Pictured Is: GCU Bowling Team. Photo Courtesy Of GCU.
GCU Impresses At Devil's Duel And Antelope Shoot-Out.
Glendale - - - Our annual weekend of collegiate tournaments in Arizona is in the books! We kicked things off with a sweeper on Friday that drew 78 entries (39 Collegiate, 29 Adult, 10 Youth). At the Devil's Duel on Saturday our Men's Varsity Team finished 3rd, then bounced back with a narrow victory over Fresno State and Arizona State on Sunday at the Antelope Shoot-Out. Our Men's JV1 took home the win in their division both days. The Women only had 4 bowlers both events and they worked hard all weekend to prepare for next week in Las Vegas. We also had some top individual performances that we'd like to highlight:
Devil's Duel:
Mathew Adragna (2nd Place & a 300 game)
LeAnne Kommenich (3rd Place)
Michael McQuisten (1st Place JV)
Jared Brown (2nd Place JV)
Jarrod Spangler (3rd Place JV)
Antelope Shoot-Out:
Kyle Gilbert (1st Place)
Joshua Molloy (3rd Place)
LeAnne Kommenich (2nd Place)
Jarrod Spangler (1st Place JV)
Ben Laffoon (2nd Place JV)
Kyle Lawrence (3rd Place JV)
Thanks as always to everyone who continues to support our team and big shout to our alumni for their help coaching and running the tournaments this weekend! We are excited for our last regular season trip to Las Vegas this week. #LopesUp #TeamVirtue #Genesis
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ASU Picks Up Fourth Win At Devils Duel.
Glendale - - - Our Varsity Team competed in the Sun Devils Duel today (Saturday January 18), and came home with a victory!! This is our fourth win of the year.
Congratulations to our Freshman Ryan Lee for shooting his very first collegiate 300!
Our young team is proving to be relentless on and off the lanes with our Coach Jordan Nassberg and their hard work is surely paying off. Thank you to Coach Matt Zweig for coming down and helping today - you were a valuable asset to the team and thank you Brunswick for this amazing opportunity to represent your equipment on the lanes!
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'Cut The Field' At Tucson Bowl.
Tucson - - - Tucson Bowl, 7020 E 21st Street will be running a "Cut the Field Handicap Tournament" on Sunday January 26th, 2020. Check-in will start at 9:30 AM, bowling will begin at 10:30 AM. The entry fee will be $50.00, the oil pattern will be the Kegel Great Wall of China. The format will be, the entire field bowls 5 games, cut the field in half, remaining bowlers bowl 2 games, cut the field in half, remaining bowlers bowl 1 game to determine the pay-outs. All pins plus handicap will carry over through all rounds. There will be optional high game and brackets offered. For additional information call Tucson Bowl at 520-747-1363.
King Of The Hill At Tucson Bowl.
Tucson - - - We had a great start to the Winter/Spring 2020 Points Race Season for the King of the Hill Tournament at Tucson Bowl, 7020 E 21st Street. Event #1 of 6 brought in 25 entries and we paid out $860 from the prize fund, as well as additional payouts from the optional High Game and Brackets. Congratulations to John Cook, for winning the high scoring tournament, on the Kegel Chromium pattern. The next KotH Tournament at Tucson Bowl will be Sunday, February 9th, 2020. Thank you to Tournament Director Josh Quesnel for running the event. For additional information call Tucson Bowl at 520-747-1363.
Bedroxx Bowl In Tucson To Close - Courtesy Of Tucson Metro USBC.
Tucson - - - We are saddened to hear about the closing of another bowling center in Tucson. Bedroxx Bowl on Ina Road will close it's doors permanently on January 31, 2020. We wish everyone well that is affected from the closing.
71st Annual Women's Tournament At Fiesta Lanes.
Tucson - - - TOURNAMENT NEWS: It is time for the 71st Annual Women's Tournament once again. The entries are in the bowling centers as well as online at the Tucson Metro USBC website at www.tucsonmetrousbc.com. The tournament dates are January 11, 12, 18 and 19 and will be held at Fiesta Lanes. Squad times are 1:00pm on Saturdays and 10:00am on Sundays. Entries close on January 6, 2020. Tournament Directors are Ron Cooper and Henry Burke. If you have questions or need help with your entry please contact Steve Harris at am@tucsonmetrousbc.com or (520) 591-0622. If you need another bowler to complete your team or doubles please let us know. Hope to see all of you there!
