Brother/Sister Duo, Win Mesa Metro Junior Bowling Award.
Pictured Left To Right Are: Hot Shot Coach Bob Schrieber, Ryan Doyle, Isabella Doyle, And Hot Shot Coach Karl Munson.
Mesa - - - On Sunday May 16, the Mesa Metro Association held its annual meeting at Bowlero Gilbert, in Gilbert. The highlight of this meeting, was the presentation of the Junior Boy and Girl Bowlers Of The Year.
A big congratulations goes out to Ryan and Isabella Doyle, who became the first brother/siter combination to win this honor. They swept the 11 and under age group, and won a $500 scholarship for their accomplishment.
The brother/sister bowl in the Kyrene Hot Shots Youth Bowling League at Bowlero Kyrene.
The 12 and ove Boy and Girl winners were Brendan Bobersky and Hannah Lyme of the Bowlero Mesa Strikers Youth League. And they each won a $1,000 scholarship.
Full story will appear soon.
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Aaron Stein parlays his way to 1st title and $1,050 at AMF Tempe Village!!!
SFT News - Courtesy Of SFT.
Tempe - - - This weekend’s event was at AMF Tempe Village and we had a good turnout for our 3-squad event. We had 100 total entries (70 qualifying and 30 economy parlay), 28 cashers a 1 in 3.6 cash ratio and paid out over $7,000.00 in main and side event prize funds. The bowlers bowled on the 36ft PBA Viper oil pattern that was very difficult on the fresh, but seemed to breakdown and allow for some higher scoring as the day went on. The cut went up as the day went on and bowlers would need to get to around +60 in order to advance to the quarterfinals.
As always, we like to welcome the bowlers who bowled their first event with us this weekend. Orshawante Bryant and Jamie Gabriel were both came out to give us a try and we’d like to welcome you both to the SFT AHT family! Hope to you all had a great time and hope to see you all again! We would like to congratulate this weekend’s Parlay Power Players in Aaron Stein, Logan Spencer and Daniel Bhella. They all made the quarterfinals today off their initial $25.00 parlay entry. We’d also like to congratulate a few bowlers that made their first quarterfinals or their first quarterfinals in a while in Daniel Bhella, Garret Stehl, Chris Allen and Dave Nelson. Also, congrats to Garret Strehl for shooting a 300 game on his 2nd game in his qualifying round. Garret has been working on his game is catching up quickly to his dad, Chris Strehl.
We had not one, not two, but three Momma’s Mystery Pot winners this weekend. Curtis Spence won the Momma’s Mystery Pot after the first squad for $500.00 with a 170 game. We would see Dylan Taylor and Kevin Convirs both win with a 214 game in the last squad of the day. Since they both were tied with the same score, they spilt the $500.00 pot for $250.00 each. Your winner of the free plastic ball raffle, with the option to upgrade to any Track high-performance ball for $85.00, was Sandra Pennington.
The quarterfinals were bowled on the fresh oil pattern. We had 22 quarterfinalists, with each Division having at least 7 bowlers, so with our 1 in 3 cut ratio the Top 2 bowlers in each Division would advance to the Semi-final round. In the A Division, your #1 seed would be 2020 SFT Rookie of the Year Josh Williams (+109) and he would take on Chad Summers (+94). The B Division #1 seed was Parlay Power Player Aaron Stein (+183) and he would face off with Garret Strehl (+113). The C Division was led by Parlay Power Player Logan Spencer (+86) and he would meet #2 seed Robert Smith, Jr. (+13) who was looking at trying to make the Finals in back-to-back tournaments. All three semi-final matches would see the same pin difference of 1-pin, making these semi-finals almost a scratch match between the bowlers.
The A Division semi-final match would see Chad get out to an early lead while Josh would struggle with carry. A gutter-spare in the third frame from Chad would be the only trouble he would have on the pair as he would go ahead and win the match 268 to 203. The B Division match would be a close one with both Garret and Aaron going back and forth for most of the game. It would all come down to the tenth frame as Garret would get up first and strike on all three balls to finish out the match at 212. This would force Aaron to have to strike on his first ball in the tenth and get five pins on the fill in order to win the match. Aaron would get up and throw his first ball which would go a bit high in the pocket, but kick out the ten-pin for a strike. Aaron’s 2nd shot would go Brooklyn leaving the five-pin, which he would spare, to win the match with a score of 217. The C Division match would be a close one with Logan and Robert trading off the lead throughout the match. It would all come down to the tenth as Robert would double to make up for an open in the eighth frame and get nine on his fill shot to finish at 216. Logan would need to fill out his tenth and his first shot would hit the pocket but leave a blower 7-pin. Logan’s spare attempt would hang on just enough to pick up the 7-pin and he would strike on the fill to win the match with a 224.
