Pictured L To R Are: 2019 Mesa East Regional Champion Jordan Jung. Mesa East Bowl Manager, Erika Schwarze. Josh Blanchard, Amiee Blanchard, And Their Two Children. Photo Courtesy Of Josh Blanchard.
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MMA 29th Annual Senior Open Unnofficial Results. Bowled At Bowlero Kyrene - Nov 2-3.
Team Event Division A 190 + Higher
CDB Safety Consultants - 2,676 - Gilbert.
Team Event Divisiob B 189 + Lower
New Tricks - 2,790 - Flagstaff.
Doubles Division A 190 + Higher
Robert Adler/Philip Altosino - 1,405 - San Tan Valley.
Doubles Division B 189 + Lower
James Moore/Nancy Moore - 1,473 - Scottsdale.
Singles Division A 190 + Higher
Bryan Mitchell - 801 - San Tan Valley.
Singles Division B 189 + Lower
Julie Ruppert - 760 - San Tan Valley.
All Events Division A 190 + Higher
Bryan Mitchell - 2,150 - San Tan Valley.
All Events Division B 189 + Lower
Cynthia Coor - 2,112 - Flagstaff.
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Fourth Mesa East Regional News - Courtesy Of Josh Blanchard.
Mesa - - - The 2019 Mesa East Open is in the books! I want to congratulate our newest champion, all the way from Canada, Jordan Jung! His performance this weekend on a demanding pattern was impressive!
As we wrap up our 4th year at Mesa East Bowl, I want to thank Erika Schwarze and her entire staff for their hospitality and hard work they put into this weekend. These events don’t happen without a lot of people behind the scenes making it happen. The Pro-Am wouldn’t be possible without the hard work from Erika and Aimee Richardson-Blanchard; thank you ladies.
Also, an event like this can’t happen without Sponsors like; Andre Montanaro, Jake-Val Heywood, Joseph J. Banno, Craig Spencer, Jim Pratt, Phil Heminghaus, Dave Stahle, Strike Force Tour Aht, Mark William Burright. Each and every one of you help make this event happen and continue to bring it back to Arizona every year; so thank you.
Lastly, I want to thank the companies and people who donated items to the raffle to help raise money for Mesa East Youth Bowling. This year we raised over $2️⃣k in our raffles! The money we collect is pivotal in raising funds so kids in this center can participate in tournaments throughout the year and have the apparel to look good while bowling.
Chik Fila - Stapley, Four Peaks Brewing Co., Honma Golf, Brunswick Bowling, Turbo 2-N-1 Grips, Genesis Bowling, Dexter Bowling, OnTheBallBowling.com, 123-Awards.com and Carmen Ratti, Crumbl,Superstition Mountain Golf & Country Club, Virtue Bowling Supply. If I forgot anyone I am sorry, but thank you all so much!
We are set to come back to Mesa in 2020 in November once again! Mark your calendar and join us for great bowling, hospitality and great weather.
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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 11 of 36 (Second Quarter Week 2 of 9), November 4, 2019: After the first two weeks of the second quarter, Glory Bowl (Dylan Taylor, Nick Pluhowsky, Marty Blickenstaff, Ryan Riley and Wes Marema) are tied with the Anger Sharks (Johnny Chi, Larry Eng, Scott Englehart, Cliff Adams and Shad Schoenemann) atop the standing sheet with 16-0 records. Five other teams are at 14-2. Randy Blunck rolled the high series of the week with a 768 followed by Ryan Riley 763, Shawn Kozak 736 and Mike Pyeatt 735. The weekly high game leader board includes Shawn Kozak 279, Ryan Riley 279, Randy Blunck 279 and Randy Norton 278. Three ladies topped the 600 series mark this week: Bev Spinck 619, Shirley Braverman 615 and Alison Kozak 613. Lori Lindstrom's 250 game was high for the week, followed by Bev Spinck 242, Jacqueline Smith 225 and Amber Clark 225. Pony League bowlers averaged 190 per game this week with the season-to-date average remaining at 186 per game per bowler.
REMINDER: The Pony League does not bowl on Veterans Day Monday, November 11th. We return to the lanes the following Monday, November 18th.
