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1 Our 60th Year VOL. 60, NO JULY 21, 2016 O Keefe Captures Third Title at Pepsi PWBA Lincoln Open GREEN BAY, Wis. - Shannon O Keefe of O Fallon, Illinois, wasted no time in the title match, defeating Colombia native Clara Guerrero of Pflugerville, Texas, , to win the Pepsi Professional Women s Bowling Association Lincoln Open, her third career PWBA title and second of the 2016 season. O Keefe never trailed in the match, beginning with three consecutive strikes to set the tone. Guerrero began the match with a strike of her own, but followed with an open frame and two consecutive spares to trail by 32 pins after four frames. In the fifth frame, Guerrero made a ball change and immediately doubled to stay within striking distance. But following spares in the fourth and fifth frames, O Keefe quickly climbed back on the strike train with five consecutive on the way to victory. It s surreal, said O Keefe, who led after the qualifying and match-play rounds at Sun Valley Lanes in Lincoln, Nebraska. I think I ve led Inside: Disqualifications at USBC Open Championship Page 3 Belmonte Wins ESPY Page 5 Weber Looks to Continue Record-Breaking Season Page 8 Features Just Paying Attention By Mark London Page 2 Honor Roll Page 3 Tomorrow s Stars Page 4 Lane Laughter Page 4 Live Stream Schedule Page 8 Scan with smart phone to visit our website Hall of Famer Bobbie Munsell Passes Bobbie R. Munsell, 65, of Benbrook died peacefully on Wednesday, July 13, Funeral: 2 p.m. Tuesday in Emerald Hills Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: Emerald Hills Memorial Park at a later date. Visitation: One hour prior to service. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be given in Bobbie R. Munsell s honor to one of the two websites: Military - snowballexpress.org/support/ donate or Bowling - Youth Bowling Scholarship Fund. Checks directly to Smart Fund, Shannon O Keefe wire-to-wire potentially and lost in the finals of an event, but I ve never come out with a win. I don t know, it s surreal. I don t even know how that happened. For O Keefe, her success in 2016 might not be possible without her previous television experiences. Through repetition, the 37-year-old right-hander has learned how to control her emotions when competing on television. The difference is the more you put yourself in the position, the more you get comfortable with those nervy feelings, the quicker I m able to manage them. said O Keefe, who is a 12-time Team USA member. Before it wouldn t be until the fifth, sixth or seventh frame until I would settle down. Now, it s almost the first shot. I just make sure I stay behind the foul line, the ball gets off my hand and it goes away. So, I think that helps a lot. O Keefe s previous shortcomings are nothing but a memory in the rear-view mirror as she continues to drive through Continued on Page 8 Bobbie Munsell Attn: Gary Brown, 621 Six Flags Drive, Arlington, Texas, Born in Washington, D.C., Bobbie was the daughter of the late Retired USAF Lt. Col. Charles Thomas and USAF First Lt. Alta Thomas. Bobbie was a professional bowler whom received many awards for her accomplishments. Her love of bowling and accolades is known by many. The cruelest blow to her was having to quit for physical reasons. It took a long time for her to get over that. She is in the Fort Worth Bowling Hall of Fame. Another Continued on Page 2 Junior Gold Championships Kicks Off this Week in Indianapolis ARLINGTON, Texas More than 3,300 youth bowlers, the largest field in tournament history, are scheduled to compete at the 2016 Junior Gold Championships presented by Storm, Roto Grip and Master, and the weeklong event will kick off with this weekend in Indianapolis with the trade show and opening ceremonies. The Junior Gold Championships features the top youth bowlers in the country seeking national titles, spots on Junior Team USA and scholarship money. The tournament Hibbitts, Petrin Team Up to Win PBA FireLake Grand Casino Hotel Resort Southwest Doubles Roger Petrin and Chris Hibbitts with Manager Chris Skillings Shawnee, Okla., (July 12, 2016) Former PBA Southwest Region Rookies of the Year Chris Hibbitts of Keller, Texas, and Roger Petrin of Arlington, Texas, teamed up to win the PBA FireLake Grand Casino Hotel Resort Southwest Doubles at FireLake Bowling Center Sunday by a single pin. Hibbitts and Petrin outbattled runners-up Chris Johnson of Garland, Texas, and Anthony Simonsen from Austin, Texas, for a decision to claim the title. Hibbitts and Petrin took the early lead as Johnson and features 20-and-under, 15-andunder and 12-and-under divisions for both boys and girls, for six total divisions. Athlete registration and the Junior Gold Championships trade show will take place Saturday, July 16, at Elements Financial Blue Ribbon Pavilion, the 73,000-square-foot facility at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. It will include the Collegiate Experience, plus two Storm Seminars USBC Gold Continued on Page 4 Simonsen suffered three splits in the first five frames, but the runners-up began stringing strikes and took the lead until Johnson left a 7-10 split in his ninth frame. In the deciding 10th frame, Simonsen struck out, forcing Petrin to convert the spare and then get nine pins to claim the $4,000 winners check. With the win, Petrin earned his third QubicaAMF PBA Regional title while Hibbitts picked up his second title. Hibbitts and Petrin led the eight-game qualifying round to earn two byes in the Continued on Page 3

