Weber Successfully Defends Suncoast PBA Senior U.S. Open Title for Record Fourth Consecutive PBA50 Tour Win

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1 Our 60th Year VOL. 60, NO JUNE 9, 2016 Weber Successfully Defends Suncoast PBA Senior U.S. Open Title for Record Fourth Consecutive PBA50 Tour Win Peter Weber captures four consecutive PBA50 Tour Titles LAS VEGAS (June 3, 2016) Professional Bowlers Association Hall of Famer Pete Weber of St. Ann, Mo., successfully defended his Suncoast PBA Senior U.S. Open presented by 900 Global title Friday for a record fourth consecutive PBA50 Tour title. Weber, who was the top qualifier for the stepladder finals, defeated Harry Sullins of Chesterfield Twp., Mich., Inside: Junior Gold Sets Records Page 3 McEwan Grabs Top Seed for PWBA Wichita Open Finals Page 5 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 4 Scan with smart phone to visit our website , in the title match at the Suncoast Bowling Center to set the new mark. He had shared the previous record of three consecutive titles with fellow Hall of Famer Tom Baker who achieved the feat in It ranks way up there as far as my career accomplishments, said Weber, who has won a record five U.S. Open titles on the PBA Tour. I think this is the best I ve ever felt or thrown the ball for five consecutive weeks in my whole career. Leading Sullins by eight pins in the six frame, Weber threw four consecutive strikes to clinch the match and his eighth career PBA50 Tour title. It was his third PBA50 Tour major title having also won the 2013 United States Bowling Congress Senior Masters. I could see it was tough for Harry to get anything going and when he didn t strike in the ninth I knew I had the match, Weber said. For Weber, who ranks fifth on the all-time PBA Tour titles list with 37 wins and has won a record-tying 10 PBA Tour majors, he ranked his win among his top accomplishments in a professional career that spans more than three decades. It s way up there as far as anything I ve done in my career, said the 53-year-old Weber. I just do whatever I Continued on Page 8 Tip from Roommate Helps Tommy Jones Win PBA Jonesboro Open Tommy Jones with Downums Waste Services Owner Scott Downums and Jonesboro Bowling Center Proprietor Stacy Blaxton JONESBORO, Ark. (June 5, 2016) Tommy Jones of Simpsonville, S.C., a future Professional Bowlers Association hall of famer, used a tip from his roommate and an old school technique to win the Downums Waste Services PBA Jonesboro Open presented by Xtra Frame Sunday at Jonesboro Bowling Center. Jones, 37, defeated top qualifier Kyle Troup of Taylorsville, N.C., , to win his 17th PBA Tour title tying PBA Hall of Famer Carmen Salvino for 20th place on the all-time PBA Tour titles list. Jones also won Josh Maxson and Bobby Wacker of Killeen, TX defeated Dylan Macon and Cody Meiers in the Carol Hazlett Memorial Red River Doubles tournament Kepner/Johnson Win SASBA Member/Guest Doubles in Pasadena Clint Johnson, Phil Kepner, John Chovanec and T.J. Johnson PASADENA, TX Phil Kepner and Clint Johnson were second after qualifying Saturday, May 28 at Armadilla I at the SASBA Member/Guest doubles in Pasadena. Kepner and Johnson shared the lead off and on throughout the first few games of match play, but then took the lead in the 6th game and never looked back. They beat the 2nd place team of T.J. Johnson and John Chovanec , the last game of the finals to give Phil his 3rd SASBA title. T.J. and John remained in 2nd. Rick Minier and Colby White finished 3rd, Pete a $15,000 first prize. After qualifying fourth for the four-man stepladder finals, Jones eliminated Connor Pickford of Charlotte, N.C., in the opening match, , and Frankie Lavoie of Wichita, Kan., in the semifinal, , before winning a carry contest over Troup in the title match. While Troup pounded at Cowtown Bowling Palace, Sunday, June 5. Full results, pictures and interviews will be in the Southwest Edition, July 7. Thomas and Steven Hauk took 4th and Clarence McQueen and Justin Bui rounded out the top five. Thanks to Danna Browder and staff for being great hosts. Always fun to come to Armadilla I. Armadilla I added $2,250 to the prize fund and SASBA added $1,410. Our nextournament will be in Plano at Plano Super Bowl for a 70/60/50/Guest Foursome. 300s were shot by Rick Minier, Randy Summers and Billy Titus. There was one Baker 300 in the finals shot by T.J. Johnson and John Chovanec. the pocket, he couldn t put back-to-back strikes together until the final four frames. Jones, using a less-reactive urethane bowling ball and a hard, straight-to-the-pocket delivery, doubled in the third and fourth frames, and then put together a late string of four strikes including his first Continued on Page 4

