National High Average Award Winners Announced. Courtesy Of Bowl.Com.
ARLINGTON, Texas - Professional Women's Bowling Association Tour champion and Team USA member Liz Kuhlkin of Schenectady, New York, again finds herself in the spotlight, this time earning the United States Bowling Congress National High Average Award for recording the highest women's average during the 2019-2020 season.
Kuhlkin, a 27-year-old right-hander, averaged 240 for 69 games during the Reis Group Kim Brown Memorial league at Schenectady's Towne Bowling Academy.
The 2018 U.S. Women's Open champion won the USBC National High Series Award during the 2016-2017 season. Kuhlkin set the national record for the highest three-game series by a woman when she rolled games of 300, 300 and 290 for an 890 series.
The men's high average winner for the 2019-2020 season is Charles Easton of Sylvania, Ohio, who posted a 256.5 average for 84 games at the Oakie Schroyer III Memorial league at Jug's Bowling Center in Toledo, Ohio.
Easton's average ranks as fourth on the all-time average list, with Jeff Carter of Springfield, Illinois, holding the record with a 261.7 average during the 2000-2001 season.
To go along with his 256 average, Easton, 29, averaged 252 in 2017-2018 and 249 in 2018-2019 at the Oakie Schroyer III Memorial league.
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SFT News - Courtesy Of The SFT.
Union Hills - - -This weekend’s event was at AMF Union Hills and we had a nice turnout considering all the other events going on all over the Valley. This is the first time that we have been back to Union Hills since right before the Covid-19 pandemic started. So, it was good to be back in the area and we would draw 86 total entries (54 qualifying and 32 economy parlays), had 25 prize winners, a 1 in 3.44 cash ratio and paid out over $3,900.00 in main and side event prize funds. The players bowled on a 44ft London oil pattern that played a lot tighter on the fresh, but once the pattern broke down, scoring sky rocketed. The key to this pattern was to get your ball into a roll and play a little straighter along the track. Those that could do that were able to take advantage of the pattern.
We had Riley Dempsey as our SFT Coach available for the day. So Riley is a resource that is open to all bowlers that are bowling the event. If you had any questions regarding how to attack the pattern or which equipment would be good to use, then it would’ve been beneficial to get some advice from him. The only time that bowlers would have to pay for the Coach is if they were going to agree to get a quick lesson to work on any physical game or see how their ball reaction was on the actual pattern. Going forward we hope to have either Riley or Cedric Bell available to coach at future events. We would see result from those that took advantage of the coaching, with Jeremy Brown and Roy Ruth, Sr., both making major improvements at this event and hope that more bowlers are able to take advantage of this resource in the upcoming events.
We want to welcome some new bowlers to the SFT AHT Family from this weekend. Justin Lewis, Estell Gushwa, Christopher Fallon, Corey Turrentine, Alan Grobmeier, Brandon Loss, Michael Barrett, William Demuth, Ken Nelson, Sean Reichley, John Rozell and Don Stone all bowled in their first tournament this weekend! It’s amazing that even after all these years we’re still seeing new bowlers come out and give our tournament club a try. Christopher Fallon, Ken Nelson and Justin Lewis even made it to the quarterfinals on their first try! We hope you all enjoyed yourself, and we hope to see you again soon!
We had a couple of parlay power players this weekend in Justin Phillips, Christopher Fallon and Justin Golden. They were all able to turn $25 into a quarterfinal check and a chance at the $700.00 first place prize. We also want to congratulate everyone who made it to their first quarterfinals or their first quarter finals in quite a while. Congrats to Ken Nelson, Justin Golden, Vincent Colbert, Jr., Christopher Fallon, Jeremy Brown and Justin Lewis! Also congrats to John Rozell for winning the Momma’s Mystery Pot, with a 161 game, for $120.00! The winner of the free plastic bowling ball, with an option to upgrade to any Track high performance ball for $85.00, was Justin Lewis.
The quarterfinals were bowled on the fresh oil pattern and the cut scores were a lot lower than qualifying. The fresh oil took away the free hook that some of the players had on the burn and forced bowlers to try and leave makeable spares. Those that could keep themselves out of trouble were able to advance to the Semi-Final round.
