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Inside: 

Inaugural season for PBA 

League to debut 

NBA All-Star Chris Paul, NFL greats 

Jerome Bettis and Terrell Owens, 

actor/comedian Kevin Hart are first 

PBA League team owners. Page 2 

PBA League Team Rosters 

Team rosters are set for 

competition to debut in January. 

Page 4 

New USBC Open lane 

conditions 

USBC Open Championships will 

feature two lane conditions. Page 7 

Features 

Last Call w/Leisha 

By Leisha Murr Page 2 

Honor Roll Page 3 

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Cathey’s buy Ennis 

All Star Bowl 

By Tony Franklin, Publisher 

Lois Cathey, owner of Red 

Bird Lanes in Duncanville, has 

recently purchased Ennis All 

Star Bowl in Ennis. Cathey is 

the principal owner, with son, 

Billy Joe Cathey, being the 

Managing Partner of the new 

purchase. 

The Cathey clan has owned 

Red Bird Lanes for the last 40 

years but this is the first time 

they have ventured into the 

realm of running two centers. 

“I’ve kicked the idea around for 

a few years; to buy another one 

or build one, and things just 

fell into place this time,” said 

Billy Joe. 

Ennis All Star Bowl is a 

24-lane synthetic center with 

Brunswick A2 pinsetters. They 

have enough space for 32 lanes, 

but are planning to install laser 

tag and a redemption gaming 

area instead. “There’s not a lot 

for people in Ennis or Waxahachie 

to do, and especially not 

much for the kids to do, so we 

are going to focus on making it 

family-friendly. We are going to 

build the league play back up, 

but that will take some time,” 

added Cathey. 

Billy Joe, along with his 

girlfriend Lauren will run the 

center and plan to re-open in 

mid-December. The center was 

originally built in 1987 by the 

Skaggs family and closed in 

June of 2012, prior to the Cathey 

family buying it in September. 

“I’m excited, and mom’s 

excited. For now it’s cleaning, 

fixing the lanes and the 

machines to get them up and 

running good for our grandopening,” 

said Billy Joe. 

Busy in school and on 

the lanes 

By Kayla Endictott, Staff Writer 

Danielle Walker, a two-time 

Texas high school state champion 

was given a scholarship 

to Alabama State University in 

2011. She is now a sophomore 

at the university and life has 

been a little different from her 

home routine. “In high school, 

my parents were always there 

to motivate me, and wake me 

up in the morning. Now I have 

to wake myself up and get to 

class, and also keep track of 

my grades and assignments.” 

Walker says. She visits home 

about twice a year during 

Christmas and summer break. 

“The hardest thing to get past 

is being home sick. I miss my 

family a lot but I also have 

grandparents that live 3 hours 

away”. Danielle’s current major 

is recording technician but 

she’s in the process of switching 

to computer science. 

Danielle received the “Freshman 

of the Year” award from 

the SWAC conference last year, 

finishing the season with a 204 

average. “I’m shooting for player 

of the year this year” Danielle 

replied. While being able to 

travel the east coast, Danielle 

enjoys going to Daytona, 

Florida. “Last year coach let 

the team go to the mall and 

go-karting!” Danielle also had 

Danielle Walker 

a great day in Daytona last year 

at the Bethune-Cookman tournament 

where she shot a 289 

and was able to sign and keep 

the 10 pin she left. Although 

Alabama State is in the process 

of being sponsored, Walker 

enjoys throwing her Virtual 

Gravity Nano or Anarchy. When 

she isn’t bowling, she enjoys 

hanging out with her teammates 

and watching movies. 

This past weekend Alabama 

State had their first home tournament, 

allowing 6 teams to come 

and participate. For now, the fall 

season is over and school gets 

out the first week of December 

for Christmas break. The first 

match for spring season will be 

the Arkansas Invitational. 

Six elected to 

USBC Hall of Fame 

ARLINGTON — The United States 

Bowling Congress Hall of Fame Committee 

has elected six new members to the USBC 

Hall of Fame - four in Outstanding USBC 

Performance, one in the Veterans category 

and one in Meritorious Service. 

In the Outstanding USBC Performance 

category, the hall will welcome USBC 

Masters and USBC Open Championships 

titlist Rick Steelsmith of Wichita, Kan., 

USBC Women's Championships and USBC 

Senior Queens standout Shirley Levens of 

Titusville, Fla., and Sandra Postma of Lansing, 

Ill., one of only two women to win the 

USBC Queens and Senior Queens. The late 

Frank Santore of New York, a three-time 

eagle winner, was elected posthumously. 

Eight-time Professional Bowlers Association 

Tour winner and two-time Open 

Championships titlist Don McCune of Las 

Vegas will be inducted in the Veterans 

category, while longtime USBC Board 

member Tamoria Adams of High Point, 

N.C., is recognized in the Meritorious 

Service category for her lifetime of service 

to the sport. 

The induction ceremony will take place 

May 2 at the 2013 USBC Convention in 

Reno, Nev., and will include those elected 

from the national Superior Performance 

ballots. On the men's ballot are Steve Cook, 

Granite Bay, Calif.; Jason Couch, Clermont, 

Fla.; David Ozio, Beaumont, Texas; Danny 

Wiseman, Baltimore; Doug Kent, Newark, 

N.Y.; and Larry Laub, Lincoln, Calif. The 

women's ballot has one name - Lynda 

Barnes of Double Oak, Texas. 

Here's a look at each of the newly-elected 

bowlers: 

Rick Steelsmith 

A former Team USA member and collegiate 

national champion at Wichita State, 

Steelsmith was the player to beat in the 

late 1980s. The four-time All-American was 

the World Bowling Writers, International 

Bowling Media Association and Collegiate 

Bowler of the Year in 1987. He also claimed 

the USBC Masters title in 1987 and returned 

to the tournament lanes in 1988 to win 

Regular All-Events and Team All-Events at 

the Open Championships. 

Shirley Levens 

Levens owns three titles at the Women's 

Championships - Classic Doubles in 1982 

and back-to-back Classic Team titles in 

1993 and '94 - and has been dominant at 

the state and local level with 16 Florida 

Queens titles, 14 state championships and 

12 city-tournament wins. Her victories at 

the 2002 and 2005 Senior Queens made her 

the first player to win the event twice and 

helped her to four consecutive IBMA Senior 

Woman Bowler of the Year honors. 

Sandra Postma 

Postma won the Queens in 1995, but 

has had an even bigger impact at the senior 

level. She is the only three-time Senior 

Queens winner with titles in 2004, '06 and 

'08 and was the first of two bowlers in 

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Rick Steelsmith 

Shirley Levens 

Sandra Postma 

Frank Santore 

Don McCune 

Tamoria Adams

Page 2 | Thursday, November 15, 2012 | THE BOWLING NEWS 

By Leisha Murr 

I always shy away from 

discussing politics. You can 

debate political views for hours 

and never find a solution or 

common ground. So, this isn’t 

going to be about my political 

views or who got my vote for 

President this year. The point 

is, I voted, so I feel like I have 

the right to voice my opinion 

on the election process. 

At this year’s election only 

about 60% of the population 

cast their vote. Do American’s 

really not care who our 

President is, or do they just feel 

like their vote doesn’t matter? 

I think a lot of people feel 

that because of the way the 

Electoral College works that 

their votes don’t really count 

anyway. 

So, when you go to cast 

your vote for President, what 

you are really voting for are the 

electors who will cast the votes 

for your state. Each state has 

a specific numbers of electoral 

votes which correlates to the 

state’s population and number 

of Senators and Representatives. 

Every state has at least 

3 votes, but they vary all the 

way up to California who has 

the most votes at 55. Texas is 

the next highest at 38 electoral 

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get 33? The same thing happened 

in Texas, it was almost 

a 60/40 split from the voters, 

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At this year’s election I 

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since President Obama won 

both the Electoral votes which 

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Presidency and the nationwide 

popular vote as well. In all 

but a few years in our nation’s 

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I understand why the 

Electoral College was created. 

In 1787, there was a need for 

such a system. There were no 

organized national political 

parties back then to choose 

the candidates. Travel and 

communication was slow and 

difficult at that time. It would 

have been hard in those days 

to hold an election based solely 

on popular vote. Voters would 

have a difficult time getting 

to a polling place and would 

only know information about 

candidates from their areas. 

Now, the voters have access 

to every piece of information 

about all of the candidates 

at our fingertips. We can see 

every spoken word by each 

candidate every day on television 

or the internet. Candidates 

spend millions of dollars 

campaigning across America. 

They have nationally televised 

debates among the candidates. 

The only way Americans don’t 

have the information they need 

to decide who they want to run 

our country is if they choose to 

ignore the election. 

Now, every citizen has the 

opportunity to cast their vote. 

It seems like polling places are 

on every corner. Some are less 

than a few blocks from each 

other. It seems funny that the 

one at the school on the street 

that I live is not the polling 

place that I’m registered to vote 

at, mine is around the corner. 

If you can’t make it to your 

precinct on Election Day, you 

can vote by absentee ballot at a 

day and time that is convenient 

for you. Many people took the 

opportunity to vote early this 

year and skip the Election Day 

lines. You can either vote early 

in person or you can even mail 

in you ballot and avoid the 

lines all together. The troops 

and other Americans overseas 

can vote by absentee ballots, 

and two astronauts even voted 

from the space station this 

year. Because of Superstorm 

Sandy, voters in New Jersey 

were even allowed to vote by 

email or fax during this years’ 

election. 

My question is when do you 

think Congress will amend the 

constitution to allow the direct 

popular vote to determine the 

Presidency? We are in the 21st 

century and the Electoral College 

was formed based on 18th 

century thinking and needs 

for our country at that time. 

How many more Americans 

do you think would take their 

right as a citizen to vote for 

our leadership if every vote 

actually counted towards the 

winner? I think it would make 

a difference. What if we had 

online voting or an automated 

machine where you can swipe 

your drivers’ license on any 

corner and cast your vote; 

you don’t even have to find 

your precinct or wait in line? 

