals (Brenda Burns,
Megan Withey, Megan Kelly,
Shannon Pluhowsky), Peoria,
Ariz., 2,717. 2, Bowlieve In A
Cure, Arlington, Texas, 2,634.
3, East Coast, Palm Harbor,
Fla., 2,588. 4, Storm Nation,
Brigham City, Utah, 2,555. 5,
Time of Our Life, Randolph,
N.J., 2,513.
Ruby
averages of 650-724)
1, Fox Bowl Ladies (Anne
Hjelmberg, Stefanie Quayle,
Tracy Wrase, Katrina Raysby),
Naperville, Ill., 2,230. 2(tie),
Altitude With Attitude, Buena
Vista, Colo., and Loralee’s Ladies, Pinole, Calif., 2,176. 4, CT
Divas, Waterbury, Conn., 2,173.
5, Alaska Belles II, Anchorage,
Alaska, 2,163.
Emerald
1, Herbalife (Michelle
Schwarz, Tonya Sayer, Jodi
Myers, Glenda Beenblossom),
Cozad, Neb., 2,080. 2, Goofy’s
Gang, Hemet, Calif., 2,049. 3,
Maine Fish Market 2, Hampden, Mass., 2,037. 4(tie), Sunny
Meadows, Kearney, Neb., and
DMJ Shuttles 2, Grants Pass,
Ore., 2,017.
Sapphire
averages of 574 and below)
1, Harbor Ladies (Deborah
Smith, Stacy Rafferty, Carrie
Hagedorn, LaDeena Gray), Eureka, Calif., 1,942. 2, Awesome
Four, Houston, 1,876. 3, Prairie
Pals I, Bennett, Colo., 1,844. 4,
HJB Party Jumpers, Bastrop,
La., 1,837. 5, Not To Worry, Las
Cruces, N.M., 1,834.
DOUBLES
Diamond
averages of 380 and above)
1, Tennelle Milligan,
Arlington, Texas/Lynda Barnes,
Double Oak, Texas, 1,404. 2,
Erin McCarthy/Jamie Martin,
Omaha, Neb., 1,398. 3, Brandy
Sanderson, Bossier City, La./
Kristin Warzinski, Lincoln,
Calif., 1,392. 4, Caryn Evitts,
Waukegan, Ill./Liz Johnson,
Cheektowaga, N.Y., 1,377. 5,
Kaidee Sutphin, Mount Dora,
Fla./Jennifer Asplin, Oakley,
Calif., 1,376.
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WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP
Ruby
1, Gayle Cruickshank, Wellington, Colo./Corina Grasso,
Fort Collins, Colo., 1,228. 2,
Senli Chu, San Francisco/
Michele McLaughlin, Redwood
City, Calif., 1,191. 3, Anne
Hjelmberg, Naperville, Ill./
Katrina Raysby, Lombard, Ill.,
1,172. 4, Sissy Christy/Debbie
Strong, Oklahoma City, 1,170.
5, Tonya Carroll/Elaine Urruchurtu, Las Vegas, 1,163.
Emerald
1, Michele Jansen, Oakdale, Minn./Lee Jorgensen,
Woodbury, Minn., 1,180. 2,
Shawn Kirk, Timnath, Colo./
Nancy Headrick, Fort Collins,
Colo., 1,171. 3, Emily Corsaw,
Pleasant Prairie, Wis./Wanda
Graham, North Chicago, Ill.,
1,143. 4, Tricia Green, Luckey,
Ohio/Heidi Haney, Bowling
Green, Ohio, 1,134. 5, Liz
Merritt, Big Piney, Wyo./Jerene
Smith, Houston, 1,131.
Sapphire
1, Terri Terry/Robin Cnossen, Ponca City, Okla., 1,088.
2, RosaMae Anderson, Lacey,
Wash./Carolyn Smart, Olympia, Wash., 1,076. 3, Connie
Dew/Toni Jamieson, Crossville,
Tenn., 1,064. 4(tie), Janet
Sward/Arianne Sward, Grasston, Minn., and Falena Cotton,
Rockford, Ill./Shaleah Woods,
Los Angeles, 1,063.
Amethyst
1, Debbie Sapp, Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Betty Williams,
Pembroke Pines, Fla., 992.
2(tie), Tanya Henrie/Cindy
Ramirez, Helper, Utah, and
Betty Wasko/Brea Bozarth,
Ness City, Kan., 977. 4,
Paula Howell/Julie Juvan, Fort
Collins, Colo., 976. 5, Ellena
Dominguez, Las Vegas/Marlyn
Bisnar, Henderson, Nev., 970.
Topaz
averages of 259 and below)
1, Kaye Poulson, Redlands,
Calif./Susan Russell, Baytown,
Texas, 970. 2, Kristin Caldwell,
Mount Vernon, Wash./Kara
Bonnema, Anacortes, Wash.,
930. 3, Heather Hartman, Fort
Benton, Mont./Janet Jewell,
Carter, Mont., 919. 4, Trenisa
Jackson, Waukegan, Ill./
Kimberly Corsaw, Racine, Wis.,
901. 5, Lucretia Stewart, Grand
Ledge, Mich./Sandra Whitehead, Lansing, Mich., 899.
SINGLES
Diamond
(For bowlers with averages
of 190 and above)
1, Brooke Bower, Camp Hill,
Pa., 781. 2, Jennifer Asplin,
Oakley, Calif., 751. 3(tie), Darris Ruffner, Exeter, Calif., and
Rochelle Roventini, Franklin,
Wis., 742. 5, Lisa Friscioni,
Randolph, N.J., 740.
Ruby
from 175-189)
1, Nicole Ryan, Johnson
City, N.Y., 654. 2, Jazzmine
Miller, Payette, Idaho, 642. 3,
Rochelle Blasche, Washington,
639. 4, Brittany Wilson, Chicago, 638. 5, Norma Gaddison,
San Dimas, Calif., 628.
Emerald
from 160-174)
1, Marva Cobb, Inglewood,
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Battle Ground, Wash., 610.
3(tie), Kimberly Dauer, Mankato, Minn., Heather Zacharis,
Mundelein, Ill., and Vivian
Geary, Orlando, Fla., 602.
Sapphire
from 145-159)
1, Michelle Brownell,
Spearfish, S.D., 622. 2, Denise
Bowerman, Browns Mills, N.J.,
588. 3, Antoinette Atcitty, Porterville, Calif., 578. 4, Clarita
Laje, Milpitas, Calif., 573.
5(tie), Susan Hedges, Waterloo,
Neb., and Gilda Franklin, Los
Angeles, 568.
Amethyst
from 130-144)
1, Alice Javey-Linton, Manchaca, Texas, 564. 2, LaTasha
Wada, Arlington, Texas, 563.
3, Carrie Hagedorn, Eureka,
Calif., 546. 4, Rosan Hallstrom,
Tillamook, Ore., 544. 5(tie),
Julie Harter, Lakeland, Fla.,
and Randi Prater, Blanchard,
Okla., 541.
Topaz
of 129 and below)
1, Jerry Corbett, Mineral Wells, Texas, 547. 2, Shila
Longcor, Illinois City, Ill., 513.
3, Andrea Hartman, Mechanicsburg, Pa., 511. 4, Michelle
Jensen, Estherville, Iowa, 487.
5, Donna Bong, Brodhead,
Wis., 486.
ALL-EVENTS
Diamond
of 190 and above)
1, Jennifer Asplin, Oakley,
Calif., 2,182. 2, Tennelle Milligan, Arlington, Texas, 2,169.
3, Liz Johnson, Cheektowaga,
N.Y., 2,112. 4, Diana Zavjalova,
Beavercreek, Ohio, 2,102. 5,
Kim Kearney, Grand Prairie,
Texas, 2,096.
Ruby
from 175-189)
1, Ashley Bonebright,
Lincoln, Neb., 1,836. 2, Patti
Pope, Valparaiso, Ind., 1,778.
3, Jessica Roberts, Portland,
Ore., 1,771. 4(tie), Terry Lena,
Mahopac, N.Y., and Mary
Lindegaard, Oroville, Calif.,
1,755.
Emerald
from 160-174)
1, Tamara Smith, Poncha
Springs, Colo., 1,699. 2, Debra
Haskell, Berney, Calif., 1,693. 3,
Heather Zacharis, Mundelein,
Ill., 1,687. 4, Jodi Myers, Cozad,
Neb., 1,677. 5, Vivian Geary,
Orlando, Fla., 1,675.
Sapphire
from 145-159)
1, Lori Tapparo, Strasburg,
Colo., 1,631. 2, Roxanna Palm,
Tenino, Wash., 1,610. 3, Sherry
Jantzi, Fairmont, Neb., 1,606. 4,
Kim Stromain, Baytown, Texas,
1,601. 5, Barbara Burgess, Los
Alamitos, Calif., 1,598.
Amethyst
from 130-144)
1, Julie Harter, Lakeland,
Fla., 1,524. 2, Carrie Hagedorn,
Eureka, Calif., 1,515. 3, Ellena
Dominguez, Las Vegas, 1,503.
4, Rosan Hallstrom, Tillamook,
Ore., 1,493. 5, Linda Johnson,
Blaine, Minn., 1,486.
Topaz
of 129 and below)
1, LaDeena Gray, Eureka,
Calif., 1,474. 2, Jerry Corbett,
Mineral Wells, Texas, 1,454.
3, Robyn Pagel, Strasburg,
Colo., 1,409. 4, Michelle Jensen,
Estherville, Iowa, 1,370. 5,
Shila Longcor, Illinois City, Ill.,
1,351.
At Rowlett Bowl-A-Rama
Graves notches 707
Mike Graves won the high-set
contest last week at Rowlett BowlA-Rama as he tossed top-notch
257-224-226 = 707 numbers in
Wednesday Mixers league play.
Kathleen Brown’s powerladen 170-184-199 = 553 Sunday
Mixers session topped the ladies
scoring race.
HONOR ROLL
Mitchell Whitehead 266-668,
Tom Bartholomew 216-574, Eleanor
Williamson 171-442, Bob Groves
230-647, Melinda Close 160-467, Lee
Ann Haynes 203-543, Freddie Werrien
233-663, Suzy Marquez 192-510.
SENIORS
James Boshart (2 games) 173-320,
Lynn Schick (2 games) 152-271,
Tommy Miller 278-698, Michaela Davis
185-476, John Mitchell (9 pin, no tap)
253-675, Joyce McMillan (9 pin, no
tap) 216-600.
Jim Boshart (no tap) 241-624,
Phyllis Pringle (no tap) 204-570,
Billie Stevens 204-577, Laura Peterson
191-506.
At AMF Spare Time Lanes
Webber tosses 712
Clyde Webber, from the
Sundowner’s league, took top
honors on the honor roll last
week at AMF Spare Time Lanes
with a sizzling 246-236-230 =
712 series.
HONOR
Ken Martin 266-637, James Brown
(2 games) 280-506, Ariel Berry (2
games) 231-458, Charles Wanat 246653, Tai Phan 170-416, Chloe Ortega
123-312, Zach Hericks 159-316, Shea
Malcheski 165-316.
Ray Sheridan 244-586, Jim Graham
233-570, Bert McDowell 206-546, KR
Martin 216-536, Bert McDowell 208535, Mike Young (2 games) 243-486,
Pamela Grays (2 games) 187-370.
Jeff “Batman” Robinson (2 games)
244-482, Kim Dixon (2 games) 197-355,
Mike Workman (2 games) 247-480,
Rynthia Rogers (2 games) 190-354,
Reno Romo (2 games) 246-478.
Shannon Patterson (2 games) 187353, Marvin Davis (2 games) 256-471,
Debbie Laster (2 games) 205-347,
Billy Grays (2 games) 235-466, Tricia
Hudson (2 games) 198-345, Randy
White (2 games) 246-463.
Becky Hall (2 games) 178-341,
Robert Upshaw (2 games) 232-462,
Ronny Landrith (2 games) 247-461, JT
Evans (2 games) 255-460, Barry Brice
(2 games) 247-451, Tommy Coates (2
games) 255-446.
Rick Giefer (2 games) 249-441,
David Jakstas II (2 games) 233-440,
Conner Duncan 233-644, Brad Euckert
213-617, Korey Euckert 212-613, Lee
Harville 246-606, James Hall 234-596.
Randy Sessions 243-594, Christopher
Russell 232-572, Mike Young 226-586,
Courtney Ortega 163-464, Chris Ortega
161-446.
At Brunswick Zone Watauga
Hooks crushes 856,
Dorin-Ballard snags 778
Lott 300/826, Murrell, Ostermann 300’s
Johnathon Hooks racked up
a rollicking 856 series in High
Points league action to end at the
top of the honor roll for the week
at Brunswick Zone Watauga.
Derrick Lott finished close
behind Hooks with a dual awardwinning 300/826 Ballard’s vs. Big
“C” session.
