SFT News - Courtesy Of SFT. SFT Pays First Visit To Cotton Bowl Lanes.
Casa Grande - - -This weekend’s event was at Cotton Bowl Lanes in Casa Grande for a 2-squad event and although the squads were limited, the interest was high. The event drew 65 total entries (58 qualifying and 7 economy parlay), had 22 cashers, a 1 in 2.95 cash ratio and paid out over $4,400.00 in main and side event prize funds. The players bowled on a 42ft Autobahn and some higher scores were bowled throughout the 2 squads but if it was played on the outside the ball, the ball did not come back in. The average cut scores for the weekend were high with bowlers needing to bowl above their average for all three games to make the cut.
We want to send a warm welcome to Bryan Clarmont, Kalen Catozzi, James Parker Jr., Ramzee Robles, Jacob Payne, and Brandon Roper who all came out for their first tournament this weekend and are looking forward to our future events! James Parker Jr., Ramzee Robles, Jacob Payne, and Kalen Catozzie even made it to the quarterfinals on their first day! We hope you all enjoyed yourself, and we hope to see you again soon! Our Parlay Power Players for this event were Chris Brunick and Dave Lloyd. Both were able to advance to the quarterfinals on their $25.00 investment. Great bowling guys!!! Momma’s Pot was not to be won this week so we will continue to have 3 pots for our next event. Just remember if you $5.00 can win you some big money even if it isn't a super high score. Your winner of the free plastic bowling ball raffle, with an option to upgrade to any Track high-performance ball for $85.00, was Nicole Smyth.
Since this was only a 2-squad event, there was no re-oil for the quarterfinals. Scores ranged from low 130’s to the 240’s. In the A Division, the #1 seed would be James Newell (+129) and he would have to face Chris Brunick (+52). The B Division would have Dishawn Byrd (+131) taking on Kalen Catozzi (+96). In the C Division we would see Dave Lloyd (+51) face Kish Israni (+22) for the #1 seed. The advantage of each #1 seed player is that they are able to pick the pair of lanes they want their semi-final match to take place on. Also, another advantage is that they get to choose the order of which player would start first and which lane they would finish on.
The A Division semi-final match was a great match with Jay Jay and Chris both striking. Chris in the 7th frame spared while James was running with a string of strikes. Chris followed the 8th and 9th frame with a double to leave a 9 open in the 10th. James continued his string of strikes to 9 spares with an 8 count in the 10th frame, continuing the #1 seed with a 274 to 198. The B Division semi-final match would be a close nail-biting match as Dishawn Byrd and Kalen Catozzie would stay neck and neck throughout most of the match. Dishawn opened in the 8th leaving a small window for Kalen to try to take the lead. Kalen spared in the 9th and 10th frame finishing with a strike. Dishawn recovered from his open to strike out, taking the lead 245-216. In the C Division semi-final Dave Lloyd struggled to find his line. He had a great look for a double strike in the 7th and 8th frame, opened with a 6 count in the 9th to pick up a spare and nine count in the 10th frame. Kish struck in the 8th frame, spared in the 9th frame to follow with a strike and spare, gaining the lead with a 232 to 188.
The Final match we would see James Newell looking for his 1st Strike Force Title against his longtime friend Dishawn Byrd, who was looking for his 3rd title. Kish Israni was also looking for his first title after making the Finals in back-to-back tournaments, he was in the Finals at our Kyrene event for the season opener.
The Final match would start off with all three bowlers striking. James would spare in the 2nd and leave a 2-4-10 split in the 3rd frame. Dishawn spared in the 2nd followed by a strike in the 3rd. Kish would follow Dishawn’s lead and spared in the 2nd followed by a strike in the 3rd. Just when we thought James had it lined up once again with a strike in the 4th, he leaves the 8-10 in the 5th. OCHO-DIEZ!! He strikes again in the 6th but the bad breaks kept on coming leaving a 4-6-7 split in the 7th. Dishawn was able to continue with a string of strikes from the 3rd to the 6th frame followed by leaving the wretched 10-pin in the 7th frame and recovered it with a spare. Kish left the 3-6-7-9 in the 4th frame picking off the 6-9, followed by a 2-8 spare in the 5th. What looked like a great ball in the 6th, left the 4-pin for him to spare up. Again, another decent ball in the 7th leaving the 4-7 to spare. James left the 6-pin in the 8th but was able to recover it with a spare. At this point he was exhausted with bad breaks. He finished the 9th with a strike, leaving the 3-6-10 in the 10th and without so much as a wrinkle missed sparing it up, ending his match with a 161.
