Inside: Mark Busscher/John Chovanec Win Member/Member Doubles in Ennis. U20 Champions Determined at 2017 Junior Gold Championships

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1 Our 61st Year VOL. 61, NO AUGUST 17, 2017 Mark Busscher/John Chovanec Win Member/Member Doubles in Ennis Ronnie Sonnier, Derek Williams, Mark Busscher and John Chovanec ENNIS, TX Derek Williams and Ronnie Sonnier led after Saturday s 8 games of qualifying at the Member/ Member doubles in Ennis, August 5. They led every game of the Baker match play finals and had a 46 pin lead going into Inside: Sr Team USA Ready for 2017 World Sr Championships Page 3 Turning Stone Casino Becomes Official Sponsor for Open Championships Page 4 Weber Wins 100th Career Title; LeClair Wins PBA50 PoY Page 5 Features Just Paying Attention By Mark London Page 2 Honor Roll Page 3 Looking Back Page 5 Tomorrow s Stars Page 6 Lane Laughter Page 6 Live Stream Schedule Page 11 Scan with smart phone to visit our website the last game against Mark Busscher and John Chovanec. Ronnie struck out in the 10th frame for a 204 game forcing John to get 19 pins in the tenth frame for the win. Chovanec left a 7 pin, picked it up and then struck to win his first SASBA title. Dick Allen Wins PBA Xtra Frame Chesapeake Open for Fourth PBA Tour Title CHESAPEAKE, Va. (Aug. 13, 2017) - Dick Allen of Columbia, S.C., defeated top qualifier Ryan Ciminelli of Cheektowaga, N.Y., , to win his fourth Professional Bowlers Association Tour title Sunday in the PBA Xtra Frame Chesapeake Open at AMF Western Branch Lanes. Allen, who won his most recent PBA Tour title in Indianapolis in 2011, was in or near the lead throughout the final stages of qualifying before surrendering the lead to Ciminelli in the final qualifying game. But making the finals as the no. 2 qualifier was fine with Allen, who knew he would at least get a shot at ending his six-year title drought. I ve been close a couple of times, Allen said, but after coming so close (a third-place finish in the Mark Roth- Marshall Holman PBA Doubles Championship) with Zeke (Bayt) made me want to really focus on my game, so I ve been working at it. It was Mark s 9th SASBA title. Derek and Ronnie finished second. Steve Wright/Jay Burgess won 10 of their 12 matches to move into third. Mike Austin/David Smith were fourth and Mark Williams and Hank Jordan rounded out the top five. John Chovanec had the only 300 game. Butch beat Mike. The Busschers wanted to thank the members of SASBA who supported their ticket sales and money drive for the Luci Bonneau tournament. Thanks to Bill Cathey, Lauren and the staff of Ennis All Star Bowl for being gracious hosts. Ennis added $2,250 to the prize fund. August we are at Cowtown for a Non-Champion Singles tournament. Labor Day weekend is the 70/60 Doubles tournament at University Lanes in Denton and it is limited to 40 teams. Dick Allen These young kids out here now are so good, you really have to work at it if you want to win again. And I love to bowl, and I wanted to win again. Allen and Bayt finished third in the Roth-Holman Doubles event in Portland, Maine, in April for Allen s best Continued on Page 3 U20 Champions Determined at 2017 Junior Gold Championships U20 Champions: Wesley Low and Allie Leiendecker WICKLIFFE, Ohio Wesley Low Jr. of Palmdale, California, and Allie Leiendecker of Wooster, Ohio, find themselves at different stages of their youth bowling careers, but each are ready for the next step after winning the 20-andunder titles at the 2017 Junior Gold Championships presented by the Brands of Ebonite International. Low, 20, capped off his youth career with a second U20 boys title after defeating David Hooper of Greenville, South Carolina, , at Game of Wickliffe. Leiendecker, a 16-year-old right-hander who made her debut in the U20 division this year, averaged 230 in her two-game total-pinfall match against Caitlyn Johnson of Lumberton, Texas, to claim the U20 girls title, The championship round in each division aired nationally on CBS Sports Network last Tuesday. Low jumped to a commanding lead against Hooper after rolling strikes on five of his first seven deliveries, but the left-hander had back-to-back splits in the ninth and 10th frames that cut his Continued on Page 9 Bowling Combine Rolls on at ITRC for Seventh Edition in 2017 ARLINGTON, Texas For the seventh consecutive year, the Bowling Combine for College Prospects has welcomed student-athletes and collegiate coaches to the International Training and Research Center for a week of education and evaluation. Nearly 100 student-athletes and more than two dozen collegiate coaches traveled to the ITRC this week to take advantage of the state-of-the-art facility, where student-athletes were tested through a variety of on- and off-lane drills. The drills help to assess a student-athletes strengths and weaknesses and provides them with an objective analysis of their abilities, including a Performance Evaluation Test (P.E.T.) score. The P.E.T. score can be used to compare not only those at this year s Bowling Combine, but to compare student-athletes from previous years. The evaluation includes sport-specific skills, such as finding their release tilt and revolutions per minute, tracking spare proficiency and the ability to manage breakpoints, and repeating shots. Players also are put through activities such as the vertical jump and an endurance test to determine their overall athleticism. Alyanna Brown of York, Pennsylvania, made her second Continued on Page 6

2 Page 2 Thursday, August 17, 2017 THE BOWLING NEWS Just Paying Attention 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 The Bowling News By Mark London Mark@TheBowlingNews.net Mailing Address: P.O. Box 6003, Frisco, TX Cell: Website: genie@thebowlingnews.net Live streaming is television on the internet. Well, it is, sort of, minus the massive amounts of production equipment, a dozen or so talented people running the equipment, and commercials. But in a way, live streaming is also television on a budget. Having seen a few national TV productions and more than a few live streams up close and personal, there are obvious differences. First is one that many don t see. There s the huge production truck with a satellite dish, often behind the center, with a bigger dish than the one found in a handful of 1980 s backyards (in the infancy of home satellite television), beaming a signal skyward, then sending it back to ESPN or CBS Sports Net. Then there s the ones you do see. A raised platform with two large cameras is behind the TV pair, with another large camera down lane two lanes to the right. ESPN has the announcers booth down lane off to the right, CBS Sports Net s booth is also off to the right, but behind the TV pair. All camera positions and both announcer booths have plenty of wires on the floor heading to the production truck. Over the approach and lanes are a myriad of lights on a grid in various sizes aimed at various angles, making the bowlers stand out on camera while minimizing shadows. With live streaming, everything is on a smaller scale with all same elements with cameras, wires, and lights. Cameras used on most live streams are stationary, except when a championship round is in progress, using just one pair of lanes. One of the first things asked by the live streamer crew ahead of time is a center s outgoing bandwidth. Those centers with little or lower internet use often have a narrow bandwidth, while other facilities, like the National Bowling Stadium, for example, have a very wide bandwidth, guaranteeing great picture clarity and strength. If low bandwidth is an issue, some centers upgrade and have more added just for the tournament. If you saw the PBA XtraFrame announce booth we used at Copperfield Bowl for The Luci two weeks ago, or anywhere else recently, it should not have looked too daunting. A couple of flat screen monitors showing what 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 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. FOUNDED AND PUBLISHED BY JOE GENNARO FROM the cameras see, a bigger-thanaverage audio slide-fader mixer, tables on either side of the main console table mounted with two camera tripods each, a separate microphone to pick up crowd noise, and several pairs of headsets. Then there are the cameras. Two will show the showcase