Team # 34, Chino Bandidos, were granted a post-bowl this week. I will update the league standings (team and singles) after they complete their post-bowl.
Pony League Singles Week 10 of 34 (Second Quarter Week 2 of 9), 11/4/2019: Steve Roberts and Randy Blunck lead the 215 and over division with 16-0 records. Sean Beck is the sole leader atop the 209 to 214 division; also at 16-0. The 199 to 208 division is led by Dylan Taylor at 16-0. The 195 to 198 division lead is shared by Keith Matter and Randy Norton at 14-2. Gary Kresse is the provisional leader, at 8-0, in the 187 to 194 division, pending the outcome of Chino Bandido's post-bowl. The 175 to 186 division is led by Josh Grow at 14-2. Chuck Morgan is alone atop the 174 and under division at 16-0.
There are five matches that are incomplete until Team # 34, Chino Bandido, completes their post-bowl. I'll update singles (and team) standings after the post-bowl is complete.
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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, November 17th, 2019. Check-in starts at 9:30 AM, bowling begins at 10:00 AM. The format for the tournament will be 6 games of qualifying with a 5 person stepladder final. The pattern will be the Kegel Taj Mahal, the entry fee is $50.00. For additional information call Tucson Bowl at 520-747-1363.
Woods Rolls 800 Series At Fiesta Lanes.
Tucson - - - Congratulations go out to Heidi Woods who just shot 233, 298, 269 for her very first awesome 800 series in doubles in the TNBA tournament at Fiesta lanes!
Great bowling Heidi!!
Help Needed For Special Olympics At Fiesta Lanes. From Tucson Metro USBC.
Tucson - - - Looking for volunteers to help out at the upcoming Special Olympics on November 14th, 15th and 16th at Fiesta Lanes. I am looking for help in officiating the tournament and score keepers. Junior bowlers are encouraged to help. I will sign off on volunteer hours for any junior bowler who will help. If you are interested or have any questions, please let me know through messenger.
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Phoenix - - - The Metro Phoenix BVL Singles Pins Over Average Tournament will be held November 16, 2019 at AMF Union Hills Lanes. Cost $$30.00
Tournament is certified but non certified bowlers can bowl.
Youth bowlers are welcome with 2 divisions for them.
Women 3 Divisions
Men 3 Divisions
Raffles, Door Prizes and a great time supporting our Veterans.
Congratulations to the Top 10 Local USBC Associations! BVL Fundraising Last Year. From Metro Phoenix USBC.
AZ Metro Phoenix USBC 37,000.00
MN Minneapolis USBC 21,000.00
MI Metro Detroit USBC 16,037.66
MD Nation's Capital Area USBC 16,000.00
CA Citrus Belt USBC 14,161.19
CA San Diego USBC 12,849.20
WI Green Bay Area USBC 11,083.47
MI Lansing (MI) USBC 11,000.00
VA Virginia Peninsula USBC 9,561.00
NJ Monmouth County USBC 9,438.68
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SFT News - Courtesy Of The SFT.
Avondale - - - Our event this weekend was at Bowlero Avondale! We had a good turnout, with all the other events going on throughout the state, with 68 total entries (48 qualifying and 20 economy parlay), 21 cashers, 1 in 3.24 cash ratio and paid out over $4,100.00 in main and side event prize funds! The players bowled on a 36ft Brunswick Phase 1 oil pattern that played very difficult on the fresh, but really opened up on the last squad of the day. The pattern played a bit tricky with the middle of the lane playing like a shorter pattern, but the outsides did not. The outside part of the lane seemed to want to hang or not have as much reaction off them as one would expect with a shorter pattern. This kept scores very low until the last squad of the day with everyone moving left and being able to open up the pattern for the highest scores of the day.