How many more do you think 

would vote if we could use 21st 

century technology to make the 

voting process even easier? 

Anyway, I voted and I hope 

you all did too! 

Inaugural season for Professional 

Bowling Association League to debut 

NBA All-Star Chris Paul, NFL greats Jerome Bettis and Terrell Owens, actor/ 

comedian Kevin Hart are first PBA League team owners 

SEATTLE — Los Angeles 

Clippers all-star point guard 

Chris Paul, former Super Bowl 

champion Pittsburgh Steelers 

running back Jerome Bettis, 

NFL all-star receiver Terrell 

Owens and actor/comedian 

Kevin Hart are the first celebrity 

owners in the inaugural 

season of the Professional 

Bowlers Association’s PBA 

League (PBAL). 

The League, which will 

feature eight teams of five PBA 

players each, will make its 

debut at Detroit's Thunderbowl 

Lanes in January. ESPN will 

televise five weeks of PBA 

League competition beginning 

Sunday, Jan. 27, plus the PBA 

League Elias Cup finals in April. 

The celebrity owners will not 

compete on the lanes as part of 

official PBA League competition. 

The teams will be made up 

solely from the world's best 

bowlers, PBA members chosen 

through a league draft which 

will be held Friday at 10 a.m. 

PT at South Point Bowling 

Center in Las Vegas, site of 

the GEICO PBA World Series 

of Bowling IV. The PBAL draft 

will be webcast live on the 

PBA's online bowling channel, 

Xtra Frame, on pba.com. 

Paul, who won a basketball 

gold medal in the London 

Olympic Games with Team 

USA and recently was featured 

on the cover of GQ magazine, 

has hosted the Chris Paul PBA 

Celebrity Invitational charity 

bowling event on ESPN the past 

four years benefitting his CP3 

Foundation. He said the new 

PBA League will bring added 

interest to professional bowling. 

"This is exciting for me and 

for the sport of bowling," said 

Paul. "I love PBA action, have 

enjoyed getting to know many of 

the top bowlers and look forward 

to my team competing for the 

first PBA League Elias Cup." 

During the London Olympics, 

Paul made his passion for 

bowling known when he went 

on his Twitter account to ask 

the world, "Why isn't bowling 

in the Olympics? It should be." 

Paul's Los Angeles-based 

team name has not been 

decided yet, but his team's 

franchise player will be 

five-time PBA champion Jason 

Belmonte of Australia. 

Each of the teams will have 

a designated franchise player 

from the top eight competitors 

on the 2011-12 PBA Tour competition 

points list. Belmonte's 

fellow franchise players are 

reigning Player of the Year 

Sean Rash, PBA Hall of Famers 

Pete Weber and Norm Duke, 

defending PBA World Champion 

Osku Palermaa, USBC 

Masters champion Mike Fagan, 

former U.S. Open champion Bill 

O'Neill and PBA Triple Crown 

winner Chris Barnes. 

Bettis, who grew up as a 

youth bowler in Detroit before 

going on to star at running 

back at Notre Dame and for the 

Steelers, was the first person 

inducted into the Celebrity Bowling 

Hall of Fame due to his long 

and varied support and participation 

in PBA and other bowling 

events. On the lanes, Bettis has a 

300 game to his credit. 

Bettis' team, the Motor City 

Muscle, will be at home in 

Detroit for the first PBAL event. 

Fagan is Bettis' franchise player. 

“I am excited to be partnering 

with the PBA and its new 

League. I feel this is a fantastic 

opportunity to be a owner of 

the Motor City Muscle," said 

Bettis, whose charitable organization 

The Bus Stops Here 

Foundation benefits youths. 

"Bowling fans not only get to 

see me but they also get to see 

Mike Fagan and some great 

team bowling. PBA fans deserve 

the best and this season we will 

give them the best and a chance 

to enjoy every moment." 

PBA Commissioner Tom 

Clark said it was fitting that 

Paul and Bettis were the first 

team owners to sign on in 

support of the PBAL, followed 

quickly by Owens and Hart. 

"Chris and Jerome have been 

great ambassadors for bowling 

for many years and bring a 

wealth of business acumen, 

laudable charitable efforts and 

winning personalities to the 

PBA," Clark said. "Plus, they 

are really good bowlers themselves. 

They love the game." 

Owens’ team will be the Dallas 

Strikers and his franchise 

player will be Norm Duke, 

who grew up in the Dallas area 

before moving to Florida. Duke 

has coached avid-bowler Owens 

on the lanes. Hart’s team will 

be the Philadelphia Hitmen and 

his franchise player will be Bill 

O’Neill who lives in nearby 

Langhorne, Pa. 

Other celebrity team owners, 

nicknames and franchise 

player designations will be 

announced soon. Details on the 

League structure, formats and 

PBA Detroit Winter Swing can 

be found on pba.com. 

Many of the celebrity team 

owners will have a chance to 

show off their bowling skills, 

alongside their franchise player 

counterparts, in the Chris Paul 

PBA League All Stars special event 

which will air on ESPN on Super 

Bowl Sunday, Feb. 3, at 4 p.m. ET. 

PBA CEO Geoff Reiss said 

the new League will improve 

the PBA's relationship with 

sponsors and fans. 

"Current and prospective 

corporate partners of the PBA 

will realize unique and valuable 

opportunities with the 

League," Reiss said. "Television 

audiences will see more PBA 

players compete in a team 

atmosphere and in a longer, 

two-hour time slot." 

While the PBA has been a 

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Men 

Joe Lopez, AMF Showplace Garland Lanes......... 847 

Willie Jackson, Jr., Brunswick Westcreek Lanes . 823 

Marlon Miller, Brunswick Zone Watauga .............. 816 

Bill Uthoff, Jr., AMF Spare Time Lanes ................. 813 

Rick Irvine, AMF Richardson Lanes ...................... 803 

E J Nenichka, AMF Showplace Euless Lanes ...... 802 

Neil Brady, AMF Lewisville Lanes ......................... 793 

Fred Agustus, BRC Thousand Oaks .................... 792 

Paul Smith, BRC Thousand Oaks ......................... 792 

Erik Williamson, AMF DeSoto Lanes .................... 781 

Jeff Torrieri, Cowtown Bowling Palace ................. 779 

Rocky Foster, Plano Super Bowl ........................... 773 

Greg Tucker, Plano Super Bowl ............................ 773 

Jimmie Smith, Forum Bowl .................................... 771 

Tony Boyd, Rowlett Bow-a-Rama .......................... 748 

Rick Irvine, Strikz ................................................... 710 

Frank Bell, Red Bird Lanes .................................... 696 

Women 

Helen Keith, BRC Thousand Oaks ........................ 767 

Wanda Parker, Forum Bowl ................................... 757 

Mandy Pezzano, AMF Showplace Garland ........... 740 

Amy Anderson, AMF Lewisville Lanes.................. 735 

Trina Ferguson, Plano Super Bowl ....................... 712 

Leisha Murr, Brunswick Westcreek Lanes............ 706 

Paula Atchison, AMF Showplace Euless Lanes ... 690 

Cindy McBride, AMF Richardson Lanes ............... 688 

Sherri Flannery, Brunswick Zone Watauga .......... 683 

Susan Lee, Rowlett Bowl-a-Rama ......................... 674 

Ginger Busocker, AMF Spare Time Lanes ............ 658 

Lindsey Megredy, Cowtown Bowling Palace........ 657 

Stacey Pride, AMF DeSoto Lanes ......................... 634 

Deborah Hodge, Red Bird Lanes .......................... 608 

Candy Torrey, Strikz ............................................... 586 

At Strikz 

Irvine racks up 710 

FRISCO – Rick Irvine posted 

a top-notch 279-207-224 = 710 

Strikerz series to head the honor 

roll for the week at Strikz. 

Candy Torrey paced the ladies 

with a fine 160-236-190 = 586 

Monday Mixerz set. 

HONOR ROLL 

Joesph Jimenez 227-628, Jennifer 

Blythe 210-546, Joe Rener 241-639, 

Craig Brown 233-601, Ken Seabolt 

237-652, Lewen Albritton 226-653, 

Nick Camp 269-706, Felice Ownings 

169-466. 

Cathy Eberly 199-554, Holly 

Stephens 147-417, Brad Hickmen 

At Red Bird Lanes 

Bell records 696, 

Hodge rolls 608 

Frank Bell racked up an 

estimable 245-223-228 = 696 

series in Sunday Night Mix action 

last week to take top billing on 

the honor roll at Red Bird Lanes. 

Deborah Hodge, from the 

Match Point Trio group, paced 

the ladies with a tidy 182-200-226 

= 608 set. 

HONOR ROLL 

Lesley Speaks 195-569, Lauren 

206-578, Elaine Bend 172-476, Mark 

Donnell 234-631, Jacque Sullins 141- 

358, Johnny Matusik 215-634, David 

Edwards 216-608. 

Denise Alexander 209-473, Charles 

Bowles 244-673, Stacy Grinstead 170- 

504, Chris Marino 238-654, Blanche 

Bowles 192-545, Don Levy 210-604, 

Debbie Colby 162-452, Clayton Colby 

234-686. 

Cathy Eberly 204-580, Dewayne 

Smith 224-601, Carrie Teetz 139- 

391, Scott Orofino 215-624, Deanna 

Goldsmith 169-484, Matt Robinson 

237-620. 

Daniel 199-584, Markie Landon 

253-669, Len Cline 247-660, Margaret 

Padgett 183-485, Carolyn Large 192- 

539, Alex Galeti 222-578, Jennifer 

Farrell 221-536. 

Dwight Moore 257-692, Rich 

Carlson 225-672, Vernon Underwood 

205-582, Charles Dillabough 237-684, 

Karen Strang 195-542, Larry Martin 

258-694, Lorrie Stangl 211-538, Ted 

Shaffer 234-627. 