Going into the 8th frame Kish left the 1-3-7, picking the 1-3 off. He strikes in the 9th, spared the 4-7 in the 10th followed by a strike. Dishawn was throwing a good game but he needed to make no mistake in order to take the lead. He spares in the 8th followed by picking up the 10 pins in the 9th. He would lead off the 10th frame with a strike leaving the 3-9 to pick up but unfortunately chopped the 3-pin. Dishawn was able to take the win for $750.00 with a 251 to Kish’s 217. Congrats to Kish on 2nd place and also to James for coming in 3rd place.
Thanks to everyone for coming out and supporting the event this weekend. It was amazing with all the interest we had in a center we have not been in before. We look forward to seeing you all next Sunday at Tempe Village for a 3-squad event. Hope you all have a great week!
FINAL MATCH - James (JJ) Newell Jr., vs. Dishawn Byrd vs. Kish Israni.
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SFT News - Courtesy Of SFT. 135 Entries Kicks Off New Year At Bowlero Kyrene Lanes.
Chandler - - - We kicked off the 2021 season with our first event this weekend at Bowlero Kyrene and we had a great turnout with 135 entries (97 qualifying and 38 economy parlays). We had 33 cashers, a 1 in 4.09 cash ratio and paid out over $7,725.00 in main and side event prize funds. The players bowled on the 41ft PBA Bear oil pattern that played pretty tricky for most of the day. There were some higher scores, but bowlers were able to play a variety of angles on the pattern. The cut scores stayed above +60 for most of the day, which meant that you had to bowl about 15-20 pins over your average per game to qualify.
We had some new bowlers join us for their first event and we want to welcome Gary Alvarez, Bobby Campagnale, Andrea Chandos, Matt Ridgway, Amanda Roethle, Tom Shepard, Chris Sheets, Kevin Todd and Josh Vossler who all bowled in their first event this weekend. We hope you all had a good time and look forward to seeing you at our next event. Congrats to Matt Ridgway and Kevin Todd who made it to the quarterfinals in their very first event! Also, congrats to Chris Brunick, Jennifer Peterson, Max Premeau, and Kish Israni for being this weekend’s Parlay Power Players. They were all able to qualify for the quarterfinals with a $25 parlay investment. Congrats to Adam Orlopp who won Momma’s Mystery Pot with a score of 180 for $160.00!! Your winner of the free plastic ball raffle, with an option to upgrade to any Track high-performance ball for $85.00, was Ron McDonald.
The quarterfinals would be bowled on the fresh oil pattern and scores showed with those that could leave makeable spares and string a couple of strikes together were able to take advantage. Your A Division leader would be Josh Williams (+108) and he would face off with Chris Brunick (+59) and Carlos Vejar (+41). In the B Division your overall #1 seed would be Max Premeau (+105) and he would take on Jennifer Peterson (+33) and Matt Ridgway (+12). The C Division would see Terrence Smythe (+110) emerge as your #1 seed and he would be matched up against Parlay Power Player Kish Israni (+40) and Kevin Todd (+35).