2 Page 2 Thursday, June 9, 2016 THE BOWLING NEWS Just Paying Attention Bowling has been a staple of television sports since its beginnings in the 1950 s. Like the game and sport itself, it has gone through various cycles of popularity. At present, it is enjoying perhaps its most exposure since the pre-pba days of those 1950 s. Many cities had at least one show on the air. Larger cities, like Chicago and New York, aired multiple shows during the week. Two main reasons stand out. First, the game was as popular as it had ever been. The amount of spare time activities were not anywhere near what they are now. Bowling was sold to the public as an easy, leisurely activity. Larger centers of the era also had spectator seats to watch the more elite players compete in travel league and tournament play. The other reason was television needed programming. The confines of a center, and later convention halls with seating for several thousand spectators, provided an ideal set up. Cameras were in fixed positions not requiring a several acre field or larger space to patrol, unlike baseball or football. The picture focused on the bowler, the ball rolling down the lane, By Mark London Mark@TheBowlingNews.net and the action of the pins. Electronic graphics were years away from being invented, so the score was kept by hand on a board, usually with a silhouette of a person s back and arm writing on the board. Really, it was pretty simple to document for a director and/or producer, and just as easy to watch. Perhaps it was due to the game looking easy that an audience was drawn. A head-to-head match took an entire ten to fifteen minutes to unfold, making commercial breaks easy to schedule. When more commercial time was demanded from sponsors, action during matches were stopped for two to four minutes for more commercials. Fast forward sixty years and the game and sport still draws on national television. As I mentioned last week, even a month-old replay of a pretty exciting NCAA Women s final averaged 31,000 viewers on ESPNU against some pretty stiff competition. During the 6:00pm to 8:00pm Central time slot two weeks ago Thursday, the early ESPN SportsCenter (all the numbers are averages of viewers at any given time) drew 528,000. On ESPN2, the replay of Around the Horn was watched by 186,000. MLB Network s pregame show 123,000 viewers. The other shows on the same night, NBA and NHL Conference final round games and the big annual national spelling bee, as you might guess, drew a few more viewers. Game 6 of the Golden State - OKC NBA West final on TNT was the most watched of the night (over the air or cable) with an average of 9,999,800 viewers. Game 7 of the Pittsburgh - Tampa NHL East over on NBCSN final drew 2,523,000. The annual Scripps Spelling Bee, in its first primetime airing, averaged a respectable 859,000 viewers. The original live airing of the SFA Nebraska NCAA final on April 11 averaged 91,000 viewers. Other programs dominating viewership in that time slot that night included NCAA Frozen Four hockey on ESPN, and Monster truck rallies on FS1 and FS2. The only fly in the ointment is CBSSN doesn t subscribe to the Nielsen rating service. But the network has enough faith to add the PWBA for the first time and USBC Junior Gold for a second year. That is a statement right there. Jump starting all the bowling we ve seen on television is at least partly due to the great ratings increase of the PBA the last two years. Commissioner Tom Clark was kind enough to answer a few of my questions about the recent success. JPA: How pleased is ESPN about the latest Nielsen numbers through the PBA League shows? Another strong increase for the third straight year must say something about the product viewers are watching. The PBA numbers are pretty good, even compared to cable sports staples, like MMA, UFC, and WWE. Tom Clark: ESPN has been consistently happy with the PBA s ratings performance. Even when we might be slightly disappointed with any particular specific show number, they tell me it is great for the slot and a property they can count on to deliver strong audience figures. JPA: How helpful do you think having college bowling on before the PBAL helped not only the PBA rating, but even the