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NEW MEXICO
Bowling Update From
Tenpins & More
— More than three hundred
sets were bowled in opening
weekend action of the 72nd
City Bowling Championships
at Tenpins & More. Scoring
was high, with more than
two dozen games over 270,
including a pair of 289’s and a
near-perfect 299.
Rio Rancho bowlers fared
well, with two local teams first
and second in the 900-plus
teams event, a pin apart at
3,356 and 3,355, captained
RIO RANCHO, NM – Dana
Miller-Mackie topped the charts
at Tenpins & More last month
with a booming 277-267-268
= 812 Scratch Doubles league
session.
Dan Brenning also from the
Scratch Doubles group led the
men with a rousing 249-290-235
= 774 set.
Donna Dowd finished close
behind with an award-winning
perfecto and 803 Rancho Runners
series.
Lance Hutchinson’s near
perfect 299 solo took runner-up
honors. Bob Dillman fell a few
pins short with a 297 game.
respectively by Jeff Jones and
Mike Parrent.
Jones led with 717, followed
by John Lund 673, Reg Card
646, Mike Riley 644 and
Charles Tully 547.
A Rio Rancho squad is
second in the 899-below team
event, while Crystal and
Guillermo Espinosa are third
in the 360-plus doubles and
two local teams are second
and third in the 359- below
doubles, being Larry Leffler/
At Tenpins & More
Miller-Mackie smashes 812,
Brenning scores 774
Dowd 300/803, Hutchinson 299, Dillman 297
HONOR ROLL
Brad McKinsey 244-629, Torri Fears
256-653, Daniel Gatsch 254-634, Teresa
Hope 276-564, Philip Sanchez 225-543,
Michele Martin 156-386, Steve Mackie
279-731, Dana Miller-Mackie 278-758.
Lee Gangloff 256-654, Diane
Wemple 231-589, David Wiley 276-680,
Cheryle Costales 220-559, Bob Dillman
754, Dana Miller-Mackie 268-712,
Joshua Harris 241-606, Patty Martinez
221-491.
Reggie Card (2 games) 246-404,
Dominic Huerta 240-580, Chris Hyatt
245-561, Barbara Sanders 210-487, Bobbye
Lewis 234-578, Lance Hutchinson
653, Rebecca Hutchinson 180-466,
Theran Lewis 265-661.
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Lee Gangloff and Diane and
Jim Wemple.
Leffler and Wemple are
second and third in 179-below
singles, while Espinosa is
second in all- events with a
2,002 (222 average).
The tournament continues
the next two weekends with
more than another 800 sets to
be bowled.
— Nicole Ullerich bowled
one of her best series ever
in winning the Valentine’s
Doubles tournament Monday
at Tenpins & More, with David
Quinones.
Ullerich fired 191, 261, 189,
240 (881) to help the team to
a handicap total of 1,954 and
a $ 270 win, 52 pins ahead of
Mike Parrent/John Lund, who
beat out third-placed Rebecca
and Lance Hutchinson by one
pin, with fourth placed Brandy
Silva/Kevin Richardson next,
another one pin behind in the
closest finish ever recorded at
the Center.
Sandra Herschman and
Theran Lewis were fifth a
further 14 pins away.
— Rio Rancho youth bowlers
did well in events held over the
weekend at Holiday Bowl and
Silva Lanes.
In the Junior Bowlers Tour
at Silva Lanes, Cleveland
anchor, Danny Cobine tied
Matt Helmick at 220-220 then
won the tie-breaker 10-9.
Ryan Scheer was fourth in
that scratch division, while
Paul Carper struck out from
the seventh frame but lost a
squeaker, 216-215 over Labriel
Leach in Saturday JBT action.
Shawna Bellman of Rio
Rancho captured her first JBT
title, first beating Katie McNeal
187-184 then Arizona’s Cortez
Schenck 223-179. The day
before, she had finished third
in her handicap division.
At The City Youth
Championships, Tenpins &
More teams are second and
third, with the following
bowlers in prize positions
with one weekend to go: Ryan
Scheer, Jacob Wright, Kyle
Madrid, Anthony Guerra, Brad
Harvey, Jaden Spam, Zach
Harvey, Joey Balistreri, Janeyl
Carper and Seth Jaramillo.
