Pictured Is: The GCU Men's And Women's Bowling Team. Courtesy Of GCU.
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Howard, That's Kyle Howard, Perfect Three Times In One Squad.
The tenpinexpress. com, would like to send out its congratulations to Kyle Howard, of San Tan Valley, AZ.
The right-hander rolled: not one, not two, but three perfect games last Sunday October 21 at Lakeview Lanes in Sun City. His accomplishments came in the afternoon squad of the Arizona State Seniors Tournament.
The 747 and 813 series he rolled, gave him a six game scratch total of 1,560.
Great bowling Kyle.
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Annual GCU vs ASU Match Set For Friday October 26, At GCU
Our season begins this Friday with our 4th Annual Match with our cross-town rivals Arizona State! If you'd like to come check us out you and cheer us on, please do! Send us a message and we'll fill you in on where to park. Bowling begins at 5 PM and will last till about 8:30 or 9!
ASU leads the series 2-1, but we are looking to even it up with our second straight victory! #LopesUp
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Managing Editor Of Ten Pin Express.Com, Gets First 200 Game.
As Managing Editor and Founder of thetenpinexpress.com, I don't like to toot my own horn when it comes to my personal bowling accomplishments, but in this case I'd like to take a minute to do so.
After 28 years and five weeks into the new season, I finally rolled my first 200 game in league play. My 226 score was rolled in game two of league play on Friday October 19, 2018 in the Bob Brown Classic League at Brunswick Zone Mesa. The last time I rolled a 200 game was in May 1990, in the Lew Gordon HVAC League at Galaxy Lanes in Ft. Myers, Fl. It was position round that evening, and it helped my team win the second-half of the league that year.
Other bowlers have asked me why it took me so long to get back into bowling. An arthritic condition in my right-hand has prevented me from bowling all of these years. But, my desire to be back out on the lanes with you guys, has helped me battle through the arthritic condition.
I hope 200 games are like rolling your first 300 game. Once you get the first one, the second one will come easier. A long with bowling a game that was 84 pins over average, I managed to raise my average from 142-150 after last week of league play was completed.
Special thanks to my Wednesday afternoon practice buddies: Clearence, Gary, Nathan, Murray, and Ron, for helping me achieve my bowling goals during the last year.
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Pony League News - Courtesy Of Pony League Brunswick Zone Glendale.
Pony League Sponsored by Revolutions Pro Shop, Second Quarter Week 1 of 9, 10/22/2018: Congratulations to John Conaway and Shawn Kozak for rolling 800+ honor score series this week. John rolled an 808 series on games of 255, 266 and 287. Shawn rolled an 803 series on games of 278, 256 and 269. Wes Marema's 766 and Johnny Chi's 753 round out the weekly series leader board. Joel Nemec rolled a 298, high game of the week, followed by John Conaway's 287 and a trio of 279s rolled by Dylan Taylor, Robert Carpino and Keith Fung. Tina Williams 680 series was high for the ladies, followed by Juli Bayer's 651 and Alison Kozak's 650. Juli Bayer's 245 game was ladies high game for the week followed by Tina Williams' 238, Niki Smyth's 236 and Becky Tistle's 234. Six teams started out the second quarter by sweeping all of their match points: Rolling Rock Landscape, A Family Swimming Pool, Tuggers, Bite Me, Above180.com and 5 Jokers. Pony League bowlers averaged a season high 194 per game per bowler this week, raising the league average to 190 per game for the season.
Special congratulations to Pony League member Stu Williams for earning his second Professional Bowlers Tour national event title: Winning the championship check and trophy at the FloBowling PBA Fall Swing Tulsa Open. Your Beef Stu Crew as well as Beef Stu Nation celebrate your victory!
Pony Singles 2nd Quarter Week 1 of 9, 10/22/2018: Shawn Kozak (8-0) leads the 214 and over division. Wes Marema, Carey Hofmann, Johnny Chi and Leon Sabelka, all 8-0, share the early lead in the 202 to 213 division. Randy Norton and Alison Kozak, both 8-0, are atop the 196 to 201 division. Tom Kane, Bert Wells and Lee Spiva, all at 8-0, lead the 190 to 195 division. The 182 to 189 division is led by Tom King and Stuart Porter, both at 8-0. Sonja Echeverria (8-0) leads the 181 and under division.
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Daniel Austin wins $1,000 at AMF McRay! Story Courtesy Of Strike Force Tour.
