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Bowling newsThursday January 14, 2016
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Honor RollName Score Date CenterANDREW MAXEY 300 01-03-16 SANDS BOWLJASON LUCK 801 01-04-16 OAK TREE LANESMIKE OLSON 300 01-04-16 WINNETKA BOWLASHLEY DUNN 703 01-05-16 GOLD COAST LANESHEIDI JACKSON 300 01-07-16 PALOS VERDES BOWLBRANDON KRAYE 300 01-07-16 LA HABRA “300” BOWLPAT MICHAELS 300 01-07-16 MATADOR BOWLRON PETERS 300 01-07-16 FOOTHILL LANESMATT SCHERMERHORN 300 01-10-16 DEL RIO LANESFRANK GARCIA 300 01-11-16 CARTER LANES
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EVENT OR CLUB DAY DATE BOWLING CENTERABTA SATURDAY JAN 16 COVINA BOWLBREAKFAST CLUB FRIDAY JAN 15 LA HABRA “300” BOWLSENIOR NO-TAP DOUBLES SUN-WED JAN 17-20 RIVERSIDE LANESSINGLES NO-TAP SUNDAY JAN 17 BOWLIUM LANESWCBT SUNDAY JAN 17 DEL ROSA LANES
RENO — Jon Van Hees’ patience finally paid its big-gest dividend when the 11-year part-time Professional Bowlers Association Tour competitor from Charles-town, R.I., defeated Jason Sterner of Covington, Ga., 202-176, to win the PBA Scorpion Championship presented by Reno Tahoe USA at the National Bowl-ing Stadium, becoming the first Rhode Island native to win a PBA Tour title.
The Scorpion Cham-pionship aired Sunday on ESPN. It was the fourth and final “animal pattern” championship contested during the GEICO PBA World Series of Bowling VII presented by Silver Legacy.
“Elated, thousands of emotions,” the 34-year-old Van Hees said about winning a title in his first national television appear-
Jon Van Hees Wins PBA Scorpion Championship For First PBA Tour Title
11-year veteran becomes first Rhode Island native to win a PBA Tour titleance at the end of a string of 106 career tournaments. “I’m trying to get a handle on them. It’s been an unbe-lievable 48 hours.
“I started this quest 27 years ago. I’ve always been kind of a late bloomer, but if I put the time and effort into it, I can usually get to where I want to go.”
Van Hees got his title after surviving a 209-191 battle with Lonnie Walic-zek of Wichita, Kan., in the semifinal round, and a couple of bad frames in the title match after building a nearly insurmountable lead. Sterner won his semi-final match by striking on eight of his first nine shots to run away from PBA Hall of Famer Parker Bohn III of Jackson, N.J., 257-174.
He led Waliczek by 24 pins after seven frames before leaving the 4-6-7-9-10 “Greek church” and
opening in the ninth frame. When Waliczek was un-able to strike to close the gap, Van Hees threw three strikes in his 10th frame to seal a trip to the cham-pionship match where he started with three spares and a string of four strikes to build a 49-pin lead over Sterner. Van Hees left a 7-10 split in the eighth frame and failed to convert the 2-4-5-8 in the ninth, but Sterner wasn’t able to close the gap.
“The guys told me it was going to go really fast, and I remember looking up and it was the eighth frame,” Van Hees said. “Against Jason, I threw four really good shots in the middle when I needed them, and thankfully that was enough. Jason left three ringing 10 pins that made a big differ-ence, but sometimes you get breaks and sometimes not. I’ve been on both sides.
“It’s destiny,” he added. “Sometimes you can’t out-bowl destiny. I was hoping
today would be my day, and fortunately it was.”
PBA World Series cov-erage on ESPN continues with the stepladder finals of the Mark Roth/Marshall Holman PBA Doubles Championship presented by Storm next Sunday at 1 p.m. EST. Finalists include Bill O’Neill of Langhorne, Pa., and Australia’s Jason Belmonte meeting PBA Tour rookie Matt McNiel of Prior Lake, Minn., and Anthony Pepe of Elmhurst, N.Y., in the first Baker format match. The win-ning team will bowl Josh Blanchard of Phoenix and Andres Gomez of Colom-bia in match two. That win-ner faces Finland’s Osku Palermaa and England’s Dom Barrett in the semifi-nal match. The winner will bowl for the title against top qualifiers Connor Pick-ford of Charlotte, N.C., and 18-year-old two-handed rookie Anthony Simonsen of Princeton, Texas.
LAS VEGAS - My friend Fred Kouri contacted me today to say that our friend Leon Dent passed away last Monday, a few days before his 79th birthday. Leon was a friend and mentor to many. He was a great guy to be around and will be re-membered for a long time.
I first met Leon some twenty years ago at a Su-per Senior Tour (SST) event and always enjoyed our times together chat-ting about bowling, mutual friends and local events. Dent was a big PBA fan and we always had a lot to talk about during the pro season.
Leon was a great bowl-er. Over the years he won numerous SST and West Coast Senior Tour (WCST) titles. He was a Citrus Belt Senior Masters Champion and was a threat to win any tournament he entered. Un-til recently, when age and injuries hampered him, Le-on’s form was smooth and effortless. He was a stroker who reminded local fans of
LEON DENT - Great Bowler, Better Person.... Passes
by Frank WeilerEarl Anthony. Quite a com-pliment for any bowler.
For the score of years I knew Leon he was a 200 plus bowler. Most of those years he booked in the 220s and 230s. He scored nu-merous perfect 300s and 800s. He had a talent for scoring and winning.
More important though is the fact that Leon was a great person. With me he was always cool, calm and collected. A quite, humble man who always respected others. He always gave me a big smile whenever we met and a wink and bigger smile to my wife. He was a consummate gentleman.
Leon was very intel-ligent. He observed the world around him with a keen eye for detail.
Many times he pointed out things about people and places that went unnoticed by myself. I learned to al-ways take note of his obser-vations.
Leon Dent was all class and will be missed by me and the bowling world.
COVINA — ABTA will resume tournament action Saturday January 16 at popular COVINA BOWL.
Qualify at 1:00 - 2:30 4:00 & 6:00 with 33 semi-finalists minimum includ-ing the Super Seniors to the board with the Top 16 Bowlers to the Single Elim Finals at 8:00 PM. All semi-finalists will cash.
TOP 16 will receive a minimum of $100 upwards. As always three women will be guaranteed to the top 16.
Three Super Seniors, (a minimum of 2 men and 1 women) will be added to the Semi Finals.
ABTA Will Visit Covina Bowl Saturday
ALL POTS CARRY OVERFirst Place as always
will be $1,000 Min and up to $2,600 will be possible 1st Place with Bonuses and Cash N Carry Options. Bo-nuses include $100 wear-ing ABTA Logo Shirt in the event, also $100 using our sponsors “900” Global Ball in the final game and win-ning the event.
New members are wel-come at up to 209 average Men and Women. Only $10.
NEXT Saturday January 23 we are hosted by popu-lar Bowlium in Montclair and January 30 will will be hosted by Action Lanes in El Monte.
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Take-your-breath-away moments.Bowlers often experience these special events when they produce results that few believe were possible.These feats could be remembered for minutes or months. Or years or decades. It all depends on how memorable
they are.And that’s what makes bowling so special. Bowling is filled with special moments, which include highlight games or highlight series that are unforgettable.