We did have some new members join us for their first event. We want to welcome Adam Hamilton and Shane Smith to the SFT AHT events! Congrats to both on making the quarterfinals in their first event and we hope you guys had a good time! We also want to congratulate our only Parlay Power Players Brandon JohnsonKroman on making it all the way to the Finals off his $25 economy parlay entry. Congrats to KJ Martinez who won Momma's Mystery Pot for $485.00 with a nice 192 game. Finally, congrats to Bryton Bobbitt for shooting his first ever 300!!! Bryton had tried the PBA regional event, in East Mesa, the day before and that experience helped sharpen his skills for today's event. Nice bowling! Your winner of the raffle for a free plastic ball, with an option to upgrade to any high-performance Track ball for only $85.00, was Eddie Thompson.
The quarterfinals were bowled on the fresh oil pattern and the scores favored those that could get their ball to shape enough to carry. Also, since there were 5 bowlers in the A Division and the B Division, and the 1 in 3 cut ratio to the semi-finals would only advance 1 bowler from each of those divisions. Your A Division leader would be Kevin Convirs (+84) and your B Division leader would be Leon Sabelka (+62). The C Division would have 6 bowlers meaning that the top 2 bowlers would square off in a semi-final match. Your #1 seed in the C Division would be Brandon JohnsonKroman (+105) and he would take on Timothy Satomba (+52) to see who would meet Kevin and Leon in the Finals. Brandon and Tim would go back and forth for most of the match, but in the ninth frame Tim would go high on his shot leaving the 4-6-7 split. Tim was only able to get 2 leaving it up to Brandon to stay clean and win the match 230 to 200.
Going into the Final match all three finalist were looking for their 2nd SFT AHT title. Brandon JohnsonKroman had made it all the way to the Finals on his economy parlay entry and Kevin Convirs had been throwing the ball good all day. Leon Sabelka had been pretty consistent for most of the day and his scores reflected it. It would really come down to who wanted it most.
The Final match would see all three bowlers struggle to get lined up. Kevin was able to string a few strikes to make up the handicap difference and take a small lead. Brandon would struggle on the left lane leaving washouts in the 1st, 3rd and 5th frames. Leon would quietly stay clean as he was able to get his ball to the pocket and pick up his makeable spares. Brandon would get lined up and able to string a couple of strikes together to get back into the match. He would need to double in the tenth to put some pressure on Kevin and Leon but couldn't get his ball to carry finishing the match with a score of 202. Leon would get up next and would nine spare and get nine on his fill to finish at 218. This would mean that Kevin would only have to spare and get good count on his fill to win. Kevin would throw his first ball, but it would sail a bit long leaving him the bucket (3-5-6-9) and he would fire his spare attempt straight, but his ball would hook a small bit to chop the spare and leaving the 5-pin for a score of 211. This would give Leon his 2nd SFT AHT title and $740.00 first place prize. Congrats to Kevin Convirs on 2nd place and to Brandon JohnsonKroman on 3rd.
Thank you to everyone who came out and supported the event this weekend! We look forward to seeing everyone next Sunday at Bowlero Kyrene!! Hope to see you all there and have a great week!!!
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Hammer Senior Scratch Trio's League News - Courtesy Of Hammer Scratch Trio's League
Sun City - - - Hammer Senior Scratch Trio Week 10 of 33, 11/6/2019: A great night for Glenn Reinecker, rolling games of 297, 266, 232 and 233 for a 795 three game series and a 1028 four game series; second only to Johnny Wing's 1045 series and 299 game. Gary McCoy also topped the 1000 series mark on games of 277, 214, 246 and 266 for an excellent 1003 set. Randy Norton and Del Gower tied for third high series on the night with both rolling 946 four game series. Third high game of the evening was shared by four bowlers with 257 games: Del Gower, Fritz Haverstick, Mike Lantz and Randy Norton. For the ladies, Lynda Bettini 852 and Andy Lewis 821 topped the 800 four game series mark while ladies high games were rolled by Lynda Bettini 233, Andy Lewis 228 and Chris Gonos 220. Snap-Shot continue to lead the league for the first half with a 169.5-80.5 record followed a little more closely by Sidoti-Pawlowski Insurance at 162-88. Only four other teams have winning records: Your Strike Shop # 2, Da Bears, Revolutions Pro Shop and Sharpe/Swayda/Partridge. HSST bowlers averaged just under 203 per game for the evening with the season to date league average remaining at 201 per game per bowler.