Our event this weekend was at AMF McRay and we had a great turnout. We had 100 total entries (69 qualifying & 31 economy parlay) for 3 squads, with 27 prize winners and a 1 in 3.7 cash ratio. We paid out over $5,300 in main and side event prize funds. The players bowled on the 38ft Alcatraz oil pattern that was a very difficult pattern to play. Players had trouble playing on the outside of the lane and there wasn't a lot of margin of error when playing inside. The key to doing well was leaving makeable spares and picking up spares. Pair to pair there were some differences with oil carry down, but once the oil pattern started to break down in the 3rd squad, then scores increased a little with the average cut being around +40.
We want to welcome Ron Cross, Steven Gentry, Sam Hsu, Jeff Cochran, David Ball and Matthew Martin to the SFT AHT family! We hope you guys all had a good time in your first SFT AHT event. Congrats to Daniel Austin, James Newell and Ron Cross on being this weekend's parlay power players! Daniel took it the furthest turning his $25 into a $1,000 first place finish! Also congrats to David Ball, John Verbil, Ron Cross, Jason Tunay, Ted McKay, James Newell, Dishawn Byrd and Chad Clapp for making their first quarterfinals or who were returning to the quarterfinals in a while. Your winner of the free Track plastic bowling ball, with an option to upgrade to a high performance ball for $85, was Dan Lanious!
The quarterfinals were on fresh conditions and the scores were pretty low, but those that made it to the next round were able to figure out the pattern and pick up their spares. Your leader in the A Division was Justin Song and he would have to face #2 seed John Verbil. The B Division semi-final match would have #1 seed Dishawn Byrd taking on Andre Murillo, and the C Division semi-final would pit #1 seed Daniel Austin vs Chad Clapp. The A Division semi-final would see John Verbil start off with a three bagger to jump out to an early lead, which he would keep, and knock off #1 seed Justin Song, 223 to 188. The B Division semi-final match saw Andre Murillo able to stay clean and pick up spares to defeat Dishawn Byrd, 199 to 166. The C Division semi-final match was not close as Daniel Austin caught fire to defeat Chad Clapp, 253 to 179.
Going into the final match we had two bowlers, Daniel Austin and John Verbil, making their first appearance in the Finals. Andre Murillo was looking for his 2nd title, in his 2nd title match, and would have to be considered the favorite with his previous experience. The Final match would start off fast with both John and Daniel crushing the pocket for strikes. Andre started the match missing the pocket and leaving a tough spare, but was able to pick it up and get himself lined up quickly. Andre would strike in the next four frames. Daniel jumped out to a quick lead throwing a three bagger before leaving a 3-6 spare, which he would pick up in the fourth frame. John would strike in three of the first four frames of the match before transition hit. He would leave a washout (1-2-4-10) in the fifth frame, which he wasn't able to convert.
As quickly as the match had started, the lanes began to transition and the bowlers had to quickly adjust. After the washout in the fifth, John was able to double before leaving the 1-2-4 in the eighth and wasn't able to convert as he chopped the 2-4, leaving the headpin. Daniel was able to spare in the sixth, but also left a split (6-7-10) in the seventh, in which he was only able to pick up the 6-10. This gave Andre an opportunity to take a lead as he had thrown a Brooklyn strike in the fifth and was able to pick up a spare in the sixth frame. That opportunity quick evaporated as Andre chopped a 4-7 spare in the seventh. This would set up the match to come down to the final few frames and see who would take advantage to win. John would strike in the ninth and all three strikes in the tenth frame to finish at 220. Daniel was up next and chopped the 2-8 spare attempt in the ninth. He would strike on his first ball in the tenth and chop his spare on his fill shot to finish at 228. Andre would have an opportunity to win the match, as he had a tough split in the ninth to put him one pin behind Daniel, going into the tenth frame. All Andre needed was a mark and a nine count on his fill to win. His first ball in the tenth went a little high leaving the 6-10. His spare attempt looked good off his hand, but hooked a little down the lane to chop the 6 and leave the 10 pin standing, giving him a score of 218, giving Daniel Austin his first AHT SFT title and $1,000.00!! Congrats to John Verbil for 2nd Place and Andre Murillo for 3rd Place!
Thank you to everyone that came out to support the event! We look forward to seeing everyone at our next event at Brunswick Desert Sky on Saturday, October 27th! Hope you all have a great week!
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