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New Ball marking
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Additional U.S. Open
Stories Page 15
Features
Publisher’s Column
By Tony Franklin Page 2
Honor Roll Page 3
Off the Sheet
By Clint Dacy Page 4
Tomorrow’s Stars Page 8
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Pin Points to Ponder
By Chuck Pezzano Page 9
Looking Back Page 13
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PERMIT NO. 419
Pete Weber Wins Record Fifth U.S. Open
to Surpass Father, Don Carter
NORTH BRUNSWICK,
N.J. — Pete Weber of St. Ann,
Mo., became the most successful
bowler in U.S Open
history Sunday, winning the
most challenging major title
in bowling for a
record fifth time
at Brunswick
Zone-Carolier
with a strike on
his final ball in
the 10th frame to
nip top qualifier Mike Fagan of
Dallas, 215-214.
Weber, who came into the
stepladder finals as the No. 4
qualifier, threw clutch shots
in three matches to win, but
none was more critical than
his strike on his final ball in
the title match. Needing at
least a nine-count spare and
strike to win, Weber threw a
perfect pocket shot on his first
By Donna Lonon
Texas bowlers don’t have
to attend a national venue
to witness terrific top-notch
professional bowling. Sometimes
it shows up right in your
backyard. So was the case
Sunday February 26 at Forum
Bowl with the completion of
the Texas State USBC Masters/
Bluebonnet Queens finals.
Fifty contestants began
Saturday morning for eight
challenging games of qualifying
in the Bluebonnet Queens
competition. Shannon O’Keefe
led the group of 24 to go to
semi-qualifying with an 1897,
averaging 237. She retained her
first place standing into finals
averaging 202, but Stefanie
Nation made an exceptional
move, averaging 232 in semi’s,
to make a close second for
Sunday’s contest. Finalists
for the last day’s match-play
ball, but left a 10 pin. After
converting the spare, he threw
an identical shot that carried
for a strike.
In winning the title, Weber
broke a tie with his late father,
Professional
“This is my
greatest title ever”
- Pete Weber
Complete results in next week’s edition
Bowlers
Association
legend Dick
Weber, and
his father’s
close friend,
the late Don Carter, who each
won the forerunner to the U.S.
Open – the BPAA All Star –
four times.
“Dad, I know you were
watching,” Weber said as he
looked up toward heaven after
the win. “I know you’re proud,
and I’m sorry I broke your
record.“This is my greatest
title ever,” Weber said. “To win
Continued on Page 15
Texas USBC Masters/Bluebonnet
Queens Event Hotly Contested
D.J. Archer, Texas USBC
Masters Winner.
were O’Keefe, Nation, Genie
Franklin, Anita Manns, Clara
Guerrero, Jovan Blankenfeld,
Brandy Sanderson, Kerry
Moreland, LaToya Williams,
and Sandi Charles.
O’Keefe started the day on
target, kept focused, and really
Ryan Whitney of Lewisville takes over Doubles,
Singles and All-Events lead at USBC Open
Championships with score of 2170, including
a 300 the last game of singles.
Shannon O’Keefe, Bluebonnet
Queens winner.
never looked behind her for
the ten games of final match
play competition. She lost one
match, in game five, to Jovan
Blankenfeld who shot a 290
to make the standings close.
O’Keefe fired back in game
six with a 290 to give herself
a good margin to stay in first
place. Game ten was the most
exciting with three ladies
– O’Keefe, Manns, and Charlesleading
off with nine in a
row, Manns ending with 277,
O’Keefe with 279, and Charles
with 289. What an amazing
finish for these ladies after
Continued on Page 14
Daceman recaps his week
at the US Open
on Page 4
Pete Weber celebrating his win.
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tour events;
Good or bad
for the PBA
By Tyson Branagan,
Staff Writer
Just six weeks ago on
January 21-22, the PBA held
the first ever national tour stop
that was exclusively shown
on their Xtra Frame streaming
service, the PBA Cheetah Open
in Fountain Valley, California.
The two-day event, the first of
four Xtra Frame events, was
won by defending PBA Cheetah
champion Eugene McCune, but
the question becomes, was the
event a success and did fans
tune in to watch and see?
The idea behind doing
events exclusively on Xtra
Frame is a good one in theory,
as the PBA is attempting to
get more fans to subscribe to
their pay-per-view channel and
allow fans to see tournaments
from start to finish, while
bringing in some money for the
cash starved tour. With more
and more events being shown
on ESPN on a tape delay, and
Continued on Page 13

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Random Thoughts
A busy week in the bowling
world and my random thought
generator is in overdrive. First
I would like to congratulate DJ
Archer and Shannon O’Keefe
for their victories in the USBC
Texas Masters and Bluebonnet
Queens respectively. DJ led
qualifying and led just about
every game in match-play.
He bowled really great on a
lane condition that was brutal
from lane to lane. O’Keefe
had a great battle with Javon
Blankenfeld of San Antonio,
as they traded first-place back
and forth all day. In the end
it was O’Keefe who reeled off
the front 9 and shot 279 in
the deciding position round
game for the title, her second
in a row. It was the first time
I had seen Blankenfeld bowl,
and to say she throws it good
is an understatement, and she
bowled great. But O’Keefe was
dead locked in and just about
never threw a bad shot, very
impressive. I think I heard her
say that she’s only lost one
game total in match-play the
last two years at the Queens,
wow. I heard Stefanie Nation
say that O’Keefe is HUGE deal,
I agree.
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I have a few thoughts on
the US Open. First there’s the
“youth movement”. The PBA
said that they had 11 bowlers
ages 17 and under entered in
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Doyle made national headlines
by cashing and finishing 61st,
and I absolutely can’t stand
that we allow youth bowlers to
bowl in professional events. I
just don’t see the upside, and
I don’t believe there is one.
People might say that it’s great
to compete against the best
competition, you learn more,
it’s invaluable experience, you
can earn scholarship money,
etc. I disagree on all fronts.
Earn scholarship money, nope
it’s called gambling and it’s not
healthy for a 14-yr-old. If you
think the money is a non-issue,
then why did I read about
“the $1340 he made going to
his SMART account” in every
article written about the kid?
Bowl against the best to be the
best, well I’m quite sure that
there’s plenty of competition
in the 14-20 age bracket that
he’s not conquered yet. Invaluable
experience, come on, you
think that the other players are
pulling him aside and discussing
lane breakdown and rev
rate with him? I highly doubt
it, my guess is that they’re very
impressed with his accomplishment,
but also know that he’s
14-yrs old and he needs to
climb the ladder to play on this
field. Ultimately that’s what my
issue is, from 14-18 an awful
lot happens to a teenager, and I
don’t believe in skipping steps,
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hit every rung on the ladder
and enjoy the ride. But could I
have cashed in the US Open at
14, no chance….good bowling
kid.
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I watched a lot of PBA
Xtra Frame during the US
Open and the guys had lots of
interesting guest stars make
an appearance. Mark Roth was
solid, Dave Wodka was great,
Del Ballard was awesome as
always, but the best was none
other than Chris Barnes. He
is by far the most insightful
and expressive bowler with a
microphone there is. He hopped
on right after he finished his
first 8 games of matchplay. He
mentioned the change in angles
the bowlers were playing, what
his strategy was, who had the
best look and other fun facts.
You listen to Barney and you
feel like you’re there, he has no
peer in this area.
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The US Open finals, what
a show they put on. Twitter
was ablaze with comments on
Pete Weber, Mike Fagan and
the rest. My personal stance,
I love watching PDW bowl,
he is a little bit crazy, and
he has a monster chip on his
shoulder because he knows
he’s the greatest ever (I think
he is too), but he sure does put
on a show. Both he and Fagan
bowled phenomenal games on
a challenging lane condition,
they weren’t super tough on
the show, but they both had
to make great adjustments to
get the strikes. I’ve been really
impressed with Fagan and
the way he’s performed on TV
lately, and he just might be
the Player of the Year. As for
Weber, it was US Open #5, but
what I will remember most is
“Who do you think you are, I
am”, I have no idea what that
means, but I will own a shirt
with that phrase written on it!
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On a PDW side note I’ve
been dying to know what
exactly caught the ire of Mr.
Weber. I had heard that it was
someone talking some smack
against him that got his attention
and also people moving
around. I confirmed from a
source, very, very close to the
action that it was in fact a lady
that was moving in her seat a
lot, just past the foul line that
started getting him riled up.
He wanted her to sit still but
she was just too restless. Then
in the last game against Fagan,
there were several people who
had signs up with “pro-Fagan”
messages on them. Like that’s
against the law right? Well, if
you didn’t already know, Pete
loves to be hated, and loves
some drama so he used those
very minor incidents to ultimately
spur him to the win. All
of the reports of people openly
rooting against and making
comments against PDW…..not
true. Just a case of Pete being
Pete.
Krol’s big bid on Luby painting helps
Salute To Bowling raise nearly $30,000
ARLINGTON, Texas –
Thanks to the work of one
artist and generosity of one
bidder, the 2012 Salute to Bowling
proved most fruitful to the
International Bowling Museum
and Hall of Fame.
The 23rd Salute was held
Jan. 23 during the 2012 Bowling
Proprietors’ Association of
America Bowling Summit at
the Meritage Resort in Napa
Valley, Calif. It featured free
admission courtesy of joint
presenters Brunswick and Qubica/AMF,
a wine and cheese
party, cocktails and beverage,
50/50 raffle and silent and live
auctions of items donated for
the event.
Overall, the evening raised
nearly $30,000 for the IBM/HF.
“The Salute was a tremendous
success,” said IBM/HF
Managing Director Eric Kearney.
“It was very well attended
and very well received.”
The biggest donated item
was a 30” by 40” oil painting of
bowling pioneer Joe Thum by
retired Bowlers Journal International
Publisher Mort Luby.
Hans Krol of Bowltech International
B.V. headquartered in
Made, The Netherlands, walked
away with Luby’s work with a
$20,000 bid.
“We are indebted to Mr.
Luby for his generosity of such
a fine painting and to Hans
Krol for his winning bid,”
Salute chairperson Mike Aulby
said. “It was unbelievable.”
The other big prize was a
travel package at the Makena
Beach & Golf Resort on Maui,
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won with a $4,200 bid. Krol
also came away with an
autographed portrait of bowling
legends Dick Weber, Bill Lilliard,
Don Carter and Ray Bluth
while BPAA Executive Director
Steve Johnson’s bid earned him
an Earl Anthony-autographed
poster.
“We want to thank the
BPAA leadership and staff for
allowing the Museum and Hall
of Fame to be a significant part
of the Summit,” said IBM/HF
chairman Keith Hamilton, “And
we want to thank Qubica/AMF
and Brunswick for coming
together to sponsor the evening.
We are looking forward
to Bowl Expo.”
The IBM/HF will have a
distinct presence June 25-28
at International Bowl Expo
in Reno, Nev. There will be a
50/50 raffle with a guaranteed
$5,000 top prize and silent
auction including the Bowling
Pin Car now on display at the
National Bowling Stadium.
Salute to Bowling helps fund
operations at the IBM/HF in
Arlington, Texas. It originally
was called Salute to Champions
in 1990 as the brainchild of
former Brunswick executive
Jim Bennett. It started as
black-tie affair to honor those
who had helped the industry.
In 2002, the event moved to
International Bowl Expo and
changed format from a black-tie
sit down to an auction/cocktail
format that resumed this year.
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Men
Clint Johnson, AMF Showplace Garland Lanes... 839
Chris Lucas, Brunswick Westcreek Lanes ........... 823
William Brewer, Cowtown Bowling Palace ........... 820
Chad Vendeville, AMF Showplace Euless ............ 815
Dustin Ochoa, BRC Thousand Oaks ..................... 804
John Smock, Sr., Rowlett Bowl-a-Rama ............... 797
Clint Johnson, AMF Richardson Lanes ................ 795
Sean Lavery-Spahr, AMF Lewisville Lanes ........... 792
Craig Dixon, AMF Spare Time Lanes .................... 784
Eric Acron, Plano Super Bowl ............................... 782
Burdette Graham, USA Bowl ................................. 772
Jimmy Ensminger, Brunswick Zone Watauga ...... 771
Henry Johnson, Forum Bowl ................................. 766
William Brewer, Cityview Lanes ............................ 766
Lee Brown, Brunswick Zone Denton .................... 759
Aric Alcaraz, AMF DeSoto Lanes .......................... 756
Rick Irvine, Strikz ................................................... 752
Charles Newton, AMF Hurst Lanes ....................... 713
Bradley Robinson, Red Bird Lanes ....................... 696
Derek Ray, AMF Irving Lanes ................................ 672
Women
Genie Franklin, AMF Showplace Euless Lanes .... 750
Jennifer Hayes, AMF Richardson Lanes .............. 738
Helen Keith, BRC Thousand Oaks ........................ 730
Ashley Adams, AMF Showplace Garland Lanes .. 721
Vickie Bowers, Cityview Lanes ............................. 711
Amy Hart, Cowtown Bowling Palace ..................... 706
Sharhonda Bishop, USA Bowl ............................... 699
Diana Jesse-Nunn, Forum Bowl ............................ 698
Loren Tenczar, Strikz .............................................. 682
Debby Oulicky, Plano Super Bowl ........................ 675
Wendy Jones, AMF DeSoto Lanes ........................ 675
Susan Lee, Rowlett Bowl-a-Rama ......................... 664
Terri Trefger, Brunswick Westcreek Lanes ........... 660
Kellie Fiene, AMF Lewisville Lanes ....................... 658
Letitia Patterson, AMF Spare Time Lanes ............ 651
Debbie Ensminger, Brunswick Zone Watauga ..... 649
Kimberly Yanai, AMF Irving Lanes ........................ 629
Deanna Hoffman, Red Bird Lanes......................... 628
Andrea Collins, AMF Hurst Lanes ......................... 617
Micaela Sprague, Brunswick Zone Denton .......... 616
At Cityview Lanes
Brewer builds 766,
Bowers scorches 711
Mitchell and Wallace add 300’s
William Brewer outscored the
competition last week at Cityview
Lanes with a free-wheeling 268-
253-245 = 766 Cecil Baker Men’s
league action.