C a r oly n D or i n - B a l l a r d
registered a sizzling 279/778
Ballard’s vs. Big “C” set to lead
the ladies leader board.
Chad Murrell and Mike
Ostermann shared high-game
accolades with Lott as each
r e c o r d e d awa r d -w i n n i n g
12-baggers.
HONOR ROLL
John Morris 748, Wendy Vannoy
556, Charlie Bean 756, Miki Jo Parish
607, Ross DiCapo 789, Kathleen LeCroy
657, Charlie Bean 667, Judy Leuty 511,
Bill Bellman 511, Rita Contreras 211.
Dustin Belew 654, Debbie Belew
494, Justin Blackshear 750, Nicole
Cavitt 565, Kevin Larue 738, Rey
Schueler 531, Rose Jacobson 588, Lisa
Head 530, Mike Ostermann 778, Kerry
Rusk 571.
Shelley Fugit t 615, Debbie
Ensminger 279-663, Rick Mock 667,
Georgia Gillis 455.
SENIORS
James LeCroy 696, Linda Petty 571,
Joe Laehr 733, Lucky Hansen 564, Fred
Walters 722, Johnnie Taylor 490.
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Sundays beginning on Dec. 20
at 1 p.m. ET (noon CT, 10 a.m.
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Following the animal
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with the PBA Challenge Finals
and an event to be announced.
Other ancillary WSOB
events:
WSOB VII will conclude
At Forum Bowl
Waters posts 804,
Stewart spins 661
Dunn 299
Wayne Waters captured the
top spot on the honor roll last
week at Forum bowl with hardhitting 258-249-297 = 804 Fast
Lane Trio series.
Sylvia Stewart led the ladies
scoring race with a rollicking 237213-211 = 661 Friday Doubles
set.
Jeremy Dunn, Youth Bowler,
earned high-game honors with a
near-perfect 299 solo.
HONOR ROLL
Dean Braudrick (9 pin) 300-842,
Syida Johnson (9 pin) 243-667, Sean
Garrett 270-715, Kara Congi 214-591,
Robert Grigsby 289-699, Diane Hasty
204-605, Watus Hardaway 265-671.
Sandi Kessler 172-480, Wayne
Waters (4 games) 1063, Jennifer
Hanson (4 games) 221-830, Homer
Dudley (9 pin) 290-787, Mary Edgett
(9 pin) 286-675, Stacy Harden 234-663,
Judith Guillory 248-610.
Taylor Ridgeway 264-696, Emily
Montgomery 233-646, Jimmie Smith
257-739, Chris Osornio 279-772, Kim
Jackson 183-484, Al Rush 232-579,
Vici Matt 143-356, Paul Bush 264-690,
Jennifer Korn 258-643.
SENIORS
Robert Grigsby (9 pin) 278-822, Pam
Stewart (9 pin) 229-661.
At AMF Lewisville
Westdyk lights up 761,
Cozza plasters 615
Kevin Westdyk crafted a
power-laden 279-224-258 = 761
Rising Stars series to head the
honor roll last week at AMF
Lewisville Lanes.
Kelly Cozza led the ladies
with a chart-topping 203-182-230
= 615 J B Trio set.
HONOR ROLL
Daniel Cruz 267-742, David McCown
183-543, Mariah Miller 152-410, Dennis
Stroup 248-655, Sabina DeBord 204-
595, Frank Ingoglia 246-657, JoAnn
Garcia 196-496, Ryan Curtis 247-724.
Frederick Hubbard 225-580,
Shannon Strickland 212-556, Scott
Stofko 245-683, Sherri Strongren 208599, Trace Cooper 250-544, Barbara
McKeown 206-498, Renee Westdyk
212-539.
Ron Reynolds 264-724, Brittany
Brown 184-521, Jim Beech 244-635, Sue
Romo 163-423, Shade Moran 232-642,
April Sorensen 188-514.
At Brunswick Westcreek
Jackson wraps up 725
Willie Jackson headed the
leader boards last week at
Brunswick Westcreek Lanes by
logging laudable 254-235-236 =
725 numbers in Happy Rollers
action.
Nell Ray rolled a lofty 218-211167 = 596 High Pot with a Twist
set to lead the ladies honor roll.
HONOR ROLL
James Franklin 237-663, Nikki
Davis 182-450, Jane Roten (no tap)
240-637, Denise Brassart (no tap)
199-585, Nate Griffin 214-610, Alecia
Bristow 172-488, Carl Jordan 221-609,
Nell Ray 185-541.
Chance Moore 255-608, Sonja
Nichols 200-503, Matthew Eggert
(no tap) 212-604, Heather Elliott (no
tap) 206-589, Willie Jackson 254-725,
Dolores Howard 193-510, Marshall
McNeese 213-601.
Teresa Tibbs 212-518, Mark Petty
157-422, Trish Moulder 186-500, James
Franklin 257-663, Nikki Davis 182-450,
Nate Griffin 238-670, Dolores Howard
198-526, Ron Turner 235-648.
with the PBA Challenge Finals
on Saturday, Dec. 19, for
delayed telecast on ESPN. The
PBA Challenge Finals will feature the PBA50, PBA Regional,
PWBA-PBA Women’s Regional Challenge and the Teen
Masters Grand Championship
match. PBA50 and PBA Regional finalists will be decided in
eight-game round robin match
play qualifying events held on
Monday, Dec. 7, to kick off the
World Series. The PWBA-PBA
Women’s Regional qualifying
event will be held on Friday,
Dec. 18. PBA50, PBA Regional
and PWBA-PBA Women’s
Regional qualifiers – all of
whom also earn paid entries
into the World Series – will be
determined based on seasonlong points competitions.
The World Series also will
include an optional PBA TriRegional Open, hosted by the
PBA West Region over the Dec.
12-13 weekend.
Additional activities associated with the World Series will
be announced soon.
2015 GEICO PBA WORLD
SERIES OF BOWLING VII
SCHEDULE
Presented by Silver Legacy
National Bowling Stadium,
Reno, Nev., Dec. 7-19 (all times
are Pacific Time)
MONDAY, DEC. 7
9 a.m. – Official practice
session, A Squad (Cheetah,
Viper, Chameleon, Scorpion,
World Championship patterns)
1:30 p.m. – Official practice
session, B Squad (Cheetah,
Viper, Chameleon, Scorpion,
World Championship patterns)
5 p.m. – PBA50 and PBA
Regional Challenge match play
qualifying events (8 games
head-to-head match play; top
two in each event advance to
PBA Challenge Finals on ESPN)
TUESDAY, DEC. 8
8:30 a.m. – Cheetah Championship, 9 qualifying games
(A Squad)
4 p.m. – Cheetah Championship, 9 qualifying games (B
squad)
Top 24 advance to best-offive-game single elimination
match play on Monday, Dec. 14
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 9
8:30 a.m. – Viper Championship, 9 qualifying games (B
Squad)
4 p.m. – Viper Championship, 9 qualifying games (A
squad)
match play on Monday, Dec. 14
THURSDAY, DEC. 10
8:30 a.m. – Chameleon
Championship, 9 qualifying
games (A Squad)
4 p.m. – Chameleon Championship, 9 qualifying games
(B squad)
match play on Tuesday, Dec. 15
FRIDAY, DEC. 11
8:30 a.m. – Scorpion Championship, 9 qualifying games
(B Squad)
4 p.m. – Scorpion Championship, 9 qualifying games (A
squad)
Top 24 advance to best-ofContinued on Page 8
10 YEARS AGO
Patrick Allen named PBA Player of the Year…Eugene Rivers wins first SASBA title in Shreveport…Trea Ward and Jim
Ensminger move into 2nd place of Regular Doubles with 1411
at USBC Championships in Baton Rouge, LA…Bob Billman
led the honor roll with 778 at Red Bird…David James shot
771 at Plano…John Heiliger with 763 at DC Cityview…Catie
Boroff led the ladies with 720 at DC Cityview…Donna Dull
had 680 at BRC Westcreek…Karen Hoyle shot 679 at Forum…
Tim Moss a 300 game at DC West…Jamal Hamam a 300 at
AMF Showplace-Euless...X&O Garcia was pefect, for one game
at least at DC Cityview.
20 YEARS AGO
Joe Firpo defeated Bill Oakes 246-217 to win $50,000 and
the US National Scratch tournament in San Antonio…Beth
Owen leads the Classic division of the WIBC tournament with
749 in Singles…Dana Miller-Mackie wins 15th LPBT Regional
event…Scott Craddock led the honor roll with 299/791 at PSB…
Bobby Smith shot 773 at DC SW…Billy Yinger with 298/760 at
Forum…Joyce Wuisinger led the ladies with 750 at DC SW…
Catherine Beaty shot 669 at Showplace-Garland…Janie Sanders
with 299/668 at Forum…YABA bowler Scott Dull shot 715 at
DC SW…Glenn Green wins SASBA in Baytown.
30 YEARS AGO
Mike Aulby defeats Mark Baker 210-159 to win the Denver
PBA Open…Dale Bowles shot 817 at All Star West…Patty
Costello wins Rockford LPBT tournament…Scotty Scott wins
Bowl Dallas NTTB…Jan Guthrie led the ladies with 639 at
Bronco…Dellie Polk shot 634 at DC FW…Larry Hicks shot 672
at Alpine…David Hickman with 730 at Blazer…Doug Schwab
wins All Star East MBT…Mary Wilbanks takes the ACBA at
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USBC Named National Council
of Youth Sports Organization
of the Year
Youth Honor Roll
Boys
James Schirripa, Hallmark Lanes ......................... 718
Carson Opela, Tenpins & More ............................ 708
Jeremy Dunn, Forum Bowl .................................... 705
Jake Norrie, Mel’s Lone Star Lanes ...................... 697
Stephen Lassig, Fiesta Lanes ............................... 689
Jared Nichols, Brunswick Westcreek Lanes ........ 681
Adam Beasley, Cowtown Bowling Palace ............ 674
Remington Smith, Killeen Bowlerama .................. 648
Tyler Shipley, AMF Garland Lanes ........................ 634
Hunter Kiefert, Plano Super Bowl ......................... 609
Mark Kramer, Strikz................................................ 594
Vincent Pontecorvo, AMF Euless Lanes ............... 560
Hayden Norman, Brunswick Zone Watauga ......... 551
Benni Ulibarri, Red Bird Lanes.............................. 484
Girls
Dakota Stutz, Hallmark Lanes ............................... 793
Asia Wren, Mel’s Lone Star Lanes ........................ 711
Molly Maxson, Killeen Bowlerama ........................ 694
Katelynn Correll, Forum Bowl ............................... 660
Kallista Fritts, Tenpins & More .............................. 646
Christie Draper, Plano Super Bowl ....................... 610
Nadia Stone, Cowtown Bowling Palace................ 586
Jaden Takayesu, AMF Euless Lanes..................... 575
Rosie Baxley, Brunswick Zone Watauga .............. 566
Tara Meche, Strikz .................................................. 556
Rachel Garber, Brunswick Westcreek Lanes ....... 551
Mikayla Rodriguez, AMF Garland Lanes .............. 526
Sasha Gomez, Fiesta Lanes .................................. 512
Bailey Speaks, Red Bird Lanes ............................. 440
Fort Worth USBC Youth Results
Jeremy Dunn’s 299/705 Family Circus series at Forum Bowl
headed the Fort Worth-area USBC
youth bowling last week.
Katelynn Correll, Dunn’s
league mate, paced the girls with
an impressive 233/660 set.
At AMF Euless Lanes – Vincent
Pontecorvo 213-560, Larry Holland
189-467, Camdyn Burns 73-124, Jaden
Takayesu 209-575, Kyleigh Howard
165-428, Brianne Lloyd 74-137.
At AMF Spare Time Lanes – Kevin
Young 92-254, Bethani Jackson 65-149,
Jacob Powell (2 games) 146-271, Kari
Bentley (2 games) 138-266, Garrett
Flores (2 games) 146-261, Chris Curtis
(2 games) 138-255, Wes Ater (2 games)
128-238.
At Brunswick Westcreek Lanes –
Jared Nichols 255-681, Katie Hamlin
144-379, Rachel Garber 242-551,
Daphine Vasquez 116-323, Dylan Morris 166-491, Karlie Matthews 106-264,
Brendan Gentry 123-350, Katie Hamlin
148-375, Dylan Morris 231-553, Daphine
Vasquez 105-304, Jared Nichols 180473, Karlie Matthews 94-255, Kevin
Williams 157-439.
At Brunswick Zone Watauga
– Hayden Norman 235-551, Rosie
Baxley 566, Katharina Mente 220,
William Jewell 416, Isabella Colbert
361, Morgan Davis 472, Reed Ashley
474, Marshall Fischer 312, Reynalda
Contreras 428.
At Cowtown Bowling Palace –
Adam Beasley 258-674, Nadia Stone
213-586, James Hix 245, Randy Cross
232.