The A Division semi-final match would go back and forth with each bowler stringing strikes and trying to gain the advantage. It would come down to the ninth and tenth frame as Josh Williams left a split in the ninth and was unable to convert leaving a chance for Carlos Vejar and Chris Brunick. Carlos strikes followed by a split in the tenth leaving Chris to add an additional strike to the string he was working on followed by a spare. Chris taking the lead to win with a 239, Carlos 225, and Josh 202. The B Division semi-final would be a close game for Max Premeau, Matt Ridgway, and Jennifer Peterson up until the 8th frame. Max and Matt both were stringing strikes and the ball just did not quite finish for Jennifer leaving an open in the 8th frame, followed by a strike and spare to finish with a 197. Max and Matt were able to strike in the ninth making it a close race to try to get the lead. Matt opened in the tenth leaving Max to double strike in the tenth, ending with a split for the lead of 269 to 256. In the C Division semi-final, Kish Israni stays clean for most of the game to get by Kevin Todd and Terrence Smythe who struggled with splits on the pair. Kish taking the lead with a 247. Kevin spared in the 8th frame followed by an open leaving an opportunity for Terrence. Terrence needed to mark in the tenth to get past Kevin. His ball didn’t quite finish leaving an open in the tenth. Kevin spared, followed by a strike to finish 196 to 192.
The Final match featured Max Premeau in his third attempt to for an AHT SFT title. Kish Israni and Chris Brunick were making their first appearance in the Final match and looking to take their first AHT SFT title. First place was paying $1,400.00 for everyone that was in the Progressive Pot.
The Final match would start off with all three bowlers trying to settle in and find the pocket. Max Premeau would open in the first frame, strike in the 2nd and open in the 3rd, but would get lined up. Kish Israni spared the first frame then seemed to struggle picking up spares for the next three frames while Chris Brunick started off with what looked like he was lined up for a strike in the first frame only to open the next two. Max had found his line to shoot a turkey the next 3 frames, followed by a spare in the 7th frame. Kish struck in the 6th followed by an open and was able to spare in the 8th. Chris had a line up in the 4th and 5th frame only to leave the 4-6-7 split in the 6th frame, spare in the 7th, leaving another 4-6-7 split in the 8th. Max led another string of 4 strikes followed by a 7-count locking into his 1st SFT AHT title and $1,400.00 with a 249 game. Kish was able to continue with a spare in the 9th, strike in the 10th followed by a split to finish with a 195. Chris spared in the 9th frame and opened in the 10th for a 151 finish. Congrats to Kish Israni on 2nd place and Chris Brunick for 3rd place.
Thank you to everyone who came out to support our first event of the 2021 season. We hope to see you next Sunday for our second event at Cotton Bowl Lanes in Casa Grande.
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Tucson Metro Annual Open - Courtesy Of Tucson Metro USBC.
Tucson - - - The Tucson Metro Annual Open Tournament is scheduled at Bowlero Bowl for two weekends this year instead of the usual 3 weekends. This tournament is certified and sanctioned through USBC and Tucson Metro USBC. The tournament will be held on February 20th and 21st and 27th and 28th. There will still be two squads on each day. The squad times will be 9:00am and 2:00pm on Saturdays and Sundays. The tournament fees are $25.00 per person for each event. If you bowl Team Event and Singles & Doubles Events it will be $75.00. Handicap All Events will be an additional $5.00 fee and Scratch All Events will be an additional $10.00 fee. If you bowl Singles Event you must also bowl Doubles Event. There will be two divisions for each Event with Singles divisions being 179 and below and 180 and above. The tournament is open to all bowlers and all average levels. Tournament entries can be found at Bowlero Bowl or on our website at: www.tucsonmetrousbc.com. Tournament rules can be found on our website only.
This year's Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will be on February 20th at 1:00pm. This ceremony will be held in between the first and second squads. We have two new members this year. Ray Ganske will be inducted for Superior Performance and Terry Snyder will be inducted for Meritorious service. Congratulations to Ray and Terry!
Your Tournament Directors are Ron Cooper, Kari Snyder and Dave Ortegon. If you have any questions concerning this tournament please contact a Tournament Director or our Association Manager, Steve Harris at: am@tucsonmetrousbc.com or 520-591-0622.
Masks will be required as mandated by City and State guidelines. All rules in place at Bowlero Bowl concerning Covid-19 will be enforced. Please do your share by following the rules in order to keep yourself and everyone else safe. If you are sick please stay home.
We will continue to monitor the current situation as the tournament gets closer and will make any necessary changes or updates that will be in the best interest and safety of everyone concerned.
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Pat Yarns 8-Gamer At Bowlero Tucson On January 9. Courtesy Of Pat Yarns.