Vickie Bowers held the
hot hand for the ladies as she
recorded her highest game and
series with a sky-high 290-188-
233 = 711 T.G.I.F. set.
Don Mitchell and Roger
Wallace shared high-game
honors as they both registered
award-winning 12-baggers.
HONOR ROLL
Jodie Snook 265-718, Deidra
Vannocker 211-568, Lori Wacker 244-
700, Don Mitchell 696, Rudy Garcia,
Jr. 258-696, Amy Langham 228-648,
Marv Giltrap 277-749, Cathy Simmank
236-545.
Jody Clement 190-516, Mark Miglio
246-687, Leigh Batten 223-651, Brooks
Lopez 258-730, Karen Steele 224-560,
Stephen Renteria 232-671, David Bates
259-752, Keith Roberts 267-711.
Dion McMiller 220-630, Lori
Wacker 235-608, Mike Hines 227-
589, Maria Dulaney 190-551, Chris
Blakeman 204-593, Cyndi Dyche
206-577, Jay Rux 218-555.
SENIORS
Ray Martinez 268-662, Cathy
McSwain 200-535, Monty Bowers
257-727, Jo Cleveland 210-556.
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Clint Johnson
This week’s high male is
Clint Johnson with 290-249-300
for an 839 series in the TGIF
league at AMF Showplace
Garland Lanes. Clint works in
logistics for a transportation
company.
What is your high series?
857 at Plano Super Bowl, I have
about 15 800’s.
How many 300’s have you
bowled? About 30.
Thoughts on your big night? I
picked the right ball; I switched
to the Storm Virtual Energy
on the last practice shot. I had
never thrown that ball in there
before and it started striking.
It was odd that I never had to
move my feet all night but I
bowl with a guy that throws a
Urethane ball and that makes
the lanes a little tighter. It was
cool that the place stopped
when I finished the last game
and cheered, there were about
80 people back there watching
and that doesn’t happen very
often anymore.
What ball did you throw?
Storm Virtual Energy.
Who drills your balls? I
do; I started drilling my stuff
for real when I was 20, and I
drilled this one at The Bowling
Shop in Lewisville.
What is your all-time favorite
bowling ball? The Hammer
Black Widow Bite.
What is your all-time high
average? Not sure, I‘ve averaged
240 before, and I’m averaging
241 in this league.
How long have you been
bowling? My parents signed
me up for a league when I was
five years old, and I’ve been
bowling ever since.
Who is your favorite pro
bowler? I would have to say CJ,
since he’s my buddy; there was
nobody that I just had to sit
down and watch.
Most memorable bowling
moment? When I shot 784
in singles at the USBC Open
Championships in Reno last
year, I was second high on the
pair. Rob Gotchall shot 790.
What is your first bowling
memory? I will always remember
shooting my first 300 at
Jupiter when I was 21.
What lessons has the game
taught you? You should always
make a move quickly. When
you think you should move, go
ahead and do it, don’t wait. All
you can do is throw it, make a
good shot a let them fall where
they may.
Joey McKay
Last week’s high male was
Joey McKay who shot 278-300-
300 for an 878 series in the
Suds Busters league at Plano
Super Bowl. Joey is currently
working as a Security Guard
but is looking to be involved
with a new bowling center in
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the DFW area.
What is your high series?
This is it; my previous high
was 825 a few months ago.
This is my fifth 800 series.
How many 300’s have you
bowled? 9.
Thoughts on your big
night? I have to give a lot of
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There is one word that I can
use that describes bowling the
U.S. Open….humbling! It’s no
secret that I’m not the kind of
person who expects to walk in
and dominate any tournament,
but I certainly would not have
entered if I wasn’t confident in
the way I’ve been bowling. I
tend to be a very streaky player
so when things are clicking I
like to bowl as much as I can.
Qualifying was three days
long and I drew “A” squad
which got started bright and
early Tuesday morning. Obviously
jumping out to a quick
start is a part of everyone’s
game plan, but for me it was
important to stay close to even
the first couple of games to
gain some confidence. Unfortunately
my keep it in play and
close to the pocket game plan
failed as I came out of the gate
with 155-168 for minus 77.
What a brutal start! At that
point I was in 114th out of 134
bowlers. Needless to say my
humiliation meter was running
high. I ground out a couple of
190 games and moved up ten
to fifteen spots each game.
My spare shooting had
come around and I found
a look that had me at least
hitting the pocket consistently
so after a miserable start I
ground out minus seven for the
last four games and ended the
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day at minus 84 which overall
wasn’t too terrible and at the
end of the day I was in 187th
place out of 395 bowlers.
I was a little concerned
about how “B” squad completely
lit up the leaderboard. I
was afraid that they would get
such a big lead that they would
be tough to catch, and I was
right.
Day two I was to bowl again
on the fresh, this time in the
“C” squad time slot in the
evening. I was looking forward
to this squad because it seemed
to bring in the biggest crowds
and the atmosphere becomes
more fun. We were going to
be the only squad to bowl on
the fresh twice in a row so it
was really important for me
to not have another bad round
because it would be extremely
tough to come back.
I started out with a much
better look than the day before
and I could tell early on that
my spare shooting was spot on,
so I was encouraged. I bowled
a really good 199 game to start
and I gave my wife the wink
that I thought we were in the
clear and that I could now start
to make up some ground. On
my fill shot I changed balls
from a sanded pin down Marvel
to my pin up Nano which is
what I used the day before that
worked well towards the end of
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the block. I really thought that
if I could get that look again I
could really take advantage of
it. However, the first frame I
stuck a little on the approach
and pulled the shot way left
and went Brooklyn. A 5-10 spit
left me with an open in the
first frame.
Second frame I was afraid to
let it go and went light and left
a two pin. Third frame back
on the left lane I finally made
a good shot and it hooked and
I left the big four. You only get
five shots on each lane and
when you make a poor shot in
the first frame you can’t get
an accurate read on the lane
so now you have to wait till
frame three to get the read.
It snowballs from there. Next
thing I know I have 60 in the
5th frame and staring at yet
another Brooklyn 5-10 split
in the 6th. Suddenly I can
picture people on the internet
forums talking about the three
time regional champion who
couldn’t break 100!
I zoned in and picked the
5-10 clean and the somewhat
good size crowd cheered. I
wasn’t sure if it was like a bad
football team finally getting
a first down in fourth quarter
and the crowd cheering out of
pity, but I blew some kisses
and pumped my chest to the
crowd like LeBron James after
a slam dunk. That seemed to
loosen me up a bit as I decided
to try something and found a
pretty decent look at the pocket
At Brunswick Westcreek
Lucas racks up 823,
Trefger uncorks 660
Bollinger 807
Chris Lucas’ noteworthy
268-278-277 = 823 marks in
Classic High Pot action headed
the scoring parade for the week
at Brunswick Westcreek Lanes.
William Bollinger followed
close behind Lucas with a Friday
Mixed 807 set.
Terri Trefger topped the
ladies’ honor roll with a highpowered
224-221-215 = 660 High
Pot with a Twist session.
HONOR ROLL
George Helfrich 268, Tonya
Mangum 133, Ricky Sain 223, Ranndee
Drake 116, Terri Trefger 227-650, Jack
Case 257-631, Debbie Putman 213-497,
LeeAnn Clark 211-518, James Williams
234-572.
Carol Wassman 147-410, Ryan
Boroff 269-771, Cassandra Norris
219-631, Chris Bitney 269-769, Danita
Wyley 254-628, Willie Jackson 269-753,
Jamey Coggins 225-619, Ren Johnson
290-748.
Jacki Archer 225-615, Kevin
Bankston 263-742, Pearl Tucker 206-
599, Monroe Maddux 259-732, Mike
Moscato 247-727, Rudy Garcia, Jr.
258-726, Brett Cooper 255-723, Robert
Luera 246-718.
Jeremi Thomas 256-701, Michael
Black 268, John Garnett 279-697,
Sheri Campbell 227-645, Linda Hollins
241-644, April Shelton 221-615, Nigra
Burnett 217-613, Leigh Holman
and was clean the rest of the
way for a 155 game.
After another grind-it-out
190 game I was sitting at
minus 144 with three games
to go in the block. We got to a
pair on the end and I managed
to hit the pocket two times in
a row and started out with a
double. This was not only the
first game I started out with a
strike, but one of the rare ones
where I actually marked twice
in a row. Somehow I managed
to get the first six strikes. Typically
when I have six in a row
I am thinking this can be a big
game, but at the U.S. Open I
was just thinking that at least I
should be plus this game!
I left the 2-4-5 in the
seventh and ruined my shot
at perfection, but I could still
make a big game. In the 8th I
missed a tad left and left and
the ball hooked and left a 4-6
split. I did manage a 231 game
and got myself back under
minus 100.
Game 5 was another good
game, but some poor pin
carry left me with a 192 game
instead of 220. Sitting at -121
I knew I needed to finish the
day strong and I found the line
early, but couldn’t quite carry.
I managed to get a lucky break
with a Brooklyn strike in the
middle of several quality shots
and through the back six for
234 and finished the day at
minus 3 for a two day total of
minus 87.
After day two I was in 168th
215-606.
George Helfrich 201-549, Jennifer
Korn 166, Ken Garber 223-582, Cassie
Williams 172, Danny Castro 176-455,
Sonja Nichols 159, Emanuel Rangel
218-529, Teresa Tibbs 198, Kimer Laster
155-448.
Arlene Holland 154, Robert Raley
248-631, Paula Armstrong 190-522,
At USA Bowl
Graham posts 772,
Bishop snags 699
Lee 299
Burdette Graham took highseries
honors for the week at USA
Bowl after polishing off potent
278-235-259 = 772 numbers in
Golden Age Trio action.
Sharhonda Bishop, from the
Pony Express group, paced the
ladies with a stately 248-235-216
= 699 set.
Sung Lee’s near perfect 299
game earned high-game honors.
HONOR ROLL
Helen Lowe 159-405, Arli Wilkes
234-639, Sung J Lee 743, Chris Holliday
place, but the next day I get to
bowl on the high scoring burn
squad that everyone else seems
to be bowling well on. Since
I was only about thirty pins
away from the estimated cut
line I was feeling pretty good
about my chances of catching
a check.
Day three we get the “B”
squad which I’ve seen guys
tear up all week so I’m excited
at the possibility. Most of my
favorite balls are the ones that
go straighter so I had really
high hopes. Norm Duke was
bowling “A” and doing very
well so Del Ballard gave me the
advice to go watch him prior to
my squad.
Norm was playing 28 at
the arrows and fading it to
the hole. Knowing we have
six games to bowl and that is
where we are going to start
I must admit I was a little
nervous. In practice I was able
to simulate what Norm was
doing, but that soon went away
and I had to jump even further
left because we developed an
early hook spot. This meant
I was starting to loft the ball
over the left gutter in game 1.
I struggled to a 176 game
and was starting to lose my
cool. I went to the next pair
and the trend continued of not
catching any breaks as I paid
the ultimate price on the first
shot as I left a big split when
the ball checked up early. I
then adjusted and threw a five
Continued on Page 7
Willie Jackson 265, Nita Stein 202,
Ira King 710, Sharon Bumpus 525,
Jeff Steinman 201-501, Pam Ibbotson
207-491.
Charles Covert 289-769, Jessica
Dewoody 210, Vicky Kopp 537, Ron
Waller 259-685, Margie Wherry 213,
Dolores Howard 488, Ron Waller (9
pin, no tap) 300-868, Audrey Parham
(9 pin, no tap) 221.
Dick Ensminger (9 pin, no tap) 300,
Dolores Howard (9 pin, no tap) 260-
652, Billy Fontenot 279, Teresa Tibbs
184-526, Travis Thomas 772, Bruce
Lund 279-734, Cindy Sterrett 258-656.
Ron Coggins 279-759, Jamey
Coggins 206-572, Maxine Woolard 204,
Dee Sanders 507.
254-684, Dante Davis 258-717, Deneen
Wilson 244-690, Jim Ellis 154-439,
Cindy Guidry 201-534, Keith Geissler
(4 games) 211-804. Mindy McNeal (4
games) 199-682, Jay Irby 235-650,
Jennifer Curl 217-591, Randall Buda
259-755, Vanessa Brown 243-594,
Chris Wooley 140-398, Susan Charlton
213-608, Ben Brunsen 163-419.
Nicole French 120-340, Ruben Rios
244-708, Pat Sheetz 205-573, John
Reger 246-706, Amy Brown 225-590,
Bert Johnson 181-539.