ARLINGTON, Texas – The
has been selected to receive
the National Council of Youth
Sports S.T.R.I.V.E. Organization
of the Year Award presented by
AIG.
The S.T.R.I.V.E (Sports Teach
Respect, Initiative, Values and
Excellence!) Award recognizes
organizations that embrace a
“kids’ first’ approach based on
implementation of recognized
best practices and policies that
protect children by promoting
responsible health, wellness
and safety within their organization while showcasing
the positive benefits of youth
sports.
“Along with the Bowling
Proprietors’ Association of
America, our partners in youth
bowling, we are honored to
receive this award that recognizes the outstanding work
of youth volunteers across the
country and the efforts of the
International Bowling Campus
Youth Development team,”
USBC Executive Director Chad
Murphy said. “Programs such
Southwest-Area
USBC Youth Scores
Dakota Stutz led the Southwest-area USBC youth bowling
last month with a booming 278257-258 = 793 Stars of Tomorrow
series at Hallmark Lanes.
James Schirripa, Stutz’ league
mate, led the guys with a solid
718 set.
At Fiesta Lanes, New Braunfels – A
J Sherinian 232-548, Phil Williams
224-621, Seth Miller 258-657, Stephen
Lassig 235-689, J C Rodriguez 248636, D J Cooper 226-642, Aiydan
Hughes219-527, Adam Dobbs 85-148,
Adam Dobbs 79-157, Milo Matocha
186-481, Banner Bradshaw 183-456,
Abby Salazar 200-473, Jessie Thoma
178-506, Abby Salazar 202-511, Abby
Salazar 198-480, Sasha Gomez 182-512,
Lilly Pesato 146-408, Lorelye Pesato 93155, Maggie Thoma 151-384, Cheyanne
Griffin 156-389, Cassie DeLaFuente
135-391.
At Hallmark Lanes, Killeen – Michael Dixon-Dates 254, Eva Avans 209,
Sierra Ciesiolka 588, D J Shea 82-146,
Saniya Gaskins 50-91, Heath Fletcher
279-666, Dakota Stutz 225, Michael
Williams 210, Jordan Garza 534,
Dakota Stutz 187-505, James Norris
215-598, Sierra Ciesiolka 191-514, DJ
Shea 74-135, Saniya Gaskins 85-163,
Jordna Cina 238-637, Dakota Stutz
253-677, James Norris 216-568, Dakota
Stutz 222, Eva Avans 538, Danielle Shea
200-560, Sierra Ciesiolka 196-492, D J
Shea 73-141, Saniya Gaskins 79-142,
Hunter Wood 214, Gavin Stutz 571,
Jordan Garza 206, James Norris 554,
Eva Avans 177, Dakota Stutz 507.
At Heritage Lanes, Oklahoma City,
OK – Brice Lowder 205-547, Maelynn
Smith 189-458.
At Killeen Bowlerama, Killeen
– Remington Smith 225-648, Molly
Maxson 241-694.
At Mel’s Lone Star Lanes, Georgetown – Antonio Cerda 147-433, Jordan
Drouillard 179-482, Christian Vejil
200-562, Amaya Hill 141-370, Lochlaen
Neurohr 246-634, Amber Whitcomb
219-589, Jake Norrie 257-697, Asia
Wren 279-711, Bobby Smith 190-507,
Annie Leihardt 185-507, Chris Ledesma
108-199, Autumn Madalinski 69-122.
At Tenpins & More, Rio Rancho,
NM – Nathan Nguyen 166-481, Alexa
Rivera 117-278, Cristobal Ortega 200570, Carson Opela 267-708, Kallista
Fritts 235-646, Jordan Vaughan 164450, Rhiannon May 160-425.
Dallas USBC Youth Scores
Tyler Shipley headed the Dallas-area USBC youth bowling last
week with a powerful 224/634
Tuesday Youth/Adult series at
AMF Garland Lanes.
Christie Draper paced the girls
with a super strong 224-202-184
= 610 Saturday Gold set at Plano
Super Bowl.
At AMF Garland Lanes – Mikayla
Rodriguez 192-526, Mariah Miller
(2 games) 120-217, Johnnie Arriago
210-555, Moriah Ross 173-471.
At Ennis All-Star Bowl – T J Rudd
(9 pin, no tap) 300-1007, Mason Phillips
(9 pin, no tap) 230-814, Austin Bounds
(9 pin, no tap) 257-701.
At Plano Super Bowl – Trevor
Woodward-Hall 132-340, Bella Hudson
90-247, Jake Snively 129-354, Emily
Snively 74-178, Noah Cooper 233-526,
Kyla Simons 147-401, Hunter Kiefert
240-609, Daimone Lewis 218-578,
Trevor Woodward-Hall 137-346, Zach
Howarth 180-496, Madison Murphy
156-437, Reece Klapper 206-567, Skylar
Maldonado 213-538, Cameron Wing
171-487, Trey Bevels 172-487, Grace
Blair 177-426, John Adams 202-573,
Cameron Wing 184-509, Kaitlyn Kern
160-412, Tyson Gray 263-556, Hailey
Keister 186-463, Clay Adams 245,
Taryn Gray 222-602, Joshua Richardson
(2 games) 80-155, Emma Harvey (2
games) 95-170.
At Red Bird Lanes – Benni Ulibarri
189-484, Bailey Speaks 181-440, Lily
Zakuthey 74-145, Ryan Leonard
179-447.
At Strikz – Nathan Gumpert
185-535, AshLynn Starrey 193-521,
Jonathan Luongo 190-514, Tara Meche
207-556, Steve Link 215-563, Johna
Graham 203-529, Jordan Pacheco 212528, Julien Ellis 215-545, Mark Kramer
225-594.
as Junior Gold, USA Bowling
and Bowler’s Ed represent
the values of the STRIVE
Award and we are thrilled
to be selected from a group
of such outstanding youth
organizations.”
USBC was among five
finalists for the award. Other
finalists were the Great Lakes
Adaptive Sports Association
of Lake Forest, Illinois, the
Greater Lafayette (Indiana)
Regional Soccer Alliance,
Pop Warner Little Scholars of
Langhorne, Pennsylvania, and
the York (Pennsylvania) Jewish
Community Center.
Online voting results
combined with judges’ scores
determined the award winner. The STRIVE Award for
Organization of the Year will
be presented on NCYS Youth
Sports Day on Tuesday, July 14,
on Capitol Hill in Washington,
D.C., during National Youth
Sports Week.
Along with the award,
USBC will receive a $5,000
donation that will go the Youth
Education Services (YES)
Fund, which has provided such
programs as the High School
Grant Assistance Program and
USA Bowling.
Go to BOWL.com/Youth
to learn more about youth
bowling programs and go to
NCYS.org to learn more about
the National Council of Youth
Sports.
PBA WORLD SERIES
five-game single elimination
match play on Tuesday, Dec. 15
SATURDAY, DEC. 12
10 a.m. – PBA World
Championship cashers’ round,
6 games (top 25 percent of
the field based on combined
36-game pinfall totals after
Scorpion qualifying rounds)
Top 24 after 42 games
advance to round robin match
play
2:30 p.m. – PBA Tri-Regional Open, 8 qualifying games,
all players
5 p.m. – PBA World Championship match play round one
(8 games)
SUNDAY, DEC. 13
9 a.m. – PBA Tri-Regional
Open match play and finals
10 a.m. – PBA World Championship match play round two
(8 games)
5 p.m. – PBA World Championship match play round three
(8 games)
Top five after 66 games
advance to live ESPN finals
MONDAY, DEC. 14
10 a.m. – Cheetah Championship best-of-five-game single
Continued on Page 9
50th Terrell Invitational Final Results
The Terrell Invitational
wrapped up its 50th year on
May 17th.
This year’s event hosted 61
teams, 124 doubles, and 246
singles participants.
A total payout in prize fund
of over $13,000 was distributed
to our bowlers, as well as,
handicap champions receiving
a custom embroidered RotoGrip
Jacket.
We would like to thank
RotoGrip for their continued
support and providing Hyper
Cell Skid balls for our prize
fund raffles.
Winners of the balls this
year were Steve Swain, Brenda
Bailey and Jeremy Prunty.
Bowlers from Texas and
Oklahoma made their way to
Terrell to take their shot at the
prize fund, bracket action and
enjoy the hospitality of our
local community.
This year’s handicap Team
champion is “Texas Twisted”
from Forney with a score of
2661. The team members
were Ginger Kesterson, Bret
Webster, Janet Newkirk and
Jeff Newkirk.
Scratch Team Champions
were “Global Spheres #7” with
a 2646, team members are
Brian Lohse, Geoffrey Young,
Billy Franklin and Scot Nack.
Our handicap and scratch
doubles champions are Alan
Chetister and Xeno Garcia with
a nice 1494 series.
FINAL STANDINGS
1
2
3
Handicap Team
Texas Twisted / Forney
Global Spheres 7 / Corinth
Stinky Linky Gang / Wills Point
2661
2646
2634
$1250 plus jackets
$600
$430
1
2
3
Handicap Doubles
Alan Chetister / Xeno Garcia
Mike Donahue / Clint Johnson
Jason Bumgarner / Walt Ramsey
1494
1476
1461
$700 plus jackets
$350
$300
754
749
736
$500 plus jacket
$200
$175
1
2
3
Handicap Singles
Ken Garber
Mike Donahue
Don Leach
Handicap All Events
Xeno Garcia
Tennelle Milligan
Todd Koehler
2207
2117
2105
1
2
Scratch Team
Global Spheres 7 / Corinth
Wilson's Performance Pro Shop / Caddo Mills
$300 plus jacket
$135
$110
$
2646
2615
$500
$300
1
2
3
Scratch Doubles
Alan Chetister / Xeno Garcia
Mike Donahue / Clint Johnson
Jason Bumgarner / Walt Ramsey
1494
1476
1461
$400
$150
$95
1
2
3
Scratch Singles
Mike Donahue
David Prange
Xeno Garcia
749
725
716
$300
$140
$110
1
2
Scratch All Events
Xeno Garcia
Tennelle Milligan
2207
2117
$300
$130
1
2
3
STRIKES FOR STRAYS
proper surgeries to those in
need.
This is a team event and
you can have up to 4, 5, or 6
people on a team.
The admission costs only
$20 per person and covers two
hours of fun bowling with
free deserts, goodie bags and
a chance at some great door
prizes along with a HUGE
PBA WORLD SERIES
elimination match play (qualifiers 9-24)
1 p.m. - Cheetah Championship best-of-five-game
single elimination match play
(winners of 9-24 matches vs.
silent auction.
Last year there was over
$10,000 in auction items
donated!
The goal for this year is to
raise more than last year to
help animals in need!
The event will be held on
August 2nd from 12:30-4pm.
There will also be prizes
awarded to the highest team
and the lowest team!
If you’re looking to help out
a great cause, come join J’Anna
Mann, a board member from
the League Animal Protectors,
along with other representatives to raise money for
animals that don’t have a home
and give them the proper care
and love they need!
You can register early at
www.laprescue.org. If there
are any further questions
you can also contact the
events department at laprescueevents@gmail.com or call
972-835-6006.
See their ad on Page 10 for
more details.
qualifiers 1-8; eight winners
advance to Round of 8 on
Wednesday, Dec. 16)
4:30 p.m. – Viper Championship best-of-five-game single
elimination match play (qualifiers 9-24)
7:30 p.m. - Viper Championship best-of-five-game
Wednesday, Dec. 16)
TUESDAY, DEC. 15
10 a.m. – Chameleon
Championship best-of-fivegame single elimination match
play (qualifiers 9-24)
Continued on Page 10
The handicap singles event
this year goes to Ken Garber
with a 754.
While scratch singles was
taken by Mike Donahue with
a 749.
The Handicap and Scratch
All-Events were won by Xeno
Garcia with a stellar 2207 total.
Phil and Susie Clark of
Clark’s Promotions, and Josh
Orr and Bill Russell of Terrell
Bowling Center would like to
thank all of this year’s bowlers
for their participation.
Mark your calendars’ for
next year’s Terrell Invitational
which will be held on April
23-24, April 30, May 1, & May
14-16, 2016.
You can find additional
tournament information and
full final standings at our
website www.clarkspromo.com
under the Terrell Invitational.
At AMF DeSoto
Yarbrough pockets 606
Loston Yarbrough turned in
the top score of the week at AMF
DeSoto Lanes with high-flying
192-201-213 = 606 numbers in
Sunday Funnies league outing.
Mae Boose rolled a stately 215192-189 = 596 Merchants set to
lead the ladies.
HONOR ROLL
Donald Chambers, Jr. 216-598,
Brenda Walker 202-502, Ron Hampton
203-567, Jeanne Ham 188-484, Tron
Burks 203-594, Jarod Turknett 190-485,
Willie Pearse 194-538, Jeanne Ham
162-431.