Each week bowlers are hopeful they can produce take-your-breath-away moments. Typically, they don’t come.But just when bowlers least expect it – poof. Something magical appears. They find themselves in a “zone” and can’t
miss. The rhythm is there and everything is in synch. Best of all, the pins are obliging. Those seven and 10 pins that wiggle actually fall. Messenger pins come from no-
where to make improbable knockdowns.It happens.And that’s what makes
bowling so special. That’s because one doesn’t have to be Pete Weber or Jason Belmonte or Kelly Kulick to do something extraor-dinary. For one game – or one series – one can bowl just as well as Weber, Bel-monte and Kulick. Or even better.
It can be a mystery how it happens. But it’s fun when it does
It’s also nice when a reporter documents these feats so the stories can be passed around the so-cial media loop and seen by dozens, and sometimes hundreds, of friends and family.
There were two take-your-breath-away bowling moments last month – both from out of state. They both eclipsed United States Bowling Congress records.
The reaction from the principals was as expected – it was, “Wow. Look what I did. And what a great feeling it is.”Chuck Foudray of Green Bay, Wis., carved out his take-your-breath-away moment by bowling an 810 series with
games of 254, 278 and 278. Foudray, at 84 years, 3 months and 28 days, was the oldest bowler to roll an 800 series and he did it in the Manhattan Fun League at Manhattan Lanes in De Pere, Wis.
Foudray had bowled one previous USBC-certified 800 – that coming in 2010 with an 815 series. Foudray was ecstatic about his record-breaking effort. It was, after all, a take-your-breath-away moment in the life
of Chuck Foudray.Said Foudray: “This is something I never expected to do, but it was one of those days where everything just went
right. I had 532 after two games and really just wanted to shoot 700. Getting to 800 never was a thought, and I don’t think anyone even realized it was happening.”
And he added: “I’m still trying to get used to the idea of being a record holder. I was as amazed as anyone else. I’ve been bowling well this year, and that’s my main goal when I go out there. I’m definitely not out to break any records, which makes this even better.”
Foudray shared the spotlight last month with three bowlers who combined to set a USBC record for a team score for one game while competing at Candlelite Bowl in Bridgeport, Mich. The team of Bobby Sanch, Brian McMahon and Steve Novak rolled games of 300, 299 and 300 for an amazing 899 score.
That one-game total broke the previous mark of 897.Novak, like Foudray, was quite touched. It was probably a once-in-a-lifetime event and Novak knew it. “This definitely by far is the best accomplishment I’ve been a part of in a league setting, and it was a lot of fun. The
whole league stopped and watched our 10th frame, and that was really cool,” he said. “Any of us could shoot 300 on a given night, but for all of us to have a chance at the same time was something
we’ve never experienced. Even though we didn’t get the 900, we did do something that’s never been done, and that’s special.”
Those special moments appear in the L.A. area from time to time. And there have been many of them. Perhaps my favorite emotional moment in my five years as a bowling reporter took place Oct. 13, 2014 at Winnetka Bowl.
A father and a son turned in a feat that sent a buzz racing through the entire Los Angeles area. Johnnie Englehart, a superstar bowler, and his up-and-coming son, Scott, both knocked out 300 games and an 800 series on the same night at the same bowling center. They were on different teams – bowling eight lanes away.
If this wasn’t special enough, it was Scott’s first 300 game and his first 800 series. And Scott put the exclamation mark on his night with a Brooklyn strike on his last shot to claim both the 300 and the 800 (802: 245, 257, 300). It was pandemonium when Scott’s last shot knocked down all the pins. Johnnie had already finished with an 805 series with games of 300, 237 and 268.
USBC spokesman Terry Bigham said he could not find any instances of a father and son both pulling off a 300 and 800 on the same night at the same bowling center. “Exceptional,” is how he put it.
For Johnnie, it was a take-your-breath-away moment that literally took his breath away. Johnnie, seemingly never at a loss for words, was left somewhat speechless after it all happened. “This will stay with me a long time – only because of my son. Words can’t describe it,” he said.
For Johnnie, who has accrued dozens of good friends through the years because of his classy persona, it was his 63rd perfect game and 66th 800 series.
But those personal achievements paled to what really meant something to him. It was watching his son put the finish-ing touches on an unbelievable night with a clutch, so-memorable ending.
Said Johnnie: “As a parent, that’s one of the things you live for. It was great to be part of it.”Yes, this was definitely a great take-your-breath-away moment in the world of bowling. Difficult to find anything
better.
Johnnie and Scott Englehart racked up a memorable feat in October 2014. They each racked up a 300 game and 800 series on the same night and at the same bowling center. It was the first 300 and 800 series for Scott, who provided a climactic finish.
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NATIONAL DEAF BOWLING NEWSby Connie Marchione
DEAF TRAVEL BOWLERS FINDS COVINA BOWL TOUGH EXCEPT NATHAN CALDWELL
COVINA — Southern California Deaf Traveling League had a bad start of the new year at Covina Lanes as the league averaged a poor 152 per bowler there. Only one bowler, Nathan Caldwell with 142 average exceeded well there, rolling 164 pins for four games way over his average in each game with 190-184-190-168 for a 732 series.
Nathan’s heroics along with teammates Jim Mohr’s 571 and Ed Abakumoff’s 728 helped their Riverside team to the only 2031 team series of the day. Only the league’s top bowler with 211 average Darrell Stogryn did better that day with a 772 series than Nathan to lead the league’s honor roll of four bowlers. Darrell struggled that day with games of 191-181-192- 208. The list with Nathan’s 732 in second and followed with Abakumoff’s 728 (144-185-208-191) and Bob Jones’ 724 (181-201-139-203).
At Covina each team matches happened to be close with bottom three teams winning over the top 3 teams that put all 6 teams closer in the standings. The only change in the positions was third place Mid City losing to 4th place Ana-heim 12-8 resulting in their exchange of places. League leader Eagle Rock retained first place although losing 12-8 to 6th place Chino Hills. Likewise for 2nd place Jones’ S F Valley losing 13-7 to 5th place Abakumoff’s Riverside, each retaining their places..
As of now Eagle Rock is 4.5 points ahead of S F Valley, Anaheim is 1.5 points behind S F Valley, Mid City is just one point behind Anaheim, Riverside is 2 points back of Mid City and 4 ahead of 6th place Chino Hills.
The league thanks Covina Lanes for the tough expe-rience and will move on to Keystone Lanes on Sunday January24th with bowling at 1:00 PM.
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PALMDALE — Ashley Dunn averaged 207.23 for 30 games across 5 different WTBA Sport conditions during the 2016 US Ama-teur Championships/Team USA Trials held last week at the Gold Coast Bowl-ing Center, Las Vegas, NV. The tournament consisted of five 6 game blocks each on a different WTBA Sport Pattern. Ashley’s scores were good enough to earn her a selection to the 2016 Junior Team USA squad having placed 5th among all Juniors. Ashley also placed 7th in the USBC US Amateur Champion-ships and 15th overall in the Team USA Trials from a field of 109 Professional, Adult, and top Juniors from across the country.