In the A Division the #1 seed would be Ron Gonzales (+16) and he would have to wait as we would have a three-way tie for the #2 seed. Justin Phillips, Vincent Colbert, Jr. and Jeff Bell would all finish the quarterfinals round at -3. They would all have to take part in a 9th/10th frame roll off to determine who Ron would have to face. The Roll Off would start with Justin Phillips going first and his ball would go a bit late into the pocket leaving a 6-pin. Justin would miss his spare attempt giving a chance for the other to take advantage. Vincent would be next and his first shot would crush the pocket throwing all the ten back and putting pressure on Jeff to do the same. Jeff would get up for his ninth frame and his shot would look good off his hand, but would snap late going through the head pin and leave him the “Big 4” split (4-6-7-10). He wasn’t able to convert and would drop back into third place going into the tenth. Vincent would double in the tenth to seal up the match and finish with a score of 48.41 to get himself into the Semi-Finals. Jeff would go 8-spare and 7 on his fill to finish in 4th place in his Division at 26.83. Justin would finish the match with an 8-spare and strike to finish at 30 and 3rd place in the Division.
The B Division #1 seed would be Dan Marks (+41) and he would be facing off with Quinten Bell (+14). The C Division #1 seed was Jeremy Brown (+46) versus Roy Ruth, Sr. (+37). The advantage of each #1 seed player is that they are able to pick the pair of lanes that they want their match to take place. Also another advantage is that they get to choose the order of which player would start first.
The A Division semi-final match would see Vincent Colbert, Jr. remain on fire from his 9th/10th frame roll off as he would defeat #1 seed Ron Gonzales, 231 to 183. The B Division semi-final match would go back and forth with both bowlers struggling to strike. Quentin Bell was able close out the match with a few timely spares to get by Dan Marks, 200 to 159. The C Division semi-final match would see Jeremy Brown come out firing as he would start off with a 4-bagger to jump out to a huge lead and defeat Roy Ruth, Sr., 252 to 201.
Going into the Final match we would see Quentin Bell looking for his 2nd SFTAHT title while both Vincent and Jeremy were looking for their first title in their first title match.
The Final match would see Quinten and Vincent would start off trying to get lined up as quickly as possible with Jeremy getting an early double to jump out in the lead. Jeremy would stay clean through the first six frames, but a 4-7-10 split in the seventh would give the others a chance to catch up. Vincent would get a couple of timely strikes, but would split in the ninth and tenth frames to finish at 178. Quinten would finish out the match with some good spare and get by Vincent with a score of 186. Jeremy would get a double to seal his win the ninth and tenth frames and finish the match at 232 for his first AHT SFT title and $350.00. Unfortunately, Jeremy was not in the Progressive Pot, but I’m sure he made a few new friends from the others that were in it. The Progressive Pot is paid out 100% to everyone that is in the Progressive Pot, so everyone that was in the Pro Pot saw their checks increase a bit. Congrats to Quinten Bell on 2nd place and Vincent Colbert, Jr. on 3rd place.
On a final note, Jeremy went -60 in the economy parlay and immediately signed up for coaching once the 1st squad ended. So, it was good to see the results from a $10.00 coaching lesson help him get lined up and bring him home a title. Thanks to everyone for coming out this weekend to support the event. We look forward to seeing you all next Sunday at Bowlero Mesa! Hope you all have a great week!
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MMA Masters And Queens Tournament Site Changed - Courtesy Of The MMA.
Mesa - - - The MMA Masters & Queens Tournament for this weekend the 6th & 7th location has changed to AMF Chandler Lanes. The entry form can be found on bowlmesa.com.
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Please Pick Up Bracket Money From MMA Open. Courtesy Of Leslie Marsh March 3, 2021.
Mesa - - - We had some people who did not pick-up their bracket money from the Sr. Open in January and 64th Open/65th Women's February. If you would like your money please come to the Association Office Mon., Wed., Thurs. 8:30-2 or Tues. 1:30-5:30. The people who have not picked up are: Kevin Highgate, Charles Price, Perry Comeau, Catherine Bansky, Nicole Armstrong, Faith Dobson, Gregory Witt, Rebecca Bohlmann, Jodi DeLuca, Rick Oswalt, Steve Steele, Matt Lopresti, Wes Marema, Mark Sampica, Brian Ruppert, Todd Averhoff, Paul Herold, & Ron Gonzales. Please pick-up this money by March 18th. Any money not picked up will be donated to charity.