pairs, the other two to show the overhead score monitors. Those images are laid on top of the bowler images to make them look as they would if you were inside the center. The main laptop shows each camera image and serves as the control center. From here, a template with screen graphics and inserted text, like telling us Game 4 of 7, can be left in, changed, or removed as the situation calls. Then there are score updates, which we kept hearing from viewers weren t fast enough. For standard PBA events, viewers are directed to pba.com for up-to-the-minute numbers. For The Luci, the SABC volunteer crew manually records scores, gets them to the main scorekeeper, enters them, then prints out a standing sheet, which we received the first copy. Here s where television starts to differ from live streams. The first difference is graphics. Every so often on television, a graphic covers the entire screen, showing a point of note. The four main streamers, PBAXF, USBC s bowl.tv, BowlStream.tv, and Inside Bowling have on-screen graphics show what game in a block is being shown, but rarely is there one using the entire screen without a live picture underneath. As you may have already guessed, preparing those doesn t happen as quickly as tossing a bag of popcorn in a microwave. Not only is there a question of how it should look, but what to put into the graphic itself. It has to have significance, because it will be on screen for no more than ten seconds. Many smaller graphics can be prepared to lay over the live picture, such as running score, player s name, player s standing in a match as in -7, or +27, upcoming matches, finish of match play bowlers not advancing to TV finals, and the like. Not only do those have to be prepared, the television director/producer has to have those available at a moment s notice when the time is right for its use. What live streaming resembles to me are the radio sports broadcasts I did in in the early 80 s, but these have pictures. I m not saying that in a bad way, but from set up, to the broadcast itself, to tear down, they are similar. Here s why. In the age before cell phones, we had an old rotary phone on a piece of plywood. It had a special adapter that was hooked up to a small audio mixer/amplifier with several microphone and headset inputs. Several weeks ahead of time, the radio station called to have a special phone line either installed or turned on outside the field, gym, or arena. We called the control room on the phone, allowing the signal to be fed into the main control board and the game to be broadcast. Sounds simple, huh? That changed once cell phones became more common twenty years ago. The main difference now in the equipment set up was connecting to the XF server. Other than that, it was a very familiar routine. In case you continue to wonder why there is more and more live streaming, you d better get on board and fast. Last week, Disney announced they are pulling their material off NetFlix and starting two live streaming/on-demand viewing services for Disney Studiosproduced sports programming, At JB s Allen Bowl Wolbert banks 298/812, Franklin claims 713 Warren 300, Brule 299 John Wolbert was high for the week at JB s Allen Bowl with an award-winning = 812 Tuesday Mixed Doubles session. Genie Franklin paced the ladies with a sky-high = 713 Hammer Scratch Trio set. Butch Warren captured highgame honors with an awardwinning 12-bagger while Bill Brule took runner-up honors with a near-perfect 299 solo. Mon - Wed 12pm - 11pm Thursday 10am - 11pm Friday 9am - 12:30am Call us for leagues, open play or parties! feature films and television shows. The sports stream, mostly of ESPN programming, is scheduled to launch next year, the Disney Studios feature film and television show stream in According to the Los Angeles Times, Hollywood has increased uneasiness about the clout of Netflix, which continues to change consumer habits driving viewers away from linear television, threatening conventional business models. And that fits in with what we ve been talking about in this column the last eighteen months or so. The total number of television viewers is dropping and the average viewer age getting older. But that s something else I ll dive into next week. 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3 Men Troy Dix, Forum Bowl John Wolbert, JB s Allen Bowl Roy Martin, Plano Super Bowl Bill Dean, Cowtown Bowling Palace Billy Cathey, Red Bird Lanes Rick Irvine, Strikz Rick Lawrence, Ennis All Star Bowl Women Alex Schmieg, Plano Super Bowl Genie Franklin, JB s Allen Bowl Teresa Ross, Forum Bowl Deanna Hoffman, Red Bird Lanes Cindy McBride, Strikz Pam Candler, Cowtown Bowling Palace Ryne McKenrick, Ennis All Star Bowl DICK ALLEN Continued from Page 1 finish since a runner-up finish in the 2014 Cheetah Championship in Las Vegas. In the championship match, Ciminelli never got comfortable. He failed to convert the in the second frame, and didn t throw his first strike until the sixth frame. He got his second strike in the seventh frame, but then left a 7 pin his fifth single pin leave. In the meantime, Allen s early double was followed by a split. And then a turkey was followed by a split, giving Ciminelli a fighting chance. But the Cheektowaga left-hander left a 4-10 split in the ninth frame and his comeback hopes evaporated. The guy s a great bowler, but I definitely left it open for him, Allen said of his match with Ciminelli. I was fortunate to escape this time. You don t escape those moments very often out there. In the first stepladder match between a pair of 23-year-old PBA newcomers, Anthony Caso of Spring Hill, Fla., eliminated five-time Puerto Rico national Scan with smart phone to visit the SASBA website. Southwest Bowling Proprietors Trade Show Texas Bowling Centers Association 7310 Creekbluff Drive Austin, TX p: team member Cristian Azcona, Caso struck on five of his first six shots, held a 37-pin lead after Azcona failed to convert the in the seventh frame, and doubled in the ninth and 10th frames to clinch the win. Allen, a 38-year-old, 18-year PBA Tour veteran, eliminated Caso in almost identical fashion in the semifinal match, Allen started the contest with five strikes on his first six attempts while Caso, a third-year PBA member who was bowling in only his second PBA Tour event, struggled to find the pocket until the final two frames. The Xtra Frame Chesapeake Open was the fifth tournament in the seven-event PBA Continued on Page 9 JUST PAYING ATTENTION Continued from Page 2 ########### Also next week, part three of the annual JPA Troy Walker Media series on my XtraFrame weekend at the Luci. Also, our friends at Kegel have a new snazzy-looking podcast worth your time. Stay tuned. October 15-17, 2017 Sam s Town Hotel and Casino Shreveport, LA Registration $50 - Includes trade show, seminars and all food functions Room Rate $75 - ph: Group Code SH10TBA Contact: Karen Miller - Executive Director k.miller@texasbowlingcenters.org THE BOWLING NEWS Thursday, August 17, 2017 Page 3 United States Contingent Ready for 2017 World Senior Championships ARLINGTON, Texas - Being a senior bowler in 2017 couldn t be any more different than how seniors generally are portrayed in movies and on television, and eight bowlers from the United States are ready to show the world just how competitive they can be when they take the lanes for the 2017 World Bowling Senior Championships. Anyone who has turned on BowlTV or Xtra Frame in recent months already knows how busy the group has been, competing weekly in Professional Bowlers Association 50 Tour or Professional Women s Bowling Association Tour events. The men s contingent includes United States Bowling Congress Hall of Famers Parker Bohn III of Jackson, New Jersey, and Lennie Boresch Jr. of Kenosha, Wisconsin, along with fellow PBA50 Tour standouts Bob Learn Jr. of Erie, Pennsylvania, and Ron Mohr of North Las Vegas, Nevada. The women s team consists of a quartet of USBC Hall of Famers - Lynda Barnes of Double Oak, Texas, Carolyn Dorin-Ballard of Keller, Texas, Leanne Hulsenberg of Pleasant View, Utah, and Tish Johnson of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Individually, they are sharp and confident after a summer of reps and success on the lanes, and it now is time to come together for collective success at the 2017 World Bowling