Ashley is currently a Freshman on the nation-ally ranked McKendree University Women’s Bowl-ing Team in Lebanon, IL. The McKendree bowling programs are ran by the husband and wife team of Bryan & Shannon O’Keefe. Shannon is the Women’s Head Coach, a 12 time member of Team USA, and a USBC Silver Level cer-tified coach. Bryan is the Director of Bowling over-seeing both the Men’s and Women’s teams and is a USBC Gold Level certified coach
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JAT Sport Juniors Recapby David Schiada
NORWALK — The JAT Sport Juniors wasted no time jumping back into the com-petitive spirit last Saturday at Keystone Lanes. First round winner Julian Zavala was his usual steady self, leading the way with a 692 series for four games. However, the battle for the first place really heated up among the top three bowlers in the second round. Leader Solomon Salama rolled the high game of the week, a 203, on his way to a 673 series. Solomon will have to wait and see if that is enough to top Nick Caner who needs to make up his games. Austin Sugarman, 3 points behind Solomon, and David Schneider, 4.5 points behind, took all 5 points in their respective matches, making their case to take over the top spot. Kylie Shishima led the girls with a 663 including a 198 game and Alex Miller shot his high game for the season with 202 on his way to a 668 series.
In Sunday’s JAT Adult/Member tournament at Keystone Lanes Solomon teamed up with Kevin Valmonte to capture the scratch division. The tournament had an outstanding turnout with a 104 bowlers and awarded $1,750 in scholarships and gift cards.
Upcoming Tournaments: January 23-24 – JBT Surf Bowl (Oceanside) and Vista En-tertainment Center (Vista); January 31 – JAT Regular Event at Harley’s Valley Bowl (Simi Valley). JAT Sport is a league for advanced juniors who are serious about competi-tive bowling. The league runs every Saturday starting at noon at bowlers have an oppor-tunity to earn scholarship awards and compete in tournaments, including the 2016 Junior Gold Championships to be held July 16-22 in Indianapolis, Indiana If you are interested in joining, please contact Armando Zavala at (562) 896-4467 or join us Keystone Lanes on Saturday at noon.
BOWLING NEWSPage 4 January 14, 2016
SHAWNEE, Okla. – Tickets are still available for the live ESPN finals of the FireLake PBA Tournament of Champions on Super Bowl Sunday (Feb. 7) at 1 p.m. Central time at the FireLake Arena in Shawnee, Okla., but there also will be plenty more for fans to experience during the week of PBA’s signature event.
The 2016 season’s first major, open exclusively to players who have won PBA titles, will be hosted by the FireLake Bowling Center, site of the 2014 and 2015 PBA Summer Swings, as part of a multi-event celebration of the PBA’s best.
TOC week will begin with the PBA Grand Casino Hotel & Resort Southwest Winter Open, a PBA Southwest region tournament that will double as a qualifying event for PBA Regional, PBA50 and PBA Women’s title holders trying for berths in the Tournament of Champions. A minimum of 24 qualifiers from the regional event on Jan. 30-31 will ad-vance to the TOC, which will be held Feb 2-5 at FireLake Bowling Center.
Monday, Feb. 1 will be official TOC practice day, and the PBA will conduct its 2016 Hall of Fame ceremonies at the Grand Casino Hotel & Resort where PBA50 standout Pete Couture, former PBA Tour TV announcer Denny Schreiner and former PBA South Region Manager Harry O’Neale will be inducted. Fans are invited to attend the dinner. Tickets are available for $100 and can be purchased by visiting pba.com/tickets. The ceremony will be emceed by Hall of Famer and former PBA Tour color analyst Nelson Burton Jr. and current Tour and Xtra Frame announcer Mike Jakubowski.
On Tuesday, Australian two-hander and two-time defending PBA Player of the Year Jason Belmonte will begin his quest to win his third consecutive Tournament of Cham-pions. The only other player to accomplish that feat was Jason Couch of Clermont, Fla., who won it in 1999, 2000 and 2002. (The Tournament of Champions was not conducted in calendar year 2001.). The tournament’s only other three-time winner Hall of Famer Mike Durbin, won the event in 1972, 1982 and 1984.
Belmonte will be challenged by a field of 96 PBA champions including past TOC champions and PBA Hall of Famers Pete Weber (1989, 2013) and Norm Duke (1994), former Players of the Year Sean Rash (2012), Chris Barnes (2006), Patrick Allen (2009) and Tommy Jones (2007), the Tour’s only woman champion Kelly Kulick (2010), Mi-chael Haugen Jr., (2008) and Bryan Goebel (1998).
At the conclusion of 48 games of qualifying and match play Tuesday through Friday at FireLake Bowling Center (all rounds including the qualifier rounds on Jan. 30 and 31 will be covered live, exclusively on PBA’s Xtra Frame online video-streaming channel). The event continues on Saturday, Feb. 6 with the PBA TOC Experience at 3 p.m. For $175, the TOC Experience package includes a Storm Optimus bowling ball, a meet-and-greet with the players, entry into the three-game 9-pin no-tap pro-am, two tickets to the Tour-nament of Champions TV finals and two guest passes to the TOC Experience. An entry blank and additional information is available by visiting http://www.pba.com/Content/files/Pro-Ams/TOC_Pro-Am_2016_B.pdf.
Sunday, action moves to a special made-for-television bowling installation inside the FireLake Arena for the live TOC finals on ESPN. Tickets are available by visiting grandboxoffice.com or by calling the box office at (405) 273-1637. Ticket prices are $35, $25 and $15 for the ESPN telecast (admission for the preliminary rounds at the Firelake Bowling Center is $10 for an all-day pass).
Capping the week, the FireLake Arena will host a Super Bowl party that fans are wel-come to attend after the live TOC telecast.
For fans who want to make it a weekend, the Grand Casino is offering a special room rate of $99 which is available by visiting http://www.grandresortok.com/hotel/ and using the code 160128FIRE or by calling (405) 964-7777.
For all the latest TOC news and information, bowling fans can tap into the PBA Net-work on pba.com and follow the PBA on its official Facebook page and on Twitter @PBATour.FIRELAKE PBA TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS SCHEDULEFireLake Bowling Center/FireLake Arena, Shawnee, Okla. (All times Central)
PBA Grand Casino Hotel & Resort Southwest Winter Open (& TOC qualifier)Friday, Jan. 29 3 p.m. - A Squad Practice5 p.m. - B Squad Practice
PBA Grand Casino Hotel & Resort Southwest Winter Open (& TOC qualifier)Saturday, Jan. 30 8 a.m. - A Squad Qualifying (8 games)2:30 p.m. - B Squad Qualifying (8 games) Top 1/3 of the field advances to Cashers Round
PBA Grand Casino Hotel & Resort Southwest Winter Open (& TOC qualifier)Sunday, Jan. 318:30 a.m. - Cashers Round (5 games)For TOC Qualifiers: Top 24 eligible PBA players advance to TOC QualifyingFor Regional field: Top 16 Players advance to Modified Round Robin Match Play (8 games)Noon – Regional qualifiers: 8 games Modified Round Robin Match Play
FireLake PBA Tournament of ChampionsMonday, Feb. 110 a.m. - A Squad practice 2 p.m. - B Squad practice 6 p.m. – 2016 Hall of Fame Induction and Dinner at Grand Hotel
Tuesday, Feb. 2 Qualifying Round 110 a.m. - A Squad (8 games) 5 p.m. - B Squad (8 games)
Wednesday, Feb. 3 Qualifying Round 210 a.m. - B Squad (8 games)5 p.m. - A Squad (8 games) Top 40 players advance to the Cashers Round
Thursday, Feb. 410 a.m. - Qualifying Cashers Round (8 games)Top 24 players advance to Round Robin Match Play5 p.m. - Match Play Round 1 (8 games)
Friday, Feb. 510 a.m. - Match Play Round 2 (8 games)5 p.m. - Match Play Round 3 (8 games)Top 5 players advance to Live TV Stepladder Finals
Saturday, Feb. 63 p.m. – PBA TOC Experience Pro-Am
Sunday, Feb. 7 1 p.m. - ESPN Finals at FireLake ArenaFollowing the finals: Super Bowl Party at FireLake Arena
Week of Festivities Awaits Fans During FireLake PBA Tournament of Champions WeekFans can experience live ESPN finals, PBA Hall of Fame dinner,
TOC Experience and Super Bowl party
BOWLING NEWSJanuary 14, 2016 Page 5
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Catamisan is the Champ in Super Performance at La Habra “300” BowlFreddie Catamisan found the line to say the least, as he led the semifinals with a big +199 to be top seed and bowl for the title. (L-R) Ed Saleh of La Habra 300 Bowl, Analiza Angoncillo, ABTA Director, Ramon Alliman 3rd $200, Ben Bagoisan 4th, Joevin Bolanos runner-up $500, Champiopn Freddie Catamisan $2,600, Bob Smith ABTA Tournament Director and Deborah Sanders ABTA Director.