Joe Lopez 

This week’s high male is Joe 

Lopez who shot 279-278-290 for 

an 847 series in the Tuesday 

Highrollers league at AMF 

Showplace-Garland Lanes. 

Joe would like to give a big 

shout-out to Chris Shipley. He’s 

been drilling his balls for the 

last couple of years and they’ve 

been working great. 

Where were you born? Fort 

Worth, TX 

What ball did you throw? 

The Roto Grip Infinite Theory 

Thoughts on the big series? I 

was really relaxed and was getting 

the ball off my hand clean. 

I had about five boards of area, 

and as long I kept it close it 

was in the pocket. I didn’t have 

to move my feet one board all 

night. 

What is your all-time favorite 

movie? Days of Thunder. I like 

cars and driving fast, things 

that get me in trouble. 

What is your favorite restaurant? 

Olive Garden; the Tour of 

Italy just gets me going. 

Where did you take your 

best vacation? I haven’t taken 

a whole lot of vacations, but I 

would have to say Las Vegas. 

Most of the time I spend my 

vacations bowling. 

What is your favorite song 

of all time? Shinedown is my 

favorite band right now. 

What’s the best advice you’ve 

ever received? Don’t let your 

mind get in the way. Don’t 

over-think the situation. Follow 

your gut and your instinct and 

things will work out. 

If you were the commissioner 

of all things bowling for 

a day what would you change? 

I would probably make the 

house shots tougher. I would 

like to make it like it was in 

the old days, where the equipment 

didn’t help out so much 

and scores meant something. 

Favorite hobby besides bowling? 

Football. I played football 

growing up and I love watching 

it. Anytime I can get out in 

the yard and play, I will do it. 

Alice Edwards 244-581, Pete 

Silva 217-579, Ramona Boyd 174-510, 

Terry Harris 196-535, Brenda James 

170-486, Misty Morelock 200-551, 

Bennie Milligan 191-520, Cindy Howell 

208-546. 

Ted Shaffer 207-588, Carolyn Large 

174-509. 

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team competition in January 

LAS VEGAS — Left-hander 

Rhino Page of Dade City, 

Fla., the Professional Bowlers 

Association’s 2008-09 Rookie 

of Year, was the top selection 

in the inaugural PBA League 

Draft held Friday at South Point 

Bowling Center. The historic 

PBA League, consisting of eight 

five-player teams of PBA stars, 

will make its debut Jan. 19-27 

at Thunderbowl Lanes in Allen 

Park, Mich. 

Page, a three-time PBA Tour 

titlist and a finalist in the 2012 

PBA World Championship, 

was selected by PBA Hall of 

Famer Norm Duke, one of the 

eight Franchise Players who 

will head the PBAL teams. The 

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Tony Boyd compiled a 

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Thursday Funfours league set to 

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Bowl-a-Rama. 

Susan Lee led the ladies with 

a lofty 236-243-195 = 674 Sunday 

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Larry Lee 237-673, Ella Oliver 

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Franchise Players were the top 

players in competition points 

during the 2011-12 PBA Tour 

season. Duke won the first pick 

in a PBA Draft Lottery held 

earlier during the GEICO PBA 

World Series of Bowling. 

“I’m really happy,” Duke 

said. “I had been studying the 

list even before I got to Las 

Vegas, and I got everyone I 

wanted. You have to realize 

after I picked Rhino, I wasn’t 

going to have access to some 

of the other high-profile guys, 

but I got five bulldogs and I’m 

elated.” 

The draft was conducted in 

a serpentine fashion, whereby 

once the eight players selected 

Clark 166-471, Chris Palas 225-628, 

Gaye Rasmussen 171-429, Larry Lee 

257-699, Julie Nelson 235-604, Susan 

Lee 215-608. 

Freddie Wearien (2 games) 221-430, 

Teresa Abell (2 games) 167-314. 

SENIORS 

Jim Boshart (2 games) 200-396, 

Myra Lovell (2 games) 150-297, Rodney 

Savole 233-656, Louise Garner 214-585, 

Jim Ritchie (no tap) 258-735, Linda 

Small (no tap) 209-563. 

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their first picks, the draft order 

was reversed for each subsequent 

round. For example, 

Finland’s Osku Palermaa, 

who picked eighth in the first 

round, then picked first in 

the second round. Each team 

consists of five players plus a 

supplemental pick who will 

only enter the competition if 

a roster player is unable to 

perform. 

PBA Hall of Famer Pete 

Weber of St. Ann., Mo., drafted 

second, and his first pick was 

13-time PBA Tour titlist Tommy 

Jones of Simpsonville, S.C. 

“My first pick wasn’t going 

to be anyone else,” Weber said, 

“and after that, Tommy and I 

together talked over the guys 

we wanted to pick. Our sleeper 

is (former Wichita State University 

star John) Szczerbinski 

(of North Tonawanda, N.Y.), 

but he’ll be all right. I’m just 

looking forward to seeing my 

team on TV.” 

Bill O’Neill of Langhorne, 

Pa., picked third. 

“I’m very happy,” O’Neill 

said. “There were a few guys 

I had high on my list who I 

didn’t think would be there, 

but there they were.” 

Australia’s Jason Belmonte 

was No. 4 in the draft order. 

“I have a really wellbalanced 

team. Everyone has 

TV experience, everyone has 

big-time tournament experience,” 

he said. “Walking into 

(Thunderbowl), I know everyone 

is going to be prepared. 

I’m really happy with my third 

pick, Parker Bohn III. He’s a 

proven champion. He’s going 

to give 110 percent, and I know 

he has something to prove.” 

Mike Fagan of Dallas followed 

Belmonte. 

“I feel really good about our 

team. We don’t have any weak 

links,” Fagan said. “I wasn’t 

too concerned about having 

one superstar; I was looking 

more at the composite of our 

group.” 

Reigning PBA Player of the 

Year Sean Rash of Montgomery, 

Ill., also was pleased. 

“I got one of the best lefties 

on tour (Ryan Ciminelli of 

Cheektowaga, N.Y.) Ryan 

Shafer is a proven champion. 

I got the greatest player of 

all-time (47-time PBA Tour 

champion Walter Ray Williams 

Jr. of Ocala, Fla.) I looked into 

who has bowled well currently 

and at Thunderbowl (in 2009) 

and team chemistry as well.” 

No. 7 Chris Barnes of 

Double Oak, Texas, said, “I feel 

great about my team. Everyone 

I drafted was in the top 25 in 

points last year. They all have 

the ability to play straight or 

hook the ball. With the exception 

of me, they’re all young. 

They are all team players. I 

didn’t think (first pick) Dom 

(Barrett of England) would get 

to me, and I certainly didn’t 

think (fellow Englishman) 

Stu (Williams) would still 

be on the board. I have no 

complaints.” 

Palermaa, who has extensive 

international experience, 

picked Sweden’s Martin Larsen 

and Canada’s Dan MacLelland 

with his back-to-back picks. 

“The best guys were going to 

go first, but I’ve got a versatile 

team. That’s what you have to 

go for.” 

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Torrieri jams 779, 

Megredy tosses 657 

Smith, Jr. 300 

Jeff Torrieri dominated 

scoring last week at Cowtown 

Bowling Palace by posting a 

power-packed 258-245-276 = 779 

Senior Stars series. 

Lindsey Megredy earned 

fem scoring honors with an 

outstanding 215-234-208 = 657 

Monday Mixers set. 

Vernon Smith, Jr. earned 

high-game honors with an awardwinning 

12-bagger. 

HONOR ROLL 

Duane Skinner 234-602, Carmen 

Nason 181-488, Michael Johnson 221- 

627, Randy Cross, Sr. 220-647, David 

Poe 268-709, Tony Edwards 262-685, 

Amanda Couch 211, Onil Llagas 235, 

Genni Barnes 206. 

Jim Sapey 257-691, Clint Barton 

256, Scott Teel 269-742, Rosemary 

Brown 198-545, Teofilo Hernandez 

concept, including celebrity 

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the week with five ESPN television 

shows including a live 

telecast of PBA League Round 1 

on Sunday, Jan. 27. Subsequent 

shows will be taped to air on 

Feb. 10, Feb. 17, March 3 and 

March 24. 

The team championship 

will be decided during the 

PBA League Elias Cup Finals, 

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264, James Pugh 259, Terry Quinley, 

Jr. 258-725, Frankie Mata, Jr. 236-640, 

Jeff Waits 233-616. 

Ryan Boroff (4 games) 279-969, 

James Coggins 269, Taylor Coggins (4 

games) 269-938, Theodis James, Jr. 

246-650, Rene Miller 203-561, Brian 

Cope 246-624, David Pruitt 236-654. 

Michael Williams 265-736, Mary 

Ann Darr 178-448, Michael Johnson 

246-670, Mike Moore 246. 

SENIORS 

Gary Kryder 246, Wanda Eads 

199-553, John Hunt 224, Diane Fleck 

191, Jerry Densmore 223, Neva House 

191-521, Ken Knowles 223-618, John 

Lower 245, Karen Wittenberg 193, 

Randy Biel 239. 

Frank Phillips 625, John Ferrell 

256-657, Wanda Eads 191-536, Mike 

Moschella, Sr. 246-656, Ken Knowles 

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Fort Worth USBC Youth Results 

Adam Beasley led the Fort 

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with a strong 267-205-211 = 683 

Generations Gap series at Cowtown 

Bowling Palace. 

Deidra Juetten led the girls 

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Wonders set at AMF Showplace 

Euless Lanes. 

At AMF Showplace Euless Lanes 

– Tate Taylor 226-640, Zach Ballas 

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Lopez 172-456, Jakob Stahrfisher 

88-225, Destiny Velez 236-570, Alexa 

Veigel 198-519, Victoria Hylton 175-407, 

Taylor Wood 123-363. 

At AMF Spare Time Lanes – Scott 

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Chase Storinge 115-196, Amiah Johunkin 

116-223, Colin Robben 125-281, 

Tara Spridco 111-306. 

