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Volumn 16, No. 9 February, 2008

Husted new proprietor atVancouver’s Hazel Dell Lanes Dave Husted has assumed ownership of Hazel Dell Lanes inVancouver. The official take over date was January 30th, 2008. Husted, who also is involved in the operations of Milwaukie Bowland Kellogg Bowl in Milwaukie said, “I’m looking forward to the newopportunity at Hazel Dell and working in a new market area. I plan onbeing around Hazel Dell a lot, to getto know the bowlers and other cus-tomers,” Husted said. Husted heard the center was for saleand after talks with owner DennyLabsch over several months an agree-ment to buy the business was reached.“Denny was very helpful during thisprocess,” said Husted. No immediatechanges are planned for the 24 lanehouse, “but,” said Husted, “we willwork to solve the scoring machineproblems as soon as possible.” Theonly other immediate change will beHazel Dell Lanes will now becomeHusted’s Hazel Dell Lanes. Husted is a well known bowler whohas 13 PBA titles to his credit, including 3 US Open titles. He competesinfrequently now and devotes most of his time to bowling center opera-tions. Ray Wright will remain as manager and Bob Wells has been hired asassistant manger.

The winning team in the 36th Annual Clark County Mixed Champi-onships held at Hazel Dell Lanes. From left to right: Dan Steinmueller,Team captain Janet Steinmueller, Niola Sams and Scott Haskin. Theteam named “Rookie Rollers” because three of the team membershad never bowled a tournament before. Photo courtesy of Janet Steinmueller

“Rookie Rollers” take first in 36thAnnual Clark County Mixed Tournament

Mother-son each shoot 802’s

Kim Duddington and son Jason recently both shot an 802 seriesat Milwaukie Bowl. Jason shot his on Dec. 20th with games of267-255-280 and Kim rolled 278-300-224 on January 3rd. Ja-son said “it was a fun night and things were going good, It waseven more fun watching mom shoot hers two weeks later.” Kimwas so excited about the 300 game she said, “I wasn’t even think-ing about a 800. I had a few opens in the last game but threwsome doubles and finished up with the 802.” This was Kim’s sec-ond 300, the other coming in the Queens event held a few yearsago at Interstate Lanes. This was Kim’s first 800.Milwaukie Bowl photo

District 4 tournament Champions

R. A. Long high school girls bowling team champions: (left to right)front row, Liz Hasbrouck, Mallory Sutter, Savannah Miranda, DawnaSwanson. Back row: Coaches Jackie Slechta and Chad Mauro.

R. A. Long

Second place in District 4 event

Mark Morris

Seattle landmark Sunset Bowlto close in April, 2008

Historic centerin BallardDistrict sold.Story onpage 10

Aloha Lelani Swiss - story on page 9

2nd place Mark Morris (left to right): Danica Bryant, Ashley Bales,Mikayla Brown, Darion Kerr, Holly Simmons, Riann Bogner, KatieWells. In back: Coach Al Rigdon. more on page 7

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John Solberg - Portland/VancouverContributing writers:

By Ernie Gerald

My wife and I decided to be winter rainbirds (not snowbirds) in southTexas this winter. So, I am now bowling in McAllen, Texas with myRV neighbors. Most of my neighbors are Canadians that bowl Canadian5 pin bowling when home. Canadian 5 pin bowling is basically on thesame type lanes as our 10 pin bowling but shooting at 5 pins. There aremore than a million try their hand at 5 pin and over 600,000 bowl leagues.5 pin bowling is the most popular bowling in Canada and remains theonly truly Canadian sport being played in every Province and territoryof Canada. 5 pin bowling is derived from 10 pin bowling because of theobvious reason of number of pins. The 5 pin bowling balls are 5 inchesin diameter and weigh just 3 pounds 8 ounces. The pins are spaced justa hair farther apart than the bowling ball diameter in a V pattern like 10pin’s formation. The bowling ball is held much like you would acantaloupe in the palm of your hand. Complex scoring adds anotherunique feature. Each pin holds a different value and the bowler gets tothrow three times per frame. Now, this may seem easier but not true. Aperfect game score is 450 unlike 10 pin’s 300. A perfect game is veryrare, in fact it took 12 years after the games creation for the first perfectgame to be bowled. You can bowl 10 pin anywhere in the world butyou have to go to Canada to bowl 5 pin. Now, do not underestimate these Canadians, they are determined tobowl well in 10 pin or 5 pin. They tend to throw straight and hardprobably due to the lightweight small 5 pin balls they are used to. Someof them throw the ball with a backup spin due to a top of the ball fingersforward release. I noticed that the Canadians are fun to bowl with becausethey are in it for the fun, score is important but takes a back seat to fun.They did not want to establish a league but instead just a non sanctionedweekly bowling, mixing teams each week. At any rate, I really enjoybowling down here but miss my hometown bowling friends and homealleys. I look forward to bowling the PBA Experience league again thissummer at Triangle.

Bowling in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas

The Tournament of Champions TV match between Chris Barnes andMichael Haugen for the title had to be one of the best TV matches ever. When Haugen was 56 pins down, I like most everyone else had Barnesthe victor, but a rare 10 pin miss by Barnes opened the door and Haugenresponded by striking and winning 215 to 214. Best TV match I’veseen since Ernie Schlegel defeated Randy Peterson in California manyyears ago. I’m not sure but I think that was the match where the lightswent out in the center for a while and when the match was resumed ,itcame down to the tenth frame. Peterson needed a strike to win and bur-ied the ball and left a 9 pin which gave the match to Ernie. Congratulations to R.A. Long bowling team for taking first place inthe district tournament held at Allen’s Crosley Lanes in Vancouver andalso to Mark Morris for coming in second. Both teams advance to State.The Van-Port could not make any connections to get ongoing news onthe High School St.Helens League this season, and for this we apolo-gize and will try harder next season to try to bring ongoing results to ourreaders. Have already talked with a few coaches about this and hope-fully next season will see more high school bowling news in The Van-Port. If you wonder where John Solberg has been lately, John had surgeryon his eye and complications developed leading to having the surgeryredone. Last word was he is doing fine. On the subject of Van-Port staff-ers, you might have noticed the Ernie Gerald also has been among themissing. Ernie’s ok, just down on the south Texas coast enjoying thesunshine, hopefully he’ll be back around March. Ernie emailed an ar-ticle on some of his activities you’ll find on this page. A Thank You also to Janet Steinmueller, team captain of the winningteam “Rookie Roller” who captured the 36th Clark County Mixed tour-nament. Janet took it upon herself to send us a picture of the team. Wereit not for Janet we would not have known who won as no results wererecieved by The Van-Port. On the subject of associations, I’d like to send a special Thank Youto the Portland USBC, they do an excellent job of getting us news, pic-tures and advertising their tournaments. Bob Zoesch writes a monthlycolumn on Portland doings and it is very popular, when he misses amonth I always get phone calls saying “what did you (meaning me) do?Leave him out! So it can be done. Thanks to Al Whiteman, Lani, BobZoesch and other association members for their support of The Van-Port. With the sale of Hazel Dell Lanes to Dave Husted, it removes fromcenter ownership the last of what I call “the Old Guard.” Denny Labschhas been at Hazel Dell for over 40 years and he now joins the ranks ofthe retired. He was the last proprietor with links to the “old days” ofPortland bowling. Champ Husted is in semi-retirement in Arizona, DonnAllen, Sr. has been retired for several years and Bill Oetken at Kelloggis also in semi-retirement. I consider myself part of “the old guard” asare many other Portland bowlers, but I’m referring here to proprietorswho did so much for bowling and were successful! Will miss them all!And thanks to them! AND Goodbye to Sunset Lanes in Seattle, after 50+ years it has beensold to a (what else) real estate developer. Along with the loss of Sunsetwill go the popular Lelani Swiss, which moved to Sunset when Lelaniwas sold. Hope it can find a home somewhere.

