Pictured Is: Team Virtue Youth Bowlers From Mesa East Bowl.
Mesa East Youth Bowlers Successful At TOC.
Congratulations goes out to the following youth bowlers at Mesa East Bowl, who had a successful run at the Tournament Of Champions. Pictured are: Hunter Mayes, Madison Holman, Connor Metzler, and Christopher Mays. The team was sponsored by Virtue Bowling Supply, and the kids won their division in the team event. The tournament was held on April 6th in Tucson.
Junior Gold Event At AMF McRay Lanes.
Mesa Metropolitan USBC Association, in conjunction with Strike Zone Pro Shop, will be hosting an Easter Saturday Youth Scratch Tournament and Jr. Gold Qualifying Event on Saturday April 20, 2019. Strike Zone Pro Shop is guaranteeing at least one (1) Jr. Gold spot, regardless of the number of entries received. (Division awarded to be decided the day of the tournament). The event will be held at AMF McCray Lanes in Chandler. Check in is at 12 noon, and bowling starts at 1 pm. For more information contact the MMA office at 480-969-6944.
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Dylan Taylor wins 3rd title of 2019 season and $1,000 at Brunswick Mesa! SFT News, Courtesy OF SFT.
This weekend's event was at Brunswick Mesa lanes. We had a great turnout today with a total of 123 entries (67 qualifying and 56 economy parlays) and a record breaking 64 bowlers on the first squad!! We had 34 cashers and a 1 in 3.61 cash ratio that paid out over $5,000.00 in main and side event prize funds. The players bowled on the 42ft Tokyo oil pattern. It was a medium to long oil pattern and almost played like a house shot on the fresh, but the lanes transitioned very quickly. Bowlers that could move inside and use their rev rate could continue to play along the track which resulted in higher cut scores.
We also had a few new bowlers that came out to try out the Strike Force Tour for the first time this weekend. We would like to welcome Nicholas Berhorst, Aaron Bell, Richard Shimer, Mackenzie Ickes, Jarquise Rodgers, Marquise Rodgers, Jim Haines, Jack Haines, Robert White and Lisa Ohm to the Strike Force Tour Family. We hope you guys enjoyed your first event and hope to see you at one of our next events! We would like to congratulate our Parlay Power Players for this event in Ron Schloss, Nicholas Berhorst and David Addona. These three bowlers were able to make it to the quarterfinals on only their $25 economy parlay entry. Congrats guys! Also, congrats to Kevin Convirs who won the drawing for a free plastic ball with an option to upgrade to any Track high performance ball for $85.00!
The quarterfinals were played on the fresh oil pattern. We had 22 quarterfinalists, which meant that we would cut to the top 2 bowlers in each division. The A Division would be led by Dylan Taylor (+96) and he would have to face off against Andy Hakiel (+59) in the semi-final match. The B Division would see parlay power player Ron Schloss (+168) as the #1 seed taking on #2 seed Eric Carroll (+64). In the C Division, newcomer Nicholas Berhorst (+136) would be matched against veteran SFT bowler Mike Hodge (+70).
The A Division semi-final match we see Dylan Taylor staying hot and throwing enough strikes to run away from Andy Hakiel, winning the match 238 to 186. The C Division semi-final would see Nicholas was able to stay clean but opens in the eighth and tenth frames by Mike Hodge would give Nicholas the win, 243 to 203. The B Division semi-final would be a great match with everything coming down to the tenth frame. Ron Schloss had been on fire all day but hit a bit of transition in the ninth and tenth frames, leaving a couple of ringing ten pins to finish the match at 225. Eric Carroll had been trying his best to keep up with Ron for most of the match, but had a washout in the sixth frame to put him behind in the match. Eric was able to string strikes in the seventh, eighth and ninth frames to catch back up. He would need a strike in the tenth to give himself a chance. His first ball in the tenth went flush knocking all ten pins back. His second ball went just a bit too long, leaving the eight pin. Eric was able to pick the spare and was able to win the match by one pin, 226 to 225.
Heading into the Finals both Eric Carroll and Nicholas Berhorst were looking for their first SFT AHT titles. Nicholas was in the Finals in his very first SFT event and Eric has been in a Finals match before, but you would expect the clear favorite had to be Dylan Taylor. Dylan just won his 2nd title of the year, 6th title overall, just last weekend at Brunswick Kyrene. What is truly amazing about Dylan's success lately is that he has been doing it all while receiving zero pins of handicap!
The Final match would start with all three bowlers trying to line themselves up. Nicholas would open in the second and third frames, while Eric would get caught by a nasty 7-10 split in the third. Dylan would nine-spare in the first and second frames, but that's all it took to line himself up as he would throw a five bagger make up the difference on having no handicap at all. Midway through the match and Nicholas was struggling with his ball reaction. After trying a few different bowling balls, he was able to spare out to finish at 213. Eric would strike in the eighth, ninth and tenth frames to get himself back into the match, but a left the Greek Church (4-6-7-9-10) on his second ball in the tenth to finish the match at 212. Dylan would calmly get up and punch out in the tenth to finish at 247 to give himself his 7th overall AHT SFT title and $1,000!!! Dylan wins his 2nd AHT SFT title in back to back weekends, all while not receiving any pins of handicap, which is truly an accomplishment! Congrats to Nicholas Berhorst on 2nd place and Eric Carroll on 3rd place.