2 Page 2 Thursday, July 21, 2016 THE BOWLING NEWS Just Paying Attention Despite not having the best time at this year s USBC Open Championships, I did get to see another group roll its winning performance. Higgy s Aquarium posted its second place team score on our squad, then the next morning, shattered the previous leading mark to lead team all-events by 311 pins. Ok, how shattering was it? While standing next to USBC s Matt Cannizzaro as he prepared for another Facebook Live report, he showed me the number 700. I didn t know what that meant at first, then quietly told me that s all the five needed combined the final game of singles to take the lead. I ve been lucky to have seen leads taken over either the final frame or even the final ball. Knowing Higgy s would more than likely take the lead in the seventh or eighth frame was astonishing. As focused as they were at the time, the five members didn t know until the last few frames they not only had the lead, but possessed it for the previous two frames. And what a performance it was. Their pins fell as easily as if they were bowling on a house shot. Tripped the 4-pin, BUY - SELL AMF - BRUNSWICK EQUIPMENT - COMPLETE PACKAGES WORLD S LARGEST NEW - USED SPARE PARTS INVENTORY ALL AMF BUMPER PARTS: XS QBUMP, DURABOWL AND GEN II IN STOCK Tucker Bowling Equipment Co. 609 N.E. 3rd St. Tulia, Texas Call (806) Fax (806) Bowling Parts, Inc. P.O. Box 801 Tulia, Texas Call (806) daryl@tuckerbowling.com Mailing Address: P.O. Box 6003, Frisco, TX Cell: Website: genie@thebowlingnews.net TONY FRANKLIN (tony@thebowlingnews.net) OWNER/PUBLISHER GENIE FRANKLIN (genie@thebowlingnews.net) OWNER/PUBLISHER TYSON BRANAGAN (t.branagan@yahoo.com) STAFF WRITER LANCE RAGLAND STAFF WRITER CLINT DACY (clint@thebowlingnews.net) COLUMNIST MARK LONDON (mark@thebowlingnews.net) COLUMNIST SUSIE MINSHEW (strikeability@gmail.com) COLUMNIST LEISHA MURR (leisha@thebowlingnews.net) COLUMNIST DON WRIGHT (wrightdk@hot.rr.com ) COLUMNIST BUBBA FLINT (flintsworld@aol.com) CARTOONIST Note: Opinions expressed by our independent columnists and feature writers are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Bowling News The Bowling News By Mark London Mark@TheBowlingNews.net half pocket snapping the dime, dead flush, high flush, wall shot, even a messenger thrown in for good measure described the variety of pin carry. After word got around them the lead was theirs, they stayed focused on the task at hand, being each other s set of eyes, getting every pin they could until it was over. Even though I saw their group hug after the last ball from the squad room on Facebook Live, it never gets old witnessing a team post its eagle-winning score. ############### Now that the PWBA has made its mark in the sports world as a viable entity, another step needs to occur, an ESPY for best female bowler. Let s put ourselves back to last Wednesday at the 2016 ES- PYs under the assumption the gals had their category. Who could have been nominated as top female bowler? In no particular order, one could read the names Danielle McEwan, Stefanie Johnson, Liz Johnson, Kelly Kulick, and Shannon O Keefe. Liz would be the prohibitive favorite with three titles, including the Women s US. Open and the USBC Queens. FOUNDED AND PUBLISHED BY JOE GENNARO FROM She also led average, points, and earnings. But there were others who had pretty good years as well. Kelly made six championship round appearances (no titles, though), Stefanie made the match play round ten times (one title) and was named Rookie of the Year, Danielle was second in cashes and earnings (one major title), Shannon was fourth in earnings and suffered that heart-breaking loss in the Open to Liz. So my hypothetical 2016 ESPY Best Female Bowler vote goes to Liz. ################ An old friend of JPA was inducted into the Michigan USBC BA Hall of Fame recently. If you ve ever met Charlie Tapp, one thing you notice immediately is, he is not shy. That being said, you knew his speech would probably be entertaining, part of me wished I could see it. Then this popped up on YouTube. In the first JPA Instant Classic, a man who once shared a radio show with heavyweight boxer Scott LeDoux and future Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura, here Tapp s acceptance speech. ( watch?v=ol2hz8v8mhk) ################ One Friday night a couple of weeks ago, a familiar voice to hockey fans was heard broadcasting a