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Xtra Frame growing and evolving
By Joan Taylor
It is gratifying, much like
watching a child grow, to
see how far PBA’s web-based
broadcast package, Xtra Frame,
has developed in a short time.
It has been nurtured, tweaked,
modified, and recently added-to
with tournaments of its own.
The program was actually
spawned from Strike Pass,
which boasted the first major
sport delivered via live video
over the internet. The offering
made sense, as several Microsoft
alumnae had bought the
PBA.
But unfortunately the PBA
was ahead of its time. About
five years ago the package
was re-branded as Xtra Frame.
It was a family affair last week
at Brunswick Zone Watauga as
Jimmy and Debbie Ensminger
shared the top spot on the leader
boards. Jimmy downed a hefty
771 series while Debbie rolled a
tidy 649 set in High Points league
action.
Chris Hibbitts’ award-winning
12-bagger garnered high-game
honors.
HONOR ROLL
Miki Jo Parish 256, James Poledna
Mike Jakuboski, left, and Jason
Thomas for Xtra Frame
With Mike Jakubowski, PBA
Cross Marketing and Multi-
At Brunswick Zone Watauga
Ensminger’s share top
honors
Hibbitts 300
675, Mia Davis 542, David Smith 761,
Kathleen LeCroy 611, Matt Hoyt 722,
Beth Standlee 588., Tim Laird 703, Reva
Lovett 518, Scott Groschup 680, Lisa
Groschup 566. Michael Bennett 698,
Jennifer Roberts 456, Richard Bushaw
708, Ametria Maryland 640, Johnathon
Hooks 736, Catrina Roberts 641, Fred
Gonzales 670, Kerry Rusk 599, Justin
Blackshear 742, Jill Demuth 498.
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Eddy Smith 662, Sue Condotta 552.
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along with Jason Thomas and
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reports, the program continues
to grow, not only by subscriber
numbers, but also with formats
and other offerings.
“We immediately doubled
the subscriptions (from Strike
Pass),” Jakubowski, better
known as “Mike J. Laneside”
said. “It’s similar to the revolution
when ‘regular’ television
went to cable, and three television
stations became 100. We
have repackaged the resources
that the PBA has in hopes of
getting a wider audience.
“We have entered the next
phase of sports entertainment
in that the internet costs less
At Plano Super Bowl
Acon crushes 782,
Oulicky blasts 675
Carroll, Lavery, Scott, Verrelli, Wade 300’s,
Spolar 299, Plagens 297
Eric Acon, earned high-set
honors for the week at Plano
Super Bowl with a thundering
strike-filled 258-266-258 = 782
Pepsi Classic session.
Debby Oulicky, from the Texans
Mixed Classic group, fired a
blistering 238-215-222 = 675 set
to front distaff scoring.
Michael Carroll, Sean Lavery,
Scotty Scott, Dave Verrelli and
Wes Wade shared high-game
honors as each posted awardwinning
12-baggers. Scott Spolar
took runner-up honors with a
near perfect 299 while Mark
Plagens followed up with a 297
single.
HONOR ROLL
Patrick Adams 279-730, Eric
Woodward 279, Lisa Prior 211-570,
Eric Acon 266-782, Trent Jacobs 232-
679, Brenda Box 166-484, John Savier
262-659, Sandra Linex 189-521, Larry
Nuss 232-669.
Carisa Patrick 223-597, Mark
Plagens 727, Debbie Lambert 236-600,
Jeff Lindeman 268-691, Loree Clark
191-546, Martiza Matteo 231-581,
Enrique Perez 154-424, Russell Knight
247-696.
Diane Wallentine 245-606, Andi
Hall 204-547, Marion Crawley 171-477,
Don Jones 279-696, Patricia Fajardo
233-586, Lynn Jestes 645, Anita Noxon
173-498, Robert Eidenier 258-771,
Jackie Fisher 246-668. Mark Thompson
258-712, Karen Clevenger 192-543,
Justin Pittsinger 246-675, Cindy Mann
207-560, Marilyn Montoro 235-589,
Cathy Sposito 216-586, Ray Montoro
247-707, Chris Rador 245-679.
Ed O’keeffe 196-548, Glenna Young
190-482, Tony Azcue 268-733, Ashley
Adams 225-623, Scotty Scott 774,
Jennifer Hayes 266-621, Bill Fong 245-
716, Whitney Williams 212-592, Patty
Ellington 202-596. Phyllis Duncan
214-582, Les Burnham 238-688, Marcy
Clampitte 199-547, Frank Phillips 279-
746, Diane Wallentine 213-562, Steve
Montgomery 260-718, Barbara Jernigan
212-601, Bill Ferguson 279-758.
than your traditional pay-for
TV. Recently we responded
to the wants and needs of the
fans who wanted to see and
hear more tournaments. A
local automobile dealer, Ricart
Ford, underwrote ‘Xtra Frame
Tour’ events. We essentially
produce a television show with
four stops: Fountain Valley
(CA) Columbus (OH), Detroit
(MI) and Indianapolis (IN).
Two titles were won already
and count as a regular tour
title for points and earnings, in
addition to qualifying for the
annual Tournament of Champions.”
Each winner gets $10,000
for first place.
The pre- and post-tournament
webcasts give subscribers
the real story leading up to
final rounds: qualifying,
matchplay, and any additional
post-tournament drama. It
gives fans a bigger picture of
Sean Lavery (4 games) 1052, Janelle
Westbrook (4 games) 234-828, Pat Neal
268-729, Kathy Molski 224-580, Dave
Verrelli 700, Elaine Ervin 205-578,
Shane McDaniel 267-715, Steph Calbert
211-587.
Kevin Hiam 269-758, Cindy Mann
218-637, Michal Foley 211-590, Nadia
Dehghan 134.
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each tournament stop, as other
sports have, such as NASCAR.
Jakubowski frequently fills
in his programs by answering
or having a guest announcer
(i.e, Mark Roth) respond to
questions filtered through
the PBA’s Facebook or twitter
page. While the originators of
Strike Pass were ahead of their
time, “we want to be five years
ahead of our time,” Mike said.
To date Xtra Frame has
grown the original 1200
subscribers into nearly 4,000
subscribers, but he wants to
grow that to 40,000.
He is currently working
on a summer schedule to add
webcasts and attract those new
subscribers.
The cost for a subscription is
$7.99 per month or $64.99 for a
full year and is available through
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Continued from Page 4
bagger, but threw it bad in the
seventh frame and missed the
pocket and split again.
I somehow managed a 223
game, but I felt like I was
running out of lane and out of
time. Game three was crucial
as the cut number kept dropping
and was down to minus
60 and I was sitting at minus
88, and although my path to
the pocket was abnormal it
was a relatively good look. I
bowled a pretty good game
clean through five frames and
threw a double in the 6th and
7th frames. I am starting to feel
a rally coming on when the
unthinkable happens…a pocket
7-10. I understand these kinds
of things happen in bowling,
but what an absolute kick in
the tail.
Looking back I think that
shot was my mental turning
point. I ended up shooting
a 169 and dropped to minus
121 and now I need plus sixty
over for the next three games
and the conditions are getting
worse by the minute. Game
four was a grind and my target
is now left of 30 at the arrows
and I’m no longer just moving
boards, but adjusting altitude.
I felt like it was a decent game,
but at the end it was a 186 and
I’m deeper in the hole. By this
time I need to gamble to get
to the cut and so I got deeper
than I ever have before. My
target was 36 at the arrows, but
obviously I knew I was going
to hit it, I was going over it in
the air.
Anytime I go to my loft
game it always reminds me of
“Tin Cup” where he says “I’m
not going left of those trees or
right of those, I’m going over
those trees with a little draw!”
I managed a 205 in game five,
but with one game to go I
knew I needed a 240 game and
my only hope was a good final
pair. My hopes for a 240 game
went away with my first shot
as when it landed it immediately
hooked earlier than any
other pair before. I finished
with a 166 and finished the
U.S. Open at minus 162 which
sounds terrible, but overall I
finished in 148th out of 394
bowlers.
In the end I was certainly
disappointed with my scores,
but wasn’t disappointed in
how I bowled. Over eighteen
grueling games on those
conditions you are going to
make mistakes, but overall I
stayed patient and resilient and
got all the way to the last game
with a chance. I would say this
experience left me with a huge
appreciation for just how good
the top players in the world
truly are. Will I ever bowl the
U.S. Open again, maybe, I thoroughly
enjoyed the experience,
but bowling something I don’t
feel like I could win seems
kind of pointless. Who knows.
But if you want a measuring
stick of where your game is
then I encourage you to give it
a shot and bowl the US Open.
New ball marking
regulation in effect
ARLINGTON — A primary
goal of the United States Bowling
Congress as the sport’s
National Governing Body is
to protect the integrity of the
game and ensure that equipment
performs correctly. USBC
recently issued new specifications
for ball marking designed
to protect bowlers and pro shop
operators from errors that can
lead to incorrect drilling.
High performance bowling
balls have markings on the
surface to indicate the weight
block location inside the ball.
The accuracy of these markings
is important in determining
how to drill the ball for
proper performance.
Effective January 31, 2012,
USBC is requiring ball manufacturers
to accurately mark
the key axes on the ball that
are used during the ball layout
Henry Johnson’s rousing 278-
221-267 = 766 Crusaders league
session headed the men’s high
series race last week at Forum
Bowl.
Diana Jesse-Nunn led the
ladies with a stalwart 276-180-
242 = 698 Fast Lane Trio outing.
Joey Howery took high-game
honors with an award-winning
12-bagger.
HONOR ROLL
Mark Neville 246-622, Hazel
Bunyea 213-553, Duane Bates (9 pin)
300-777, Dottie Robbins (9 pin) 224-
653, Lessie Watkins 220-614, Holly
Ginn 198-525, Joey Wheeler 267-703,
Mary Mosher 203-558.
Chris Osornio (9 pin, 4 games)
300-1151, Nancy Lira (9 pin, 4 games)
258-906, Warren Abao 246-659, Tammy
Lee Brown headed the leader
boards last week at Brunswick
Zone Denton by logging laudable
247-257-255 = 759 numbers in
Practice League play.
Micaela Sprague paced the
ladies with a sturdy 231-195-190
= 616 ALOOO series.
HONOR ROLL
Jonathan Pelc 239-623, Heather
Wallace 208-582, Terry Bussell 257-688,
Stephanie Ary 183-512, Ben Morgan
238-673, Devonna Hoffman 173-504,
Duane Parson 243-681, Jennifer
LaChance 213-597.
Amber Walters 176-486, Tony
process by pro shop operators
in order to receive USBC
approval.
“Bowling balls that are
marked accurately give the pro
shop operator the best information
possible to provide their
customers with a ball that will
perform as expected,” USBC
Managing Director, National
Governing Body, Neil Stremmel
said. “If a ball is not marked
accurately, it may be drilled
to produce an undesirable
performance.”
The new specifications
requires the low radius of gyration
axis be within a one-inch
radius of the center of the pin
of the ball and provided a ball
has an asymmetrical core, the
high radius of gyration axis,
or Preferred Spin Axis (PSA),
must be within 1.5 inches of
the center of a marking indica-
At Forum Bowl
Johnson claims 766,
Jesse-Nunn rolls 698
Howery 300
Henderson 203-547, Hung Nguyen
235-686, Tracy Herrara 185-488, Paul
Tran 209-562.
Cindy King 195-572, Gary Painter
258-704, Joyce Johnson 194-572,
Paulie Henderson (4 games) 299-977,
Elizabeth Sienicki (4 games) 237-900,
Harmon Atkins 278-721, Roberta
Stanfield 211-573.
John Hawkins 263-665, Karen
Hoyle 223-578, Wally Belton 244-700,
Mhalee Davila 207-537, Silas McCaddon
263-650, Katie Atkins 210-546, Adam
borcherding 278-686, Karen Geiger
165-440.
Henry Johnson 278-766, Mary
Brathwaite 237-675, James Walton
245-694, Emily Montgomery 210-576,
Tony Hernandez 246-684, Tricia
Guzman 202-563, Jeremy Allen 229-
637, Constance Parker 170-480.
At Brunswick Zone Denton
Brown racks up 759,
Sprague topples 616
Volner (2 games) 207-411, Jennifer
LaChance (2 games) 211-403, Derek
Murphree 257-737, Kari Sportsman
202-566, Angie Richardson 196-527.
Andy Chapman 258-715, Amanda
Ferrell 179-512, Carl Dreessen 234-669,
Keith Bancewicz 245-692, Suzanne
Hayes 219-517, Dennis Pearson 189-
539, Betsy Sheats 206-518, John Lowe
207-569.
Linda Tubbs 181-498, Heath Worley
265-695, Tracy Lunden 177-465.
SENIORS
A C Adams 238-637, Mary Neely
202-562.
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“Part of our job at USBC
is to protect our bowlers and
industry partners such as pro
shops,” USBC Director of Equipment
Specifications Herman
Glenn said. “By standardizing
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252-542, Kevin Williams 104, Katarina
Korn 121, Morgan Hastings 78, Shane
Vangossen 123, Gabby Castro 167-429,
Dallas USBC Youth Scores
Kishjuan Busby headed the
Dallas-area USBC Youth bowling
last week with a power-packed
236-279-257 = 772 JR-SR High
Rollers series at AMF Garland
Lanes.