women s college bowling rating? Clark: One of the four weeks of the PBAL, there was a replay of the Women s NCAA Championship but I don t think there was any correlation for ratings success. But bowling did have a good weekend in the context of the potential of that April weekend vs. our more highly-viewed February slots. Interesting ratings stat from that weekend: the live bowling women s NCAA Championship on ESPNU averaged 131,000 Saturday 6:30 to 9 pm (35, ). ON Sunday, a re-air of that show on ESPN2 averaged 237,000 (78,000, 18-49).The PBAL Sunday on ESPN averaged 490,000 (193, 000, 18-49). Meanwhile, MLS live on ESPN 3:30-6pm did average 229,000 (117k 18-49) and Live Arena Football 4-6:30pm did 155,000, (70k, 18-49). So no exaggeration needed to say that live MLS and Live Arena Football can t beat taped women s college bowling and they get trounced by PBA action (and that particular week was the lowest rated of the PBAL shows). And our February TOC did 1 million viewers on average. Continued on Page 4 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. 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3 Men Mike Warren, Plano Super Bowl Chris Johnson, Cowtown Bowling Palace Women Cindy Mann, Plano Super Bowl Amy Langham, Cowtown Bowling Palace Scan with smart phone to visit the SASBA website. Hoagland to Direct Lane Pattern Development for USBC Championships ARLINGTON, Texas Nicholas Hoagland of Indianapolis will lead the lane pattern development program for the United States Bowling Congress, working with USBC tournament directors and Kegel, the official lane maintenance provider for USBC events, to set lane patterns for competitions. In addition to signature events such as the USBC Masters and USBC Queens, USBC handles tournament operations for the Professional Women s Bowling Association Tour, U.S. Open and U.S. Women s Open events, the Junior Gold Championships and the USA Bowling National Championship, which are supported by the Bowling Proprietors Association of America (BPAA) and USBC. I am truly honored to be trusted to assist with the creation of competitive bowling environments at these tremendous tournaments, Hoagland said. Lane patterns are such an essential element of these championship events and it will be exciting to work with USBC and Kegel to develop lane conditions that will allow bowlers to showcase their skills. Hoagland has been involved in bowling most of his life, and worked for the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) from as Manager of Consumer Programs. During that time, he was responsible for the launch of the PBA Animal lane patterns Nick has a wealth of knowledge about lane patterns and development, both as a tournament organizer and as a competitor, USBC Executive Director Chad Murphy said. He understands what it takes to provide competitors with fair and challenging lane conditions, and he will work closely with Kegel and USBC tournament directors to make it happen. Hoagland is the Chief Operating Officer/Chief People Officer for Indianapolis-based Backhaul Direct, LLC, a thirdparty logistics broker. I want to specifically thank Greg Harris, Dylan Murphy, and Steve Harman for the opportunity to serve the bowling community through this independent venture with USBC, Hoagland said. Through Hoosier Classic Charities, Inc., he has been involved in directing the THE BOWLING NEWS Thursday, June 9, 2016 Page 3 Junior Gold Sets Records, Announces Opening Ceremony Celebration ARLINGTON, Texas With the continued growth of the Junior Gold program, including another record-setting year for entries in the Junior Gold Championships presented by Storm, Roto Grip and Master, this year s championships in Indianapolis will kick off with two days of special events, including an opening ceremony celebration. Junior Gold membership reached an all-time high for the sixth consecutive year, with nearly 6,500 members, and spots sold for the Junior Gold Championships also hit a record high with more than 3,700. The Junior Gold program, overseen by the International Bowling Campus Youth Development team, surpassed the 6,000-membership mark last season with 6,200 members and had more than 3,400 youth bowlers qualify for the 2015 Junior Gold Championships. To accommodate the larger field, along with the families and fans who will attend this year s tournament, IBC Youth Development will have athlete registration and the trade show that annually opens the Junior Gold Championships at the 