baseball game. At the invite of MLB Network, Hockey Hall of Fame announcer Mike Doc Emrick sat in with Bob Costas for their Cub-Pirate Showcase Game and called a few innings. If you re old enough (at least SASBA age), you might remember a few names who MUNSELL Continued from Page 1 passion of Bobbies was skiing, the cold weather and traveling. Bobbie graduated from Texas Christian University (TCU) in 1973, with a bachelor s degree in accounting. Then in 1997 she graduated with a master s degree in business administration from (TCU) and in 2003 she completed 52 hours at Brite Divinity School (TCU) towards a masters of divinity. Due to her patriotism and love for her country, Bobbie enlisted in the U.S. Air Force Reserve on Sept. 23, 1983, and attended basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in January After basic military training, she attended the Finance Technical School at Sheppard Air Force Base in March 1984 where she graduated as an honor student. Immediately after technical training, she went to work at the 7th Bombardment Wing Accounting and Finance Office at Carswell Air Force Base. She was hired in the Civil Service Army Corps of Engineers in November 1984 and transferred to the 301st Fighter Wing Reserve Pay Office as a Continued on Page 6 subbed for Chris Schenkel on ABC while he was off on Wide World of Sports assignments. Pro Bowlers Tour had Keith Jackson, Al Michaels, and once due to a Midwest blizzard snowing in Schenkel, Cowboys radio legend Verne Lundquist at where else, one of the Quaker State Open shows at Forum Bowl. Sometimes when you hear sitting in the booth, it means just that. No prep, no homework, just commenting as a guest of the announce crew. But this was different. Emrick prepped for this as if he was the regular announcer, armed with stats and plenty of background. The best example if this was following an anecdote from Costas about Pirate manager Clint Hurdle. Costas explained Hurdle was one of the prize Kansas City Royals prospects in their first stretch of glory years in the late 1970 s. Emrick then dropped on us and Costas a story even he hadn t heard. Emrick said Hurdle wanted to continue playing baseball in college and was touring the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor. Legendary head coach Bo Schembechler wanted Hurdle to only play football. That was enough to turn Hurdle away from Big Blue and commit to Miami of Ohio, where he continued to play baseball and football before being drafted by the Royals. Emrick later interned with the Beaver County Times, a suburban Pittsburgh paper, in the early 1970 s After being reminded where his career is now, the then-general manager of the paper recently somewhat jokingly told me, At least we got him a decent start when he interned for me. There s another career my dad would like to take credit for starting. ############### Finally this week, word has spread that another 1960 s era center has closed. As of Tuesday last week, Willowbrook Lanes in southwest suburban Chicago closed after 53 years of service. Home to a handful PBA Midwest Regionals in the 1990 s and 2000 s, two memorable title matches come to mind. The first was Dale Traber balking midway in a delivery three times due to birthday party noise before throwing the clinching strike. The second was Scott Smith matching his opponent with the front ten strikes before throwing the last two for a rare title match 300 game. But Willowbrook is more known locally for two other little known things. Shortly after the center s grand opening, the first 300 game in center history was rolled by a Catholic Jesuit priest. In addition, an original investor in the business had his name on the outside sign. As was common of the times, professional athletes were part owners of bowling centers, this one being no different. Saturday Night Live s Da Superfans might have bowled there, considering it may have been a sort of sacred ground. At its 1963 opening, Mike Ditka s Willowbrook Lanes was a jewel of Chicagoland bowling. 9 Pin No Tap Handicap Doubles Tournament $50 Team entry - Sport Shot Sunday, August 21 12pm $500 Guaranteed 1st Place based on 36 team entries Bowl 4 games - Crossovers - Handicap: 80% of rowlettbowlarama 5021 Lakeview Parkway Rowlett, TX

