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Page 14 | Thursday, March 8, 2012 | THE BOWLING NEWS 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. “The quickest and best way to reach people in bowling–” Call us for more information. 817-267-8686 Our 56th Year SPOTLIGHT Continued from Page 3 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 used it all three games. Who drills your balls? Bill Fong and Danny Westbrook at Innovative pro Shop. 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 TEXAS USBC MASTERS 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 LAST CALL Continued from Page 16 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: THE BOWLING NEWS | Thursday, March 8, 2012 | Page 15 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 PBA LLC Photo 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. PETE WEBER WINS Continued from Page 1 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.
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