Going into the Finals we would see not one, but two Parlay Power Players in Aaron Stein and Logan Spencer. Both Aaron and Logan were trying to turn their $25 economy parlay into the $1,050 first place prize. Chad Summers was looking at getting his 1st AHT SFT title and had come in 2nd place in his previous Finals appearance. Aaron Stein was also looking for his first title and this was his first time making a Finals. Aaron had made the semi-finals a couple of times before but had been unable to get past that round and was looking to take advantage of this opportunity. Logan was looking at getting his hands on his fourth title and had been bowling good all day.
The Finals would start with Chad striking in the first two frames and would be looking at trying to make up some of the handicap difference that he was giving Aaron and Logan. We would see Aaron would nine-spare and then double in the second and the third frame. Logan would stay clean and make his spares in his first few frames. Midway through the match and it looked like Chad was going to run away with this match as he would go nine-spare in the third then throw a three-bagger in the fourth, fifth and sixth frames. Aaron would nine-spare in the fourth and then leave the 2-8-10 split in the fifth. He wouldn’t get any count on his spare attempt putting him in third place after five frames. Logan would see his ball would go into the gutter in the fifth frame, but he was able to pick up his spare. Logan would strike in the sixth, but then would open in the seventh after missing his single pin spare. Chad would see a bit of transition as he would leave a fast 7-pin in the seventh and go a bit high leaving the 6-10 in the eighth. He would pick up both spares to maintain a slim lead over Logan and Aaron. Aaron would make a move in the sixth frame which would result in a crushing strike. Aaron would keep that momentum by striking in the seventh, eighth and ninth to put pressure on Chad and Logan. Logan would open in the ninth frame to even up the match between all three bowlers.
The Finals would all come down to the tenth frame as Logan would finish up by getting all three strikes to finish out the match at 215. Chad would be up next and would need to strike on his first ball in order to force Aaron to do the same. Chad’s first ball in the tenth looked good off his hand, but would leave a wrap ten-pin. Chad would pick up his spare and then strike on the fill to finish the match at 234. Aaron would get up needing to mark and get good count. Aaron would pull his shot in the tenth, but it would go Brooklyn and get enough to only leave a 5-pin. Aaron would go on to pick the spare and then get nine on his fill to finish at 249 which would give him his first AHT SFT title and $1,050.00!!! Congrats to Chad for 2nd place and $600.00 and also congrats to Logan for 3rd place and $400.00.
Thank you to everyone that came out to bowl our event. Also, I would like to thank Jon Mayer, Guy Pennington and Hokey Begay for stepping in and filling in for Tawna this weekend. I don’t think anyone truly understands how much work Tawna does at each tournament to get everyone checked-in and all the side action (brackets) processed and paid out at each event.
We’ll see you all in two weeks for our 3-day Memorial Day Major at Bowlero Glendale. Make sure you check out our website, aht.strikeforcetour.com, for more information. Have a great week and see you all soon!
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Bowlero Mesa Baker Doubles News - Courtesy Of Kristi Smith Thompson.
Congratulations to our May winners!!
Mesa - - - We had 30 total entries. 10 in the 370 cap and 20 in the 430 cap 8 teams made cashing rounds:
(370) Will Standefer/ Kish Israni and Kevin Todd/David Nelson and Ken Nelson/Don Stone. Finals came down to Kevin/Todd vs Will/Kish with the win going to Will & Kish
(430) Frank Sidoti/Ron Schloss, Justin Foos/Steve Marks, Wes Marema/John Cross, Dan Friedline/Chris Brunick and Joe Thompson/Robb Mansfield. Finals came down to Justin/Steve vs Wes/John with Justin & Steve taking the win
370 High Games each game paid out $16:
Will/Kish 172, Eddie Wilcox/Chris Stinson 252, Kevin J. Chruscinski/Riley Dempsey got 2 games 236 & 221, Sue Friedline/Abbie Hugill 209 and Ken Nelson/Don 208.
430 High Games each game paid out $38:
Mike Umstead/James Roethle 235, Matthew Mathew Adragna/Justin Song 251, Justin/Steve 267, Terry/Gary 278, Brian Allen/Derek Hamm 258, Nykolas Walker/Joe Quihuis 269.
370 High Series for $54 went to Kevin/Riley 1189.
430 High Series for $114 went to Terry Dandel/Gary Somerville 1366.
12 Strike pot rolled over and has $942
300 game rolled over and has $100
Mark your calendars our next event is set for June 26th . See you all there!!
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74th Arizona State USBC Open Championships. First Weekend Results May 15-16, 2021.
Event Being Bowled At Bowlero Via Linda Lanes Through June 5-6, 2021.
Results Courtesy Of AZ State USBC.
Congrats To Marcus Von Tobel, On Rolling A 300 Game The First Weekend.
