Pictured Second From Left Is: Dylan Taylor. SFT Bowlero Desert Sky Champion. Photo Courtesy Of SFT.
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Pony League News - Courtesy Of The Pony League - Bowlero Glendale.
Glendale - - - Pony League Singles Week 5 of 34 (First Quarter Week 5 of 8), 9/30/2019: With three weeks remaining in the first quarter, Matt Jones and Dylan Taylorare tied for the lead in the 220 and over division with a 30-10 won-loss record. Andy Hakiel (32-8) leads Roy McKnight (30-10) in the 215 to 219 division. The 209 to 214 division is led by Carey Hofmann (34-6), followed by Jeff Miller (30-10). Shirley Braverman (31-9) leads Mike Pyeatt (27-13) in the 202 to 208 division. Jim Bungard (28-12) is ahead of Chucky Stration (26-14) and Jimmy Diaz (26-14) in the 195 to 201 division. Lee Spiva and Mike Terpening are tied for the lead at 32-8 in 182 to 194 division. Dave Ball (32-8) leads a trio of bowlers, Terry Piercy, Scot Piercy and John Spinck, all at 24-16, in the 181 and under division.
Pony League Singles Week 4 of 34 (First Quarter Week 4 of 8), 9/23/2019: Halfway through the first quarter, John Conaway and Dylan Taylor are tied for the lead in the 220 and over division at 24-8. In the 215 to 219 division, Andy Hakiel (26-6) holds a slim two point lead over Roy McKnight (24-8). The 209 to 214 division features another tie among the leaders with Jeff Miller and Carey Hofmann each at 26-6. Shirley Braverman (26-6) has a four point lead over Mike Pyeatt (22-10) in the 202 to 208 division. Jim Bungard (24-8) has a four point lead over a hambone of bowlers at 20-12 in the 195 to 201 division: Jason Smith, Chucky Stration, Rich Strowman and Jacqueline Smith. Jeff Zook and Sonja Echeverria are tied atop the 182 to 194 division at 28-4. Dave Ball is dominating the 181 and under division at 30-2, followed by Terry Piercy at 22-10.
Congratulations to John Conaway who rolled the Pony League's first 300 game and 800 series of the season. John rolled games of 276, 260 and 300 for a stellar 836 series on Monday, September 9, 2019 in the Pony League at Bowlero Glendale.
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Metro Phoenix BVL News.
Phoenix - - - BVL
Bowlers to Veterans Link
Last season with the help of Tucson, Lake Havasu City, Yuma, Copper Counties, and Az. State associations we were able to deliver a check for $37,000.00 to BVL. Shortly we will be delivering the checks to volunteers from Carl Hayden VA hospital, Az State Nursing Home, & Fort Whipple VA Hospital in Prescott. We will post pictures of those check presentations.
The new season is upon us and there are more Veterans in need of our support and donations. All the money goes to Physical Rehabilitation Therapy outside of the VA hospitals and nursing homes.
In the Metro Phoenix market, members of the Metro Phx. Board of directors,will be coming around too your leagues to pick up your donations.
What number are we hoping for $37,001.00 or higher.
Arizona league bowlers have been fantastic with their donations for the last 10 years, it shows we care for what our Veterans have sacrificed.
PLEASE DIG DEEP AND OFTEN Let's make 2019/2020 the best year ever.
The Metro Phoenix USBC BVL Singles Pins Over Average tournament will be November 16, 2019 100 pm at AMF Union Hills lanes. Cost is $30 per bowler, adults, youth, certified and non certified bowlers welcome. Divisions based on averages.
Raffles of many wonderful items will happen during the tournament!!
Come one come all no matter where you live we need to make this the best ever tournament.
If you have friends from outside the bowling community that would like to help
have them send a check made out to Metro Phx. USBC, mark BVL on memo
line. Mail to:
MPUSBC
3320 W Cheryl Dr
Suite B123
Phoenix, Az. 85051
Thank you all!!
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Dylan Taylor wins title #8 at Bowlero Desert Sky! SFT News - Courtesy Of SFT.
Phoenix - - - Our event this weekend was at Bowlero Desert Sky Lanes and unfortunately we again had a low turnout for this event. We had 39 total entries with 25 qualifying entries and 14 economy parlay entries. We paid out just around $2,000.00 in main and side event prize funds for the event. The players bowled on the 42ft Autobahn oil pattern that had some pretty high scores for the day with Dishawn Byrd and Michael Dragon almost shooting 300's. For the most part players able to play up the lanes or were able to swing it through the middle of the lane but had to keep their angles fairly tight. Once the pattern broke down, then you saw scores go through the roof!
We want to welcome Ricardo Moreno to the SFT AHT family! We hope you had a good time in your first SFT AHT event. Congrats to Sean Ashley and Ricardo Moreno on being this weekend's Parlay Power Players, both Sean and Ricardo made it to the quarterfinals on their $25 investment. Also congrats Ricardo for making it to his first ever SFT AHT quarterfinals on his first try! Your winner of the free plastic ball, with an option to upgrade to any Track High-Performance ball for $85.00, was Dishawn Byrd.