Senior Championships near Munich, which gets underway Tuesday. The event, last held in Las Vegas in 2015, will take place through Aug. 20 at Dream Bowl Palace in the Munich-area suburb of Unterfohring. The 2017 World Senior Championships will feature competitors from more than 40 countries and include medal opportunities in team, doubles, singles, all-events and Masters competition. The United States swept the men s and women s team gold medals at the 2015 tournament and momentum will be a prevalent theme when the team members arrive in Germany. Bohn s summer has included watching his son, Brandon, pick up a win in the 12-andunder division at the 2017 Junior Gold Championships presented by the Brands of Ebonite International, while simultaneously helping his wife, Leslie, coach their USA Bowling team to a TV appearance in the 15-and-under division of the USA Bowling National Championships presented by Sixlets, airing on CBS Sports Network on Aug. 22 at 7 p.m. Eastern. Bohn may not have been throwing the ball for those events, but it helped motivate him when it was his turn to take the lanes. He then turned in a dominating performance to a win the PBA50 Dave Small s Championship Lanes Classic presented by Roto Grip, his first PBA50 Tour title of the season and fourth of his career. Now, the 54-year-old lefthander is ready for his debut At Strikz Irvine inks 693, McBride cards 605 FRISCO Rick Irvine was definitely on target last week at Strikz as he dominated scoring with a superb = 693 Lousy Bowlerz league performance. Cindy McBride, Irvine s league mate, held the top spot for the ladies with a sparkling = 605 series. with USA across his back, and his teammates, all three of whom were on the gold-medalwinning team in 2015, are excited to have such a talented rookie join them. I think all of us are as close to being on our A-games as we can be, and the success Continued on Page 11 Debbie Colby , Ron Barton , Crandon Haddock , Bruce Southerland , Billie Bennett , Sharon Lawrence , Ron Shive , Rick Irvine Bobby Prichard , Devin Tavenner , Curt Frye , Richard Ferguson , Ron Shive , Lamar Moss , Jacki Myrice Lebanon Road, Frisco, TX

4 Page 4 Thursday, August 17, 2017 THE BOWLING NEWS Turning Stone Resort Casino Becomes an Official Sponsor for 2018 USBC Open Championships ARLINGTON, Texas Turning Stone Resort Casino, Upstate New York s premier destination resort, will be the Official Casino and Gaming Partner of the United States Bowling Congress Open Championships when the event heads to Syracuse, New York, in The 2018 USBC Open Championships, the 115th edition of the event, will take place March 31 through July 7 at the OnCenter Convention Center in downtown Syracuse. With all of our awardwinning amenities, including more than 700 guest rooms, we re excited to showcase our world-class resort to the more than 50,000 guests visiting Upstate New York for this remarkable tournament, said Oneida Nation Representative and Nation Enterprises CEO Ray Halbritter. There is a lot of excitement about the Open Championships coming to Upstate New York and we re honored to be part of it. A leader in the tourism industry, Turning Stone Resort Casino is a 3,400-acre resort with world-class amenities including an all-new 125,000-square-foot gaming floor, four hotel options, including The Lodge, a Forbes Four Star hotel, and the newly renovated Tower hotel, two spas, five golf courses, more than 20 restaurants and dining options, a cabaret-style Showroom, a 5,000-seat arena, and several nightlife venues with live weekend entertainment. Located in Verona, New York, about 30 minutes east of Syracuse, Turning Stone Resort Casino has earned awards such as Most Excellent Golf Resort by Condé Nast Johansens, Forbes Travel Guide Four Star ratings, as well as AAA Four Diamond ratings for several of its venues. We seek to provide Open Championships bowlers with entertainment opportunities during their time away from the lanes, and Turning Stone Resort Casino has much to offer our bowlers, USBC Managing Director of Marketing Tramon Thomas said. We look forward to working with Turning Stone Resort on special offers for the competitors. As the Official Casino and Gaming Partner of the 2018 Open Championships, Turning Stone Resort Casino will provide USBC members with special offers throughout the course of the tournament, including at the brackets windows, and will be prominently featured in the OnCenter Convention Center, on BOWL. com and through USBC s social media channels. All brackets payouts will take place on-site at the OnCenter Convention Center. The Open Championships is recognized as the largest annual participatory sporting event in the world. With three divisions based on skill level, the event consists of team, doubles and singles competition three games in each for a total of nine games. Visit BOWL.com/Open- Champ to learn more and to register for the 2018 Open Championships. Visit Turningstone.com for information about Turning Stone Resort Casino. PBA Spare Shots PBA REGIONAL POINTS LEADERS FOCUS ON OCTO- BER 15 DEADLINE FOR WSOB IX BERTHS Regional points leaders as of August 6 have an eye on the October 15 deadline when the PBA s regional points competitions for 2017 will be finalized, and the leaders in each region will be announced for the PBA Regional Challenge to be held on November 7 to kick off the GEICO PBA World Series of Bowling IX, presented by Eldorado Reno Properties Inc., at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nev. The regional points leaders will meet in a head-to-head match play competition in Reno, at the same time the eight points leaders from the 2017 PBA50 Tour season bowl the PBA50 Challenge. All regional and PBA50 Tour qualifiers also will receive paid entries into the World Series, and both Challenge events will air live on PBA s Xtra Frame online bowling channel. The current leaders in the PBA Regional points races are: East Region Matt O Grady, 105,277 points (second place, Greg Ostrander, 66,763). South Region Dick Allen, 90,674 (Cristian Azcona, 81,781). Central Region Graham Fach, 92,839 (Kyle Mayberry, 87,6715). Midwest Region AJ Johnson, 83,392 (Tom Hess, 66,202). Southwest Region Francois Lavoie, 137,678 (Mike Bailey, 89,040). West Region David Haynes, 116,934 (Darren Tang, 109,137). Northwest Region Darren Tang, 117,603 (Cameron Weier, 112,156). Finishing in the top eight in PBA50 points were Brian LeClair, Norm Duke, Parker Bohn III, Bob Learn Jr., Michael Haugen Jr., Walter Ray Williams Jr., Amleto Monacelli and Ron Mohr. Williams is the defending PBA50 Challenge winner; O Grady is the defending PBA Regional Challenge winner. WBT RESULTS WITH MARTIN LARSEN-JESPER SVENSSON INSPIRED EVENT IN MALMO The World Bowling Tour Malmo, also known as the Storm Lucky Larsen Masters, begins Sunday in Malmo, Sweden, and concludes on Sunday, Aug. 27, as bowlers from around the world descend on Malmo for Sweden s first PBA International/World Bowling Tour event. The tournament had a preliminary entry of 465 players from 25 countries including a number of PBA stars, prompting Competition Manager Daniel Rönnbäck to note, Judging by the huge number of entries and that the tickets to the finals are completely sold out well before the start date, this is obviously a competition that Sweden has been waiting for. According to a World Bowling news release, the tournament was cofounded by Swedish Bowling proprietors Rönnbäck and Hampus Torstensson who were inspired by Jesper Svensson s Swedish Rookie Sportsman of The Year award, which they hope will encourage young Swedes to to become more active in the sport. Rönnbäck also recruited Swedish national star Martin Larsen to join the organizing committee to provide input into the athletic sides of the event. The tournament will use a format common among European events. Multiple six-game qualifying rounds will result in a finals field of 44 players, with all scores dropped at the end of qualifying. Qualifiers 1-8 will advance to Step 2; qualifiers 9-44 will bowl the six-game Step 1 round. The top 16 from Step 1 plus the top eight qualifiers will advance to Step 2 for an eight-game round. The top eight players after Step 2 advance to Step 3 for a four-game round. The top four players based on combined 12-game Step 2 and 3 pinfall totals advance to the stepladder finals for one-game matches. A PBA Tour title will be awarded if the winner is a PBA member. The World Bowling Tour Malmo will be live streamed Aug via and Aug via worldbowling.org/eventsresults/world-bowling-tour/. The World Bowling Tour Men s and Women s Finals, presented by the PBA and featuring the top three in points in each division, will be conducted Continued on Page 10 WHY ADVERTISE? Call us for more information Our 60th Year

