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OCTOBER 15, 2015
Bowlmor AMF U.S. Sean Rash Wins PBA Xtra Frame
Open Walk of Fame Iowa Midwest Open for Ninth
Career PBA Tour Title
by Dino Castillo
Dino Castillo
Inside:
By Dino Castillo, Guest Writer
This week we look into the
GOAT (Greatest Of All Time)
Pete Weber – It is Pete. I
need not say more.
Walter Ray Williams Jr.
– Walter is a 2-time champion
of this event. He is the real
GOAT. Walter has battled
injury and fought through
adversity with lane conditions,
bowling balls and other outside
environments. No matter what
is put in front of him, he finds
ways to push through. This
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa –
Despite dropping a ball on his
foot a few days ago, Sean Rash
of Montgomery, Ill., persevered
to win the PBA Xtra Frame
Iowa Midwest Open Sunday at
Thunderbowl.
Rash won his first title of the
season and ninth of his career by
defeating PBA Hall of Famer Pete
Weber of St. Ann, Mo., 219-217,
in the championship match.
It was an emotional win for
me for a number of reasons,”
said Rash, who was the 2011-12
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Les Burnham and Willie
Wells Win SASBA 70/60
Doubles at Cowtown
Goebel, Dias win PBA Sr
Regional Titles Page 3
Boston Red Sox Star
Mookie Betts Page 4
Youth - Ellis and Gray
take TBC Titles Page 5
PBA Spare Shots
Sean Rash with Thunderbowl Proprietor ConnieRatliff
and Tournament Sponsor Ted Baer
Mostowfi Wins 7th ABT
Title at University Lanes
Page 10
USBC Junior Gold
Improvements Page 12
Features
Just Paying Attention
By Mark London Page 2
Honor Roll Page 3
Live Stream Schedule Page 4
Tomorrow’s Stars Page 6
Lane Laughter Page 7
Looking Back Page 7
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Les Burnham
Willie Wells
Fort Worth, TX - Les Burnham and Willie Wells led the
field and Bob McGregor and Jim
Stephens were in 2nd place after
qualifying on Sunday, October 4
at Cowtown Bowling Palace.
Burnham and Wells never fell
below second place all the way
through the baker finals.
Going into the final match,
Les and Willie led by 173 pins
over second place finishers
McGregor and Stephens.
The final match, Les and
Willie had the front 10 to win
the match 286-237.
It was the 6th SASBA title for
Willie and the 5th title for Les.
McGregor and Stephens held
on to second place while John
Hawkins and Mike Warren
finished 3rd, A.C. Adam and
Mark Estes claimed 4th and
Gary Dickinson and Mike Lynch
rounded out the top 5.
Thanks to all who came and
supported this tournament. It
is great to see how competitive
these over 70’s still are.
We will have this event again
next year Labor Day weekend in
Denton. Make plans now to be
there.
Thanks to Steve Wunderlich
and staff for their hospitality and
support putting on this tournament. Our next tournament is
the Annual Championship at
Cityview in Fort Worth, October
17-18. Half of the field cashes
and there is a second chance
tournament on Sunday for the
bottom half.
300s were bowled by Jim
Stephens and Doug Barron. It
was great to see John Denton
and Drummond Crews back in
action!
Kam Mostowfi
Denton, TX - Kam Mowstowfi
took the top prize of $605 with
the Mega Pot in the Amateur
Bowlers Tour tournament held
October 4th at University Lanes
to take his seventh title.
Mostowfi likes University
Lanes. He claimed his sixth title
the previous weekend at University Lanes.
Donald Davis Jr. finished
second for $405. Daniel Cruz Sr.
cashed for $80 in third place.
The tournament paid out over
$1,100.
David Williams and his
University Lanes staff provided
their usual top notch customer
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Just Paying
Attention
By Mark London
[email protected]
It’s starting to pop up here
and there, but one of the best
commercials promoting bowling is making the rounds on a
cable and satellite channel near
you. Reigning PBA Player of
the Year Jason Belmonte stars
in a 60-second ad for Bowlmor
AMF promoting the joys of
enjoying bowling on a Saturday
night. The ad starts with
Belmo introducing himself to
the camera with a group of
about 30 seated bleacher-style
behind him preaching and the
joys of heading out to your
local Bowlmor AMF center for
a night on the town. Pretty
ordinary so far, but here is
where the ad starts to really
engage the viewer.
Rather than throwing a ball
down any lane anywhere, the
first scene is of a couple eating
at what he calls a stuffy French
restaurant. The restaurant, appropriately named Chez Lame’,
is set up on a lane Belmo is
about to throw a ball down to
a full rack of pins. Cleverly, the
ball rolls between alternating
glasses of red wine and single
red roses, through the couple’s
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table legs, then through a
miniature model of the famed
Parisian landmark, the Arc
de Triomphe, with Australian
flags emerging as the ball
passes underneath. Belmo
reacts by saying, “Crushes It!”
The next scenario unfolds in
a crowded bar. Rolling the ball
on the lane underneath bar
stools, once again, he carries
another strike, then the crowd
responds to Belmo putting his
hand to his ear, “Crushes It”!
The final scenario involves
a noisy club and you know
what’s going to happen. This
time, the ball rolls up the DJ
stand and over a huge speaker.
The crowd one final time yells
the hook phrase.
Overall, a very well-paced
ad, lots of things to attract our
attention, plenty of enthusiastic
people, so there’s more than
enough to hold our attention.
But some on social media
have already blasted the ad,
citing the timing shortly after
the Olympic announcement.
Another finger point was aimed
at slighting the league and
tournament bowlers.
Here’s the thing, it’s not for
us, the hard core league and
tournament players. This is
aimed directly at today’s young
20 and 30-something urban,
suburban, and rural hipsters.
Marketing anything to them is
not what it was 20 or 30 years
ago. Not even close. Bowling
is something their folks did
back when I was pin-chasing
on Friday and Saturday nights
in high school. It is something
that Bowlmor AMF knows
very, very well. They are working to get these young people
back into bowling centers they
swore off.
It’s not aimed at us.
Boutique bowling has been
around for almost 25 years.
Many 20-somethings have had
at least one birthday party
experience in a center. Here’s
a chance for them to see how
much fun the adult version is.
It’s not aimed at us.
With all too much other
stuff to do, see, and experience, marketing has to be that
much more aggressive for this
At Forum Bowl
Ellis fields 300/833,
Mills belts 741
Patterson 821, Cavitt 811, Alcaraz 300/804,
Grange, Klann and Vanegas 300’s, Hittle 297
Terry Ellis topped the scoring
barrage last week at Forum
Bowl with a booming 278-300255 = 833 Fun Bunch league
production.
Norman Patterson finished
close behind Ellis as he rolled
an 821 Dynamic Duo series.
Cornelius Cavitt and Aric
Alcaraz, from the Crusaders
group, followed up with an 811
and 300/804 series respectively.
Marcella Mills headed the
ladies high-set chart with a skyhigh triplicate 247-247-247 = 741
Fast Lane Trio set.
Brian Grange, RJ Klann and
Michael Vanegas shared highgame honors with Ellis and
Alcaraz as each recorded awardwinning 12-baggers. Les Hittle
took runner-up honors with a
near-perfect 297 solo.
HONOR ROLL
Glenda Nelson 181-510, Jennifer
Owens 235-652, Vicky Dunn 204-552,
Eegar Chavez (9 pin, 4 games) 300-837,
Holly Beers (9 pin, 4 games) 297-719,
James Simmons 269-752, Lisa Schrader
214-627.
Johnny Anderson 279-680, Tamara
Hamilton 221-606, Yo Salazar 243-715,
Elsie Allen 193-558, Joseph Puckett 258713, Dana Short 216-610, Marvin Steele
243-640, Alvata Melvin 179-468, Les
Hittle 711. Lindsey Hodge 176-499, Billy
Fontenot (4 games) 258-1020, Michelle
McFarland (4 games) 268-972, Chris
Allums 235-623, Kyle McCullough
246-704, Kristal Rogers 194-564, Carlos
Ortiz 247-677.
Kayla Lopez 242-593, R J Klann
781, Genie Franklin 290-720, Demetrya
Wilson 226-667, Kim Castro 237-601,
Michael Vanegas 737, Racquel Sereser
157-393, Frank Mills 254-699, Regina
Taddy 264-657. Frank Marks 250-638,
Brittani Hammett 165-405, Joey Brown
224-609, Luann Mills 210-512.
SENIORS
Homer Dudley 235-636, Annie
Akanni 214-620, Tom Czaykowski
(9 pin) 266-721, Pam Stewart (9 pin)
248-586.
demographic. Even a 2015 Don
Draper would agree Bowlmor
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Finally this week, news
broke of current Boston Red
Sox center fielder Mookie Betts’
plans to bowl the PBA World
Series of Bowling in December.