73,000-squre-foot Elements Blue Ribbon Pavilion at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. This year s tournament will have the largest trade show in the event s history, which will run Saturday, July 16, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. In addition to the trade show, we ll have outstanding presentations from some of the top coaches in the nation, IBC Youth Development Managing Director Gary Brown said. We want to make it a special day for the athletes and their families, and provide them the opportunity to learn more about the sport and what it takes to be successful on the lanes. The Storm Seminars will annual Hoosier Classic, a major collegiate event. In 2015, he received the Gordon Teigen Service Award, presented annually by the National Collegiate Bowling Coaches Association (NCBCA) to an individual in recognition of outstanding service to collegiate bowling. Hoagland has served as a director on the USBC Board of Directors, first earning election in 2008 and serving one three-year term. He has won a USBC Open Championships title (Regular Singles, 2001), and won collegiate rookie of the year and player of the year honors during his college bowling career at Indiana University ( ). feature USBC Gold coach Hank Boomershine s presentation titled The Time is NOW, and 2016 USBC Hall of Fame inductee Steve Kloempken will have a How to Build the Proper Arsenal seminar. Each seminar will be presented three times, as Saturday also will be a practice day for competitors, but space will be limited so those wishing to attend will need to register at BOWL.com/ Junior Gold under the Competitor s Guide tab. Storm also will host the Storm Day in The Park on Sunday from 2:30 p.m. until 6:30 p.m., a free event that will take place at White River State Park. On Sunday, the Junior Gold Championships Opening Ceremony will be held at Victory Field, the home of minor league baseball team Indianapolis Indians. During the last few years, the event has held a closing ceremony but not all bowlers remained by the tournament s end. The opening ceremony will include a state-by-state athlete walkout, along with 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 have live music, contests, giveaways, and appearances by special celebrity bowlers and will be topped off by a fireworks show. Junior Gold continues to grow and that s a great thing for bowling, USBC Executive Director Chad Murphy said. All six divisions this year are showing sustainable growth, which is a great indicator of where the program is headed. The local coordinators are driving the program to new heights and we certainly appreciate their passion and dedication. These kids are the future we continue to talk about and work for everyday, which makes it really fun to be a part of this outstanding Continued on Page Lebanon Road, Frisco, TX

4 Page 4 Thursday, June 9, 2016 THE BOWLING NEWS Youth Honor Roll JUNIOR GOLD Continued from Page 3 youth program. In 2016, CBS Sports Network will televise the boy and girls finals of each division (U12, U15 and U20) of the Junior Gold Championships presented by Storm, Roto Grip and Master. The finals will air as a five-week series, starting Tuesday, July 26, and will include the title matches of the U15 and U12 divisions at the inaugural USA Bowling National Championships. The first Junior Gold tournament, called the USA Junior Gold National Bowling Championships, was held in 1998 at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nev., and drew 538 participants. Go to BOWL.com/Junior- Gold to learn more about the Junior Gold program and the Junior Gold Championships. TEEN BOWLERS CIRCUIT Lane Laughter JUST PAYING ATTENTION Continued from Page 2 ############## Speaking of PBA XtraFrame, it was a real treat to watch PDW make history winning the Suncoast PBA Senior U.S Open for his fourth straight PBA50 win. Tom Baker had won three straight PBA50 tourneys in 2006, but even on the regular PBA tour, or as we saw Shawn Maldonado do here in the PBA Southwest Region last year, four straight professional wins is truly in rarefied air. What moniker is left to describe a man who is in every Hall of Fame he can be? Legend. At age 53, he is continuing to add to it. TOMMY JONES Continued from Page 1 shot in the 10th to hold off Troup. The deciding factor was t0 use the urethane ball to manage the demanding lane condition, a suggestion he got from roommate DJ Archer of Friendswood, Texas. I wouldn t have even tried the urethane