Team, Team 1000 & Over, Handicapped 1 Play The Rack 609833 3,547 Peoria, AZ 2 #DumpsterFire 598752 3,506 Marana, AZ 3 "Last Minute" 614195 3,447 Phoenix, AZ 4 Virtue Bowling Supply 614196 3,445 Tempe, AZ 5 West USA Realty Team 1 597720 3,438 Avondale, AZ.
Team, Team 849 & Under, Handicapped 1 Pin That Strike 606493 3,429 UNKNOWN, AZ 2 Safford Bowl 605064 3,426 Safford, AZ 3 Bowling Dynamics 2 608156 3,382 Sedona, AZ 4 A Team 611610 3,374 Sun City, AZ 5 Miller Time 601866 3,345 Animas, NM.
Team, Team 850 -999, Handicapped 1 Audio Visions 605063 3,613 Safford, AZ 2 Dam 9 Pin 608575 3,592 Litchfield Park, AZ 3 Kelly's Heroes 597700 3,516 Peoria, AZ 4 Rack Attack 562086 3,515 Tucson, AZ 5 Realty One Group Integrity 590585 3,477 Tucson, AZ.
Team, Team Scratch 1000 & Over, Scratch 1 #DumpsterFire 598752 3,451 Marana, AZ 2 Virtue Bowling Supply 614196 3,366 Tempe, AZ 3 Play The Rack 609833 3,352 Peoria, AZ 4 "Last Minute" 614195 3,341 Phoenix, AZ 5 Your Strike Shop #1 604110 3,248 Buckeye, AZ.
Team, Team Scratch 850 - 999, Scratch 1 Rack Attack 562086 2,869 Tucson, AZ 2 Wilder & Wilder 585222 2,810 Glendale, AZ 3 West USA Realty Team 2 597719 2,803 Avondale, AZ 4 Dream Crushers 611024 2,662 Yuma, AZ.
Doubles, Doubles 339 & Under, Handicapped 1 Hanson Peter A. \ Hewitt Joseph R. 605064 1,484 Safford, AZ 2 Miller Frankie L. \ Jarvis Joshua A. 601866 1,466 Animas, NM 3 Arrellin Ramie R. \ Arrellin Brandon J. 605065 1,387 Safford, AZ 4 Finnerty M.B. \ Parr Gary L. 541520 1,381 Glendale, AZ.
Doubles, Doubles 340 - 399, Handicapped 1 Curtis Kevin M. \ Bordwell Jeffrey A. 585932 1,472 Chandler, AZ 2 Alvarez N. Rueben \ Stidvent James D. 542318 1,455 Tucson, AZ 3 Wilder Larry L. \ Van Gordon Brian T. 585222 1,445 Glendale, AZ 3 Pratt Julie A. \ Wilson Barbara J. 597719 1,445 Avondale, AZ 5 Hildebrand Del N. \ Caniff Robert G. 556810 1,426 Tucson, AZ.
Doubles, Doubles 400 & Over, Handicapped 1 Altamirano Xavier \ Villa Rene F. 555931 1,483 Tucson, AZ 2 Ylvisaker Keith R. \ Garrett Matthew R. 583646 1,481 Tucson, AZ 3 Clark Robert J. III \ Zemelka Chelsea L. 597720 1,478 Avondale, AZ 4 Hurley Katherine V. \ Hurley Anastasia R. 609833 1,464 Peoria, AZ 5 Schenck Tyler C. \ Taylor Dylan P. 614195 1,444 Phoenix, AZ.
Doubles, Doubles Scratch 340 - 399, Scratch 1 Wilder Larry L. \ Van Gordon Brian T. 585222 1,249 Glendale, AZ 2 Byrd Virginia P. \ Thiel Bryan S. 564400 1,209 Sierra Vista, AZ 3 Pratt Julie A. \ Wilson Barbara J. 597719 1,206 Avondale, AZ 4 Kostolnik, Jr. John J. \ Drew Thomas H. 585222 1,161 Glendale, AZ 5 Thompson Eddie \ Lee Edward 568412 1,145 Mesa, AZ.
Doubles, Doubles Scratch 400 & Over, Scratch 1 Schenck Tyler C. \ Taylor Dylan P. 614195 1,444 Phoenix, AZ 2 Van Sickle Bryan N. \ McHenry Christopher Marana, AZ W. 598752 1,429 3 Klein Dennis \ Montgomery Jim 604110 1,416 Buckeye, AZ 4 Clark Robert J. III \ Zemelka Chelsea L. 597720 1,384 Avondale, AZ 5 Moret Josh K. \ Holman Joel J. 555932 1,361 Tucson, AZ.