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MMA 64th Open Unnoficial Results. Courtesy Of The MMA.
Final Weekend - February 13 - 14.
Host Center: Bowlero Mesa.
TEAM, A (840 & Above), Handicapped 1 Your Strike Shop 83 2,990 Buckeye, AZ 2 D.G.W.M. 56 2,883 Phoenix, AZ 3 STMA's Crew 81 2,851 Mesa, AZ.
TEAM, A (840 & Above), Scratch 1 Your Strike Shop 83 2,950 Buckeye, AZ 2 D.G.W.M. 56 2,883 Phoenix, AZ 3 STMA's Crew 81 2,851 Mesa, AZ.
TEAM, B (740-839), Handicapped 1 Cool Arrows 53 2,855 Chandler, AZ 2 One In A Row 59 2,839 Gilbert, AZ 3 Entry 35 (Phillip Hanna) 35 2,803 Maricopa, AZ.
TEAM, B (740-839), Scratch 1 Cool Arrows 53 2,580 Chandler, AZ 2 The Force Sum 52 2,563 Gilbert, AZ 3 Entry 35 (Phillip Hanna) 35 2,560 Maricopa, AZ.
TEAM, C (739 & Below), Handicapped 1 West End Pawn 70 2,916 Sierra Vista, AZ 2 S.H.I.T. 45 2,884 Mesa, AZ 3 Psychotic 80 2,765 Mesa, AZ.
TEAM, C (739 & Below), Scratch 1 S.H.I.T. 45 2,458 Mesa, AZ 2 Psychotic 80 2,352 Mesa, AZ 3 "HEEB"ie - Jeebies 20 2,331 Mesa, AZ.
TEAM SCRATCH W/PRIZE FUND, Prize Fund, Scratch 1 Your Strike Shop 83 2,950 Buckeye, AZ 2 D.G.W.M. 56 2,883 Phoenix, AZ 3 STMA's Crew 81 2,851 Mesa, AZ.
DOUBLES, A (420 & Above), Handicapped 1 Thompson Gregory A. Jr \ Hahn Rusty J. 81 1,492 Mesa, AZ 2 Taylor Dylan P. \ Jones Mathew D. 56 1,477 Phoenix, AZ 3 Wolfe Brett W. \ Rodman Hugh V. 8 1,468 Gilbert, AZ.
DOUBLES, A (420 & Above), Scratch 1 Thompson Gregory A. Jr \ Hahn Rusty J. 81 1,492 Mesa, AZ 2 Taylor Dylan P. \ Jones Mathew D. 56 1,477 Phoenix, AZ 3 Wolfe Brett W. \ Rodman Hugh V. 8 1,455 Gilbert, AZ.
DOUBLES, B (370-419), Handicapped 1 Thompson Eddie R. \ Johnsonkroman Brandon Mesa, AZ M. 20 1,491 2 French Moses Jr \ Moulinet Martin 62 1,484 Gilbert, AZ 3 Wojtusiak Mark J. \ Niles Christina M. 22 1,460 Gilbert, AZ.
DOUBLES, B (370-419), Scratch 1 Rosensteel John T. \ Scott Thomas R. 16 1,358 San Tan Valley, AZ 2 Wojtusiak Mark J. \ Niles Christina M. 22 1,352 Gilbert, AZ 3 Thompson Eddie R. \ Johnsonkroman Brandon Mesa, AZ M. 20 1,343.
1 Wall Ron G. \ Tallman Mary Ann 17 1,525 Apache Junction, AZ 2 Martinez Jay M. \ Green Gene(Wilfred) E. 67 1,504 Mesa, AZ 2 Vigil Ken M. \ Vigil Justin K. 80 1,504 Mesa, AZ.
DOUBLES, C (369 & Below), Scratch 1 Vigil Ken M. \ Vigil Justin K. 80 1,310 Mesa, AZ 2 Martinez Jay M. \ Green Gene(Wilfred) E. 67 1,283 Mesa, AZ 3 Wall Ron G. \ Tallman Mary Ann 17 1,277 Apache Junction, AZ.