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Kamari Wine 222-625, Tore Freeman 

184-422, Kevin Williams 112-314, Katie 

Hamlin 127-343, Casey Tibbs 170-455, 

Katarina Korn 121-349, Devin Moore 

83-230, Megan McDuff 108-295, Chance 

Moore 153-407, Barrett Danelski 196- 

465, Chandler Mayfield 181-467, Jared 

Nichols 197-531, Dylan Morris 180-457, 

Teddy Nelson 138-359, Brendan Gentry 

114-235, Cody Owens 93-250. 

At Brunswick Zone Watauga – 

Marcelino Negrete 245-639, Vanessa 

Vasquez 227-535, Mac Asbury 316, 

Gloriann Lewis 239, Chris Sears 360, 

Reynalda Contreras 381, Alex Negrete 

566, Alexis Larue 269, Connor Strehlow 

604, Madelyn Rogers 474. 

At Cowtown Bowling Palace – Shyanne 

Johnson 230-592, Roger Douthit, 

Jr. 214-607, Adam Beasley 212-535, 

Brittney Martin 178-521, Errol Bostic, 

Jr. 79-158, Gianna Rodman 73-142, 

Laura Collins 43-84, Connor Fleming 

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Swift 199-374, Bethany Jones 114-304, 

Dannyella Hochstine 151-411, Nathan 

Runthrough 234-612, Randy Cross, Jr. 

223-585, Daniel Christopher 184-312, 

Bethany Jones 140-207, Daniel Garcia 

101-165. 

At Forum Bowl – Dane Wehr 

105-184, Ananiah Williams 95-186, 

Hamilton Joseph 88-173, Melodi 

Dixon 86-167, Zach Jennings 194-524, 

Katelynn Correll 195-532, David Carter 

192-494, Lexey Hilker 189-475, Dylan 

Rogers 175-465, Amaya Boyles 154-386, 

Brandon Shirley 226-618, Kristin Hilker 

174-491, Dillon Braudrick 602, Shelbie 

Goad 169-462. 

Dallas USBC 

Youth Scores 

Anthony Simonsen headed the 

Dallas-area USBC youth bowling 

last week with a hard-hitting 

289-287-266 = 842 Showstoppers 

series at Plano Super Bowl. 

Kaylea Norman, Simonsen’s 

league mate, led the girls with a 

sparkling 162-266-220 = 648 set. 

At AMF Lewisville Lanes – Dawson 

Byrd 120-322, DeVesia Bland 71-200, 

Gannon Takayesu 194-488, Zhanna 

Miller 127-350, Chance DeFoe 296-723, 

Jill Helbig 234-609. 

At AMF Showplace Garland 

Lanes – Dakota Boyette 278-736, 

Darian Moore 174-487, Jose Chapa 

76-144, Mariah Miller 68-132, Amare 

Miller 166-426, Trinity Garcia 147-406, 

Kishjuan Busby 180-503, Chelsea Bell 

174-473. 

At Plano Super Bowl – Cordell 

Reedy 148-404, Emma Johnson 83- 

227, Aidan Hudson 158-448, Jasmine 

Cintora 124-318, Cameron McEnany 

148-369, Miranda Webb 115-321, 

Anthony Ellis 164, Katelyn Elliston 

124-319, D’Ontae Rhone 252-684, Shana 

Geerdes 230-617, Drew Claus 258-707, 

Kimmi Klein 193-517, Caleb Ball 

86-236, Meredith Cummings 144-406, 

Trey Bevels 159-397, Hailey Keister 181- 

482, John Paul Adams 246-608, Hope 

Gramly 214-524 Nate Leiter 220-632, 

Shana Geerdes 213-593, Clay Adams 

(4 games) 246-607, Ashley Hathaway 

(4 games) 177-489, Sheldon Fulton 

(4 games) 234-585, Shana Geerdes 

(4 games) 187-521, Sammy Woodfill 

(2 games) 81-150, Evelyn Jacobs (2 

games) 81-157. 

At Red Bird Lanes – Kaylee Hancock 

195-562, David Green 173-485, 

Zackary McGlothin 98-183, Taylor 

McCaleb 153-384, Katie Gutierrez 106- 

274, Tristan Williams 141-234, Morgan 

Dixon 125-239. 

At Strikz – Joey Skiba 124-337, 

Kailee Phillips 100-295. 

Area USBC 

Youth Scores 

Dylan Brown headed the 

Southwest-area USBC youth 

bowling last week with a skyhigh 

265-229-215 = 709 Scholarship 

series at BRC Thousand 

Oaks. 

Jeanette Van Gundy, Brown’s 

league mate, led the gals with a 

rollicking 233-219-246 = 698 set. 

At BRC Thousand Oaks, San 

Antonio – Adam Kessler 246-700, 

Sydney Barren 248-668. 

New Youth Bowling 

Concepts Unveiled 

ARLINGTON — "We are 

excited to see the USA Bowling 

model picking up steam 

through organizations such as 

Strike Force Youth Bowling and 

Saturday Minors," said Chad 

Murphy, International Bowling 

Campus Managing Director of 

Youth. "While it's not branded 

USA Bowling, they 

have taken the most 

important elements 

of the program to 

create something 

that works for 

them." 

Detroit's 

program, in association 

with 

Community Bowling Centers 

and BowlDetroit.com is unique 

in its administration, scoring 

system, and cutting edge 

format. Scoring is different 

from most other youth bowling 

programs in that teams only 

receive points for games won 

(no "bonus" points for totals) 

and there are no handicaps. 

The new program also used a 

system similar in nature to the 

pro sport draft to create teams. 

The new Elite Youth Travel 

Bowling Club travels to different 

bowling centers each week 

where they receive a lesson 

given by the Strike Force Team 

followed by three games of 

bowling competition. 

To insure parental involvement 

in the program, a Competition 

Committee composed 

of parents and athletes was 

established to create synergy 

and credibility for the program. 

Bill Reynolds, a longtime supporter 

of youth travel bowling 

in the Metro Detroit area is the 

first Competition Director for 

this new concept. 

Lane Laughter 

"Our mission is to bridge 

the gap between parent and 

athlete, to enhance communication, 

and develop ideas for 

the betterment of the club," 

said Roger Philipi, Community 

Bowling Centers (Mich.), 

Strike Force youth chairman. 

"In addition to providing a 

great competitive 

experience for the 

youth, the program 

encourages kids to 

move on after high 

school to participate 

in collegiate 

bowling." 

Saturday Minors, 

headed by Commissioner 

Mike LaCroix, has teams 

of 4-5 players and offers two 

divisions - 11 and under (Minor 

division), and 13 and older 

(Major division), with 12 year 

olds placed in the appropriate 

age division based on skill 

level. Practices are conducted 

by volunteer coaches Saturday 

mornings before competition. 

Minor division players bowl 

two individual games and team 

baker games. In the Major 

division, players will bowl 

three individual games and 

team baker games. Points are 

awarded and scoring is based 

on total pin fall (no handicap). 

In 2013 Strike Force Youth 

and Community Bowling Centers 

will be hosting the USBC 

Junior Gold Tournament, the 

USBC Youth Open Championships, 

and the NCAA Women's 

Bowling Championship. 

For more information about 

the Detroit model, contact Bill 

Reynolds at 248-761-6128. 

For more information about 

the Baton Rouge model, contact 

Mike LaCroix at 225-924-0124.

New feature for USBC 

Open lane conditions 

ARLINGTON — For the first 

time in 110 years of tournament 

history, the United States 

Bowling Congress Open Championships 

will feature two lane 

conditions - one oil pattern for 

team competition and another 

for doubles and singles. 

A new daily schedule will 

be introduced at the 2013 event 

to allow for the lanes to be 

oiled before every squad. The 

change creates the opportunity 

to use two different lane 

conditions. 

"We've worked hard to find 

a way to have fresh oil for 

every squad because it gives 

everyone an equal starting 

point, and having two lane 

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predominantly individual-achievement 

sports association, team 

bowling has a great history and 

future in the game. Most of the 

two million United States Bowling 

Congress certified league bowlers 

compete in a team environment in 

more than 4,000 Bowling Proprietors’ 

Association of Americamember 

bowling centers. 

"The famed 1950s Budweiser 

teams with Don Carter and Dick 

Weber set standards for excellence 

in sports," Reiss said. "Today, 

high school and collegiate 

bowling are on the rise, with the 

next generation comfortable with 

teamwork on the lanes." 

The PBA World Series 

of Bowling and PBA World 

Championship, PBA Tournament 

of Champions, U.S. Open, 

USBC Masters, the World 

Tenpin Bowling Association’s 

PBA International Tour series 

and other PBA events including 

its regional and PBA50 Tours 

will continue to highlight 

individual players. 

Full information on digital 

and television coverage of the 

PBA League, including qualifying 

rounds of League action to 

be webcast on pba.com’s Xtra 

Frame video streaming service, 

will be announced soon. 

Jimmie Smith’s first rate 236- 

256-279 = 771 Crusaders session 

ended as the number-one set for 

the week at Forum Bowl. 

Wanda Parker took top honors 

for the ladies with a tip-top 234- 

224-299 = 757 Fast Lane Trio set. 

Mike Newton’s awardwinning 

12-bagger earned highgame 

honors. 

conditions really will test the 

bowlers' versatility," said Brian 

Lewis, USBC's Managing Director 

of Tournaments. "The Open 

Championships is the premier 

event for USBC members, and 

it's our goal to provide an 

environment that reflects that." 

In order to make fresh oil 

for every squad possible, six 

bowlers will be on each pair of 

lanes for doubles and singles, 

compared to four in the past. 

To keep the pace of play 

steady, all six games of doubles 

and singles will be contested 

on the same pair of lanes. In 

the past, competitors would 

bowl doubles then flip to an 

adjacent pair for singles. 

