Pictured Are Members Of The Beef Stu Crew.
Courtesy Of The Pony League @ Brunswick Zone Glendale.
Congratulations to the Beef Stu Crew for rolling the high series in the nation in the 2017/2018 season for a 4 male and 1 female team. Beef Stu Crew rolled a 3851 scratch series on January 22, 2018. This is also the third highest series in USBC/ABC history for a 4 male and 1 female team since ABC record-keeping began around 1900. Gary Demeny, Kyle King, Alison Super-Kozak, Shawn Kozak and Stu Williams (not pictured) made up the Beef Stu Crew in the 2017/2018 season. The awards were presented to the crew in person, and using Face Time to Stu WIlliams, by Pony League President and Metro Phoenix USBC representative Jacqueline Smith. Great bowling Beef Stu Crew: Truly a night to remember for the ages! — with Gary Demeny, Alison Super-Kozak, Shawn Kozak and Kyle King.
Pony League Sponsored by Revolutions Pro Shop, Third Quarter Week 2 of 9, 1/14/2019: Spare Club 4 Men and All Mixed Up are at the top of the third quarter team standings by recording sweeps of their opponents in the first two weeks. Josh Mullen, Stephen Reed, Stephen Anderson, Greg LaPointe, and Joey Burruel are at 16-0 along with Steve Barlow, Bob Molck, Brian Childress, Mark Childress, and Bill Spiva. Three teams are just two points behind the leaders at 14-2: Anger Sharks, Bite Me, and Chi-Town. Congratulations to Price McElroy who rolled an 813 series this week on games of 268, 278 and 267. Congratulations to John Nassivera for rolling an 809 series on games of 267, 278 and 264. Jeff May's 762 series and Jason Van Bodegon's 757 rounded out the high series leader board for the week. Shawn Kozak rolled the high game of the week; a 286 followed by four 279s rolled by Jeff May, Andy Hakiel, Jim Bungard and Dan Graham. Shirley Braverman's 726 series was high for the ladies this week followed by Sonja Echeverria's 670, and Julie Pratt's 621. Shirley's 256 game was also high for the week with Sonja's 245, Christine Powell's 232 and Julie Pratt's 223 next. Strike & Awe (William Milho, John Nassivera, Shirley Braverman, Carey Lee Hofmann, and Michael Marranca) rolled the team high scratch series in the Pony League for the season with a 3525. Pony League bowlers averaged just under 196 per game this week with the season to date average remaining at 194 per game.
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Roy Miele wins first title at AMF Desert Hills!!! Courtesy Of SFT.
Our event this weekend was at AMF Desert Hills and had another good turnout with all the other events going on around the Valley. We had 67 total entries (49 qualifying & 18 economy parlay) for 3 squads, 24 prize winners and a 1 in 2.8 cash ratio which we paid out over $4,000 in main and side event prize funds. The players bowled on the 43ft Dean Man's Curve 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. Pair to pair were big differences, but once the oil pattern started to break down in the 3rd squad, then scores started to go up!
As always, we want to welcome Roy Miele and Eric Pick to the SFT AHT family! We hope you guys all had a good time in your first SFT AHT event. Congrats to Josh Hancock on being this weekend's only parlay power player! Josh was able to turn his $25 into a quarterfinal's appearance! We would also like to congratulate Brian Schamber who won Momma's Mystery Pot for $500.00!!! Your winner of the free plastic ball, with an option to upgrade to any Track High Performance ball for $85.00, was Kevin Convirs.
The quarterfinals were bowled on fresh conditions and it the scores were low, but those that made it to the next round were able to figure out the pattern and score slightly above their average. The A division had #1 seed Justin Song taking on Ron Gonzales, while the B division would see #1 seed Brian Schamber versus Derek Hamm, and in the C division #1 seed Mike Stockinger would face off against newcomer Roy Miele.
All the semi-final matches were close. Mike Stockinger was unable to hold off Roy Miele winning 189 to 162. Derek Hamm was able to bowl a clean game to defeat Brian Schamber, 208 to 169. The A division semi-final would all come down to the last few frames. Ron Gonzales held a slight lead going into the ninth, but an unfortunate open in the ninth frame, by Justin, opened the door for Ron to finish the match with a nice 207 game.
This would be the first time, in a while, where all three divisional winners were not the #1 seed of their division. Going into the final match Ron Gonzales was looking for his 9th SFT AHT title, while Derek Hamm was looking at going 5 for 5 in Finals. Newcomer Roy Miele was looking for his first title in his first ever event!
The match started off with everyone trying to figure out a line to the pocket. A few open frames from both Ron and Derek gave Roy a quick lead to start. About midway through the match all bowlers were neck and neck. Unfortunately, the pair of lanes that the Finals were bowled on broke down and after a short break the bowlers had to switch pairs. After a mini practice to get warmed back up, then the match continued. Derek couldn't carry in the second half of the match and dropped behind Ron and Roy. Ron started to mount a comeback by throwing a four-bagger to put some pressure on Roy. It would come down to the final frames as a light hit by Ron in the ninth left a seven pin. Roy was able to strike in the ninth and doubled in the tenth to give him his first ever AHT SFT title and $600.00!!! Congrats to Ron Gonzales for coming in 2nd and to Derek Hamm for his 3rd place finish.
Thanks to everyone that came out to support the event! We look forward to seeing you all at our next event at AMF Union Hills next Sunday, January 20th! Hope you all have a great week!!!
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Ron Schloss Wins KOH At Cactus Bowl.
Tucson - - -THANK YOU everyone who came out and bowled at Cactus Bowl!. We had 39 entries for the King of the Hill!
Congrats to Ron Schloss on your win! Great bowling everyone! Stay tuned for next event
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GCU/ASU Fund Raiser
Phoenix - - - Don't Forget! The GCU/ASU fund raiser will be held this Friday, January 18, at Glenfair Lanes in Glendale. Cost is $20, and it is cash only. Bowlers will bowl four games and be eligible to win prizes. Check in is at 6 pm and bowling starts at 6:30 pm. For more information contact GCU head coach Ben Canfield, through Facebook messenger.
Here is a list of prizes that we will be giving away and raffling off at our event:
2 Bowling Balls (900 Global Truth and Black Hammer Urethane), 5 $15 Virtue Bowling Supply Gift Cards, 2 Vise Two Ball Totes, 1 Storm 2 Ball Tote, 6 900 Global 2 Ball Totes, 4 Vise Shammys, 3 900 Global Shammys, 1 ASU Color Track Pad, 4 Genesis Pure Pads (Sport Themed), 3 GCU Rosin Bags & Drawstring Backpacks, 2 Handmade Decorative Wreaths, 2 Meal Vouchers to Texas Roadhouse
We can't wait to give all of this away! #LopesUp
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MMA Youth Championships At Mesa East Bowl.
The Mesa Metro Youth Championships will be held this weekend, January 19-20, at Mesa East Bowl in Mesa. In conjunction with the championships, a junior gold qualifier will also be held at the tournament site. For more information regarding these events, please contact the MMA @ 480-969-6944.
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League Still Looking For One More Bowler.
UPDATE!
The Midweek Madness Spring 2019 bowling league at AMF Chandler has room for 1 (one) bowler. This sanctioned league bowls for 17 more weeks on Wednesday night's. Cost is $20 a night with a generous prize fund. This is a fun league of 30 teams looking for bowlers of any skill level. If you're interested, or need more info, please contact Dan Kittrell at 480-334-6096.
Current Midweek Madness bowlers are encouraged to share this notice on your Facebook page. Thank You!
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