Brian Roever wins $1,000 at AMF Chandler Lanes!!! SFT News, Courtesy Of SFT. Photo Courtesy Of SFT.
Chandler - - - Our event this weekend was at AMF Chandler Lanes on the 35ft Cheetah oil pattern! It was our final standard event of the 2019 season, and we were happy to see the SFT AHT family come out and support the last event regardless of everything going on this time of year. The event had 95 total entries (66 qualifying entries & 29 economy parlay entries), 26 prize winners, a 1 in 3.65 cash ratio and a payout of over $5,000.00 in main and side event prize fund. The cheetah pattern had some high scores at time and even one bowler (Ron Gonzales) who ran the front 10 of the first game of the quarterfinals, but not everyone was able to do that so the cut scores in general were not that crazy considering this is normally a higher scoring sport pattern. The average cut score for the day was around +42 which isn't insanely high, considering there were a few people who went over +100 for their 3 games. These short patterns very commonly seem to work out like that. If you can get comfortable playing very far right, you get access to better ball reaction that more limited and restricted players can't access. This causes some players to really score high, but the scoring in general to not really go up as much.
This weekend we had one Parlay Power Player, one first-time Quarterfinalist and one new bowler! Sean Ashley was our Parlay Power Player bowling 676 with handicap in the Economy Parlay to win a free Qualifying Entry with Progressive Pot and then used that free entry to advance to the quarterfinals with a nice 704 series. This all put a bow tie on a very impressive and dominant season for him as our 2019 Overall Player of the Year. We also had a new member be our only first-time quarterfinalist of the event. Congrats to Jessica Rupert for representing the ladies and accomplishing a pretty impressive feat in her first try.
The quarterfinals started off on a fresh oil pattern which helped the scores not to continue to escalate. The scores not going up was an understatement as the scores were very low besides the Top 2 A division bowlers. In the A Division there was #1 seed Matthew Zweig at +84 and #2 seed Ron Gonzales at +63, but that plus 63 included a single game where Ron was +100 from an impressive front 10 strikes. In the B Division the #1 seed was Shawna Strause at +45 and the #2 seed Brian Roever, technically didn't even bowl their average for series with a +13. In the C Division it was even lower with the top 2 bowlers being tied at +14, which was Michael Sylve and newcomer Jessica Rupert. Michael won the tie breaker having the higher qualifying series to make it to the quarterfinals to be our #1 seed.
All three matches for the first time in quite some time were decided before the 10th frame. Brian Roever caught a couple doubles while Shawna struggled to move on. Matt started off with the front 6 which got him a lead that Ron could not battle back from and lastly Michael Sylve struggled with some missed spares early on to fall too far behind Jessica. This mean we would have a very classic SFT final match with a classic A Division, B Division and C Division bowlers who perfectly represented their Division.
The Final match started off with Brian and Jessica stringing strikes and Matt making spares, which meant Matt, who was already spotting both players pins was even further behind. Brian ended up really accelerating into a lead with some good breaks for Brooklyn strikes and never looked back. He bowled his highest game of the tournament of 246 to take home the title and $1,000!!! Congrats to Jessica on 2nd and Matthew for 3rd Place.
Thanks to everyone for coming out to the event! We will see you all next weekend for the Banquet, Season Ending Meeting, and Match Play invitational at AMF McRay.
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Junior Strikers Bowling News At Tucson Bowl.
Tucson - - - The Junior Strikers at Tucson Bowl, 7020 E 21st Street, will be starting up again for the Winter/Spring 2020 Season on January 4th, 2020. Practice will start each week at 9:50 AM, with league bowling starting at 10:00 AM. The Winter/Spring Season offers quite a few Junior Tournaments to bowl in, so come on in and get signed up and get started on January 4th, 2020. For additional information contact Tucson Bowl at 520-747-1363.
King Of The Hill At Tucson Bowl.
Tucson - - - The next King of the Hill Tournament at Tucson Bowl, 7020 E 21st Street, will be Sunday, December 15th, 2019. Check-in starts at 9:30 AM, bowling begins at 10:00 AM. The format for the tournament will be 6 games of qualifying with a 5 person stepladder final. The pattern will be the Kegel Sphinx, the entry fee is $50.00. For additional information call Tucson Bowl at 520-747-1363.
New Years Eve Celebration At Tucson Bowl.