3 THE BOWLING NEWS Thursday, July 21, 2016 Page 3 Disqualifications at USBC Open Championships Due to Unreported Sport Averages Men Chris Johnson, Cowtown Bowling Palace Kevin Green, Forum Bowl Ray Montoro, Plano Super Bowl Rick Irvine, Strikz Brent Rodgers, Red Bird Lanes Tim Robinson, Ennis All Star Bowl Women Eryn Bowling, Forum Bowl Amy Langham, Cowtown Bowling Palace Cindy Mann, Plano Super Bowl Genie Franklin, Strikz Sheryl Johnson, Red Bird Lanes Lauren Cathey, Ennis All Star Bowl Scan with smart phone to visit the SASBA website. Check-in at 6:30 PM Saturday Nights at 7:30 PM $20 Entry Fee Entry includes: King/Queen Ticket, 1st Game Strike Pot, High Scratch & Handicap Man & Woman, Mystery Score, Colored Pins and Split Shots 1st/2nd/3rd Game Strike Pot Tickets King of the Hill Strike Pot 160 & under average bowlers need 9 pins We draw 10 tickets, you throw 2 balls, and last person or better. 161 & over average bowlers must strike. standing wins! Pays out 1st, 2nd & 3rd Place NEW BOWLERS WELCOME Brackets: $5.00 (handicap, scratch, ladies, 50 years or over, 185 and under) Cross Over Doubles: $ High Pot: $5.00 Crazy 8 s After sweeper - $5 entry fee - Pays 3 Spots. You have to get 8 or better across 8 lanes. You can re-enter up to 3 times! CALL TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT TODAY! NEW OPTION: Double Value Strike Pot Tickets instead of cash S. Great Southwest Parkway Grand Prairie, Texas or HIBBITTS Continued from Page 1 single-elimination match play competition, advancing to the semifinal round where they defeated future PBA Hall of Fame stars Tommy Jones of Simpsonville, S.C., and Chris Barnes, of Double Oak, Texas, 2-1, in their best-of-three-game match. Johnson and Simonsen won impressively over Dino Castillo of Highland Park, Texas, and Marshall Kent of Yakima, Wash., 2-0, in their semifinal round match. PBA FIRELAKE GRAND CASINO RESORT SOUTHWEST DOUBLES FireLake Bowling Center, Shawnee, Okla., Sunday Championship: Chris Hibbitts, Keller, Texas/Roger Petrin, Arlington, Texas ($4,000) def. n-chris Johnson, Garland, Texas/Anthony Simonsen, Austin, Texas, ($2,600), Semifinal Round (best of three games, losers earned $1,700): n-johnson/simonsen def. Dino Castillo, Highland Park, Texas/Marshall Kent, Yakima, Wash., 2-0. Hibbitts/Petrin def. Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C./Chris Barnes, Double Oak Texas, 2-1. Round of 6 (best of three games, losers earned $1300): n-johnson/simonsen def. Dylan Macon, Ennis, Texas/ Connor Pickford, Plano, Texas, 2-0. Jones/Barnes def. Zach Edgerton, Greenville, Texas/ Will Hoge, Sand Spring, Okla., 2-0. Round of 8 (best of three games, losers earned $1100): Edgerton/Hoge def. n- Continued on Page 6 ARLINGTON, Texas The United States Bowling Congress has disqualified several bowlers from the 2016 USBC Open Championships for bowling in the Classified Division using Sport averages reported as Standard averages. As a result of the disqualifications, there is a new Classified All-Events leader for the event held at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nevada. Average integrity continues to be a serious issue for our sport and USBC is committed to aggressively enforcing our rules in this area, USBC Executive Director Chad Murphy said. The Open Championships will not tolerate bowlers competing in a lower division due to an unreported Sportleague average or any average manipulation tactic. Under USBC Sport Bowling Rule 200(a), leagues are expected to designate as Sport if conditions bowled on are considered to be of a different variety than what is considered a Standard or house pattern. Any bowler found using an average below the player s ability will be disqualified and may be subject to suspension charges initiated by USBC under USBC Rule 17a, Grounds for Disciplinary Action Unfair Tactics. When we catch individuals or entire leagues attempting to manipulate the system, those At Forum Bowl Green nails 790, Bowling cards 770 Kevin Green outscored the competition last week at Forum Bowl after pocketing powerful = 790 numbers in the Friday Doubles action. Eryn Bowling posted an outstanding = 770 Fast Lane Trio set to front fem scoring. Gerald Dewberry , Wendy Streater , Bob Case , involved will be subject to the most severe penalties available under USBC rules, Murphy said. USBC encourages continued reports from members and associations about averageintegrity issues. Together, we can greatly improve this issue for our sport. Under USBC Rule 329, those disqualified may appeal the decision to USBC Headquarters. Shirley Lang , Aric Alcaraz (4 games) , Eryn Bowling (4 games) 1000, Mark Shell (9 pin) Pam Stewart (9 pin) , Lonnie McNeil , Karen Cox , Marcos Pearson , Tami Rogers , Leritha Pride , Frank Marks , Angeline Marks Paul Bush , Jenn Korn SATURDAY, JULY 23 FORUM BOWL 2001 S. Great Southwest Parkway, Grand Prairie, TX (972) SQUADS START AT 11 AM, 1 PM & 3 PM Registration opens at 10 AM First Place pays $400 Based on 50 entries. Entry fee: $20/person, $40/team

