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Pictured To The Left, Is Tucson Bowl 9 Game Winner Jim Montgomery. Photo Courtesy Of Tucson Bowl.

Montgomery Wins New Years Day 9 Gamer At Tucson Bowl.

Tucson - - - We had a great turnout for the first New Years Day 9 Game Sweeper at Tucson Bowl, 7020 E 21st Street. We had 31 entries, from Phoenix, Sierra Vista and of course Tucson. I thank everyone who came out and helped to make this a successful tournament.
Congratulations to Jim Montgomery (pictured left), for winning the 9 Game Sweeper. Jim bowled great all day, he put up 8 straight solid games to get the win. We paid out 8 spots, a total of $2,077.00 from the prize fund, as well as payouts from the optional high game and brackets.
Thank you to our Tournament Director, Josh Quesnel for running the tournament.

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, (pictured left) 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.

'Cut The Field Event 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.

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!

King Of The Hill At Catus Bowl

Tucson - - - I hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas and New Years. It is now time to break out that new equipment. On 18 January 2020 is a King of the Hill at Cactus Lanes. Entry fee is $50.00 with an additional high game side pot for $30.00. It starts at 12:00pm. The pattern will be Dead Man's Curve. I hope to see many of you there. Bring some friends and lets start the New Year off right. A flyer is attached. Spread the word.

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Metro Phoenix Youth King And Queen Event At Union Hills.

Union Hills - - - The 11th Annual Metro Phoenix Youth King And Queen Youth Tournament will be held this Sunday January 12, 2020, at AMF Union Hills. Qualifying will be at 10 am on Sunday. Entrants will bowl six games across 12 lanes, and the entry fee is $45. AMF Union Hills is located at 3424 West Union Hills Road in Phoenix. Their phone number is: 623-581-1595.

15th Annual Mesa Metro Youth Championships At Bowlero Mesa.

Mesa - - - The 15th Annual Mesa Metro Youth Championships will be held on January 18th and 19th, 2020, at Bowlero Mesa. Squad times will be at 8:30 am, and 1:30 pm on both days. For more information and costs, please contact the Mesa Metro Office at 480-969-6944.

Chris Stafford wins 1st title to kick off the 2020 season at Bowlero Via Linda!!! SFT News - Courtesy Of SFT.

Scottsdale - - - Our season opener of 2020 was an awesome one! We were at Bowlero Via Linda and we had 100 entries, 27 cashers, 1 in 3.8 cash ratio and paid out over $4,000.00 in main and side event prize fund! The players bowled on a 40ft Athens pattern that was very misleading. Many of the bowlers would think they had it figured out and had a good shot and then they would move pairs and find it hard to find that same shot again. Because the pattern wasn't very long or very short, it allowed players to attack it from all angles. We had straighter players do well and players that like to cover more boards and curve it more. It was a great turnout and a lot of fun in our season opener.

We had some parlay power players in Tina Niles, Andy Morin, Willy Vuong and Josh Brown! Congrats to all of them for making it to the quarterfinals from the economy parlay! A big congrats to Kaylee who made it pretty far off the economy parlay! We also want to congratulate her, Tina Niles, Chris Hatcher, Kevin Enomoto, Harold St. Lawrence, Chris Stafford and Trevor Jolley for being players that either made their first ever quarterfinals or their first quarterfinals in a long time.

The quarterfinals were tight, but in the A Division we had #1 Dylan Taylor squaring off against Jonathan Ferrell, in the B Division #1 seed James Roethle would take on Kaylee Khong, in the C Division #1 seed Trevor Jolley would take on Chris Stafford. All three number one seeds would lose, but in the closest matches we have ever seen in one event. We have had many semi-final matches come down to just a few pins, but we have never had all three semi-final matches come so close that the difference between the winners and the losers of all 3 matches COMBINED was less than 10 pins!

In the A Division, we had one of the strangest things I have ever seen. Dylan Taylor needed to get up in the 10th and only needed a mark and 9 to win. Before he is about to bowl a completely random man, who wasn't at the tournament all day walks up to him near the approach to say hello and talk to him. Apparently, it was an old friend of Dylan's that hadn't seen him in years and had no idea that Dylan wasn't practicing but instead was bowling for hundreds of dollars. Eventually, Dylan threw his shot, not striking but making the spare. Then on his next shot, needing 9, missed left, went high and got 7 pins, which allowed Jonathan to win the match by just 1 pin.

In the B Division, we had James Roethle getting up in the 10th frame with a good size lead and only needing a mark. His shot jumped on him leaving the 3-6-9-10 which isn't an easy spare. He gave it the room he needed to, but it didn't come back enough, leaving the 3-pin standing and giving Kaylee the win by only 2 pins! This allowed her to move on to her first ever title match!

In the C Division, in was an intense battle back and forth, with both players being very close in the 10th and both sparing the 10th and filling it pretty well which allowed Chris to hold on to a very narrow 5 pin lead and win his match by only 5pins! He would also be moving on to his first ever title match! This also meant that all 3 matches combined were decided by only 8 pins! Pretty crazy! There is no way that the final match could be as close as those matches... right? Wrong!

In the Final match all three players started off slow, with no strings, however by the 6th frame Jonathan was able to start and finish a 3-bagger that boosted him into the lead. However, an open in the 9th frame made that lead disappear and going into the 10th frame, everyone still had a mathematical shot at winning, with Kaylee needing the most help.

