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Picking Up The Spares February 16, 2021

Pictured: Bowlers Compete At The 64th MMA Open At Bowlero Mesa on February 13.

MMA 64th Open Unnoficial Results. Courtesy Of The MMA.

Final Weekend - February 13 - 14.

Host Center: Bowlero Mesa.

TEAM, A (840 & Above), Handicapped 1 Your Strike Shop 83 2,990 Buckeye, AZ 2 D.G.W.M. 56 2,883 Phoenix, AZ 3 STMA's Crew 81 2,851 Mesa, AZ.

TEAM, A (840 & Above), Scratch 1 Your Strike Shop 83 2,950 Buckeye, AZ 2 D.G.W.M. 56 2,883 Phoenix, AZ 3 STMA's Crew 81 2,851 Mesa, AZ.

Glendale PBA 50 Open. Benefits Leverage's Confidence

Pictured Are: Left To Right: Josh Blanchard, Dave Leverage, And Craig Spencer.

PBA 50 Tour Welcomes Back Dave Leverage, Of Peoria. With A Second Place Finish At The Glendale Open.

This Performance Gave His Game A Much Needed Confidence Boost. And Is Hoping Bowling Will Return To Normality In 2021. 

By Michael 'Chip' Begg

Managing Editor - thetenpinexpress.com.

Director Mesa Metro Association.

A Little News From Southwest Florida

           

 

 

 

 

       

 

 

 

             Pictured Are: Bob Peters Left And Mike Cannington.

             Southwest Florida Loses Bowling Legend And Friend To All Bowlers.

           Obituary for Robert John Peters Sr. Courtesy Of Florida State USBC.

          Obituary for Robert John Peters Sr.

Ex NFL Star McAfee. Gives Fundraiser Big Boost

Pictured Is: Ex Plum Star And NFL Punter Pat McAfee.

Story And Photo Courtesy Of Michael Divittorio. Valley News Dispatch/Pittsburgh Tribune.Com.  

Plum Boro, PA. - - - A GoFundMe effort to help Nesbit’s Lanes in Plum exceeded its $100,000 goal with the help of an athletic alumnus.

The page was created Jan. 29 by Verona bowler David Poremba, who heard about how the covid pandemic had caused league games to be canceled and hundreds of players to stay off the lanes weekly.

The fundraising closed Feb. 1 with just under $124,300 raised from about 1,000 donors.

Cote's ITRC Win. Helps Revive Bowling In Tucson

Story Courtesy Of Greg Hansen Tucson.Com. Photo Courtesy Of Tucson. Com.

Each time I drive past the once-thriving, now fenced-off-and-shuttered Golden Pin Lanes on Miracle Mile, it is a sobering reminder how fleeting sports and business success can be.

Over the last 10 months, it wasn’t just deserted Golden Pin Lanes that created those melancholy feelings. Fiesta Lanes, whose parking lot on River Road always seemed to be packed, was empty. So was the historic Lucky Strike Bowl on Speedway and the far east side’s long-vibrant Tucson Bowl.

Bowling was fading fast.

Picking Up The Spares January 25, 2021

Pictured Is: Bryanna Cote.                                                  

Tucson's Bryanna Cote, Wins The 2021 PWBA ITRC Classic. Earning Her, Her Second PWBA Title. Story And Photo Courtesy Of Bowl.Com.

ARLINGTON, Texas – After almost five years, three heartbreaking runner-up finishes and a global pandemic, Bryanna Coté of Tucson, Arizona, found her way back to the winner’s circle on the Professional Women’s Bowling Association Tour.