Retired MLBers have rolled
tour events before, like Tom
Candiotti, but I can’t think of
any current major leaguers
since I believe John Burkett
rolled one of the ARC Pinole
stops around 1990 or so.
One great benefit we’ve
already seen is how the
mainstream has covered this
already. Numerous online
and print publications have
featured the story, as well as a
few broadcast outlets.
It was featured in a segment
last week Thursday on MLB
Network’s ‘Intentional Talk’
with Chris Rose and Kevin Millar. As before with a previous
segment in the spring about
John Burkett bowling the
PBA50 tour, Millar took time
this occasion to give viewers
another quick bowling lesson.
This time, he demonstrated
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Men
Gary Anderson, Brunswick Zone Watauga............ 849
Terry Ellis, Forum Bowl ........................................... 833
Steve Albin, AMF Spare Time Lanes...................... 804
Chris Shipley, AMF Garland Lanes ........................ 796
Lorenzo Benavides, Plano Super Bowl ................. 794
Kelly Ray, Cowtown Bowling Palace...................... 791
Cory Toombs, AMF Lewisville Lanes ..................... 784
James Stewart, AMF DeSoto Lanes....................... 778
Jason Hamm, AMF Euless Lanes .......................... 775
Don Juetten, AMF Euless Lanes ............................ 775
Ted Pritts, Rowlett Bowl-A-Rama ........................... 775
Ryan Boroff, Brunswick Westcreek Lanes ............ 772
David Rawls, AMF Richardson Lanes .................... 761
Rick Irvine, Strikz .................................................... 755
Billy Cathey, Red Bird Lanes .................................. 747
Greg Bishop, Ennis All Star Bowl .......................... 720
Women
Deidra Juetten, AMF Euless Lanes ........................ 791
Debby Oulicky, Plano Super Bowl ......................... 764
Lauren Cathey, Red Bird Lanes ............................. 741
Marcella Mills, Forum Bowl .................................... 741
Heather Whitney, Cowtown Bowling Palace.......... 732
Lynda Barnes, AMF Lewisville Lanes .................... 730
Wendy Vannoy, Brunswick Zone Watauga ............ 694
Donna Hough, AMF Garland Lanes ....................... 692
Stacy Starry, Strikz .................................................. 668
Wanda Parker, AMF Richardson Lanes ................. 634
Jamie Smith, AMF Spare Time Lanes .................... 629
Arvese McGraw, AMF DeSoto Lanes ..................... 628
Brandy Silva, Brunswick Westcreek Lanes ........... 628
Kayla Lawrence, Ennis All Star Bowl ..................... 626
Lisa Wasson, Rowlett Bowl-A-Rama ...................... 606
his own delivery style in his
uniquely Millaresque fashion.
He had a decent stance and
set up, then walked through
a three-step delivery. Granted,
Millar was in front of the
studio desk on a small elevated
platform, but actually showed
decent form. In the prior piece
on Burkett, Millar had said his
uncle and mom had bowled in
league before and then added
his league average awhile back
was around 200.
One thing not mentioned
often about some of the big
money contracts players in the
four major team sports sign is
what they can and cannot do
outside of their sport during
the length of the contract. Golf,
for example, is ok. Motocross
racing and bucking bronco
riding is probably not.
I’ve heard many teams
don’t want their players to put
themselves at risk for physical
injury or overuse. Back when
they were both Minnesota
Twins, Kent Hrbek and Tim
Laudner bowled league in
the off season, even venturing to the then-ABC Team
Championships. In the late
80’s, the Illinois State Bowling
Proprietors Association gave
Chicago Cubs reliever Mitch
Williams a lifetime pass to
bowl in their centers. But this
is a little different. OK, it’s a lot
different. But it’s a good kind
of different. The PBA World
Series of Bowling has many
bowlers with many different
occupations outside tour life.
Now one of them can say he’s
patrolled center field in Fenway
Park. Whether it’s MLB or PBA,
playing the show is playing the
show.
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ton, Texas, to win the second
PBA50 event of the weekend
and his third Junction City
title. Dias finished with total
pinfall with bonus pins of
3,295.
The PBA Southwest Region
will host another PBA50
regional event at Tomball Bowl
in Tomball, Texas, October
23-25. The following weekend,
October 30-November 1, the
PBA Southwest Region returns
to Northrock Lanes in Wichita,
Kan.
PBA50 JUNCTION CITY
SOUTHWEST/MIDWEST OPEN I
Junction City Bowl, Junction
City, Kan., Saturday
Championship: Bryan Goebel, Shawnee, Kan. ($1,000) def.
Scott Greiner, Platte City, Mo.,
($750), 192-184.
Semifinal Round (best of
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Current average this league
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NORTH CENTRAL
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Junction City, Kan., (October 7, 2013) – Bryan Goebel
of Shawnee, Kan., and Mike
Dias of Lafayette, Colo. won
Professional Bowlers Association PBA50 Regional events in
a doubleheader weekend at
Junction City Bowl.
On Saturday, Goebel defeated Scott Greiner, from Platte
City, Mo., 192-184, to win his
first PBA50 Junction City title.
Goebel opened in the ninth
frame of the championship
match, then converted the 4-5
split in the tenth. Greiner, a
previous Junction City champion, needed two strikes in the
tenth to win, struck once then
left a seven pin to allow Goebel
to collect the $1,000 first place
check
On Sunday, Dias used two
279 games in the round-robin
match-play finals to outpace
Kurt Gengelbach, from Carroll-
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I’m sure PBA Commissioner
Tom Clark and his staff are
already putting plans in place
for Millar, Burkett, and Betts
in at least a charity match on
either PBA XtraFrame or MLB
Network’s ‘Intentional Talk’.
If not, you’re welcome for the
idea, Tom.
Goebel def. Ricky B.
Schissler, Brighton, Colo., 2-0
Greiner def. a-Mark Porter,
Lincoln, Neb., 2-0.
Round of 6 (best of three
games. Losers eliminated, earn
$425)
Schissler def. Raif Terry,
Larned, Kan., 2-1.
a-Porter def. Mike Dias,
Lafayette, Colo., 2-1.
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PBA50 JUNCTION CITY
SOUTHWEST/MIDWEST OPEN II
Junction City Bowl, Junction
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Final Match Play Standings
(after 13 games, including
match play bonus pins):
Standings After 13 Games:
1. Mike Dias, Lafayette,
Colo., 6-0, 3,295, $1000. 2.
Kurt Gengelbach, Carrollton,
Texas, 4-2, 3,122, $700. 3.
Scott Greiner, Platte City, Mo.,
3-3, 3,114, $550.
4. Bryan Goebel, Shawnee,
Kan., 2-3-1, 2,830, $475. 5.
Scott Stofko, Flower Mound,
Texas, 1-4-1, 2,809, $450. 6.
Randy Peterson, Carrington,
N.D., 1-5, 2,795, $425.
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Boston Red Sox Star Mookie Betts Enters
PBA World Series of Bowling VII
Former standout Tennessee youth bowler to test his bowling skills in December
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Mookie Betts
CHICAGO – Boston Red Sox
centerfielder Mookie Betts,
a rising star in major league
baseball, has entered the Professional Bowlers Association’s
GEICO World Series of Bowling
VII which will be held Dec.
7-19 at the National Bowling
Stadium in Reno, Nev.
Betts, who turns 23 on
Wednesday, will test his bowling skills against more than
200 of the best players in the
world in the multi-event WSOB
VII.
During a number of media
At Rowlett Bowl-A-Rama
Pritts unloads 775,
Wasson registers 606
Ted Pritts racked up a rousing
267-288-220 = 775 Wednesday
Mixers league session to earn
the top spot on the honor roll last
week at Rowlett Bowl-A-Rama.
Lisa Wasson headed the ladies
leader board with a robust 200217-189 = 606 Monday Night
Owls set.
HONOR ROLL
Robert Ford 248-691, Janice Olick
208-588, Brian Brenner 270-629, Terry
Merkle 185-503, Dean Bray 247-409,
Sharon Bray 155-288, Justin Murray
198-548, Cody Ramirez 279-696.
Christi Pritts 227-567, Katina Tassop
154-449, Michelle Reynolds 205-570,
Ella Parker 191-535, Tony Boyd 256-734,
Tammy Klomps 185-528.
SENIORS
Larry Tucker (2 games) 120-236,
Dorothy Jackson (2 games) 172-319,
Tommy Miller 236-662, Karen Dyer
173-456, Eric Hornquist (9 pin, no
tap) 263-663, Kathy Hopkins (9 pin,
no tap) 266-692.
Bill Clay (no tap) 241-577, Shirley
Large (no tap) 237-538, Billie Stevens
258-608, Joan Mowery 179-483.
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interviews throughout the
2015 baseball season, Betts
discussed his love for bowling,
and mentioned during one
interview that he would love
to participate in Chris Paul’s
annual CP3 PBA Celebrity
Invitational. Those discussions
led the PBA to contact Betts
and extend an invitation to
bowl in the World Series.