ball if DJ hadn t suggested it, Jones said. I was just looking for something that would work on these lanes. I just didn t have good ball reaction doing anything else. I bowled 240 against Frankie and I got some pretty fortunate hits in that match. Then I figured urethane is what got me to the title match so I was going to ride it. The Downums Waste Services PBA Jonesboro Open was the third of 10 Xtra Frame PBA Tour events scheduled for The overall competition points winner for the exclusive Xtra Frame Tour will earn a $10,000 bonus. The next event in the series will be the Xtra Frame Continued on Page 8 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 Fountain Valley Open - Round 1 Qualifying Monday June 6 10:40 AM PBA50 Fountain Valley Open - Round 2 Qualifying Tuesday June 7 10:40 AM PBA50 Fountain Valley Open - Cashers Qualifying Wednesday June 8 10:10 AM PBA50 Fountain Valley Open - Round 1 Match Play Wednesday June 8 1:45 PM PBA50 Fountain Valley Open - Round 2 Match Play Wednesday June 8 4:45 PM PBA50 Fountain Valley Open - Stepladder Final Wednesday June 8 9:45 PM Pepsi PWBA Lincoln Open - Round 1 Qualifying Friday June 10 10:40 AM Pepsi PWBA Lincoln Open - Round 2 Qualifying Friday June 10 5:55 PM Pepsi PWBA Lincoln Open - Round 3 Qualifying Saturday June 11 8:10 AM Pepsi PWBA Lincoln Open - Match Play Saturday June 11 12:45 PM Pepsi PWBA Lincoln Open - Group Stepladders Saturday June 11 4:45 PM PBA50 Northern California Classic - Round 1 "A" Squad Qualifying Monday June 13 9:40 AM PBA50 Northern California Classic - Round 1 "B" Squad Qualifying Monday June 13 3:10 PM PBA50 Northern California Classic - Round 2 "B" Squad Qualifying Monday June 13 9:40 AM PBA50 Northern California Classic - Round 2 "A" Squad Qualifying Tuesday June 14 3:10 PM PBA50 Northern California Classic - Round 3 Cashers Qualifying Wednesday June 15 9:40 AM PBA50 Northern California Classic - Round 1 Match Play Wednesday June 15 12:45 PM PBA50 Northern California Classic - Round 2 Match Play Wednesday June 16 4:15 PM PBA50 Northern California Classic - Stepladder Final Wednesday June 16 8:15 PM PWBA Greater Detroit Open - Round 1 Qualifying Friday June 17 9:40 AM PWBA Greater Detroit Open - Round 2 Qualifying Friday June 17 4:55 PM PWBA Greater Detroit Open - Round 3 Qualifying Saturday June 18 7:10 AM PWBA Greater Detroit Open - Match Play Saturday June 18 1:45 PM PWBA Greater Detroit Open - Group Stepladders Saturday June 18 3:45 PM USBC bowl.tv YouTube Channel Friday June 10 7:00PM 10:00PM Former Wichita State Men's players Friday July 1 3:00 PM - 6:30 PM USBC Open - USBC HOFer Dave Husted (DS) Kameleon Sportswear BowlStreamtv (formerly michiganbowler.tv) (Available on livestream.com and BowlStreamtv.com) Friday June 10 Sunday June th Proprietors Cup Dayton, OH Friday July 8 Sunday July 10 Columbus Cup Columbus, OH Friday July 15 Sunday July 17

5 McEwan Grabs Top Seed for PWBA Wichita Open Finals WICHITA, Kansas Danielle McEwan of Stony Point, N.Y., was a slow starter during qualifying at the 2016 Professional Women s Bowling Association Wichita Open, but had no trouble in match play to earn the top seed at Northrock Lanes. McEwan averaged more than 257 during match play to claim the No. 1 seed for the TV finals, which will be taped June 26 at The Ashwaubenon Bowling Alley in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and air Tuesday, July 5 on CBS Sports Network. McEwan opened match play with games of 279, 268 and 276 for an 823 series, the first 800 series rolled by a PWBA player since the re-launch of the tour in The 24-year-old right-hander followed with 276, 233 and 211 for a six-game total of 1,543. McEwan, coming off a third-place finish at the 2016 United States Bowling Congress Queens, notched a 4-2 matchplay record in the Group B standings for a 5,590 pinfall total, which included 30 pins for each victory. This is the first time I ve Chris Johnson racked up a power-packed = 721 Ft. Worth Classic Trio series to take top honors for the week at Cowtown Bowling Palace. Amy Langham, Johnson s league mate, paced the ladies with a rousing = 699 set. At Plano Super Bowl Warren grabs 786, Mann flips 738 DePriest 299, Whitson 297 Mike Warren, from the Thursday Classic Trio league, pocketed power-laden = 786 numbers en route to earning high-set honors for the week at Plano Super Bowl. Cindy Mann, from the Friday Funsters group, posted a lofty = 738 set to lead the lady bowlers. Robert DePriest captured high-game accolades