Thank you to everyone that came out to support the event! We hope to see you all next Saturday, April 20th at Brunswick Desert Sky!
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Pony League News - League Bowls On Monday Night At Brunswick Zone Glendale
Pony League Sponsored by Revolutions Pro Shops, Fourth Quarter Week 7 of 9, 4/15/2019: Three weeks remain in Pony League competition this season: Two position rounds and sweeper/championship week. The position round next Monday, 4/22/2019, will decide our fourth quarter champion. The second position round, on Monday 4/29/2019, will (1) decide places 2 through 36 for the fourth quarter and (2) is the semi-final week of the overall league championship with the four quarterly champions going head to head with the two winning teams going to the championship match on sweeper week while the two losing teams going to the 3rd/4th place match to decide the overall third and fourth place teams for the 2018-2019 Pony League. The position round starts on lanes 17-18 this week with the Raisins (39-17) meeting the Dawg Pound (38-18). Virtue Bowling Supply (37-19) will take on Strikes Matter (36-20). Gray Matter (36-20) will battle two-time Pony League champions Nite Train (26-20). Eight other teams are within one weeks points of the league leaders.
Price McElroy rolled a 299 game, high for the week, followed by John Babbitt's 290, Bill Spiva's 280 and Les Freeman's 279. John Conaway's 773 series was high for the evening, edging out Kevin Lewis' 772, Shawn Kozak's 763 and John Babbitt's 759. Jacqueline Smith rolled a 269 game, high for the ladies, followed by Melanie Olson's 243, Nicole Smyth's 235 and Pat Ball's 233. Jacque Smith was the only lady to top the 700 mark with a solid 706 series, followed by Niki Smyth's 660, Mel Olson's 653 and Pat Ball's 646. Pony League bowlers averaged 198 per game for the evening with the league's year to date average remaining at 195 per game per bowler.
REMINDER: No personal checks for the remainder of the season - cash only. Also, anyone bowling in the remaining three weeks of the season must have already rolled at least 21 games this season in the Pony League.
Pony Singles 4th Quarter Week 7 of 9, 4/15/2019: Just two weeks remain in fourth quarter singles. (Singles competition ends the week prior to sweeper week.) Shawn Kozak (40-16) leads Dylan Taylor (38-18) in the 219 and over division. Greg LaPointe (36-20) has a two point lead over Chuck Stration(34-22) in the 210 to 218 division. Cliff Adams (44-12) leads Tom Kane (40-16) by four points in the 203 to 209 division. In the 195 to 202 division, Don Fisher 38-18) leads Jim Bungard (36-20) and Nick Pluhowsky (36-20). John Lesner (42-14) holds a seven point lead over Andrew Jacobs (35-21) in the 183 to 194 division. Chuck Morgan (43-13) leads Terry Piercy (38-18) and Scot Piercy (38-18) in the 182 and under division. One scheduled week and one position round week remain.
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Arizona State Open Returns To Gold Pin Lanes in May.
Tucson - - AZ State USBC Open Championship goes back to Golden Pins for the last tournament to be held at this center before closure. Come out and compete against your fellow bowlers at this historic center and give it a grand send off. Multiple entries will be permitted for this tournament.
PWBA Tucson Open At Golden Pin Lanes.
Tucson - Don't miss all of the fun at the PWBA Tucson Open June 6-8 at Golden Pin Lanes.
Schedule of Events
Thursday, June 6
4pm - 5:30 pm: Official Practice
7pm: Bowl with the Pros
Friday, June 7
9am: Qualifying Round 1 (eight games)
5pm: Qualifying Round 2 (eight games)
Saturday, June 8
9am: Round of 32 (eight games) Cut to top 12 players
2pm: Round of 12 (six games) Cut to top four players for stepladder finals
3pm: Last Hoorah party celebrating nearly 60 years in business
5:30pm: BowlTV finals
Tickets to watch the tournament or participate in Bowl with the Pros can be purchased online.
► Tickets to watch all 3 days of the PWBA Tucson Open are $20
► Bowl with the Pros is $85
► Add a Storm bowling ball to your Bowl with the Pros entry $115
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The 67th Annual Arizona State Women's Championship Continue.
Avondale - - The 67th Annual Arizona State Women's Championships are now underway at Brunswick Tri-City Bowl in Avondale. The tournament runs the weekend of April 6,7 to April 27,28. Brunswick Tri-City Bowl is located at 1425 North Central in Avondale. For current results please visit AZ State USBC. Org.
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