Willie Fleming 195-530, Marge
Balasa 148-377, Bobby Doss 212-583,
Penny Jurecko 232-563, Bill Gast
213-538, Lori Knox 175-493, Joe Jones
204-572, Katherine Sunday 189-483.
Willie Pearse 197-553, Lucy Chism
191-475.
At AMF Garland
Benavides drills 298/780,
Sanchez belts 685
Rene Benavides pocketed
prime 235-247-298 = 780 marks
in NASCAR league play to finish
as the top bowler of the week at
AMF Garland Lanes.
Bertha Sanchez led the ladies
with a top-notch 256-223-206 =
685 T.G.I.F. outing.
HONOR ROLL
William Hernandez 229-564, Libby
Ellington 203-550, Brack Morelock
245-671, Bertha Sanchez 235-639, Allen
Steele 226-606, Kathy Hoppins 213-572,
Charles Kelly 233-639, Kathleen Wright
178-485.
Drake Butler 229-633, Richard
Elliott 256-725, Bertha Sanchez
235-613, Tonjah Castro 229-613, Bob
Petersen 230-649, Mark Smith 276-749,
Yolanda Gray 211-562, Rudy Obregon
III 266-720.
Ashley Jones 228-545, Rodney
Hall 256-669, Wendy Kent 242-622,
Donald Jackson 253-685, Tonjah Castro
225-591.
Lane Laughter
McCracken and
Gramly Win
TBC Titles
Micah McCracken won his
4th overall and 2nd TBC title
of the year, and Hope Gramly
won for the 5th time as she
collected her 3rd TBC title of
the year at Red Bird Lanes,
June 7, 2015
The pattern was on the PBA
Shark (44’).
The TBC format is two 4
game qualifying squads and
then 6 games of match play
and top 4 boys & girls stair
step finals.
Leading after the 4-game
qualifying for the boys was
Cameron Royes of Mansfield,
TX with +61.
For the girls, the leader was
Taryn Gray of Greenville, TX
with -49.
High game of the tournament was Micah McCracken of
Keller, TX with a 288.
Bowlers bowled 4 games to
qualify and the cut for the boys
was -154 and all girls made the
stair step due to a low turnout
of girls.
The boys making the cut to
the top 6 then bowled 6 games
of head-to-head match play; the
girls went straight to the top 3
stair step for the finals.
In the championship match
McCracken defeated Austin
Ellis of Arlington 221-165.
In the opening match, Ellis
defeated D’Ontae Rhone of
Dallas 206-148. In the semifinal match Ellis defeated Royes
221-171.
Match play results,
1. Micah McCracken, Keller,
TX 5-1 ($55 SMART scholarship and TBC Champion Nike
Bowling shirt)
2. Austin Ellis, Arlington
5-2 ($42 SMART scholarship)
3. Cameron Royes,
Mansfield 3-3 ($35 SMART
scholarship)
4. D’Ontae Rhone, Dallas 3-3
($30 SMART scholarship)
5. J. Gramly, Prosper, TX 2-4
5. Alexander Kypher, Irving
0-6
Micah McCracken has
a commanding lead in the
Bowler of the Year race which
ends in December.
In the championship match
for the girls, Gramly defeated
tournament leader Taryn Gray
of Greenville 200-177.
In the semifinal match
Gramly defeated first time
TBC bowler Bailey Speaks of
Lancaster 181-145.
Hope took home $30 in
SMART along with a new TBC
Champion Nike Bowling shirt.
Taryn won $20 in SMART
and Bailey won $14 SMART.
Hope has a 250+ point lead
over Taryn Gray for Bowler of
the Year.
TBC JUNIOR
The TBC JUNIOR is a
scratch tournament for bowlers
14 & under with boys and girls
divisions. I decided to run
both TBC and TBC JUNIOR
simultaneously for siblings and
younger bowling friends to
bowl one of the events.
Two 4 game qualifying
squads then a 6 person single
game elimination bracket based
on 2 game total pins.
In this bracket, the top 2
seeded bowlers for boys and
girls receive a first round bye
to the second round. The championship match is determined
by 3 game total pins. This
tournament was also on the
PBA Shark pattern (44’).
There were 11 entries for the
TBC JUNIOR at Red Bird 8 boys
and 3 girl entries.
After qualifying, the leader
for the boys was RJ Grantham
of Celeste, TX with -28 and
for the girls Katarina Korn of
Arlington with -205.
The top 6 cut for the boys
was -260 and all girls made the
cut to the stair step finals.
The overall champion for
the boys was Sam Butler of
Texarkana. He defeated first
time TBC Jr bowler Jake Swift
of Fort Worth 390-271 and RJ
Grantham for the title 555-484.
1. Sam Butler, Texarkana
($40 SMART scholarship and
TBC Champion Nike Bowling
shirt)
2. RJ Grantham, Celeste, TX
($25 SMART)
3. Jake Swift, Ft Worth
($12.50 SMART
4. Tyson Gray, Greenville
($12.50 SMART)
The overall champion for
the girls was first time TBC Jr
Champion Katarina Korn of
Arlington, TX.
She defeated Sara Taylor of
Maybank, TX in the Championship match 162-111.
In the semifinal match Sara
Taylor defeater her sister Katie
Taylor 147-127.
Katarina won $20 SMART
and a TBC Champion Nike
Bowling shirt.
Sara placed for $15 SMART
and Katie placed for $10
SMART.
Thank you to the staff at
Red Bird Lanes, especially
Billy, Jeff and Lois Cathy.
July dates are tentative
for the Teen Bowlers Circuit
events.
On August 15 & 16 the 1st
annual Youth Scratch Doubles
Eliminator at AMF Spare Time
Lanes. Still taking entries for
the event; over $3,000 SMART
to giveaway.
Be sure to follow Teen
Bowlers Circuit of Facebook or
at www.teenbowlerscircuit.net
for upcoming tournament info.
Email any questions or if your
PBA WORLD SERIES
1 p.m. – Chameleon Championship best-of-five-game
Wednesday, Dec. 16)
4:30 p.m. – Scorpion Championship best-of-five-game
7:30 p.m. – Scorpion
Championship best-of-fivegame single elimination match
play (eight winners advance
to Round of 8 on Wednesday,
Dec. 16)
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 16
10 a.m. – Cheetah Championship Round of 8 (best-of fivegame single elimination match
play; four winners advance to
TBC Champions: Hope Gramly and Micah McCracken
TBC Junior Boys: RJ Grantham and Sam Butler
TBC Junior Girl: Katarina Korn
center wishes to host a TBC,
TBC JUNIOR or SUPER 7 event
to Brad Ellis at bradellis8101@
gmail.com.
Another special announcement, is the Teen Bowlers Cir-
cuit and STORM Bowling are
beginning a new partnership
with ball and shirt giveaways.
This all begins at the August
15th & 16th tournament.
ESPN finals on Friday, Dec. 18)
1 p.m. – Viper Championship Round of 8 (best-of fivegame single elimination match
play; four winners advance to
ESPN finals on Friday, Dec. 18)
4:30 p.m. – Chameleon
Championship Round of 8
(best-of five-game single
elimination match play; four
winners advance to ESPN finals
on Friday, Dec. 18)
7:30 p.m. – Scorpion Championship Round of 8 (best-of
five-game single elimination
match play; four winners
advance to ESPN finals on
Friday, Dec. 18)
FRIDAY, DEC. 18
9 a.m. – PWBA-PBA Women’s Regional Challenge match
play qualifying event (8 games
head-to-head match play; top
two in each event advance to
PBA Challenge Finals on ESPN)
ESPN TELEVISION FINALS
SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, DEC. 17
4 p.m. (7 p.m. ET) – PBA
World Championship, fiveplayer stepladder finals (live on
ESPN)
FRIDAY, DEC. 18
TBA – Cheetah Championship ESPN finals
TBA – Viper Championship
ESPN finals
TBA – Chameleon Championship ESPN finals
TBA – Scorpion Championship ESPN finals
SATURDAY, DEC. 19
TBA – PBA Challenge Series
Finals (PBA50 Challenge,
PBA Regional Challenge,
PWBA-PBA Women’s Regional
Challenge, Teen Masters Grand
Championship)
First PWBA Stop Sells
Out; Field Expanded
to Satisfy Demand
ARLINGTON, Texas – The
Professional Women’s Bowling
Association Storm Sacramento
Open quickly filled its 64-player field, so the tournament will
open 16 additional spots that
will be available on a firstcome, first-served basis.
The PWBA Storm Sacramento Open will take place July
9-11 at Steve Cook’s Fireside
Lanes in Citrus Heights, California, and is the first standard
event of the 2015 PWBA Tour
season. Each standard tour
stop has a set field limit, but
Fireside Lanes and the PWBA
Tour were able to accommodate
additional spots because of the
heavy demand.
“It’s pretty awesome to
see so many women eager to
participate in the PWBA Tour
right from the start,” PWBA
spokesperson Kelly Kulick said.
“It will be a great way to kick
off what should be an exciting
two and a half months.”
The three-day PWBA Storm
Sacramento Open will start
with a practice session and
reception on Thursday, July
9, followed by a six-game
sweeper event offering a top
prize of $2,000. On Friday, July
10, the tournament will start
with two rounds of qualifying
(six games each round) after
which the field will be cut to
the top 16. There also will be a
pro-am event after qualifying
concludes.
The top 16 bowlers will
compete in round-robin match
play on Saturday, July 11,
with the top four advancing
to the stepladder finals. The
winner of the event will earn
$12,000 and, provided they
are a PWBA member, a spot in
the season-ending PWBA Tour
Championship.
Live coverage of the PWBA
Storm Sacramento Open will
be available through Xtra
Frame, the Professional Bowlers Association’s online video
streaming service, at http://
www.xtraframe.tv/pba/.
Go to PWBA.com for
information about the PWBA
Storm Sacramento Open,
including registration, and all
PWBA Tour events plus player
biographies, the latest news
and more.
2014-2015 Dexter/USBC
All-American Team Named
ARLINGTON, Texas – A
two-time state title winner
is one of three high school
juniors selected to the 20142015 Dexter/United States
Bowling Congress High School
All-American Team.
The 2014-2015 team marks
the 10th year the Dexter/USBC
High School All-American
Team has been selected. This
year’s team includes Jerod
Hromek of Towanda, Kansas,
a junior who has won the
Kansas High School Activities
Individual State bowling title
the last two years.
“We’re excited once again to
recognize 10 high school bowlers who have excelled on the
lanes and in the classroom,”
Bud Clapsaddle, Vice President
of Dexter Bowling, said. “We’re
also proud to mark a decade of
the Dexter/USBC High School
All-American Team.”
Dexter and USBC annually
select five boys and five girls
from around the country to
form the Dexter/USBC High
School All-American team.
Student-athletes are nominated
by their coach or athletic director, and must have a minimum
3.0 cumulative grade-point
average.
In addition to high school
bowling accomplishments,
nominated athletes must provide a letter of recommendation
and a 500-word essay. Each
student-athlete will receive a
$1,000 scholarship and will be
recognized at this year’s Junior
Gold Championships in July.
“We appreciate Dexter Bowling’s support of high school
bowling over the last decade,”
USBC Executive Director Chad
Murphy said. “Selection to the
Dexter/USBC All-American
Team is one of the most
prestigious honors a high
school bowler can receive, and
we congratulate those selected
to this year’s team.”
The five female studentathletes named to the team:
Samantha Gainor (Chesterfield Township, Michigan)
– The junior at L’Anse Creuse
High School North earned
all-state honors and was the
top qualifier at the state singles
championship this year. A
three-time state qualifier, she
won the regional title as a
sophomore and took second in
regionals this year.
Keri Molloy (Sandusky,
Michigan) – A first-team
all-state performer the last two
years, she helped Sandusky
High School to a state title in
2012, a second-place finish
at state in 2013, and to the
regional title each of her four
years. She was the second-place
qualifier in state singles her
senior year.
Jordan Newham (Aurora,
Illinois) – She was an allconference selection each of
her four years at Metea Valley
High School. She took third
in state, and also helped her
school to its first state appearance last year, while finishing
seventh in the state as a senior.
She also earned all-conference
academic honors her junior and
senior years.
Casey Smith (Chittenango,
New York) – The Chittenango
High School senior won the
Section 3 Championships and
finished third in the New York
State Public High School Athletic Association state tournament this year. As a member of
the Section 3 All-Star team, she
won the state title in 2014 and
took third in 2015.
Amanda Wengryn (Ringoes,
New Jersey) – She has been the
captain of the South Hunterdon
Regional High School team the
last three years. She earned
second-team all-conference
honors as a sophomore and
junior. She finished third as a
junior and eighth as a senior in
the tri-county tournament.
The five male studentathletes named to the team:
Jonathan Bowman (Peru,
New York) – He was the New
York State Public High School
Athletic Association singles
champion his senior year and
led Peru Central High School
to the Section VII team title.