4 Page 4 Thursday, July 21, 2016 THE BOWLING NEWS Youth Honor Roll Boys Adam Beasley, Cowtown Bowling Palace C J Johnson, Plano Super Bowl Nathan Gumpert, Strikz Benny Ulibarri, Red Bird Lanes Nick Leal, Jr., Forum Bowl Mason Phillips, Ennis All Star Bowl Girls Nadia Stone, Cowtown Bowling Palace Shana Geerdes, Plano Super Bowl Kristin Hilker, Forum Bowl Cheyenne Hancock, Red Bird Lanes Jayme Brooks, Strikz Morgan Hopkins, Ennis All Star Bowl Lane Laughter JUNIOR GOLD Continued from Page 1 coach Hank Boomershine s presentation The Time is NOW, and 2016 USBC Hall of Fame inductee Steve Kloempken will have a How to Build the Proper Arsenal seminar. Storm also will host the Storm Day in The Park on Sunday, July 17, from 2:30 p.m. until 6:30 p.m., a free event that will take place at White River State Park. Also on Sunday, July 17, the Junior Gold Championships Opening Ceremony will be held at Victory Field, the home of Indianapolis Dallas USBC Youth Scores Shana Geerdes headed the Dallasarea USBC youth bowling last week with a rollicking = 642 Thursday Youth/Adult series at Plano Super Bowl. C J Johnson, also from Plano Super Bowl, led the guys with a solid = 637 Sunday Youth/ Adult set. At Ennis All Star Bowl Mason Phillips , Morgan Hopkins At Plano Super Bowl Trevor Woodward-Hall , Jordyn Wright , Zachery Logan , Bo Scott , Allison Eades , Alex Hudson , Moriah Leraas , Trevor Woodward-Hall , Breahna Reedy , Jake Curtiss , Athena Walker , Aaron Coleman , Bella Hudson , J C Hough , Grace Blair , Chase Chapman , Brandon Ingram , Pam Hodson , Zach Howarth , Nicole Gattenby , Matthew Reed , Caitlyn Chapman , John Adams , Christie Draper , Cooper Powell (2 games) , Emma Westbrook (2 games) At Red Bird Lanes Benny Ulibarri , Cheyenne Hancock , Ronald Anthony , Mia Mitchell , Benny Ulibarri (2 games) At Strikz Nathan Gumpert , Jayme Brooks , Nate Pendy , Zachery Smulllen Fort Worth USBC Youth Results Adam Beasley led the Fort Wortharea USBC youth bowling last week with a hard-hitting = 668 Strikers league series at Cowtown Bowling Palace. Nadia Stone, Beasley s league mate, paced the girls with a sparkling = 663 set. At Cowtown Bowling Palace Jesus Zamora 235, Rosie Baxley 204, Damion Flores 220, Reynalda Contreras 203, Isaac Marquez , Kendall Locke , Chase Twombly 89, Kyrah Durham 118, Karlee Locke 95, Gyanna Simmons 94, Andrew Pulido , Aubrie Hernandez , Agustin Rodriguez 99, Brooklyn Sloan 95, Aiden Saville 96, Kali Barrera 88. At Forum Bowl Nick Leal, Jr , Kristin Hilker At Strikz Irvine polishes off 744, Franklin fields 650 FRISCO Rick Irvine hammered out hefty = 744 marks in Lousy Bowlerz action to take top billing on the honor roll last week at Strikz. Genie Franklin, Irvine s league mate, posted a classy = 650 set to lead the lady bowlers. minor league baseball team. The opening ceremony will include a state-by-state athlete walkout, presentations of 2015 Junior Team USA and the 2015 champions, and the presentation of the Dexter/ USBC All-American Team. The opening ceremonies also will feature live music, contests, giveaways, appearances by three-time USBC Masters champion Jason Belmonte and Danielle McEwan, a Team USA member and two-time winner on the PWBA Tour, and will conclude with a fireworks show. Tournament competition starts Monday, July 18, with the first round of qualifying and concludes Saturday, July 23, with the finals, which will be taped for national broadcast on CBS Sports Network. Competition will take place at five bowling centers in the Indianapolis area All Star Bowl, Expo Bowl, Western Bowl and Woodland Bowl in Indianapolis, and Southern Bowl in Greenwood, Indiana. All finals will be held at Western Bowl. Competitors in all divisions will bowl 16 qualifying games over four days before the field is cut. Bowlers in the U20 and U15 divisions will bowl an additional five games before a second cut is made (to a maximum of 64), and those making the second cut will bowl another five games to determine the 16 bowlers for match play. In the U12 division, after the initial cut, competitors will bowl an additional four games before the field is cut to the top eight for match play. Match play for each division with be a double-elimination bracket to determine the TV finalists. Each match will be two games with total pinfall determining the winner. Two of last year s champions will return to defend their titles, while three champions from 2015 will move up a Continued on Page 5 Tony Franklin , Tara Maryland , Tommy Davis , JoAnn Fitzgerald , Richard Ferguson , Candy Torrey , Kraig Johnson Scott Orofino , Doug Rice , Mark Timm , Skyler Smitherman , Don Levy , Sami Chbani Lebanon Road, Frisco, TX

5 Jason Belmonte Wins Back-to-Back Best Bowler ESPY Awards LOS ANGELES (July 13, 2016)- Jason Belmonte of Australia earned his second consecutive and third overall Best Bowler ESPY Award Wednesday evening during the 2016 ESPY Awards ceremonies at the Microsoft Theater. Belmonte, who won his first ESPY Award in 2011, was among winners in a variety of sports and special moment categories that were determined by fan voting. The winners were announced during ABC- TV s live ESPY Awards telecast. In 2015, Belmonte became the first international player to win three consecutive Chris Schenkel PBA Player of the Year awards. The two-handed star also became the first player to win the USBC Masters in three consecutive years and he won his second consecutive Barbasol PBA Tournament of Champions title, becoming the first player to win both the Masters and TOC in back-toback seasons. I m absolutely thrilled to win the ESPY again this year, Belmonte said. This award means so much to me because