Shana Geerdes, Simonsen’s
league mate, led the girls with a
booming 173-234-237 = 644 set.
At AMF Irving Lanes –Robert Pate 241,
Kimberly Yanai 218-629, Franklin Reed
218-549, Jaden Takayesu 189-503, Zander
Villinger 548, James Anderson 128-308,
Victoria Hylton 127-378, Chris Gupton
118-294, Isabella Ruiz 123-346, Caden
Williams 75-187, Hayle Hylton 47-130.
At AMF Lewisville Lanes – Kaylee
Holmes 105-281, Jeremy Palmatier
124-299, Madison Braswell 53-145,
Nick Morgan 197-497, Danielle Cole
167-435, Travis Davenport 224-657,
Morgan Reising 204-543.
At AMF Richardson Lanes –
D’Ontae Rhone 242-666, Katie Ross
166-413, Devan Vaghela (2 games)
117-205, Mariah Greene-Martinez (2
Area USBC
Youth Scores
Aaron Burch led the Southwest-area
USBC youth bowling
last week with a solid 269/708
Scholarship series at BRC Thousand
Oaks.
Sydney Barren, Burch’s league
mate, paced the girls with a fine
247/592 set.
Casey Tibbs 165, John Holland 162-454,
Kamari Wine 180-525, Chance Moore
199-514, Austin Laster 164-479.
At Brunswick Zone Denton – Victor
Sanchez 223-600, Lexey Houck 202-
503, Matthew Reed 139-363, Morgan
Montgomery 120-281, Antonio Alonzo
246-635, Darla Dreessen 157-454,
Landon Thames 201-549, Natalie
Ramsey 130-357.
At Brunswick Zone Watauga – Vanessa
Vasquez 559, Katelyn Bailey 202,
Hayden Norman 323, Morgan Davis
303, Travis Kerbaugh 472, Cindi Dean
464, Evan McKamey 453, Amanda
Amerson 465, Micah McCracken 666,
Kyra Zink 480.
At Cityview Lanes – Josh Cooper
147-341, Thelma Watson 168-373, Adam
Sears 159-412, Ashley Montgue 90-243,
Gavin Meyer 104-268, Khilya Dyche
150-415, Jeremy Petosa 200-547, Sydnee
LeClear 74-189, Brandon Bonner 79-187,
Stephanie LeClear 81-187, Matthew
Becker 73-192, Caitlyn Wallace 107-294,
Mitch Williams 113-250, Kimberley
Sharp 105-282, Andrew Becker 128-357,
games) 121-219, Barrett Reynolds 208,
James Pipes 490, Ethan Gonzalez (2
games) 99-177, Emma Bouchard(2
games) 96-172, Clayton Berryhill 196-
502, Samantha Hester 134-334, Jake
Whitson 228-622, Madison Murphy
134-370.
At AMF Showplace Garland Lanes
– Kishjuan Bubsy 279-772, Courtney
Salinas 218-615, Amare Miller 167-431,
Grace Blair 131-332, Nia Davis 207-557,
Anthony Salinas 204-582, Courtney
Salinas 234-613.
At Plano Super Bowl – Cordell
Reedy 137-332, Emma Johnson 115-265,
Aidan Hudson 130-355, Kristin Wood
147-342, Tyson Gray 168-481, Maxine
DePalma 102-283, Jayden Norman
146-378, Hailey Keister 193-473, Jaxon
Barrronnn 202-55551, Zoey Ruby 152-
409, Anthony Simonsen 258-686, Hope
Gramly 212-587, Allister Rutledge 253-
704, Alexes Burton 215-592, Lorenzo
Benavides 279-685, Shana Geerdes
244-660, Tyler Samsel 276-759. Ashley
Hansen 244-645, Garrett Stout 166-
447, Megan Cooley 164-427, Anthony
Simonsen 269-635, Veronica Prior
172-460, Tyler Samsel 249-685, Kirsti
Jack 253-530, Drew Claus 189-532,
Brianne Hansen 203-597, Hunter Harty
231-581, Juliana Franco 212-600, Zack
Wassam 101-189, Abby Garza 84-168.
At Red Bird Lanes – Trenton Strickland
214-486, Kaylee Hancock 156-389,
Darren Simon 121-226, Cheyenne
Hancock 148-386, Chase Kuenhold
167-326, Amanda Eans 137-266.
At Rowlett Bowl-a-Rama – Conner
Smyth 84-155, Mya Phillips 87-152,
Chloe Davis 91-224, David Becker
166-408, Thelma Watson 157-413,
Sam Ambani 159-396, Alison Norman
82-208, Blake Grove 131-321, Tory Davis
101-285, Matthew Reininger 147-418,
Khilya Dyche 181-463, Cameron Royse
190-490, Matthew Becker 214-566,
Steven Morris 143-390, Tyler Meeks
152-421, Sheldon Graham 160-435,
Blake George 170-427, Kevin Graham
196-519, Andy Steed 165-434, Jeremy
Petosa 203-602, Josh Gibbs 142-393,
Colton Treece 163-414, Adam Sears
178-473, Dillon Sparks 96-275, Tanner
Bankston 197-526, Dalton Sparks 132-
339, Marin Smolcic 195-422.
At Cowtown Bowling Palace –
Darius Fields 217-590, Sonya Dikes
171-356, Tony Kidwell 191-477,
Jenine Hubbell 128-353, Adam Beasley
277-634, Shyanne Johnson 226-616,
Chandler 256-595, Brittney Martin
213-578, Matthew Cranfill 211, Nadia
Stone 196-496, Jake Swift 148, Genesys
Striver 112, Daniel Christopher 138-399,
Isabella Osburn 134-328, Toby Jones
131-357, Bethany Jones 94-221.
Brandon Ingram 132-309, Kylie Bloomer
68-166, Evan Orten 102-270, Madison
Smith 97-268, Dillon Fuller (2 games)
158-284.
At Strikz – Ryan Yablonsky 213-579,
Katie Camp 130-341.
At USA Bowl – Austin Ellis 246-640,
D’Ontae Rhone 199-595, D’Vante Rhone
164-440.
First 300
Cowtown Bowling Palace junior
bowler, Adam Beasley, hit a
milestone in his young bowling
career when he bowled his first
300 game and high series of
719, Saturday, January 28 in the
Strikers league.
Beasley also plays football,
baseball and basketball and is
in the select choir at Ed Willkie
Middle School in Fort Worth.
Boys
Kishjuan Busby, AMF Showplace Garland ........... 772
Aaron Burch, BRC Thousand Oaks ...................... 708
Allister Rutledge, Plano Super Bowl ..................... 704
Chris Signo, Brunswick Zone Watauga ................ 686
Garrick Schmit, AMF Spare Time Lanes ............... 667
D’Ontae Rhone, AMF Richardson Lanes .............. 666
Travis Davenport, AMF Lewisville Lanes .............. 657
Tate Taylor, AMF Showplace Euless Lanes .......... 645
Austin Ellis, USA Bowl ........................................... 640
Antonio Alonzo, Brunswick Zone Denton ............. 635
Adam Beasley, Cowtown Bowling Palace ............ 634
Jeremy Petosa, Cityview Lanes ............................ 602
Ryan Yablonsky, Strikz ........................................... 579
Franklin Reed, AMF Irving Lanes .......................... 549
Jared Nichols, Brunswick Westcreek Lanes ........ 542
Trenton Strickland, Red Bird Lanes ...................... 486
Brandon Ingram, Rowlett Bowl-a-Rama ............... 309
Girls
Shana Geerdes, Plano Super Bowl ....................... 644
Diane Hasty, AMF Spare Time Lanes .................... 631
Kimberly Yanai, AMF Irving Lanes ........................ 629
Shyanne Johnson, Cowtown Bowling Palace ...... 616
Courtney Salinas, AMF Showplace Garland ........ 615
Sydney Barren, BRC Thousand Oaks ................... 592
Jaden Takayesu, AMF Showplace Euless Lanes . 590
Vanessa Vasquez, Brunswick Zone Watauga ...... 559
Katelyn George, Brunswick Westcreek Lanes ..... 552
Morgan Reising, AMF Lewisville Lanes ................ 543
Lexey Houck, Brunswick Zone Denton ................. 503
Khilya Dyche, Cityview Lanes ............................... 463
Katie Ross, AMF Richardson Lanes ..................... 413
Kaylee Hancock, Red Bird Lanes ......................... 389
Katie Camp, Strikz ................................................. 341
Madison Smith, Rowlett Bowl-a-Rama.................. 268
SMART Corporation
plans distribution
ARLINGTON — The
Board of Directors of SMART
(Scholarship Management and
Accounting Reports for Tenpins)
Corporation will make
an income earnings distribution
to providers’ funds later
this month. A $230,000 total
distribution will be credited
before March 7, 2012.
“We are pleased that SMART
is now positioned to resume periodic
payouts of asset earnings
to our providers’ accounts,”
SMART Corporation Board
Chairman Wally Hall said.
Additionally, beginning
in February 2012, all SMART
assets are being transferred to
investment funds in line with
SMART’s revised financial
guidelines. The transfers of
these investments will be
overseen by Asset Strategy
Consultants of Hunt Valley,
Md., based on the investment
policy that the SMART Board
of Directors developed over the
past year.
The SMART Board’s investment
policy is designed
to invest the present value
of earned scholarships into
highly conservative and safe
securities. The remainder of
the assets will be invested in a
diversified portfolio of securities
expected to yield greater
returns while still maintaining
a highly conservative investment
strategy.
The SMART Corporation
is also initiating a project to
enhance the design, functionality
and content of its website
portal. The SMART Board will
continue to provide updates on
this key project as development
progresses.
The United States Bowling
Congress SMART program
began operation in 1994 as a
service offering the bowling
community a centralized
location to manage bowling
scholarship funds as well as
providing USBC members with
a resource for inquiries about
bowling scholarships. In 2010,
the SMART Bowling Scholarship
Funding Corporation was
created as an independent
entity dedicated to the management,
protection and promotion
of the SMART scholarship
funds.

Lane Laughter
At AMF Lewisville
Lavery-Spahr rocks 792,
Fiene flips 658
Powers 300
Sean Lavery-Spahr held the
hot hand last week at AMF
Lewisville Lanes after pounding
out a power-packed 276-259-257
= 792 Monday Men’s league
session.
Kellie Fiene, from the Rising
Stars group, led the ladies with a
highly commendable 206-194-258
= 658 showing.
Glenn Powers’ award-winning
12-bagger earned high-game
honors.
At AMF Hurst Lanes
Newton smashes
299/713, Collins
crafts 617
Charles Newton rocked the
AMF Hurst Lanes house last
week with an award-winning
156-299-258 = 713 Wild Bunch
Sr’s league session.
Andrea Collins’ fine 227-212-
178 = 617 Wednesday Mixed set
led the ladies.
HONOR ROLL
Danny Baum (4 games) 247-856,
Jeff Russell (4 games) 243-843, Scott
Millar 612, Dana Short 189-540, Ronnie
Mills 175-612, Elva Lopez 161-502,
Lucky Hansen 217-567, Bud Young
244-713.
Charles Newton 224-629, Lucky
Hansen 211-584, Mike Meek 636, Bea
Thompson 201-535, Anthony Smith
226-605, Patricia Blunt 161-412, Brent
Bryant 186-463, Debi Smith 144-418.
Jack Armstrong 279704, Kimberly
Johnson 190-468, Daryl Spann 206-505,
Sue Eby 161-427.
HONOR ROLL
Herman Shurden 225-607, Donna
Hodgson 184-506, Laney Royal 267-
722, Sabina DeBord 205-523, Dennis
Stroup 247-668, Sabina DeBord 267-582,
Ryan Curtis 263-746, Sherri Strongren
224-584.
Shirley Coolidge 200-537, Thomas
Jackson 234-628, Shannon Strickland
215-546, Ken Smithers 241-660,
Tammy Gilbert 186-492, Andrew
Gorder 254-736, Melanie Whitaker
213-543, Diane Scalley 183-490. Reggie
Crawford 279-748, Jereme LeBargeois
203-531, Rikki Garcia 172-430, Gerald
Dewberry 276-760, Kim Hood 223-620,
Mike Howell 267-657, Bonnie Kluempke
178-518, Jeff Parlato 267-659.
Christy Maksymowicz 159-455,
Chad Fisher 237-621, Stephanie Ellis
177-472, Mark Rowland 221-614, Donna
Wynkoop 199-527.
SAN ANTONIO – Dustin
Ochoa fired a power-laden 257-
279-268 = 804 series in 1000
Renegades action to head the
scoring race for the week at BRC
Thousand Oaks.
Helen Keith claimed top
honors for the ladies with
a robust 226-257-247 = 730
Armadillos set.
Russell Dover earned highgame
honors with an awardwinning
perfecto.
PIN POINTS
TO PONDER
By CHUCK PEZZANO
Idle bowling thoughts.
...Brilliant, brilliant,
brilliant. That, in one word
repeated over and over again
best describes Mort Luby Jr.’s
story of bowling pioneer Joe
Thum and Luby’s unique talent
as a painter and his passion for
history and detail.
Every time I look at the
rendition of Thum and his
White Elephant bowling
center in New York City I see
something new, the cars on the
street, the bowlers with their
one ball bowling bags entering
and leaving the center, the
water tower above the building
next door and the fully authenticated
lamp post and of course
the bowling awards and medals
adorning Thum’s chest.