DOUBLES SCRATCH W/PRIZE FUND, Prize Fund, Scratch 1 Thompson Gregory A. Jr \ Hahn Rusty J. 81 1,492 Mesa, AZ 2 Taylor Dylan P. \ Jones Mathew D. 56 1,477 Phoenix, AZ 3 Wolfe Brett W. \ Rodman Hugh V. 8 1,455 Gilbert, AZ.
SINGLES, A (210 & Above), Handicapped 1 Jones Mathew D. 56 776 Phoenix, AZ 2 Schenck Tyler C. 88 768 Chandler, AZ 2 Cooley Sam J. 97 768 Phoenix, AZ.
SINGLES, A (210 & Above), Scratch 1 Jones Mathew D. 56 776 Phoenix, AZ 2 Schenck Tyler C. 88 768 Chandler, AZ 2 Cooley Sam J. 97 768 Phoenix, AZ.
SINGLES, B (185-209), Handicapped 1 Scott Daniel J. 58 818 Gilbert, AZ 2 Thurman Christian J. 48 807 Gilbert, AZ 3 Casey Sean P. 59 792 Gilbert, AZ.
SINGLES, B (185-209), Scratch 1 Scott Daniel J. 58 727 Gilbert, AZ 2 Thurman Christian J. 48 726 Gilbert, AZ 3 Casey Sean P. 59 706 Gilbert, AZ.
SINGLES, C (184 & Below), Handicapped 1 Frerichs Scott F. 70 826 Sierra Vista, AZ 2 Shaw Christopher R. 89 793 Meaa, AZ 3 Mercer Ella L. 66 788 Snowflake, AZ.
SINGLES, C (184 & Below), Scratch 1 Dow Jacob A. 63 659 Gilbert, AZ 2 Lane Thad M. 48 651 Gilbert, AZ 3 Vigil Ken M. 80 641 Mesa, AZ.
SINGLES SCRATCH W/PRIZE FUND, Prize Fund, Scratch 1 Jones Mathew D. 56 776 Phoenix, AZ 2 Schenck Tyler C. 88 768 Chandler, AZ 3 Howard Kyle R. 9 737 Queen Creek, AZ.
ALL EVENTS, A (210 & Above), Handicapped 1 Jones Mathew D. 56 2,297 Phoenix, AZ 2 Toon Michael J. 61 2,191 Glendale, AZ 2 Wolfe Brett W. 8 2,191 Gilbert, AZ.
ALL EVENTS, A (210 & Above), Scratch 1 Jones Mathew D. 56 2,297 Phoenix, AZ 2 Toon Michael J. 61 2,191 Glendale, AZ 3 Thompson Gregory A. Jr 81 2,187 Mesa, AZ.
ALL EVENTS, B (185 - 209), Handicapped 1 Casey Sean P. 59 2,387 Gilbert, AZ 2 Vigil Justin K. 80 2,247 Mesa, AZ 3 Seger Larry 45 2,200 Mesa, AZ.
ALL EVENTS, B (185 - 209), Scratch 1 Garrow Geoff W. 10 2,030 Mesa, AZ 2 Niles Christina M. 22 2,019 Gilbert, AZ 3 Flick Eric J. 78 2,006 Casa Grande, AZ.
ALL EVENTS, C (184 & Below), Handicapped 1 Frerichs Scott F. 70 2,416 Sierra Vista, AZ 2 Mercer Ella L. 66 2,282 Snowflake, AZ 3 Cornett George J. 26 2,234 Mesa, AZ.
ALL EVENTS, C (184 & Below), Scratch 1 Cornett George J. 26 1,937 Mesa, AZ Mesa Metropolitan USBC Standings After 3rd Weekend 64th Annual Open Championship Sorted By Event, Division Standings After 3rd Weekend Feb 16, 2021 04:54 PM Page 39 of 40 Place Team Name Entry Score From ALL EVENTS, C (184 & Below), Scratch 2 Moulinet Martin 62 1,887 Gilbert, AZ 3 Witt Gregory D. 27 1,802 Phoenix, AZ.
For MMA 65th Womens Results. Please Visit Bowl Mesa. Com.
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Tucson Foursome Wins Team Event. Courtesy Of Mark Kerr.