— Cindy Sandoval of SW
Albuquerque is the first
semi-finalist in the new season
Karaoke contest being held
Saturday nights at Tenpins &
More. Judges scored her the
maximum 30 points for vocal
ability, showmanship and song
delivery.
In other sports bar news,
World Tavern Poker starts up
this Sunday from 4 p.m. at
Tenpins & More.
O’Neill tops voting for US
Bowler All-America team
ARLINGTON — For the first
time in his career, Team USA’s
Bill O’Neill of Southampton,
Pa., has been named to the US
Bowler All-America team.
O’Neill was the leading
vote-getter after winning
two titles on the Lumber
Liquidators Professional
Bowlers Association Tour in
2010 and three gold medals
at the 2010 World Tenpin
Bowling Association World
Men’s Championships. Voters
for the All-America teams used
statistics from the calendar
year 2010 to make their
decisions.
O’Neill totaled seven top-10
finishes on the PBA Tour in
2010, including victories at the
U.S. Open and the PBA Viper
Championship. He also won
the singles, all-events and
team gold medals at the World
Championships in Munich,
Germany.
Joining O’Neill on the men’s
All-America team are Walter
Ray Williams Jr. of Ocala, Fla.,
Tommy Jones of Simpsonville,
S.C., Mike Scroggins of
Amarillo, Texas, and Chris
Barnes of Double Oak, Texas.
For Williams, it is his 18th
appearance on the All-America
team.
US Bowler, the official
membership publication of
the USBC, also recognizes
five women and five senior
All-Americans.
Kelly Kulick of Union,
N.J., was the women’s top
vote-getter after dominating
the major women’s events in
2010. In addition to topping the
men at the PBA Tournament
of Champions, Kulick won
the USBC Queens and the U.S.
Women’s Open.
In earning her All-America
spot for the fifth consecutive
year, Kulick also won two gold
medals (doubles and team)
representing Team USA at the
2010 Pan American Bowling
Confederation Women’s
Championships.
Liz Johnson of Cheektowaga,
N.Y., Carolyn Dorin-
Ballard of Keller, Texas, Wendy
Macpherson of Henderson,
Nev., and Shannon Pluhowsky
of Kettering, Ohio, join Kulick
on the women’s team.
For the seniors, Wayne
Webb of Columbus, Ohio,
won three of the seven PBA
Senior Tour events in which he
competed and finished second
in another.
Webb captured one of
the PBA Senior Tour’s major
events, the USBC Senior
Masters, while also claiming
titles at the Senior Columbus
Open and the Senior Jackson
Open.
Joining Webb on the senior
All-America team is Tom Baker
of King, N.C., Mark Williams
of Beaumont, Texas, and Steve
Ferraro of Kingston, N.Y.
Rounding out the senior team
is Walter Ray Williams Jr., who
became the first player to earn
a spot on the men’s team and
the senior team in the same
year.
The US Bowler All-America
teams are selected in voting
by a national panel of bowling
journalists, USBC Hall of
Famers and USBC association
leaders. Each All-American will
be presented with a customized
plaque.
2010-11 LUMBER LIQUIDATORS PBA TOUR STATISTICS
(Thru Feb. 13, 2011)
AVERAGES (Min. 100 games) Events Games Average
1. Mika Koivuniemi, Hartland, Mich. 9 203 225.35
2. Bill O’Neill, Southampton, Pa. 9 204 223.05
3. Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas 9 191 222.24
4. Osku Palermaa, Finland 7 154 221.91
5. Dan MacLelland, Saginaw, Mich. 8 176 220.22
6. Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich. 9 185 220.08
7. Jason Belmonte, Australia 9 198 220.03
8. Tommy Jones, Greenville, S.C. 9 153 219.81
9. Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill. 9 194 219.62
10. Mike Fagan, Patchogue, N.Y. 9 196 219.60
11. Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J. 9 169 219.55
12. Michael Haugen Jr., Carefree, Ariz. 9 176 218.89
13. Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio 9 131 218.85
14. Jason Couch, Clermont, Fla. 9 148 218.56
15. Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla. 9 183 218.45
16. Mike DeVaney, Murrieta, Calif. 9 165 218.33
17. Ritchie Allen, Columbia, S.C. 8 127 217.80
18. Wes Malott, Pfl ugerville, Texas 9 153 217.67
19. Andres Gomez, Colombia 9 173 217.53
20. Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo. 9 151 217.52