Team squads will be held 

at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. each day, 

and doubles/singles squads 

will take place at 7 a.m., 

11 a.m. and 10:30 p.m. The 

tournament will be held at the 

one-of-a-kind National Bowling 

Stadium from March 1 until 

June 30. 

Storm Bowlers Journal 

Championships will utilize 

doubles and singles pattern 

Bowlers interested in getting 

a sneak peek of the doubles 

Marlon Miller won the battle 

for top billing last week at 

Brunswick Zone Watauga with 

power-laden 288/816 numbers 

in Ballard’s Invitational league 

action. 

Shawn Bailey finished close 

behind Miller with an awardwinning 

801 High Points series. 

Sherri Flannery, Miller’s 

league mate, paced the ladies 

scoring race with a rollicking 

247/683 set. 

HONOR ROLL 

Gary Hamilton 691, Sue Condotta 

575, Jeff Brace 678, Kathleen LeCroy 

At Forum Bowl 

Smith topples 771, 

Parker collects 299/757 

Newton 300 

HONOR ROLL 

Ira Basset 226-648, Elsie Allen 

209-525, Mark Neville (9 pin) 300-746, 

Dottie Robbins (9 pin) 252-736, Glenda 

Nelson 189-500, Jeanne Hester 202-533, 

Michael Herr 256-695, Marissa Neville 

201-571. 

Russell Corwin (9 pin, 4 games) 

300-1119, Holly Beers (9 pin, 4 

games) 254-825, ken Degner 221-581, 

and singles lane condition 

can do so by competing in the 

Storm Bowlers Journal Championships 

presented by USBC. 

For the first time, the Bowlers 

Journal Championships will 

be held in the same venue as 

the Open Championships, and 

the 2013 edition of the BJ will 

utilize the doubles and singles 

oil pattern from the main 

tournament. 

The Bowlers Journal 

Championships, which has 

complemented the Open 

Championships for more than 

six decades, will be held on the 

high end of the 78-lane NBS. 

The 2013 edition of the 

Bowlers Journal Championships 

will feature: 

* Lower entry fees 

* A new three-game format 

* Extended hours 

* Traditional and senior singles 

and doubles competition 

* Return of the 199 & Under 

Handicap Singles as well as 

a new Women's Handicap 

Doubles 

* All new Super Senior Singles 

(for bowlers 60 and older) 

* Instant Payback and jackpots 

Team-event lane condition 

will be available on 900 Global 

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Bowlers looking to practice 

on the lane condition that will 

be used for the team event at 

the 2013 Open Championships 

can do so on the 900 Global 

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At Brunswick Zone Watauga 

Miller racks up 816, 

Flannery fires 683 

Bailey 801 

549, Patrick Adams 752, Sandy Dooley 

247-641, Tim Laird 646, Jennifer 

Brautigan 422, Joe Greise, Jr. 668, 

Kim Le 521. 

Steve Slawinski 542, Lachaunda 

Larue 377, Don Bodle 649, Ginnette 

Patzer 577, Jeff Brace 726, Ashley 

Hannah 587, Shawn Stroer (4 games) 

841, Deb French 499, Chris Grindstaff 

668. 

Jen Skrodzki 588, Mellonee Buckley 

559, Tim Douthit 597, Jennifer Douthit 

386. 

SENIORS 

Jimmy Hill 656, Ann Kirkland 493, 

Jimmy Hill 651, Robin Moultrie 553. 

Jenny Hartwig 169-500, Rodney 

Henderson 227-673, Lori Gillespy 

223-631. 

Marvin Sitts, Jr. 269-683, Lisa 

Girton 222-612, Gary Painter 246- 

687, Lisa Cheek 189-540, Robair Ross 

(4 games) 279-982, Wanda Parker (4 

games) 956, Charles Burton 233-673, 

Annie Akanni 193-554. 

Billy Mills, Jr. 662, Karen Hoyle 

223-602, Chuck Pauley 256-644, 

Robbi Pauley 185-534, Robert Taylor 

249-714, Kristal Canales 211-529, 

Dre Sisvath 245-699, Leritha Pride 

245-707, Walt Walton 267-702. 

Fran Gonzalez 230-648, Steve 

Cotter 255-689, Amber Correll 

197-468, Jeremy Allen 288-719, 

Patty Roane 244-566. 


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PBA Chameleon Finals 

Australia’s Belmonte Paces Field 

Ageless Williams, attorney Norton, Bahrain’s Abdulla advance 

LAS VEGAS — Australian 

two-handed star Jason Belmonte, 

ageless Walter Ray Williams 

Jr. of Ocala, Fla.; California 

attorney Scott Norton and Bahrain’s 

Fawaz Abdulla advanced 

to the stepladder finals of the 

Professional Bowlers Association’s 

Chameleon Championship 

at South Point Bowling 

Center Monday. 

In the third of four “animal 

pattern” championships that 

make up the qualifying portion 

of the PBA World Championship, 

Belmonte posted a 

14-game total of 3,462 pins to 

claim the top berth in Sunday’s 

stepladder finals by 29 pins 

over the 53-year-old Williams, 

the all-time leader in PBA Tour 

titles with 47 victories. 

Norton, who won his only 

title in the 2010 Chameleon 

Championship, qualified third 

with a 3,399 total and Abdulla, 

the first player from Bahrain to 

ever qualify for a PBA television 

final, advanced from sixth 

place in the final game to claim 

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series. 

Ginger Busocker was high for 

the ladies with a blistering 221- 

190-245 = 658 Sundowners set. 

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Mickey Newman 169-474, Sean 

Garrett 279, Sonya Little 236, Robert 

Jones 736, Kara Congi 600, Ken Martin 

279-671, Peggy Moore 196, Gayle Brice 

552, Bobby Gilley 212-541, Janet Bewley 

162-417. 

At AMF Richardson 

Irvine crushes 803, 

McBride snags 688 

Stephens, Wallace 300 

Rick Irvine pocketed prime 

257-278-268 = 803 numbers in 

Classic Trios action to lead the 

scoring contest for the week at 

AMF Richardson Lanes. 

Cindy McBride, from the 

XXXX Rated group, rolled a riproaring 

234-220-234 = 688 set 

to lead the lady bowlers. 

Jim Stephens and Brian 

Wallace shared high-game 

honors as each registered awardwinning 

12-baggers. 

HONOR ROLL 

Ray Beall 223-552, Carolyn Burk 

199-492, Wade Whitney 261-765, Ted 

Pritts 263-722, Larae Pritchard 188-504, 

Jason James 268-742, Sandi Joseph 

the fourth spot in the TV field 

with 3,333. 

Belmonte, who won three of 

his five career PBA Tour titles 

during the 2011 PBA World Series 

of Bowling, made his first 

stepladder final in this year’s 

World Series after finishing 

23rd in the Alka Seltzer Plus 

Cold Cheetah Championship 

Saturday and 25th in the Viper 

Championship Sunday. 

“I like to be on TV and I like 

to be No. 1,” Belmonte said. 

“Every day is so different, 

so you just have to let go of 

what happened the day before. 

I was kind of bummed with the 

way I bowled on the Cheetah 

pattern. The Viper isn’t one of 

my favorites, but today I came 

in as though this was the first 

day of the tournament, and 

that’s the way I bowled. 

“There was a lot of friction 

on the lanes today. Everyone 

moved in and with my speed 

and rev rate, it played right into 

my game plan. I got off to a 

great start tonight (278), but in 

Wes Simmons 178, Rocky Vasquez 

178, Stephanie Vasilio 146-404, Dennis 

Moore 497, Brad West 285, Tamara 

Hamilton 235, Ken Martin 725, Kara 

Congi 633, Peggy Ford 190, Susan 

Klocinski 483. 

Linda Williamson 192-512, Judy 

Haas 517, Brad Morrissette 244-617, 

Tammy Lindner 184-532, Jason 

Milligan 289, Bill Holland, Jr. 233-636, 

Regina Taddy 228-602, Lance Davis 

269, Ricky Reese 690. 

Michael Wood 206-552, Meggan 

Geeo 188-405. 

205-599, Bob Willingham 258-638, 

Carolyn Burk 178-471. Keith Decker 

225-609, Elynn Boss 210-602, Kevin 

Matzko 269-731, Debbie Painter 182- 

523, Ben Hassan 221-613, Amber Zerbe 

161-403, Jennifer Hayes 257-683, Mike 

Chambers 267-652. 

Roberta Green 187-492, Wes Wade 

237-650, Michelle Lee 247-627, Greg 

Alexander 247-644, Alice McManus 

164-465, Cory Dollard 247-705, Tabitha 

Bogard 141-345, Bill North 246-614. 

Sandee Lowe 150-445, Ron Yoshida 

250-719, Sandy Miller 236-670, Alex 

Rivera 279-699, Heather Gesino 227- 

668, John Daugherty 234-649, Lisa 

Sturm 183-457, Ryan Burch 225-639, 

Lynda Jobe 177-513. 

the second game, I realized the 

lanes were changing, so I made 

a ball change that worked and 

I never looked back.” 

Williams, who saw a string 

of 26 consecutive years with at 

least one television appearance 

end last season, held the lead 

through 12 games before Belmonte 

overtook him. But it was a 

great comeback after a less-thanstellar 

start to the World Series 

in the two previous events. 

“After yesterday I was thinking 

I shouldn’t be bowling 

here,” the PBA Hall of Famer 

said. “But today I was able to 

do what I like to do – throw 

it nice and firm, get a good 

reaction, and I actually threw 

the ball pretty well. And I got 

some pin carry. 

“I’d like to think I’m still 

competitive, but it’s a matter 

of doing the right things 

on the lanes,” Williams 

added. “Yesterday (in the Viper 

Championship) I didn’t; today 

I did. I still have to shoot a 

lot tomorrow (in the Bowlers 

Journal Scorpion Championship) 

to sneak into top 24 (the 

match play field for PBA World 

Championship is based on 32 

games – eight games in each of 

four “animal pattern” events), 

but it’s possible.” 