Betts is a former standout
youth bowler who averages
in the plus-200 range. He has
bowled a pair of certified
300 games and finished third
in the Tennessee Secondary
Schools Athletic Association
state championships individual
event as a junior at Nashville
Overton High School in 2010,
earning Tennessee Boys’
Bowler of the Year honors after
setting Tennessee high school
records with a 290 game and
827 series.
After winning his first
bowling tournament at age 8 –
a no-tap Thanksgiving turkey
shoot in Murfreesboro, Tenn.
– Betts won several other youth
tournaments, his mother Diana
Benedict noted.
Betts, who also excelled
as a basketball player, was
drafted by the Red Sox in the
fifth round (172nd pick) of the
2011 Major League Baseball
draft and signed with Boston,
rescinding his commitment to
the University of Tennessee. He
quickly rose through Boston’s
minor league system, earning a
promotion to the major leagues
in 2014 after reaching base
in a stunning 66 consecutive
regular season games in the
minor leagues. A second baseman at the time, he converted
to the outfield when he joined
the Red Sox in June 2014, and
has evolved into an everyday
outfielder with Boston during
the 2015 season.
After playing in 52 games
with Boston in 2014, Betts
played in his first full season in
2015, batting leadoff and posting a .291 batting average with
18 home runs, 77 runs batted
in, 92 runs scores and 21 stolen
bases in 145 games. During
his extraordinary season, he
became one of four players in
major league history to finish
a season with 40-plus doubles,
15-plus home runs and 20-plus
steals before the age of 23.
Betts, whose full name is
Markus Lynn Betts, is the son
of Diana Benedict and Willie
Betts, who intentionally gave
him a name that reduces to
the initials “MLB.” He got the
nickname, Mookie, from his
parents who were fans of NBA
star Mookie Blaylock.
Betts got his introduction to
bowling from his mother, an
avid bowler in the Nashville
area who also was his first
Little League Baseball coach.
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At Strikz
Irvine reins in 755,
Starry tosses 668
FRISCO – Rick Irvine‘s firstrate 227-238-290 = 755 Monday
Mixerz league session ended as
the number one set of the week
at Strikz.
Stacy Starry rolled a smooth
211-256-201 = 668 Morning
Glories set to front distaff scoring.
Scott Orofino’s near-perfect
299 solo captured high-game
honors.
HONOR ROLL
Billie Bennett 228-634, Loren
Tenzcar 249-602, Clayton Colby 286714, Debbie Colby 188-545, Scott Noll
236-613, Candy Torrey 202-589, Chris
Marino 234-638, Cathy Eberly 215-560.
Kevin Moats 263-614, Cindy
McBride 200-539, Bob Davis 205-605,
Denise Vice 199-526, Joesph Jimenez
246-652, Cathy Eberly 200-547, Scott
Zell 267-640, Debbie Colby 192-552,
Bruce Southerland 223-630. Debbie
Colby 229-614, Brad Hickman 229-613,
Kara Shaprio 241-599, Scott Orofino
650, Tammy Crawford 182-501, Rick
Irvine 243-624, Jacki Myrice 184-512,
Richard Ferguson 234-637.
Cathy Eberly 190-531, Kevin
Hammer 257-655, Tony Franklin
247-735.
At Plano Super Bowl
Benavides smashes 794,
Oulicky levels 764
Burnham, Dodson, Kyle, Staton add 300’s,
Burnham 299
Lorenzo Benavides led the
scoring parade for the week at
Plano Super Bowl Lanes with
a hard-hitting 268-247-279 =
794 Monday Classic Trio league
series.
Debby Oulicky, also from
the Monday Classic Trio group,
rounded up the top spot for the
ladies with an outstanding 247279-238 = 764 set.
Les Burnham, Wayne Dodson,
Mike Kyle and Greg Staton
shared high-game honors as
each recorded award-winning
perfectos. Les Burnham also
took runner-up honors with a
near-perfect 299 solo.
HONOR ROLL
Robert Keister 255-724, Natalie
Woodward-Hall 223-630, Paul Hartwell
279-671, Denise Freeman-Boone 232570, Steve Fuhrman (4 games) 237-817,
Lisa Nordstrom (4 games) 169-617.
Gene Foose 211-600, Cassie Phifer
193-477, Dylan Macon 289-785, Lorenzo
Benavides 279-794, Debby Oulicky
279-764, Danny Zeh 290-767, Natalie
Woodward-Hall 213-613, Wes Wade
267-674.
Diane Wallentine 224-623, Karl
Hinmann 246-670, Barb Wygren 177-
497, Jim Monroe 209-607, Shirley Large
225-538, Wayne Dodson 714, Peggy
Dodson 192-554, Doug Brown 289-783.
Janelle Westbrook 278-746, Greg
Tucker 269-696, Debra Genaidy 223604, Cathy Sposito 235-669, Delynda
Lanzillo 226-635, Les Burnham 764,
Don Coble 279-731, Charlie Arnt
232-636.
Vi Davison 179-446, Marshall
Medlin 266-737, Reina Davidson 237641, Greg Urquhart 247-689, Michelle
Myers 180-536, Stacy Starry 248-747,
Linda Blain 246-618, Mark Rowland
226-623.
Susan Breedlove 213-567, Leo
Fitzgerald 222-619, Emily Ryan 186481, Ted Warren 252-716, Carol Wood
244-654, Justin Westerman 259-746,
Jennifer Eckstrom 222-553, Daniel
Lilly 259-753.
Cela Cochran 268-697, Scott
Craddock (4 games) 279-988, Debby
Oulicky (4 games) 264-887, Ed
Rasmussen 245-691, Stacy Starry
269-747, Frank Phillips 279-683, Debbie
Lambert 232-660.
Danny Nutt 223-626, Kathy
Metevier 188-497, Chris Groom 248729, Cindy Mann 267-690, Jon Crump
246-713, Pam Thomas 204-597.
At AMF DeSoto
Stewart delivers 778,
McGraw banks 628
James Stewart compiled a
top-flight 275-244-259 = 778
Pushovers league set to gain the
top spot on the honor roll last
week at AMF DeSoto Lanes.
Arvese McGraw rolled a tidy
182-242-204 = 628 T.G.I.F. series
to pace the ladies.
HONOR ROLL
Roger Strand 278-675, Arlette
Washington 205-566, Frank Bolton
236-634, Jeanne Ham 178-481, Leroy
Willis, Jr. 278-714, Arlette Washington
223-620, Stanley Williams 259-694,
Karen Sykes 209-606.
Ray Petry, Sr. 210-552, Jeanne Ham
187-470, Herchel Smith 198-528, Jen
Livingston 166-447, Loston Yarbough
222-553, Lori Knox 183-505, Cliff
Krumvieda 201-542, Penny Jurecko
176-434.
Dennis Williams 278-687, Ann
Kunkle 202-567, Robert McGraw 258640, Rhonda Yoshida 181-518, George
Hayden 214-616, Lucy Chism 201-534,
Larry Sunday 215-613, Arlene Orr
183-496.
Ellis and Gray Take TBC Titles at
Brunswick Westcreek Lanes
Fort Worth, TX - The Teen
Bowlers Circuit was in Ft.
Worth this past weekend at
Westcreek Lanes.
There were 24 entries, 14
boys and 10 girls. The pattern
was on the 38’ KEGEL Easy
Street.
The TBC format is two
4 game qualifying squads,
6 games of match play and
then the top 4 boys and girls
compete in a stair step finals.
Leading after qualifying for
the boys, was Austin Ellis of
Arlington, TX with +136.
For the girls, the leader was
Hope Gramly of Prosper, TX
with +11.
High game of the tournament was Dakota Dudley of
Houston, TX and last month’s
winner of the TBC JUNIOR; his
high game was 269.
Dakota wanted to bowl
against the older boys this
month and did very well.
After 4 games of qualifying,
the cut for the boys to advance
to match play was -12 and the
girl’s cut to match play was
-158.
The boys and girls making
the cut to the top 6 match play,
bowled 6 games of head-tohead matches.
After 6 games of match play,
the field was cut to the top 4
for boys and girls for stair step
Finals.
The Teen Bowlers Circuit
has always offered a separate
boys and girls divisions.
The Boys champion was
Austin Ellis who ended up
+504 after qualifying and
match play.
Austin averaged over 235 for
the tournament. It was his 5th
TBC title.
In the championship match
Ellis defeated Dudley 234-221.
In the opening match, Sam
Butler of Texarkana defeated
John Adams of Plano 226-223.
In the semifinal match
Dudley defeated Butler 244-201.