He was an all-section selection
each year and set conference
records for high game, series
and average.
Jerod Hromek (Towanda,
Kansas) – A junior at Circle
High School, he has won the
Kansas High School Activities
Individual State bowling title
the last two years and helped
his team to the state title in
2015. He was selected to the
1-4A all-state team the last two
years. He has a 3.64 gradepoint average and has been
selected to the honor roll the
last three years.
Joe Kleven (Eding, Minnesota) – An all-conference
performer for Benilde-St. Margaret’s School each of his four
years, he earned Minnesota
High School Bowling All-State
honors his senior year. He is a
National Honor Society member
and an Eagle Scout.
Bradley Solomon (O’Fallon,
Illinois) – The junior led
O’Fallon Township High School
to a fifth-place finish in the
state tournament in 2015 and
Mike Monticue
Steve Ray
Retired
Fort Worth, TX
Process Recovery Clerk
Plano, TX
Age 72 - Left handed
SASBA titles 1
5-300s 0-800
Age ?? - Left handed
SASBA titles 7
24-300s 7-800s
was a member of the Panthers
team that finished third in
2014. He was selected firstteam all-area and was named
to the academic all-conference
team this year.
Gregory Tack (Port Murray,
New Jersey) – The Immaculata
High School senior was selected as high school bowler of the
year by several publications.
He helped the Spartans to the
state title in 2014 and was
second in the individual state
tournament his senior year. He
plans to attend Florida State.
Go to BOWL.com/HighSchool for more information
about the Dexter/USBC High
School All-American Team,
including previous teams,
and to learn more about high
school bowling.
2014-2015 DEXTER HIGH
SCHOOL ALL-AMERICA TEAM
Boys team
Jonathan Bowman, Senior,
Peru Central High School, Peru,
New York
Jerod Hromek, Junior, Circle
High School, Towanda, Kansas
Joe Kleven, Senior, BenildeSt. Margaret’s School, Eding,
Minnesota
Bradley Solomon, Junior,
O’Fallon Township High
School, O’Fallon, Illinois
Gregory Tack, Senior,
Immaculata High School, Port
Murray, New Jersey
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Just Paying
Attention
By Mark London
Mark@TheBowlingNews.net
Just make the next cut,
Hoss, make the next cut. That
line I’ve heard several people
attribute to longtime PBA star
Patrick Allen when describing
how to stay alive in higher profile pro and megabuck tournaments. When you have to place
high enough in a group, but
not necessarily win, is what
bowling has done in the latest
step last week of qualifying to
be an official sport for the 2020
Olympic Summer Games in
Tokyo.
In the list of twenty-six
sports, eight moved on to the
last round of examination. The
eight international federations
will make final presentations
to the Tokyo 2020 Organizing
Committee on August 7-8. The
Tokyo Committee will make
its recommendations to the
International Olympic Committee and final selections will be
announced at the IOC Session
in Rio next August. There will
be one or maybe two sports
selected.
Others under consideration
are Baseball/Softball, Karate,
Roller Sports, Sport Climbing,
Squash, Surfing, and Wushu.
Part of the Tokyo Committee’s decision will be based
on how well a sport promotes
the Olympic movement and
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Two things jump out at
me right away. With a youthdriven energy flow from
all the various scholarship
tournaments, collegiate play,
and international competitions, there’s one big plus,
especially for sponsors geared
to that demographic. Plus,
Japan loves bowling and has
for years. Talk to anyone who
has been there and seen it for
themselves.
Kevin Dornberger’s hard
work for World Bowling these
numerous last few years is
THIS CLOSE to paying off.
Maybe, I’ll finally get the
chance to write on the theme,
‘Bowling is in the Olympics,
Now What?’
In a Wall Street Journal
blog, Japan Real Time, the
author is asking which sport
would readers prefer to see
in Tokyo. At press time after
67,000 votes, bowling was
leading with 37%, followed by
karate at 34% and sport climbing with 25%. And tell your
Kansas City Royals fan friends
to vote a couple of times, too.
################
One of his first statements
in our interview was this. “It
was just a unique experience.”
Yes, it is quite the understatement. But if you know the
man, it makes perfect sense.
It was supposed to happen
sooner. But when it is your
turn to get a lifetime goal, especially if you perceive it’s the
last try at your turn, the ride to
that achievement, even when
you are almost twenty years
older than the other finalists, is
that much more unique.
Twenty years ago this
month, John Handegard
became the oldest winner on
the PBA National tour at the
age of 57, establishing a mark
that stands to this day. In the
first of a two-part JPA exclusive
here in TBN, the road the
Oregon native traveled that
week was just as remarkable
as the road he took to win
fourteen PBA50 titles, becoming the second senior player
to be named to the PBA Hall
of Fame in 2009. Buzz Fazio
held the previous record of 56
years, 307 days, winning the
Northern California Open in
December 1964. Handegard
was seven weeks past his 57th
birthday.
He was in the last of his
three seasons of being PBA50
Player of the Year, but it was
the fire that got lit when he
made match play in his first
PBA Tournament twentyseven years earlier in the 1968
Seattle Open which started this
journey.
Or was it being in the
right place at the right time?
The 2010 USBC Hall of Famer
explains.
“I would bowl the national
tour if there wasn’t any senior
events happening, so I was
in the vicinity and bowled.
We just had the ABC Senior
Masters in Reno where I made
the show and lost, then went
to Twin Falls, Idaho to bowl.
We heard from Kennewick
they needed pros to bowl the
pro-am. They did a great job
and got 1,500 people to bowl,
scheduling them up to three
days ahead of the tournament.
Then I signed up to bowl the
tournament.”
Signs of a good week were
plentiful, the first was shooting
300 in the very first game of
the tournament.
“Ended up shooting 300
over in the second six-game
block. Had a pretty good look
the whole week and made
match play. Scores were pretty
high all the way through the
week,” Handegard added.
In the match before the
position round game, he threw
the last four strikes to tie and
get fifteen of the thirty bonus
pins for a match play win. In
that position round match, he
is a spare and a strike away
from the ESPN cameras. While
next to Walter Ray Williams,
Jr. and Dave Arnold, both
whom could have leapfrogged
him in the standings, he fills
the twenty pins and qualifies
fifth by a single pin. It was his
first singles show on the PBA
tour since September 1980.
However, Handegard said this
one was a little different.
“At that point, it was almost
like I had won the tournament, that’s how I felt, I was
so pumped up, I was glad the
TV show wasn’t until the next
day or I would have had a huge
letdown. When I woke up the
next morning I felt absolutely
rested and ready to go.”
Although his RV was parked
outside the center, he said waiting around for the show was a
little awkward trying to figure
out when to eat so not to run
out of energy. Once he walked
in Celebrity Bowl and started
practicing, he relaxed and it
was business as usual.
“The Ebonite rep, Brian Pursel, had the guys on the PBA
truck drill a Black Omega for
the TV show and later asked
how it was doing during the
practice before the show. I said
the ball rolled great, except
I’m not getting the 10-pin out
very easy. He said it’s pretty
shiny, just give it to me, and he
scuffed it lightly with a pad to
knock the gloss off. After that
it worked great.”
(For us curious pro shop
geeks, Pursel recently confirmed the ball’s layout, placing
the letters ‘A’ and ‘B’ up to add
length. For those who drilled
any of the Omega series, you’ll
remember the letter dial.
Thanks, Brian!)
In order, the opponents were
Mike Aulby, Norm Duke, Bryan
Goebel, and Mark Williams.
Each of the four bowlers either
had won or would win the
ToC. Even better, these five
either would be or were already
PBA Hall of Famers (Goebel
is PBA HoF eligible with 10
titles).
During the one-hour preshow practice, Handegard had
a moment of reflection.
“I thought, you know what,
this is quite a field here. The
guy who one the last two
tournaments (Aulby won the
Brunswick World Tournament
of Champions, ABC Masters,
and subsequent ‘95 PBA Player
of the Year), the runner up in
the last tournament (Williams
in the ABC Masters), the current Player of the Year (Duke),
and the runner up for Player of
the Year, (Goebel) are all here.
These guys are all really good.
My chances are really slim,
but if I could just stay close,
if I could not to be shut out,
then I’ll have a chance to do
something.”
################
In Part Two next week, the
good signs-a-plenty continue
as Handegard gives us his
thoughts on ninety minutes on
national television he won’t be
forgetting anytime soon.
TACKETT
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Final Standings: 1, EJ Tackett, Huntington, Ind., $15,000.
2, Bill O’Neill, Langhorne, Pa.,
$8,250. 3, Shawn Maldonado,
Houston, Texas, $5,000. 4,
Mitch Beasley, Clarksville,
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Stepladder Results: Match
One – Maldonado def. Beasley,
222-200. Semifinal Match
– O’Neill def. Maldonado, 267235. Championship – Tackett
def. O’Neill, 256-213.
Final Match Play Standings
(after 23 games, including
match play bonus pins):
1, Tackett, 6-2, 5,587. 2,
O’Neill, 7-1, 5,433. 3, Maldonado, 6-2, 5,413. 4, Beasley,
5-3, 5,398. 5, Wes Malott,
Pflugerville, Texas, 5-3, 5,373,
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the PWBA Wichita Open from
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DEXTER ALL-AMERICAN
Girls team
Samantha Gainor, Junior,
L’Anse Creuse High SchoolNorth, Chesterfield Township,
Michigan
Keri Molloy, Senior, Sandusky High School, Sandusky,
Michigan
Jordan Newham, Senior, Metea Valley High School, Aurora,
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One change in top
10 at 2015 USBC Open
Championships
The scores at the 2015
Open Championships have
settled a bit as the tournament
enters its final two weeks.
There was one change in the
top 10 this week, with Kevin
Walter of Fishers, Indiana, and
Nakoma Arvin of Hamilton,
Ohio, moving into 10th place in
Regular Doubles with a 1,355
total June 26.
Walter set the pace at the El
Paso Convention Center in El
Paso, Texas, with a 697 series,
while Arvin added a 658 set.
Mark Sleeper Jr. of Kaufman,
Texas, and 18-year-old twohander Anthony Simonsen of
Princeton, Texas, lead with
1,409.
2015 USBC Open Championships scheduled to end early
The final squads of the 2015
USBC Open Championships
have been consolidated, and
the last bowlers of the year will
take the lanes at the El Paso
Convention Center for doubles
and singles July 11 at 10 a.m.
Eastern.
The 2015 event kicked
off March 7, and the final
squad will mark the 127th
consecutive day of competition.
By tournament end, nearly
40,000 bowlers will have made
their way to The Sun City for
the 112th edition of the world
largest participatory sporting
event. This is the first time in
tournament history El Paso has
played host.
A look ahead
There will be one live
stream broadcast from the
lanes at the El Paso Convention
Center this week.
John Szczerbinski of
North Tonawanda, New York,
the 2013 Regular All-Events
champion, will make his return
to the championship lanes
after a one-year hiatus due to
his status on the Professional
Bowlers Association Tour.
claimed the 2013 title with a
2,228 total, which included sets
of 789 in singles, 777 in team
and 662 in doubles. He also
finished second in singles that
year at the National Bowling
Stadium in Reno, Nevada, and
helped CareerAthletes.com to a
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seventh-place effort in Regular
Team.
Szczerbinski and some
of his former Wichita State
teammates will hit the lanes at
the El Paso Convention Center
for their team event July 4 at 7
p.m. Eastern. All three games
will be shown live on BowlTV.
Several familiar names
made their way onto the
leaderboard last week at the
2015 United States Bowling
Congress Open Championships
in El Paso, Texas.
Andrew Jordan of Dublin,
Ohio, and Brandon Novak of
Chillicothe, Ohio, finished
sixth in Regular Doubles at the
2014 USBC Open Championships in Reno, Nevada, and
made a return trip to the top
10 at the latest edition of the
tournament at the El Paso
Convention Center.
Novak led this year’s effort
with games of 210, 255 and
224 for a 689 series, while
Jordan added 243, 187 and 239
for a 669 total and 1,358 final
tally June 19, which is eighth
overall. Anthony Simonsen of
Princeton, Texas, and Mark
Sleeper Jr. of Kaufman, Texas,
lead with 1,409.
On June 20, Matt Ogle of
Louisville, Kentucky, made a
run at the Regular Singles lead
before settling into a tie for
10th place with 762.
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LAS VEGAS, Nev. (June
24, 2015) – The Professional
Bowlers Association will return
to South Point Bowling Plaza
Oct. 19-26 with a new PBA
South Point Bowling Plaza Fall
Classic program, featuring an
all-new PBA Team Challenge,
qualifying and match play
rounds of the Mark Roth/
Marshall Holman PBA Doubles
Championship and a new PBA
Tour title event, the PBA Xtra
Frame South Point Las Vegas
Open.