LA HABRA — Long-time ABTA member Fred-die Catamisan won his 4th ABTA title in fine style from the top seeded posi-tion, downing a hot shooter Joevin Bolanos in the title game to take home a nice $2,500 top prize.
The cut scores were much lower there this time. Men +64 and Ladies +9, and super Seniors added were Art Windsor +40, William Ele +32 and Joyce Charles for the Ladies +32. 37 bowlers advanced to the Semis in hopes of making the top 16 single elims.
Others bowling quite well making the top 16 fi-nals were 10-16th Sarah Schneider, Willie Parawan, Sean Nguon, Chris Solo-mon, Debora Sanders, An-tonio Morgan, and Chris Abing.
Catamisan Wins at La Habra with a Splendid Performance
ALL POTS CARRY OVER TO COVINA Match Series Est $3,800 • Match Game Est $3,900
Mystery Doubles Est $1,300 • 3-6-9 is $800ABTA hosted by COVINA BOWL Saturday
Qualify at 1:00-2:30-4:00 & 6 :00 PM Semifinals 8:00 PM • Top 16 Single Elim Finals FollowIn 6-9th places were
Ge Ge Gabriel, Michael Morgan, Marina Suos, and Kmel Cunanan $110. One a step higher in 4th and 5th were Ben Bagaoisan, and Bill Warren $125.
In the Semi-Final match it was now a hot Ramon Alliiman vs Joevin Bolanos for the right to meet Cat-amisan for the title. Another close match. A split in the first frame and a missed 10 pin plagued Ramon and Joevin with only one open wins this match 216-203 with Handicap. Ramon is 3rd, bowled very well and cashed in at $200 with Mr. Bolanos on to bowl Freddie for the title.
The title game took place on lanes 15-16, Fred-die elected to have Joevin lead off and he did, with a strike.
Freddie then spared and chopped a spare, as did Jo-evin. Split on 2 and open on 3. He then he spared but Freddie found his composure with a strong three bagger and after five frames led by 34 pins. Jo-evin struggling with 7 and spare and the strikes in frames 7-8-9-10. Freddie with added pressure, spare, then another 3 bagger 7-8-9 frames and wins in a 224/251 to Joevin 198 /238. The title went to Freddie, the pride of Lawndale. He took home $2,500 with the bonuses. He bowled well and deserved the win. Nice bowling by one of the nic-est men in the ABTA.
Joevin bowled well and almost got another title. This man has been with us over 20 years. Also a nice man. He came close at La
Habra. Nice bowling Jo-evin.
Ramon Alliman in 3rd really did well at La Habra. Many thought he may win the event after he won his first 3 matches. Great bowl-ing by a very nice man.
Freddie Catamisan hails from Lawndale, married to Teresa with 4 kids, Katrina, Kassandra, Kristopher, and Karinne. He used a Storm drilled by ABTA member Ben Mach at Westminster Lanes.
Joevin Bolanos is single and used a Nano drilled by Barry Asher.
Ramon Alliman is from Long Beach, married to
Jackie with a 3 year old fu-ture ABTA member, their son Dante. He also had Ben Mach drill his Ebonite ball.
It is nice to return to La Habra “300”. Great place there and BEST Chinese food around in the cafe.They are great. We will re-turn for sure.
This week we return to COVINA BOWL, a great place. The Center is ac-cessed from either 10, or 210 Freeways. See our re-lated story for info. The phone there is 626-339-1287. Address, 1070 San Bernardino Blvd., Covina, CA .
We had several new members again. Nice bowl-ing by a pretty newcomer Sarah Schneider who made the top 16 finals. It was
nice to have the new mem-bers join us.
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ALL POTS CARRIED OVER. MATCH GAME DRAWN by Freddie was 262. Match Series drawn by Ramon was 419. Mys-tery Doubles drawn by Analiza a 290. Last man up in the 3-6-9 Roll-off was Brijish Patel who missed on shot #2. We will go for $800 Saturday at Covina. He got a $100 consolation for his effort.
Join us at Covina. See our ad and related story and thanks to you for be-ing loyal ABTA Members. YOU make us the best.
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Helped by his late-season surge on television, three-time 2015 PBA Tour title winner Ryan Ciminelli has climbed to the top of the all-time PBA television finals average list. Among players with at least 10 career televi-sion appearances, Ciminelli has an average of 230.55 in 14 career TV finals.
The top 10 in career averages on TV includes the follow-ing:
1, Ryan Ciminelli, 230.55 (14 career TV appearances).2, Roger Bowker, 229.17 (16).3, Norm Duke, 228.89 (113).4, Walter Ray Williams Jr., 228.32 (176).5, Doug Kent, 227.48 (35).6, Wes Malott, 227.37 (42).7, Mika Koivuniemi, 227.14 (41).8, Steve Hoskins, 226.08 (30).9, Barry Asher, 225.77 (20).10, Robert Smith, 225.56 (23).
CIMINELLI CLIMBS TO TOP OF ALL-TIME PBA TV FINALS AVERAGE LIST
SHAWNEE, OK — PBA Hall of Famer Carmen Salvino, who celebrated his 82nd birthday on Nov. 23, is among the early entries in the FireLake PBA Tournament of Champions. Upon throwing his first ball in competition, Salvino, who finished third in the inaugural Tournament of Champions in Indianapolis in 1962 (that’s 54 years ago), will improve upon his own record as the oldest player to bowl in a PBA Tour event. The native Chicagoan bowled in the 50th anniversary Barbasol PBA TOC in 2015 in In-dianapolis at the age of 81.
Salvino is one of seven PBA Hall of Famers already entered. Others include Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J.; Jason Couch, Clermont, Fla.; Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla.; Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela; Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., and Walter Ray Williams Jr., Oxford, Fla.
TOC week officially gets underway on Monday, Feb. 1, with the PBA Hall of Fame dinner and induction ceremo-nies at 6 p.m. at the Grand Casino Resort & Hotel when long-time ESPN announcer Denny Schreiner, former PBA South Region tournament manager Harry O’Neale and PBA50 Tour star Pete Couture will be honored.