Williams said he’s well 

aware of his advancing years, 

but right now, coming from the 

East Coast to the Pacific time 

zone has been a bigger pain. 

“I’ve been waking up at 3 

or 4 a.m. every night. I’m still 

on Eastern time,” he said, “so I 

think I’ll go take a nap. 

“I’ve got a few aches and 

pains,” he added. “(Sunday) 

night my shoulder ached, but I 

woke up this morning and felt 

fine. It’s not uncommon. I’ve 

dealt with that for a long time, 

not just the past few years, and 

it doesn’t seem to affect my 

play. Actually, most of my body 

parts are still pretty decent.” 

With 47 titles, more than $4 

million in career earnings and 

more PBA records than any 

player in PBA history, what’s 

left for him to accomplish? 

“Win another title,” he said 

matter-of-factly. “Not a Senior 

Tour title. A regular one. That 

would be nice, especially after 

last year. That was definitely a 

negative on my radar.” 

After three rounds of PBA 

World Championship qualifying, 

Sean Rash of Montgomery, 

Ill., maintained his lead, 

averaging at a 241.12 pace for 

a 24-game total of 5,787 pins, 

60 pins ahead of Tommy Jones 

of Simpsonville, S.C. Chris 

Loschetter of Avon, Ohio, was 

third with 5,699. 

PBA CHAMELEON 

CHAMPIONSHIP 

South Point Bowling Center, Las Vegas, Monday 

SEMIFINAL ROUND (after 14 games; top four 

advance to stepladder finals Sunday, Nov. 11, 

at noon PT) 

1, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 3,462. 

2, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 3,433. 

3, Scott Norton, Costa Mesa, Calif., 3,399. 

4, Fawaz Abdulla, Bahrain, 3,333. 

Other Semifinal Round Cashers (after 14 games): 

5, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 3,327, 

$4,000. 

6, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 3,326, $3,700. 

7, Rhino Page, Dade City, Fla., 3,294, $3,300. 

8, Mik Stampe, Denmark, 3,285, $3,000. 

9, Bill O'Neill, Langhorne, Pa., 3,211, $2,700. 

10, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 3,188, 

$2,500. 

PBA Viper Finals 

New York’s Angelo 

Wins No. 1 Berth 

LAS VEGAS — Brad Angelo 

of Lockport, N.Y., rolled a 279 

final game Sunday to win the 

top berth in the Professional 

Bowlers Association’s Viper 

Championship stepladder finals 

during the GEICO PBA World 

Series of Bowling at South 

Point Bowling Center. 

Angelo, who won his only 

PBA Tour title in the 2008 

Pepsi Viper Championship, 

bowled games of 236, 258, 199, 

227, 236 and 279 during the 

six-game semifinal round to 

finish the day with a 14-game 

total of 3,344 pins to top the 

field of four players who will 

compete for the Viper Championship 

title in the ESPN stepladder 

finals on Saturday, Nov. 

10, at 4 p.m. at South Point’s 

Exhibition Hall area. The Viper 

Championship will air on ESPN 

on Sunday, Dec. 23. 

He will be joined in the Viper 

finals by PBA Player of the 

Year Sean Rash of Montgomery, 

Ill., 3,326; Finnish native Mika 

Koivuniemi of Hartland, Mich., 

3,283, and Mike Fagan of Dallas, 

3,267. Fagan held on to win 

the fourth spot in the finals by 

one pin over Scott Norton of 

Costa Mesa, Calif. 

“I’ve been executing well for 

the last few years, but getting 

that little half-pocket strike to 

keep a string going hasn’t been 

there,” Angelo said. “At this level, 

if you don’t get those strikes, you 

can’t compete. And today, I got 

some of those. I don’t know what 

it was, but the chips fell. 

“If you don’t have speed 

and rev rate in today’s world, 

you can’t keep up. My little 

trick has been a slow float and 

still being able to get the ball 

through the pins. When I can 

SIX ELECTED 


history to win both events. She 

owns seven city titles and six 

state crowns. 

Frank Santore 

The late Santore, a New 

York City and New York State 

Hall of Famer, was a standout 

individual during the heyday of 

team bowling, claiming three 

individual titles at the Open 

Championships. He won Regular 

All-Events in 1950 and '53 

and Regular Singles in 1953, 

to go along with third-place 

finishes in Regular Singles and 

Regular Team in 1950 and a 

fifth-place team effort in 1949. 

Don McCune 

McCune has enjoyed success 

11, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., 3,169, $2,300. 

12, Eddie VanDaniker Jr., Chatsworth, Calif., 

3,168, $2,100. 

13, Dan MacLelland, Canada, 3,156, $2,100. 

14, Stuart Williams, England, 3,100, $1,900. 

15, Bryon Smith, Roseburg, Ore., 3,051, $1,800. 

16, Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., 2,933, 

$1,700. 

do that, I’m pretty tough to 

beat. That’s my uniqueness, 

and it hasn’t been there for me 

lately. But to be the leader? You 

can’t beat that.” 

Earlier Sunday, Rash, the 

reigning PBA Player of the 

Year, posted an eight-game 

qualifying total of 2,035 pins to 

advance from 30th place after 

Saturday’s Cheetah Championship 

round into first place in 

the PBA World Championship 

race with a 16-game, 3,949 

pinfall total, 16 pins ahead of 

Chris Loschetter of Avon, Ohio. 

Eight-game qualifying 

totals from Saturday’s Cheetah, 

Sunday’s Viper, Monday’s Chameleon 

and Tuesday’s Scorpion 

Championships will be combined 

to produce the 32-game 

totals that will determine the 24 

PBA World Championship match 

play finalists. Three eight-game 

World Championship match play 

rounds will take place Wednesday 

and Thursday at South Point 

Bowling Center. 

PBA VIPER CHAMPIONSHIP 

South Point Bowling Center, Las Vegas, Sunday 


advance to stepladder finals Saturday, Nov. 

10, at 4 p.m. PT) 

1, Brad Angelo, Lockport, N.Y., 3,344. 

2, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., 3,326. 

3, Mika Koivuniemi, Finland, 3,283. 

4, Mike Fagan, Dallas, 3,267. 


5, Scott Norton, Costa Mesa, Calif., 3,266, 

$4,000. 

6 (tie), Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, and Dan 

MacLelland, Canada, 3,259, $3,450. 

8, Craig Nidiffer, Trenton, Mich., 3,245, $3,000. 

9, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 3,209, 

$2,700. 

10, Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, 3,170, $2,500. 

11, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 3,153, 

$2,300. 

12, Mohamed Sultan, Bahrain, 3,144, $2,100. 

13, Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 3,137, 

$2,000. 

14, Jeff Frankos, Daly City, Calif., 3,123, $2,000. 

15, Osku Palermaa, Finland, 3,089, $1,800. 

16, Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 3,015, 

$1,700. 

at multiple levels of the game. 

His 10 top-10 finishes at the 

Open Championships between 

1968 and 1974 included Classic 

Team (1968) and Classic 

Doubles (1969) titles, but his 

biggest impact came on the 

PBA Tour. He collected eight 

Tour victories, including six 

on the way to PBA and IBMA 

Player of the Year honors in 

1973. 

Tamoria Adams 

Adams is a USBC Life 

Member, and her service to 

the sport of bowling spans 

four decades. She has served 

a number of leadership and 

delegate roles in local and state 

associations and became a 

member of the original USBC 

Board of Directors in 2005, 

following time as a Women's 

International Bowling Congress 

Board member and vice president. 

Her committee assignments 

over the years include 

college bowling, legislation, 

diversity, volunteer services 

and now USBC National Policy 

and Legal/Legislative.

PBA World Championship 

Belmonte keeps “Three- 

Peat” bid alive 

American rival Rash, Canada’s MacLelland, Florida’s Page, Hall of Famer 

Bohn round out field 

LAS VEGAS (Nov. 8, 2012) 

— Australia’s Jason Belmonte, 

who won three of his five 

career Professional Bowlers Association 

titles during the 2011 

PBA World Series of Bowling, 

kept his hopes for a three-title 

repeat alive Thursday when 

he ran away from the field 

to claim the top qualifying 

position for the PBA World 

Championship finals at South 

Point Bowling Center. 

Belmonte, a 29-year-old 

two-handed bowler, averaged 

240.27 for the 56 games of 

World Championship qualifying 

and match play to finish 

with a 13,455 pinfall total, 29 

pins ahead of his fiercest rival, 

reigning PBA Player of the Year 

Sean Rash of Montgomery, 

Ill. Belmonte entered the final 

round of match play in second 

place, but locked up the lead 

with a 279 in game six and a 

300 in game seven. 

Earlier in GEICO PBA World 

Series of Bowling IV, Belmonte 

qualified for the Chameleon 

Championship finals in the 

No. 1 stepladder position and 

he earned the No. 2 berth for 

the Bowlers Journal Scorpion 

Championship finals. 

During World Series III, 

Belmonte won the Chameleon, 

Shark and PBA Elite Players 

Championships. He came 

into World Series IV fresh off 

a victory over Rash in the 

Australian Masters, a PBA 

International Tour event. 

Completing the field for 

Sunday’s five-man stepladder 

finals will be Dan MacLelland, 

who hopes to win his first title 

which would make him the 

PBA Scorpion Finals 

Palermaa, Belmonte Lead 

Power Players 

Sterner, Daugherty join two-handed players in Sunday’s championship round 

LAS VEGAS (Nov. 6, 2012) 

– Two-handed power players 

Osku Palermaa of Finland and 

Jason Belmonte of Australia 

claimed the top two qualifying 

berths in GEICO PBA World 

Series of Bowling IV Bowlers 

Journal Scorpion Championship 

at South Point Bowling 

Center Tuesday night. 

Palermaa, the defending 

PBA World Champion, fired 

games of 244, 259, 236, 222, 

204 and 226 in the six-game 

semifinal round to finish with 

a 14-game total of 3,295 pins, 

nipping Belmonte by two pins 

for the top spot. Belmonte, who 

led the Chameleon Championship 

field on Monday, was 

trying for back-to-back No. 1 

stepladder berths. 