I never knew Joe Thum,
but I knew closely a number of
people who did, among them
the owner of the Bowlmor Recreation,
Nick Gianos, himself a
fabled New York City bowling
proprietor who did so much for
the game and sport.
I don’t know exactly how it
happened but Gianos had many
of the Thum memorabilia in a
storage room at his Bowlmor
site and every now and then I
got a good look at some of the
historical items. What really
drew my attention was a large
group of bowling trophies
that even in my less knowing
youthful days I could figure out
were silver. They were classy
and added class to our sport so
many years ago as did Thum .
Mort Luby Sr. father of our
sport’s Leonardo da Vinci, Mort
Jr., was a down to earth writer,
publisher, matchmaker, tournament
creator and you name it.
He also was a gentleman who
encouraged me to write for the
Bowler’s Journal while I was
still in college.
The younger Mort, in
addition to his painting prowess,
always has been a man
of erudition in so many ways,
but he also worked long hours
At BRC Thousand Oaks
Ochoa scorches 804,
Keith jams 730
Dover 300
HONOR ROLL
David Kubitz 268-661, Connie
Rangel 220-553, Elvin Keeney 237-704,
Gwen Cobb 221-583, Chad Moore
224-643, Sarah Buck 255-561, Patti
Kelso 245-650.
Trish Lepri 240-544, Mona Hagy-
Rose 204-575, Russell Dover 732.
SENIORS
George Skinner 258-701, Bobbie
Strickland 190-479, Anna Robinson
173-503, Donald Black 243-629, Kay
Reynolds 211-542.
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in covering national bowling
tournaments for daily newspapers
wanting information on
their local representatives.
He made it his business to
learn as much about bowling,
bowlers and every area of the
industry.
And that’s the way da Vinci
was, delving into so many
areas of life that seldom does
a year go by that some new
revelations about him aren’t
discovered.
It is gratifying that Mort
Luby Jr. has been so dedicated
to the proper research and
unveiling of bowling history
because he has been an
important part of that history
and that’s what bowling Halls
of Fame and museums are all
about.
Luby Jr. and da Vinci—now
that’s a doubles team hard to
beat.
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the fact that it doesn’t gain the
sponsorships and backing of
other sports on so many levels,
and in the important tournament
prize money area.
The Phoenix golf pro stop
drew a record 173,000 spectators
in one day and more than
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That’s more than bowling can
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Rash, Fagan Lead 2011-12 PBA
Tour Stats After Seven Events
SEATTLE — Sean Rash of
Montgomery, Ill., on the basis
of a record-setting performance
during the PBA World Series of
Bowling, has raced into a commanding
lead in the 2011-12
PBA Tour competition points
race, a statistical category with
significant implications as the
season progresses.
In two other key PBA
statistical races, Mike Fagan of
Dallas is the Tour’s average and
earnings leader, thanks in part
to his triumphant performance
in the Alka-Seltzer Plus Liquid
Gels United States Bowling
Congress Masters.
Rash, who finished among
the top four in all four World
Series events completed thus
far (PBA World Championship,
Bayer Viper Open, Chameleon
Open and Scorpion Open), has
compiled 101,485 points in
the six events he has entered,
taking a lead of 12,545 points
over his closest challenger,
Australia’s Jason Belmonte
(88,940 points). Finland’s Osku
Palermaa is third with 82,180
points followed by Englishmen
Dom Barrett (81,837) and Stu
Williams (80,401).
While the PBA has
eliminated its “exempt tour”
as of this season, points status
remains important because the
top six as of March 12 earn
two “bye” rounds in the Dick
Weber PBA Playoffs, March
30-April 1 at Woodland Bowl
in Indianapolis, and players
who rank seventh through 12th
will earn first-round byes in
the PBA Playoffs. The top 66
players in PBA Tour points will
be eligible for the Playoffs.
In addition, the top 16
players in competition points
at the conclusion of the 2011-12
PBA Tour season will receive
invitations to compete in the
renewal of the Japan Cup,
Nov. 29-Dec. 2, in Tokyo. The
2012 Japan Cup will offer just
over $285,000 in prize money,
including $78,000 and a PBA
Tour title to the winner.
After seven PBA Tour
events, Fagan is scoring at a
236.90 per-game pace after 82
games, more than nine pins
ahead of runner-up Bill O’Neill
of Southampton, Pa. (227.83) in
the high average race. Close behind
O’Neill are Ryan Ciminelli
of Cheektowaga, N.Y. (227.75),
Rash (227.38) and P.J. Haggerty
of Roseville, Calif. (227.29).
Fagan tops the earnings list
with $61,250. He is followed
by Palermaa, the PBA World
Championship titlist ($58,850);
Belmonte, the Chameleon
Open winner ($53,675); Rash
($44,300) and Ryan Shafer,
Horseheads, N.Y. ($33,205).
2011-12 PBA TOUR
STATISTICAL LEADERS
(as of February 19, 2012)
PBA COMPETITION POINTS
1, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill.,
101,485. 2, Jason Belmonte, Australia,
88,940. 3, Osku Palermaa, Finland,
82,180. 4, Dom Barrett, England,
81,837. 5, Stuart Williams, England,
80,401. 6, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo.,
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Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 69,316.
9, Ildemaro Ruiz, Venezuela, 65,517.
10, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas,
59,963.
11, Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga,
N.Y., 58,548. 12, Nathan Bohr,
Wichita, Kan., 54,051. 13, Bill O’Neill,
Southampton, Pa., 53,028. 14, Josh
Blanchard, Gilbert, Ariz., 52,463. 15,
Dan MacLelland, Canada, 49,695. 16,
Brian Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio, 48,872.
17, Patrick Allen, Wesley Chapel, Fla.,
47,603. 18, Chris Loschetter, Avon,
Ohio, 46,582. 19, Rhino Page, Dade
City, Fla., 46,463. 20, Eugene McCune,
Munster, Ind., 46,458.
21, Martin Larsen, Sweden, 46,263.
22, Dave Wodka, Henderson, Nev.,
44,635. 23, Norm Duke, Clermont,
Fla., 42, 58. 24, Michael Haugen Jr.,
Carefree, Ariz., 39,759. 25, Andres
Gomez, Colombia, 39,262. 26, Tom
Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich., 38,811. 27,
Jack Jurek, Lackawanna, N.Y., 38,597.
28, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C.,
38,078. 29, Scott Newell, Deland, Fla.,
36,620. 30, Chris Warren, Grants Pass,
Ore., 34,460.
31, Bryon Smith, Roseburg, Ore.,
34,412. 32, Brian Valenta, Lockport, Ill.,
At AMF Showplace Euless Lanes
Vendeville explodes 300/815,
Franklin shoots 750
Wilson 801, Hopkins 298, Whitney 297
Chad Vendeville was on target
last week at AMF Showplace
Euless Lanes as he dominated
scoring with an exceptional 257-
258-300 = 815 Matchpoint Mixed
league production.
Paul Wilson finished close
behind Vendeville with his own
801 Masters series.
Genie Franklin, from the
Masters group, topped the ladies’
high-set chart with a hard-hitting
278-236-236 = 750 set.
Chuck Hopkins captured
At Red Bird Lanes
Robinson notches 696,
Hoffman bags 628
Bradley Robinson led the
scoring race last week at Red Bird
Lanes by hammering out hefty
204-266-226 = 696 Thursday
Nite Mix marks.
Deanna Hoffman earned fem
scoring honors with a solid 232-
185-211 = 628 Match Point Trio
ladies set.
HONOR ROLL
Lauren Daniel 198-546, Vicki
Collins 209-551, Laura Allen 214-546,
Arthur Stangl 237-663, Frank B 245-
663, Billy Cathey 247-656, John Hinckel
190-533, Rebecca Salinas 201-550,
Dorothy Jones 192-496.
Janie McClain 182-497, Richard
32,555. 33, Wes Malott, Pflugerville,
Texas, 32,219. 34, Mika Koivuniemi,
Finland, 31,519. 35, Scott Norton, Costa
Mesa, Calif., 30,769. 36, Kelly Kulick,
Union, N.J., 29,944. 37, Lee Vanderhoef,
Greenville, S.C., 29,201. 38, Mike
Wolfe, New Albany, Ind., 29,026. 39,
Dino Castillo, Carrollton, Texas, 29,022.
40, Jason Sterner, McDonough, Ga.,
28,985.
PBA TOUR AVERAGES
1, Mike Fagan, Dallas, 82 games,
236.90 average. 2, Bill O’Neill,
Southampton, Pa., 96, 227.83. 3, Ryan
Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 95,
227.75. 4, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill.,
95, 227.38. 5, PJ Haggerty, Roseville,
Calif., 76, 227.29. 6, Chris Barnes,
Double Oak, Texas, 97, 226.96. 7, Stuart
Williams, England, 110, 226.43. 8,
Jason Belmonte, Australia, 112, 226.33.
9, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 104,
226.29. 10, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla.,
82, 225.98.
11, Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio,
101, 225.85.12, Martin Larsen, Sweden,
100, 225.70, 13, Dom Barrett, England,
92, 225.30. 14, Michael Haugen Jr.,
Carefree, Ariz., 78, 224.45. 15, Eugene
McCune, Munster, Ind., 72, 224.21. 16,
Patrick Allen, Wesley Chapel, Fla., 80,
runner-up honors with a 298
game while James Whitney
rolled in not too far behind
with a 297 solo.
HONOR ROLL
Robert Jones 279-780, Mike
Cranfill 286-768, Tom Crawford
279-759, Josh Moore 275-744, J D
Thompson 287-744, James Whitney
743, Lance Whisman 255-739, Steve
McCollum 279-737.
Chuck Hopkins 737, Bret Burns
244-686, Art Kveck 267-684, Lee
Cooper 227-644, James Fugitt 214-
Carlson 267-677, Jennifer Farrell
214-567, Lupe Guerra 247-675, David
Cron 223-652, Jeffery Cathey 254-686,
Denise Chambon 232-572, Paul Grody
228-677.
Ashley Sheehan 222-568, Vernon
Johnson 244-602, Floye Gilliam
190-508, Raymond Williams 217-602,
Keith Jennings 236-636, Dorothy Perry
192-509, Jimmie Hawkins 207-546,
Brenda James 183-503.
Ron Moser 178-517, Louise Ehrhart
204-525, Tristan Bridgewater 247-644,
Karla Johnson 231-533, Vera Hobbs 192-
511, Angela Herwald 220-514, George
Gillman 204-548, Norma Stephens
167-450.
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224.01. 17, Wes Malott, Pflugerville,
Texas, 81, 222.94. 18, Dan MacLelland,
Canada, 106, 222.88. 19, Osku Palermaa,
Finland, 74, 222.26. 20, Rhino
Page, Dade City, Fla., 88, 222.02.
2011-12 PBA TOUR EARNINGS
(after 7 events)
1, Mike Fagan, Dallas, $61,250. 2,
Osku Palermaa, Finland, $58,850. 3,
Jason Belmonte, Australia, $53,675.
4, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill.,
$44,300. 5, Ryan Shafer, Horseheads,
N.Y., $33,205. 6, Chris Barnes, Double
Oak, Texas, $30,275. 7, Dom Barrett,
England, $27,540. 8, Stuart Williams,
England, $27,235. 9, Ildemaro Ruiz,
Venezuela, $17,050. 10, Pete Weber, St.
Ann, Mo., $16,760.
11, Dan MacLelland, Canada,
$15,290. 12, Bryon Smith, Roseburg,
Ore., $15,000. 13, Nathan Bohr,
Wichita, Kan., $13,525. 14, Eugene
McCune, Munster, Ind., $12,970. 15,
Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, N.Y.,
$12,725. 16, Josh Blanchard, Gilbert,
Ariz., $12,600. 17, Brian Kretzer,
Dayton, Ohio, $11,550. 18, Bill O’Neill,
Southampton, Pa., $11,500. 19, Dave
Wodka, Henderson, Nev., $11,285. 20,
Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, $10,200.
620, Tim Medenwald 244-608, Frank
Houser 201-569, Tim Martin 188-558,
Teresa Ross 248-701.
Carol Johnson 238-695, Belinda
Chambers 227-646, Jo Russell 237-639,
Judith Guillory 227-604, Judy Leuty
246-600, Anna Jutson 233-589, Barbara
Chaky 246-587, Kathy Foote 215-577.
Khristy Whisman 225-577, Terri
Homme 236-572, Lisa Steele 202-565,
Mindy Wynn 201-554, Maria Montalbo
213-551, Rose Jacobson 190-531, Paula
Atchison 198-521.
Kristi Enyart 229-500, Denise
Wheeler 180-443.
At AMF Irving Lanes
Ray routs
672, Yanai
tosses 629
Derek Ray’s high-flying 245-
246-181 = 672 series in Men’s
Trio action led the scoring race
for the week at AMF Irving
Lanes.
Youth bowler, Kimberly Yanai
paced the ladies with a nice 197-
218-214 = 624 Youth Practice
League set.
HONOR ROLL
Stanley Henderson 218-573, Mary
Lay 204-526, Michael Cash 214-548,
Janice Andrews 179, Harry Umsted 213-
559, Mary Moore 469, Emilo Guzman
240-577, Kathy Wilson 180-497.
