Pictured Is: Bowlero Mesa. With The Remodeling Work Almost Done Inside. A Historical Era Came To An End For East Valley Bowlers. As Brunswick Zone Mesa, Is Now Bowlero Mesa.
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Annual Arizona State Jamboree Workshop At Arizona Broadway Theatre.
Phoenix- - - The Annual Arizona State Jamboree will take place this weekend October 11-12-13, and will be hosted by Metro Phoenix.
On Saturday October 12, the workshop itself will take place at the Arizona Broadway Theatre in Peoria. And will be conducted by USBC Wetsern Regional Manager David Prange. The workshop will run from 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
The address for the Arizona Broadway Theatre is: 7701 West Paradise Lane, Peoria, AZ. 85382.
For more information contact assnmgr@phxusbc.org.
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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 7 of 36 (First Quarter Week 7 of 9), October 7, 2019: Congratulations to Mitch Diestler for rolling a 300 game last night! The third perfecto in the Pony League this season. Kyle King 279, Randy Blunck 279, Steve Roberts 269, Danny Fontana 258 and Chris Ingram 258 rounded out the high game leaders for the evening. For the ladies, Sara Wolek led the way with a 245 followed by Tracie Roberts 236, Shirley Braverman 234 and Mandy Cirigliano 232. Mitch Diestler's 777 series was the high series for the nght followed by Steve Roberts 711, Kyle King 705 and Eric Pick 700. Mandy Cirigliano 644, Shirley Braverman 617 and Andy Lewis 601 topped the series leader board for the ladies. Pony League bowlers averaged 183 per game for the evening with the season to date average remaining at 185 per game per bowler.
With two weeks remaining in the first quarter, the Jackwagons lead the league with a 46-10 record followed by the Traffic Cones at 40-16 and three teams at 38-18: Sultans of Swing, Revolutions Pro Shop and Diflorio's team.
Pony League Singles Week 6 of 34 (First Quarter Week 6 of 8), 10/7/2019: With two weeks remaining in the first quarter, Matt Jones (38-10) leads Dylan Taylor (36-12) in the 220 and over division. The 215 to 219 division is led by Andy Hakiel (40-8) and Roy McKnight (36-12). Carey Lee Hofmann (40-8) leads Chris Ingram (34-14) in the 209 to 214 division. Shirley Avvenire Braverman (37-11) and Mike Pyeatt (35-13) are battling it out in the 202 to 208 division. The 195 to 201 division finds Chucky Stration (34-14) on top, followed by Rich Strowman at 32-16. Lee Spiva (40-8) leads Shawn Gibbs (38-10) in the 182 to 194 division. Dave Ball (34-14) leads Terry Piercy (32-16) in the 181 and under division.
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Darin Thornton wins first title at Bowlero Via Linda!!! SFT News - Courtesy Of The SFT.
Scottsdale - - - This weekend's event was at Bowlero Via Linda and had a pretty good turnout. We had a total of 89 entries (63 Qualifying & 26 Economy Parlay), 24 cashers, with a 1 in 3.7 cash ratio and paid out over $4,700.00 in main and side event prize funds. The players bowled on a very tough 38ft Alcatraz oil pattern that had medium to low cut scores for most of the day. Most divisions took in the +30 range to advance, which means that they only had to bowl about 15-25 pins over average for the entire series, which is bowling a small amount over your average each game. The medium length pattern allowed players to play a variety of angles including down and in and deep inside angles. The key to this shot was leaving makeable spares, so if you got it a little too far outside too early, then your ball would over hook for a split or if you got too far outside too late, then your ball roll out and leave a washout.
We would like to welcome Chris Berryman, Darin Thornton, Jason Dilworth, Michael Bagby, Sandra Pennington, Guy Pennington, Jason Hearn, Donald Morgan and Robert Minard to the Strikeforce Tour Family! We hope you all enjoyed your first event and hope to see you again. Congrats to Edward Lee and Sam Hsu for being this weekend's Parlay Power Players. Ed and Sam were able to make it to the quarterfinals on only their $25 parlay investment. Also, congrats to Brooke Carroll, Darin Thornton, Mark Yakich, Nick Peters, Brandon JohnsonKroman and Sam Hsu for making it to the quarterfinals for the first time or their first time in quite a while. Also, congrats to Chad Clap for winning the ball raffle for a free plastic ball with an option to upgrade to any Track High Performance ball for $85.00!
