Mesa - - - Over the weekend of December 1 and 2. The 28th Annual Mesa Metropolitan Association Senior Open, was held at AMF Mesa Lanes in Mesa. Pictured are MMA HOF Members: Larry Hoffman, Don Caron, Joe Hart, and Johnny Wing Sr. To see how they and others who bowled in the tournament did, please go to Bowl Mesa.com.
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Pony League News At Brunswick Zone Glendale - Courtesy Of Pony League.
Pony League Sponsored by Revolutions Pro Shop, Second Quarter Week 7 of 9, 12/3/2018: With two weeks to go in the second quarter, 12 teams are within 8 points of the league lead. Strike & Awe top the standings at 42-14 followed by Above180.com at 41-15 and Leftover Beef Stu at 40-16.Kyle King rolled the high game of the evening with an 11-in-a-row 290 followed by John Conaway 289, Joey Burruel 289 and Nick Mancini 288.Vince Murphy rolled the high series of the evening with a 786 trailed byMichael Marranca 771, John Conaway 771 and John Busalacchi 737.Mandy Etem rolled the high game for the ladies with a 257 followed byJacqueline Smith 245, Shirley Braverman 241 and Tina Williams 237. Tina Williams 690 series topped the ladies series leader board followed by Mandy Etem 684, Alison Kozak 674 and Jacque Smith 660. Pony League bowlers averaged 196 per game this week with the season to date average now at 193 per game per bowler.
Pony Singles 2nd Quarter Week 7 of 9, 12/3/2018: The end of the second quarter is just two weeks away. Shawn Kozak and Dylan Taylor lead the 214 and over division at 40-16 followed by Steve Roberts at 38-18. The 202 to 213 division is led by Don Tistle at 42-14 followed by Pat Lombardoat 39-17 and Wes Marema at 38-18. Randy Norton leads the 196 to 201 division at 42-14 followed by Keith Matter and Mike Pyeatt, both at 36-20. Tom Kane has opened up an 8 point lead in the 190 to 195 division with a 50-6 record followed by Jimmy Diaz at 42-14 and Bert Wells at 36-20. The 182 to 189 division finds Tom King on top at 44-12 followed by Stephen Reed and Jim Bungard at 37-19. John Lesner and Charles Adams share the lead in the 181 and under division with 44-12 records followed by Terry Piercy at 38-18.
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Jonah Tafoya wins 1st title at Brunswick Via Linda! SFT News Courtesy Of SFT.
Our event this weekend was changed from AMF Peoria to Brunswick Via Linda on short notice. We apologize to some of the bowlers that weren't aware of the venue change, but we still did have a nice little turnout! We had 71 total entries (53 qualifying & 18 economy parlay), with 22 cashers, a 1 in 3.3 cash ratio and a payout of over $3,650.00 in main and side event prize funds. The players bowled on a very difficult 40ft Bear oil pattern that had some of the lowest scores of the season. The pattern allowed players to play from any angle, but the key was trying to make high quality shots and then pick your spares. There were quite a few people who thought that the scores would maybe go up for the last squad as the lanes would have some more play on them by then. However, this didn't happen at all, as the cut score stayed pretty much the same in all three divisions from squad 1 to squad 3.
We want to quickly welcome our new bowlers that joined us for this event! Pat Boerboon and Brad Busaskowski bowled in their first SFT AHT event this weekend! It's awesome to still see new faces this late in the season! We hope all of you had a great time, and we look forward to seeing you next time! We had two parlay power players in Eric Flick and Josh Black who turned their $25 entry fee into a spot in the quarterfinal round! While they were the only ones to capitalize off of the economy parlay, we had several players making their first ever SFT AHT quarterfinals! Congrats to AJ Rodriguez who made his first ever quarterfinals today. Your winner of the free plastic ball drawing was Howard Strause.
The quarterfinals were held on a fresh pattern and the quarterfinal scores low, as they had been all day. Since there were only 5 bowlers that advanced to the quarterfinals in the A Division, the #1 seed would automatically be entered in the Final match. Eric Flick led the A Division quarterfinals round at +69 and punch his ticket to the Finals. In the B division, your #1 seed would be Josh Black and he would have to battle Andy Morin. In the C Division, your leader was Jonah Tafoya and he would be taking on newcomer AJ Rodriguez. The B division semi-final match was a close one with the match decided in the tenth frame. Andy was able to take a small lead and put some pressure on Josh Black to fill out his frame to tie or win. Josh's first ball in the tenth went a bit too far, leaving him a nasty 2-10 split. Josh would need to pick up the split and have good count on the fill to win. Josh's spare attempt was close, but he wasn't able to convert, giving Andy a pass into the Final match. Meanwhile in the C Division, Jonah was able to stay clean and stay ahead of AJ, winning the match to advance to the Finals.