Chris Tidwell 222-642, JoAnn
Garcia 198-484, Bill Tenison 213-
556, Tessie Wells 163-443, Kevin
Weatherford 244-658, Hillary Kraus
253-624, Curtis Engel 236-639, Mary
Lay 198-529.
Darwyn Green 224-567, Jeanie
Newman 181-498, Kirby Gowland
248-639, Spencer McCurley 235-622.
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USBC, Baton Rouge mayor host
charity event
BATON ROUGE, La. — Baton
Rouge has been a gracious
host for the 2012 United States
Bowling Congress Open Championships,
and the event had
the chance to make a lasting
impact on the local community
by helping to raise more than
$30,000 for the Greater Baton
Rouge Food Bank on Friday
night.
After a short day of tournament
competition, the venue
was opened to more than 350
bowlers and guests for the
Mayor’s Celebrity Bowling
Challenge to Strike Out Hunger.
Through lane sponsorship
and ticket sales, the special
event generated enough money
to serve more than 150,000
meals locally.
Each of the venue’s 48 lanes
was available for sponsorship
by local businesses for $250,
and thanks to a very strong
bowling community with
support from local proprietors
and the USBC association, all
48 lanes were filled at $300
per team. There also were
raffles and opportunities to buy
additional celebrity strikes for
$100.
“We found a way to mesh
the USBC event, the city and
the bowling community to put
on a unique tournament that
benefited a great cause,” Baton
Rouge Mayor Kip Holden said.
“What’s most significant is
that the food bank has been at
almost an historic low, so for
all of these folks to come out
and help is amazing.”
Scott Rogers, host of Baton
Rouge’s Around Town TV
Show, was the celebrity emcee
for the evening, while each
team was joined by a local
celebrity. The list included
members of the media, dignitaries
and current and former
players and coaches from
Louisiana State University,
including Randall Gay, who
recently won a Super Bowl title
with the New Orleans Saints.
Even LSU head football coach
Les Miles made an appearance
to hear his 8-year-old daughter
Macy Grace sing the national
anthem.
“I talked to some people
who have bowled in the championships
and told me the
venue was amazing, and they
were right,” said Miles, who led
the Tigers a national championship
in 2007. “It’s also nice to
look around and see all of the
celebrities and supporters who
came out for such a great cause
tonight.”
Prior to their three games
of bowling Friday, guests had
the opportunity to mingle with
the celebrities and enjoy food
brought in by a number of local
restaurants. The mood was
light and the competition was
friendly, and the big winner of
the challenge was the Greater
Baton Rouge Food Bank.
“We’ve done a lot of traditional
fundraising events in the
past, so this is by far one of the
most unique things we’ve ever
had the opportunity to do,”
said Greater Baton Rouge Food
Bank President and CEO Mike
Manning. “Our two biggest
goals for tonight were to raise
money and awareness, and
we are overwhelmed by the
turnout and support from the
community and USBC. We had
no idea when we first heard
the concept for this that the
response would be so great
and the night would be so
successful.”
Since the start of the 2012
USBC Open Championships
on Feb. 11, the championship
lanes also have been home to
the Special Olympics National
Unified Tournament, a youth
event that gave 240 USBC
Youth members a chance to
experience the Open Championships
and an all-Baker
high school tournament for 43
varsity teams.
USBC also has developed a
Clint Johnson won highset
honors last week at AMF
Showplace Garland Lanes by
firing a chart-topping 290-249-
300 = 839 numbers in T.G.I.F.
action.
Ashley Adams, from the
Money Changers group, posted
a super solid 258-236-227 = 721
set to lead the ladies.
John Cooley and Jerry Perez
shared high-game accolades with
award-winning perfectos.
HONOR ROLL
David Taylor 269-764, Carisa
Patrick 245-689, Ted Pritts 279-760,
Kevin Hill 267-724, Mary Morris
223-600, Rosemary Looten 166-454,
Guadalupe Munoz 196-574, Kathy
Hopkins 242-639.
FRISCO – Rick Irvine posted
a lofty 236-280-236 = 752 Trio
League set headed the leader
boards for the week at Strikz.
Loren Tenczar’s rollicking
288-174-220 = 682 Monday Mixerz
session to lead the women.
HONOR ROLL
Julie Collins 179-508, Cathy Eberly
159-486, Rick Brewer 288-674, Candy
Torrey 201-571, Joe Jimenez 225-652,
Debbie Colby 192-540, Joe Rener
246-652, Cathy Eberly 175-493, Kraig
relationship with Habitat for
Humanity, and materials from
the venue are re-used in the
community whenever possible.
When the 151-day run of the
Open Championships comes to
an end on July 10, the venue
will be dismantled, and all
salvageable materials will be
donated to Habitat for Humanity
of Great Baton Rouge.
“When the Open Championships
visits a host city, the
bowlers and staff become a
part of the community for more
than seven months,” USBC
Executive Director Stu Upson
said. “We are grateful for the
reception we’ve received in
Baton Rouge, and we’re excited
to be able to give back to the
community through events
like tonight. We’re also proud
to know that even after we’re
gone, impact and materials
from the Open Championships
will help the less fortunate in
Baton Rouge.”
At AMF Showplace Garland
Johnson cracks 300/839,
Adams cards 721
Cooley, Perez 300
Harold Simmons 258-702, Jo
Venable 234-556, Dustin Endsley 228-
590, Tonjah Castro 224-615, Russell
Parks 277-749, Buddy May 209-608,
June Armon 192-521, Paul E Wilson
280-755.
Tonjah Castro 259-693, Al Aguilar
279-733, Candy Brackey 190-525,
Carlene Riddle 206-556, Robert W
Wilson 215-608, Evelyn Anders 197-
514, Cliff Morelock 279-749, Ernest
Harwell 279-732.
Kevin Carbo, Jr. 279-761, Sammye
Ragland 195-542, Brenda Yaws 224-
611, Robert W Wilson 247-698, Janis
Gharras 221-599, Robert W Wilson
279-743, Linda Chambers 237-642.
John Cooley 683, Kimberly Waltz
206-578.
At Strikz
Irvine inks 752
Tenczar delivers 682,
Johnson 232-647.
Ron Shive 236-663, Pat Irvine
163-418, Keith Smith 243-673, Loren
Tenczar 235-629, Ron Rankin 225-655,
Cathy Eberly 200-571, Tim Gesino 241-
639, Kenneth Judge 258-634, Robert
Marino 237-631.
Shane LeClair 225-625, Garrett
Denham 230-640, Laine Barr 188-512,
Mike Robinson 245-657, Deanna
Goldsmith 153-420, Steve Gewurz
224-627.
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thus more and more fans not
regularly tuning in because
they already know the results
from checking the PBA website
or word of mouth, something
new and fresh desperately had
to be done.
Xtra Frame itself is not by
any means brand new to this
season, as fans have been subscribing
and watching for a few
years now during the qualifying
and match play rounds of
nearly each and every event. It
allowed fans to see much more
of an event and many more
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competitors than just the four
or five who qualified for the
ESPN televised finals. The Xtra
Frame tour events should now
drive fans to want to tune in
even more as this is their only
avenue in these events to see
the players and winners at all.
In my opinion, the Xtra
Frame events are a very good
shot in the arm for the PBA,
which has been in a steady
tailspin for a few seasons now.
Perhaps they would be better
as extra events for the tour
stars, rather than replacements
for the bigger weekly events
with larger prize funds. It
should allow the PBA to change
up formats a little bit, perhaps
At AMF DeSoto
Alcaraz wheels in 756,
Jones rolls with 675
Aric Alcaraz won the high-set
contest last week at AMF DeSoto
Lanes by posting potent 237-
266-253 = 756 marks in DeSoto
Classic action.
Wendy Jones, Alcaraz’s
league mate, paced the ladies
scoring race with a laudatory
185-227-263 = 675 showing.
HONOR ROLL
Lee Clark 266-661, Gigi Brown 221-
562, Chuck Mooney 265-681, Annette
Bell 220-614, Ron House 267-727,
Leritha Pride 242-657, Willie Holland
246-667, Joyce Thurman 187-509.
Anthony Rowe 193-575, Brenda
Pearse 203-536, Nick Martinez 248-667,
Lisa Alonzo 212-557, Dale McFarland
279-752, Tammy McFarland 245-625, Ken
Suber, Sr. 237-690, Lisa Brooks 188-515.
Chris Shipley 259-702, Janet Miller
220-614.
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get away from the stepladder
finals and allow the stars to
bowl the event out in much of
the same format. It should also
allow the PBA to give different
insight into the latter parts of
an event for the fans, insight
not normally caught on ESPN
telecasts. Whether or not they
take those steps remains to be
seen.
Last season, the PBA
aired three days of live finals
coverage of the World Championship,
as well as a rare, but
exciting live telecast of U.S.
Open match play round. I don’t
know what may have been negotiated
between the PBA and
ESPN for this season, but not
having those aspects, and ESPN
events being replaced with Xtra
Frame exclusive stops seems to
be taking away from fans a bit,
and the tour itself.
It is no secret that the PBA
is starving at the moment,
and something must be done
to inject new life into events
and stir up fan interest again.
Tape delayed telecasts were ok
the first year that they were
done, as fans still wanted to
see bowling on TV, but that
has changed in the few years
where this has been done.
Bowling fans are fans of other
sports as well, and their time
is precious, and it cannot come
as a surprise that they would
choose live events over tape
delayed events.
I, for one, do not watch
nearly as much of the telecasts
as I know the results, and there
are many other things on TV
where I do not set aside much
time to watch something I
know results of. In that sense,
live is definitely the way to
go, and Xtra Frame is a way to
accomplish that.
As of this point the second
of four Xtra Frame exclusive
events has come and gone,
with Scott Newell capturing his
first ever national tour title in
Columbus, Ohio. The problem
still arises that many fans
of bowling were completely
unaware of that fact, as it
wasn’t shown live on ESPN,
and they simply did not tune in
or find out.
It comes down to marketing
of the events and the
stars. It was mentioned just
recently that much of the PBA’s
marketing is outsourced. Well,
something isn’t quite working
as fans simply are not seeing
these events and talking about
the PBA as in past years. In
order for the PBA itself and
Xtra Frame to thrive, the fans
must know about the events
and have desire to subscribe
and tune in.
The Xtra Frame events could
definitely be a good thing for
the PBA, but in my opinion,
would be much stronger
serving as higher money
regional style events, rather
than replacements for the main
tour stops.
The final two Xtra Frame
events are March 10-11 in
Detroit and the Dick Weber
Playoffs March 31st and April
1st in Indianapolis. Tune in to
Xtra Frame to catch the newest
PBA champions.
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10 YEARS AGO
Ted Pritts led the honor roll with 816 at AMF Showplace
Garland…Rodney Black with 801 at DC Cityview…Del Wooldridge
shot 785 at BRC Watauga…Jeff Tomertoe rolled 772 at Forum…
Lisa Wasson led the ladies and even beat Tam with an 800 at
AMF Jupiter. Tam shot a measly 749…Mickie Archer leveled DC
Cityview with 763…Michelle Lee was high at Plano with 738…
Tiffanie Seals shot 698 at BRC Westcreek…Donna Conners earned
the PWBA SW Region Player of the Year honors, and look at
who’s all grown up, Genie Franklin was the PWBA SW Region
Rookie of the Year…Mark Estes won the SASBA at Blazer Bowl…
Tiffany Stanbrough wins PWBA SW Regional at AMF Windsor
Lanes, she was a striking machine, I wonder where she is these
days. Genie got third in that tournament and shot her second
300 game…Youth Lance Holt shot 750 at Plano, Cody Jones shot
702 at DC Cityview…X&O’s Garcia with 300 at DC Cityview.
20 YEARS AGO
Ronny Glockzin led the honor roll with 814 at Showplace-
Euless, good dude, good bowler…Rick Mann shot 796 at PSB…
Ralph Green shot 772 at DC SW…Donny Yow rolled 300/755 at
Grove Country…The great one, Susie Minshew led the ladies
with 734 at DC SW…Debbye Berry a 730 at Showplace-Euless…
Teressa Helmick was high at Hurst with 719…Cathy McBride
a 648 at Triangle-Irving…Tish Johnson wins the ladies US
Open in Fountain Valley, CA over Aleta Sill and $18,000…Russ
Stanley shot 300 at Spare Time…Greg Elliott shot first career
300 at DeSoto…before he was the real deal, he was just Chris
Johnson the great junior bowler, and he shot 742 at Jupiter…
Brian Voss wins PBA title in Homestead, FL, but the real story
for that week was it was the event where Robert Lawrence got
his Bad Boy nickname. He blew a gasket several times that
week, to this day still says everyone over-reacted, but we were
all there to see it. He almost separated John Forst’s head from
his body in the paddock…Tim Walker wins $10,000 for Fiesta
Classic in San Antonio.
30 YEARS AGO
John Brashers led the honor roll with 801 at Jupiter…Mark
Gachter rolled 782 at Meadowbrook…Jim Jones was high at Berry
with 768…Todd Cupit in the hero zone at Wedgwood with 735…
Walter Doss a 700 at Circle…Madelyn Payne led the ladies with
682 at Meadowbrook…JoAnn White was high at Red Bird with
679…Susie Reichley shot 655 at Hart…legendary Jane Hicks a 586
at Bronco…Regina Hillier(you may know her as Loveall) wins
her 3rd Bluebonnet Queens title at Expressway Lanes over Gayle
Wright…Jeff Freeman won the SSBA at Buckner…A 21-yr-old
Nikki G wins her 3rd LPBT title over Tish Johnson…Neil Walsh
won the TTBA at All Star East over David Chustz and earned
$1500…Norm Duke wins $1000 for BBA title at Golden Triangle…
Earl Anthony wins his 5th PBA National Title in Toledo, and
pushes career earnings past the $1 Million mark.