CARMEN SALVINO TO IMPROVE ON HIS OWN RECORD IN 2016 FIRELAKE TOC
While official voting is underway among PBA members and veteran members of the bowling news media, PBA fans are invited to express their views about who you think should be selected as 2015 Chris Schenkel PBA Player of the Year and/or 2015 Harry Golden PBA Rookie of the Year? Check out the official end-of-season statistics for the 10 Player of the Year and five Rookie of the Year candidates (see accompanying statistics chart), and express your thoughts on PBA’s official Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/ProfessionalBowlersAssociation/?fref=ts) and/or Twitter (https://twitter.com/PBATour) pages.
The winners will be announced live on PBA’s Xtra Frame online bowling channel on Wednesday, Jan. 20 at 4 p.m. EST. Winners will receive their awards during a live Xtra Frame videocast from the PBA Hall of Fame ceremonies on Monday evening, Feb. 1, from the Grand Casino Hotel & Resort in Shawnee, Okla.
It was little more than two years ago that Professional Bowlers Assn. stalwart Chris Barnes conducted a grueling six-hour clinic at Corbin Bowl in Tarzana.
Barnes was joined by Mark Baker, who thrived on the PBA Tour in the 1980s and is now thriving as a much-respected bowling coach.
The two provided a potent combination of teachings for the eager students at the San Fernando Valley clinic.
As for Barnes, he has won the U.S. Open, PBA Tour-nament of Champions and PBA World Championship to become the sixth bowler to win the Triple Crown.
He was selected as the PBA player of the year for the 2007-2008 season and has bowled as the franchise play-er for the local Silver Lake (Calif.) Atom Splitters in the PBA League. Barnes, a Double Oak, Tex., resident, led the Atom Splitters to the league title for the second straight season last year in the Elias Cup finals.
He has earned more than two million dollars on the PBA Tour.
One lesson that Barnes imparted at Corbin Bowl left an indelible impression on Siena Cawelti, who was attending the clinic with 15 others. It’s worth reciting as possibly one of the most important bowling tips ever.
Recalled Siena shortly after the conclusion of the clin-ic: “One of the things that stuck in my mind is what Chris Barnes said – ‘You can throw a bad shot but don’t throw the same bad shot from the same place. Throw the same bad shot from a different spot on the lane.’ ’’
Simple advice. Try it and see if it works.
Bowling Tip to Carry Into The New Year
Courtesy of Chris Barnesby Fred Eisenhammer
Chris Barnes has a bowling tip that could prove valuable for 2016.
The PBA Grand Casino Hotel & Resort Southwest Winter Open, a PBA Regional tournament and TOC quali-fying event at FireLake Bowling Center over Jan. 29-31 weekend will set the stage for the start of TOC week.
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1 – The Silver Lake (Calif.) Atom Splitters claimed the Professional Bowlers Assn. League title for the second year in a row by defeating theL.A.XonceagainintheEliasCupfinals.WhowasSilverLake’stop player?
a) Jason Belmonte
b) Chris Barnes
c) Walter Ray Williams
d) Pete Weber
2 – A father and son distinguished themselves on the same night in October 2014 by each bowling a perfect game and 800 series in leagueplayatWinnetkaBowl–perhapsthefirsttimethisfeathasever happened. Who were the two players?
a) Dick Weber and Pete Weber
b) Johnnie Englehart and Scott Englehart
c) Joe “Jellybean” Bryant and Kobe Bryant
d) Archie Manning and Peyton Manning
3–What extraordinaryperformancedid left-handerBillPlummerrecord a year and a half ago during league play at Corbin Bowl in Tarzana?
a) He bowled the first-ever 100-pin stepladder series with scores of 100, 200 and 300.
b) He converted the nearly unmakeable 7-10 split in each of his three-game series.
c) He bowled back-to-back perfect games in a 193-300-300 series.
d) He rolled a Dutch 200, finishing with a 200 score by alternating strikes and spares throughout the game.
4 – In early 2014, Charles Kenny put on a whirlwind show by rolling four perfect games during league play within one month. What made his “Grand Slam” so unusual?
a) He bowled each of his 300 games in the first game of his series.
b) He bowled each of his 300 games in the last game of his series.
c) He rang up his four perfect games at four venues: Winnetka Bowl, Santa Clarita Lanes, Mission Hills Bowl and Jewel City Bowl in Glendale.
d) He rolled his first three perfect games right-handed and his fourth game left-handed.
5–The1998cultmovie,“TheBigLebowski’’featuredJeffrey“TheDude” Lebowski, an unemployed L.A. slacker and enthusiastic bowler. The “Lebowski Fest” comes to the L.A. area annually to honor the movieanditszanycharacters.WhostarredinthemovieasJeffreyLebowski?
a) Jeff Bridges
b) Lloyd Bridges
c) Beau Bridges
d) London Bridges
6 – On May 31, 2009, the venerable AMF R o c k e t B o w l i n Chatsworth closed its doors. How long had this popular bowling center been open?
a) 12 years
b) 25 years
c) 48 years
d) 87 years
7 –Why has Jamie Beeler of Chatsworth been described as “the toughest bowler around?”
a) He bowled 101 games in one day and didn’t eat throughout his seven-hour recreational session at AMF Woodlake Lanes in Woodland Hills.
b) He finished three games of his league series despite a severe attack of kidney stones, barely finishing after “taking Advil after Advil after Advil.”
c) He worked a 24-hour shift before bowling three games on his league team, not sleeping over a 48-hour period.
d) He hurt his right wrist during his league series and finished his final game by bowling his final game with his left hand – the first time he had bowled with his “off” hand.
8 – Which former Los Angeles Laker center will forever be linked to bowling because he sustained a serious knee injury bowling while he was rehabilitating an injury to his other knee?
a) Elden Campbell
b) Elmore Smith
c) Vlade Divac
d) Andrew Bynum
9 – For what price is AMF Woodlake Lanes in Woodland Hills selling its“behemothburger,”afive-pound,14-inch-roundburger“thatwasserved with the works and made for sharing?” The hamburger became the talk of the town because of its hefty price and tremendous size.
a) $25
b) $35
c) $54.99
d) $100
10 – One current bowler enjoyed an 11-year career in the majors, including three seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1974 to 1976. He’s recreated himself as one of the top amateur bowlers morethan35yearslaterwithfiveperfectgamesandan800series.Who is he?
a) Rick Sutcliffe
b) Rick Monday
c) Rick Dempsey
d) Rick Auerbach
Here are the answers:
1b; 2b; 3c; 4c; 5a; 6c; 7b; 8d; 9c; 10d.
Left-hander Bill Plummer enjoyed a memorable night at Corbin Bowl in Tarzana. Photo by Fred Eisenhammer.
Here’s the First Official L.A. Bowling Quizby Fred Eisenhammer
Los Angeles may not be the capital of the bowling world, but for many, it’s the center of their bowling universe. So in keeping with that L.A.- doesn’t-get-the-respect-it-deserves theme, we’re dedicating a bowling quiz to Los Angeles and its many talented players. To get in the mood of taking the first official Los Angeles Bowling Quiz, here’s some bowling humor:
Question: Why are football players not allowed in bowling centers? Answer: After getting a strike, they spike the ball.Question: What is the difference between Barry Zito and Walter Ray Williams Jr.? Answer: Walter Ray knows how to throw a strike.
Now that you’re ready (hopefully), here goes the first official Los Angeles Bowling Quiz:
Scoring:9-10 A genius on L.A. bowling.7-8: An expert on L.A. bowling.5-6: Somewhat knowledgeable on L.A. bowling.0-4: Needs to spend more time around L.A.’s bowling cen-ters.