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Well, we made it through the holidays and are well over half waythrough our winter bowling season. Bring on the warm sunny stuff. Idid it again. Last year I missed the Vanport deadline for the Januaryissue and pledged not to do so again...But I did. As such, I missedJanuary again and when the paper came out several people mentionednot seeing an article from me. (Well maybe a couple of people - Thanksson, for noticing). So, on to the current month’s news and happenings. GPUSBC membership stands at 10,290 as of the middle of January.That’s a reduction of a little less than 4 percent from last year which issomewhat less than the previous year-to-year membership declines.Awards requests continue to come in with 6,128 thus far which includes113 perfect games, 37 800 series and 108 11-in-a row scores. Accuracyalso shows up with nine big 4 (4,6,7,10) conversions and seven 7-10conversions. The time for tournaments is rapidly coming up on us. Entries areclosed for the GPUSBC Youth Championship tournament being held atInterstate Lanes the first three weekends of February and everyone isencouraged to drop by the center and show support for our youngbowlers. C’mon folks, grand-parents, friends and acquaintances, let’sshow them we care. It’s not too early to get your entry in for the GPUSBC women’stournament which is scheduled for Rose Bowl on 2 weekends in March(8-9 and 15-16). Last year’s Women’s tournament at Tigard Bowl sawan increase compared to 2006 and it is hoped to see an even bigger-better supported event this year. Entry blanks can be found at everycenter, on the web-site or by calling the office. Spectators are alsoencouraged to mark your calendars for this event. Other items on the agenda to be referenced in greater detail in comingmonths is the GPUSBC Open Championship in April at Cascade Lanes.Entries are available in all centers. The Annual meeting is scheduled tobe held near the end of April and will be at the office of the State Gamesof Oregon in Beaverton. Also, the Annual Awards banquet will be heldin June at the Hi-Hat Restaurant in Tigard. Applications are being solicited for nomination to the GPUSBC Hallof Fame. There are a lot of great bowlers out there who are worthy ofthis honor and deserve to be nominated. How about it? Applicationblanks are available in many centers or can be obtained by calling theoffice. Deadline for submission is March 1. Not to be forgotten isapplications for scholarship grants for our junior bowlers. Many of ouryouth bowlers will be attending college in future years and certainlycan benefit by having scholarship dollars available to them. Applicationsare also in centers or available from the office. Deadline is March 15th. And speaking of applications and needs, the board of the GPUSBC isseeking applicants for board positions in the coming elections. If youwant to have a voice in the local bowling scene, consider joining theboard. In addition to regular positions, the Youth Committee also isseeking applicants. Here is a chance to get involved with the youth sideof the board’s activities. Carrying that one more step, there is alwaysroom for volunteers to step up and assist in many ways. Contact theoffice if you would like to get involved to any extent. One last item, please don’t hesitate to contact the GPUSBC officewith any questions, complaints or comments. It’s your association andthey wish to hear from everyone/anyone with good or bad comments.The web-site contains further information and links to other sitescontaining information about our great sport. Website iswww.gpusbc.com Email gpusbc@comcast.netTil next month, have fun and good bowling.

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Qualifying to take place on either Saturday, February 24th, orSunday, February 25th PORTLAND, Or. - With a new more accommodating qualifyingschedule, the Portland Masters will once again offer the local bowlerthe opportunity to test his or her skills against the best in the area.Qualifying for the long-running event will begin with the first oftwo one-day qualifying sessions on Saturday, February 24th; thesecond qualifying session will run on Sunday, February 25th. On either of the qualifying days, bowlers will roll 10 qualifyinggames - five games followed by a lunch break followed by fivemore games. Re-entries will not be allowed. The top 32 bowlersfrom qualifying will compete the following weekend, March 1st

and 2nd, in the usual three-game match play, double-eliminationformat.

Entry fee for the Portland Masters is $125. Based on 120 entries,first place will pay $2,000 and an entry into the next USBC Masterstournament while second place will pay $1,000 and also an entryinto the next USBC Masters. As the USBC Masters will return tothe site of the annual USBC Open Tournament, no event will beheld in the calendar year of 2008, but will return in February of2009 at the site of USBC Open Tournament for that year, Las Vegas,Nevada.

As has been found so often during the long history of the PortlandMasters, the local area has many fine bowlers; some recognizablehigh profile players, others many outside their home bowling centermay not have heard much about. The Portland Masters gives all ofthese top bowlers a once-a-year opportunity to display theirconsiderable skills.

With a playing condition that demands shot-making skills as wellas the ability to adapt to changes as they occur, the Portland Masterschampion can rightly claim a spot as one of the best in the localarea. Past champions have included regional PBA champions aswell as Oregon Bowlers Association (OBA) champions and thestatus of claiming a Portland Masters title lends a prestige manystrive to achieve.

Entry forms and further information are now available on thePortland Masters website, portlandmasters.com. Also bowlers canenter through the Oregon Bowlers Association website,oregonbowlersassn.com, from the Forum section of that website.

Portland Masters: Since 1986, the Portland Masters has beenthe premier annual open bowling tournament for local area bowlers.Hosted at Kellogg Bowl in Milwaukie, the tournament is known forits demanding format as well as a fair playing condition for all itsparticipants.

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Decision is pending purchase of buildings, land, BPAA board approval GREENDALE, Wis. - The United States Bowling Congress Board of Directors has given approval to start negotiations with all partiesinvolved torelocate the organization’s headquarters to Arlington, Texas. The decision, made Sunday during the Board’s meeting in Myrtle Beach, S.C., is contingent on negotiations for buildings and land nearthe Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America complex along with any incentives offered by the City of Arlington and State of Texas.The BPAA Board of Directors also must approve the plan which it is scheduled to do at a meeting Wednesday during the BPAA Mid-WinterMeetings in Myrtle Beach. “After carefully considering the facts, including taking into account the long history of USBC and its predecessors in the Milwaukee area, theBoard came to the conclusion that it was in USBC’s best business interests to join with BPAA in Arlington creating an internationalbowling campus,” said USBC President Jeff Boje.

USBC Headquarters will move to Arlington unless there is a breakdown in the negotiations relating to the property. If all details can beworked out. USBC is expected to move its headquarters operations within a year. In addition to office space for approximately 235 overallemployees, the new complex would include a combined equipment testing and international training center. “The property we are looking at is in a very high profile area that we believe will help enhance the visibility of the sport of bowling,” Bojeadded. “In addition to being close to Six Flags, the Texas Rangers baseball stadium and new Dallas Cowboys football stadium are close by.There also are a number of other entertainment venues in the vicinity.

“With USBC and BPAA under the same roof, there’s an untold number of ways we can work together to help grow the sport,” Boje said.“There already are a number of joint programs that we work together on and this proposal would allow us to do so even more.”

USBC and BPAA announced in November their boards of directors had approved study of how much their operations should be integrated.The goal was to use such efficiencies to help grow the sport of bowling.

USBC board votes to pursue moving headquarters to Texas

BPAA Co-EndorsesIntegration withUSBC Arlington, TEXAS - TheBoard of Directors of theBowling Proprietors’ Associationof America (BPAA), at its Boardmeeting on January 24, 2008 atthe Bowling Summit,unanimously endorsed theproposal for purchase of abuilding and land in Arlington,Texas for an integration offacilitieswith the UnitedStates Bowling Congress (USBC). USBC’s Board of Directors hadmet days earlier at the Summitand voted to pursue thesenegotiations. The building andland is adjacent to BPAA’scurrent offices which wouldbecome a part of the proposedIn!ernational Bowling Campus.BPAA President Joe Schumackercommented, “The timing andcommon location of the USBCBoard and the BPAA Boardallowed for unprecedentedcoordination of efforts to improvethe ability of the organizations towork together. Sharing facilitieswith USBC should allow forincreased communication andeconomies of scale that willbenefit the entire bowlingindustry.” Schumacker furtherstated,The Bowling ProprietorsAssociation started in 1932 andheadquartered in the Dallas suburbof Arlington, Texas, BPAA is a tradeorganization that represents thebusiness interests of more than3,400 bowling center ownersworldwide.