Tucson - - - Tucson Bowl, 7020 E 21st Street, is taking reservations for the New Years Eve Cyber Parties. We will run a Family Cyber Bowl from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM, $69.00 per lane. We will also run a Late Night Cyber Bowl from 9:30 PM to 12:30 AM, $79.00 per lane. Included in the price for each of the Cyber Bowl events is unlimited bowling during the specified time period, shoes, pizza specials, party favors and more. For additional information call Tucson Bowl 520-747-1363.
9 Game Sweeper At Tucson Bowl.
Tucson - - - Tucson Bowl, 7020 E 21st Street, will be hosting a 9 Game Sweeper on January 1st, 2020. Check-in will start at 10:30 AM, bowling will begin at 11:00 AM. The pattern will be the Kegel Mercury, the entry fee will be $90.00. Scoring for this event will be scratch. For additional information call Tucson Bowl at 520-747-1363.
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Yuma USBC Concludes Successful Food Drive.
Yuma - - - Thank you everyone that contributed to this years Food Drive. We turned in 688 pounds of food to the Yuma Community Food Bank. Great job Yuma Bowlers!
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Pony League News - Pony League Bowls On Monday Night At Bowlero Glendale.
Glendale - - - Pony League Singles Week 14 of 34 (Second Quarter Week 6 of 9), 12/9/2019: Three weeks remain in the second quarter. Our division leaders are Chuck Morgan (46-2) and Stuart Porter (32-16) in the 174 and under division, Wes Marema (42-6) and Alison Kozak (30-18) in the 175 to 186 division, John Lesner (30-18) and Joe Hart (29-19) in the 187 to 194 division, Chuck Stration Sr. (39-9), Randy Norton (30-18) and Keith Matter (30-18) in the 195 to 198 division, Dylan Taylor (42-6) and Scott Michael Orenstein (34-14) in the 199 to 208 division, Ryan Riley (40-8) and Sean Beck (34-14) in the 209 to 214 division, and Randy Blunck (38-10) and Steve Roberts (33-15) in the 215 and over division.
Pony League, Sponsored by Revolutions Pro Shops, Summary after Week 15 of 36 (Second Quarter Week 6 of 9), December 9, 2019: With three weeks remaining in the second quarter, Glory Bowl (44-4) went 8-0 and extended their lead over Gonna Out 60 ft Ya (38-10) and a trio of teams tied at 34-14 (Strike & Awe, Old Man Club and Tuggers). Meanwhile, the Jackwagons have quietly accumulated the most points in the first 15 weeks of the season by winning the first quarter championship with a 60-12 record and posting a sixth place 33-15 record so far in the second quarter. High humidity and a flooded parking lot contributed to a challenging scoring night on the lanes. Pony League bowlers averaged 185 per game per bowler, with the season to date average remaining at 187 per game per bowler. Andy Hakiel rolled the high series of the evening with a 747 followed by Jeff Zook 721, D.j. Smith 720 and Price McElroy 719. Andy Hakiel's 279 game was also high for the night, followed by Chris Ingram 277, Larry Spitali 277 and Josh Kelsey 268. July Juli Bayer 671 and Shirley Avvenire Braverman 625 topped the 600 series mark for the ladies. Juli Bayer also rolled the ladies high game of the night with a 252, followed by Shirley Braverman 227, Jacqueline Smith 219 and Alison Super-Kozak 204. REMINDER: All bowlers participating on 12/23 and/or 12/30 must have bowled at least 12 games in the Pony League this season.
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Courtesy Of Virtue Bowling Supply.:
Union Hills - - - Paul is quite the opposite of Brian in our last story. He is only quiet when he is sleeping, and even then he is fairly noisy. Paul has been a well known figure in the mid-week men’s league at Unioin Hills for a number of years. He’s known for his loud scream and crotch chop after a strike, which is always hilarious to watch. He bowled a nice 300 game with a Scandal drilled at our Union Hills location!
Thanks for letting us be a part of your success Paul!
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Mesa - - - We drilled Brian an Ebonite Warrior for the Metro 880 league. He has always been a very good bowler, but recently bowled a very nice 300 game. He got geared up with a new ball and some new shoes and popped off a perfect game. Brian is a super nice guy, who is quiet but isn’t afraid to bowl some big scores. Nice job Brian!
Thank you for letting us be a part of your success Brian!
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