with a near-perfect 299 solo while Jake Whitson took runner-up honors with a 297 game. ever done something like that, said McEwan, who is a five-time Team USA member. I don t really shoot high games or high series or have big sets like that. I m more of a grinder who doesn t give away pins, who will occasionally pop a big game. That s usually my strength. I don t even have words to describe what was going through my head because I was in such shock. I was just bowling. Saturday s competition began with the 32 cashers bowling a six-game block to determine the top 12 players for round-robin match play. While Cassandra Leuthold of Lincoln, Nebraska, had the high pinfall total during the final qualifying round Saturday morning with 1,357, McEwan fired a 753 set in her final three games to take the No. 12 seed. I definitely thought I was out of the tournament three or four times, said McEwan, who won 2015 The Smithfield PWBA Tour Championship. The three qualifying blocks were the same for me because I went minus for the first three. At Cowtown Bowling Palace Johnson produces 300/721, Langham weaves 699 HONOR ROLL Cory Debolt , Sandra Groh , Joe Matthews 224, Keith Groh 222, Pat Currie 268, Ross DiCapo 266, Maury Newman , Jeremy Trubenstein Lina Choun , Adam Loviscek 244, Charles Brown 244, Kelly Ray , Heather Whitney , Kevin Roberts 279. HONOR ROLL Kathy Osborne , Dottie Culpon , Ted Lankford , Shemeddra Clark , George Vaughn , Dottie Culpon , Leo Fitzgerald , Norie Kempski Jake Whitson 711, Jessica Ford , Stephanie Calbert , Pat Neal , Patty Ellington , Al Locker , Linda Losker , Kevin Hiam Then, I went plus 100 or more during the back three. I had confidence in myself that I was going to figure it out and shoot a big last set. I went with a great ball suggestion that was perfect and I just went with it from there. Colombia native Maria Jose Rodriguez led Group A with a 5,480 pinfall total on the strength of a 4-2 match-play record to claim the No. 2 seed, and a guaranteed spot on the televised show. Shannon Pluhowsky of Dayton, Ohio, and Malaysia s Syaidatul Hamidi, advanced through the dual group stepladder finals as the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds. In the Group A stepladder, Latvia s Diana Zavjalova defeated Amanda Greene of Romney, West Virginia, In the final match, with her Team Malaysia teammates looking on, Hamidi tossed 12 consecutive strikes for a 300 game to down Zavjalova, I feel very satisfied with my game and all my hard work is paying off, said Hamidi. It was hard, but I was able to keep repeating shots. I m very satisfied and didn t expect at all to be in the final. In the Group B stepladder, Li Jane Sin, a teammate of Hamidi, defeated Kelly Kulick of Union, N.J., In the final match, Pluhowsky had her own run at perfection, starting with six consecutive strikes and rolled to a win over Sin. The match-play finalists were split into two six-player groups. Each group bowled six games of match play, including a final position round, to determine the top seeds and advancers to each group stepladder final. PWBA WICHITA OPEN At Northrock Lanes, Wichita, Kan. Saturday s results CASHERS ROUND (18-game totals, top 12 advance) 1, Diana Zavjalova, Latvia, 4,128. 2, Li Jane Sin, Malaysia, 4,105. 3, Maria Jose Rodriguez, Austin, Texas, 4,091. 4, Carolyn Dorin-Ballard, Keller, Texas, 4,051. 5, Syaidatul Hamidi, Malaysia, 4,024. 6, Kelly Kulick, Union, N.J., 4,012. 7, Cassandra Leuthold, Lincoln, Neb., 3,971. 8, Rocio Restrepo, Louisville, Ohio, 3,969. 9, Amanda Greene, Romney, W. Va., 3, , Shannon Pluhowsky, Dayton, Ohio, 3, , Ingellimar Beasley, Clarksville, Tenn., 3, , Danielle McEwan, Stony Point, N.Y., 3,927. GROUP A STEPLADDER Semifinal - Zavjalova def. Greene, (Greene finishes tied for seventh, $1,900). Final Hamidi def. Zavjalova, (Hamidi earns No. 4 seed for stepladder based on average; Zavjalova finishes tied for fifth, $2,100). GROUP B STEPLADDER Semifinal - Sin def. Kulick (Kulick finishes tied for seventh, $1,900). THE BOWLING NEWS Thursday, June 9, 2016 Page 5 Final Pluhowsky def. Sin (Pluhowsky earns No. 3 seed for stepladder based on average; Sin finishes tied for fifth, $2,100). TELEVISED STEPLADDER FINALS (Will be taped June 26; June 25 & 26, 2016 will air July 5 on CBS Sports Network) Match No. 1 Hamidi vs. Pluhowsky Match No. 2 Rodriguez vs. winner of Match 1 Final McEwan vs. Match No. 2 winner