Rounding out the Scorpion 

stepladder finals field will be 

Jason Sterner of McDonough, 

Ga., with a 3,262 total, and Tom 

Daugherty of Wesley Chapel, 

Fla., who generates power by 

throwing the ball without using 

his thumb, with 3,261 pins. 

Sterner and Daugherty are 

trying for their first PBA Tour 

title. Daugherty will be making 

his first television appearance 

since rolling a PBA-record low 

100 game during the 2011 PBA 

Tournament of Champions 

finals. 

PBA BOWLERS JOURNAL 

SCORPION CHAMPIONSHIP 

South Point Bowling Center, Las Vegas, Tuesday 


advance to stepladder finals Sunday, Nov. 11, 

at 2 p.m. PT) 

1, Osku Palermaa, Finland, 3,295. 

2, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 3,293. 

3, Jason Sterner, McDonough, Ga., 3,262. 

4, Tom Daugherty, Wesley Chapel, Fla., 3,261. 


5, Rhino Page, Dade City, Fla., 3,257, $4,000. 

6, Dom Barrett, England, 3,254, $3,600. 

7, Michael Machuga, Erie, Pa., 3,246, $3,300. 

8, Mike DeVaney, Hemet, Calif., 3,201, $3,000. 

9, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 3,189, $2,700. 

10, Hugh Miller, Mercer Island, Wash., 3,179, $2,500. 

11, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 3,177, $2,300. 

12, Andres Gomez, Colombia, 3,176, $2,100. 

13, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., 3,135, $2,000. 

14, Matt Ramshaw, Longview, Wash., 3,106, $1,900. 

15, Kris Koeltzow, Wheat Ridge, Colo., 3,078, 

$1,800. 

16, Thomas Larsen, Denmark, 3,050, $1,700. 

EIGHT TEAM ROSTERS 


honoring PBA founder Eddie 

Elias, at Woodland Bowl in 

Indianapolis on Sunday, March 

31 (airing Sunday, April 7 on 

ESPN). 

During the first four days in 

Detroit, the PBA will conduct 

a series of open-field tournaments 

(the Carmen Salvino 

Classic, Mark Roth Classic, Don 

Carter Classic and Earl Anthony 

Players Championship). 

Those four events will award 

individual PBA Tour titles and 

the qualifying scores posted 

by each PBAL team member 

will be combined to produce 

the team qualifying scores for 

the ESPN telecasts. All PBAL 

matches on ESPN will be Baker 

Format matches where each 

team member will bowl two 

frames in each game. 

PBA LEAGUE TEAM LINEUPS 

NORM DUKE, CLERMONT, FLA. 

Dallas Strikers (celebrity owner Terrell Owens) 

2, Rhino Page, Dade City, Fla. 

3, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela. 

4, Bryon Smith, Roseburg, Ore. 

5, Mike Machuga, Erie, Pa. 

Supplemental pick: Mike Wolfe, New Albany, Ind. 

PETE WEBER, ST. ANN, MO. 

Team name, celebrity owner to be announced 

2, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C. 

3, Scott Norton, Costa Mesa, Calif. 

4, Jack Jurek, Lackawanna, N.Y. 

5, John Szczerbinski, N. Tonawanda, N.Y. 

Supplemental pick: Brad Angelo, Lockport, N.Y. 

first Canadian ever to win a 

PBA Tour event; 2007-08 PBA 

Rookie of the Year Rhino Page 

of Dade City, Fla., and PBA 

Hall of Famer Parker Bohn III 

of Jackson, N.J., who ranks 

sixth on the all-time PBA titles 

list with 32 career victories. 

Belmonte, who is trying for his 

first major title, said, “I’m very, 

very happy right now. I’d love to 

win my first major here, and I’d 

love to win three titles again. 

“I knew the other guys 

would come out firing tonight 

and I wanted to be one of them,” 

he continued. “The key was in 

that 279 game I bowled against 

Parker. I almost changed balls 

after that game, but I decided 

to give the ball I was using one 

more frame, and I struck, and I 

followed that with a 300 game. 

I was one frame away from 

making a big mistake.” 

The sentimental favorite 

Sunday may be Bohn, who 

missed the practice session for 

the World Series because he 

stayed home an extra day to 

help his neighbors deal with the 

aftermath of Super Storm Sandy. 

He then qualified for the 24th 

and final position for the match 

play finals, and battled his 

way into the finals, striking in 

the 10th frame to edge Tommy 

Jones of Simpsonville, S.C., by 

nine pins for the final spot in 

the stepladder finals. Bohn, 49, 

is trying for his first title since 

winning the Cheetah Championship 

in December 2008. 

PBA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 

South Point Bowling Center, Las Vegas, 

Thursday 

Final Match Play Standings (after 56 games, 

including match play bonus pins; top five 

advance to the stepladder finals) 

1, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 14-10, 13,875. 

2, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., 16-8, 13,846. 

3, Rhino Page, Dade City, Fla., 15-9, 13,619. 

4, Dan MacLelland, Canada, 16-8, 13,603. 

5, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 15-8-1, 13,587. 

BILL O’NEILL, LANGHORNE, PA. 

Phillie Hitmen (celebrity owner Kevin Hart) 

2, Mika Koivuniemi, Finland. 

3, Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio. 

4, Mike DeVaney, Hemet, Calif. 

5, Dick Allen, Columbia, S.C. 

Supplemental pick: Dino Castillo, Carrollton, 

Texas. 

JASON BELMONTE, AUSTRALIA 

Team name to be announced (celebrity owner 

Chris Paul) 

2, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas. 

3, Andres Gomez, Colombia. 

4, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J. 

5, Dave Wodka, Henderson, Nev. 

Supplemental pick: Ildemaro Ruiz, Venezuela. 

MIKE FAGAN, DALLAS 

Motor City Muscle (celebrity owner Jerome 

Bettis) 

2, Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich. 

3, Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas. 

4, Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind. 

5, Jesse Buss, Belvidere, Ill. 

Supplemental pick: Kelly Kulick, Union, N.J. 

SEAN RASH, MONTGOMERY, ILL. 


2, Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, N.Y. 

3, Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y. 

4, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla. 

5, Jason Sterner, McDonough, Ga. 

Supplemental pick: Tom Hess, Urbandale, Iowa. 

CHRIS BARNES, DOUBLE OAK, TEXAS 


2, Dom Barrett, England. 

3, Josh Blanchard, Gilbert, Ariz. 

4, Stuart Williams, England. 

5, Nathan Bohr, Wichita, Kan. 

Supplemental pick: Jon VanHees, Charlestown, 

R.I. 

OSKU PALERMAA, FINLAND 


2, Martin Larsen, Sweden. 

3, Dan MacLelland, Canada. 

4, Patrick Allen, Wesley Chapel, Fla. 

5, Thomas Larsen, Denmark 

Supplemental pick: Anthony LaCaze, Melrose 

Park, Ill. 


At BRC Thousand Oaks 

Agustus 299 and Smith tie 

at 792, Keith snares 767 

Galler, Oursler and Picard add 300’s 

SAN ANTONIO – Fred Agustus 

and Paul Smith tied for the top 

spot on the honor roll last week 

at BRC Thousand Oaks as both 

fired a power-packed 792 series. 

Agustus posted 226-299-267 

games in Armadillos action, 

while Smith downed lines of 

278-256-258 in Arnadillos league 

play and then rolled games of 

245-258-289 in Thursday Early 

Mixed league production. 

Helen Keith, also from the 

Thursday Early Mixed group, 

registered a sizzling 245-265- 

257 = 767 set to lead the ladies 

high-set chart. 

Chris Galler, Skylar Oursler 

and Nick Picard shared highgame 

honors as each recorded 

award-winning 12-baggers. 

HONOR ROLL 

Connie Rangel 230-601, Nick Picard 

Erik Williamson won high-set 

honors last week at AMF DeSoto 

Lanes by polishing off robust 

277-266-238 = 781 numbers in 

the Pushovers action. 

Stacey Pride, from the DeSoto 

Classic group, led the ladies with 

a classy 181-243-210 = 634 set. 

HONOR ROLL 

Matt Lawrence 258-673, Ann Miller 

190-517, Harold Morrison 194-530, 

Debra Buerck 155-426, Keith Jennings 

257-696, Arlette Washington 199-552, 

Chuck Mooney 258-653. 

Merschelle Braswell 190-497, Chuck 

E J Nenichka collected top 

honors for the week at AMF 

Showplace Euless Lanes with a 

power-packed 258-279-265 = 802 

Masters league production. 

Paula Atchison, from the 

Rolling Thunder group, fronted 

distaff scoring with a charttopping 

211-209-270 = 690 set. 

Danny Graf’s award-winning 

12 bagger earned high-game 

honors. Randall Buda took 

runner-up honors with a near 

perfect 299 solo while Ron 

Williams followed with a 298 

game. 

HONOR ROLL 

Keith James 290, Thomas Mendonca 

278-781, Josh Mittl 269-763, Ed Fielden 

279-763, Brian Bobbit 288-762, Bill 

Butler 287-729, Kevin Wynn 276-723, 

732, Christina Eleanor 228-633, Skylar 

Oursler 738, Elvin Keeney 254-748, Bob 

Zinn 289-730, Vickie Kern 236-605, 

Billy Rocha 248-560, Dee Pollock 

189-497. 

Tyrone Murray 225-655, Ian 

Normandin 248-668, Arleen Schafer 

193-551, Vivian Corona 200-529, Sean 

Stephens 277-646, Sheila Van Gundy 

221-589, Elvin Keeney 248-696, Debra 

Sutton 212-595. 

Janette Smith 268-739, Irene Glaske 

255-552, Wanda Hannah 244-617, Chris 

Galler 783, Janette Smith 254-666. 