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JAPAN — Fourteen PBA Tour stars, along with a representative of the PWBA and one Korea PBA player, will join 16 Japanese professional bowlers in the 2016 DHC PBA Japan Invitational Jan. 15-17 in Tokyo. The tournament format includes four eight-game rounds of head-to-head match play leading to a five-player stepladder final that will air on ESPN2 at 11 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 31.
The 32-game round-robin match play competition will be covered live, exclusively by PBA’s Xtra Frame online bowling channel, marking the second year in a row Xtra Frame has covered the event for PBA’s global audience.
PBA players making the trip to Tokyo include defending champion Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas; Dom Barrett, England; Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J.; Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, N.Y.; Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla.; Liz Johnson, Cheektowaga, N.Y.; Aaron Lorincz, Belleville, Mich.; Danielle McEwan, Stony Point, N.Y.; Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela; Bill O’Neill, Langhorne, Pa.; Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill.; Ron-nie Russell, Marion, Ind.; Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y.; John Szczerbinski, North Tonawanda, N.Y., and Walter Ray Williams Jr., Oxford, Fla.
Barnes, who returns as defending champion, will make his first PBA appearance since undergoing back surgery in early October. Bohn, Monacelli and Johnson were invited to bowl by DHC, the event sponsor. The others earned berths based on combined qualifying totals in the Xtra Frame PBA South Point Las Vegas Open and the Bowlmor AMF U.S.
PBA TOUR RETURNS TO ACTION IN 2016 DHC PBA JAPAN INVITATIONAL
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Open. McEwan was the leading woman bowler in that group. Shafer was next in line to fill the vacancy created by Australia’s Ja-son Belmonte, who with-drew to stay home awaiting the birth of his third child.
Xtra Frame’s live cover-age by Mike Jakubowski and Jef Goodger will in-clude eight-game match play rounds Friday, Jan. 15, at 8 p.m. and 1 a.m. EST (10 a.m. and 3 p.m. in Ja-pan), and at the same times on Saturday. First prize in the tournament is $40,000 along with a PBA Tour ti-tle if the winner is a PBA member.
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Championship: Jon Van Hees, Charlestown, R.I. ($20,000) def. Jason Sterner, Covington, Ga. ($10,000), 202-176.Semifinal Round (losers each earned $5,000): Sterner def. Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 257-174. Van Hees def. Lonnie Waliczek, Wichita, Kan., 209-191.
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BURBANK — Good to see everyone back on the lanes. Here are your scores.Senior Swingers: (scr) Ed Bugayong 190, Kay Samu-elsen 150, Rick Langer 496, Seiki Tluczek 408. (hdcp) Er-nie Gluck 233, Cres Cruz 221, Winston Gorriceta, Mary Langer 607.Monday 690: (scr) Steven Jones 238, Glenda Nale 199, Dylan Jimenez 642, Patty Shaffer 569. (hdcp) Roy Stans-bery 267, Cheryl Mikels 229, ave Brubaker 673, Helen Ow-ens 634.ICF: Andre Giacomelli 246, Sydney DeMello 248, Dan Will-hite 655, Barbara Liberto 652.LA Metro Telco: (scr) Jack Roquemore 235, Kathy Lilliqu-ist 180, Win Kato 595, Cortney Lyon 479. (hdcp) Jimmy Jebejian 274, Young-Mi Wathen 254, Richard Andersen 691, Joyce Hill 696.Pinnacle: (scr) Mike Maurice 180, Leo Villa 325.Guys & Dolls: (scr) Tim Hackett 222, Tracy Chow 183, Mike McMahon 595, Colleen Simpson 508. (hdcp) Tom Duncan 256, Marina Evans 252, Doug Eklund 679, Melissa Procanik 712.Wed Night Hdcp: (scr) Chris Martinez 245, Alexis Arnold 198, Ron Alvarez 689, Laura Baltazar 510. (hdcp) Dylan Jimenez 267, Kasey Dagenais 261, Josh Gershon 731, Katie-Joy Riordon 677.Senior Foursome: (scr) Dwight Temple 203, Kathy Temple 168, Ron Stearns 553, Marie Menez 429. (hdcp) Dick Bay 245, Lydia Gantt 222, Rick Langer 662, Dorothy Schmitz 649.Thursday 890: (scr) Roy Stansbery 268, Renee York 192, Ryan Hinchliffe 681, Ramona Gardner 525. (hdcp) Johnny Aboyte 295, Joyce Penunuri 254, Cameron Bostwick 767, Sue Hutchens 703. That’s all for now, so until next time...keep the ball rollin’!
LAKEWOOD — Here’s some exciting news of events that will be taking place here at Cal Bowl. Watch for a Se-nior favorite on January 30th, a Senior Scotch Doubles to be held on Saturday, January 30th. Sign up now! Need a partner? Check with Leonard or Eric.
Another event that the bowlers enjoy is our Sweetheart Doubles (Mixed Doubles No-Tap) to be held on Saturday, February 13th. Check-in at 11:30 a.m., bowl at 12:00 noon. It’s only $10 per person.C.A.U.L.: Scott Scarborough 2235/674, Andy Clark 222/611, RJ Guimond 591, Lori Gilmore 475.Fil-Am Bowlers: Vic Santos 267/750, Matt Mosley 279/719, Emmerson Wafer 246/693, Jonathan Barraca 256/693, Leon Braford 255/649, Eric Camanag 248/642, Freddie Catamisan 237/628, Christy Estimo 214/597, LIza Agoncillo 235/581, Shirley Owens 206/579, Emily Burch-man 206/571, Elvie Medestomas 201/559, Bheth Alcayde 212/554.Mega Vegas Sun: Elgie Monge 247/709, James Mattthews 269/665, Bob Johnson 214/665, Tamieka Riddick 483.Vegas Crackpots: Charles Sumling 268/683, Curtis McCa-nn 246/650, Brent Shern 234/642, Craig Woods 235/639, Mike Williams 233/628, Daryl McCloud 242/626, Shaonna Battle 231/570, LaTonya Hicks 204/526, Ellen Myers 525, Annette Haynes 521.Laughlin Bowler Bears: Brandon Mims 255/700, Ryan McEvilly 240/581, Frederick Radcliffe 207/536, Paul Wells 224/534, Cindy Raadcliffe 203/493.Senior Men’s Trio: Scott Poddig 279/733, Curt Soares 268/718, Carl Labayan 707, Benny Martinez 286/701, Rick Llaneta 258/697, John Woods 279.Pin Heads: Dominic Saraceno 206/592, Ashley Brown 527, Diane Robles 506.Cal-Mega Vegas-Tues.: B.J. Harlan 243/667, Le’Star Walker 246/60, Kenny McCartney 250/646, Tony White 225/643, John Woods 225/601, Gerrick Myers 598, Bob Johnson Jr. 218/592, Mark Fowler 575, Stacey Erickson 237/610, Nickey Burruss 214/582, Kathy Johnson 504.Cal Bowleros: Renee Johnson/Scott 214/580, Carolyn Rousseau 206/569, Mary Smyth 205/542, Anna VonMueg-ge 212/518. Side-pot winners—Game One: Anna VonMue-gge 252; Game Two: Carolyn Rousseau 192; Game Three: Karen Robbins 236.Alley Oops: Tim Cable 609, Julie Grabinski 518. Side-pot winners—Game One: Liz Stankov 232; Game Two: Tim Cable 265; Game Three: Tim Cable 234.Marcus Lemons Vegas: Tony Kellum 258/673, Ondra Lucas 661, FRobert Cloyd 656, Ronnie Lemons 238/624, Demetrius Reed 624, Benny Bonam 233/618, Crystal Barker 244/633, Felecia Tripp 243/625, LaJeana Harris 224/573, Rhonda Wright 227/570.Sierra Bugs: Kelle Falbo 544, Myra Kremen 2313/517. Side-pot winners—Game One: Kelle Falbo 200; Game Two: Kelle Falbo 186; Game Three: Linda Holden 209. Bowling Buddies: Rich Ewaskey 680, Eugene Carter 505, Betty Major 475, Merrie Slagley 409, Joan Roach 209.Captain & Crew: Tua Sula 562, Sue Spencer 494. Funsters: Phil Hylton 236/675, Jeff Edwards 247/666, Chris VanDeven 226/640, Jorge Fernandez 232/638, Jim Plante 638, Ralph Montgomery 255/614, Ron Leidholdt 223/602, Christy Estimo 536, Myra Kremen 533.Everyone have a great week. See you on the lanes.