it s voted by the people who I believe matter most in bowling, the fans. My fans are a huge motivation in my game. I want to always give them my absolute best because it s what they deserve. I d like to thank everyone who voted, but more importantly, thanks to all the fans for loving the sport of bowling. Also nominated in the Best Bowler category were PBA Player of the Year contender Ryan Ciminelli of Cheektowaga, N.Y.; Swedish two-handed star Jesper Svensson and Texan Anthony Simonsen, also a two-handed player. Ciminelli won three titles in 2015 including the U.S. Open and finished third in the PBA World Championship. Early in 2016 he won the bowlingball. com Maine Shootout for his sixth career PBA Tour title. Svensson won two titles in 2015 on his way to earning PBA Rookie of the Year honors and in 2016 won the FireLake PBA Tournament of Champions to become the tournament s youngest champion at age 21. Simonsen became the youngest player ever to win a major when he won the 2016 USBC Masters at age 19. He won his first title with partner Connor Pickford in the Mark Roth/Marshall Holman PBA Doubles Championship. HISTORY OF ESPY BEST BOWLER AWARD WINNERS 2016 Jason Belmonte 2015 Jason Belmonte Pete Weber 2013 Pete Weber 2012 Sean Rash 2011 Jason Belmonte Continued on Page 6 JUNIOR GOLD Continued from Page 4 division. Sierra Kanemoto of Dayton, Ohio, returns to defend her U20 girls title, as does Danielle Jedlicki of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, in the U15 girls division. Tom Hankey of Great Barrington, Massachusetts, the U15 boys champion in 2015, now is in the U20 division, and U12 champions Amanda Naujokas of Lake Ronkonkoma, New York, and Spencer Robarge of Springfield, Missouri, now will compete in the U15 division. BowlTV, Bowl.com s live stream channel, will have live stream coverage of the Junior Gold Championships starting with the advancers round until TV finalists are determined. Finals in all divisions will be taped Saturday, July 23, for broadcast on CBS Sports Network. The U12 finals will air July 26 at 10 p.m. Eastern, the U15 finals will air Aug. 2 at 9 p.m. Eastern and the U20 finals will air Aug. 9 at 9 p.m. Eastern. Several competitors at the THE BOWLING NEWS Thursday, July 21, 2016 Page 5 Junior Gold Championships also will earn a spot on 2017 Junior Team USA. The top four boys and top four girls in the U20 division after 25 games of qualifying automatically qualify for 2017 Junior Team USA, if they are age-eligible. In addition, the winner and runner-up after bracket play in the U20 division also make the team. If one or both of the finalists in the bracket already earned a spot through qualifying, the next age-eligible athlete based on the qualifying standings will take the spot. Bowlers must be age 20 or younger as of Jan. 1, 2017, to be eligible. The top age-eligible male and female bowler in the U15 divisions at the conclusion of 26 qualifying games and the U15 bracket champions automatically qualify for the U15 Developmental team. These individuals must be age 15 or younger as of January 1, The Junior Gold Championships were first conducted in 1998 at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nevada, and drew 538 participants. Go to BOWL.com/JuniorGold to learn more about the Junior Gold program and the Junior Gold Championships, including a complete schedule. BOWLING.COM USBC YOUTH OPEN STARTS THURSDAY The Bowling.com Youth Open Championships, a nonqualifying tournament open to all USBC Youth members, also will be held in Indianapolis. Competition will take place Thursday and Friday, July 14-15, at Expo Bowl and, after a break for the Junior Gold Championships, will continue July and July In addition to determining national titles and awarding scholarships to the top performers, participants who roll a 300 game or 800 series during the tournament will receive a $100 scholarship from title sponsor Bowling.com. For this year s event, the tournament will have four age-based divisions U20, U15, U12 and U10. The U10 division replaces the U8 division. Go to BOWL.com/YouthOpen for more information on the Bowling.com Youth Open Championships. At Red Bird Lanes Rodgers strokes 678, Johnson logs 624 Brent Rodgers booked a banner = 678 Colts & Fillies series to head the honor roll for the week at Red Bird Lanes. Sheryl Johnson led the ladies with a smooth = 624 Sunday Night Mixed set. 