Going into the Final match the favorite had to be Eric Flick. He had just bowled a huge +69 in the quarterfinals to advance straight into the Finals. Also he had a lot more Final's experience as he was looking for his third title while Jonah and Andy were looking for their first titles. The Final match started off quick with Jonah and Eric both striking. Andy wasn't able to line up as quickly and had to make his spares to try and stay in the match. Jonah and Eric went back and forth with each one fighting to separate from the other two bowlers. Going into the final few frames of the match Eric and Jonah were still neck and neck, with Andy still trying to find the right ball reaction. Eric missed a ten pin in the ninth frame to give Jonah a small opening. Jonah was able to capitalize by striking in the ninth and filling out his tenth frame, giving him his first AHT SFT title and $850.00!! Eric would finish in 2nd place and Andy in 3rd place. Congrats to everyone that came out today and supported our event.
We look forward to seeing you all at our Final event of the 2018 season next Sunday at Brunswick Mesa! Have a great week!
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Rim Country Bowling News.
Pinetop/Lakeside - - - The Greater White Mountain USBC Association hosted the 10th Annual Dick Macey Scotch Doubles event on November 10-11 at Ponderosa Lanes. 40 bowlers bowled in the event on Saturday, and 40 bowlers bowled in the tournament on Sunday. Proceeds from the event benefits the GWM youth bowlers. Mr. Macey used to be a coach for the GWM youth leagues.
GWM will hold its Women's Tournament in January, and Open in February also at Ponderosa Lanes. Contact GWM for specific dates of these tournaments. GWM additionally will have two teams participate in a Elks tournament on February 9-10 in New Mexico.
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Impressive Results for Lopes.
By David Carter/GCU Staff - Story Courtesy Of GCU.
GCU Men’s and Women’s Bowling had impressive showings this past weekend at the Oak Tree Open & Floria Financial Services Open in Diamond Bar, California.
On Saturday, the GCU Men’s JV & Varsity teams both placed 2nd. On Sunday, Men’s JV placed 2nd and Men’s Varsity placed 1st.
Meanwhile, GCU Women’s Bowling defeated San Jose State University both days.
GCU Men’s & Women’s Bowling Head Coach Ben Canfield discussed how he was proud of his team’s efforts this past weekend.
“It was a super successful weekend, ” said Lopes’ Bowling Head Coach Ben Canfield. “I am proud of all 17 bowlers that competed. It was the first time all year the teams traveled together. I am also proud of how hard the team worked and communicated.”
Canfield also discussed the key contributions of assistant head coach Cameron Smith from this past weekend.
“Smith bowled for GCU the past two years and was an All-American last year,” said Canfield. “We were able to use his experience this weekend as he mainly coached the Men’s Varsity team to help them bring home the win on Sunday.”
Individually, Lopes Men’ s Varsity Bowlers Joshua Mabry and Donovan Koff posted back-to-back top 5 individual performances, with Mabry finishing 3rd on Saturday and 4th on Sunday; while Koff finished 5th on Saturday and 1st on Sunday.
For the Men’s JV bowlers, Taylor Palm finished 17th overall on Saturday, and Michael McQuisten finished 16th overall on Sunday.
“After the first day of bowling was complete, we went back into the hotel to get into the right mindset for Sunday,” said Mabry. “It was the team’s second 2nd place finish of the year. It was difficult. We made the right adjustments for the next day and won on Sunday.”
On the women’s side, Emily Ornelas placed 1st on Saturday and 2nd on Sunday; while freshman Kaylee Am-Khong placed 2nd on Saturday and 1st on Sunday.
“It was a great overall learning experience for the team,” said Ornelas. “A couple of bowlers are newcomers. They have not experienced college bowling yet, but getting wins both days helped the team gain confidence.”
The GCU Men’s and Women’s Bowling teams next head to Las Vegas, Nevada for the Glenn Carlson Las Vegas Invitational and the Collegiate Shoot-Out between December 17-20.
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