WINNETKA — Hello. It’s the second week of January and we have a lot of new scores to report from Winnetka Bowl.Van Nuys Eagles: Rick Gamboa 248/675, Margo Sundy 483, Ron Craig 257/644, Matt Hall 256/657, Tom Leigh 222/651, Ed Jones 227/596, Jessica Jeensalute 462.River Maniacs: Mike Olson “300”/789, Elizabeth Fonv ergne 233/608, Tim Shope 268/732, Dan Kline 256/706, Kevin Gross 268/699, Scott Englehart 237/645, Marsha Martinez 233/596, Rosie Bates 505.Monday Night Madness: Wayne Mcclean 296/729, Lou Sandon-Carey 469, Jerome Hampton 254/680, Paul Dean 230/640, David Jaques 219/580, Bill Aldridge 567, Wendy Maceri 436.Scratch Daytime Travel: Kelly Gold 256/658, Nancy Kato 244/601, Renell Cannon 215/595, Pam Lind 511, Arlene Bonino 510.Ellen’s Comedians: Justin Archer 257/693, Erica Pollack 254/626, Michael Pollack 247/665, Ted Nagy 663, Jesse Chastain 659, Dan Onestinghel 657, Mary Becker 537, Vince Koeller 257. Bob Hatch 256, Billy Mulvihill 246.Guys & Dolls: Joe Curry 276/677, Timika Walton 534, Buenafe Holbrook 210/518, Rick Stine 265/653, Mike Hahn 244/639, Tom Martino 623, Rosco Frazier 614, Diane Weed 517, Gregory Kolski 242.League Of Our Own: Mark Alvarino 232/635, Amy Lew 464, Adam Lew 221/593, William Lingamen 212/582, Denny Jiramoree 218/559, Kellen Tanaka 541, Derek Tang 230.Men’s Classic Handicap: Russell Booth 286/731, Joe Fonvergne 258/703, George Gentile 687, Dave Schettini 676, Dean Sarrocco 668, Charles Kenny 279, Randy Page 266, Mike Bruce 249.Wednesday Night Rollers: Richie Gardner 245/634, Shannon Simmonds 212/517, Harold Nakaoka 224/625, Jeremy Forkner 222/583, Ruben Ruiz 560, Mike Petruzelli 201/550, Jill Williamson 507, Chris Ivey 248, Wayne Eisen 201.Copper Bucket: Mark Yamashita 256/669, Doreen Adel-man 202/549, Tom Borrelli 234/611, Ed Jones 593, Rusty Yeager Jr. 232593, Joe Myers 591, Kevin Aguilera 251, Tanner Perkins 224.500 Classic: Mary Lauer 558, Carol Asher 205, Connie Wannomae 547, Petra Kaun 225/531, Henny Shepherd 525.The Achievers: Jimmy Jurgenson 401, Janet Dang 297, Kim Smith 278, Andrea Hall 227, Jeff Grude 345.The Classics: Ryan Finney 233/233/621, Pam Findl 213/606, Gil Geer 238/613, Bo Fogel 220/557, Rean Lut-trell 544, Laurie Gilmore 212/519, Leah Hoffman 215/501.Thirsty Nite Out: Chris Ivey 278/747, Margie Jaime 227/603, Gregory Kolski 258/671, Ed Uyemuki 266/643, Carol Comrie 640, Chris Frank 276/636, Ida Farber 211/679, Amy Lew 222/576, Liz Rogers 511.St. Cyril’s: Philip Dimenno 203/555, Nancy Ross 200/495.SFVCC Nikkei: Eiji Fukumoto 247/551, Noriko Fukumoto 205/591, Stan Date 257/636, Randy Page 535, Kevin Eto 232/622, Sho Kadonaga 614, Sandra Yamamoto 200/585, Tami Shiotani 211/544, Pei Eto 518, Yuki Matsuba 233, Harry Yamagami 228, Bob Yamashita 228.Party Animals: Mark May 738, San Mitchell 220/648, Frank Martinez Jr. 298/760, Mark Meade 720, Henry
Harris 265/712, Robert Lopez 259, Elizabeth Fonvergne 232/609.49’Ers: Curtis Litzenberger 234/660, Mary Lauer 507, Jim Land 248/607, Al Reiswig 211/599, Richard Greenzweight 226/568, Bruce Zietz 202/562, Jayne Willis 203/503, Bev Zietz 502.Funtimers: Robert Adams 231/641, Carolyn Scherzberg 200/589, Carole Peire 215/533, Richard Greenzweight 226/617, Al Reiswig 225/604, Les Charbonneau 590, John Rosen 213/559, Bill Volkert 214, Jim Mohr 213.39’Ers: Robert Adams 224/649, Carolyn Scherzberg 537, Al Reiswig 255/598, Diana Walden 206, Jerry Kanow-itz 247/644, Duane Erickson 235/640, Ron Doll 602, Les Charbonneau 598, Al Reiswig 255/598, Mary Lauer 528, John Sanchez 243.
JUNIORSJunior Royals: Justin Pluchino 257/720, Julia Frias 257/677, William Wales 471, Jacey Opiana 257/573.Junior Allstars: (2 games) Daron Dildine 121/198, Mea-gan O’Neill 102/198, Elizabeth Lajnef 119/178, Michael Campos 115/185, Evan O’Neill 117/181.Junior: (2 games) Jeffry Krasnasky 115/208, Melani Rodri-guez 152/231, Tyler Wong 106/192, Jake Perren 81/176.Keep dry during the rainy weather. It’s always dry in a bowl-ing center so come on over and have some fun. See you on the lanes.
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DOWNEY — It wasn’t pretty, but it was enough as Threadworks moved into 1st place in Round 5 by sweep-ing past The Professional Approach 5-0. The US Open pat-tern was playing especially tough tonight as most teams struggled. Paul Varela led the charge to the top, as he fired a very nice 604 series to lead the sweep. Danny Ly led Power House Video Games to a sweep of their own, as they took down Blizz Yogurt 5-0. Danny shot 625, while Greg Neuer led Blizz with 581. Team DV8 is once again in contention for the round lead, as Sam Hitchcock winged his way to 242/623 and led DV8 to a 4-1 win over Linder Insurance.