At AMF Richardson
Johnson fields 795,
Hayes levels 738
Wilson 300, Neal 298
Clint Johnson headed the
honor roll for the week at AMF
Richardson Lanes with a solid
280-256-259 = 795 Classic Trios
showing.
Jennifer Hayes, Johnson’s
league mate, led the ladies’ with
a sky-high 243-237-258 = 738 set.
Ed Wilson took high-game
honors with an award-winning
12-bagger while Chris Neal
earned runner-up honors with
a 299 game.
HONOR ROLL
Bob Reynolds 234-547, Linda Foley
179-489, Time Caldwell 268-772, Chris
Neal 772, Bill Courtney 221-626, Flo
Arista 190-462, Phillip Kepner 259-736,
Kim Wilson 245-661, Chad Newman
265-768.
Sherry Wilson 180-506, Rick Shivley
244-706, Tonya Dickey 193-541, Bill
North 232-657, Alycia Mayo 179-501,
James Alexander 262-689, Bicki Shaw
214-580, Tony Willis 232-681.
Li Ping Catenacci 209-570, Steve
Williams 201-560, Dana Cantwell
151-420, Bruce Hart 266-661, Terri
Riches 200-511, Louis Goode 269-748,
Karen Koenig 188-498, Mike McManus
245-642.
Marlene Somraty 168-477, Joseph
Wood 258-675, Clarissa Sills 160-444,
Bill North 243-611, Sandee Lowe 178-
441, Ron Yoshida 226-644, Rhonda
Yoshida 205-586, Bill North 235-684.
Terry Shannon 210-569, Minh Koum
247-676, Amy Warren 168-450, Mike
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Texas USBC Masters finalists, not pictured in order, were DJ Archer, Xeno Garcia, Dustin Ochoa, Derek Eoff,
Tyson Branagan, Jacob Heger, Casey Powell, Mike Bailey, Mike Newton, and Bubba Haney.
Texas Bluebonnet Queens finalists for the last day’s match-play, not pictured in order, were Shannon
O’Keefe, Stefanie Nation, Genie Franklin, Anita Manns, Clara Guerrero, Jovan Blankenfeld, Brandy
Sanderson, Kerry Moreland, LaToya Williams, and Sandi Charles.
At AMF Spare Time
Dixon drills 784,
Patterson posts 651
Craig Dixon won the highset
contest last week at AMF
Spare Time Lane after topnotch
265-255-264 = 784 STL
Businessmen’s action.
Letitia Patterson posted a
rip-roaring 256-245-150 = 651
Sundowners set to front distaff
scoring.
HONOR ROLL
Carrie Lacey 196, Mickey Newman
490, Bill McCormack 277-674, Peg Flack
212, Gayle Brice 587, Robert Jones 289,
Alesia Pickett 245-624, Doug Anderson
748, Tom England 216-543.
Lisa Loughner 177-429, Derek
Shawen 290, Sandra Albin 238-642,
Mike Davis 751, George Forde 246-693,
Leanne Frye 181, Mel Forde 511, Billie
Atkins 188, Joyce Stephenson 476.
Donni McMasters 224-541, Mike
Underwood 269, Jackie Metz 221-515,
Thomas Mendonca 641, Ben Suite
278-744, Ruth Hale 244, Debbie Camp
560, Joe Paiz 158-437, Theresa Citarella
167-425.
Jimmy McGahan 290, Thomas
Mendonca 279, Lee Cooper 741, Ronnie
Belz 198, Katie James 233-592, Loren
Cisneros 527, Dave Tierney 202-498,
Bob Kowalski 205-526, Judy Zalfas
207-522.
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stoned a 9, then ran off 24 in
a row. My first thought was to
thank god, then thank Bill, but
then I had to rush off to work.
It was really nice to achieve
something that is really hard
to do and also to know that the
hard work pays off.
What ball did you throw?
The new Roto Grip Defiant, I
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What is your all-time
favorite bowling ball? The Storm
X-Factor way back in the day, it
was very versatile.
What is your all-time high
average? Right now I am in
the middle of my best season
averaging 232.
How long have you been
bowling? I started when I was
3 and Larry Reynolds was my
first coach. I’ve been bowling
every day since, plus my
entire family has bowled and
been involved in the sport. I
am constantly working to get
better; I even bowled 10 games
of practice the day after I shot
the 878.
Who is your favorite pro
bowler? Norm Duke and Pete
Weber, they have both done
some cool things for me in the
past.
Most memorable bowling
moment? At 12 years old I shot
my first 300 and my great
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Continued from Page 1
twelve games on Saturday and
ten on Sunday, showing the
stamina to continue to go for
a few more. O’Keefe finished
with a 2666, including her
bonus points, averaging 239 for
the finals play.
This is the third time for
Shannon O’Keefe to bowl in
Bluebonnet Queens and now
she has won the last two years.
She remarked that in twenty finals
games she stands at 18-1-1,
her loss to Blankenfeld was her
only one in two years, and the
one tie she had was in 2011.
Eighteen wins is an amazing
feat for any competitor. While
she thought the pattern was
difficult she liked the challenge
and she felt the longer format
suited her style of bowling. “I
can outlast the competition; I
don’t let one bad game get me
down. I don’t even watch the
standings. I just focus on the
pins and get the job done.” She
received a plaque, $1200, and
an entry into the USBC Queens,
which she deferred to another
contestant. She has an entry for
her Team USA participation.
The Bluebonnet Queens prize
fund topped $7,000.00.
O’Keefe started bowling
at age 16 at a center owned
by Dave Husted, where she
received some great coaching.
She went to Portland State
College but played softball,
not bowling. She credits her
husband Brian with making
her the bowler she is today.
O’Keefe has been on Team USA
for eight years and Brian is
one of the Team USA coaches.
Her bowling plans include
the upcoming USBC Queens
tournament, the US Women’s
Open in June, and the start of
Team USA camp, also in June.
She works for USBC in Arlington,
and loves the warmth of
Texas, a far cry from the cold
of Oregon and New York where
she lived.
The Master’s competition
began with 120 entrants for
eight games of qualifying.
With the challenging shot,
no perfect games appeared, a
278 was the highest game in
qualifying. Xeno Garcia led the
top 24 going into the semi’s
averaging 231 a game. After
the four semi-final games,
D.J. Archer ended up leading
grandfather got to see it. I
ran straight to him and gave
him a big hug, that’s my most
memorable moment.
What is your first bowling
memory? I remember in 1999
when the PBA tour came back
to DC West, I got to bowl with
Norm Duke in the Pro-Am and
see the love and passion he has
for the game, and now I have
the same passion.
What lessons has the game
taught you? Some advice I got
from Bill is to trust yourself
and trust your ability, throw
the ball the best you can and
if they fall down then they all
fall down.
the ten finalists with a high
game of 290 and finished the
twelve games with a 2711 total.
Finalists in order were Archer,
Garcia, Dustin Ochoa, Derek
Eoff, Tyson Branagan, Jacob
Heger, Casey Powell, Mike Bailey,
Mike Newton, and Bubba
Haney. Sunday’s games were
up and down for the men, as
the lead changed many times
and the distance between them
was close. D.J. Archer got off to
a slow start with 213-174-179,
then seemed to hit his stride
in the fourth game with a 289,
followed by 247-218-265-223-
168-211, averaging 218 to take
first place prize by only 75 pins
over Derek Eoff in second with
a 2322. The next three places
were within eighty pins of first,
showing the close competition
among the participants.
D.J. grew started out in
junior leagues, and bowling
at Forum Lanes many times.
Now living in Port Arthur, he
welcomed the opportunity to
come to the area to see and
visit with friends. He credited
Tommy Jones and Dino Castillo
with giving him the knowledge
of how to be a great bowler.
He agreed the pattern was
difficult but preferred the
challenging conditions and the
longer format. “You can’t make
mistakes in a sprint. I try to
stay consistent and the longer
the format the more comfortable
I become.”
D.J. attended West Texas
A&M University and was on
the team that won nationals
in the 1999-2000 season. He
cashed in the World Series of
Bowling and made it to match
play in the USBC Masters this
year. He plans on going to
the next USBC Masters and a
PBA Regional in Detroit. He
currently bowls on two leagues
averaging 230+ and every
weekend is traveling to bowl
a PBA Regional. This was his
second time in the Texas State
USBC Masters. Along with
winning an entry to the next
USBC Masters and a plaque,
D.J. takes home $2400 from a
$15,255.00 prize fund.
The Texas State USBC
Masters/Bluebonnet Queens
tournaments are sponsored
by Carol “Stormin” Norman’s
Pro Shop “U Can Bowl 2”, at
Del-Mar Lanes in Houston, and
Ebonite. Sponsors provided
door prizes for the participants.
Winners of bowling balls
were Kimberly Wilson, Brett
Joseph, Diane Jessie, Claudio
Saenz, D J Archer, and David
Tullos. Winning a bowling bag
were Kyoko McDonald, Kristin
Warzinski, Barry McKee, and
Clint Dacy. TSUSBC appreciates
our sponsors for their great assistance
in making the Classic
tournaments – Senior Masters/
Queens and Masters/Bluebonnet
Queens – a showcase for
the elite high average bowlers
of Texas.
The Texas State USBC
provides several tournaments
throughout the year for seniors,
men, women, and youth. For a
listing of future tournaments
and downloadable entry forms
visit our website at www.
texasbowling.com.

Bits and pieces from the
69th US Open
By Joan Taylor
Josh Blanchard, the young
man who made his “mark”
in PBA history when he
fell on the approach at the
PBA World Championship
Mike Aulby Division was
well enough to make it to
the top 24 in the 69th US
Open. He finished in tenth
place. The initial injury was
mainly to his hip, and he
underwent physical therapy.
“My biggest concern was
that I was going on a 29-hour
flight to the Middle East
for a tournament.” By the
way, he finished 8th in that
tournament.
Every year that the US Open
has been held at Brunswick
Zone Carolier Lanes in North
Brunswick, the center has
hosted a youth bowling
clinic on Sunday morning
before the championship
rounds. The fee is $50 and
many Pros who were still
in town volunteered two
hours of their time to help
the youngsters. This year
PBA professionals such as
Walter Ray Williams, Jr.,
Sean Rash and Mark Roth
participated. In addition to
the young people benefitting,
the entire participation fee
went directly to the Susan
G. Komen Breast Cancer
Awareness Fund.
Pete Weber will not wear
red when he bowls in the
championship round. Why?
“I won my first, eleventh,
and twenty-first titles
wearing red, but other than
that, it proved to be bad luck,
especially when I bowled a
televised 150 game.”
On March 3rd, Johnny
Petraglia will turn as he said,
“retirement age (65).” But
don't look for him to retire.
He will continue to bowl on
the Senior Tour and make
appearances for his employer,
the Brunswick Corporation.
The first cut took 96 bowlers
out of the initial field of 394.
Danny Wiseman and John
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a great shot and he struck, so
the last shot just needed to stay
on the lane. Using a Columbia
Ransom all night, he got 8 and
a spare to finish out the 10th
for a 267 final game and 811
series.
With at the huge 800s popping
up all over the metroplex,
I’m sure Ray’s 811 won’t be the
leader on the Honor Roll, but it
was an honor to watch. There
aren’t very many big series’
coming out of Brunswick
Westcreek Lanes, so to shoot
an 800 there is quite an accomplishment.
Congrats again,
Ray Murr, 279-265-267—811.
I’m sure your perfect game is
just around the corner!
Furey tied for the last spot
and were scheduled for a
roll-off, but Wiseman, who
had some foot pain, deferred
to Furey who eventually
finished in 56th place. This
is not nearly as dramatic as
the 2009 Open, when Ron
Dixon, Boynton Beach, FL,
tied with Tom Smallwood
and Jeffrey Voght for the
final two “cut” positions.
PBA rules state that each
player has 30 minutes to
return to the center for the
roll-off. Only Dixon was
missing. He was returning
from New York City by train
after dinner with his friend
Amleto Monacelli. He was
contacted at the NJ train
station, grabbed a taxi to get
back to his hotel to change
into bowling clothes, and
literally raced back to the
bowling center. With barely
one minute to go, and after
sprinting from the wrong
entrance at the center to
the correct area, he made
it to the roll-off. The good
news is that he and Tom
Smallwood advanced to the
next qualifying round. Now
imagine if cell phones hadn't
been invented by that year!
Kamron Doyle, the 14-yearold
phenom who cashed in
a PBA regional tournament
at age 12, finished in 61st
place. By signing a waiver at
any cash-prize tournament,
he agrees for the dollars to
go into his scholarship fund,
thereby keeping his youth
bowling status intact.
The Gemini Company
manufactures the jerseys you
see the pros wearing. Missy
Parkin has a unique one in
her collection. “It's a photo
of Laguna Beach, my favorite
beach. I got permission from
Gemini to have the photo
incorporated into the weave.”
Missy is also unique in being
the only female who made
it into match play at the US
Open. She finished in twentyfirst
place.