The quarterfinals were on fresh oil as usual and the scoring was still higher scoring. Due to the fact that there were only 3-4 bowlers in each division, and the 1 in 3 cut ratio to the semi-finals only advanced 1 bowler per Division. The top bowler in each Division would move straight into the Final match. Your Division Champions would be Dylan Taylor (+171), in the A Division, Dishawn Byrd (+174), from the B Division, and Renee Haney (+52), in the C Division. Dishawn would shoot an honor score 300 game to get by James Fitting (+151) who was right on his heels and got himself into the Finals.
Renee Haney would be making her debut and was looking for his very first title. Dishawn had been hot all day almost shooting a 287 game in qualifying and actually bowling his first sports 300 ever in the quarterfinals!!! Dishawn would be vying for his 2nd AHT SFT title, but he would first have to get past Dylan Taylor. Dylan is an AHT SFT veteran who has plenty of experience in Finals matches. Dylan was looking at getting his 8th overall title and his 4th title of the 2019 season. The amazing thing about Dylan is that he has won most of these titles with little to no handicap.
The final match was an exciting one with Dylan Taylor and Dishawn Byrd both throwing strikes back and forth at each other the entire game. Renee would get a few timely strikes near the end of the game to put some pressure on Dylan and Dishawn. It would all come down to the tenth and final frame. Renee would finish the match first sparing out to finish at 218. Dishawn would get up in the tenth need to strike on his first ball to shut out Dylan. His first shot would look good off his hand, but left a ringing ten pin. Dishawn would spare and strike in to finish at 256 with handicap and put all the pressure on Dylan to double and get nine to win. Dylan would calmly get up and crush the pocket on his first shot. Then on his second shot Dylan looked like he might've missed, but the ball held its line and struck. Dylan would go up and strike on his final shot for an impressive 258 scratch game for his 4th AHT SFT title of the 2019 season and the big check! Congrats to Dishawn for 2nd Place and also to Renee for 3rd Place!
Thanks to everyone that came out today to support the event! We look forward to seeing you next Sunday at AMF Chandler for the last tournament of the Summer Circuit! Hope you all have a great week!!!
Click Here For Scores/Results From This Event!
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Pony League article for the October 2019 Desert Bowler newspaper: Courtesy Of The Pony League - Bowlero Glendale.
Glendale - - - Two months into our 2019/2020 season, The Jackwagons (Robert Carpino, Joel Lee, Phil Krisher, Scott Klein and Jason Van Bodegon) are leading the league with a 34-6 record, with Nite Train (Jim Graham, Doug Radtke, Pat Ball, Dave Ball and Dan Graham) 30-10, Sultans of Swing (Jeff White, Bruce Eggleston, Jesse Duncan, Niki Smyth and Daniel Stipp) 28-12, Diflorio (Brenda Strawser, Mary Smith, Nathan Diflorio, Sam Jarrett, Kevin Paige and Henry Diflorio) 28-12 and All Mixed Up (Steve Barlow, Karen Rehbock, Sheldon Walker, Mark Childress, Bill Spiva and Bob Molck) 28-12 rounding out the top five.
John Conaway and Mike Grzybowski are atop the high game leader board by rolling perfect 300 games. DJ Smith is next at 298 followed by Johnny Wing’s 290. John Conaway rolled the only 800 series so far this season with games of 276, 260 and 300 for a stellar 836 series. Ryan Riley and Johnny Wing are next, both rolling 763, followed by Troy Blickenstaff 751. On the ladies side, Sonja Echeverria's 269 game is high for the season, followed by Juli Pratt 259, Juli Bayer 258 and Shirley Braverman 252. Shirley Braverman’s 699 series is high, followed by Juli Bayer 685, Alison Kozak 673 and Connie Albano 647.
Men’s High Averages: Matt Jones 228, Johnny Wing 225, Jeff Miller 220 and Steve Roberts 220.
Women’s High Averages: Shirley Braverman 214, Juli Bayer 205, Alison Kozak 191 and Tracie Roberts 189.
Pony League bowlers are averaging 185 per game per bowler, season to date, well under the league’s 195 per game per bowler average last season.
78 bowlers, in seven average-based divisions, are participating in the optional singles league-within-the league. Halfway through the first quarter, John Conaway and Dylan Taylor are tied for the lead in the 220 and over division at 24-8. In the 215 to 219 division, Andy Hakiel (26-6) holds a slim two point lead over Roy McKnight (24-8). The 209 to 214 division features another tie among the leaders with Jeff Miller and Carey Hofmann each at 26-6. Shirley Braverman (26-6) has a four point lead over Mike Pyeatt (22-10) in the 202 to 208 division. Jim Bungard (24-8) has a four point lead over a ham-bone of bowlers at 20-12 in the 195 to 201 division: Jason Smith, Chucky Stration, Rich Strowman and Jacqueline Smith. Jeff Zook and Sonja Echeverria are tied atop the 182 to 194 division at 28-4. Dave Ball is dominating the 181 and under division at 30-2, followed by Terry Piercy at 22-10.
The Pony League, sponsored by Revolutions Pro Shops, rolls each Monday evening, 6:30 pm, mid-August through early-May, at Bowlero Glendale (formerly Brunswick Zone Glendale). Over 180 bowlers on 36 five-person teams are competing for over $85,000 in prize money this season in team and optional singles competition. We do have room to add two or four new teams in October and also have room for one or two individual bowlers on existing teams. Contact Jim Bungard (602.828.9965) for additional information.
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