The new competition program for South Point became
possible when the PBA moved
the GEICO PBA World Series of
Bowling VII, originally scheduled for South Point, to the
National Bowling Stadium in
Reno, Nev., to take advantage
of a unique live prime-time
ESPN telecast slot on Thursday,
Dec. 17 for the PBA World
Championship.
“The PBA is thrilled to
be able to stage this exciting
series of events in the new
South Point Bowling Plaza,”
PBA CEO and Commissioner
Tom Clark said. “South Point
has been a great partner to the
PBA and working with Director
of Bowling Operations Mike
Monyak to launch a new PBA
team event in addition to two
PBA Tour title events in the
new Plaza will be awesome for
the best bowlers in the world,
the bowling fans in Las Vegas
and a worldwide audience on
Xtra Frame.”
The Fall Classic will feature a new five-player team
competition, qualifying and
match play rounds of the Roth/
Holman Doubles Championship
and the PBA Xtra Frame South
Point Las Vegas Open, a PBA
Tour title event. All competition except for the PBA Doubles
Championship finals, which
will be added to the GEICO
WSOB VII ESPN television
lineup in Reno, will be covered
live on PBA’s Xtra Frame online
video-streaming service.
Also as part of the PBA Fall
Classic and the Xtra Frame coverage schedule, the PBA West
Region will conduct a PBA
South Point West Challenge
tournament for players who
have never won a PBA title on
Friday, Oct. 23, and a PBA50
Western Open for players 50
and older on Monday, Oct. 26.
Bowlers can enter those events
through the PBA West Region.
PBA members and nonmembers are invited to bowl
in the Fall Classic. Entry fee
and prize money, based upon
entries for each event, include
the following. Entries open
July 8:
PBA Team Challenge: $500
per member entry fee ($600
per non-member), $40,000 first
prize, $5,000 for 15th place, 1:4
cashing ratio, field limited to
60 teams.
Roth/Holman PBA Doubles
Championship: $500 per
member entry fee ($600 per
non-member), $22,000 first
prize, $2,000 for 15th place, 1:4
60 teams.
PBA Xtra Frame South Point
Las Vegas Open: $300 member
entry fee ($325 non-member),
$10,000 first prize, 1:3 cashing ratio, field limited to 120
entries.
PBA South Point West
Dublin Bowl’s Bill Cooley Receives
Jaryszak Laneman Award
LAS VEGAS – Bill Cooley,
the head mechanic and lane
maintenance supervisor at Earl
Anthony’s Dublin Bowl for the
last 35 years, was presented
the 2015 Jim Jaryszak Laneman Award at Bowl Expo on
Thursday.
Because of his extensive
knowledge of lane maintenance
and Brunswick pinsetters,
Cooley was hired by bowling
legend Earl Anthony in 1980.
The center has been the host of
numerous Professional Bowlers Association national and
regional events over the last 30
years.
“When I heard that I
won the award, it blew me
away. I am overwhelmed
and humbled,” Cooley said.
“Lanemen like working in the
background. If you’re seeing
the laneman, it is usually a bad
thing, which is why this award
and recognition is so special
for the bowling industry.
“I want to thank all the
people who won before. These
were pioneers in the industry
and their support has been un-
believable. I want to thank Jim
Jaryszak for having a vision of
how important lanemen are. If
he was here today, I know he
would be proud of what this
has become.”
Cooley worked with the PBA
lane maintenance crew led by
Len Nicholson, the first recipient of the Jim Jaryszak Laneman Award, on lane conditions
for the PBA tournaments and
TV finals at Dublin Bowl.
Cooley currently handles
lane conditions for the center’s
OPEN WEEKLY GLANCE
bar at Bowlers Journal
Championships
Todd Lathrop of Colchester,
Connecticut, and Jon Wilbur
of North Clarendon, Vermont,
made the most of a last-minute
visit to the 2015 Bowlers
Journal Championships
presented by USBC and excelled together, taking the lead
in Open Doubles with a 1,419
total June 21.
Wilbur, a 33-year-old
right-hander, led the way with
games of 227, 247 and 259 for a
733 series, and Lathrop added
a 686 set. Todd Whitesides of
Lake Wylie, South Carolina,
and Chris Arcaro of Charlotte,
North Carolina, previously held
the lead with 1,414.
The performance also
helped both bowlers into the
top 10 in their respective
singles divisions. Wilbur
landed in eighth place in Open
Singles, and by competing in
doubles and singles at the same
time, he became eligible for the
Dual Entry prize list, where
he is fifth overall. Lathrop,
a 51-year-old right-hander, is
seventh in Senior Singles.
The Bowlers Journal
Championships is in its 69th
year alongside the USBC Open
Championships, and the two
have been held under the same
roof since 2013. Both events
kicked off March 7 and will
run for 128 consecutive days,
concluding July 12.
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(12 individual games)
2 p.m. – Roth/Holman PBA
Doubles, 6 games match play
(12 individual games)
Top 5 teams after 20 doubles
games (40 individual games)
advance to ESPN stepladder
finals on Saturday, Dec. 19
at National Bowling Stadium,
Reno, Nev.
7 p.m. – PBA Xtra Frame
South Point Las Vegas Open
practice session
Wednesday, Oct. 21
9 a.m. – PBA Xtra Frame
South Point Las Vegas Open, 8
qualifying games
Top 24 advance to round
robin match play
4 p.m. - PBA Xtra Frame
games round-robin match play
Thursday, Oct. 22
8:30 a.m. - PBA Xtra Frame
1 p.m. - PBA Xtra Frame
Top 5 after 32 games
advance to stepladder finals
5:30 p.m. - PBA Xtra Frame
South Point Las Vegas Open
stepladder finals (live on Xtra
Frame)
Friday, Oct. 23
9 a.m. – PBA South Point
West Challenge qualifying
and match play (open to
non-champions)
6 p.m. – PBA Team Challenge practice session
Saturday, Oct. 24
9 a.m. – PBA Team Challenge, 6 qualifying games (30
individual games)
5 p.m. – PBA Team Challenge, 12 Baker format qualifying games
Top 8 teams after 18 combined team games advance to
round robin match play
Sunday, Oct. 25
9 a.m. – PBA Team Challenge, 8 games Baker format
Top 4 teams after 26
combined team games advance
to stepladder finals
3 p.m. – PBA Team Challenge Baker format stepladder
finals (live on Xtra Frame)
Monday, Oct. 26
9 a.m. – PBA50 Western
Open qualifying and match
play
Championships Open Singles
champion fired games of 245,
231 and 286. Ronnie Sparks
Jr. of Redford, Michigan, leads
Regular Singles this year with
793.
Throw It Pure Pro Shop of
Redding California, made its
way into ninth place in Regular
Team with games of 1,094,
973 and 1,132 for a 3,199 series
June 21.
Anthony Thompson led the
way with a 700 set and was
joined by Warren Crawford
(659), Charles Moore (628),
Jason Munkberg (624) and
Brian Tinsley (588). Team
NABR of West Henrietta, New
York, leads Regular Team with
3,368.
New Englanders raise
PBA ADDS FALL CLASSIC
Challenge : $220 member entry
fee ($285 non-member), open
to players who have not won a
PBA title, $1,500 first prize, 1:3
120 entries.
PBA50 Western Open: $220
member entry fee ($285 nonmember), open to players age
50 and older, $2,000 first prize,
1:3 cashing ratio, field limited
to 120 entries.
PBA SOUTH POINT BOWLING PLAZA FALL CLASSIC
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South Point Bowling Plaza,
Las Vegas, Oct. 19-26
Monday, Oct. 19
11 a.m. – Fall Classic
practice session
3 p.m. –Mark Roth/Marshall
Holman PBA Doubles Championship, 8 qualifying games (16
individual games)
Top 12 teams advance to
Tuesday, Oct. 20
9 a.m. – Roth/Holman PBA
Doubles, 6 games match play
TACKETT
Kisco, N.Y., 3-5, 5,293, $1,500.
8, Stuart Williams, England,
5-3, 5,288, $1,300.
9, Mike Fagan, Ft.Worth,
Texas, 4-4, 5,222, $1,200. 10,
Marshall Kent, Yakima, Wash.,
3-5, 5,196, $1,100. 11, Anthony
Lavery-Spahr, Pasadena, Texas,
3-5, 5,145, $1,000. 12, Sean
Rash, Montgomery, Ill., 3-5,
5,141, $900. 13, a-A.J. Chapman, Manchester, Iowa, 2-6,
5,099, $850. 14, D.J. Archer,
Kingwood, Texas, 3-5, 5,065,
$800. 15, Kyle Troup, Taylorsville, N.C., 2-6, 5,041, $750. 16,
Tommy Jones, Simpsonville,
S.C., 2-6, 4,968, $700.
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Masters National Championships (June 30-July 3) and the
Collegiate Masters (July 4-5)
from the South Point Bowling
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On July 8 and 9, Xtra Frame
will video-stream coverage of
the MOTIV Revolution Tournament, a non-PBA event, from
Thunderbowl Lanes in Allen
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Closing out the July schedule will be the PWBA Wichita
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BILL O’NEILL PACES OKLAHOMA’S SUMMER SWING
EARNINGS LIST
PBA’s third annual Summer
Swing, a multi-event series
patterned after PBA’s World
Series of Bowling, served
diverse purposes on behalf of
the players, PBA fans and the
bowling industry partners who
support the PBA.
During Oklahoma’s Grand
Casino Hotel & Resort PBA
Summer Swing, 48 of the
120 players entered shared
$241,000 in prize money – a
2.5:1 cashing ratio – with six
players earning in excess of
$10,000 for the week, led by
Bill O’Neill’s $36,600. Tommy
Jones was second with $24,000
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TOURNAMENT RULES
Saturday, July 18th at 1:00 PM
Sunday, July 19th at 11:00 AM
Team Fee: $275.00
Brackets: $5.00 - Side Pots: $10.00
CAP ON TEAM AVERAGE IS 1000
Tournament Director:
Joe Mata, Capital City
Bowlers
1. Tournament is a non sanctioned handicap mixed tournament. Tournament
director has the right to refuse any bowlers or entry. Tournament director
has the right to adjust any bowlers average.
2. No exempt pro bowlers will be allowed to bowl. Violation of this rule will
disqualify the individual and the team members as well. No Money will be
refunded.
3. Team maximum average is 1000. Team must consist of 3 men and 2
women, 4 men and 1 woman or vice-versa.
4. Total scratch and handicap series will determine where a team places.
5. Bowlers will use one of the following averages: Current ITA average
based on 36 games as of July 1st 2015. 72 game ITA average. Bowlers
not having an ITA average will use their highest 2013-14 USBC book
average or Current average as of May 1st, 2015 of 36 games or more.
All others will bowl scratch. (210)
6. Handicap will be 80% of 1000 team handicap.
SEE TOURNAMENT FLYER FOR COMPLETE DETAILS
in earnings followed by Ronnie
Russell’s $17,500, Jason Belmonte with $16,700, Kyle Troup
with $12,760 and Patrick Allen
with $10,600.
For PBA’s advertisers and
product registered companies,
the series of video-streamed
and CBS Sports Networktelevised events provided 10
hours of original cable network
exposure, more than 50 hours
of video-streamed coverage,
and significant additional
exposure through re-airs and
YouTube placements.
BOWLING MAKES “SHORT
LIST” AS CANDIDATE FOR
2020 TOKYO OLYMPICS
Bowling, baseball and
softball, karate, squash, roller
sports, climbing, surfing and
wushu are the eight sports
nominated for the next stage
of the application process to be
added to the Olympic program
for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games,
it was announced Monday by
Tokyo’s 2020 Additional Events
Programme Panel and confirmed by World Bowling.
The decision was made
following a meeting of the
Tokyo events panel, according
to a report by insidethegames.
biz writer Nick Butler. The
short list includes survivors
from a list of 26 sports that had
submitted applications to the
Tokyo panel.
All eight sports federations will now progress to a
second stage of the application
process, which will include the
submission of further details
by July 22. Briefings to Tokyo
organizers will take place Aug.
7-8. An unspecified number
will then be proposed to the
International Olympic Committee in September, before a
final decision is due to made
by the IOC in Rio de Janeiro in
August 2016.
A key part of bowling’s
presentation will be the new
Round1 World Open which will
take place in Tokyo July 9-12,
featuring men and women
from 70 different countries and
televised finals which will be
held in a specially-constructed
arena setting in Tokyo. Several
PBA players from the U.S. and
around the world will participate in the event. The PBA will
award a PBA Tour title to the
men’s winner if he is a PBA
member.
LANEMAN AWARD
league bowlers, including PBA
Experience leagues for adult
and youth bowlers, along with
monthly scratch tournaments
using mostly PBA oil patterns.
“He is very talented when it
comes to knowing oil patterns,”
Ted Hoffman Jr., a PBA Hall of
Famer and co-owner of Dublin
Bowl, said in nominating
Cooley. “Many of our local
bowling centers come to Bill
when they need help with their
lane conditions.”