Sr. 50+ results Mauricio Abuan bowled hisfirst 300 game and won firstplace in the Senior 50+ tourna-ment held at AMF 20th Centuryon Jan. 12. It took a + 75 to makethe finals. Abuan won $300 forhis victory. Next Senior 50+ is ascratch event at Milwaukie Bowlon Feb. 17 at 10am.

GREENDALE, Wis. - The United States Bowling Congress has announced that it has extended the entry deadline for the 2008 USBCWomen’s Championships to March 21. The event will be conducted April 10-July 6 at Super Bowl in Canton Mich. Beginning April 10, the first of approximately 40,000 bowlers will visit the Detroit area to compete in the world’s largest participatory sportfor women. Bowlers will compete in five-player team, doubles and singles events.

USBC has made entering the Women’s Championships an easy process. Open to all women who hold USBC adult membership, the Women’sChampionships consists of five average divisions to accommodate bowlers of all abilities.

Those interested in entering may do so electronically by visiting bowl.com or by downloading a Women’s Championships reservation form.Entrants also will have access to a calendar with available dates. Entry information may also be obtained by calling (800) 514-2695, ext. 3173or by emailingmailing usbcwomenschampionship@bowl.com The entry fee is just $30 per event per bowler plus an optional $10 for all events. In addition to competing in one of the world’s mostprestigious bowling events, participants will have an opportunity to cash in on a prize fund expected to reach $2 million.

The Women’s Championships was first conducted in 1916 in St. Louis. The 2008 event will mark the third time the event has been held inthe Detroit area having been conducted in the Motor City previously in 1928 and 1953.

USBC entends entry deadline for women’s championships

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by Vince Schiro

coach’s corner

Make a New Year Resolution We are still talking about excessive force, as we did last month.Last month the subject was the use of excessive force to gainvelocity and how the use of legs and increased tempo will treeup that forced arm swing. Here comes revolution. I won’t go into revolution in depthbecause of so many great articles in the many publications.They are accurate and all done by people and manufacturersthat have put tremendous amounts of time into researchingand studying ball dynamics and how those dynamics actuallydevelop on the lane surface with the many differing dressingpatterns, velocity, lane surfaces, ball core dynamics, axis andaxis tilt, ball coverings, and the many different revolutionvariables. All I want to help with here is the excessive use of force andhow it can cause trouble with your consistency. Consistency isor should be your main goal. Consistency in everything from thestance, placing your fingers and thumb into the ball, how youhold it, starting of the ball into the swing, entire approachincluding your direction of footwork to tempo, the finish position,the release and rotation. and extension in the followthrough, andthe actual force you use to get into the finish position and theforce you apply to the ball as you release and finish it. If any ofthese differ from shot to shot, then there will more than likely bea difference in speed or direction of rotation and in velocity. It’svery difficult to be consistent with excessive force of any kind.When you start to fatigue, can you repeat the shots the same aswhen you started’? There is a special spot in all of this that I call “a series of freeflowing athletic motions and natural way of delivering the ballout onto the lane surface”. Heavy emphasis should be placedupon free flowing and natural. These terms suggest not to placetoo much application of force upon anything in the entireapproach and delivery process. The smoother everythingbecomes, the more natural the delivery gets, the more consistentall aspects of performance become. While doing so, we have toremember that we also need to be aggressive and not fall overthe line into sloppiness. This is why I consider bowling to be asport demanding one of the highest levels of “controlledaggressiveness”. So many league bowlers have theaggressiveness but fail in the control portion, and others havethe natural free flowing approach but fail to impart the neededamount of aggressiveness when needed. In this department,everyone is different and the requirement of matching free flowingand natural with aggressiveness will be different for eachindividual, depending upon their style and successful level ofintensity. Let’s say you roll the ball with a lot of rotation andspeed. Do you find yourself feeling like you are out of balanceduring or after the shot’? Even if a coach cannot see it. Do youfeel slightly different after each shot`? Then you may be applyingtoo much revolution and/or ball velocity for the finish positionyou are attaining. Let up on both velocity and revolution andmove your target line accordingly. You just may find that youcan now maintain your finish position which will allow you torepeat your shot making in a more consistent manner, resultingin more consistency and control at the break point. Believe me,4,000 revolutions and 30 mph are not needed during leagueplay on a standard league dressing pattern. A real good exampleis to watch the professionals. You just don’t see any of thesuccessful bowlers out of control at the line. Even if they usemore force that most league bowlers. They have learned overmany years of experience to use it in a controlled manner thatallows them to be extremely consistent in their approach anddelivery. And they do so with very little visible effort. So for league, keep in mind two things. The lane isn’t 200yards long. It’s only 60 feet from the foul line to the head pin.And the lane isn’t 10 yards wide either. The ball doesn’t have tohook 15 feet from the edge in order to get to the head pin. Fromthe 7 board to the 17 board is only ten boards! That’s all thehook you need! More is nice of course when you have to moveinside and play outside. A good arsenal of equipment willaccomplish most of this for most bowlers.Earl Anthony once said something that has always stuck in mymind. “Always cross as few boards as possible”.

Ask yourself this question. Can 1 use force in a consistentenough manner that my ball is always the same on the lane’?Same width and distance of break point’? Same speed’? CanI hit my target with most shots’? If you have a “no” in here orseveral of there, then work on your delivery, smoothing it out,removing some force, until you can. One bowler may be ableto attain consistency with revolution and speed at 18 mph, butthe next bowler may be at 14 mph and less revs. If they areconsistent, they just may be rolling competitive scores at eachother.Until next month, have fun bowling!

Ninety eight bowlers joined us at the Northgate Classic on January20th. Weather was great and we ducked any chance of an ice storm.Fourteen members qualified for the Tournament of Champions in Junethat had not yet qualified. It was a very good day all around. “Classic” Division (200 & Up): Curtis Dicken of Tigard qualified4th, rolled 732 to start match play, won 5 of his 6 matches to move up andclaim the title, collect the $100 scholarship, and add a star to his bannerwith a 2973 total. Jordan Yoke of Longview finished 2nd with 2783, JakeKlcmsen of Milwaukie 3rd with 2753, Cody Stone of Tigard 4th with2653, Kirk Williams in his final OJC as he is retiring from the juniorranks, 5th with 2548, and Nick Stone from Tigard 6th with 2412. The cutwas 1280. “AA” Division (180 - 199): Adam Cooper of Centralia qualified3rd. lost his first two matches, dropping to 5th, then put it togetherwinning his last 4 matches to move up and win the title, earn his banner,and collect the $100 scholarship with a 2568 total. Natalie Decker ofPortland rolled strong scores all day finishing 2nd with 2428, JustinVoss of Bend 3rd with 2348, Andy Walker of Lake Oswego 4th with2345, Levi Spuhler of Salem 5th with 233 , and Corey Beatty 6th with2209. The cut was 1 110. “A” Division (156 - 179): James Meisch of Molalla qualified l st, thenwon 5 of his 6 matches to win the title, earn his banner, and collect the$100 scholarship with a 2414 total. Daniel Steffen of Silverton finished2nd with 2383, Stephen Smith of Canby 3rd with 2092, Kelsee Leno ofSpringfield 4th with 2079, Bailey Frey of Portland 5th with 2065, andTracy Barker of Milwaukie 6th with 2050. The cut was 1047. “B” Division (155 & under): Kyle Luther of Salem qualified 1st, thenwon his first 4 matches on his way to winning the title, earning his banner,and collecting the $70 scholarship. Brandon Conradi of Chehalis, in hisfirst OJC, finished 2nd with 2013, Krissy Voyles of Salem 3rd with 1967,Kayla Brewington of Portland 4th with 1918, Jared Hartrampf of Molalla5th with 1858, and Brittany Taylor of Silverton 6th with 1728. The cutwas 898. Thanks to Tiffany Ferrando and her great crew for what is fastbecoming a tradition, great tournaments , service, and food! We are atValley Lanes in Beaverton this month. If you need any more informationon the Oregon Junior Classics, we are at OJCTACci-aol.com or 503-282-5043. We’ll see you in Beaverton on February 17th. Have a safetrip.

