Pictured Is: AZ State Masters Campion Michael Haugen Left, And AZ State President Gary Williams. Photo Courtesy Of AZ State USBC.
Haugen Wins 2020 AZ State Masters Title.
Scottsdale - - - Congratulations goes out to Bryanna Cote, and Michael Haugen on winning the Arizona State USBC Masters and Queens title this past weekend. The event was held on Sunday January 12, 2020 at Bowlero Via Linda in Scottsdale. Haugen defeated Andrew Cain of Phoenix, in the title match 207-177, to win the event.
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Eddie Thompson wins 2nd title and huge $1,150 prize at AMF McRay!!! SFT News, Courtesy Of SFT.
Chandler - - - Our event this weekend was at AMF McRay and drew 110 total entries (72 qualifying and 38 economy parlay), had 28 cashers, a 1 in 3.9 cash ratio and paid out over $5,000.00 in main and side event prize funds. The players bowled on a 35ft Boardwalk oil pattern that played a bit harder than usual. This pattern can tend to be high scoring, because it allows some miss room to the right if the bowler is able to get far enough to the right. That did exist on some of the pairs, but other pairs didn't have the same look. The scores on the fresh pattern were a bit low but scoring exploded in the later squads with most bowlers shooting over +70 to make the cut.
We want to quickly welcome our new bowlers that joined us for this weekend's event! Taj Stewart-Cook, Nick Lyons and Tres Pucci joined us this weekend for their first event. Taj narrowly made the quarterfinals on his first try, tying for the last insurance spot in his Division. We had only one parlay power player this weekend and it was Gary Spinler. Gary was able to make the quarterfinals off his $25 parlay entry. We also had a few bowlers make it to their first quarterfinals or their first quarterfinals in quite a while in Taj Stewart-Cook, Jonah Tafoya and Gary Roff. Your ball raffle winner for a free plastic ball, with an option to upgrade to any Track high performance ball for $85.00, was Brandon Bailey.
The quarterfinalists bowled on the fresh Boardwalk oil pattern and scores were very low with just breaking even would almost get you a spot in the semi-finals. It seemed that every Division Finalist was able to minimize mistakes and stay away from open frames. In the A Division it was #1 seed Chris Allen (+22) taking on Jonathan Ferrell (+4). The B Division leader was James Roethle (+18) and he would face off with Andy Morin (+16). Meanwhile in the C Division Player of the Year Josh Black (+29) would have to bowl against Eddie Thompson (-1) for a spot in the Finals.
The A Division semi-final match would go down to the last few frames with Chris Allen throwing enough strikes to get by Jonathan Ferrell, 200 to 179. The B Division would see James Roethle get out to an early lead to defeat Andy Morin, 216 to 197. The C Division would be a back and forth match with Eddie Thompson getting a few timely strikes to get by Josh Black, 220 to 204.
This would leave us with all three Finalist looking for another AHT SFT title and a chance at the $1,150 first place prize. Chris Allen would be the #1 seed overall and he was looking at capturing his third title. James Roethle had been throwing the ball good for most of the day and he too was looking to get his hands on his 3rd title. Eddie Thompson was looking at getting his 2nd title and has been bowling pretty good for the last few events. Eddie had just came in 2nd place at the Match Play Invitational which was bowled last month in this very same center and seemed confident on the lanes today.
The Final match would start out with Chris Allen leading off the match getting nine-spare and then throwing a double in the 2nd & 3rd frames. James Roethle would take a couple frames to get lined up as he would miss a couple of spares early on. Eddie Thompson would throw three strikes in the first four frames to jump out to an early lead. Midway through the match Eddie would chop the 3-6-10 spare attempt to give an opening to Chris and James. Chris would try to catch up, but he would also chop the 2-5 spare in the fifth frame to keep the match even.
