Myers Bowls Her First Ever Perfect Game At Uptown Alley, And A First For The Bowling Center. Pictured Is: Kayla Myers.
Surprise - - - Kayla Myers fires her first ever 300 game at Uptown Alley. She is the first ever female to bowl 300 at this location!!! A story will be coming on this achievment shortly.
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King Of The Hill At Tucson Bowl.
Tucson - - - The next King of the Hill Tournament at Tucson Bowl, 7020 E 21st Street, will be Sunday March 15th, 2020. Check-in will start at 9:30 AM, bowling will start at 10:00 AM. This will be event #3 of 6 for the Winter/Spring 2020 Point Race Season. The pattern will be the Kegel Krypton, the entry fee is $50.00. The format will be 6 games of qualifying with a 5 person stepladder final. For additional information call 520-747-1363.
Summer Schedule Is Now Out At Tucson Bowl.
Tucson - - - Check out the Summer League Schedule for Tucson Bowl, 7020 E 21st Street. There will be a variety of Leagues to choose from. Stop by or give us a call to sign up for any of the Summer Leagues, 520-747-1363.
PWBA Tour Coming To Lucky Strike Bowl.
Tucson - - - We are Celebrating our 65th Anniversary while the Ladies from the PWBA Tour are here at Lucky Strike on April 23rd.
We have Entries Available now. Space limited to 144 Total Entries. Don't miss your chance to Bowl with the Pro's!!
Sign up now! For more information please contact the bowling center at 520-327-4926.
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Metro Phoenix USBC Looking For Directors.
Phoenix - - - Metro Phoenix USBC is looking for volunteers for our Board of Directors. Each position is for 2 years and we have openings for Directors, delegates, Youth Directors and ambassadors. If interested please contact the association office at the address below.
3320 W. Cheryl Dr
Suite B-123
Phoenix, Az 85051
Or contact the association office at: 602-263-9700.
Metro Phoenix Awards Dinner.
Phoenix - - - March 7, 2020 we will have the Hall of Fame and Awards dinner at Arizona Broadway Theater.
Inductees Superior Performance
Nick Pluhowsky
Dennis Klein
Carey Hofmann
Meritorious Service
Lou Ann Rickett
Awards for men & women high average, and high series
Awards for youth bowlers will also be handed out.
Cost is $40 per person
Contact the office 602-263-9700 to reserve your tickets.
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Annual Arizona State Meeting Coming Up In Show Low - Courtesy Of Arizona State USBC.
Show Low - - - The 2020 Arizona State Annual Meeting will be held in Show Low, Arizona on Saturday March 14, at 9 am. The meeting itself will take place at the Holiday Inn Express in Show Low. The hotel is located at 151 Deuce of Clubs in Show Low. For reservations please call the hotel at 928-537-5115. There will be a meet and greet at the hotel on Friday March 13th, beginning at 5 PM.
David Vergara of Mesa, and Eva Lemoine of Tucson, will be inducted into the Arizona State USBC Hall of Fame. Erika Kemp, of Kingman, will receive the Lily May Hester Star of Tomorrow Award. Mike Friederichs, of Phoenix, and Steve Harris, of Tucson, will receive the President's award. Mandy Etem Cirigliano and Kevin Jenkins will be recognized for having the highest average in Arizona. Megan Withey and Louis Schwartz will be honored for the State's Highest Series.
Positions up for election at the meeting will be: 1st Vice-President, 4 Directors, 2 Youth Directors, and 2 National Delegates. Only delegates who have been elected or appointed by their local associations have voting privileges.
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Sean Ashley wins $1,000 at Bowlero Mesa!!! Story Courtesy Of SFT.
Mesa - - - Our event this weekend was a huge one! 114 entries with 78 qualifying entries, and 36 economy parlay entries! We not only paid out $1,000.00 for first, but also increased the semi-final checks to $180 and 3rd place to $400! The players bowled on a very difficult 48ft Eiffel Tower pattern that forced players to play the lanes pretty straight due to a lack of friction which comes from such a long oil pattern. Seemed like players of all styles could find a line. If they were more speed dominant, they were right of the 3rd arrow pointing it at the pocket. As the player became more and more rev dominant, they would play the lanes further and further left, but still be aiming at the pocket pretty much.