The name's the same:
Among entries were Ed
Rabbit, Walter Williams Jr.
(not to be confused with
Walter Ray), Christopher Lee
and Lawrence (Larry?) King.
Marshall Kent, who finished
in 24th place is often asked
if he is son of Doug Kent.
While he is not, he rooms
with Ken's son, Jacob at
Robert Morris University
in Chicago. The two met
through various junior
bowling tournaments,
including Junior Gold, won
by Kent.....Marshall, that is.
Sean Rash's mother, Diana,
says that when Sean was
10 years old, a Santa Claus
asked him what he wanted to
be when he grew up, and the
response was “a professional
bowler.”
Weber’s dramatic U.S. Open
win creates media storm
SEATTLE — NASCAR star
Carl Edwards was among those
impressed by Pete Weber’s
dramatic win in PBA’s 69th
U.S. Open.
Edwards took in the U.S.
Open ESPN telecast – which
garnered a 25 percent increase
in viewership over the 2011
U.S. Open telecast – during
Sunday’s rainout of the Daytona
500.
Weber defeated Mike Fagan
215-214 in the title match last
Sunday for a record fifth U.S.
Open title at Brunswick Zone-
Carolier in North Brunswick,
N.J., surpassing his father Dick
Weber and Don Carter who
won the prestigious tournament
four times.
“I got into that a little bit,’’
Edwards said. “It was inspiring.
He had to throw a strike,
and he did, on his final throw.
He won his fifth [U.S. Open]
title. Pretty cool.’’
What Weber called “the
biggest win of my career” also
took the national media and
PBA’s electronic communication
platforms by storm as well.
Other media hits included
extensive follow-up coverage
by ESPN including air time
on Around the Horn, Pardon
the Interruption, SportsCenter
(Weber’s win was No. 5 on
PBA Spare
Shots:
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SportsCenter’s top 10 plays),
ESPN News and an upcoming
interview on ESPN2’s “Dan Le
Batard Is Highly Questionable”
show.
Pardon the Interruption
co-host Tony Kornheiser got
a kick out of Weber’s new
catch phrase of “Who do you
think you are? I am!” during
the telecast after throwing the
winning shot.
ESPN Classic will rerun the
historic 69th U.S. Open Monday,
March 5 at 11:30 p.m. ET.
Associated Press Stories ran
in major newspapers across
the country including the New
York Times, Washington Post,
Newsday, St. Louis Post-
Dispatch and USA Today.
Video of Weber’s performance
was also featured on
AOL, CBS, Yahoo, FoxSports,
Deadspin and Huffington Post
sites among others.
Weber’s reaction after
throwing a strike on the final
ball to win has attracted more
than 500,000 hits on YouTube
in less than three days.
Online bowling channel
Xtra Frame on pba.com received
a 25 percent increase in
subscriptions and pba.com traffic
nearly doubled its highest
traffic in the last six months.
Pete Weber with his 5th US Open trophy.
PBA TOUR COMPETITORS
STAND OUT IN U.S. OPEN
With few exceptions, you
can ask every player who
bowled in the 2012 U.S. Open
how difficult the challenge
was, and they’ll likely tell you
“you have no idea how tough it
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is until you do it.”
The statistics tell the story
of what happened during the
69th U.S. Open at Brunswick
Zone-Carolier in North Brunswick,
N.J.:
Ryan Shafer of Horseheads,
N.Y., was the qualifying
leader, averaging 223.89 for the
first 18 games.
The entire field of 394
bowlers averaged a composite
185.16, 38.73 pins-per-game
behind Shafer.
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five U.S. Opens and pass Dick
Weber and Don Carter says a
lot, but I’ll never say I’m better
than them. They paved the
way for us to be here. It was an
honor and a privilege to join
them when I won my fourth
U.S. Open, and it’s even more
of an honor to be the first one
to win five.
“This is the tournament I
look forward to ever year,” he
added. “I live for the U.S. Open
because I know, no matter
what, I have a chance to win.”
At age 49 years, 189 days,
Weber became the oldest player
ever to win the U.S. Open,
breaking the record set by
46-year-old Norm Duke last
year at Carolier. And he moved
into second place on the PBA’s
all-time major title-winners
list with his ninth title, behind
only Earl Anthony’s 10.
“That’s probably the calmest
I’ve ever been needing to
throw a shot to win,” he added.
“Not to toot my own horn, but
I think I’m prouder of myself
than anyone else. I’ve always
wanted to be the one to throw
a strike to win.”
In advancing to the title
match, Weber threw critical
shots in two preliminary
matches, coming from behind
to defeat Ryan Shafer of
Horseheads, N.Y., 223-191, in
the opening match and Australia’s
Jason Belmonte, 225-213,
in the semifinal contest.
“I threw strikes in the
seventh, eighth and ninth in all
three games and put pressure
on those guys,” Weber said.
“The way those guys performed
was excellent. My hat’s off to
them. They bowled amazing.”
Weber earned $60,000
and an automatic berth in
the Round of 36 for the PBA
Tournament of Champions in
April. Fagan collected $30,500,
Belmonte $15,000 and Shafer,
who failed to win a title in his
14th television appearance in
a major championship, earned
$10,000.
69TH U.S. OPEN
Brunswick Zone-Carolier, North
Brunswick, N.J.
FINAL STANDINGS
1, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., three games, 663
pins, $60,000.
2, Mike Fagan, Dallas, one game, 214 pins,
$30,500.
3, Jason Belmonte, Australia, one game 213
pins, $15,000.
4, Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., one game 191
pins, $10,000.
PLAYOFF RESULTS
Match One – Weber def. Shafer, 223-191.
Match Two – Weber def. Belmonte, 225-213.
Championship – Weber def. Fagan, 215-214.
The 46 PBA Tour exempt
players in the field as a group
averaged 204.10.
The 205 PBA members –
national and regional – as a
group averaged 190.21.
The 189 amateurs in the
field averaged 179.69.
38 of the 46 PBA exempt
players in the event cashed
(finished among the top 98).
Two of the eight women
in the field (Missy Parkin and
Kelly Kulick) cashed.

Page 16 | Thursday, March 8, 2012 | THE BOWLING NEWS
By Leisha Murr
Do you ever have just one of
those days? You know, the kind
of day where nothing seems to
go your way? Well, that was
me last Saturday at Forum
for the Bluebonnet Queens
tournament.
The day got off to a really
bad start when I had to get up
at 6:30 in the morning to go
bowl. I should have known better
than to sign up to bowl the
tournament this year knowing
it was an early morning squad.
But, I always want to support
the ladies’ tournaments when
I can, so I went ahead and entered.
I don’t do mornings very
well, and all I wanted to do the
whole block was to go back to
bed. Next year, the ladies will
get the afternoon squad again
and the guys will get to bowl
at 8 a.m. instead, so hopefully
it will be a much better day on
the lanes for me.
As we were getting warmed
up, Sylvia Broyles announced
that there were only 50 entries
for the ladies this year. How
disappointing. With all the
great women bowlers here in
the metroplex, we only had
about 20 from Dallas and Fort
William Brewer rounded-up
the top score of the week at
Cowtown Bowling Palace with
a power-packed 298-264-258 =
820 Men’s Night Out series. He
finished the evening by adding
a 255 game for a 1055 four game
set.
Amy Hart headed the ladies’
high-set chart with a hardhitting
276/706 Ladies and Gents
session.
Ricky Roberts earned highgame
honors with an awardwinning
perfecto. Anthony
Irizarry took runner-up honors
with a 299 solo.
HONOR ROLL
Michael Johnson 224-575, Katie
Tallant 189-456, Randy Cross, Sr. 223-
604, Nonna Skinner 151-412, David Poe
279-706, Rachel Cantu 141-556, Onil
Llagas 263-691, Genni Barnes 189-537.
Mark Hannah 688, Matt Allen
259, Frank Stone, Sr. 279-708, Bill
Anderson 248-682, Ike Riehl 266-674,
Ross DiCapo 248, Anthony Irizarry
757, Howard Gordon 279-761, Michelle
Teel 212-608.
Coy Hart 279, Eva Pierce 209, Daniel
Hughes 749, Charlotte Robertson 550,
Bruce O’Keefe 276-719, Katie Tallant
216-551, Rick Tice 263-666, Miki Jo
Parrish 212-613, Mark Vaughan 246.
Amy Hart 214-593, Frankie Mata,
Jr. 675, Ricky Roberts (4 games) 1015,
Worth bowl, and that means
there were only 30 women
from all over the rest of this
huge state. So 50 entries, I’m
thinking, I only have to beat
half of these ladies to advance
to the semi finals since 24
advance each year regardless
of entries. It was a bad way of
thinking because as it turns
out, I couldn’t beat anyone that
day! I missed every spare possible,
and a few simple spares
I missed every way possible. I
couldn’t do anything right, and
I even practiced last week to be
a little better prepared to bowl.
My hat’s off to the Texas
State Association for running
a great tournament for us
to bowl. They added money
to both the Masters and the
Queens tournament. Congrats
to DJ Archer for winning the
Texas Masters and Shannon
O’Keefe for taking the Bluebonnet
Queens tiara; look for full
stories on both in the paper
this week. The guys had a nice
prize fund to bowl for and 120
entries in the Masters event.
With only 50 entries in the
Queens, they were still able to
give 24th place their entry fee
At Cowtown Bowling Palace
Brewer chalks up 298/820,
Hart banks 706
Roberts 300, Irizarry 299
Andy Mortensen (4 games) 290-1020,
Josh Briggs (4 games) 289-1025,
Michael Johnson 234-625, Peggy Hice
165-414.
Melody Hook 180-479, Randy
Miller 263, Miranda Harrington 203-
John Mock, Sr., from the
Thursday Funfours group,
pocketed power-laden 236-287-
274 = 797 numbers en route to
earning high-set honors for the
week at Rowlett Bowl-a-Rama.
Susan Lee, from the Wednesday
Women group, headed the ladies’
leader board with a robust 247-
204-213 = 664 set.
Tony Boyd posted an awardwinning
12-bagger to earn highgame
honors.
HONOR ROLL
Art Fletcher, Jr. 248-703, Magen
Hathaway 225-607, Mike Ripley 243-
662, Paula Griffin 197-512, Thomas
back and over $1000 on top. I
don’t think with 50 entries the
ladies can complain about that
at all, 23 of the bowlers got
back more than their entry fee.
I just wish more of the women
would see how much they are
putting into this tournament
and get out there and support it
next year. I’m already looking
forward to having a much better
day and redeeming myself
next year.
Let’s talk about having a
good day. I want to send a
shout out to my brother, Ray
Murr, who I’ve bowled alongside
since we were kids for
shooting his first 800 series, an
811. It was long, long overdue.
He has been frustrated with his
bowling for years now because
I have bowled a couple of 300
games and although he has
been close with several 290s,
a 299, and so many 279s you
can’t keep count, he has yet to
score that perfect game.
On Monday night, February
27, just a few days after his
37th birthday, Ray started off
the night with a 279 game.
Again, he was frustrated and
complaining that the flat 10 in
the 7th cost him 300. Personally,
I’m glad he didn’t get the
300 because the excitement and
adrenaline could have gotten
to him and he might not have
kept striking to get to the 800,
which I think is a much bigger
accomplishment that just
shooting a 300 game.
He followed up to 279 with
a 265 game two, so he had 544
485, Kieth Cantrell 244, Rene Miller
200-538, Mike Moore 665, Mary Ann
Darr 193-498, David Pruitt 656, Paul
Harrington 240.
Manny Rangel 216-557, Narissa
Oldham 168, Jerry Jones 211-583.
SENIORS
Johnny Zaskoda 263-636, Yolanda
Espinoza 208, Ken Knowles 258-655,
Alice Cain 201-513, John Stewart 238,
Ima Moreland 197, John Stewart 247-
719, Kitty Vaughan 202-516.
Sal Grieco 247-640, Edna Daggett
205-557, Ken Knowles 226-631, Alice
Phillips 205-536, Wanda Eads 175-507.
At Rowlett Bowl-A-Rama
Mock, Sr. smothers 797,
Lee records 664
Boyd 300
Kelley, Jr. 279-699, Magen Hathaway
213-562, David Cauthon 246-674,
Tabitha Wall 246-656.
Rick Lawrence 246-720, Lisa Davis
177-442, Brittany Stafford 224-617,
Austin Jones–Smith 230-543, Maria
Gudani123-328, Darrell Fuller (2
games) 217-431, Mimi Dencklau (2
games) 118-226.
John Mock, Sr. (2 games) 245-480,
Mary Ellen Rossbach (2 games) 191-335
SENIORS
Gary Teague (2 games) 143-268,
Sharon Whitaker (2 games) 154-295,
Jim Ritchie 222-578, Shirley Large 196-
488, Rodney Savoie (no tap) 300-741,
Karen Dyer (no tap) 220-496.
going into the third game. Ray
split the first shot in the third
game and I thought, oh man,
he’s over there calculating.
The minute you start figuring
out what you HAVE to shoot
is always the minute the pins
stop falling. Instead, he started
stringing strikes together
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again. I was so nervous for
him going into the tenth frame;
he needed a strike or at least
7 spare and a strike to get to
256 and 800 even. I tried to
get the camera going, but was
shaking so badly I didn’t get
the first shot recorded. It was
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