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Trevor Jolley wins 1st title & $1,100 at Bowlero Kyrene!!! SFT News - Courtesy Of SFT.
Chandler - - - Our event this weekend was a huge one! 129 total entries with 84 qualifying entries and 45 economy parlay entries with a payout of over $6,000.00 in main and side event prize fund. The event had a cash ratio of 1 in 4.1 and paid out a first-place prize of $1,100.00!
The players bowled on a Bear oil pattern that wasn't easy by any means, but also wasn't incredibly difficult. It appeared that many of the players that were able to get inside and slow curve it from left to right started to do well as the squads and games went on. The average cut scores for the event were around +40 to +50. This mean the players were basically just needing to bowl average to make the cut.
We had some new players join us for this event also! Joe Bingham and Jim Dempsey (Right-Handed), joined us for their first ever SFT AHT tournament! Thanks for coming out and we hope you guys had a good time! Also, congrats to Brian Schamber on being the only Parlay Power Player advancing to the quarter finals from the Economy Parlay.
The quarterfinals were close and since they were on fresh, also low scoring. The A division had #1 seed Matthew Zweig, #2 Justin Song, and #3 seed Brian Schamber moving on to the semis with a cut score of 615 with handicap. In the B division, we had #1 seed Steve Convirs, #2 seed Chris Tucker and #3 Jason Tunay and a cut score of 607. The C division had #1 seed Trevor Jolley vs #2 seed Josh Brown vs #3 Eddie Thompson with a cut score of +40.
All the semi-final matches were close. The A division had Justin Song needing a mark and good count to win that division and throwing a great shot to strike and take the division. In the B division, 2 late opens by Chris Tucker allowed Jason Tunay to get the lead, and then Chris needed 2 strikes in the 10th to be able to win and couldn't do it. In the C division, Eddie Thompson had a chance to strike in the fill of his 10tuh frame to tie and couldn't do so giving Trevor Jolley the C division win.
The title match was also a good one with all the players sparing and grinding the whole way there. Justin and Jason both couldn't put together any strings and had opens while Trevor was able to make his spares and grind out his first win and tournament win. Congrats to him and the other top finishers!
Thanks to everyone for coming out! We will see you at our next event
Click Here For Scores/Results From This Event!
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National Pattern Trios League At Lakeview Lanes.
Sun City - - - Beginning work on our second summer season for the National Pattern Trios league at Lakeview Lanes in Sun City: Mondays, 6:20 pm practice, bowl four games beginning at 6:30 pm and ending at approximately 8:30 pm to 8:45 pm. This will provide for an increased prize fund. Lakeview Lanes management is providing us the opportunity to use all 24 lanes this season. The league is scheduled to begin on Monday, May 11 and end after 13 weeks of competition on Monday, August 3. No average cap but each team must have at least one bowler who is at least 50 years of age as of May 11, 2020.
Hammer Senior Scratch Trio News - Courtesy Of Hammer Senior Scratch Trio League.
Sun City - - - Hammer Senior Scratch Trio Week 18 of 33, Second Half Week 2 of 16, 1/15/2020: Two weeks into our second half, Team # 14, Jacqueline Smith, Johnny Gonzales and Gary Demeny jumped into the league lead at 36-14 by winning 24 out of 25 points this week. Your Strike Shop # 2 (Dan Dieters, Juli Bayer and Dennis Klein) have taken up a familiar position near the top of the standings with a 32-18 record. Meanwhile the Hot Tamales (Mike Miller, Larry Ely and Mike Friedrichs) are happy to be in a new half, jumping from 16th to third place with a 31.5-18.5 record. Our first half champions, Snap-Shot are just five points out of the lead at 31-19, tied with Revolutions Pro Shop for fourth place so far. All-in-all, nine of our 16 teams are within eight points of first place and all 16 teams are less than one weeks worth of points from the league lead. Glenn Rienecker's 280 game was high for the week, with Kevin Gawelko's 279, Gary Demeny's 268 and Jacqueline Smith's 264 filling out the leader board. Gary Estep's 939 four game series tops the weekly high series leaders, followed by Kevin Gawelko's 918, Gary Demeny's 917, Mike Maynard's 914, and Glenn Rienecker's 907. Jacque Smith's 891 four game series was high for the ladies this week. HSST bowlers averaged 199 per game for the week, challenged somewhat by new pins in the racks. Our season to date average remains at 201 per game per bowler.