5 THE BOWLING NEWS Thursday, August 17, 2017 Page 5 Pete Weber Wins PBA50 DeHayes Insurance Group Championship for 100th Career PBA Title; Brian LeClair Wins PBA50 Player of the Year Crown Weber defeats Norm Duke in championship match to dash Duke s PBA50 Player of the Year hopes FORT WAYNE, Ind. (Aug. 8, 2017) PBA Hall of Famer Pete Weber won the PBA50 DeHayes Insurance Group Championship presented by Pro Bowl West and Ebonite for his 100th overall title in PBA competition Tuesday, and Brian LeClair of Delmar, N.Y., survived challenges from Norm Duke and Parker Bohn III to win his first PBA50 Player of the Year crown. Weber, who was the top seed for the finals, won his first PBA50 Tour title of the season by defeating Duke in the title match, , for his 11th career title on the tour for players 50 years and older. I thought it could come at any time but I might have taken it for granted a little bit, said Weber of his 100th overall win. You have to earn it you can t expect it. It s been a humbling experience this year, Weber admitted of his otherwise disappointing season in which his previous best finish was third in the USBC Senior Masters. You re going to have the down times no matter who you are. You have to take the good with the bad. Weber, the 2015 and 2016 PBA50 Player of the Year, has won 37 PBA Tour titles, 48 PBA regional and four PBA50 regional titles in addition to his 11 on the PBA50 Tour. His 100 titles ranks second behind fellow hall of famer Walter Ray Williams Jr. who has 102 titles overall in PBA competition. Both Weber and Duke got off to strong starts in the championship match. Weber At Cowtown Bowling Palace Dean soars to 741, Candler nabs 603 Stevenson 300 Bill Dean fired a powerpacked = 741 Monday Mixers series to head the honor roll for the week at Cowtown Bowling Palace. Pam Candler fronted scoring for the ladies with a high-flying = 603 Wednesday Winners set. Larry Stevenson captured high-game accolades with an award-winning 12-bagger. Tracy Brower 190, Brian Lindsey 262, Duane Skinner 257, Coy Hart 279, Olivia Lindsey 247, Chad Roberts started with the first seven strikes before leaving a solid nine pin in the eighth frame. Duke, who was also on a string of strikes, left a pocket 7-10 split in the eighth frame which pretty much ended his hopes for the win. I knew going in it was going to take a 260 game against Norm and fortunately I bowled 270, Weber said. I needed every bit of it because every time I bowl Norm, we always have a great match and it seems like it s always a battle. Weber s title also moved him into a tie for fifth with Williams and Gene Stus on the all-time PBA50 Tour titles list. Duke, who qualified third for the finals, needed a win to overtake LeClair in the player of the year point race. LeClair, who finished seventh in the tournament, was the only player to win more than one title during the season winning the Pasco County Florida Open and Johnny Petraglia BVL Opens. He also had a secondplace finish in the Suncoast PBA Senior U.S. Open. In the opening match Bohn, trying for his second consecutive title of the season after winning last week s Dave Small s Championship Lanes Classic, defeated Williams, the 2017 USBC Senior Masters winner, In the second match, Duke defeated Bohn to advance to the semi-final match where he beat hall of famer Amleto Monacelli, Both Duke and Monacelli were also trying for their second titles of the season. With a 265, George Hernandez, Sr. 248, Brian Lindsey , Scott Brown 259, Pat Currie 258. Bruce O Keefe 256, Timothy Landers, Jr , Dawn Crum , Cody Franks 246, Michael Williams 223, Mike Velasco , Jennifer Lawson , Mike Moore 256, Bill Brewer 244. SENIORS George Hernandez, Sr. 243, Larrie King 204, Carl Jordon , Tee-Ropers Tucker , Johnny Zaskoda 236, Larry Stevenson 715, Betty Odom , Jim Riley 266, Frank Stone, Sr. 248, Carl Jordon YEARS AGO Wes Malott and Jay Ashbaugh won the PBA Doubles at Jupiter Lanes Joe LeCroy wins SASB in Houston John Hamilton led the honor roll with 794 at Plano Bryan Ellis shot 789 at Rowlett Bowl-a-Rama Dale McFarland rolled 783 at Brunswick Zone Watauga Janice Francis led the ladies with 728 at Brunswick Zone Watagua Heather Jones had 691 at Forum Sandi Dillon with 659 at USA Bowl Phil Rudnick was perfect at PSB. 20 YEARS AGO Ted Pritts led the honor roll with 831 at Showplace-Garland Eric Ryberg rolled 818 at AMF Irving Mitchell Mahaffrey with 801 at AMF Jupiter Diane Parrish shot 736 at DC SW Whitny Gano with 718 at Plano Lisa Talley rolled 681 at Showplace-Garland Carol Norman wins 26th LPBT Regional title in Longview Dennis Samsel shot 300 at AMF Richardson. 30 YEARS AGO Ernie Schlegel and Bob Porter won the Red River Doubles over Wam-O Matlock and Chris Warren Alvin Hawkins wins MBT at Bowl Dallas Walter Ray Williams PBA Hammer Open in Edmond, OK Bill Darnell led the honor roll with 758 at Jupiter Kermit Moore shot 740 at Blazer Bev Richardson led the ladies with 688 at DC East Judy Bowers with 658 at Plaza Thomas Sapp takes NTTB at DC West and $1300 Nat Segovia shot 741 at Bronco, what a great man he was, one of my favs Glen Pierce shot 300 at Allen Bowl. win Bohn could have also won the PBA50 Player of the Year crown. In all, the five championship round finalists represented a combined 177 PBA Tour and 38 PBA50 Tour titles. Finishing in the top eight in PBA50 points, LeClair, Duke, Bohn, Bob Learn Jr., Michael Haugen Jr., Williams, Monacelli and Ron Mohr earned the opportunity to compete in the PBA50 Challenge which will be held in conjunction with GEICO PBA World Series of Bowling IX presented by Eldorado Reno Properties this November. PBA50 DeHAYES INSUR- ANCE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIP presented by Pro Bowl West and Ebonite Pro Bowl West, Tuesday Final Standings: 1, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., $7,500. 2, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., $4,000. 3, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, $2,500. 4, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., $2,000. 5, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Oxford, Fla., $1,750. Stepladder Results: Match One Bohn def. Williams, Match Two Duke def. Bohn, Semifinal Match Duke def. Monacelli, Championship Match Weber def. Duke, Modified Match Play Round 2 (after six games, including match play bonus pins. Top five advance to stepladder finals ) 1, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 5-1, 1,624. 2, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 4-1-1, 1,594. 3, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 3-2-1, 1,584. 4, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 4-2, 1,562. 5, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Oxford, Fla., 4-2, 1,551. 6, Brian Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio, 3-3, 1,508, $1,500. 7, Brian LeClair, Delmar, N.Y., 4-2, 1,501, $1,600. 8, Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., 5-1, 1,493, $1,500. 9, John Burkett, Southlake, Texas, 3-3, 1,459, $1, , Mark Sullivan, Indianapolis, 2-4, 1,444, $1, , (tie) Rick Francis, Linden, Calif., 3-3, 1,404, and Brian Voss, Centennial, Colo., 2-4, 1,404, $1, , Bryan Goebel, Shawnee, Kan., 2-4, 1,395, $1, , Gary Alstott, Washington, Ill., 1-5, 1,331, $1, , Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 2-4, 1,291, $1, , Tom Baker, King, N.C., 0-6, 1,163, $1,300. Modified Match Play Round 1 (Cashers after five games, including match play bonus pins) 17, Michael Haugen Jr., Phoenix, 2-2-1, 1,244, $1, , Kenny Parks, Hammond, Ind., 4-1, 1,228, $1, , Gary Schluchter, Femont, Ohio, 4-1, 1,221, $1, , Ron Mohr, Las Vegas, 3-2-0, 1,212, $1, , Tony Johnson, Canton, Ohio, 2-3, 1,203, $1, , Patrick Shipley, Spring Valley, Calif., 3-2, 1,185, $1, , Eddie Graham, Centerville, Ohio, 2-3, 1,170, $1, , Sammy Ventura, Syracuse, N.Y., 3-2, 1,169, $1, , John Dudak, Orland Park, Ill., 2-3, 1,164, $1,075.