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Funeral services for PBA Hall of Famer Ted Hoffman Jr., who died Monday at age 76, will be held on Monday, June 13, at 11 a.m. at St. Joan of Arc Church, 2601 San Ramon Valley Blvd., San Ramon, Calif. Cards or letters can be sent to Hoffman s wife: Marilynn Hoffman c/o Earl Anthony s Dublin Bowl, 6750 Regional St, Dublin, CA BOSOX BOWLING ENTHU- SIAST MOOKIE BETTS IS ON A TEAR Boston Red Sox right fielder Mookie Betts, who made his enthusiasm and talent for bowling known last fall when he participated in the GEICO PBA World Series of Bowling VII in Reno, is on a recordsetting tear with the American League Eastern Division leaders. Betts, Boston s lead-off hitter, made history over two games against the Baltimore Orioles Tuesday and Wednesday when he hit home runs in his first two plate appearances both nights a first in major league history. With a third home run Tuesday night, his total of five home runs in consecutive games by a lead-off hitter also made major league history. Betts, 23, is currently leading all major league lead-off hitters with 14 home runs and 42 RBIs. Just for the record, Betts has advised the PBA he wants to bowl in the World Series again this winter if he s invited It shouldn t be a problem. QUBICA AMF PBA RE- GIONAL UPDATE: MOHR, KRETZER WIN PRE-SENIOR U.S. OPEN TITLES Ron Mohr of North Las Vegas, Nev., and rookie Brian Kretzer of Dayton, Ohio, won PBA50 West Region titles in a pair of traditional Arizona stops prior to the start of the Suncoast PBA Senior U.S. Open in Las Vegas. Mohr, a two-time PBA50 Player of the Year, posted a match play record and BOWLER FRIENDLY PRO SHOPS & OTHER SERVICES David Reno Manager 5021 Lakeview Parkway Rowlett, TX Jimmy D Brown PBA Member Owner INSIDE ROWLETT BOWL-A-RAMA teninthepit@outlook.com a 4,894 pinfall total on Friday, May 27, to win $1,500 and his 17th career regional title in the PBA50 Miller High Life West Open at Starlite Lanes in Flagstaff. Mohr defeated Paul McCordic of Sugar Land, Texas, by four pins for his title. Two-days earlier, Kretzer, who made his PBA50 debut after turning 50 on May 20, earned his first PBA50 regional title in the PBA50 Lona King Saguaro West Open at Johnson Lanes in Sun City West. Kretzer posted a 12-4 match play record and a 5,666 pinfall total for a $4,000 first prize and a 42-pin margin of victory over Bob Learn Jr. of Erie, Pa. Matthew Tomsu from Omaha, Neb., had two firsts at the ninth annual PBA Junction City Bowl Southwest/Midwest Open presented by MOTIV at Junction City Bowl in Junction City, Kan., Sunday. The 15-year PBA member rolled his first PBA 300 game during the qualifying round and then pulled away from the field, securing his first QubicaAMF PBA Regional title with a victory over Tom Hess of Urbandale, Iowa, in the position round. Tomsu finished with a 21-game total of 5,175 pins, including match play bonus pins, to Hess 5,059. In addition to his $2,500 first prize, Tomsu also became eligible to enter the 2017 PBA Tournament of Champions. Closing out the June schedule of QubicaAMF PBA Regional events over the June weekend will be the Battle at Black Oak Casino West Open at Black Oak Lanes in Tuolumne, Calif.; the Pro Bowl West Center/Midwest Challenge presented by Columbia 300 in Fort Wayne, Ind., and the Xtra Frame Lubbock Sports PBA Open in Lubbock, Texas. For complete QubicaAMF PBA Regional schedules, rules and entry information, visit pba.com, open the schedules tab and click on QubicaAMF Regional Tours to find the event(s) in your area. For more information about QubicaAMF, visit www. qubicaamf.com or, for social media posts, visit QAMFSponsorship1. 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8 Page 8 Thursday, June 9, 2016 THE BOWLING NEWS WEBER Continued from Page 1 can do to win and that s the way it has been my entire career. Like I ve said many times, winning never gets old. Weber began the 2016 season with a fourth-place finish in the Pasco County Florida Open and then won the UnitedHealthcare Sun Bowl In The Villages, PBA50 Mooresville Ford Open and Johnny Petraglia BVL Open prior to winning the Senior U.S. Open. In the semi-final match, Sullins, who was recently inducted into the USBC Hall of Fame, defeated Brian Kretzer of Dayton, Ohio, making his PBA50 Tour debut, to advance to the final match. Sullins was trying for his fourth PBA50 Tour win and second major having won the 2009 PBA Senior World Championship. In the opening match, Sullins defeated PBA Hall of Famer Amleto Monacelli of Venezuela, , to advance to the