Photo Courtesy Of GCU.
GCU Impressive On Home Turf At Devil's Duel - Courtesy Of GCU.
Glendale - - - The team was back in action this weekend, January13-14, on our home turf! at Glenfair Lanes. We had a blast hosting teams from California, Nevada, and Texas. There's a lot to be proud of for our squad and below are some of those highlights!
Women's Team
- 944 game at the Devil's Duel
- First tunnel of the season, which was finished off by Alexis!
- 1st Place overall Women's finish for Erika at the Devil's Duel
Men's Varsity
- 1st Place Qualifying position at the Devil's Duel led by Anthony's first individual win
- 2nd Place on Sunday and an ATT performance from Josh Molloy
Men's JV1
- Won both events to stay undefeated on the season, with a 2nd place overall total pinfall performance at the Devil's Duel
- Top 10 finishes from Justin and Nathan at the Devil's Duel
- Top 15 finishes from Grant and Wesley at the Antelope Shoot-Out
Men's JV2
- 1112 Team game at the Antelope Shoot-Out (Highest JV2 game in program history)
- Top 20 Individual finishes from Liam and Max
Big thanks to our sponsors, Hammer and Virtue Bowling Supply, as well as all of our family and friends! We are pumped to head to Vegas in less than two weeks! #LopesUp
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Bowlero No Tap Results. Courtesy Of Kristi Smith Thompson.
Chandler - - - Congratulations to our January No Tap winners!
We had a great turn out along with a couple of firsts. We had a former NFL football player come out and bowl with us and our first sudden death roll off for first place in scratch.
129 entries: 29 in our scratch and 100 in handicap
16 cashed in our handicap division and 4 in our scratch. We paid out $2840 in prize money, and $1854 in side pots
Congratulations to Jason Lowery for taking 1st in Scratch & Dion Lockett 1st in Handicap
The Break the Bank – was won by Jason Lowery & Verlandes Leneair so the $286 was split. It will start over with $182
Side Pot Payouts:
High Games scratch paid out $80/game to:
- Game 1: Jason Lowery & Dan Quilt 300
- Game 2: Art Harris, Arica Hanna, Garret Strehl, Jason Lowery, Justin Golden 300
- Game 3: Kevin Johnson, Chris Strehl, David Black, Art Harris, Mike Curran, Chris Stewart, Verlandes Leneair 300
- Game 4: Dan Quilt, Arica Hanna, Chris Strehl 300
High Game Handicap paid out $162/game to:
- Game 1: Jay Yi 307
- Game 2: Dion Lockett 335
- Game 3: Isaias Galarza 332
- Game 4: Kerry DeBelle 344
High Series Scratch paid $200 to Art & Jason 1157
High Series Handicap paid $400 Isaias Galarza 1196
Don't miss our next event Bakers Doubles January 27th @ 1pm @ Bowlero Mesa. Reserve your spot now and pre pay to avoid the line.
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74th Tucson Metro Women's Open Coming Up Soon. Courtesy Of Tucson Metro USBC.
Tucson - - - The 74th Annual Tucson Metro USBC Women’s Open Championships will take place January 27-28 at Lucky Strike Bowl, 4015 East Speedway. The tournament is that weekend only, so if you want to take part, please get your tournament entries in to Association Manager Steve Harris accordingly since there is limited space. Tucson Metro USBC thanks you again and hopes to see you at Lucky Strike for the Women’s Open.
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Tucson Metro Update.
Tucson Metro USBC Update
By Mark Kerr, President
Tucson - - - Happy New Year everyone and may 2024 bring our bowling family more, on and off the lanes.
TOURNAMENT UPDATE: The 74th Annual Tucson Metro USBC Women’s Open Championships will take place January 27-28 at Lucky Strike Bowl, 4015 East Speedway.
This tournament is that weekend only, so if you want to take part, please get your tournament entries in to Association Manager Steve Harris accordingly since there is limited space.
Entry forms are located online at TucsonMetroUSBC.com. For more information, please call (520) 591-0622 or Email: am@tucsonmetrousbc.com. Deadline is Friday, January 19.
Tucson Metro USBC thanks you again and hopes to see you at Lucky Strike for the Women’s Open.
The Tucson Metro USBC 80th Annual Open will take place over three weekends: February 17-18, 24-25, and March 2-3.
The Open Championships will consist of singles, doubles and team (potential nine games of bowling) and all events.
There will be a change for this tournament:
The team event takes place at Cactus Bowl, 3665 S. 16th and the Doubles and Singles at Fiesta Lanes, 501 W. River. Entry applications are online at tucsonmetrousbc.com.
Deadline for entries is Friday, February 9. For more information or questions, Email: am@tucsonmetrousbc.com or call (520) 591-0622.
Tucson Metro USBC hopes to see everyone taking part in the Open Championships.
CONGRATULATIONS: Congratulations to Matt Terry who bowled a 300 game in the V.A. Vegas League on December 13 at Lucky Strike Bowl. Great bowling Matt!
Congratulations to David Edmiston for bowling his first 300 during the Kings and Queens league at Bowlero Tucson on December 17, finishing with a 747 series.
Congratulations to Chandler Longworthy, who bowled a 300 game on lanes 7-8, in the Crazy 8's League at Bowlero Tucson on January 2. Great bowling Chandler!
Congratulations to Delano Coveris, who bowled a 300 game on lanes 27-28 in the Wednesday Ready to Strike League at Bowlero Tucson on January 4. Great bowling Delano!
A great night in the IHOP VEGAS League at Cactus Bowl on Thursday January 4 for two league bowlers.
During strikepot Adela Lozano bowled and threw a strike and Alonso Sodari proposed and she accepted.
It was a beautiful moment! Congratulations to you two!!!
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SFT Starts 2024 Season Off On Positive Note. Courtesy Of SFT.
Chandler - - - We kicked off the 2024 season at AMF McRay and we had a great turnout. We would see 117 total entries (86 qualifying and 31 parlays) paying out over $6,000 in main and side event prizefunds.
The players bowled on the 35ft PBA Cheetah and we would see some high scores with the cut being about 10 pins over average per game.
We would see a very close Finals match with Cayden Matherly able to make a couple of clutch strikes in the tenth to win his 2nd SFT title and take home $1,275.00! Congrats to Myles Hamilton on 2nd place for $750.00 and also congrats to Jacob Vasquez on 3rd place for $200 (Smart acct).
Thank you to everyone that came out this weekend to start off the new season. Also, thanks to Rebecca Deane and the staff at AMF McRay for hosting us and providing great service this weekend. Thanks to Michael Dragon and Tyler Andersen for helping run the tournament.
Tournament results and event summary will be online tomorrow. We’ll see you all in a couple of weeks for another 2-squad tournament at Bowlero Via Linda on January 21st!