Dicken, Cooper, Meisch, Luther,win OJC titles at Northgate

more OJC on next page

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Entries Close March 1stEntries available at area centers

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Four memberswin first titles atAllen’s CrosleyLanes-Vancouver One hundred thirty fourbowlers were at the CrosleyLanes Doubles Classic onDecember 16th. The Unlimited390 and up division had twoformer champions team up towin the unlimited title and theother two division titles wereclaimed by new champions. “AA” Division (390 &Up): Nick Stone from Tigardand Rob Edwards fromVancouver qualified first with2709, then went on to win 5 oftheir matches, leading all theway to the title, both addingstars to their banners andcollecting $60 scholarshipseach with a 5289 total. CodyStone of Tigard and AustinMarshall of Newport movedup from 4th to finish 2nd with5142, Jake Klemson ofMilwaukee and CameronWeier of Federal Way 3rd with5127, Curtis Dicken andLucas Stone of Tigard 4th with4951, Zack Stone of Longviewand Todd Hopfner of Sumner5th with 4860, and JohnnySlovinec and Eryk Jensen ofGresham 6th with 4839. Thecut was 2474. “A” Division (341 - 389):Rachel Kreighbaum ofVancouver and Kelcee Humphryof Battleground qualified 2nd,then rolled back to back 450’sto take the lead and neverlooked back on their way to thetitle, each collecting a $100scholarship and earning theirbanners with a huge 5201 total.Sha Harvey and Nathan Silva ofBeaverton finished 2nd with4880, Justin Voss and MichelleWallace of Bend 3rd with 4852,Falisha Forgash of Lakewoodand Lori Hanken of Oregon City4th with 4747, Josh Cupps ofSilverton and Andrew 7wickerof Salern 5th with 4743. andEmily Dolbeer and Derek Yagiof Tigard 6th with 4604.The cut was 2443. “B” Division (340 & under):Corbin Morgan bowling with AJPierce of Silvercreek qualifiedfirst then led all the way to winthe title, earn their banners, andcollect $100 scholarships witha 4560 total. Kyle Morganbowling with Cody Glennie ofSilverton finished 2nd with4434, Lucas FelTando andDerek Johnson of Salem 3rdwith 4424, Kyle Luther andTyler Satter of Salem 4th with4274, Alex Van Dinter ofLaCenter and Kevin Convirs ofVancouver 5th with 4113, andDaniel Steffen and CassidyGray of Silverton 6th with 3954.The cut was 2122.

America’s best youth tournament, the Teen Masters, is back and better than ever due to new long-termsponsorship from some of the industry’s top companies. Three major bowling brands, Dexter Shoes; EboniteInternational, and Kegel have all made multi-year, major commitments to the Teen Masters for the 2008event and beyond.

Alter 50 TM Qualifying events across the nation, the top 480 athletes will advance to the Teen MastersNational Finals July 19-26 at ,Michael Gaughan ‘s beautiful South Point Resort on the famous Las VegasBoulevard. Over 2000 youth bowlers are expected to enter again this year, and those who make the finals arein for the experience of their lives.

In addition to thousands in Smart Scholarship awards, the finalists will get red carpet treatment, madepossible by generous sponsorship support. Here are a few things on the agenda:

The Dexter Leaders Challenge - winners of local and regional qualifiers will be upgraded to VIP status atthe national finals if they win wearing Dexter shoes. They will have exclusive access to the Dexter Den, withtheir own private ball paddock, Wii video games, an I-pod docking station, internet access, and free refreshmentsbetween rounds.

The Ebonite ‘Bowl to Win’ Package - Athletes who opt for this special entry package will be eligible for thenew Ebonite Bowl to Win competition at the national finals. All who enter will have a new Ebonite ballshipped directly to their home, and they will be eligible to win another ball during the finals. Those winnerswill have identical Ebonite balls drilled on-site by Ebonite’ expert technicians. They will then compete ontwo different oil patterns where the question “Is it the bowler or the ball?” will be answered.

The Kegel Kup - The world’s leader in lane technology, Kegel, will present a new TM Team event todetermine which bowling center has the best high school team. All 50 TM Qualifiers will advance one teamto the national finals where they will compete for both team and singles titles. Special surprises are also instore for these players -they will be announced by March 1.

2008 Teem Masters is Back with Long Term Sponsors11th Annual event kicks off in March-National finals in Las Vegas in July

R.A. Long takesDistrict 4 title The girls bowling team fromR.A. Long in Longview took homefirst place in the District 4 tourna-ment held at Allen’s Crosley Lanesin Vancouver on January 17. The Jills rolled a 3812 to take thecrown over second place MarkMorris, Longview, who shot a3756. Making a clean sweep forthe Cowlitz County teams, Kelsofinished in third spot with 3704. The top two teams advanced tothe state tournament held at Nar-rows Plaza in Tacoma on Feb. 1-2,(as The Van-Port went to press, re-sults next issue). The Van-Port talked with the Jillscoach Jackie Slechta at Trianglebowl who said, “it was a completeteam effort, we didn’t have to relyon one person to carry us.” Team members and scores shotin the tournament: ChantelleHoagman 564, Alia Mauro 560,Mallory Sutter 559, DawnnaSwanson 518, others contributingwere Kelsey McNeal with a 179,Savanna Miranda with a 134 andLiz Hasbrouck with a 128. Riann Bogner led second placeMark Morris with a big 592 withgames of 215-184-193. Kaylen Springer, Kelso, finishedin second place in the singles com-petition with games of 169/150/269 for 588 and advanced to thestate singles. Springer’s 269 wasthe highest game rolled this seasonby any high school bowler. At press time The Van-Portlearned that RA Long finishedfourth and mark Morris 5th at thestate tournament in Tacoma.Kaylen Springer was 5th insingles.

Bowling returns to network television inMay on CBS. Bowling’s Clash of Champi-ons marks first network show in nearly a de-cade. The special made-for-television event ispresented in cooperation with Strike Ten and will take place May 7-8at the USBC Convention in Kansas City. It will feature 16 championsfrom USBC events as well as the US Open. It is scheduled to air onSaturday, May 10 from 5-6 pm eastern time and on Sunday May 11 fro4-5pm eastern time. The event will be the first time bowling has been on network TVsince June 26, 1999 when the PBA ACDeclo Classic was on. The Clash will feature eight men and eight women ranging from teen-agers to senior champions from the 2007 calendar year. The playerswill battle for $50,000 first place and an overall prize fund of $100,000.

CBS to air Clash of Champions

8-The Van-Port-February, 2008

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The Van-Port, February, 2008-9

NEW AT VALLEY LANESAny Combination DOUBLES“NO TAP” TOURNAMENTS

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SEPARATE DIVISIONS FOR SCRATCH AND HANDICAP BOWLERSHandicap based on 2006/07 book average as follows: Handicap shall be 90% of 220, nominus. If no book or current average (21 games or more), bowler wil assume 220 avg.