The Jim Jaryszak Laneman
Award first was awarded by the
Equipment Specifications and
Certifications team in 2011
to recognize a person for his
behind-the-scenes career as a
laneman. It is named in honor
of the former USBC Research
Manager, who died in 2010.
Jaryszak was instrumental
in setting up the USBC Sport
Bowling program and was the
point person as USBC worked
with the PBA on updating its
“animal” patterns.
Cooley is the fifth recipient
of the Jim Jaryszak Laneman Award. In addition to
Nicholson, the former Director
of Lane Maintenance for the
PBA, previous recipients are:
Sam Baca, the first Director of
Lane Maintenance for the PBA,
in 2012; John Davis, Kegel
founder, who was posthumously honored in 2013; and Steve
Cross of Kegel in 2014.
Go to BOWL.com/EquipAndSpecs to learn more about the
Jim Jaryszak Laneman Award
At Mel’s Lone Star Lanes
Patton rockets to 814,
Wren claims 711
GEORGETOWN – Doug Patton
rocked to the top of the honor
roll last month at Mel’s Lone
Star Lanes with a hard-hitting
289-278-247 = 814 Thursday
Thunder league series.
Asia Wren, youth bowler,
paced the ladies with a lofty
279/711 High School set.
HONOR ROLL
Bill Franks 245-704, Sally Aveni
194-556, Warren Maule 249-739,
Dellene Davis 245-623, James Watson
(4 games) 268-963, Misti Kinnison
(4 games) 224-728, Elmie Pronoble
226-600.
Jeff Banks 255-720, Claudia
Burroughs 255-639, Michael Jarrett
266-710, Jennifer Wheatley 214-605,
Kelly Taylor 206-540, Tony Savage
278-721, Bobbie Wood 190-490, Rick
Sherwood 234-697.
Rachel Masterson 193-499, Andy
Warren 269-698, Pam Lawrence
231-662.
SENIORS
Arlin Bohn 245-703, Jeaniett Chicky
236-563, John McCormick 269-732,
Jeaniett Chicky 242-632.
use it)
Hemostats
Pen that writes
Rosin bag (if you use it)
Safety pins
Scissors
Skin patch
Tweezers
Equipment that’s not round
Stuff you can’t do without
Like all sports, bowling
has a variety of paraphernalia
designed to aid performance.
Some really help and others are
more for attitude than actual
physical benefit. Don’t treat
those types lightly. They can
be very valuable assets since
you’ll perform better physically
when you’re comfortable mentally. The list is by no means
every possible accessory you
could have but it’s a good start
to making sure you have what
you need. More next month….
Ditty Bag
It’s helpful if you know
where your tape is when you
need it. Holding up play while
searching for a pair of scissors
or a piece of tape can put pressure on you, not to mention it’s
pretty inefficient. You might
stop looking or think you’ll
just suffer through the rest of
this game without that piece
of tape and fix it later. That
compromises not only your
physical game, but your mental
game as well.
I keep my stuff in a foliolike thingy with elastic and a
little pouch on the inside. It
used to be a “portable secretary” with a stapler and other
office supplies in it. It works
great as a bowling accessories
kit and fits perfectly in a ball
bag.
Here are the things I believe
you should keep quickly
accessible:
Adhesive bandages
Extra tape in every size you
might need
Fingernail clippers
Fingernail file
Glue
Hand conditioner (if you
At Fiesta Lanes
Bueche on top with 730,
Light picks up 655
Blume 300
NEW BRAUNFELS – Alan
Bueche was definitely on target
last month at Fiesta Lanes as he
dominated scoring with a superb
269-730 Vacation Cash league
performance.
Tara Light rolled a sparkling
256/655 Ultimate Sports Summer
set to pace the ladies.
HONOR ROLL
Mike Smith 225-608, Graham
Monteleo 269-620, Kris Hughes 232652, Joe Maynard (no tap) 280-735,
Mike Lovay (no tap) 277-743, B R Wood
(no tap) 278-733, Dewayne Guess (no
tap) 278-764.
Patrick Kinne (4 games) 259-924,
Danny Salazar 267-680, Bob Feehauf
247-644, Tom Gonyer 237-682, Dakota
Delano 266-685, Drury Williams
257-706, Christian Knudstrup 278-672.
Matthew Durbin 244-634, Michaela
Zapata 222-549, Michaela Zapata
212-608, Jessica Cummins (no tap)
290-751, Jean Teas (no tap) 273-594,
Elaine Riding (no tap) 268-666, Jacque
Devine 217-540.
Judy Ellison 213-488, Carma
Herndon 190-556, Tara Light 228-646,
Kayla Pesato 206-550, Katie Koehler
Esper 200-565.
At Terrell
Witt blasts 750,
Ellington nets 630
Stelting 299
TERRELL – Jay Witt’s rousing
235-268-247 = 750 Friday Night
Quads showing headed the honor
roll for the month at Terrell
Bowling Center.
Patty Ellington, from the
Sunday Night Mixed group, paced
the ladies with a tidy 203-228-199
= 630 outing.
John Stelting captured highgame honors with a near-perfect
299 solo.
HONOR ROLL
Mike White 237-664, Marvin Love
260-659, Deb Love 213-543, Leona
Lutrell 211-539, Wayne Bell 269-641,
Kari Nunn 201-555, Bubba Harwell
265-699, Frances Luse 221-569, John
Stelting 740.
Elaine Brumbaugh 214-542, Terry
Green 269-739, Mike Graves 257-651,
Russell Limoges 225-586, Larry Carter
257-677, Steve Ward 224-643.
Hand conditioner
The hand conditioners used
in bowling are usually some
type of soft bag in a rectangular or round shape that fits easily in the hand. The contents
of the bag absorb moisture
without putting anything on
the hand to change the feel
in the ball. That’s the critical
component of hand conditioners. They should not change
the feel of the hand in the ball.
Once you start bowling,
your bowling hand shouldn’t
touch anything but the ball.
You certainly should not eat
or drink with that hand. Don’t
wash your hands in between
shots. Don’t high five with your
bowling hand, ever. You don’t
know where whatever your
high fiving has been, after all.
Those things will destroy the
feel you’ve developed. A hand
conditioner can destroy that
feel as well. Be careful about
the buildup of residue from
the bag on your hands. Some
people use the bags not for
moisture removal, but rather
because they’re an important
part of their pre-shot routine.
If you’re going to use one, use
it for every shot so you have a
consistent feel.
Rosin
Rosin is another product
used on the bowling hand. It’s
a tacky powdered substance
in a small porous bag that
provides a more secure grip. If
you use any powders on your
hand, you have some serious
responsibility to go along with
their use.
Not all bowlers use powders.
Those who don’t use them also
don’t want the effects of them
on their hands. If you’re not
careful when using the bag, it
can affect other players. The
use of powders is a personal
issue and if you use them, you
should keep them near wherever you’re sitting and/or place
them on a towel; whatever
it takes to keep them out of
anyone else’s way.
If you do put the bag on a
towel, it must be a different
towel than the one you’re using
to wipe the ball. Even inadvertently putting ANY foreign
substance on the exterior of
the ball is against USBC Rules.
Some people put their bags on
the console or monitor. This is
inappropriate as they can be in
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browski of Parma, Ohio, in the
PBA J.D. Producing/Triway
Lanes Central Open presented
by Hammer at Triway Lanes in
Wooster, Ohio, Sunday.
Loschetter, who became a
father for the first time on May
29, finished with an 8-4 match
play record and a total of 4,925
pins for 20 games, including
match play bonus pins, to win
his 13th career PBA Regional
title and the $3,500 first prize.
PJ Haggerty of Roseville,
Calif., defeated Dennis Horan
Jr. of Oakley, Calif., 236-225,
to win the PBA Vanessa Brown
Homes West Open, presented
by Columbia 300, at Yosemite
Lanes on Sunday.
In the companion PBA50
Vanessa Brown Homes West
Open, Warren Nelson of
Plummer, Idaho, defeated Dave
Arnold of Dublin, Calif., 214210, for his first PBA50 regional
title and a $1,500 first prize.
Haggerty, who collected
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his eighth PBA Regional title,
earned $2,000. He defeated
Will Garber of Modesto,
265-192, in the semifinal round
while Horan advanced to the
title match by defeating Eddie
VanDaniker Jr. of Chatsworth,
Calif., 237-234.
Will Barnes from Wichita,
Kan., outpaced the field to
win the PBA Oklahoma City
Southwest Challenge Sunday
at Planet Bowl on Oklahoma
City, topping PBA50 bowler
Jim Dougherty of Oklahoma
City by 115 pins for his first
PBA title and a $2,000 first
prize. With his title, Barnes
became eligible to participate
in the 2016 PBA Tournament of
Champions.
Dougherty took the lead
with the tournament’s only
300 game in the first game of
match play, but Barnes won
his first three matches behind
games of 215, 259, and 247 to
build a comfortable lead that
he never surrendered.
Steven Taylor of Deer Creek,
Ill., defeated Anthony LaCaze
of Melrose Park, Ill., by 41 pins
and Mitch Beasley of Nashville,
Tenn., topped Brad Miller of
St. Charles, Mo., by 83 pins,
to win PBA American Family
Insurance Midwest Open titles
Saturday and Sunday, respectively, at Tinley Bowl in Tinley
Park, Ill.
In Saturday’s 13-game event,
Taylor posted a 3-3 match play
record and a total of 3,053 pins,
including match play bonus
pins, to top LaCaze’s 3,012
total. Taylor earned $2,200
along with his third career
PBA Regional title. On Sunday,
Beasley won the 11-game event
with total of 2,644 pins, topping Miller’s 2,561 total for his
16th career regional title and a
$2,200 first prize.
Charles Bonis Jr. of Port
Chester, N.Y. defeated Noel
Vega of Kew Gardens, N.Y.,
210-147, to win the Professional
Bowlers Association Fort Meade
Eastern Challenge presented by
Roto Grip at The Lanes in Fort
Meade, Md., on Saturday. PBA
Challenge events are open to
any member or non-member
who has never won a PBA
event.
Bonis, a non-member bowling in his third regional event,
was undefeated in the bracket
elimination finals. Vega led
qualifying and also was undefeated in the earlier elimination
rounds before he lost his ball
reaction on the championship
pair. Bonis earned $1,800 for
the win, but does not receive
credit for a PBA Regional title
because he is a non-member.
Vega earned $1,100 for his
third runner-up finish in the
past four East Region events.
Three events over the
Fourth of July weekend include
the PBA and the women-only
PWBA Gastonia South Open
doubleheader presented by
Brunswick at George Pappas’
At Hallmark
Stutz wraps up 793,
Ciesiolka and Shaver (298)
tie with 757
Stansbury 297
KILLEEN – Dakota Stutz,
Youth Bowler, dominated scoring
by capturing high-series honors
for the month at Hallmark Lanes
with a chart-topping 278-257258 = 793 Stars of Tomorrow
production.
John Ciesiolka and Zachary
Shaver tied for the top spot on
the honor roll for the guys with
outstanding 757 series. Ciesiolka
posted games of 232-278-247 in
Guys & Dolls action while Shaver
downed 279-298-180 lines in Hit
& Miss Classic league play.
Lewis Stansbury took runnerup honors with a 297 solo.
HONOR ROLL
Kisha Cruz 208, Esther Navarro
568, Ben Hogan (9 pin, no tap) 300,
Lewis Stansbury (9 pin, no tap) 778,
Ashley Shannon (9 pin, no tap) 263,
Christi Hellon (9 pin, no tap) 808,
Lynda Roberts 180-493.
Dan Haddenham 256-637, Christi
Hellon 245-626, Robert Butler 231, Ed
Hellon 666, Jenn Shurley 235, Christi
Hellon 620, Chuck Blazier 247, John
Pasch 689, Maria Dittmer 202, Mitzi
Cina 517.
Dan Haddenham (9 pin, no tap)
300, Pete Schirripa, Jr. (9 pin, no
tap) 809, Christi Hellon (9 pin, no
tap) 274, Danielle Shea (9 pin, no
tap) 757, Danny Barkley 246, Zachary
Shaver 656.
Lynda Roberts 183-495, Ed Hellon
279-686, Christi Hellon 203-521,
Andrew Holbert 275-657, Mitzi Cina
203, Christi Hellon 545, Andrew
Holbert 199-549, Danielle Shea 221-491,
Tom Guillory 239.
Lewis Stansbury 646, Yon Radford
214, Kisha Cruz 543, Pete Schirripa,
Jr. (9 pin, no tap) 300, Bryant Logan
(9 pin, no tap) 762, Belinda Ullery (9
pin, no tap) 228, Danielle Shea (9 pin,
no tap) 673.
Billy Fajkus 245, Jeremy Thorner
614, Evelyn Mapote 161, Lynda
Roberts 441, Jose Caballero 251, Dan
Haddenham 611, Christi Hellon 188,
Mitzi Cina 522, Chris Masters 278-694,
Christi Hellon 244-582.