6 Page 6 Thursday, August 17, 2017 THE BOWLING NEWS Youth Honor Roll Boys Jacob Dollar, Forum Bowl Daniel Christopher, Cowtown Bowling Palace Colby Morelock, Red Bird Lanes Nate Pendy, Strikz Bo Scott, JB s Allen Bowl Girls Taylore Ryan, JB s Allen Bowl Kristin Hilker, Forum Bowl Rey Contreras, Cowtown Bowling Palace Beverly Hoffman, Red Bird Lanes Haylee Reece, Strikz BOWLING COMBINE Continued from Page 1 visit to the Bowling Combine as she prepares for her senior year of high school. The 17-year-old wanted to see how much she improved from her first trip to the ITRC as she gets closer to making a decision on where she ll further her education next fall. The technology available here is amazing, especially with all of the feedback I received last year, Brown said. I ve been working on those all year, and I m excited to see how much I have improved over the course of the year. We don t have anything like this available at home, so being able to come back again will really help me looking ahead. After the evaluation on the lanes and in the classroom is complete, the student-athletes and coaches have the opportunity to sit down to discuss how the coach s program and curriculum might fit into the student-athletes future. I really like being able to have the one-on-one with the coaches to learn about their personalities, since that s a really big thing to me, Brown said. I also like having the chance to see what they have to offer. My education is the top priority, so it s important to see that a program has my education in mind, and not just the athletics side. This portion of the Bowling Combine also allows each parent in attendance the chance to move from the sidelines into the middle of the excitement and join in the discussion. Brown s mother, Cathy Johnson, took the advice from her YOUTH TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE daughter s coach in Pennsylvania to look into the Bowling Combine last year, and she feels the experience already is benefiting Brown s future. Last year, I really was amazed to watch all of the different skill sets they were testing, Johnson said. We were able to go back home and learn from it, and we wanted to come back this year to see how much she improved. It s great to see the interest from the different programs, too. It shows that all of her hard work is paying off. Bill Holbrook is making his Bowling Combine debut this week as he prepares for his second season as head coach at Midland University. He believes the drills and structure of the event provide a great opportunity not only to examine a student-athletes physical skills, but to also look at the mental aspect of their game. I really enjoy the format, and being able to see how a student-athlete moves through and manages the drills is really informative, Holbrook said. When you have the chance to watch someone do the same drill over and over, they won t always find success. Getting to see how they react in those situations and how they bounce back and adjust is something you just won t normally find after watching a few shots. Holbrook and the Warriors found success during the United States Bowling Congress Collegiate season as both the men s and women s team advanced to the Intercollegiate Team Championships. Midland senior Nick Pate was named the National Collegiate Bowling Coaches Association Most Valuable Player as he capped his collegiate career with a victory at the Intercollegiate Singles Championships. Holbrook knows each student-athlete needs to find themselves in the right setting to grow as a competitor and a student, and he felt his time at the ITRC allowed him to connect with the bowlers, even if they re a year or two away from transitioning to college. I think this setting can really open their eyes to all of the possibilities out there, Holbrook said. In the right environment, a student-athlete can really grow and continue to get better, and having the chance to sit and talk with them lets me see what they re hoping to get out of it and if we can find the right balance for them. The Bowling Combine is open to domestic and international students who have collegiate eligibility remaining and have completed at least their freshman year in high school. Student-athletes must apply and get selected in order to attend the Bowling Combine, which has sold out in each of its seven years. The week at the ITRC was split for the student-athletes. The girls completed their portion of the Bowling Combine from Tuesday through Thursday, while the boys put themselves to the test from Thursday until Saturday. For more information on the Bowling Combine, visit BOWL. com/combine. Lane Laughter Teen Bowlers Circuit Contact: Brad Ellis, at bradellis8101@gmail.com AUGUST 20 TBC Astro Bowl, San Antonio, TX If you have upcoming youth tournaments you would like listed on the schedule, contact The Bowling News at , or genie@thebowlingnews.net. Fort Worth USBC Youth Results Jacob Dollar headed the Fort Worth-area USBC youth bowling last week with a thundering 247/661 Family Circus series at Forum Bowl. Kristin Hilker, Dollar s league mate, paced the girls with an outstanding 217/603 set. At Cowtown Bowling Palace Jake Swift 225, Rey Contreras , Daniel Christopher , Kyrah Durham 124, Jacob Boone 187, Kali Barrera 95, Christopher Saldi 156, Kelly Bailey 94, Benjamin Wheeler , Stephanie Bailey 94, Todd Andrew 84, Brooklyn Sloan , Rose Wheeler 76. Dallas USBC Youth Scores Taylore Ryan headed the Dallas-area USBC youth bowling for the week with a sparkling = 617 Thursday Youth/ Adult series at JB s Allen Bowl. Colby Morelock led the guys with a sturdy = 547 High Rollers set at Red Bird Lanes. At JB s Allen Bowl Joseph Mc- Graw (4 games) , Rae McGraw (4 games) , Will Durnin (4 games) , Carlen Gattenby (4 games) , Nicole Gattenby (4 games) , Dylan Jankowski The Bowling News will donate $1 to the TBC SMART Account $4 OFF Teen Bowlers Circuit Entry Valid 1 Squad per Month Not valid for TBC Spring Classic or ITRC events , Megan Wente , Bryan Coggins , Austin Wancio , David Winchester , Bo Scott , Will Durnin , Lauren Bate , David Winchester , Tara Meche , Austin Wancio At Red Bird Lanes Beverly Hoffman , Amari Browder , Vanessa Dunn-Ford , Tyler Lindsay (2 games) At Strikz Nate Pendy , Jacob Argo , Derek Natali , Haylee Reece TBC081717