Match play results,
1. Austin Ellis, Arlington 5-1
($75 SMART scholarship, TBC
Champion Nike & Storm shirts)
2. Dakota Dudley, Houston, TX 2-4 ($55 SMART
scholarship)
3. Sam Butler, Texarkana, TX 2-4 ($45 SMART
scholarship)
4. John Adams, Plano 4-2
($40 SMART scholarship)
5. Matthew Reed, Denton,
TX 3-3
6. Bobby Smith, Georgetown, TX 2-4
The Girls champion was
Taryn Gray of Greenville, TX.
This was also Taryn’s 5th TBC
title.
In the championship match
Gray defeated Kira Hamman of
Jarrell, TX 197-192.
In the semifinal match,
Hamman defeated Hope
Gramly of Prosper, TX 214-176.
In the opening match,
Gramly defeated Linda Himes
of Texarkana, TX 197-136.
Austin Ellis and Taryn Gray
Match play results,
1. Taryn Gray, Greenville,
TX 5-1 ($50 SMART scholarship, TBC Champion Nike &
Storm shirts)
2. Kira Hamman, Jarrell, TX
5-1 ($40 SMART scholarship)
3. Hope Gramly, Prosper, TX
2-4 ($35 SMART scholarship)
4. Linda Himes, Texarkana, TX 2-4 ($30 SMART
scholarship)
5. Genevieve Burnett,
Lufkin, TX 1-5
6. Jaelle Hamman, Jarrell,
TX 1-5
Thank you to Gracie at
Westcreek Lanes for all her
help and the entire staff. It was
a smooth tournament. I also
want to thank Storm Bowling
and Zapp IT bowling products
for their support.
The next TBC and TBC Jr
will be on November 15th
at USA BOWL in Dallas and
in December, we will be at
University Lanes in Denton on
December 6th.
There will also be a BIG
announcement at USA BOWL,
don’t miss it!
I want to especially give a
BIG shout out to Matthew Reed
of Denton. Eleven year old Matthew stepped up against the
big boys this past Sunday and
narrowly missed the top 4 stair
step by 22 pins. Great bowling,
Matthew!
Also, the Bowler of the Year
race is tightening up. The boys
leader, Micah McCracken of
Keller has a 345 point lead over
Austin Ellis and Hope Gramly
has a 165 lead over Taryn Gray
with just two tournaments left
to decide.
Can Austin make a comeContinued on Page 7
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Youth Honor Roll
Boys
Josh Johnson, AMF Garland Lanes...................... 676
David Carter, Forum Bowl...................................... 661
David Strand, Cowtown Bowling Palace .............. 637
Ryan Yablonski, Strikz ........................................... 634
Zachary Howarth, Plano Super Bowl .................... 633
Micah McCracken, AMF Euless Lanes ................. 605
T J Rudd, Ennis All Star Bowl ............................... 558
Jared Nichols, Brunswick Westcreek Lanes ........ 557
Ryan Wagner, Brunswick Zone Watauga .............. 542
Chris Gaitin, AMF Spare Time Lanes.................... 511
Benny Ulibarri, Red Bird Lanes............................. 500
Girls
Nadia Stone, Cowtown Bowling Palace................ 574
Quinn Robben, Forum Bowl .................................. 573
Rosie Baxley, Brunswick Zone Watauga .............. 570
Madisyn Murphy, Plano Super Bowl ..................... 553
Sara Taylor, AMF Garland Lanes ........................... 550
Sarah Young, AMF Euless Lanes .......................... 523
Ashlynn Starry, Strikz............................................. 502
Bailey Speaks, Red Bird Lanes ............................. 466
Katie Hamlin, Brunswick Westcreek Lanes .......... 449
Hannah Koop, Ennis All Star Bowl ....................... 384
Dallas USBC Youth Scores
Josh Johnson headed the
Dallas-area USBC youth bowling last week with a rip-roaring
240/676 Tuesday Youth/Adult
series at AMF Garland Lanes.
Madisyn Murphy posted a top
notch 157-173-223 = 553 Sunday
Youth/Adult set to pace the girls
at Plano Super Bowl.
At AMF Garland Lanes – Andrew
Howard (2 games) 88-166, Janette
Alvarez (2 games) 84-165, John Nguyen
226-597, Aerial Pallett 103-279, Sara
Taylor 191-550.
At Ennis All Star Bowl – TJ Rudd
199-558, Hannah Koop 134-384, Carsen
Kapavik 70-145, Torrie Caselia 58-157,
Charles Holloway 41-89, Joe Miller
17-28, Austin Bounds 173-470, Brianna
Escobar 114-300, James Anderson 73171, Gabreail Anderson 64-128.
At Plano Super Bowl – Brady
McDonough 156-411, Marisa Munguia
106-263, Andrew Sly 160-413, Bre
Reedy 77-201, T J Wilson 223-589, Allie
Eades 159-409, T J Noggle 246-627,
Madison Ward 202-551, Luke Henke
161-468, Sierra Jones 152-388, Zach
Howarth 230-633, Talisen Baron 235626, Sabrina Inman 187-522, Matthew
Reed 172-468, Aidan Hiudson 203-501,
Sam Hesler 168-474, Matthew Baum
219-607, Taryn Gray 202-542, Luke
Henke 152-427, Caden Witt 200-552,
Katie Taylor 169-443, R J Grantham
232-610, Sara Taylor 166-482, Trenton
Ramzanali (2 games) 87-169, Marlee
Leraas (2 games) 81-147.
At Red Bird Lanes – Benny Ulibarri 172-500, Bailey Speaks 166-466,
Bryen Lackey 78-217, Benny Ulibarri
(2 games) 135-267, Nicole Sturney (2
games) 115-207.
At Strikz – Ryan Yablonski 204-634,
Tara Meche 181-481, Kai Cann 167-493,
Ashlynn Starry 175-502.
Grand Prix Program
Contact: Karen Miller [email protected]
DECEMBER 6
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FEBRUARY 14, 2016
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APRIL 24, 2016
Plano Super Bowl, Plano, TX
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Fort Worth
USBC Youth
Results
David Carter turned in the
top score of the week for the Fort
Worth-area USBC youth bowling
with a power-packed 249/661
Stars & Strikers series at Forum
Bowl.
Nadia Stone paced the girls
with a super-strong 215-181-178
= 574 Generation Gap set at
Cowtown Bowling Palace.
At AMF Euless Lanes – Micah
McCracken 219-605, Lucas Howard
225-548, Sarah Young 201-523, Kyleigh
Howard 161-433, Hailey Northup 35-57.
At AMF Spare Time Lanes – Chris
Gaitin 131-511, Nick Bailey (2 games)
163-258, Brandon Borden (2 games)
190-325, Shea MacCheski (2 games)
176-317, Jackie Ali (2 games) 139-278,
Wes Ater (2 games) 145-244, Ross
Steele (2 games) 146-250.
At Brunswick Westcreek – Jared
Nichols 197-557, Katie Hamlin 159-449,
Kevin Williams 191-428, Dylan Morris
169-459, Karlie Matthews 115-295.
At Brunswick Zone Watauga –
Ryan Wagner 193-542, Rosie Baxley
210-570, William Jewell 413, Alyssa
Ballard 403, Brenden Wagner 489,
Morgan Davis 466.
At Cowtown Bowling Palace –
David Strand 242-637, Dannyella
Hochstine 222, Damion Flores 238,
Angel Orozco 225.
At Forum Bowl – Daniel Jennings
104-178, Carly Tackett 94-182, Kal-El
Evans 86-159, Santana Joseph 87-172,
Logan King 121-324, Charisse Graham
114-307, Aydan King 105-295, Ananiah
Williams 101-282, Sam Malicoat 151399, Allison Williams 179-467, Tyler
Brooks 140-386, Anyssa Boles 162-407,
Quinn Robben 225-573, Jayson Honegger 226-576, Katarina Korn 221-538.
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At AMF Richardson
ELLIS AND GRAY
Rawls scorches 761,
Parker drills 634
Continued from Page 5
David Rawls heated up the
lanes at AMF Richardson Lanes
last week with a rip-roaring 278245-238 = 761 series in Double
Trouble action.
Wanda Parker rolled an
exceptional 189-200-245 = 634
Classic League set to lead the
lady bowlers.
HONOR ROLL
Tommy Pease 246-656, Delynda
Lanzillo 223-574, Wes Wade 280-693,
Erin De Gray 191-511, Sam Hitchcock
196-533, Leilana Edds 144-418, Jason
Head 248-644, Judy Hinman 221-579.
Jason Tillberg 222-619, Renee
Malone 202-523, Brian Lohse 254-703,
Lynette Most 216-590, David Watson
278-737, Mary Patrick 225-529.
back and defend his title?
Can Hope hold off Taryn
to win a second Bowler of the
Year crown. Last year the girls
winner came down to the final
match of the year!
Be sure to follow Teen
Bowlers Circuit of Facebook or
at www.teenbowlerscircuit.net
for upcoming tournament info.
Email any questions or if your
center wishes to host a TBC,
TBC JUNIOR or SUPER 7 event
to Brad Ellis at bradellis8101@
gmail.com.
