Pictured Is: Glenn Brady.
Photo And Story Courtesy Of Tucson Metro USBC - Glenn Brady Still Enjoying Bowling At Age 99.
Tucson - - - Congratulations to Glenn Brady who bowled a 208 game with a 430 series while celebrating his 99th birthday on November 20th, 2018. Glenn bowls at Fiesta Lanes in the Funtimers/Park Avenue Jewelers League and carries a 131 average. This just proves the sport of bowling is enjoyed by all ages. What a heartwarming story to know Glenn is still out there every week enjoying his game and his teammates while staying active and having fun. What an inspiration he is to all of us! Congratulations to Glenn and Happy 99th Birthday!
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Tucson - - - A U.S. Open Qualifier will be held at Golden Pin Lanes in Tucson, on Sunday December 30. Check in is at 9 am and bowling starts at 9:30 am. The tournaments format is 10 games across the house, and entry fee is $100. First place prize money includes the $500 U.S. Open entry fee. The 2019 U.S. Open will be held at Victory Lanes in Mooresville, NC.
Ladies will also have a chance this day, to bowl in a sweeper with an opportunity to win a spot in a PWBA event that is coming to the center next June. A minimum of six ladies entered is needed to be able to also host this event.
You can register for both of these events on line at Golden Pin Bowl.com.
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Tucson - - - The next 'King Of The Hill' tournament will be held on Sunday January 12, 2019 at Cactus Bowl. Entry fee is $45, and the event starts at 12 pm. For more information contact Stacey Pollard of Cactus Bowl at 520-327-6561.
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The Pony League At Brunswick Zone Glendale - Courtesy Of The Pony League.
Pony Singles 2nd Quarter Week 8 of 9, 12/10/2018: Position round, end of the second quarter is set for next Monday, 12/17/18. Shawn Kozak and Steve Roberts face off in the 214 and over division with identical 46-18 records. Dylan Taylor is third at 42-22. Shawn or Steve will win the division title if either are victorious in their match. If they tie, Dylan can earn a three-way tie for the title by winning all 8 of his points. In the 202 to 213 division, Wes Marema (44-20) matches up with Pat Lombardo (43-21) while Don Tistle (42-22) meets Michael Marranca (41-23). One of these four is likely to win the second quarter division title though Dwayne Brooks (40-24) has a chance to tie for the title if first and second split and third and fourth isn't a sweep, and Dwayne wins all of his points. So you say there's a chance... In the 196 to 201 division, Randy Norton (50-14) needs only a single point in his match against Mike Pyeatt (42-22). If Mike earns a sweep, then Randy and Mike would share the division championship. The 190 to 195 division will be decided in the match pitting Tom Kane (50-12) versus Jimmy Diaz (48-16). The 182 to 189 division has already been decided with Tom King (50-14) ten points ahead of John Nassivera (40-24) and Stuart Porter (40-24). John Lesner (52-12) has the edge over Charles Adams (48-16) and Terry Piercy (46-18) in the 181 and under division.
Pony League Sponsored by Revolutions Pro Shop, Second Quarter Week 8 of 9, 12/10/2018: Position round starts on lanes 13-14 next week. Strike & Awe (49-15) matches up against Tuggers (46-18), 5 Jokers (46-18) faces Above180.com (45-19), and Leftover Beef Stu (44-20) meets Famers (44-20). Each of these teams has a path to earning the second quarter team championship. If there is a tie for first place, the tie will be settled by a one game roll-off immediately following league play. See the league rules for specifics. Cliff Adams rolled the high series of the week (756) followed by Terry Vander Vlucht 732, Nick Mancini 730, and Greg LaPointe 730. Andre Murillo's 280 game was high for the week followed by Cliff Adams 279, Pat Lombardo 278 and Jason Van Bodegon 276. Tina Williams 702 set was high for the ladies followed by Dar Spiva (614), Melanie Olson (609) and Alison Kozak (609). Tina Williams also rolled the high game for the ladies with a 255 followed by Dar Spiva's 247, Christine Powell's 232 and SonjaEcheverria's 225. Pony League bowlers averaged 198 per game per bowler for the evening with the season to date average now at 193 per game. REMINDER: No new roster members this coming week and all bowlers participating in the position round must have rolled at least 12 games in the Pony League this season.