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Valley Lanes - Beaverton9300 SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy

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Tiny Davenport Lanes just outside of Spokane made abig name for itself on Jan. 26-27 when it won the LeilaniSwiss at Sunset Bowl. Trouble with it is only one of itsplayers is from Davenport Lanes that being proprietor JohnLough. The rest of the team consisted of Chet Rogersfrom Portland, Jeff Conradi of Centralia, Bob Davidson ofSeattle, and Jason Williams from Vashon Island.This very talented team took home the first place prize of$3000. The first day saw Team Tribbey or Wrong Number Pervatop the leader board. In addition to Kathy Tribbey thisteam consisted of Dan Orazio, Mike Danielson, Chris

Springfels, and DavidGrooms. First dayhighlights included a 300game by Andy Solberg ofWilsonville Lanes in thesecond game. The Leilani Swiss wasoriginally 6 games on thefirst day and 6 games onSunday but with bowlerscoming from as far awayas Portland and Spokanethey changed to a 7 game

first day and 5 game second day format. This leads to avery long day on Saturday with the lane conditions burningup and bowlers having to make numerous adjustments. OnSunday, the Davenport teamtook the lead right out of thegate and never looked back.Chet Rogers averaged anunbelievable 254 for the fivegames on Sunday, taking thesingles. Teammate Bob Davidsonannexed the singles onSaturday, rolling 1210 for 5games. Another highlightSunday was a 300 game forCurtis Messer Jr. Also onSunday, Body By Bowling, ateam captained by Wayne Rossmade an incredible run fromway down in the standings tofinish second. This teamconsisted of brothers Wadeand Jodey Rees, Erik Hohlbeinand Dave Johnson. At onepoint on Saturday this teamwas in last place and playingthe dummy team. Theyreceived $2000 for theirfantastic finish. So no one seems toremember what edition of theLeilani Swiss this one was, butthe tournament was started byMac Lowry in the early 70’s.Longtime manager of Leilani,Jerry Hahn was on hand topresent trophies to the winnersat Sunset and Jean Waldal whohas been very instrumental inthe success of the tournamentworked her usual magic on theSwiss. What’s going to happen tothe Swiss when Sunset closesdown? Nobody knows, but thebowlers all seem to want it tocontinue. Maybe this greatevent can find a really goodtournament house next year tokeep it going.

2008 Lelani Swiss Champs, Davenport Lanes: Jerry Hahn, presentingcheck-Chet Rogers, Bob Davidson, Jeff Conradi, John Lough, JasonWilliams, Verl Lowry, manager at Sunset.

Second place:Body byBowlingDave Johnson,Wayne Ross,Erik Hohlbein,Jody Rees,Wade Rees.

FAVORED DAVENPORT TEAM TAKES LEILANI SWISS AT SUNSETAloha! Lelani Swiss

300 Game Shooters

Andy Solberg Curtis Messer, Jr.

Photos and story by Marv Scmidt

Oregon High School TournamentFebruary 22-23-24 at Valley

Jerry and Jean

10-The Van-Port, February, 2008

To quote an old saying, “All good things must come to an end”, a good thingfor bowling is ending in Seattle’s Ballard district. Sunset Bowl, opened in 1956has been sold to Avalon Ballard LLC for $13.2 million and will close in April,2008. The center is located at 1420 NW Market St. Sunset Bowl has been the hub of life for many Ballard residents. The restau-rant at Sunset served delicious home style food and was always filled with “regu-lars.” It is one of the last remaining places where you could order hot cashews inthe bar for $1.25. Sunset is also one of the few remaining northwest bowlingcenters that operates 24 hours a day. Two years ago, another center operated by the owners of Sunset, Lelani Laneswas sold to a developer for $6.2 million and at that time many speculated it wasonly a matter of time until Sunset also was sold. Located in the heart of Ballard,and with real estate prices surging, especially for prime locations most knew asale was coming. Sunset Bowl opened January 9, 1957 and was one of the first centers in theNorthwest to have automatic pinsetters. With it’s 24 hours a day operation Sun-set Bowl had the highest usage per lane bed in the nation for two consecutiveyears and has hosted a PBA regional tournament for the past 14 years. It under-went a remodel in the summer of 2005. But as manager Verl Lowry, who hasworked at Sunset for 32 years said, “The land is exceeding the value of thebusiness, I guess.” What will replace Sunset has not yet been announced, but the purchasers, AvalonBay owns apartment communities in the Puget Sound area, so a good guesswould be an apartment complex of some kind. Sunset had over 50 employees, with over 25% of them having been with thecenter for over 20 years. One of them is Jack Workman who has washed dishesat Sunset for 42 years. He has also filled in as a cook, bartender and waiters.Workman remembers when coffee was a nickel, a 10-ounce beer 35 cents. As one who has spent considerable time at Sunset covering tournaments andjust visiting, I was always impressed with how the center had maintained thatgood old time bowling center atmosphere while still keeping up with all themodern technology. It was always a friendly customer oriented place to go, atribute to management and staff. According to Washington State Bowling Proprietors Association statistics, inthe 1960s, there were 32 bowling centers within the Seattle city limits. With theclosure of Sunset only five will remain, West Seattle Bowl, AMF Imperial Lanes,Skyway Park Bowl & Casino, Roxbury and Magic Lanes. And with the closure bowling will also lose more league bowlers, as alwayshappens when a center closes.

Cowlitz USBC Sr. Tournament results

The annual Cowlitz CountyUSBC Senior tournament washeld at Hilander Bowl in Kelso.Winners of the team event was theteam Storm with 2743. Winning the doubles event wasthe team of Norm Strehle and CarlStorm. Taking first in the singles wasHerb Caballero.

Team Event1 Storms 27432 Challengers 26993 4-Of-Us 26344 Gamblers 25665 Hot Shots 24256 Happy Four 2396

Carl Storm

Storm shootsback to back

300 games

Carl Storm led his teamto victory in the CowlitzCounty Senior Tournamentby shooting a big 780 series. Carl started off with a 180and then rolled back to back300 games.

Doubles Event1 Norm Strehle

Carl Storms 13862 Jerry Warner

Bill Holland 13513 Rodney Phillips

Al Rigdon 13484 Dick Powell

Herb Caballero 13115 Jerry Scharb

Carroll Larsen 1278

Singles Event1 Herb Caballero 7492 Carl Storms 7483 Dick Powell 7394 Carroll Larsen 6975 Rodney Phillips 6686 Bill Holland 6537 Jerry Warner 6458 Al Rigdon 6429 Jim Springer 63310 Jerry Schlarb 589

Held at Hilanderbowl in Kelso

Part of Seattle Bowling historywill close its doors in April

LAS VEGAS - MichaelHaugen Jr.’s chances to win hisfirst career Major title lookedbleak in the sixth frame ofSunday’s H&R Block Tournamentof Champions.What followednext may go downas one of thegreatest comebacksin Denny’sP r o f e s s i o n a lB o w l e r sAssociation (PBA)Tour history, and was the mostheartbreaking moment in the careerof a man who has had many.Haugen overcame a 50-pin deficitto defeat Chris Barnes, 215-214,Sunday in a title match that was asmuch about Haugen’s guts as itwas about the crucial mistakeBarnes made to miss out on histhird career Major title.