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9 THE BOWLING NEWS Thursday, August 17, 2017 Page 9 U20 JUNIOR GOLD Continued from Page 1 advantage to 34 pins after the first game, Although Low still was making adjustments in Game 2, he maintained his lead and sealed the title after recording a double in the eighth and ninth frames on his way to a finish. I thought both of those shots were pretty good, but that s when I noticed that the fronts were starting to hook, Low said. Throwing a urethane ball with such a high surface, you expect that to happen at some point. I began making small moves to the right, since I didn t want to do something crazy. I ended up finding a good look on the left lane and gave the shot on the right lane in the ninth a little air time to make sure it got through the front part of the BOWLER FRIENDLY PRO SHOPS & OTHER SERVICES KAM MOSTOWFI c: KAMMOSTOWFI@GMAIL.COM Goodnight Lane Dallas, TX Exotic, Luxury and Economical Cars and Motorcycle Dealer lane. Low recorded his first U20 title as a 16-year-old at the 2013 event in Detroit. After several close calls, including a runner-up finish in 2014, he finished his Junior Gold career by becoming the first player in the boys division to win two U20 titles. I think the distinction to be the first to win U20 twice is pretty special, especially when you look at the list of past winners, Low said. After winning in 2013, my goal was to win twice. I lost to Tylor Greene in 2014, bowled myself out of the top 16 in 2015 and lost in the first round last year. Those three years served as motivation, and to come out a winner to end my junior bowling career is awesome. Leiendecker had been a consistent performer in her previous two trips to Junior Gold in the U15 division, advancing to the match-play UPHOLSTERY UNLIMITED KAM MOSTOWFI c: MANUEL TREVINO PROFESSIONAL SEAMSTER c: Custom upholstery for vehicles, motorcycles and furniture Goodnight Lane Dallas, TX portion of the event. In those two appearances, however, she was unable to secure a win in the double-elimination format. Upon a return visit to match play in her U20 debut, she had one goal in mind. I had not won a match the past two years, so that really was the main goal heading into match play, Leiendecker said. When I was able to do that, things really started rolling, and I was able to stay calm and focus on what I was trying to achieve. In the title match, Leiendecker may have been nervous on the inside, but she looked like a seasoned veteran as she recorded a total of 16 strikes on her way to scores of and against Johnson. Taking the title approximately 70 miles from home also served as a special moment for Leiendecker, having family and friends on-site at Game of Wickliffe to celebrate the performance with her. I was shaking a lot, but I felt like I kept everything under control, Leiendecker said. It was fun, though, even with the nerves. Moving up to U20, my goal was just to make the cut, so to win in my first year really is amazing. Being able to win in Ohio, with all of my supporters coming to watch, was pretty amazing, too. Six boys and six girls automatically earned spots on Junior Team USA for 2018 through their performances at Junior Gold this week. Jeffery Mann of West Lafayette, Indiana, Kristopher Yadao of Pearl City, Hawaii, Pete Vergos of Apopka, Florida, Ryan Winters of Livonia, Michigan, and Michael Martell DICK ALLEN Continued from Page 3 Xtra Frame Storm Cup series that will award $50,000 in bonus prizes to the five points leaders. With his win, Allen will be in the thick of the race heading into the Xtra Frame Gene Carter s Pro Shop Classic from Mid-County Bowling and Entertainment in Middletown, Del., Aug , and the series finale, the PBA Xtra Frame Kenn-Feld Group Classic at Pla- Mor Lanes in Coldwater, Ohio, Aug Both events will be live streamed on PBA s online bowling channel, Xtra Frame. For Xtra Frame subscription information, visit xtraframe.tv. PBA XTRA FRAME CHESA- PEAKE OPEN AMF Western Branch Lanes, of Brooklyn, New York, earned spots on the boys team through qualifying, while Hooper also made the team by advancing to the championship round. Mann, the 2016 U20 Junior Gold champion, and Vergos each are making their second appearances on the team, while Yadao, Winters, Martell and Hooper will represent Junior Team USA for the first time. Two-time Junior Gold champion Breanna Clemmer of Clover, South Carolina, will represent Junior Team USA for the fifth consecutive year after earning her spot through qualifying. Johnson, Alexis Neuer of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, Crystal Elliott of Palm Bay, Florida, and Julie Huren of Westland, Michigan, also made the girls team through qualifying, while Leiendecker earned her spot by making her way to the title match. Leiendecker was part of the U15 Developmental Team in 2017, while Johnson, Neuer, Elliott and Huren will make their Junior Team USA debuts in The U20 division of the 2017 Junior Gold Championships featured 1,418 boys and 840 girls, who each rolled 16 games across four bowling centers, before the top 203 boys and top 120 girls moved on to a fivegame advancers round. The top 64 boys and top 64 girls advanced to the final advancers round, with 26-game pinfall totals determining the top 16 to advance in each division to double-elimination match play, which also featured two-game matches with total pinfall determining the winner. The Junior Gold Championships features the top youth bowlers in the country seeking national titles in three divisions 12-and-under, 15-andunder and 20-and-under and spots on Junior Team USA. The 2017 tournament was held in seven Cleveland-area bowling centers, featured a $320,000 scholarship fund, and more than 3,500 entries, both tournament records. The finals of the U12 and U15 divisions also were taped at Game of Wickliffe on July 22 for delayed broadcast. The U12 finals aired July 25, while the U15 title matches aired Aug. 1. The finals of the 2017 USA Bowling National Championships presented by Sixlets also were taped. The U12 finals will air Aug. 15 and the U15 finals will be shown Aug. 22, both at 7 p.m. Eastern on CBS Sports Network. All advancers rounds and match play leading up to the TV shows were broadcast live on BowlTV. For more information on the Junior Gold Championships presented by the Brands of Ebonite International, visit BOWL.com/JuniorGold Junior Gold Championships At Game of Wickliffe, Cleveland Final results CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES (Two-game matches decided by total pinfall) U20 Girls Allie Leiendecker, Wooster, Ohio, def. Caitlyn Johnson, Lumberton, Texas, U20 Boys Wesley Low, Palmdale, Calif., def. David Hooper, Greenville, S.C., Chesapeake, Va. Sunday Final Standings: 1, Dick Allen, Columbia, S.C., $10,000. 2, Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, N.Y., $6,000. 3, Anthony Caso, Spring Hill, Fla., $3,500. 4, Cristian Azcona, Puerto Rico, $2,000. Stepladder Results: Match One Caso def. Continued on Page 10 Roofing & General Contracting Residential & Commercial KELLY RAY Claims Specialist C: kray37@yahoo.com Aug Cowtown Fort Worth, Tx. Non-Champs Sept. 2-3 University Lanes Denton, Tx. 70/60 Doubles Sept USA Bowl Dallas, Tx. 60/50/Lady Trio Sept Cityview Fort Worth, Tx. Annual Championship Sept. 30-Oct. 1 USA Bowl Dallas, Tx. 70/60/50 Trio Oct Cowtown Fort Worth, Tx. Regular Trio Oct Del Mar Houston, Tx. Regular Singles Nov. 4-5 Plano Super Bowl Plano, Tx. Mixed Foursome Nov Hog Pin Bowl Lawton, Ok. Member/Guest Doubles Dec. 2-3 All Star Lanes Shreveport, La. Member/Guest Doubles Dec Cowtown Fort Worth, Tx. Annual Team