Hank Williams 198, Andrew
Holbert 543, James Norris 205-534,
Ron Cina 279, Matthew McMillin 691,
Mitzi Cina 225-652, Ben Hogan (9 pin,
no tap) 279, Lewis Stansbury (9 pin,
no tap) 777.
Danielle Shea (9 pin, no tap) 235,
Lisa Blackman (9 pin, no tap) 779,
Jeremy Thorner 245-655, Summer
Heidtbrink 166, Ev Mapote 433, Ed
Hellon 268-710, Christi Hellon 214-578.
Ronald Saguinsin 269, Andrew
Holbert 641, Christi Hellon 243-669.
SENIORS
Bob McDougal 243, Rullie Haywood
619, Barbara Jones 268-627, Larry
O’Keeffe 224, Jay Herman 265, Susie
Hale 182, Barbara Jones 485, Bob
Rackley 221, Jay Herman 583, Bev
Lyons 203.
Sue Cummings 519, David Proctor
219, Pete Riendeau, Sr. 595, Glo Lucas
176, Nancy Holstine 489, Jay Herman
247, T J Jones 624, Sherry McCluer 192,
Bev Lyons 519, Ismael Rubio, Sr. 225.
T J Jones 647, Nancy Holstine 202,
Nee Wallace 528, Rullie Haywood
245, Rod Kensinger 599, Sherry
McCluer 182, Sue Cummings 499,
Jack McCarthy 234, TJ Jones 618, Judy
Gotcher 191, Nee Wallace 515.
At Killeen Bowlerama
Hargett charts 766,
Maxson mints 719
Baez 298
KILLEEN – Billy Hargett won
high-set honors last month at
Killeen Bowlerama by polishing
off robust 766 numbers in Rebels
league action.
Jean Maxson, Hargett’s league
mate, led the ladies with a red
hot 279/719 series.
Luis Baez garnered high-game
accolades with a near-perfect
298 solo.
HONOR ROLL
Donny Bennight 674, Milissa
Bennight 201-569, Mark Smith
243, Curtis Robinson 268-685, Sue
Cummings 191-551, Kenny Lezo 686,
Sandi Charles 229-627, Josh Maxson
265, Jeff Vanecek 266-732, Karin
Alleman 182-505.
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Liberty Lanes in Gastonia, N.C.,
plus the Grand Casino Hotel &
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Bowling Center in Shawnee,
Okla.
For complete PBA Regional
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information, visit pba.com,
open the “schedules” tab and
click on Regional Tours to find
the event(s) in your area.
QUICK NOTES
Brunswick Bowling has
announced that Dream-Bowl
Palace in Munich, Germany,
will continue to host the Brunswick Euro Challenge, a World
Bowling-PBA International
Tour event, through 2018. The
52-lane center has hosted the
European showcase tournament for the past four years.
Reminder: PBA fans who
miss Tuesday’s telecast of the
Grand Casino Hotel & Resort
PBA King of the Swing finals
on CBS Sports Network, the
show (along with all Summer
Swing finals telecasts) can be
found in the archives on PBA’s
online bowling channel, Xtra
Frame, on Fridays after they
air. Xtra Frame is available
on three-day ($3.99), 30-day
($7.99) and 12-month ($64.99)
subscription plans. To sign up,
visit pba.com and click on the
Xtra Frame link.
To view an interview
featuring Mike J. Laneside
with Oklahoma’s Grand Casino
Hotel & Resort King of the
Swing winner Bill O’Neill,
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=rMig9-c1RHU
At Heritage Lanes
Conaster cuts 736,
Montgomery hits 681
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK –
Clifford Conaster racked up
a lofty 214-243-279 = 736
Sweetheart Doubles series to
earn top billing on the honor roll
for the month at Heritage Lanes.
Michelle Montgomery, from
Heritage Seniors group, led the
ladies with a strike-filled 237209-235 = 681 set.
HONOR ROLL
Jackie Proby 267-716, Annola
Richards 153-488, Brad Nixon 268-706,
Michelle Montgomery 225-642, Sissy
Christie 203-605.
SENIORS
John Harrison 247-641, Jack Jones
233-613, Jeri Taylor 233-636.
At Tenpins & More
Bolon unloads 788,
Miller-Mackie compiles 753
Bowling Update
From Ten Pins & More
The first half of the 7th
Summer Bowling Games at
Tenpins & More is “in the
books”.
The last half will be held
from Friday July 10 through
Sunday July 12 and that will
include the Masters finals, for
which qualifying continues in
and out of league at Tenpins &
More.
Jimmy Sample bowled his
highest game ever (244) to take
a lead in Men’s Singles with an
imposing 823 series, including
handicap.
He is 76 pins ahead of
left-hander, Haskell Lee on 747
with senior bowler, Russell
James third with 734.
Bobbie Vega threw an almost clean set of 652 (233, 203,
216) that ended at 760 with
handicap in Women’s Singles.
She leads Gloria Gonzakowski’s
667 by 93 pins with Dana
Sanders next on 663.
Preston Hughes’ 667 is
23 pins higher than Jayden
Gonzakowski in Boys Singles.
Father/son team, Robert and
Rhian Edwards shot 1,407 for
the Men’s Doubles lead, 84 pins
in front of Mike Jaramillo and
Dominic Huerta on 1.323 with
Niko Tchiloyans and Angel
Ortega third with 1,280.
Mother/daughter team
of Troian Donnachaidh and
Christine Lucero lead Women’s
Doubles on 1,358 followed by
Nita Stull and Lynn Robb on
1,284.
Valerie Zink and Thursday
“Coffee Wars” league teammate, Ken Aubuchon shot 1,433
in Mixed Doubles, fronting
Brittany Leiby/ Perry Hampel
with 1,403 followed by Jessica
Potter and Mike Hughes third,
four pins behind.
Entries may still be lodged
at the Bowling Center.
* Santa Fe’s Gary Hadley
won his way in to the $ 65,000
New Mexico Open in August,
winning a close championship
round match against Jeremy
Medina last Sunday at Tenpins
& More.
Hadley qualified with a 210
average on a testing “sport”
lane condition, then waited as
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August 14-16, 2015
• 1st Place - a RECORD $10,500 guaranteed
• Total prize money is $60,000+ on a full field
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• Consolation tourney (49th-last) for total $1,000 prize
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Emerson, Sheridan 300’s, Nance, Rico 299’s,
Walter 298
RIO RANCHO, NM – Bo
Bolon’s first-rate 256-245-287 =
788 Senior Trios action ended
as the number-one series for the
month at Tenpins & More.
Dana Miller-Mackie posted
a rollicking 238-279-236 = 753
Thursday Doubles set to pace
fem scoring.
Lance Emerson and Pete
Sheridan shared high-game
honors as each recorded awardwinning 12-baggers. J D Nance
and Brian Rico took runner-up
honors with near-perfect 299
solos while Jeff Walter fell a few
pins short with a 298 game.
HONOR ROLL
Jamie Hughes 279-690, Andrew
Provencher 233-601, Josie Vigil
214-524, Jack Ming 221-609, Tiffany
Altreche 236-610, Brian Titus 279-720,
Paula Amschler 205-524, Dominic
Huerta 256-683.
Beverly Gabaldon 211-556, Pete
Sheridan 771, Bobby Wright 213-632,
Christine Lucero 194-466, Troian
Donnachaidh 164-437, Angel Ortega
279-750, Dana Miller-Mackie 268-694.
Brian Hare (4 games) 279-958, Dana
Miller-Mackie (4 games) 268-981, Ed
Thorman (4 games) 218-814, Aileen
Linares (4 games) 191-658, Mark
Melhoff 269-609.
Troian Donnachaidh 214-455, Billy
Grant 287-767
SENIORS
Bob Schuch 266-734, Colleen Kelsey
232-571, Dana Miller-Mackie 268-717.
Medina defeated his brother,
Justin Medina 194-167 in the
semi-final.
Three open frames compared to only one by Hadley
got him the win.
* Center manager, Steve
Mackie combined with lane
attendant, Cris Ortega and
pinsetter mechanic, Nick
Sanchez to win the annual
“Staff Challenge” at Tenpins &
More last Friday.
The trio opened strongly
with 782 scratch to take a commanding lead and was almost
pegged back by lane attendant,
Christian Apolonio, co-owner,
Dana Miller-Mackie and front
desk’s Bo Bolon who fired 783
scratch in game three to pull
within 50 pins.
Bolon shot 299, missing a
perfect game by a 10-pin leave
on the last delivery.
Field restricted to 240 entries/prize money based on 240
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Bill O’Neill Caps Oklahoma’s Grand
Casino Hotel & Resort PBA Summer
Swing With King of the Swing Victory
SHAWNEE, Okla. (June
23, 2015) – In what could be
considered the all-star event
of the 2015 Oklahoma’s Grand
Casino Hotel & Resort PBA
Summer Swing, Bill O’Neill of
Langhorne, Pa., beat Tommy
Jones of Simpsonville, S.C.,
191-164, to successfully defend
his Oklahoma’s Grand Casino
Resort King of the Swing title
at the Grand Event Center.
The concluding event of
the Summer Swing, which
aired Tuesday on the CBS
Sports Network, provided a
unique challenge, requiring
the finalists to compete on
a dramatically different lane
condition on each lane. The
special two-lane arena installation in the Grand Event Center
featured the 32-foot Wolf lane
condition on the left lane and
the 52-foot Badger lane condition on the right lane, putting
a premium on adjustments,
shot-making and equipment
selections for the players.
“I enjoy dueling lane conditions,” said O’Neill, who won
the Oklahoma Open to earn his
spot in the special event, a nonPBA title finale to the Summer
Swing. “You have to use all the
tricks in the bag. In this case
it turned out to be a grind out,
but I enjoyed the test.”
In winning last year’s King
of the Swing, O’Neill defeated
Sean Rash, 254-181, for the
title.
“The trophies will make
good bookends,” said O’Neill,
who also finished third in the
Bear and Wolf Opens earlier in
the Summer Swing. “I might
have let a couple opportunities
get away from me this year
but in the end I can go to
sleep happy after winning the
Oklahoma Open and the King
of the Swing.”
Leading up to the title
match, two-time defending
PBA Player of the Year Jason
Belmonte of Australia defeated
Wolf Open winner Kyle Troup
of Taylorsville, N.C., 201-182,
in a battle between a pair of
two-handers to start the finals.
Belmonte, who earned the
wild card spot in the King of
the Swing as the top pointgetter in the Summer Swing
without a title, then lost to
Badger Open winner Ronnie
Russell of Marion, Ind., in the
second match, 233-211. Jones,
the Bear Open winner, then
defeated Russell, 208-178, to
meet O’Neill in the title match.
Xtra Frame, the PBA’s online video subscription service,
features a preview and postgame show for all CBS Sports
Network telecasts of Summer
Swing events. PBA fans can
find additional coverage of
Summer Swing action through
the PBA Network which
includes archived coverage
of all preliminary rounds on
Xtra Frame, player interactions
through Facebook and Twitter,
mobile gaming, original programming, archived events and
immediate news updates 24/7
on varying communications
devices anywhere in the world.
For additional PBA Network
information, visit http://www.
pba.com/PBANetwork.
CBS Sports Network is available across the country through
local cable, video and telco
providers and via satellite on
DirecTV Channel 221 and Dish
Network Channel 158. For
more information, including a
full programming schedule and
how to get CBS Sports Network,
go to www.cbssportsnetwork.
com.
Champion Bill O’Neill with Grand Casino Director of Marketing
Chad Mathews and Fire Lake Manager Chris Skillings
PBA OKLAHOMA’S GRAND
RESORT KING OF THE SWING
Grand Casino Resort Event
Center, Shawnee, Okla.
Final Standings
1, Bill O’Neill, Langhorne,
Pa. $10,000.
2, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., $5,000
3, Ronnie Russell, Marion,
Ind., $4,000.
4, Jason Belmonte, Australia, $3,000.
5. Kyle Troup, Taylorsville,
N.C., $2,000.
Playoff Results
Match One – Belmonte def.
Troup, 201-182.
Match Two – Russell def.
Belmonte, 233-211.
Semifinal Match – Jones def.
Russell, 208-178.
Championship – O’Neill def.
Jones, 191-164.
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Entry fee: $65 per bowler
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Prize breakdown per bowler:
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Visit: www.teenbowlerscircuit.net for more details
Mail entries to: Teen Bowlers Circuit, 8101 Tierra Del Sol Rd., Arlington, TX 76002
Tournament Director: Brad Ellis 214-264-0077, teenbowlerscircuit@gmail.com
Cash, checks, and Credit cards accepted - Make checks payable to Teen Bowlers Circuit
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Phone: 817.465.4997
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CHECK-IN: August 15, 2015, Saturday
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Each bowler will bowl 2 games each with
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