SENIORS 

Roberta Grassmuck 216-556, Larry 

Maureschat 224-609, Dee Pollock 

192-514, Olivia Ladson 190-523, Tyrone 

Crosby 256-683, Susan Denson 199- 

482, Maria Velazquez 188-503, Tom 

Barry 246-645. 

At AMF DeSoto 

Williamson wheels in 781, 

Pride handles 634 

Mooney 256-704, Jolynn Baird 219- 

588, Kevin Goldman 256-604, Joyce 

Thurman 189-519, Chester Gibson 

224-588, Lynette Harris 227-598, Mike 

Garcia 234-681. 

Janie Munoz 200-530, Bam Pride 

268-747, Janet Miller 212-606, Mike 

Miller 268-740, Billy Adams 257-716, 

Aric Alcaraz 278-733, Tanisha Boyland 

198-576. 

SENIORS 

Don Moore 205-586, Dorothy Perry 

183-529, Vernon Johnson 211-541, 

Jeanne Mayer 196-499. 

At AMF Showplace Euless Lanes 

Nenichka chalks up 802, 

Atchison crunches 690 

Graf 300, Buda 299, Williams 298 

Rob Hendrix 267-712, Danny Nguyen 

256-688. 

James LeCroy 275-682, Mike 

Becker 225-631, Joe Laehr 224-621, 

James Fugitt 200-594, Mike Wright 

235-587, James Young 200-575, Joe 

Gray 231-564, Jessica Lowy 257-686, 

Annie Akanni 246-661. 

Lea Sikora 258-656, Tamara 

Hamilton 232-653, Lisa Steele 246- 

646, Sheila Walton 289-618, Valerie 

Williams 237-611, Danielle Sharpe 

217-605, Kathy Foote 212-604, Mindy 

Winn 215-584. 

Mickey Hassell 214-575, Rhonda 

Downing 204-556, Judy Leuty 177-505, 

Linda Petty 190-491, Connie Crews 

199-479, Christina Patterson 168-478, 

Denise Wheeler 153-397, Melissa Lewis 

237-632, Pam Grays 225-632.


Just Paying 

Attention 

Attention By Mark London 

Mark@TheBowlingNews.net 

My apologies to The Bowling 

News staff and management for 

missing the October staff meeting, 

but I’ll try giving a different 

look at whether bowling is 

or is not a sport. The answer is, 

oddly enough, both. My basis 

for the following is something 

so completely out there, so 

overtly over-the-top, that it is 

surprisingly overlooked. Of 

course, that depends on what 

multi-fractional segment of the 

top of the fence you sit. Now 

that I’ve loaded up my Bert 

Blyleven 12-6 curve ball for 

you, here it is. 

Over the last 20 years, I 

was fortunate enough to drill 

balls in the number three 

consumer market in the 

country. While trying to fill 

the needs of people walking in 

the door, certain observations 

became fairly clear. By asking 

a customer questions, a mental 

outline would form telling 

me which section of balls to 

highlight in a presentation. 

Some wondered why their 

AMF 3-Dot or Brunswick Black 

Diamond didn’t hook too much 

on the newer synthetic lanes. 

Many would need a newer ball, 

a lighter ball, a heavier ball, 

or a newer fit. One observation 

started to emerge among a 

group of bowlers. 

A vast majority of 190 and 

above average bowlers not interested 

in tournament bowling 

wanted equipment that hooked 

more, even on drier lanes. I 

would ask why the bigger hook 

was needed. The answer was 

not surprising. Winning several 

Game 2 handicap doubles 

pots over the season was great 

to pay for the ball, but the real 

reason is they wanted to hook 

it more than everybody else in 

the league. 

The NABI, ABT, and PBA 

tournament bowlers wanted a 

wider range of ball reactions, 

Anthony Simonsen, from the 

Showstoppers youth league, led 

the scoring parade for the week 

at Plano Super Bowl with a 

thundering 289-287-266 = 842 

series. 

Trina Ferguson topped the 

ladies with a blue-ribbon 217-247- 

248 = 712 Friday Funsters set. 

Robert Eidenier, Jimmy Land 

and Danny Zeh shared highgame 

honors as each recorded 

award-winning 12-baggers. 

Mark Hannah, Chad Holland and 

Lou VanSaders took runner-up 

not necessarily the biggest 

hook. To this segment, it most 

certainly is a sport. Regular 

practice using a variety of entry 

angles on a variety of beat 

up house china. Want some 

really funky ball reaction? Try 

to get lined up on lanes used 

for glow or cosmic bowling for 

several hours. There is nothing 

like plastic balls moving oil 

to all parts of the lane. Do the 

sprinkler head dance now. 

To the hook in a box crowd, 

not a chance. This group gets 

tired even thinking about six 

straight games of doubles and 

singles at the local association 

tournament. There’s your 

dividing line 

Let me fill in some 

other information. In early 90s 

Chicago, as many other places, 

24-foot ‘short oil’ was one of 

At Plano Super Bowl 

Simonsen smashes 842, 

Ferguson plasters 712 

Eidenier, Land, Zeh 300’s, Hannah, Holland, VanSaders 299’s 

honors with near-perfect 299 

solos. 

HONOR ROLL 

Lee Gramly 253-709, Dawn Klapper 

218-506, Brian Brenner 268-754, Denise 

Freeman-Boone 247-679, Bill Fong 248- 

691, Sybil Williams 223-613, Danny 

Zeh 722, Gail Mayer 269-666. 

David Lang 211-585, Kim Boyko 

167-487, Monty Allen 247-695, Shannon 

Smith 182-523, Sterling Deaton 275-710, 

Eva Rhodes 235-628, Dave Cogburn 

257-657, Marilyn Frantz 194-547. 

Jim Sparlin 279-747, Cindy Mann 

245-643, Greg Tucker 233-659, Kay 

the two oil patterns of the day. 

Very hard urethane-shelled 

balls were used. Lane cleaning 

usually took place once a 

week. We were just entering 

the reactive era, so traditional 

three-piece ball construction 

worked pretty well. The original 

reactive, the Excalibur ball, 

didn’t work that well, unless 

you bowled in a house using 

the ‘other’ longer oil option. 

One of my The Bowling 

News colleagues, talked about 

mandating tougher patterns for 

leagues. The marketing issues 

of such leagues are numerous. 

Mention slightly tougher 

patterns to one group and they 

scurry away as if the sky were 

falling. Finding enough bowlers 

to join a new tougher pattern 

league is another. Lastly, 

bowlers have to ask themselves 

is this additional league affordable? 

Even in areas with decent 

tournament participation, it 

still may be tougher to start a 

new league. A successful key is 

selling the idea to bowlers who 

want to get better by rolling 

on flatter patterns without the 

unlimited miss room down the 

lane. It may take a while, but 

At AMF Showplace Garland 

Lopez pockets 847, 

Pezzano pens 740 

Petersen 300 

Joe Lopez outdistanced the 

competition last week at AMF 

Showplace Garland Lanes with 

a red hot 279-278-290 = 847 

Tuesday Highrollers league 

series. 

Mandy Pezzano, from the 

Strutters group, posted an 

impressive 238-246-256 = 740 set 

to lead the lady bowlers. 

Robert Petersen earned highgame 

honors with an awardwinning 

perfecto. 

HONOR ROLL 

Billy Morris 237-668, Janet Kent 

150-447, Richard Elliott 256-689, 

Bertha Sanchez 210-581, Bruce Hart 

235-637, Lynette Kuykendall 241-630, 

Ed Dooley 206-529, Linda Lackey 

183-502. 

JD Venable 203-588, Heidrun Berry 

214-523, Ira Taylor, Jr. 227-640, Wanda 

Parker 269-729, Gale Maida 188-483, 

Buddy May 192-502, Babs Bradshaw 

199-520, Paul E Wilson 259-738. 

Rhonda S Mitchell 233-621, John 

Stelting 267-688, Shirley Haney 191- 

525, JD Venable 235-670, Terri Page 

193-497, Mickey Jefferson 278-767, Tim 

Caldwell 266-761, Dave Cook 256-710. 

Jantzen Smith 219-601, Melissa 

Kollhoff 168-449, Donny Yow 256- 

741, Wanda Parker 244-669, Robert 

Blassingill 278-762, Tori Martin 199- 

554, Riley Chambers 245-674, Janis 

Gharras 226-607. 

Dan Gipson 256-659, Sherri Fite 

195-520. 

Pingsterhaus 236-572, Paul Colter 

184-546, Megan Overley 148-372, 

Justin Welch 220-558, Mandy Pezzano 

192-528. 

Mada Chavez 243-602, Beverly 

Goff 232-581, Bill Ferguson 263-742, 

Bill Kissentaner 268-741, Ken Fantus 

184-530, Lynda O’Keeffe 162-430, Hieu 

Du 259-708, Kelli Spencer 212-617. 

Doug Swenson 255-661, Renee 

Martin 176-477, Cathy Sposito 267- 

662, Sylvia Biggs 226-552, Leon Jones 

259-738, Linda Davidson 222-554, 

Robert Eidenier 264-720, Lindsey Gable 

212-601. 

Jeff Odell 239-674, Cindi Gawronski 

191-524, Dan Booth 277-740, Jackie 

Fisher 208-614, Pete Mahre (4 games) 

278-1030, Lisa Wasson (4 games) 

258-907, Leon Jones 255-715, Patty 

Ellington 226-610. 

Greg Tucker 279-773, Lana Grimes 

200-561, Hieu Du 258-744, Pam St 

Romain 198-516, Rick Mann 255-695, 

Trina Ferguson 248-712. 

even offering shorter leagues, 

like in the summer, to allow 

the newer serious bowler to 

experience for themselves if it’s 

a good fit. 

The USBC Sport Bowling 

program, established in 2000, 

was the first to address the 

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more difficult oil patterns. 

Ten years later, the USBC Red, 

White and Blue pattern adjusts 

existing league patterns to play 

slightly tougher. If you are 

looking to get better, you can 

pick one of these. It is at this 

point when bowling is a sport. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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