semifinal. Monacelli, who won the Senior U.S. Open in 2012 and 2013, was trying to become the tournament s first three-time winner. Weber joined Monacelli, Baker and Wayne Webb as a two-time Senior U.S. Open winner, all of whom have won in successive years. Baker won his back to back in 2005 and 2006, and Webb in 2008 and Weber will try to make it five in a row when the PBA50 Tour heads to Fountain Valley, Calif. for the PBA50 Fountain Valley Open presented by Track June 5-8. The sixth stop of the 2016 PBA50 Tour season can be seen on PBA s online bowling channel Xtra Frame. For subscription and schedule information visit SUNCOAST PBA SENIOR U.S. OPEN PRESENTED BY 900 GLOBAL Suncoast Bowling Center, Las Vegas, Friday Final Standings: 1, Pete Weber, St. Ann., Mo., $10,000. 2, Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Twp., Mich., $6,000. 3, Brian Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio, $5,000. 4, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, $4,000. Playoff Results: Match One Sullins def. Monacelli, Semifinal Sullins def. Kretzer, Championship match Weber def. Sullins, SEVENTH ROUND RESULTS (42-game pinfall totals including bonus pins, match play record and money earned. Top four advanced to stepladder) 1, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 15-9, 10,109. 2, Brian Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio, 16-8, 9,836. 3, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 15-9, 9,818. 4, Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Twp., Mich., 12-12, 9,802. 5, n-mike Klosin, Windham, N.H., 16-8, 9,781, $3,500. 6, Andrew Frawley, Australia, 15-9, 9,734, $3,000. 7, Mike Edwards, Tulsa, Okla., ,693, $2,800. 8, Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 15-9, 9,686, $2,600. 9, Eric Forkel, Henderson, Nev., 12-12, 9,680, $2, , Ron Mohr, Las Vegas, 14-10, 9,671, $2, , Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 9-15, 9,591, $2, , Eddie Graham, Centerville, Ohio, 11-13, 9,566, $2, , Walter Ray Williams Jr., Oxford, Fla., 13-11, 9,535, $1, , Brian Voss, Centennial, Colo., , 9,527, $1, , Rick Steelsmith, Wichita, Kan., 10-14, 9,506, $1, , Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., , 9,386, $1, , Dave Arnold, Elk Grove, Calif., 13-11, 9,363, $1, , John Petraglia, Jackson, N.J., 11-13, 9,262, $1, , Tom Baker, King, N.C., 9-15, 9,261, $1, , n-mike Taylor, Las Vegas, 8-16, 9,052, $1,500. TOMMY JONES Continued from Page 4 PBA Lubbock Sports Open from South Plains Lanes in Lubbock, Texas, June 25-26, where a $20,000 first prize and a PBA Tour title will be at stake. DOWNUMS WASTE SER- VICES PBA JONESBORO OPEN presented by Xtra Frame Jonesboro Bowling Center, Jonesboro, Ark., Sunday Final Standings: 1, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., $15,000. 2, Kyle Troup, Taylorsville, N.C., $8,000. 3, Frankie Lavoie, Wichita, Kan., $4,000. 4, Connor Pickford, Charlotte, N.C., $2,500. Stepladder Results: Match One Jones def. Pickford, Semifinal Match Jones def. Lavoie, Championship Jones def. Troup, Final Match Play Standings (after 21 games, including match play bonus pins): 1, Troup, 4-4, 4,749. 2, Lavoie, 7-1, 4,738. 3, Pickford, 6-2, 4,688. 4, Jones, 5-3, 4,618. 5, EJ Tackett, Huntington, Ind., 3-5, 4,595, $1,500. 6, Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 3-5, 4,589, $1,300. 7, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., 4-4, 4,555, $1,150. 8, Scott Newell, Deland, Fla., 6-2, 4,551, $1,100. 9, Dick Allen, Columbia, S.C., 5-3, 4,494, $1, , DJ Archer, Friendswood, Texas, 6-2, 4,484, $1, , Brett Cunningham, Clay, N.Y., 3-5, 4,476, $ , Gary Faulkner, Memphis, Tenn., 2-6, 4,452, $ , Josh Blanchard, Mesa, Ariz., 5-3, 4,398, $ , Anthony Simonsen, Princeton, Texas, 1-7, 4,380, $ , Devin Bidwell, Wichita, Kan., 2-6, 4,356, $ , Mitch Beasley, Clarksville, Tenn., 2-6, 4,347, $700. Other Cashers (after 13 games): 17, n-grace Hall, Oklahoma City, Okla., 2,700, $ , Anthony Lavery-Spahr, Pasadena, Texas, 2,687, $ , Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 2,684, $ , Dino Castillo, Highland Village, Texas, 2,683, $ , Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 2,677, $ , Mike Wolfe, New Albany, Ind., 2,659, $ , n-jared Wolf, Jonesboro, Ark., 2,658, $ , Steven Arehart, Chesapeake, Va., 2,656, $ , n-justin Williams, Bartlett, Tenn., 2,654, $ , n-anthony Richmond, Memphis, Tenn., 2,645, $ , Jason Sterner, Cocoa, Fla., 2,642, $535. Bowl up to 4 times! 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