Miracle Comeback

The Van-Port, February, 2008-11

“Just Ask Vahn”By: Vahn Stone, Frame-Maker

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Deck chutes may look the samein shape, but the materials they aremade of tell the true story. Rubber chutes; usually a lightbrown or a dark textured brown area good bucket early on, but as theyage, the material can start grippingthe pins. They hold on to the pinsso the deck does not set up all tenpins, or a pin may ride back up withthe deck causing a deck jam. Insome cases you can manicure thebuckets to make the pins passthrough better. NEVER clean these types ofbuckets with a solvent basedcleaner! It will dry the buckets outeven faster and start to grip the pinssooner than normal. Use a mildsoap, or an Armorall type car dashcleaner instead. Do not spray thebuckets directly; use the product byfirst spraying it on a towel and thenwiping down the bucket. This waythe cleaners won’t get all over thepin decks causing out-of-range pins. The hard gray poly buckets arevery noisy when the pins drop in.Also, the 5-pin deck chute willdevelop a dished spot in the apronpart of the chute, not letting the pinfall into the deck. This can cause amajor deck jam proving that cheaperis not always better! Since we are in the field andfrequently test all the products, ourpick for the best chute is the BigMouth Smooth Chute from Vantageparts. They have been on themarket for several years and provento be a superior product. It is veryslick to the touch and flexible bynature, making it impossible for pinsto stick and there is no need formanicuring. Again to clean themuse only a mild soap and watersolution or the Armorall type cleanersprayed on a towel to wipe them out. If you have any questions on thisproduct, or any other productsplease feel free to call me at 503-816-3980. P.J. at Vantage parts willalso be happy to answer yourquestions about Vantage productsat 1-800-255-7401. He has a wealthof knowledge about their product lineand they do not charge you by thehour to answers your questions. Frame-Maker and Sons is in theprocess of building their websitewhere you will be able to e-mail yourquestions and get answers. We willalso have pictures of our work andsome background information onour company. Later we will beadding references from our satisfiedcustomers all over the world. Untilthen, you can leave a message orask questions atjvahnstone@verizon.net or call 503-816-3980.

Oregon TrailLanes HolidayDoubles results

In January of 2008, bowlers fromPortland and surrounding areas, fromLongview, Kent & Olympia, Wa andSalem, Eugene and points south inOregon competed in the 22nd An-nual Holdiay Handicap tournamentat Oregon Trail Lanes in St. Helens.

125 paid double entered, their scores were:Sabrina Bailey/Jeff Meinecke 2044, Karen Brotheron/Jim Bailey 2025, RetaBalch/Dick Simpson 2006, Patti Barrett/Lee Apple 2000, Angela Doucette/Don Dotson 1986,Melina Hilts/Bob Hilts 1961, Sarah Elmore/Matt Elmore1949, Jill Tolleshaug/Darren Abraham 1948, Anh Vo/Dan Wittman 1939,Miranda Rowland/Darrick Gomes 1933, Sandi Currie/Roy Harker 1933,Donna Mott/Dale Mott 1933, Jennifer Hastings/Andy Hastings 1931, DebbiWilliams/Cliff Dodson 1928, Lori Kraft/Floyd Hmphrey 1926, Trish Fortney/John Fortney, Jr 1924, Ginny Larson/Derrick Gomes 1924, DarleneGardner/Keith Robinson 1918, Cheryl Davis/ralph Davis 1905, SherieThompson/Jeremy Thompson 1905,Sabrina Bailey/Bob Gisselburg 1904,Christy Eubanks/Charley Mills 1904, Valjean Rudoph/Chuck Rudolph1895, Connie Beaulac/aLex Hamilton 1895, MaryTrapp/Lee Apple 1894,Kay Fortney/Eric Lord 1882, Lori Kraft/Tim Smith 1880, Carole Hess/TonyHess 1891, Kay Fortney/John Fortney 1877, Sabrina Bailey/JustinReynolds 1877.

This is a mixed doubles tournamentheld each January at OTL, and con-sists of 4 different game formats,rolled on four sets of lanes; 1st gameis with automatic strikes in the 3rd,6th and 9th frames; 2nd game in 9-pin-no-tap; 3rd, a scotch doubles and4th a regular game of bowling. Mul-

tiple participation is allowed withdifferent partner with couples pre-dicting their score. This year tour-nament manager Connie Beaulacsaid Carrole Parcel and Paul Fraughtpredicted their score correctly win-ning an entry into 2009’s event.Sabrina Bailey,

Scappooseand Jeff Meinecke,St. HelensHoliday DoublesChampions

Oregon Trail Lanes photo

Braving the snowy and windy drive to Gearhart, OR, Frank Dietz Jr., Aumsville, Oregon,was determined to take home another title. Frank won this event last year and with this win, henow has 11 NWST titles. He was in 3rd after qualifying & won all 4 of his matches in the finalsto take the win. High qualifier, Bob Harvey, Boise, ID came in 2nd with games of 192, 168,203, & 257. Roger LeClair and Steve Kiss, Clackamas, OR rounded out the top four places.

Place Name Pin fall Bonus Total Prize1st Frank Dietz Jr 2215 120 2335 $1,0002nd Bob Harvey 2179 60 2239 $ 6003rd Roger LeClair 2169 60 2229 $ 4504th Steve Kiss 2111 90 2201 $ 3005th Dennis Powell 2081 60 2141 $ 2756th Joey Borgaro 1994 60 2054 $ 2507th Dave Palmberg 2011 30 2041 $ 2258th Dale Whittington 1986 0 1986 $ 160

Super Senior & +65 Checks: High Games checks

Bill Starnes (+65) $ 50 Game 1 - Steve Michaliszyn - 257 - $25Dale Ballou (SS) $ 50 Game 2 - Charlie Moore - 234 - $25

Game 3 - Dale Ballou - 245 - $25Game 4 - Dale Ballou - 237 - $25Game 5 - Bill Starnes - 216 - $12.50Game 5 - Steve Jydstrup - 216 - $12.50Game 6 - Bill McNelly - 235 - $25

Frank Dietz Jr is on a roll. . . . .winsback to back NWST victories

We held our first Mt Hood Adult/JuniorScotch Doubles on Dec. 29. 51 teams fromall over the Portland area came to participate.Our winners were Gretchen Hergert andher son Anthony Hergert. They rolled afantastic 787. Everyone had a super time atthis year’s event and we are looking forwardto many more teams and a lot more fun nextyear!

Brian Mumm started the year offwith a bang by bowling 266, 266, and247 for a 779 series and he won ourStrike it Rich pot for over $700. Way toroll Brian! Some of our high scores for the last fewweeks are:Weekenders -Manuel Ayala 245, 299, &255 for a 799 series Mt. Hood Commercial-Mark Hatenbuhler 617 series, Dave Hopp277 game, Eric Mumm 277 game, MikeSearls 225, 278 & 300 for an outstanding803 series. Mark of Excellence-Jeff Roach

$200.00 2048 Garry Ledford 1816 Bill LaValley$150.00 2025 Tony Hess 1806 Mark Strever$120.00 1976 Sam Grihm 1799 Stephen Johnson$100.00 1975 John McGinnis 1798 Tony Fergusson$85.00 1954 Jeremy Harkin 1796 Chad Ayers$75.00 1942 Chris Barnes 1787 Justin Woolery$65.00 1937 Steve Green 1782 M. Westmorland$60.00 1922 Jerry Bolin 1764 Cody Gray$55.00 1910 Andy Solberg 1761 Josh Opper$50.00 1909 Dan LaMont 1760 Fred Logue$45.00 1907 Greg Scholes 1756 Kevin Christie$40.00 1898 Matt Peterson 1751 Johnny Wing, Jr

1890 Ed Christie 1750 Robert Holcomb1888 Archis Jones, Jr 1741 Nicholas Sprecher1886 Steve Convirs 1734 Joe Harkin1886 Cullen Thomas 1730 Craig Gray1875 Steve Vanek, Jr 1718 Glen Johnson1866 Harold Hess 1691 Lori Ferguson1863 Ron Whitham 1690 Terry Berquist1836 Ray Reavis 1685 JT San Nicolas1825 Wayne Derheim 1640 Mike Broadie1822 Jim Rable 1621 Justin Phillips1820 Julie Taylor 1596 Jasson Frampton1818 Jon Searcy

2008 is off to a GreatStart at Mt Hood Lanes

245, 227 & 265 for a 737 series, Jennifer Reidy 245, 217 & 258for a 721 series and Steve Shook 192, 257 & 278 for 727. GutterSnipes-Corey Fox 268, Fun Time-Brenda Melton 299, 194, 225for 718. Gasoline Alley III-Duana Britton 221, 173 & 215 for609. Mt. Hood Juniors-Preston Doupe 227, 279 & 177 for 683and Stewart Ramsay 146, 159 & 278 for 583.