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6 Page 6 Thursday, July 21, 2016 THE BOWLING NEWS WEBER Continued from Page 8 Jr. He also was second in the PBA50 Northern California Classic which was won by firsttime PBA50 Tour titlist Noel Vazquez of Sacramento. Weber didn t bowl in the PBA50 Fountain Valley Open. The PBA50 World Championship returns to the schedule for the first time since 2009 when three-time PBA50 Tour Ray Montoro dominated scoring for the week at Plano Super Bowl with a thundering = 768 Plano Senior Stars league production. Cindy Mann s booming = 665 Friday Funsters series fronted fem scoring. Rex Cruz, Leon Jones and Mike Mayer shared high-game honors with award-winning 12-baggers. Marcus Patterson , Kelli Spencer , David Coleman , Donna Hough , John Crump , Carol Rodriguez , Larry Hoover Denise Freeman-Boone , Robert Eidenier (4 games) , Jackie Fisher (4 games) , Gary Peterson , Sandee Lowe , Bill Fong , Sybil Williams July 23 & 24, 2016 winner Harry Sullins of Chesterfield Township, Mich., won the event in suburban Detroit. Other Hall of Famers competing include Amleto Monacelli, Norm Duke, Parker Bohn III, Mark Williams and Dale Eagle. Competition begins Monday, July 18 with the first of three days of qualifying that begins at 8 a.m. After qualifying World Championship match play begins on Saturday, July 23 at 8:30 a.m. Qualifying At Plano Super Bowl Montoro smashes 768, Mann plasters 665 Cruz, Jones and Mayer 300 s David Cook , Karleen Reynolds , Jay Williams , Jennifer Werner , Bob Silvias , Anne Silvia , Greg Staton , Cindy Mann Keith Hall , Dottie Culpon , Dinah Sanchez , Marilyn Montoro , Mike Mayer 730, Nick Lankford , Amy Marshall , Michael Cruz Lisa Nordstrom , George Vaughn , Sue McMullen , Leo Fitzgerald , Mary Littlejohn , Frank Phillips , Jessica Ford , Scott Crawford (4 games) Kiyoko McDonald (4 games) , Joe Finding , Leon Jones 725, Patty Ellington , Al Locker , Lee Brooke , Rex Cruz 735. scores from the first three days will also determine the top players who will compete in Viper, Chameleon and Scorpion match play rounds on Thursday, July 21. The top five from each of those rounds will earn berths in the stepladder finals on Friday, July 22 beginning at 12:30 p.m. which will award a PBA50 regional title to the winner. PBA50 WORLD CHAMPION- SHIP WINNERS 2009 Harry Sullins 2002 Mark Roth 2000 Roger Workman 1999 Dale Eagle PBA50 TREASURE ISLAND RESORT & CASINO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY STORM SCHEDULE Island Xtreme Bowl, Welch, Minn. (All times Central) Sunday, July 17 7:30 9:30 a.m. - A Squad practice 10 11:30 a.m. B squad practice Pro-am Squads - 3, 5 p.m. Monday, July 18 HIBBITTS Continued from Page 3 Geoffrey Young, Keller, Texas/ Shawn Maldonado, Houston, Texas, 2-1. n-johnson/simonsen def. Dylan Burns, Lawrence, Kan./n-Jessy Bauer, Junction City, Kan., 2-1. n-denotes non-member 300 game - Anthony Simonsen MUNSELL Continued from Page 2 full-time civilian employee in April Bobbie was a very loving, caring, compassionate, nurturing, giving individual who always put the needs of others before herself. 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8 Page 8 Thursday, July 21, 2016 THE BOWLING NEWS Pete Weber Looks to Continue Record-Breaking Season in PBA50 Treasure Island Resort & Casino World Championship WELCH, Minn. Defending PBA50 Player of the Year Pete Weber, who will be trying for his third consecutive major win of the season, tops the list of PBA stars 50 and over who will compete in the inaugural PBA50 Treasure Island Resort & Casino World Championship presented by Storm July at Island Xtreme Bowl in Welch, Minn. The Treasure Island Resort & Casino Open continues a busy month of July on PBA s online bowling channel Xtra Frame. PBA fans will be able to catch all the action beginning Monday, July 18 with first round qualifying. The third major of the 2016 PBA50 Tour season will be a scaled-down version of the PBA Tour s PBA World Championship, providing a test of versatility and endurance by employing qualifying, match play and stepladder final stages on the PBA s Viper, Chameleon and Scorpion lane conditions. Each of the three stages also will award a PBA50 regional title. Combined qualifying pinfall totals for the three stages will determine the match play finalists for the PBA50 World Championship, leading up to a five-player stepladder final on Saturday, July 23. Weber is currently in the middle of an incredible season in which he has already won a record five PBA50 Tour tournaments including a record four consecutive. Among those titles are victories in the season s first two majors, the Suncoast PBA Senior U.S. Open presented by 900 Global and the USBC Senior Masters in June. The fourth and final major of the season will be the PBA50 National Championship to benefit Riley Hospital for Children Aug at Signature Lanes in Elkhart, Ind. In the two PBA50 tournaments he has not won this season, Weber s worst finish was a fourth in the seasonopening Pasco County Florida Open, which was won by Hall of Famer Walter Ray Williams Continued on Page 6 Peter Weber At Cowtown Bowling Palace Johnson turns in 798, Langham compiles 677 Ray 300 Chris Johnson, from the Ft. Worth Classic Trio group, fired power-laden = 798 numbers en route to earning high-set honors for the week at Cowtown Bowling Palace. Amy Langham, Johnson s league mate, posted an impressive = 677 set to lead the ladies high-set race. Kelly Ray captures high-game honors with an award-winning 12-bagger. Dana Madwell 262, Sandy Groh , Mike Velasco , Mark Moon 242, Bruce O Keefe 237, Michael Ramsey 267, Alma Rodriguez , Coy Hart 260, Ricky Tice 256. Catie Jensen 237, Ron Boroff 288, Jim Carter 285, Myke Bell 265, Tracy Brower 188, Alex Pospisil , Eddie Beggs 255. SENIORS George Hernandez, Sr , Cheryl Berube 201, Jim Riley 245, Carole Watson , Les Messinger 245, Joann Lindquist 191, George Hernandez, Sr. 236, Cheryl Berube 226, Jimmy Davis, Jr Karen Wittenberg 201, John Stewart 234, Karen Holder O KEEFE Continued from Page 1 a stellar 2016 PWBA Tour season. You believe in your abilities because you know how hard you ve worked, O Keefe said. You know the time you ve put in, the sacrifices you ve made, but to get so close and to have things always not end in your favor, to always be the bridesmaid and not the bride, you ask yourself, Do I actually have what it takes to be a Liz, to be a Kelly. Do I have that because I don t know? So, to get that first one, and get the monkey off my back, this is just icing on the cake now. It s that first one that means the most. Guerrero, who won the Go Bowling PWBA Players Championship earlier this season, earned her spot into the title match after defeating 2015 PWBA Player of the Year and United States Bowling Congress Hall of Famer Liz Johnson, Johnson, the No. 3 seed, led the match until the seventh frame, where her only open gave the lead to Guerrero, who remained clean and tossed a three-bagger starting in the sixth frame. Johnson doubled in frames eight and nine and stepped up in the 10th frame with a chance to win the match, but left a 2 pin on the first shot to allow Guerrero to advance. In the opening match, Johnson struck on five of her first six shots on the way to defeating No. 4 seed April Ellis of Jackson, Tennessee, All qualifying and matchplay rounds of the Pepsi PWBA Lincoln Open were held at Sun Valley Lanes in Lincoln, Nebraska, on June The stepladder finals were held June 26 at The Ashwaubenon Bowling Alley in conjunction with the Go Bowling PWBA Players Championship, and the finals of the PWBA Wichita Open and PWBA Greater Detroit Open. The Players Championship finals aired live on CBS Sports Network, while the Wichita Open aired July 5, and the Greater Detroit Open will air July 19 on CBS Sports Network. PEPSI PWBA LINCOLN OPEN At The Ashwaubenon Bowling Alley, Green Bay, Wis. Final standings 1, Shannon O Keefe, O Fallon, Illinois, 252 (one game), $10,000 2, Clara Guerrero, Pflugerville, Texas, 417 (two games), $5,000 Live Stream Schedule Sponsored By All times are subject to change PBA XtraFrame The Bowling Channel (Subscription available at pba.com and xtraframe.tv.) PBA50 Treasure Island Resort & Casino World Championship - Round 1 "A" Squad Viper Qualifying Monday July 18 7:40 AM PBA50 Treasure Island Resort & Casino World Championship - Round 1 "B" Squad Viper Qualifying Monday July 18 12:10 PM PBA50 Treasure Island Resort & Casino World Championship - Round 1 "C" Squad Viper Qualifying Monday July 18 4:40 PM PBA50 Treasure Island Resort & Casino World Championship - Round 2 "B" Squad Chameleon Qualifying Tuesday July 19 7:40 AM PBA50 Treasure Island Resort & Casino World Championship - Round 2 "C" Squad Chameleon Qualifying Tuesday July 19 12:10 PM PBA50 Treasure Island Resort & Casino World Championship - Round 2 "A" Squad Chameleon Qualifying Tuesday July 19 4:40 PM PBA50 Treasure Island Resort & Casino World Championship - Round 3 "C" Squad Scorpion Qualifying Wednesday July 20 7:40 AM PBA50 Treasure Island Resort & Casino World Championship - Round 3 "A" Squad Scorpion Qualifying Wednesday July 20 12:10 PM PBA50 Treasure Island Resort & Casino World Championship - Round 3 "B" Squad Scorpion Qualifying Wednesday July 20 4:40 PM PBA50 Viper Championship - Match Play Thursday July 21 8:15 AM PBA50 Chameleon Championship - Match Play Thursday July 21 12:45 PM PBA50 Scorpion Championship - Match Play Thursday July 21 5:15 PM PBA50 Viper Championship - Stepladder Final Friday July 22 12:00 PM PBA50 Chameleon Championship - Stepladder Final Friday July 22 2:30 PM PBA50 Scorpion Championship - Stepladder Final Friday July 22 5:00 PM PBA50 Treasure Island Resort & Casino World Championship - Round 1 Match Play Saturday July 23 8:45 AM PBA50 Treasure Island Resort & Casino World Championship - Round 2 Match Play Saturday July 23 1:45 PM PBA50 Treasure Island Resort & Casino World Championship - Stepladder Final Saturday July 23 6:30 PM USBC bowl.tv YouTube Channel Thursday July 21 7:30 PM - 10:30 PM Junior Gold - Day 4 Friday July 22 6:00 AM - 9:00 PM Junior Gold - Day 5 Saturday July 23 6:00 AM - 12:00 PM Junior Gold - Day 6 BowlStreamtv (formerly michiganbowler.tv) (Available on livestream.com and BowlStreamtv.com) Thursday July 21 Monday July 25 20Grander.com-Scratch Orlando, FL 3, Liz Johnson, Cheektowaga, New York, 437 (two games), $3,500 4, April Ellis, Jackson, Tennessee, 184 (one game), $3,000 Stepladder results Match One - Johnson def. 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