Singles, Singles 169 & Under, Handicapped 1 Hewitt Joseph R. 605064 828 Safford, AZ 2 Arrellin Ramie R. 605065 735 Safford, AZ 2 McClellan Bria A. 611350 735 Peoria, AZ 4 Wyatt Katherine 607827 731 Mesa, AZ 5 Dietrich Catalina M. 568820 720 Payson, AZ.
Singles, Singles 170 - 199, Handicapped 1 Clapp Chad D. 561753 792 Casa Grande, AZ 2 Smith Jacqueline T. 597719 779 Avondale, AZ 3 Arrellin Brandon J. 605065 776 Safford, AZ 4 Hildebrand Del N. 556810 770 Tucson, AZ 5 Sandoval Rene J. 561754 765 Casa Grande, AZ.
Singles, Singles 200 & Over, Handicapped 1 Garrett Matthew R. 583646 801 Tucson, AZ 2 Crooks Charles J. 583646 766 Tucson, AZ 3 McHenry Christopher W. 598752 760 Marana, AZ 4 Van Gordon Brian T. 585222 756 Glendale, AZ 5 Jacob Timothy J. 583647 753 Tucson, AZ.
Singles, Singles Scratch 169 & Under, Scratch 1 Salazar Monica L. 611024 509 Yuma, AZ 2 Meidlinger Marguerite F. 608156 451 Sedona, AZ 3 Mashburn-Powers Robyn L. 562086 432 Tucson, AZ 4 Vest Timmi D. 562086 386 Tucson, AZ.
Singles, Singles Scratch 170 -199, Scratch 1 Smith Jacqueline T. 597719 688 Avondale, AZ 2 Griffiths Austin F. 543795 642 Tucson, AZ 3 Heichel Anna M. 598752 596 Marana, AZ 4 Martinez Dave 608156 594 Sedona, AZ 5 Thurman Dwight D. 585222 591 Glendale, AZ.
Singles, Singles Scratch 200 & Over, Scratch 1 McHenry Christopher W. 598752 760 Marana, AZ 2 Klein Dennis 604110 733 Buckeye, AZ 3 Barragan Javier R. III 611024 728 Yuma, AZ 4 Kleckner Paul D. 604175 726 Buckeye, AZ 5 Bouwens John M. 604110 718 Buckeye, AZ.
All Events Handicap, All Events Handicap 169 & Under, Handicapped 1 Hewitt Joseph R. 605064 2,396 Safford, AZ 2 Garcia Cipy D. 605063 2,167 Safford, AZ 3 Blevins Fred G. 568820 2,139 Payson, AZ 4 Miller Frankie L. 601866 2,122 Animas, NM 5 Clonts Colton 605064 2,109 Safford, AZ.
All Events Handicap, All Events Handicap 170 - 199, Handicapped 1 Hirose Brian K. 608575 2,298 Litchfield Park, AZ 2 Ylvisaker Keith R. 583646 2,250 Tucson, AZ 3 Hildebrand Del N. 556810 2,229 Tucson, AZ 4 Miller Cory J. 601866 2,189 Animas, NM 5 Sykes Reid 555931 2,170 Tucson, AZ.
All Events Handicap, All Events Handicap 200 & Over, Handicapped 1 Van Gordon Brian T. 585222 2,327 Glendale, AZ 2 Hurley Katherine V. 609833 2,283 Peoria, AZ 3 McHenry Christopher W. 598752 2,245 Marana, AZ 4 Karnes Kenneth K. 556810 2,199 Tucson, AZ 4 Crooks Charles J. 583647 2,199 Tucson, AZ.
All Events Scratch, All Events Scratch 169 & Under, Scratch 1 Mashburn-Powers Robyn L. 562086 1,480 Tucson, AZ 2 Salazar Monica L. 611024 1,433 Yuma, AZ 3 Meidlinger Marguerite F. 608156 1,390 Sedona, AZ 4 Vest Timmi D. 562086 1,291 Tucson, AZ.
All Events Scratch, All Events Scratch 170 - 199, Scratch 1 Ylvisaker Keith R. 583646 2,001 Tucson, AZ 2 Sykes Reid 555931 1,912 Tucson, AZ 3 Hirose Brian K. 608575 1,902 Litchfield Park, AZ 4 Hildebrand Del N. 556810 1,875 Tucson, AZ 5 Smith Jacqueline T. 597719 1,873 Avondale, AZ.
All Events Scratch, All Events Scratch 200 & Over, Scratch 1 McHenry Christopher W. 598752 2,245 Marana, AZ 2 Pratt Jim R. 597720 2,159 Avondale, AZ 3 Garrett Matthew R. 583646 2,145 Tucson, AZ 4 Clark Robert J. III 597720 2,138 Avondale, AZ 5 Van Gordon Brian T. 585222 2,135 Glendale, AZ.
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