Thanks you to all our bowlers for making this a GREATplace to bowl!!

Allen’s Crosley Lanes 8Game Sweeper

1/20/08 Final Results

Left to right: Steve Kiss, Frank Dietz Jr, Bob Harvey and RogerLeClair NWST Photo

Greater PortlandUSBC Open

ChampionshipApril 12-13, 19-20

AMF Cascade Lanes2700 NE 82nd Av

PortlandEntries Close April 1

Entries available at local centers

Senior 50+ 2008 Schedule

Feb. 9 10:00am & 1:00pm Milwaukie ElksMar. 8 1:00pm Rose Bowl

April 12 11:00am Hollywood BowlMay 10 11:00am Mt. Hood Lanes

June 7 11:00am Gladstone Grand FinalsEd Wisdom - 503-753-5721

To Have YourTournament ResultsListed email:bowlnewsnw@aol.com

For more information contact:Portland USBC 503-257-9511

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Allen’s Crosley Lanes2400 E. Evergreen Blvd. Vancover

360-693-4789

Sunday, March 9th, 20082 squads: 9:30am & 11:30am

$26.00 per couple

Here’s how it works: A bowler never rolls 2 consecutive shots.The bowler going 1st rolls the 1st shot, if they get a strike thepartner then rolls the 1st ball the next frame, if the bowler leavesany pins standing, their partner would shoot at the spare.

Sweethearts 9 Pin No Tap DoublesSunday Feb. 10,2008 $26.00 per couple

2 squads 9:30 & 11:30am

NWST Mt Hood Lanes – Open Doubles Frank Dietz and Joe Lipan were on fire at the NWST Open Doublesat Mt Hood Lanes. They led all the way through 5 games of qualifyingand 5 games of finals. Joe rolled a 300 his 2nd game of qualifying witha total of 1310 pins. Dennis Powell & Jeff True who were the 9th placequalifiers won 200 points to take 2nd place. 3rd place went to DaleBallou and Jeff Phipps and 4th to Tim Pierce & Dean Hebner. We hadfour father and son teams bowl this tournament, the Dornath’s finished6th and not quite making the cut were the Bouwen’s, Johnson’s, andthe Scrugg’s. Thanks to Mt Hood Lanes for the hospitality and Coors Brewing Cofor the sponsorship monies.

Team Qualify Finals Bonus Total Prize1 Frank Dietz, Jr 1066 1241

Joe Lipan 1310 1179 190 4986 $1,2002 Dennis Powell 1043 1104

Jeff True 1080 1215 200 4642 8003 Dale Ballou 1004 1159

Lee Phipps 1130 1156 150 4599 5504 Tim Pierce 1104 1158

Dean Hebner 1018 1128 125 4533 5005 Dale Whittington 1164 1008

Jim Gay 1059 1136 150 4517 4806 Mike Martin 1056 998

Craig Tuholski 1232 1138 75 4499 4507 Bill Starnes 1053 1050

Garrett Ball 1136 1059 140 4438 4008 Curtis Dornath 1155 973

Ben Dornath 1015 1113 120 4376 3509 Jim Elis 999 1103

Jimmy Feretti 1131 978 70 4281 30010 Jay Spellman 1062 981

Richard Lorey 1122 1007 30 4202 260Honor Scores: Joe Lipan 300 game

Q. Help! The guy’s I bowl league with are always telling me I amstanding on 30 and aiming at 13. This is Greek to me what are theytalking about? A. They are talking about the boards they are usingon the lane to play certain shots. Let me explain. The arrows on the laneare put on boards on the lane. The arrows are placed five boards apart.The first arrow is the five board it is placed five boards from the gutter.The second arrow is the ten board; the 3rd arrow is the fifteen board. The4th arrow or center arrow is the 20 board. Counting from the right thenthe next arrow is the 5th and is the 25th board. Next is the 30. So standingon the 30 is lining your foot up on the board two arrows to the left of thecenter arrow. Then shooting the 13 board would be trying to hit the spot3 boards to the left of the 2nd arrow. That is the thirteenth board. Right-handers count from the right hand gutter to the left starting at one. Left-handers count starting at the left hand gutter and go right. Boards one toforty.

Q. I started bowling about 5 years ago; I am an 180+ average but stillstruggle with thumb fit. I feel at the start of league bowling the thumb is alittle loose and I have a tendency to grab, as the thumb swells it feelsbetter. But I am not comfortable with having a tight thumb as somesuggest. Any thoughts other then using tape? A. The answerhere is to tape or use something to help adjust your grip. I also am not afan of taping the ball as such. I have found a great product that reallyhelps me with my thumb problems. It is called Magic Carpet it goes in theback of the thumbhole just as tape does. But the yarn of the carpet keepsfrom building up suction. So you can keep the hole fairly tight but still getout without squeezing. One of these takes the place of 3 pieces of whitetape so you don’t have to layer it. You can also place it in the hole twodifferent ways. One way with the yarn down for a slower release and theother way with the yarn going up for a quicker release. It is not a productthat is widely available in pro shops. It is a grass roots product. I am adistributor so if you would like to try it sendme a self-addressed, self-stamped 2 stamps please #10 envelope with $20.00. I will send you 10Magic Carpets. These last a long time. I will also send you instrructionsfor their use. Bob Korth, 750 Hemlock Ave. Central Point, Or 97502. Oremail me if you have any more questions about them.askbob@clearwire.net.

Q. I needed a ball that would go longer. I went to the pro shop andasked about getting a weaker entry-level ball. The pro shop told me Iwould not be happy with a cheap ball. They suggested a more expensiveball then tweak the drilling and the cover to get more length. What is youropinion? A. I don’t want to make any pro shop operators mad but inmost cases the shop will make more money on a more expensive ball.They are in the business of making money. I used to be in the pro shopbusiness and my first concern is to help the customer. Your pro shopmay have had some bad experiences with entry-level balls. I never did ifone of my customers wanted a certain ball I sold them that ball anddrilled it to the best of my ability. What your pro shop suggested will workand may give you a little more hitting power than an entry level ball but Ihave had good luck myself with entry level balls as a part of my arsenal.They are generally weaker but still a very good piece of equipment tohave for some shots. Sometimes weaker can be better. If they won’t sellyou the ball you want go to another shop. I am sure someone will helpyou. A sale is a sale. To ask a question write askbob@clearwire.net.

It was nice to see Bill Starnes back bowling after some pretty severemedical problems. We got tired of seeing Bill real soon as he proceeded tokick our tails. Bill led all qualifiers shooting 1840 an average of 230 on ademanding shot. Larry Lindberg finished just behind Bill with 1810. DaleWhittington was 3r. then Doug Nowlin in 4th and last in the top 5 wasRandy Cochran. Randy was dominating in the finals he beat Doug 255 to201. Then in the closest match beat Dale 257 to 246. Randy beat Larry236 to 219 and in the final match won the championship 256 to 195.Congratulations Randy. Another notable job of bowling was accomplishedby Pattie Cochran as she cashed in our tournament for the first time. lthink she was more excited by that than husband Randy winning. Thecashers:

Name, town Games Pins Won1 Randy Cochran, Rogue River 12 2816 $4752 Bill Starnes, Corvallis 9 2035 3603 Larry Lindberg, Eugene 9 2029 3004 Dale Whittington, Eugene 9 2019 2605 Doug Nowlin, St. Helens 9 2003 2106 Jerome Lee, Medford 8 1788 1507 Tom Hennebeck, Roseburg 8 1779 1208 bob Korth, Central Point 8 1694 1159 Ron Miller, Klamath Falls 8 1667 11010Andy Magerle, Grants Pass 8 1667 11011 Larry Luce, Yreka 8 1725 10512Pattie Cochrane, Rogue River 8 1618 100High 60 out of the money-Cliff Kettle Yreka

Southern Oregon Seniors

Ask Bob by Bob Korth

14-The Van-Port,February, 2008

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January 13, 2008 - Triangle Bowl Joe Lipan and David Grooms blazed the lanes at the OBA doublesevent in Longview. During qualifying Lipan averaged 254 and Grooms backed him up, averaging 237to take the early lead on the rest of the field. There were 61 teams, it took +317 to make the finals and+293 to get a check. Lipan/Grooms maintained their lead during the semi-finals capturing the top spot

going into the top 5 baker step ladder. The final position roundsaw several teams flip-flop for position and when the dust settled,the teams of Borgaro/Breshears were 2nd, Satcher/Malakowsky3'”d, Zabelle%Lower 4111 and sneaking into the 5tf’ spot wasHalverson/Conradi.