The quarterfinals were on a fresh oil pattern and the scores were a bit lower because of it. Being able to pick up your spares and bowl your average pretty much allowed you to move on to the semi-final round. In the A Division, your #1 seed would be KJ Martinez (+57) and he would face off with #2 seed Eric Flick (-10). In the B Division we would see #1 James Roethle (+102) versus newcomer Darin Thornton (+70) and finally the C Division leader was Mark Yakich (+23) and he would take on parlay power player Sam Hsu (-2). The A Division semi-final would see Eric Flick opening in the last couple of frames to let KJ take the win, 213 to 182. In the B Division Darin Thornton was able to double in the eight and ninth frames to defeat James Roethle, 203 to 176.
The C Division would be a nail biter with both bowlers going back and forth for the lead. It would all come down to the final frame as Mark Yakich was able to spare and get good count on his fill ball to put some pressure on Sam Hsu. Sam would need to mark and get good count to win. Sam's first ball looked good off his hand but jumped off the spot to go through the head pin leaving the 3-6-7 split. Sam would almost pick up the split pushing the 3-pin just in front of the 7-pin, but it wouldn't be enough as Mark would win, 214 to 211.
The Final match would see all three bowlers looking for their first AHT SFT title. KJ had been throwing the ball well for most of the day and would clearly be the favorite going into the finals. Newcomer Darin Thornton was making his Finals debut in his first event ever. Mark had made the Finals before but was looking to get his first win.
The match would start off with KJ jumping out to an early lead as Mark and Darin would split in the first few frames. Midway through the match and the lanes began to transition for KJ and Mark as they would both struggle on the right lane leaving splits and washouts. Darin, who is left-handed, wouldn't have to deal with very much transition and would stay clean for most of the match and would ride his clean game all the way to end for his first AHT SFT title and $475.00. Congrats to Mark Yakich on 2nd place and to KJ Martinez for 3rd place.
Unfortunately Darin wasn't in the progressive pot and only won half of the money that was set for first place, but he made plenty of new friends as the other quarterfinalists saw their checks increase as 100% of the progressive pot was redistributed to the bowlers that were in the progressive pot.
Thank you to everyone that came out to support the event this weekend. We look forward to seeing you all next Sunday at Brunswick Mesa! Have a great week!!!
Click Here For Scores/Results From This Event!
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King Of The Hill At Tucson Bowl.
Tucson - - - Tucson Bowl, 7020 E 21st Street will be hoisting a King of the Hill Tournament on Sunday October 13th, 2019. This will be event #4 of the 6 event Summer/Fall session. Check-in starts at 9:30 AM, bowling begins at 10:00 AM. The entry fee if $50.00, the pattern will be the Kegel Red Square. The format will be 6 games of qualifying, with a 5 person stepladder final. For additional information call Tucson Bowl at 520-747-1363.
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Midweek Madness Bowling League News.
Mesa - - - Do you want to join a fun bowling league? The Midweek Madness Fall 2019 league at AMF Chandler lanes has a team in need of a single bowler. This is a mixed league with teams of 4. Cost is $20 a night. If you need additional information, or want to sign up, please contact Dan Kittrell at 480-334-6096 or on the Midweek Madness Facebook page. (Current members please share this notice on your Facebook page).
Midweek Madness Fall 2019
Place - AMF Chandler, Warner and Arizona Ave
Day of the week - Wednesday
Time of the League - 6:15 PM practice, 6:30 PM start
USBC Sanctioned League
Ending December 18, 2019
Join the league for amazing rewards!
1.99 practice games
20% off food and non-alcoholic beverages
2 free games each week!
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Hammer Scratch Senior Tro League News.
Sun City - - - Hammer Senior Scratch Trio Week 6 of 33, 10/9/2019: Jeff May's 283 game was high for the evening, followed by Pete Partridge's 279 and Steve Roberts 277. Jacqueline Smith's 232 game was high for the ladies, followed by Andy Lewis' 221 and Chris Gonos' 216. Dennis Klein's 972 four game series topped the leader board, followed by Jeff May's 971 and Gary McCoy's 947. Andy Lewis was the only lady to top the 800 mark with an 806 series. Snap-Shot continues to lead the league with a 112-38 record with Your Strike Shop # 2 in second place at 100-50 and Sharpe/Swayda/Partridge in third place at 94-56. HSST bowlers averaged 202 per game for the evening, raising the season to date average to 200 per game per bowler. Prize Fund 'A' was adopted by a vote of 12 teams to 4 teams for Prize Fund 'B' (the more top-heavy prize fund). HSST bowlers contributed a total $318 to the BVL campaign last night. Thank you for supporting Arizona's military veterans!
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