BOSTON RED SOX
Continued from Page 4
Lane Laughter
In Reno, Betts will compete
against a field of bowlers
representing more than 20
countries. The GEICO PBA
World Series of Bowling, the
most lucrative event in the
sport, includes the PBA Cheetah Championship, PBA Viper
Championship, PBA Chameleon
Championship and PBA Scorpion Championship – the four
qualifying events leading into
the PBA World Championship.
The finals of all five events will
be televised on ESPN, beginning with live coverage of the
PBA World Championship on
Thursday, Dec. 17, at 7 p.m. ET
(4 p.m. PT).
After an official practice
session on the four unique
lane conditioning patterns
on Monday, Dec. 7, Betts will
bowl nine qualifying games in
each of the respective “animal
pattern” tournaments Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday. If he finishes among
the top 25 percent of the field
based on those 36 games, he
will advance to the PBA World
Championship cashers’ round
on Saturday, Dec. 12.
All qualifying and match
play elimination rounds of the
four animal pattern events plus
the PBA World Championship
match play competition will
be covered live on PBA’s Xtra
Frame online bowling channel,
as well as live scoring on pba.
com. For Xtra Frame subscription information, visit pba.com
and click on the Xtra Frame
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10 YEARS AGO
John Shuffler led the honor roll with 797 at AMF Jupiter…
Paul Wilson shot 784 at Big Town…James Maston had 746 at
Red Bird…Yolanda Garrett led the ladies with 709 at DC West…
Jean Esposito shot 693 at AMF Showplace Euless…Chris Shenkel
passes away at the age of 82…Steve Alexander shot 300 at AMF
Richardson.
20 YEARS AGO
Del Ballard captures his 13th PBA regional title in Big Springs
over Jimmy Davis of Houston, where in the world is Jimmy these
days…Jason Couch wins his 4th PBA title in Indianapolis…
Chuck Mooney led the honor roll with 814 at Grove Country…Bill
Winstanley shot 813 at Allen…Jason Freeman with 300/802 at
DC SW…Annie Akanni led the ladies with 759 at Spare Time…
Debra Jergins shot 747 at Grove Country…Christy Shankle had
724 at Jupiter…Candy Taylor won NABI at Triangle-Irving…
Mike Monticue rolled a 786 at BRC Westcreek.
30 YEARS AGO
Dave Newcomer wins PBA SW Regional at All Star FW…
David Cordova takes MBT title at Bowl Dallas and $1300…
Jim Minnis shot 300/713 at Golden Triangle…Jim Yates wins
NTTB at All Star West…Sherry Brown led the ladies with 632
at Golden Triangle...Jay Conklin shot 763 and Sherrie Slaughter
623 at Alpine…YABA bowler Tanya Fadeley spares the 7-10 split
at Forum…Brian Atwood a perfect game at All Star West.
TITAN
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District and State level, want an opportunity to
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out for the High School Bowling Teams,
please send an email to
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Mr. Rick Irvine at:
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PBA Player of the Year. “First, I
wasn’t sure I’d be bowling this
weekend, then, having to bowl
against one of the all-time greats
for the title and finally having
won on my grandmother’s
birthday made this win very
special.”
Rash dropped a ball on his
foot while unloading a ball
bag from his car just prior to
getting some last minute practice
in before traveling to Council
Bluffs.
“Fortunately, all I had to do
was ice it down a lot so it got to
a point where it was feeling well
enough that I could bowl with
not much problem,” Rash added.
In the title match, Rash, who
qualified first for the finals, was
able to shut out Weber in the
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10th frame with a spare and
eight count on the final shot.
“He’s (Weber) one of the
best ever and if you want to be
considered one of the best you
have to beat the best,” said Rash,
whose last win came in the 2014
PBA Wolf Open. “It’s nice to be
in the winner’s circle again.”
In the opening stepladder
match, PBA Tour rookie A.J.
Johnson of Oswego, Ill. defeated
three-time Tour winner Dick
Allen of Columbia, S.C., 231-209,
to advance to the semifinal.
In the semifinal, Weber, trying for his 38th career title to tie
fellow Hall of Famer Norm Duke
for third on the all-time list, beat
Johnson 213-187 to advance to
the title match against Rash. Weber was trying for his first title
since winning the 2013 Barbasol
Tournament of Champions.
The PBA Tour moves to Las
Vegas Oct. 19-25 for the PBA
South Point Bowling Plaza Fall
Classic. PBA’s online bowling
channel Xtra Frame will capture
all the action. For schedule and
subscription information visit
www.xtraframe.tv/pba/.
PBA XTRA FRAME IOWA
MIDWEST OPEN
Thunderbowl, Council Bluffs,
Iowa, Sunday
Final Standings: 1, Sean Rash,
Montgomery, Ill., $10,000. 2,
Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., $6,000.
3, A.J. Johnson, Oswego, Ill.,
$3,200. 4, Dick Allen, Columbia,
S.C., $2,400.
Playoff Results: Match One
– Johnson def. Allen, 231-209.
Semifinal – Weber def. Johnson,
213-187. Championship match –
Rash def. Weber, 219-217.
SECOND ROUND MATCH
PLAY RESULTS
(20-game pinfall totals
including bonus pins, match play
record and money earned.
Top four advanced to
stepladder)
1, Sean Rash, Montgomery,
Ill., 10-2, 4,641.
2, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo.,
6-6, 4,580.
3, Dick Allen, Columbia, S.C.,
8-3-1, 4,472.
4, A.J. Johnson, Oswego, Ill.,
8- 3-1, 4,467.
5, Brad Miller, St. Charles,
Mo., 10-2, 4,462, $1,700.
6, Michael Haugen, Jr.,
Phoenix, 8-4, 4,438, $1,500.
7, Marshall Kent, Yakima,
Wash., 5-7, 4,388, $1,400.
8, E.J. Tackett, Huntington,
Ind., 6-6, 4,342, $1,300.
9, J.R. Raymond, Bay City,
Mich., 4-8, 4,336, $1,275.
10, Lonnie Waliczek, Wichita,
Kan., 7-5, 4,330, $1,250.
11, a-Tony Manna, Omaha,
Neb., 7-5, 4,328, $1,225.
12, Ronnie Russell, Marion,
Ind., 5-7, 4,301, $1,200.
13, Anthony Simonsen, Princeton, Texas, 3-9, 4,297, $1,175.
14, Connor Pickford, Charlotte, N.C., 2-10, 4,266, $1,150.
15, Aaron Lorincz, Saginaw,
Mich., 3-9, 4,251, $1,125.
16, Brandon Curtis, Manson,
N.C., 3-9, 3,993, $1,100.
a-denotes amateur
At AMF Spare Time Lanes
Albin racks up 300/804,
Smith blasts 629
Steve Albin won the high-set
race last week at AMF Spare Time
Lanes by pounding out powerpacked 300-257-247 = 804 marks
in Bob Mann’s Businessmens
action.
Jamie Smith dominated
scoring for the ladies with a
blue-ribbon 203-180-246 = 629
STL Rejects set.
HONOR
Thomas Mendonca 254-681, Cliff
Malicoat 243-690, Frankie Duncan
228-634, James Simmons 258-649,
Mario Barraza 234-661, Andrew
Jackson 232-661, Courtney Ortega (2
games) 203-349.
Kody Euckert (2 games) 224-412,
Mike Sierra (2 games) 249-410, Gabe
Pierce (2 games) 212-416, Debbie Camp
242-619, Jamie Smith 246-629, Mike
Sierra 229-634, Jeff George 272-692,
Shane Williams 242-633. Jamison
Wiemuth 225-621, Russell Corwin
249-692, Kody Euckert 224-648, Barry
Brice 258-742, Levi Ventura, Jr. 283-701,
McWain Galdo 277-635, Rudy Garcia,
Sr. 245-687, Shawn OHara 237-634.
Frankie Duncan 245-641, Al
Morrison 228-616, David Jakstas 258602, Mark Kachelhoffer 255-621, Ryan
Mueller 254-675, Blake Ward 259-733,
Bill Uthoff, Jr. 243-687, Darin Wilson
279-638.
Jimmy White 266-738, Craig Dixon
248-677, Terry Martin 267-649, Roger
Pugh 258-682, Ricardo Bustamante
218-633, John Howell 249-634, Jim
Graham 231-611, Wane Cruse 279-747.
At Brunswick Westcreek
Boroff throws 300/772,
Silva builds 628
Redfield 300
Ryan Boroff claimed top
honors for the week at Brunswick
Westcreek Lanes with a top
drawer 258-214-300 = 772 Classic
High Pot series.
Brandy Silva, Boroff’s league
mate, led the ladies with a
sparkling 196-248-184 = 628 set.
Jonathan Redfield shared
high-game honors with Boroff
w it h a n awa rd-w i n n i n g
12-bagger.