We do want to welcome Joey Damon, Bobby Hedge, Ruben Webber, Evan Coco, and William Ingraham to the SFT AHT family! They all bowled in their first event this weekend and we were happy to have them! We hope you all had a good time in your first event, and we look forward to seeing you at the next one! We also had Jarquis and Marquis Rodgers making their first ever quarterfinals! Pretty cool to see brothers do it together at the same time! Also, congrats to Todd Browning who made his first quarterfinals! His wife also made the cut, which is always cool to see! Congrats to both of them! We also want to congratulate Brian Roever, Chris Stafford and Sam Hsu on making it all the way to the quarter finals off of the $25 economy parlay option.
The quarterfinals were on the fresh which is always really tough, and the scores showed it. Even though we had the best of the best for the day bowling. The scores to move on were still pretty low. The top 2 bowlers in each division bowled on average +50 to have to advance to the championship match of their division. Our match ups were #1 seed Todd Browning vs #2 seed Luke Sullivan in the C Division, #1 seed Charlie Price vs #2 seed Sean Ashley in the A Division and #1 seed Zack Huglin vs #2 seed Ken Davis in the B Division. The C Division match was back and forth at the start, but Luke was able to string some spares to take the lead and never look back. In the B Division, Ken Davis was able to take advantage of some good breaks to get out in front of and stay in front of Zack. The A Division match was the most dramatic of the 3 matches. Charlie had a good size lead going into the last two frames. However, Sean struck in the 8th and 9th to put some pressure on Charlie to finish the match out with a couple marks. Unfortunately, Charlie finished with 2 opens to give Sean the lead back and Sean only needed a mark which he was able to get.
The final match was a good one! All players were in it by the middle of the game. However, some late opens made Ken drop behind quite a bit and it was between Sean and Luke. However, a string in the 7th, 8th and allowed Sean to take the lead by a good margin. However, he then opened in the 10th frame to give an opportunity back to Luke. Luke could strike out in the 10th to take home the win. It was a tall task, considering he hadn't doubled in the match yet. His first shot was high and didn't strike giving Sean his first title of the year and $1,000.00!
Thank you to everyone that came out to support the event! We are taking a week off next weekend, but join us at our next event on Saturday, March 14th at AMF Union Hills!
Click Here For Scores/Results From This Event!
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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 27 of 36 (Fourth Quarter Week 1 of 9), March 2, 2020: Five teams earned sweeps in the first week of the last quarter: Ramsey Auto Center, Giving Zeroes, Band of Misfits, Famers, and Revolutions Pro Shop. Jason Van Bodegon's 279 game was high for the evening. Shawn Kozak's 278, Josh Kelsey's 277, Larry Shaver's 267 and Matt Jones' 267 rounded out the top high games for the week. The women's high game leaders were Shirley Avvenire Braverman 226, Alison Super-Kozak 220, Julie Nelson Pratt 219 and Becky Smook Tistle 210. The top four series for the evening were Shawn Kozak 778, Josh Kelsey 749, Matt Jones 724, and Robert Clark 707. Shirley Braverman and Julie Pratt topped the 600 series mark for the ladies at 629 and 600 respectively. Pony League bowlers averaged 190 per game for the evening with the season average just under 189 per game per bowler.
Pony League Singles Week 26 of 34 (Fourth Quarter Week 1 of 9), 3/2/2020: The first week of quarter number four is in the books. Matt Jones and Shawn Kozak are leading the 216 and over division.with first week 8-0 sweeps. In similar fashion, Tim Burg and Myke White are both 8-0 and atop the 207 to 215 division. The 201 to 206 division is led by Johnny Chi at 8-0. The 197 to 200 division features a 5-way tie for first at 6-2 between Gary Kresse, Tony Cabrales, Cliff Adams, Leon Sabelka and Jason Smith. Rich Strowman and Bryan Phillipps lead the 189 to 196 division at 8-0. There's also a 5-way tie for first in the 174 to 188 division between Michael Zagerman, Alison Super-Kozak, Lee Coffeen, Kevin Paige and Josh Grow; all at 8-0. Lou Reineke and Becky Smook Tistle, both 8-0, are tied for the lead in the 173 and under division.