The first match in the step ladder finals, Zabelle/Lowerbeat Halverson/Conradi with a clean game of 214 to 198. Thenext match Zabelle/Lower shot another clean game of 199 toSatcher/Malakowsky’s 184. Zabelle/Lower continued to climb theladder, outlasting Borgaro/Breshears 167-157. In the title match,Lipan/Grooms came out firing, hitting the pocket 9 out of 10 shotsand shooting 217, beating Zabelle/Lower’s 194. This was Lipan’s2nd OBA title and Groom’s 3'”d OBA title, and back-to-back winsfor Grooms.

Thank you to Scott, Beau, Kurt and their staff for hostinganother fantastic event. The Longview tournament is always oneof the favorite stops for the OBA. Triangle Bowl ran a Saturdaynight no-tap pro-ain that was filled to capacity with the tremendous

support from the local bowlers. Triangle Bowl also put on an exciting skins game with 3 pros and2 amateurs. This year’s skins winner was Dennis Powell.

Honor Scores: Borgaro 801, Schiro 300/807, Irwin 300, Grooms 290, Davis 300, Lorey 300, Stackhouse803, Lipan 805, Malakowsky 803, J Nogle 299, Conradi 290.

1 Lipan/Grooms 2952 1821 2 2 60 4833 $6502 Zabelle/Lower 2772 1816 3 1 90 4678 $5253 Borgaro/Breshears 2881 1827 2 2 60 4768 $4004 Malakowsky/Satcher 2907 1772 2 2 60 4739 $3505 ConradilHalverson 2746 1843 4 0 120 4709 $3006 B Little/Ramshaw 2767 1832 2 0 60 4659 $2757 Logue/Fantini 2890 1680 2 2 60 4630 $2508 Blair/Kasper 2717 1812 3 1 90 4619 $2259 Muller/Oldham 2920 1629 1 3 30 4579 $21510 Springfels/Schiro 2777 1729 2 2 60 4566 $20511 Williams Davidson 2809 1713 1 3 30 4552 $19512 Irwin/Kirschner 2789 1654 2 2 60 4503 $18013 Slocum/Copeland 2760 1661 2 2 60 4481 $16514 Wilmarth/Davis 2735 1656 1 3 30 4421 $15015 Yoder/Solberg 2732 1582 3 1 90 4404 $14016 Nogle/Nogle 2720 1499 0 4 0 4219 $13017. Surina/Karch 2712 $125, 18. Sipes/Hong 2708 $120 19. Yamasaki/Corwin 2702 $115 20.Bergheim/Ault Jr. 2693 $110.

Lipan/Grooms win OBA at Triangle

The Pro am was a huge successagain with a great turnout. In theadult division there were 86 entriesand in the Junior Division therewere 51 entries. Along with the 16pros, that made a total of 153bowlers bowling at the same time.The tournament was a 9 pin no tapwith your score and the pros scoremaking your grand total. In theadult division Mariah Holter hada total of 823 with handicap. Herpros had a total of 858 making herthe champion with a total of 1681.Mariah was awarded $200 for herefforts. Mike Meyer was a closesecond with a total of 1678 goodfor $125.

The junior division saw ayoungster whip his own father.Chris Tuholski bowled a total scorewith handicap of 957. His pros had796. His grand total was 1753beating second place by over 70pins. Second place went to TriangleJunior bowler Michael Baleswith a total score of 1679. Otheraward winning finishers were:Hope McGill 1639 Gabe Bogner1632, Holly Simmons 1631,Austin Reeves 1608, Erika Gustin1597, Nick Buccola 1 5 8 1 .After the tournament TriangleBowl sponsored a skins game.There was $550 up for grabsbetween 5 different bowlers. The3 pros going for all of the cash were Mike Danielson who was thetop pro in the Pro am tourney. Thesecond pro was Dennis Powellwho made into the skins game bybeing the second highest pro inthe pro am. The third Pro wasJames Hylton who got into theskins game via a drawing. Thefourth andfifth spots were raffled. Thosebowlers were Ron Mason andEric Barber. All of the bowlersseemed to beat the pocket to deathat times but the only one that wasable to strike when he needed itwas Dennis Powell. Dennis wonthree different skins. He couldhave won just one though becausehe was the only winner andwalked away with all $550. Thepros put on an excellent show thisyear just like they always do.Triangle Bowl would like tothank the OBA and theirmembers for holding an awesometournament.

Here are the other top finishers inthe money Rian Hillier 1667,JerryHatfield 1656, Nick Reid1654, Orville Ravencraft 1652,Patrick Krozel 1646, ChadMauro1641, Missy Betz 1639,Richard Jones 1630, Don Torppa1630, Ken Kimble 1628, SteveEastman 1609, Ryan Fauland1608.

OBA/TriangleBowl Pro-Amdraws 153bowlers

Mike Nogle takes Januarys Kingof the Hill event for $200. Hebested one of the largest fields forKing of the Hill with 35 bowlersparticipating. The totalprize fundwas $700. Cut score after roundone was 413 with John Conlonand Nick Amrein having to bowla ninth and tenth frame roll offto decide who would advanceinto the next round. Nick was thewinner and moved on to roundtwo which consists of a one gamematch between 18 bowlers. Thetop half moved in to the finals.Low score to make it into themoney was a 225 by SeanKibbee. Mike Nogle needed tostrike out to lock out everybodyelse and he did just thatfinishingwith a 246. Kurt Bogner finishedin second good for $140 followedby Brian Yoke good for $100.Join us for the next King of theHill on February 1 st where wewill gear up for Nationals andput out this years Nationalspattern.

Triangle JanuaryKing of the Hill

Round two saw 15 bowlersmove on to a one game matchwere the top 8 would advance tothe money round. Scoresimproved a bit. Top score forround two was Steve Eastmanwith a 245. Low score to make itinto the final round was 196 byRon West. The final game was afight to the finish as everybody

seemed have a chance going intothe eighth frame. When it was allsaid and done the top score andwinner of $200 was Brian Yokewith a 187 game. Second place wasclosely contested by Zac Holterwith a 185 good for $110.Here are the rest of the

Come on out for another tough patternfor King of the Hill on March 7th. Signups till 9:45 with practice from 9:45 to10:00pm. See you there.

February 1 st was King of theHill and we saw a decent turnoutof 29 bowler making a prize fundof $580. The shot this month wasa tough one. Bowlers were playingmultiple angles on this shot butwere not very succesful. Roundone saw a top score of 235 rolledby Brian Yoke.Brian was not topqualifier for the first two games.Ron West was the leader withscores of 192 and 213. He was theonly bowler out of 29 to averageover 200. Low score to make it toround two was Carl Storms with a352 total.

Triangle Bowl FebruaryKing of the Hill results

by Beau Little

finishers with their score andamount won3rd Steve Eastman 179 $70, 4thNak Hudak176 $60, 5th Ron West168 $50, 6th Casea Little 159 $40,7th Steven Willet 147 $30, 8th JohnHugget 146 Free Entry.

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