HONOR ROLL
Richard Crossland 201-547, Shirley
Sowers 199-544, Jonathan Redfield
732, Erica Ferrales 191-522, Cameron
Korneychuk 245-618, Judy Long 214536, Cathy Lode 190-559, Jeff Crenshaw
234-665.
Sylvia Contreras 184-496, Carl
Jordan 245-624, Sonja Nichols 182-496,
Sean Johnson 254-695, Terra Johnson
248-542, Charles Covert 235-667, Vicky
Kopp 193-516, Geoffrey Young 278-752.
Dorina Hart 175-490, Rick Autrey
211-548, Sandra Haynie 136-370, John
Jones 274-743, Danita Wyley 234-624,
Billy Fontenot 268-739, Nita Stein
222-615, Rudy Garcia 269-711, Leisha
Murr 216-608.
Ron Boroff 259-707, Ron Coggins
289-704, Brandy Silva 216-610.
SENIORS
Ron Waller 256-674, Karen Leach
185-499, Willie Jackson 251-718, Naomi
Evans 188-504.
At AMF Euless Lanes
Juetten notches 791,
Hamm (300) and
Juetten tie at 775
Deidra Juetten fired a hardhitting 257-255-279 = 791 High
Hopes set to lead the high-set
chart for the ladies last week at
AMF Euless Lanes.
Jason Hamm and Don Juetten
tied for the top spot on the honor
roll as both recorded outstanding
775 series. Hamm downed lines
of 259-300-216 in Two Mixed Up
action while Juetten fired a riproaring 289-234-252 series in Full
House league play.
HONOR ROLL
Rich Souddress 279-749, Will
Hopkins 288-743, Jimmy Taylor 266693, Jacob Richman 287-688, Leon
Aragon 263-669, Danny Breckenridge
225-643, Bill Ivey 238-604, Mike
Cogdell 230-576.
Bill Jewell 204-571, Val Goss
278-748, Anna Joplin 259-688, Sheila
Walton 246-651, Lauren Black 220-585,
Judy Leuty 195-569, Claudia Blake 211557, Shannon Bartley 222-539, Mindy
Wynn 212-538.
Amy Holland 161-460, Denise
Wheeler 184-447, Crystal Goodwin
81-215.
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PBA Spare
Shots
RED SOX STAR MOOKIE
BETTS CREATES IMMEDIATE
MEDIA IMPACT FOR PBA
WORLD SERIES
The news of Boston Red Sox
star Mookie Betts’ decision to
enter the GEICO PBA World
Series of Bowling VII made
an immediate impact on news
media attention for WSOB VII.
Within minutes of the PBA’s
announcement, Boston Globe
Red Sox beat writer Peter Abraham tweeted the news, which
led to re-tweets and comments
on masslive.com, redsoxlive.
com and overthemonster.com,
among others.
Within hours, the news
spread to ESPN, Fox Sports,
the Providence Journal, New
York Daily News, Bangor
Daily News, CBS Boston,
NESN (New England Sports
Channel), Boston.com, millcitysports.com and many other
websites, social media outlets
and publications, including
many throughout the bowling
industry.
Immediately upon the close
of the major league season on
Sunday, Betts returned to his
Brentwood, Tenn., home and,
according to his mother Diana
Benedict, headed to the bowling center Tuesday morning to
begin preparations for WSOB
VII. Bowling – and Red Sox
fans – around the world will be
able to follow Betts’ throughout
his WSOB experiences by
watching PBA’s Xtra Frame
online video-streaming service
and/or free live scoring on pba.
com. Betts will compete in the
PBA Cheetah, Viper, Chameleon and Scorpion Championships Dec. 8-11 at the National
Bowling Stadium in Reno, and
additional rounds if he finishes
among the top qualifiers.
SANDS REGENCY CASINO
WEST/NORTHWEST CLASSIC
OFFERS $10,000 TO WINNER
PBA West/Northwest
Region tournament manager
Gary Mage has announced the
Sands Regency Casino West/
Northwest Classic, presented by
Radical, will offer a guaranteed
$10,000 first prize. The tournament, which will be covered
live on Xtra Frame, will take
place Oct. 16-18 at the National
Bowling Stadium in Reno as
a prelude to the South Point
Bowling Plaza Fall Classic
which gets underway on
Monday, Oct. 19, in Las Vegas.
The Sands Regency regional
event will be a reduced-entry
fee tournament ($175 for PBA
members, $225 for nonmembers). To assist players
who have already made travel
plans to Las Vegas, a 15-passenger van will be available to
transport players from South
Point to Reno on Friday, Oct.
16, returning to Las Vegas right
after the tournament ends on
Sunday.
NEXT UP ON XTRA
FRAME:
The PBA has added a new
Sands Regency Casino West/
Northwest Classic in Reno,
Nev., to the Xtra Frame schedule. Following coverage of
the Sands Regency event Oct.
17-18, Xtra Frame coverage of
the PBA Fall Classic begins
Oct. 19 at South Point Bowling
Plaza in Las Vegas. During the
Fall Classic, Xtra Frame will
provide live coverage of the
Mark Roth/Marshall Holman
PBA Doubles Championship
qualifying and match play
rounds Oct. 19-20, start-tofinish coverage of the PBA Xtra
Frame South Point Las Vegas
Open, Oct. 21-22; the South
Point West Challenge (for nontitle winners) on Oct. 23; the
new PBA Team Challenge, Oct.
24-25, and the PBA50 Western
Open on Oct. 26.
PBA REGIONAL UPDATE:
ZAVJALOVA WINS IN KOKOMO; McEWAN WINS WSOB
BERTH
Diana Zavjalova of Beavercreek, Ohio, and Danielle McEwan of Stony Point, N.Y., who
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WALK OF FAME
Continued from Page 1
will be his biggest test to date
that may prove him worthy of
this new Tour. Regardless, his
knowledge of the game makes
him one of the favorites.
Parker Bohn III – Parker’s
best finish in this event is 2nd.
Parker’s resurgence has been
boosted with his ease of mind.
Bohn has had questions about
his future with bowling and
his livelihood. Since Brunswick hired him, his bowling
has gotten better. He is like a
franchise football player just
signing his big contract. Now
that is out of the way, it’s time
to go out and kick some butt….
not fair to the Tour guys. I
asked Parker what else has
he done to keep up. He said,
“I have had some changes to
my span and dropped down to
15lbs. I have to keep up with
the young guns.”
Amleto Monacelli – When
it comes to smooth, Amleto
is the man. He epitomizes
getting better with age….we
are talking about bowling,
not looks. If looks help win
this event, he will be a big
favorite. Amleto has struck
gold winning titles on the PBA
50 Tour. Monacelli stays in
bowling shape competing on
the PBA 50 Tour. Not only is
he constantly bowling, he is
training bowlers in his home
country, Venezuela. Be on the
look-out for Amleto that week.
The fan base, mostly ladies,
will be by his side.
Norm Duke – Norm won
this event in 2011. Now, he
won this event on sheer will.
He was questioned whether
or not he would ever win this
event and it bothered him so
much, he went out and won
the damn thing. Duke is now
being questioned whether he
could ever win again on Tour.
Not a question you want to be
asking him when he bowls
best under the gun. He is the
best when he has a chip on
his shoulder. Norm is and
always will be a fan favorite. I
asked Norm his thoughts of the
event and format. “First and
At Cowtown Bowling Palace
Ray turns in 298/791,
Whitney nails 732
Cozart and Mata 299’s
Kelly Ray turned in an
exceptional 298-265-228 = 791
Ft. Worth Classic Trio series to
head the leader board last week
at Cowtown Bowling Palace.
Heather Whitney, Ray’s
league mate, led the ladies with
a noteworthy 257-239-236 =
732 set.
Mark Cozart and Frankie
Mata shared high-game accolades
with near-perfect 299 solos.
HONOR ROLL
Charles Walton 279, Katie Tallant
237-655, Ron Nason 277-767, Alma
Rodriguez 237, Bryen Waltjen 258,
Sandra Waits 230, Marcelino Negrete
258, Jeremy Trubenstein 278-716, Lina
Choun 228-612.
Stephen Smithers 257, Luann
Satchell 190, Travis Martin 251, Amy
Hart 236-659, Coy Hart 247-731, Sandra
Waits 219, Scott Powers 246, Katie
Tallant 207, Mark Cozart 749, Stefanie
Johnson 278.
Xeno Garcia 279, Kathleen LeCroy
245, Myke Bell 256, Jennifer Lawson
192, Duane Skinner 247, Christina
Tucker 181-531, Robby Dally 247,
Garrett Graham 246-714, Frank Arnold
233-603.
Sheryl Strand 187, Art Beasley 225,
Bryan Liles 219.
Editor’s note: Chris Johnson’s
games last week were 246-300-280
= 826. The Bowling News apologizes
for the typo.