10 Page 10 Thursday, August 17, 2017 THE BOWLING NEWS DICK ALLEN Continued from Page 9 Azcona, Semifinal Match Allen def. Caso, Championship Allen def. Ciminelli, Round of 8 Cashers (after 17 games): 1, Ciminelli, 3,959. 2, Allen, 3,924. 3, Caso, 3,885. 4, Azcona, 3,882. 5, Marshall Kent, Yakima, Wash., 3,865, $1,700. 6, Steven Arehart, Chesapeake, Va., 3,847, $1, (tie), x-dom Barrett, England, and Anthony Simonsen, Austin, Texas, 3,809, $1,425. Round of 16 Cashers (did not advance, after 15 games): 9, Andres Gomez, Colombia, At Forum Bowl Dix records 300/822, Ross snags 688 Troy Dix earned high-series kudos for the week at Forum Bowl with a high-powered, award-winning = 822 Fast Lane Trio session. Teresa Ross was high for the ladies with a chart-topping = 688 Family Circus set. Hung Nguyen (9 pin) , John Hartsel (9 pin) , Dena Buffington (9 pin) , Sean Garrett , Kara Congi , Victor Seabrook (4 games) Karen Hoyle (4 games) , Marvin Sitts, Jr , Lisa Schrader 3,370, $1, , EJ Tackett, Huntington, Ind., 3,346, $1, , n-josh Garner, Hampton, Va., 3,335, $1, , Tom Daugherty, Riverview, Fla., 3,333, $1, , Rhino Page, Orlando, Fla., 3,300, $1, , Josh Blanchard, Mesa, Ariz., 3,276, $1, , Kyle Troup, Taylorsville, N.C., 3,260, $1, , Matt Taylor, Youngsville, N.C., 3,217, $1,000. Cashers Round Cashers (did not advance, after 12 games): 17, Chris Arcaro, Carolina Beach, N.C., 2,606, $ , Clifford Stanley II, Virginia Beach, Va., 2,582, $ , Zulmazran Zulkifli, Malaysia, 2,575, $ , Jason Sterner, Rockledge, Fla., 2,555, $ , Jack Rogers , Jeri Harlin , Troy Dix (4 games) 1047, Vicky Dunn (4 games) Wane Cruse , Beverly Jackson , Gary Thomas , Jodie Rogers , Stacy Harden , Sylvia Stewart , Eusebio Ramos , Kim Jackson Royce Bailey , Lisa Pool , Mike Young SENIORS Tom Czajkowski (9 pin) , Hazel Bunyea (9 pin) , Russell Fox (9 pin) , Hazel Bunyea (9 pin) , Shota Kawazoe, Japan, 2,549, $ , Ildemaro Ruiz, Venezuela, 2,545, $ , Darren Tang, San Francisco, 2,535, $ , Michael Tang, San Francisco, 2,527, $ , Cody Shoemaker, Hanover, Pa., 2,519, $ , Andrew Klingler, Grand Rapids, Mich., 2,515, $ , Chris Via, Springfield, Ohio, 2,512, $ , Chris Polizzi, Spring Hill, Fla., 2,508, $ , David Powers, Newport News, Va., 2,498, $680. PBA SPARE SHOTS Continued from Page 4 during the GEICO PBA World Series of Bowling IX in Reno in November. How did the organizers come up with the Lucky Larsen name? Well, this link explains: luckylarsenmasters.com/ about-lucky-larsen/ AS THE CURTAIN FALLS ON THE 2017 PBA50 TOUR SEASON With his win in the seasonending PBA50 DeHayes Insurance Group Championship, Pete Weber not only recorded his 100th overall PBA title, but joined Walter Ray Williams Jr. and Gene Stus in a tie for fifth place on the all-time PBA50 Tour titles list with 11. John Handegard is the leader in PBA50 Tour titles with 14. Tom Baker, Gary Dickinson and Dale Eagle are tied for second place with 12 titles each. Throughout his colorful career as a PBA Tour competitor, winning 38 titles to rank third on the all-time list behind Walter Ray Williams Jr. (47) and Earl Anthony (43), Norm Duke has never had a year with as many close calls as he had during the 2017 PBA50 Tour season. In addition to his lone title in Mooresville, N.C., in May, Duke had three second-place finishes (New Port Richey, Fla.; Anderson, Ind., and Fort Wayne, Ind.), a third-place finish in Hammond, Ind., and a fourth-place finish in the USBC Senior Masters. Former Major League Baseball pitcher John Burkett of Southlake, Fla., was in contention to make his second career championship round appearance in Fort Wayne until the end of the final match play round, eventually finishing ninth for his best finish of the season. Burkett s best career finish was fourth in the 2015 Northern California Classic in his rookie season as a PBA50 Tour player. With his 300 game near the end of the second qualifying round in Fort Wayne, Parker Bohn III improved his record for most 300 games bowled in PBA competition to 112, six more than Walter Ray Williams Jr. PBA REGIONAL UPDATE: AJ JOHNSON WINS BACK-TO- BACK PBA MIDWEST TITLES 30, Richard Horsley, Morrisville, N.C., 2,495, $ , Darrin Casstevens, Winston-Salem, N.C., 2,488, $ , Kristian Rogers, Salisbury, N.C., 2,472, $ , Anthony DeStasio, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., 2,463, $ , Michael Vitalone, Jr., Lake Worth, Fla., 2,451, $ , Jeremy Mooney, West Palm Beach, Fla., 2,431, $ , Trevor Roberts, Crystal River, Fla., 2,406, $ , Kip Roberts, Glen Allen, Va., 2,403, $ , Jeff Evans, Supply, N.C., AJ Johnson of Oswego, Ill, defeated top qualifier Steven Taylor of Deer Creek, Ill., , to win the PBA Poplar Creek Bowl Midwest Open at Poplar Creek Bowl in Hoffman Estates, Ill., Sunday for his second straight PBA Midwest Region title. Johnson, who won the St. Charles Lanes Midwest Open on July 16 in Missouri, picked up his fourth career regional title and the $2,000 first prize. Amateur Mike Dole of Loves Park, Ill. defeated Steve Jaros of Yorkville, Ill., , in the first match of the four-man stepladder finals and Johnson then defeated Dole, , to advance to the title match. Anthony Pepe of Elmhurst, N.Y., defeated B.J. Moore of Greensburg, Pa., , to win the PBA Bowlers Supply/ Storm Open presented by Roto Grip at Colony Park Lanes North in York, Pa., Sunday for $2,5000 plus his third career regional title and his second in this event. Neither bowler was able to post a double in the title match, but the only open frame was by Moore, who split in the eighth frame while trailing by only four pins. When Moore failed to double in the ninth frame, Pepe needed only a mark in his final frame to secure the win. Pepe dominated qualifying, including bowling the tournament s only 300 game. He then defeated Matt Taylor of Youngsville, N.C., 2-1, in the best-of-three-game Round of 8 and Andrew Suscreba of Clifton, N.J., , in the semifinals. Moore defeated Jon Van Hees of Charlestown, R.I., , in the other semifinal match. Matt Staninger of Highland, Ind. defeated Matt Sanders of Evansville, Ind., in a three-game total pins match, , to win his first PBA Regional title in the Boss Snow Plows/Ebonite Central Open at PinHeads in Fishers, Ind., Sunday. Staninger, who earned $2,000, downed non-member and defending champion Steve Novak of Louisville, Ky., , while Sanders eliminated Josh Conner of Columbus, Ohio, , in the semifinal round to set up the championship match. In a pair of PBA50 Regionals held in proximity to the PBA50 Tour s DeHayes Insurance 2,393, $ , n-chris Kruschke, Newport News, Va., 2,391, $ , Johnnie Payne, Savannah, Ga., 2,385, $ , n-david Schmidtmann, Norfolk, Va., 2,377, $ , Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., 1,767, $ , Craig Nidiffer, Trenton, Mich., 1,660, $600. x-barrett def. Gomez, , in a one-game roll-off to advance to the Round of 8 after they tied for eighth place in the Round of 16. n-denotes non-member. Group Open and PBA60 Dick Weber Super Senior Classic in Fort Wayne, Ind., Tom Baker of King, N.C., defeated Mike Scroggins of Amarillo, Texas, , to win the 20th annual PBA50 Progressive/ Gerdeman Insurance/Al Smith Jeep Central/Midwest Classic at Al-Mar Lanes in Bowling Green, Ohio, on Saturday, and Tony Johnson of Canton, Ohio defeated Brian Kretzer of Dayton, Ohio, , to win the PBA50 Pro Bowl West Central/ Midwest Shootout during the PBA50 Tour s one-day break in Fort Wayne on Wednesday. The Bowling Green title was Baker s 35th overall PBA Regional title. He also earned $3,500. Scroggins defeated Brian LeClair of Athens, N.Y., , to advance to the championship match. In the first stepladder match, LeClair downed Billy Froberg of St. Joseph, Mich., In Fort Wayne, Johnson downed Joe Scarborough of Charlotte, N.C., , while Kretzer topped Harry Sullins of Chesterfield Twp., Mich., , in the semifinal round. The one-day, reduced entry fee event drew a field of 58 bowlers. The Greater Richmond Central Open at Richmond 40 Bowl in Richmond, Ind., a one-day event on Aug. 13, is the lone regional event over the Aug weekend. The Aug PBA Regional calendar includes the Emerald Bowl Houston Southwest Challenge for non-title winners plus the PBA-PWBA Emerald Bowl Southwest Open in Houston, Texas, for women, and the Dave Husted Northwest Open presented by 900 Global at Husted s Milwaukie Bowl in Milwaukie, Ore. Closing out the August schedule will be the PBA60 Wilson & Sons Super Senior Open presented by the Mooresville Convention and Visitors Bureau Aug. 31-Sept. 2 at George Pappas Victory Lanes in Mooresville, N.C., followed immediately by the PBA50 Samuel Adams South Open presented by the Mooresville Convention and Visitors Bureau at George Pappas Victory Lanes in Mooresville, N.C. The Labor Day weekend calendar of PBA Regional action includes the PBA50 Continued on Page 11