Eddie would get a bit lost in transition opening in 7th & 8th frames allowing Chris to keep pace. James would finally get lined up and started to strike in the 7th, 8th & ninth frames to furiously get himself back into the match. It would all come down to the last two frames. Chris would chop the 3-10 spare and then strike and fill in the tenth to finish at 195. James would leave a 6-pin on the first ball, pick up his spare and get 7 on the fill to finish at 196, just one pin ahead of Chris. Eddie would get up in the tenth and punch out all three strikes to finish with a score of 218 to get him his 2nd AHT SFT title and the huge $1,150 first place prize. Congrats to James Roethle for 2nd place and to Chris Allen for 3rd place.
Thank you to everyone that came out and supported our event this weekend. Sorry there is no video from the Final match as the camera that we were using would have issues trying to stream Facebook Live. We hope to see you all next Sunday, January 19th at Bowlero Kyrene for our standard event!!!
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Pony League News - Courtesy Of Pony League - Bowlero Glendale.
Glendale - - - Pony League, Sponsored by Revolutions Pro Shops, Summary after Week 20 of 36 (Third Quarter Week 2 of 8), January 13, 2020: Congratulations to Chucky Stration for rolling his first sanctioned 300 game and to Sean Trzaskowski for his perfect game; the sixth and seventh 300s rolled in the Pony League so far this season. Joining Chuck and Sean on the high game leader board are Matt Jones 289, Jason Van Bodegon 279 and Ronnie Miertschin 279. Not a bad week considering the new pins in all the racks/machines! Matt Jones' 794 series was high for the week with Ronnie Miertschin 757, Sean Trzaskowski 756 and Myke White 733 also earning spots on the high series leader board. Alison Kozak's 222 led the way for the ladies, followed by Jacqueline Smith 218, Shirley Braverman 217 and Juli Bayer 216. Shirley Braverman's 611 series was the only ladies series above 600 this week.
Two weeks into the third quarter, Ball Change and Nite Train are tied for the league lead with perfect 16-0 records, followed by a sextet of teams at 14-2: Traffic Cones, Glory Bowl, Anger Sharks, Old Man Club, Far From Limpin' and 5 Jokers.
Pony League bowlers averaged 188 per game for the evening with the league's season to date average just under 189 per game per bowler.
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Pony League Singles Week 19 of 34 (Third Quarter Week 2 of 8), 1/13/2020: Two weeks into the third quarter finds Dave Ball (16-0) leading the 175 and under division, followed by Mike Terpening and Jeff Stone; both at 14-2. The 176 to 187 division is led by MarkCunningham (13-3) followed by a trio of bowlers at 12-4: Les Freeman, Stuart Porter and Chuck Morgan. Rich Strowman (15-1) leads Shawn Gibbs (13-3) and Marve Burrell (12-4) in the 188 to 195 division. There is a three-way tie atop the 196 to 200 division shared by Gary Kresse, Leon W. Sabelka and Jeff Lawson. Brian Todd Vangordon and Don Tistle share the lead in the 201 to 207 division at 12-4, followed by Myke White and Shirley Avvenire Braverman at 10-6. The 208 to 214 division also features co-leaders Larry Spitali (14-2) and Carey Lee Hofmann (14-2), followed by a group at 10-6: Mike Pyeatt, Scott Michael Orenstein and Shad Schoenemann. Steve Roberts (16-0) is all alone atop the 215 and over division, with Matt Jones (12-4) and Jason Van Bodegon (12-4) next.
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71st Annual Women's Tournament.
Tucson - - - TOURNAMENT NEWS: It is time for the 71st Annual Women's Tournament once again. The entries are in the bowling centers as well as online at the Tucson Metro USBC website at www.tucsonmetrousbc.com. The tournament dates are January 11, 12, 18 and 19 and will be held at Fiesta Lanes. Squad times are 1:00pm on Saturdays and 10:00am on Sundays. Entries close on January 6, 2020. Tournament Directors are Ron Cooper and Henry Burke. If you have questions or need help with your entry please contact Steve Harris at am@tucsonmetrousbc.com or (520) 591-0622. If you need another bowler to complete your team or doubles please let us know. Hope to see all of you there!