SENIORS
Red Kelly 267-664, Carole Watson
201-558, David Pruitt 256, Wanda Eads
197, Bill Criss 256, Johnny Zaskoda
259-707, Brenda Settle 201-545, David
Pruitt 249, John Stewart 238, Don Key
269-696.
Wanda Eads 198-511, David Pruitt
254, Michael Masters 226.
At AMF Garland
Shipley wraps up 300/796,
Hough claims 692
Faulkenberry and Hough add 300’s
Chris Shipley headed the
honor roll for the week at
AMF Garland Lanes with an
outstanding 238-258-300 = 796
NASCAR showing.
Donna Hough, Shipley’s
league mate, led the ladies with
a tip-top 222-236-234 = 692 set.
Mike Faulkenberry and Tim
Hough shared high-game honors
with Shipley as each recorded
award-winning 12-baggers.
HONOR ROLL
Jimmy Brown 279-735, Barbara
Shaw 243-626, Mike Faulkenberry 756,
Brenda Rogers 199-536, Ross Helgenfeld
256-707, Linda Davis 175-512, Calvin
Edinbyrd 245-646, Richard Adams
224-646.
Kathy Hopkins 232-588, Will (2
games) 201-369, Jaime Prewitt (2
games) 147-287, Carl Carson 256-696,
Tony Thayer 269-763, Kevin Hill
259-763, Tonjah Castro 211-604, Gary
Harris 248-679.
Lulee Rechenthin 197-494, Lonnie
Locke 279-755, Wilsey Garn 277-760,
Tonjah Castro 259-655, Rudy Obregon
III 268-693, Michelle Rogers 224-610,
John Sevier 274-705, Mary Perl 213-578.
Michael Cheatham 268-736, Terri
Tyree 218-567, Ray Johnson 217-618,
Michelle Ross 223-590.
At AMF Lewisville
Toombs rolls 784,
Barnes claims 730
Cory Toombs headed the
leader boards at AMF Lewisville
Lanes last week by logging
laudable 289-226-269 = 784
numbers in Monday Nite Men’s
league action.
Lynda Barnes paced the ladies
with a fine 224-278-228 = 730
Monday Nite Mixers set.
HONOR ROLL
Bob Lassiter 215-581, Rick Reeder
236-662, Amy Seligmann 203-562,
Peter Works 259-740, JoAnn Garcia
206-568, Kevin Cobb 263-708, Jill
Helbig 215-547, Lynda Barnes 248-682.
Marilyn Harms 184-544, Dan
Matzdorf 214-593, Marcia Lord 169-483,
Michael Braun 285-744, Cindi Cooper
212-606, Jarrod Gallegos 191-570, Linda
Thompson 167-440, Jeff Potter 279-712.
Heather Robb 220-616, Ryan Wells
279-766, Kim Adkins 214-584, Gary
Williams 191-539, Chris Hettenbach
201-529, Chance Babcock 235-649,
Rosalie Inskeep 179-475.
Scott Cristee 225-596, Dina
Rodriguez 215-564.
SENIORS
Richard Westdyke 229-627, Martha
Crowell 203-534.
foremost, it is the U.S. Open.
They will be tough with a lot
of traffic. Make spares and
don’t shoot myself in the foot.
With oiling only once a day,
I will need to prepare to ball
down and ball down more. I
have to learn more about the
weaker balls that we never
throw on Tour. This is going
to be homework for me leading
up to this event.”
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PBA SPARE SHOTS
Continued from Page 10
won titles during the PWBA’s
newly-completed revival
season, and veteran women’s
star Kelly Kulick of Union, N.J.,
made PBA Regional news over
the weekend.
Zavjalova, a 24-year-old
native of Latvia, defeated
J.R. Raymond of Bay City,
Mich., 210-186, to win the
PBA Kokomo Central/Midwest
Shootout presented by Security
Federal Savings Bank at Heritage Lanes in Kokomo, Ind.,
Sunday, becoming the eighth
woman to win a standard PBA
Regional title.
Zavjalova, winner of the
2013 USBC Queens along with
the 2015 PWBA Minnesota
Open, earned $2,000 and is
now eligible to enter the 2016
FireLake PBA Tournament
of Champions. She joins Liz
Johnson, Kelly Kulick, Missy
Parkin, Shannon O’Keefe,
Adrienne Miller, Clara Guerrero
and Japan’s Yuka Tsuchiya as
a PBA Regional title winner.
Amy Stolz and Jodi Woessner
also have won regionals as
non-members and therefore
didn’t receive credit for titles.
To reach the title match in
Kokomo, Zavjalova downed
Kelly Jordon of Marion, Ohio,
255-202, while Raymond
topped Ronnie Sparks of
Ecorse, Mich., 211-135, in
the semifinal round. She had
previously eliminated Patrick
Dombrowski of Parma, Ohio,
2-0, in the best-of-three-game
Round of 8 and Dean Mueller
of Vernon Hills, Ill., 2-0, in the
best-of-three Round of 12.
McEwan, winner of the
end-of-season Smithfield PWBA
Tour Championship, survived a
six-woman race to win the PBA
East Region’s points competition and earn a paid entry into
the GEICO PBA World Series of
Bowling VII along with a berth
in the PWBA-PBA Women’s
Regional Challenge qualifying
event in Reno. McEwan won
the regional women’s points
race with a fifth-place finish in
the PWBA Maple City Dodge
East Open in Hornell, N.Y., an
event won by Kulick with a
12-game total of 2,519 pins.
Brittni Hamilton of Webster,
N.Y., finished second in Hornell
with 2,475 pins, 44 behind
Kulick. Kulick earned $1,500
while Hamilton took home
$1,000. McEwan finished the
season with 34,647 points,
topping Kerry Smith of Lititz,
Pa., who had 29,302 points.
In Sunday’s PBA Open
portion of the Maple City
Dodge event, presented by 900
Global, Patrick Allen of Mount
Kisco, N.Y., won seven of his
12 matches and finished with a
20-game total of 4,667 pins to
edge Ryan Ciminelli of Cheektowaga, N.Y. by 20 pins. Allen
won $2,400 for his 28th career
regional title.
Mai Takasaka became
the second woman to win a
PBA Japan Region Open title
Sunday, topping the 112-player
field to win the $4,172 first
prize in the DHC PBA Chameleon Open at Soundbowl
Ushiku in Ibaraki, Japan.
After qualifying seventh for
the eight-player elimination
finals, Takasaka defeated
Yuuhi Shinbata, 180-168, in the
Round of 8; Hiroko Shimizu,
201-183, in semifinal round and
Yuta Saito, 184-174, for the title.
Yuka Tsuchiya, who swept the
2014 Chameleon Women’s and
Open titles, was eliminated by
Saito in the semifinal round,
186-172, to finish in a tie for
third.
Shimizu won Saturday’s
Chameleon Women’s Open,
also earning $4,172, by nipping
Maki Nakano, 167-166, in the
title match. Takasaka lost to
Nakano in the Round of 8,
234-201, to finish tied for fifth
in the women’s event.
The Oct. 16-18 PBA Regional
calendar includes the Bowlers
Discount Pro Shop Eastern
Open from AMF Woodlawn
Bowl in Baltimore; the PBA50
Park Centre Lanes Senior/Super
Senior Doubles Central Open
presented by Columbia 300
from North Canton, Ohio; the
Sands Regency West/Northwest
Challenge presented by DV8,
and the Sands Regency West/
Northwest Open presented
by Radical from the National
Bowling Stadium in Reno.
Oct. 19 marks the beginning
of the South Point Bowling
Plaza PBA Fall Classic which
will include the Xtra Frame
South Point Las Vegas Open,
Oct. 20-22; the South Point
West Challenge presented by
Track, Oct. 23, and the PBA50
South Point West Open presented by Track on Oct. 26.
The Oct. 23-25 weekend
includes the PBA50 Tomball
Southwest Open from Tomball
Bowl in Tomball, Texas, and
the one-day PBA Tony Grigat
Allstate Midwest Challenge at
Strike N Spare II in Lockport,
Ill. Two Teen Masters qualifying events also are scheduled
over the Oct. 24-25 weekend:
the Erie Open Teen Masters
event, presented by the Erie
Sports Commission, at Rolling
Meadows Lanes, and the Frisco
Open presented by the Frisco
Convention and Visitors Bureau
at Strikz in Frisco, Texas.
October’s regional activity
closes with the PBA50 WGB
Accounting Craig Pezzano
Memorial presented by The
Insurance Market at Bryan’s
Bowling Center in Laurel, Del.;
the Wichita Southwest Open at
Northrock Lanes in Wichita,
Kan., and the PBA50 Tony
Grigat Allstate Midwest/Central
Open at Arlington Lanes in
Arlington Heights, Ill., over the
Oct. 30-Nov. 1 weekend.
For complete PBA Regional
schedules, rules and entry
information, visit pba.com,
open the “schedules” tab and
click on Regional Tours to find
the event(s) in your area.