Kaylee couldn't double in the 10th, but she did fill her 10th. Chris finished next and split in the 10th and couldn't convert. However, he got 8 on his first ball and was on a spare. This allowed him to finish with 208 with handicap to barely get around Kaylee who finished with 205. Last, was Jonathan Ferrell who just got off an open, but had three strikes in a row before that. He had a shot that wasn't quite what he wanted and left the 2-4-5. He now had to make it to win the tournament, and if he missed it, he would not only not win, but drop all the way down to 3rd. His shot didn't look bad and made its way over, but sent the 2, in front of the 4, and leaving his 10th frame open and a final score of 203 with handicap! So, our final match was had only 5 pins separating 1st and 3rd! Pretty crazy! Congrats to Chris Stafford on getting his first title in a very exciting final match!

Thanks to everyone for coming out and we will see you next weekend at AMF McRay!

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Pony League News - Courtesy Of The Pony League Bowlero Glendale.

Glendale - - - Pony League, Sponsored by Revolutions Pro Shops, Summary after Week 19 of 36 (Third Quarter Week 1 of 8), January 6, 2020: In the first week of the third quarter, eight teams earned 8-0 sweeps and are atop the standings: Traffic Cones, Glory Bowl, Gonna Out 60 ft Ya, Old Man Club, Ball Change, Far From Limpin, 5 Jokers and Nite Train. Chucky Stration Jr. rolled a 299 game, high for the evening, followed by Tracy Stevenson 289 and Scott Karns 289, Barry Gilitiuk 279, Rich Strowman 279, Larry Spitali 279, and Keith Fung 279. Larry Spitali's 766 series was high for the evening with Dylan Taylor 756, Mark Cunningham 753 and Chucky Stration Jr. 737 sharing the leader board. Annie Hurley's 258 game was high for the ladies, followed by Sonja Echeverria 237, Juli Bayer 236 and Jacqueline Smith 217. Annie Hurley's 706 series topped the ladies series board along with Jacque Smith 631 and Juli Bayer 625. Pony League bowlers averaged 191 per game for the evening with the season to date average remaining at 188 per game per bowler.

Pony League Singles Week 18 of 34 (Third Quarter Week 1 of 8), 1/6/2020: The singles league welcomes Lee Coffeen who took the place of Terry Piercy for the third and fourth quarters. Our leaders after week one of the third quarter are Steve Roberts and Andy Hakiel, both at 8-0 in the 215 and over division, Larry Spitali and Carey Lee Hofmann, both at 8-0 in the 208 to 214 division, Brian Todd Vangordon, Jeffrey Miller, Wes Marema, Juli Bayer and Don Tistle, all at 6-2 in 201 to 207 division, Keith Matter, Chuck Stration Sr., Gary Kresse and Jeff Lawson, all at 6-2 in the 196 to 200 division, Chucky Stration Jr. at 8-0 in the 188 to 195 division, Mark Cunningham, Chuck Morgan and Josh Grow, all at 8-0 in the 176 to 187 division, and Dave Ball at 8-0 in the 175 and under division.

More Pony League News.

Congratulations to our first half champions: Team # 6, Snap-Shot - Mike Maynard, Perry Faciana and Alex Balok. Snap-Shot earned the first half championship by averaging 632 as a team with a record of 261.5 - 138.5 points won - points lost. Sidoti-Pawlowski Insurance (Del Gower, Jim Musolino and Frank Sidoti) came in second place, averaging 621 as a team with a 250 - 150 record. Your Strike Shop # 2 (Dan Dieters, Juli Bayer and Dennis Klein) slotted into the third spot by averaging 623 as a team with a 247.5 - 152.5 record. The second half of the season begins on Wednesday, January 8, 2020 after the league’s Christmas and New Year’s break.

December High Games: Gary Estep 300 and 278, Don Fisher 300, Jeff May 290 and 279, Dana Barrett 279, Kevin Gawelko 278, and Pete Partridge 275.

December High Four-Game Series: Gary Estep 1016 and 966, Dana Barrett 1008, Kevin Gawelko 961, Jeff May 953, Don Fisher 934, Dennis Klein 931 and 926, and Glenn Coyle 922.

December Ladies High Games: Lynda Bettini 259, Juli Bayer 245 and 244, and Julie Pratt 233 and 226.

December Ladies High Four-Game Series: Juli Bayer 873, Lynda Bettini 819, Juli Bayer 816, Jacque Smith 811, and Julie Pratt 810 and 809.

Men’s High Averages: Dennis Klein 230, Gary Estep 226, Jeff May 226, Glenn Reinecker 221 and Gary Demeny 221.

Ladies’ High Averages: Lynda Bettini 206, Juli Bayer 202, Andy Lewis 199 and Julie Pratt 195.

High Individual Point Percentage: Dennis Klein 80%, Alex Balok 78%, Jeff May 65%, Wayne Swayda 63%, Don Fisher 62% and Del Gower 62%.

HSST members are averaging 202 per game per bowler so far this season; three pins under last season’s 205 league average.

The Hammer Senior Scratch Trio, a scratch league open to bowlers 50 years of age and older, meet at Bell Lanes in Sun City, Arizona each Wednesday evening at 7:50 pm from September to April for 33 weeks of competition. 48 bowlers on 16 three-person teams fill Bell Lanes each week for team and individual match point competition. Special thanks to the Hammer Bowling for sponsoring the HSST this season.

Hammer Scratch Trio News.

Sun City - - - Congratulations to our first half champions: Team # 6, Snap-Shot - Mike Maynard, Perry Faciana and Alex Balok. Snap-Shot earned the first half championship by averaging 632 as a team with a record of 261.5 - 138.5 points won - points lost. Sidoti-Pawlowski Insurance (Del Gower, Jim Musolino and Frank Sidoti) came in second place, averaging 621 as a team with a 250 - 150 record. Your Strike Shop # 2 (Dan Dieters, Juli Bayer and Dennis Klein) slotted into the third spot by averaging 623 as a team with a 247.5 - 152.5 record. The second half of the season begins on Wednesday, January 8, 2020 after the league’s Christmas and New Year’s break.