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Mike Hodge wins 3rd title & $1,000 at Brunswick Mesa! - Story Courtesy Of SFT.
Wow! What an event! What a conclusion to our 2018 season! Not only was it a huge turnout, but it had a lot of excitement as well! The event had 114 total entries (77 qualifying & 37 economy parlay), 31 cashers, a 1 in 3.6 cash ratio and paid out over $6,000.00 in main and side event prize fund. The players bowled on a 37ft Melbourne oil pattern that, as a short pattern, you would think would be high scoring, but it wasn't that at all. The qualifying cut scores were all pretty low with it taking an average of +13 to advance to the quarter finals which isn't even bowling average! It seemed that as the lanes started to carry down more, and the balls hooked less, it became spotty and difficult from pair to pair which really kept scoring low.
There was only one parlay power player this weekend in Steve Convirs who was trying to turn his $25 parlay investment into $1,000.00! We had quite a few first-time quarter finalists though! Congrats to Michael Koch, AJ Rodriguez, Sam Rodriguez, and Elma Henderson on advancing to their first ever quarter finals. Also, a big congrats to Sean Ashely who won Momma's Mystery score again for $450 with a score of 203! Nearly every single player of the year points race was up for grabs going into this event, so how did they all end up? Let's get into it!
The quarter finals was extremely low scoring with every division almost taking a minus score to advance to the semi-final round! It was clear that with the fresh strip and re-oil the lanes got much tougher. The A division had Zack Huglin striking out the in 10th frame to go around Sean Kearney for the last spot in the semi's in the A division. He would be taking on Correen Lieber who was the #1 seed and won the last event we had at Brunswick Mesa, which was the Labor Day event. In the B division, it would a match that had A LOT of implications. Derek Hamm was the #2 seed taking on JJ Newell the #1 seed. This match was a chance for JJ to get a shot at making his first title match and to win his first title. If that isn't a big deal, Derek Hamm needed to win the match to still have a chance to pass Josh Black for overall player of the year which is a huge prize! The C division was between would be between #1 seed Mike Hodge and #2 seed Chuck Lucas.
The A division semi-final match was close at the beginning with both players not striking a whole lot. A big four about half way through seemed to slow Zack down a bit and Correen was able to continue staying clean, put together a string and take a good-sized lead to clinch another A division title at Brunswick Mesa! In the B division, it appeared early on that Derek Hamm was feeling the large amount of pressure coming from trying to win the overall player of the year. He had a few shots early that weren't great and then he missed a make-able spare mid-way through the match. JJ Newell stayed clean the whole time and was able to put together a double to come away with his first ever B division title. This also meant that Derek Hamm's run at being overall player of the year had ended and Josh Black locked up a huge honor in being 2018 SFT AHT player of the year! In the C division, Mike and Chuck had a much closer match and it went all the way down to the tenth where Mike opened in the 10th and Chuck needed to double to win, but wasn't able to do so.
This meant our final match would be Correen Lieber vs Mike Hodge vs JJ Newell for $1,000.00!! This match was a lot like most of the semi-final matches. The players with less handicap starting off shaky, not making good shots and leaving open frames and the player with the most handicap making their spares and staying clean. By about the 7th frame it was already pretty clear that Mike Hodge was going to come away with his 3rd SFT AHT title this season in a pretty impressive and break out year for him. He has been bowling SFT since 2012 and had never won, and this year he won 3 times! Correen was able to make some clutch shots near the end of the game to take 2nd and JJ Newell finished 3rd.
We want to thank everyone for coming out and supporting our final event of the year! It has truly been an incredible season. We look forward to seeing you at either our banquet, invitational, or season ending meeting! See you guys there, or we will see you at our season opener on January 6th!
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