Linder was paced by Kurt Arakaki 592 and Kevin Val-monte 591. In the best scoring match of the night, Pino’s Pizza prevailed 3-2 as they held off Alhambra Coin Center to win Team Totals by 13. Both teams bowled well, finishing as #1 and #2 scoring teams for the night, and their pair was 250 pins higher than any other two teams combined scoring for a pair. Leading the way for Pino’s was Ramon Torres 627 & Leonard Ruiz 600, while Alhambra was led by Doug Kempt 660 & Steve Gaucin 608. Herzog Insurance took a 4-1 win over the PJ-less Los Altos Trophies team as Mikey Villarreal shot 625 for the winners, while Top Dog for the night went to Los Altos’ Buddy Lucas with a very fine 670.
In the roll off team matches, it was Erickson Foods once again losing the first two games, only to come back strong in Game 3 and not only win the game, but Team Totals. Er-ickson pulls within 2.5 games of holding the #1 seed with the 3-2 win, as nobody managed to shoot 600 series, Herbert
Jones led the way for Keystone Lanes with 589, while Jason Buenviaje shot 563 for Ericksons. Charlie Kinstler shot 614 to lead SYSCO to a 5-0 sweep of Forest Lanes who strug-gled all night to catch SYSCO. Mason Man O’Lantern Sher-man topped Forest with 589. American Harvest Vodka out shot CASAMIGO’S Tequila and won 4-1 as Kevin Jones rolled 588, while Vernon Adams topped the Tequila team with 565. Mike Jennings shot 594 to lead Tifco Industries to a 4-1 win over BOWLIUM, who had the pair’s high series, Craig Stevens with 623. Matt Mosley powered his way to 255 & 638 to lead Cook’s Bowling Supply to a 5-0 sweep over J.A.T. DeeRonn Booker led the Junior Amateur Tour team with 549. In the final pairing, it was GJC Services win-ning 3 points as Juan Zavala topped his squad with 511.
Sidepot winners were Game 1 – Sam Hitchcock 242 Game 2 –Jason Buenviaje 226 however the Financial Advi-sor’s pot was won by Buddy Lucas 225 for $240 with Leon-ard Ruiz Jr. 2nd place with 223 for $100. Game 3 Super Pot went to Mikey Villarreal 255, quite the contrast from last week where you needed 11 strikes or more to win. The TRUE ANCHOR award goes to a new winner, Barry Couch Jr. collected the honors with a 3 game set of 361.
One more week on the dreaded US Open shot to try and move into the Round Lead, improve your standing, or move up the ladder in the Roll Off seedings. I’m sure most can’t wait for May to get here, since we will be finished with this pattern. Hope to see you all down at Del Rio next Monday in Downey. Have a blessed week everyone!
Threadworks Stitches Together A Sweep Into Firstby Randy Myers
1st - 256 Billy Myers Jr. 2nd - 236 Matt Schermerhorn
TOP 10 TEAMS ROUND 3DV8 17Forest Lanes 15Linder Insurance 13Pro Approach $ 13Alhambra Coin Center 13
Keystone Lanes 12Wowo’s Smokin’ Hot BBQ 12J.A.T. 11Relax-Release-Repeat 10.5Ketel One Vodka 10
TOP 10 THIS WEEKBilly Myers Jr. 670Vernon Adams 658Scott Poddig 640Eddie VanDaniker 636Lee Liu 627
Bobby Hornacek 614Ramon Torres 613Juan Zavala 606Doug Kempt 606Gabriel Martinez 601
DOWNEY — The Brunswick Invitational hit the lanes for Week 4 of the third round and as always though the pattern played tough scoring crept up as bowlers adjusted their angles and equipment to match up better to the 46’ of oil.
In the “A” match, Linder’s Insurance made a run to try and continue their winning putting up their 13-2 record against DV8 who took 4 to stay within a game going into today. DV8 kept it simple and around the pocket and with Linder’s strug-gling took all 5 points to jump into the league league. Scott Poddig whacked them for 640 to lead DV8 while Kurt Arakaki paced Linder’s with a 591 set.
In the “B” match, Forest Lanes pocketed 4 wins last week to jump to third to match up against J.A.T. who was only able to take one point the last week. Forest snuck out game 1 by 4 pins but came back big in the second game. J.A.T. came back strong the third game for the win but it wasn’t enough for totals. Gip Lentine paced Forest with 577 while DeeRonn Booker came back home to pace J.A.T. once again with a 561 set.
Relax-Release-Repeat swept five points last week to jump up to 5th and met Alhambra Coin Center whose 4 wins last week bumped them to 9-6. Alhambra booked another 4 wins taking games one and two and cruising to win totals and four points. Doug Kempt led Alhambra Coin Center with a 606 set while Vernon Adams was solid with a 658 set for the one win.
Cook’s Bowling Supply only got one from DV8 last week but stayed within 4 points of the lead meeting up with first-round winners Professional Approach. Professional Approach was back in form as they cruised to a sweep led by Billy Myers Jr. with a huge 670 set. Mikey Villarreal was high for Cook’s with a 598 set.
Sysco dropped to 9th after a 1-4 loss to Forest Lanes meet-ing up with Keystone Lanes; both teams at 8-7. Keystone started out strong but had to hold on for the 4-1 win and totals as Sysco took game three by 57. Gabriel Martinez led Sysco with a 601 set while Jared Lawrence helped Keystone to their wins with his 556.
Erickson Foods took 3 to move up to 11th at 8-7 match-ing up with Wowo’s Smokin’ Hot BBQ at 7-8. Wowo’s swept through Erickson led by Ryan Cunningham’s 585 set while Matt Garcia put up 581 in the sweep.
GJC Janitorial swept 5 points last week to move up to 13th and faced second-round winners Don Julio Tequila who dropped after last week’s one-win effort. The tequila boys started off strong taking games one and two but barely dropped game three by 2 sticks for the 4-1 win. Buddy Lucas led Don Julio with a 567 set while Mike Jennings’ 566 helped GJC with their one win.
Pino’s Pizza and Los Altos Trophies matched up their 6-9 records in the 15 vs. 16th place matchup. Los Altos came up big games one and three but Pino’s came back with a big game 2 to make totals interesting, but fell 4-1 in the end. Ramon Torres led Pino’s to their one point with a 613 set while Lee Liu’s 627 was tops for Los Altos.
Ketel One Vodka was swept to 17th last week while Herzog Insurance’s one win put them a 5-10. Ketel One swept right through Herzog who couldn’t manage to keep up with Eddie VanDaniker’s 636 and Bobby Hornacek’s 614 sets. Kevin Ga-gnon was high for Herzog with a 570 set.
Threadworks added two points last week but remained in the final match bowling against Creamation Centers of CA who were trying to chalk up their first point of the round. Super-sub Spanky Rosales’ 619 set helped Threadworks take 4 of 5 for the night while Andre Pitchford helped Cremation centers take a point with a 573 set.
Sidepots went to Sam Hitchcock- 244 and Eddie VanDani-ker- 227 for $72 each while the third-game superpot was a tie between Mikey Villarreal- 233 and Vernon Adams- 233 for $105 each. The second-game Financial Advisor’s pot was pocketed by Billy Myers Jr.- 256 for $220 and Matt Schermer-horn- 236 second for $100.
Come on down to Del Rio Monday nights at 8:30 and see the best scratch league in Southern California take the lanes!
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