Tucson - - -Congratulations to: June Hatfield, Heidi Woods, Kari Snyder, and Donna Smith Hicks on winning the Team Scratch event in the Women’s Senior Bowling Event. Congratulations to June for her success in the Singles and All Events for the evwnt.
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Terry Snyder Gets Elected To Tucson Hall Of Fame. Courtesy Of Mark Kerr.
Tucson - - - Today, February 20, a great person was honored for his work and commitment to our bowling community.Terry Snyder was inducted into the Tucson Metro USBC Hall of Fame today. He has been an officer for bowling associations across our nation and President of the Tucson Bowling Association. Terry gives to bowlers, young and old, professional and amateur. Today, Terry got our thanks. Congratulations Terry, his wonderful wife Kari Snyder and son Raymond Snyder on this well deserved achievement.
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Final Weekend 77th Annual Tucson Open Unofficial Results.
Host Bowling Center: Bowlero Bowl.
Last Weekend Of Event Bowled On February 27 And 28.
Courtesy Of Tucson Metro USBC.
Team, Division 1, Handicapped 1 Crown Rollers Kings 6 2,984 Tucson, AZ 2 All Nuts! 35 2,975 Tucson, AZ 3 Too Much Pocket 27 2,972 Tucson, AZ.
Team, Division 2, Handicapped 1 Boneyard Wranglers 15 2,943 Tucson, AZ 2 Angry Bowlers 65 2,918 Tucson, AZ 3 MPMD 50 2,888 Tucson, AZ.
Doubles, Division 1, Handicapped 1 Nava Lino Jr \ Clark Kolundo C. 8 1,595 Tucson, AZ 2 Leichter Joanne \ Leichter Morris 21 1,572 Tucson, AZ 3 Buck Marie G. \ Buck Frank 4 1,558 Tucson, AZ.
Doubles, Division 2, Handicapped 1 Alcantara Nancy \ Alcantara Carlos A. 44 1,646 Rio Rico, AZ 2 Nelson Michael D. \ Alvarez Gary L. 7 1,606 Tucson, AZ 3 Cox Miranda S. \ Hauser Aaron M. 46 1,547 Tucson, AZ.
Singles, Division 1, Handicapped 1 Holbrook Paul M. 43 845 Tucson, AZ 2 Nava Lino Jr 8 820 Tucson, AZ 3 Baca Dan R. 50 809 Tucson, AZ.
Singles, Division 2, Handicapped 1 Mashburn-Powers Robyn L. 25 794 Tucson, AZ 2 Reeve Kameryn M. 28 779 Tucson, AZ 3 Cox Miranda S. 46 768 Tucson, AZ.
Handicap All Events, Division 1, Handicapped 1 Baca Dan R. 50 2,416 Tucson, AZ 2 Alcantara Carlos A. 44 2,394 Rio Rico, AZ 3 Jacob Timothy J. 41 2,390 Tucson, AZ.
Handicap All Events, Division 2, Handicapped 1 Reeve Kameryn M. 28 2,413 Tucson, AZ 2 Mashburn-Powers Robyn L. 25 2,346 Tucson, AZ 3 Munguia Ray R. Jr 19 2,294 Tucson, AZ.
Scratch All Events, Scratch Division, Scratch 1 Jacob Timothy J. 41 2,279 Tucson, AZ 2 Kraykovich James G. 16 2,247 Vail, AZ 3 Harris Kary D. 36 2,221 Tucson, AZ.
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CBE Summer Doubles League Forming At RH Johnson Lanes. Courtesy Of Theo Douthit.
Sun City - - - CBE Summer Doubles
Location: RH Johnson Lanes
Start date: May 18th
End date: August 3rd
Practice time: 6:50pm
Start time: 7:00pm
League meeting: May 18th at 6:30pm
440 team average cap (3 year composite with a minimum of 21 games to determine entering average) **any league with at least 21 games is calculated in your composite**
6 weeks on 1 pattern, then 6 weeks on a different pattern
4 games, match point
$25 league fee ($16.25 towards prize fund)
If you are interested in bowling in this challenging and short summer league, please contact myself or
We have the entire center, so we can take 30 doubles teams.
Please SHARE and INVITE others to join this league.
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