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Pony League News - Courtesy Of The Pony League - Bowleo Glendale.
Glendale - - - Pony League, Sponsored by Revolutions Pro Shops, Summary after Week 21 of 36 (Third Quarter Week 3 of 8), January 20, 2020: Ball Change (Shawn Gibbs, Craig Blanchard, Paul Meyer, Jeff Lawson and Brian Van Gordon, along with Jeff Maynard and Mike Maynard) lead the third quarter standings at 22-2 followed by Old Man Club (Mark Cunningham, Jim Bungard, Randy Norton, Leon W. Sabelka and Tom Frigon, along with Ronnie Miertschin and McKynna Bungard) and Far From Limpin' (Jeff Stone, Wyatt Garner, Nick Mancini, John Schabow and Travis Johnson); both teams at 20-4. Four teams are close by at 18-6: Traffic Cones, Band of Misfits, 5 Jokers, and Nite Train. David Hurley's 289 game was high for the week, followed by Travis Quinton's 287, Andy Hakiel's 279 and Jason Van Bodegon's 269. Larry Spitali's 741 series topped the series leader board which also includes Andy Hakiel 729, Ronnie Miertschin 728, and Shawn Kozak 719. Jacqueline Smith's 257 was high for the ladies followed by Nicole Smyth's 246, Susan Galan's 236, and Alison Kozak's 234. Jacque Smith's 662 and Alison Kozak's 651 were tops for ladies series. Pony League bowlers averaged 190 per game last night with the season to date average remaining at just under 189
Pony League Singles Week 20 of 34 (Third Quarter Week 3 of 8), 1/20/2020: Steve Roberts and Jason Van Bodegon are tied for the lead of the 215 and over division with 18 points won and 6 points lost this quarter. Shawn Kozak and Andy Hakiel are two points back at 16-8. Larry Spitali leads the 208 to 214 division at 20-4, followed by Mike Pyeatt and Carey Lee Hofmann, both at 16-8. Don Tistle (20-4) leads Myke White (16-8) and Brian Vangordon (16-8) atop the 201 to 207 division. The 196 to 200 division is led by Gary Kresse (18-6), followed by Leon Sabelka (15-9). In the 188 to 195 division, Rich Strowman leads the way by winning 23 out of 24 points so far, followed by Joe Hart and Jacqueline Smith; both at 14-10. The 176 to 187 division is led by Alison Super-Kozak at 18-6 followed by a trio of bowlers at 16-8: Les Freeman, Stuart Porter and Chuck Morgan. Dave Ball leads the 175 and under division at 22-2 with Mike Terpening and Jeff Stone close by at 20-4. Key matches this week include Larry Spitali (20-4) taking on Mike Pyeatt (16-8), Leon Sabelka (15-9) versus Jeff Zook (14-10), Les Freeman (16-8) battling Mark Cunningham (15-9) and Dave Ball (22-2) against Jeff Stone (20-4).
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CBE News - Courtesy Of CBE. ·
Today, January 19, kicked off the 2020 CBE Seniors season.
Event #1 of 2020 for the seniors saw lots to f players all with a chance at making the finals going into the final game. Michael Haugen Jr hung on to the 5th spot and took full
advantage by climbing the ladder to claim his 2nd career CBE title. Congrats Michael!
Rounding out the top 5 was:
2. Ron Schloss
3. Jimmie Montgomery
4. Tom Frigon
5. Warren Eales
Full results will be posted soon.
Upcoming CBE events:
Feb 8th - Super Seniors
Feb 9th - Open division
Feb 16th - Seniors