JUNIOR GOLD
Continued from Page 12
will remain Sport compliant.
“The task force recommended some exciting changes
which focuses on athlete skill
development,” Brown said. “We
have seen this type of focus at
the collegiate level and look
forward to a similar enhancement for Junior Gold.”
Competitors also should
note there will be two registration areas at the event in 2016.
For the complete schedule and
to learn more about the Junior
Gold program and the Junior
Gold Championships, go to
BOWL.com/JuniorGold.
At Red Bird Lanes
B Cathey racks up 747,
L Cathey handles 741
Billy Cathey led the week’s
scoring race at Red Bird Lanes
with a hard-hitting 225-278244 = 747 Tuesday Men’s
Commercial series.
Lauren Cathey, from the
Sunday Night Mixed group, paced
the ladies with a free-wheeling
226-226-289 = 741 set.
HONOR ROLL
Rita Becker 194-526, Shanna Willis
190-526, Lauren Cathey 238-607, Jose
Jimenez 267-727, Billy Cathey (9 pin, no
tap, 4 games) 300-1143, Lauren Cathey
(9 pin, no tap, 4 games) 300-1067.
Cindi Wilson 181-468, Joan Hall
200-473, Alex Galeti 227-648, Deanna
Hoffman 180-519, Brent Rodgers
234-657, Fred Downey 237-634, Tyree
Jennings, Jr. 267-682, Paula Kennedy
200-510.
Ray McClellan 238-672, Rosemary
Hunsaker 204-543, James Bridges 229652, Brenda Walker 209-561, Vernon
Linicomn 247-639, Lynette Smith
196-535, Brent Rodgers 229-645, Van
Russell 157-460.
Billy Cathey 248-713, Tommy
Wayne 189-558, Susan Watts 178-431,
Robert Smith (2 games) 167-320,
Louanne McGhee (2 games) 125-229.
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Bishop strokes 720,
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Greg Bishop racked up a
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Kayla Lawrence, Bishop’s
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a smooth 216-216-194 = 626 set.
HONOR ROLL
Rick Lawrence 247-715, Pete Evans
233-617, Vernon Smith 227-612, Justin
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At Brunswick Zone Watauga
New Schedule Part of Junior Gold
Championships Improvements
ARLINGTON, Texas – The
Junior Gold Championships
will expand its schedule by
a day in 2016, one of several
improvements that will provide
a better experience for both
competitors and attendees,
and to prepare for continued
growth of the event.
“As we started to see the
record participation in Junior
Gold last season, we put
together a targeted survey to
the bowlers themselves and
commissioned a task force
comprised of volunteer leaders, Junior Gold coordinators,
former bowlers and staff to lay
out “what’s next” for Junior
Gold,” said Chad Murphy,
United States Bowling Congress
Executive Director. “We are
really proud to see such great
response to the surveys and a
clear direction from the task
force to enhance the experience
and build toward a brighter
future for the sport through
this event.”
The 2016 Junior Gold
Championships presented by
Storm, Roto Grip and Master
will take place July 15-23 in
Indianapolis. Five bowling
centers will be used for competition: Western Bowl, Expo
Bowl, Woodland Bowl, All Star
Bowl and Southern Bowl.
The extra day of competition
allows for additional squads
with the TV finals for the event
on Saturday, July 23.
The competition will have
two practice days (July 1617) before qualifying for all
divisions – Under 12, Under
15 and Under 20 boys and
girls divisions – get underway.
Competitors then will bowl
four games each day over four
days for a total of 16 qualifying
games before the first cut is
made. Previously, the event had
15 games of qualifying over
three days for U15 and U20
divisions, and 12 qualifying
games for the U12 divisions.
The new schedule will allow
the tournament to have additional squads. This will mean
Anderson drums up 300/849,
Vannoy handles 694
fewer bowlers on each pair,
will make the centers more accessible for family and friends,
and will set up the tournament
for additional growth.
“The Junior Gold Championships has seen tremendous
growth and the improvements
that will take place in 2016 will
ensure youth bowlers and their
families will have an outstanding tournament experience,”
said Gary Brown, International
Bowling Campus Managing
Director of Youth Development. “Last year, a national TV
audience had the opportunity
to see what this event has to
offer and we expect to see the
Junior Gold program continue
to grow.”
During the 2014-2015 season, the Junior Gold program
shattered its all-time membership mark with more than
6,200 members and the 2015
Junior Gold Championships
saw more than 3,400 youth
bowlers qualify for the tournament. The 2014 tournament
drew just under 2,500 bowlers.
In addition to the new
schedule, bowlers will be
Walker 815, Aragon 300/801, Larue 300
Gary Anderson belted out a
chart-topping 300/849 series in
Denim & Duds action to head
the leader boards for the week at
Brunswick Zone Watauga.
David Walker and Leon
Aragon finished close behind
Anderson with award-winning
800 series. Walker from the High
Points group downed an 815
series while Aragon dropped a
300/801 Mix It Up series.
Wendy Vannoy fired a
thundering 277/694 series in
Senior Classic action to front
distaff scoring.
Matt Larue shared high-game
honors with Anderson and
Aragon with an award-winning
perfecto.
HONOR ROLL
James LeCroy 777, Danielle Sharpe
593, Sly Howard 773, Carolyn Ballard
673, Kathleen LeCroy 692, Chris Drews
773, Jordan Humphried 610, Don
Atwell (4 games) 910, Matt Larue 766,
Rebecca O’Dell 571. Tammy Kent 592,
Susan Witt 498, David Sturges 714,
Kerry Rusk 662, Karen Hader 582,
Debbie Ensminger 676, Matt Stovall
644, Judy Wallace 465.
SENIORS
Andy White 668, Bob Fron 658,
Sue Condotta 534, Ken Castello 669,
Diane Kline 507.
limited to five bowling balls
for competition, one less than
previously allowed. Junior Gold
is a stepping stone to collegiate
competition and the new rule
is meant to keep the event in
line with collegiate bowling,
which limits participants to
five balls in post-season play.
The event also has adopted the
collegiate dress code, allowing
females to wear skirts, skorts
and shorts.
The lane patterns for the
Junior Gold Championships,
which previously were released
during practice sessions, will
not be released until after
competition. The lane patterns
Continued on Page 11
Upcoming NCTUSBC Tournaments
NORTH CENTRAL
TEXAS
For rules and entry/prize fund breakdown, visit our website at www.nctusbc.com
4th Annual NCTUSBC
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Handicap & Scratch Brackets
High Pots EVERY shift
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817-485-2695
Bowl
up to 4
times!
High Scratch All-Events winner
will receive a free paid entry into
the 2016 Bluebonnet Queens
Tournament
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Handicap is 90% of 220
Prize Fund Returned 100%
$5,000 Added Money
November 14-15 and November 21-22
$1,000.00 Guaranteed 1st Place Team Event
Team event will be one division
$800.00 added money to each division - $200.00 added to Scratch All Events
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Entry Fee:
Team/Doubles/Singles
$25 Per Person Per Event
$10 All Events Per Person
**Optional Scratch All Events**
$10 Scratch All Events
Team Event - Open
Doubles Event – 360 Under/361 Over
Singles Event- 180 Under and 181 Over
$5,000 Added Money
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3025 Altamesa Blvd. Fort Worth, TX 76133
817-294-0501
USBC Certified
Team Handicap is 90% of 920
Handicap & Scratch Brackets
High Pots EVERY shift
Any team over 920 will be scratch
Prize Fund Returned 100%
$2,000.00 First Place
4 MEMBER TEAM EVENT
Entry deadline: November 11, 2015
NCTUSBC Wild Turkey
Mixed Team Tournament
November 28-29, 2015
Format - Mixed Team - 3 games plus handicap
Mixed Teams MUST include one female
Multi-Entries must change at least one bowler in the line up
Optional Singles – 3 Divisions
Mail entries to:
North Central Texas USBC
Attn: Kevin Roberts
P.O. Box 200006, Arlington, TX 76006
Phone (817) 385-8326, Fax (817) 385-8237
Email: [email protected]
Make checks/money orders
payable to NCTUSBC
$25.00 Fee on all returned checks
Credit Card Payments can be made by
Phone/Fax:
Name on Card:____________________________
CC#______________________________________
Exp. Date______________ CCV#_____________
Phone in entries must provide USBC #’s for all entrants
Women’s Handicap - Men’s Handicap - Scratch
Guaranteed $500 First Place
Prepay Entry Deadline November 25, 2015
Mixed Team Entry Fee:
$30 Per Bowler $120 Per Team
$20 Singles Event
Men and Women Handicap Separate Division
Scratch Division
Late Entries are welcome, however, there will be a $5.00 fee per person and will be subject to lane
availability. Paying for one entry before the deadline will insure any re-entries without a late fee.
Questions? Kevin Roberts – [email protected] –
(817) 385-8326