King Of The Hill At Tucson Bowl.
Tucson - - - We had a great start to the Winter/Spring 2020 Points Race Season for the King of the Hill Tournament at Tucson Bowl, 7020 E 21st Street. Event #1 of 6 brought in 25 entries and we paid out $860 from the prize fund, as well as additional payouts from the optional High Game and Brackets. Congratulations to John Cook, (pictured left) for winning the high scoring tournament, on the Kegel Chromium pattern. The next KotH Tournament at Tucson Bowl will be Sunday, February 9th, 2020. Thank you to Tournament Director Josh Quesnel for running the event. For additional information call Tucson Bowl at 520-747-1363.
New League At Tucson Bowl.
Tucson Bowl, 7020 E 21st Street, will be starting a Merchant Co-Ed League on Monday, January 20th, 2020. Bowling each week will start at 6:30 PM. This will be a short season league, lasting 16 weeks, ending on May 4th, 2020. Each team will consist of 4 bowlers, mixed (any combination of Men and Women), each team will bowl 3 games each week. This will be a non-sanctioned, handicapped league. Included in the weekly fee of $14.00 per bowler, is a lot of great items, munchies, beverage (beer of soda), team shirts, end of season pizza party and trophies to the champions. For additional information call Tucson Bowl at 520-747-1363.
'Cut The Field' HDCP Event At Tucson Bowl.
Tucson- - - Tucson Bowl, 7020 E 21st Street will be running a "Cut the Field Handicap Tournament" on Sunday January 26th, 2020. Check-in will start at 9:30 AM, bowling will begin at 10:30 AM. The entry fee will be $50.00, the oil pattern will be the Kegel Great Wall of China. The format will be, the entire field bowls 5 games, cut the field in half, remaining bowlers bowl 2 games, cut the field in half, remaining bowlers bowl 1 game to determine the pay-outs. All pins plus handicap will carry over through all rounds. There will be optional high game and brackets offered. For additional information call Tucson Bowl at 520-747-1363
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Wednesday Night League Looks To Fill Vacancy.
Chandler - - - The Midweek Madness Spring league on Wednesday nights at AMF Chandler has a single vacancy. This is a sanctioned league with a weekly fee of $20. If you are looking for a fun league, please contact me at 480-334-6096 or on Facebook.
15th Annual MMA Youth Championship This Weekend At Bowlero Mesa.
Mesa - - - The 15th Annual Mesa Metro Assosiation Youth Championships will take place this weekend, Jan 18-19 at Bowlero Mesa. Squad times are at 8:30 am, and 1 pm on both days. For more information please contact the MMA office at 480-969-6944.
ASU Bowling Team Gaines Valuable Experience At Glenn Carlson Invitational.
Tempe - - - The ASU Bowling Team traveled to Las Vegas recently to compete in the Glenn Carlson Invitational at South Point Arena and the Collegiate Shoot Out at Gold Coast Casino.
Now that the tournaments have come to a conclusion, we would like to congratulate Wichita State and Calumet Clg. of St. Joseph on their victories, respectively.
It was a challenging week for this team but with the help of our new Assistant Coach Jakob Butturff and Farrand Schneider we were able to overcome some difficulties and grow stronger because of it.
ASU would like to thank Matt Freiberg and his business #BehindTheLine for helping us on the lanes during the Collegiate Shootout. His experience and knowledge proved very valuable and displayed his integrity to the sport.
Our fearless leader Coach Jordan Nassberg is developing a very strong foundation for the years to come. As a Varsity team of 5 freshman and 1 junior, it can be difficult experiencing these challenges but with the dedication he and Captain K.J. are showing to this program, they will soon grow into strong, fierce competitors.
Go Devils!
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