11 THE BOWLING NEWS Thursday, August 17, 2017 Page 11 SENIOR TEAM USA Continued from Page 3 we ve had over the last few months has us seeing the lanes very well, said Bohn, a 35-time PBA Tour champion. This opportunity really does mean a lot to us, and we want to make our country proud. Knowing that I can put on the red, white and blue and represent the United States is an honor, and I hope I can help bring home more gold medals. Mohr also is coming off a couple of exciting wins. He ended a five-year title drought by winning the PBA50 South Shore Open presented by DV8 at Olympia Lanes in Hammond, Indiana, for his ninth career PBA50 Tour. Earlier in the summer, he won the 2017 Super Senior Classic, the premier USBC event for bowlers age 60 and older. There s some great talent across the world, and I think we ll have our work cut out for us, but I really like the team we re fielding and know we ll be competitive, said Mohr, who also enjoyed international success as a member of Team USA in 1989, 1991 and I believe we ve all been doing the right things to prepare and stay at the top level competi- tively. I don t think we could be in a better place individually, and now it s time to put it all together. On the women s side, all four team members have been regular competitors on the PWBA Tour, which has included 13 events from California to Florida. They ve covered a lot miles and bowled hundreds of games, each enjoying stints of success, and the variety of lane conditions and formats definitely has them feeling conditioned and prepared. For all four, the PWBA season ended with the recent U.S. Women s Open, an event known to test competitors, both mentally and physically, over 56 games, for those who advance through each round. Hulsenberg, who won the U.S. Women s Open in 2011, turned in the best performance of the group again this year, advancing to the 24-player match-play portion of the event, before finishing 14th overall. I definitely feel like I m in bowling shape, especially after making the cut at the U.S. Women s Open and getting a lot of games in, Hulsenberg said. I think I ve held my own this summer against some PBA SPARE SHOTS Continued from Page 10 Strike Zone Open presented by Track in Pottsville, Pa.; the Tony Reyes Memorial Member/ Non-Member Doubles at Fourth Street Bowl in San Jose, Calif.; the Illinois Valley Midwest Open at IV Super Bowl in Peru, Ill., and the DHC Japan PBA Doubles Open, Japan Cheetah Masters and Japan Cheetah Queens at Nagoya Grand Bowl in Nagoya, Japan. For complete PBA Regional schedules, rules and entry information, visit pba.com, open the schedules tab and click on PBA Regional Tours to find the event(s) in your area and remember, you can follow live scoring for all PBA Regional events on pba. com (easily accessible for Apple device users using the new PBA app). QUICK NOTES: PBA Hall of Famer Pete Weber has learned he will be inducted into the St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame during ceremonies on Sept. 15 at the Hilton St. Louis Frontenac Hotel. At Ennis All Star Bowl Lawrence logs 655 Rick Lawrence s high-flying = 655 series in Tuesday Sport Match Point action led the scoring race for the week at Ennis All Star Bowl. Ryne McKenrick, Lawrence s league mate, paced the ladies with a sturdy = 543 set. Billy Cathey won the highset contest last week at Red Bird Lanes with his sturdy = 698 Sunday Night Mixed league series. Deanna Hoffman posted a lofty = 620 Colts & Fillies set to front the ladies. Judy Dillabough , Lauren Cathey , Chance Cathey , Patrick Leonard , Kevin Barnes (9 pin, no tap, 4 games) 300- Bob Massey , April Hopkins , Stephen Connor , Tracy Holloway , Suzanne McGlothin , Howard O Daniel , April Hopkins , Tim Gilmore , Mary Kennedy At Red Bird Lanes Cathey delivers 698, Hoffman snares , Kyle Fitzpatrick (9 pin, no tap, 4 games) Lauren Cathey (9 pin, no tap, 4 games) , Shannon Monk , Randy Dotson , Aracelia Ramirez , Leroy Willis, Sr , Angela Herwald , Charles Venters Jessica Zientek , James Bridges , Hy Gardner , Breon Odie , Sandra Jennings , Lauren Cathey , Roland Bernal (2 games) Live Stream Schedule Sponsored By Kameleon Sportswear BowlStreamtv (formerly michiganbowler.tv) (Available on livestream.com and BowlStreamtv.com) 14 th Annual New Mexico Open, Tenpins & More, Rio Rancho, NM Thursday August 17 Sunday August 20 PBA XtraFrame The Bowling Channel (Subscription available at pba.com and xtraframe.tv.) 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12 Page 12 Thursday, August 17, 2017 THE BOWLING NEWS SENIOR TEAM USA Continued from Page 11 great competition, and I hope to take that good feel overseas. As a group, I know we re all ready competively and in a great competitive mindset. We re going to gel well, and after so many individual events lately, we re looking forward to bowling as a team and representing our country with pride. The group from the United States will be led by USBC Hall of Famer and Gold coach Bill Spigner of Vernon Hills, Illinois, who is one of seven coaches recently added to the Team USA coaching staff. He is accomplished on the lanes as a competitor and has been on the Bowlers Journal International Top 100 Coaches list since The inaugural World Senior Championships was contested in 2013, also in Las Vegas, and the event is held every two years. The Team USA program performed well at the last edition in 2015, leading the medal count with 14 of the 38 medals. That included sweeping the team titles and adding gold medals in women s doubles (Lucy Sandelin and Paula Vidad) and women s all-events (Sandelin). For more information on the World Bowling Senior Championships, visit WorldBowling. org. At Plano Super Bowl Martin wraps up 298/777, Schmieg blasts 717 Roy Martin collected highgame and high-series honors with a respectable = 777 Texas Trio series to outscore the competition last week at Plano Super Bowl. Alex Schmieg, from the Pepsi Classic group, led the high-series chase for the ladies with a riproaring = 717 set. Richard Caldwell , Shirley Patterson , Bud Swan , Delynda Lanzillo , Rich Souddress , Loree Clark , Diane Wallentine , George Vaughn Eva Rhodes , Richard Gordon , Cindy Mann , Larry Hoover , Tiffany Hartman , Marilyn Montoro , Fred VanHaasen , Greg Staton Bill Fong , Ami Barrett , Jason Thomas , Diane Walentine , Bryan Halterman , Emily Ryan , Sam Elliston Dottie Culpon Bailey Mays , Renee Malone , Matt Kieffer (4 games) , Alex Schmieg (4 games) 974, Don Richey , Robert Eidenier