Tucson - - - Thank you very very very much to all of the bowlers who came out and participated in my scratch 8-gamer today at Bowlero Tucson. Today was a record breaker, my lowest scoring event so far. A special thanks to Josh Moret, Big Josh Quesnel and
Shawna Strause for putting the word out for me, helping to recruit more bowlers. We had 25 entries today and here are the results. 1st place +235 Cortez Schenck $600 2nd place +96 Mike Fitzgerald $300 3rd place +18 Felipe Espriu $170 4th place +10 Wesley Low $140 5th place -7 Bryan Van Sickle.
. Sidepots winners 1st game Cortez Schenck 262 $20 1st place Josh Moret 235 2 place $5. 2nd game Shan Nosbush 225 1st pl $20. Cortez Schenck 217 2nd pl $5. 3rd game Cortez Schenck 276 $20 1st pl. Bryan Van Sickle 259 2nd pl $5. 4th game Josh Moret 224 $20 1st pl Justin Espinoza 223 2nd pl $5. 5th game Tim Jacob 224 $20 1st pl Cortez Schenck 216 $5 2nd pl. 6th game Cortez Schenck 246 $20 1st pl Tom Foster 212 $5 2nd pl. 7th game Wesley Low 247 $20 1st pl Michael Fitzgerald 235 $5 2nd pl. 8th game Cortez Schenck 256 $20 1st pl Wesley Low 249 $5 2nd pl. Block winners 1st block Cortez Schenck +127 $60 Josh Moret.
+101 $20. 2nd block Cortez Schenck +235 $60 Michael Fitzgerald +38 $20. Thanks a million once again to all of the bowlers who participated and the spectators who cheered them on. My next event will be on a Saturday in March and ad I mentioned today, it will be on a very short oil pattern.
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E&BC 'Classic Worlds' Tournament!!!
Scottsdale - - - Reminder to everyone...
E&BC “Classic Worlds” Tournament!!!
When: Saturday, January 16, 2021
Time: 12:30pm Check In, Bowl at 1:30pm (Only one squad);
Location: Bowlero Via Linda at 9027 E. Via Linda, Scottsdale, AZ 85258
Cost $55 Per Bowler (cash only please)
Pattern: 38’ Atlanta (WTB)
Cash Ratio: 1 in 5 Bowlers
No limit of bowlers
It would be great if you could submit an entry form via Tournamentbowl.com clicking the Entry Form link in the green bar at the following link: https://tournamentbowl.com/Open/TournamentHome.cfm...
This event is with handicap. Handicap will be based on a sport converted average table from your composite league average from the 2019-2020 season. If you do not have a 2019-2020 season composite average, we will use your composite league average from the 2018-2019 season. In the case you have no composite average, you will be bowling scratch, which is zero handicap. The handicap amount will be 215 at 85% per game.
Side Action will be available:
1. Series Sweeper w/handicap- $10; payout to the top 1 in 4 entries
2. Handicapped Brackets - $2 each bracket (unlimited)
3. High Game Pot w/handicap - $5 payout for highest one game, but if more than 16 entries, will payout high game for each of the 4 games, if more than 10, but less than 16 bowlers, payout will be top two games.
You will be bowling 4 games, cut to the top 1 in 3 and bowl two additional games, then cut to cashers (1 in 5 total bowlers) for 1-game elimination rounds. Pins carry over until the start of the elimination rounds. There will be no re-oil. Brackets will start game 2 for each squad.
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ASU Experience Retruned To Bowlero Via Linda On January 6. Courtesy Of ASU Bowling January 5.
Scottsdale - - - We are bringing back the ASU Experience starting this Wednesday at Bowlero Via Linda practice starts at 6 pm. It will be 4 games on a min of 2 patterns cut to the top 6 bracket. Handicap 90% of 200 and cut in half each round you make in the finals. Cost will be $25 that will include the entry and game pots. Plus bowling after till 10 pm. The winners of each weekly tournament will bowl off at the end of the month for a CBE entry. Thank you Theo Douthit and your wonderful club.
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