Pictured Is: Tony Maresca.
Story Courtesy Of Bowl.Com.
LAS VEGAS - The United States Bowling Congress announced Thursday that a new squad schedule will be put into place for the next three editions of the USBC Open Championships, beginning in 2022.
The change was a result of tracking start and finish times during the 2021 USBC Open Championships, along with bowler feedback during a variety of daily schedules in recent years. The adjustments are being made with on-time squads and bowler experience as the top areas of focus.
The new schedule will eliminate the late-night doubles and singles squad and end each day with a combination squad that will use half the facility for team competition and half for doubles and singles.
Team bowling in 2022, 2023 and 2024 will take place at 2 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. (combo), and doubles/singles squads will be held at 7 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 6 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. (combo). The event will continue to feature two oil patterns - one for the team event and one for doubles/singles - and fresh oil for every squad.
Since the new schedule will limit the maximum number of teams per day to 84, the 2022 tournament will be extended by two weeks and allow for a capacity of more than 10,600 teams. It will run from March 12-July 16 (last team date), which is 128 consecutive days of competition. If demand warrants, the tournament can be extended as far as July 31.
The online registration portal will be closed from 1 p.m. Eastern on July 8 through 1 p.m. EDT on July 12, at which time all changes will be visible upon logging in.
Captains of teams already signed up for the 2022 Open Championships that will be affected by the time changes will be notified by email.
The Open Championships will return to the South Point Bowling Plaza in 2022 and 2024, and the 2023 event will be held at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nevada. The main tournament uses 60 lanes in each venue.
"We took a close look at the information we've collected during the 2021 Open Championships, and after making some squad adjustments for this year, we felt it made sense to look ahead to upcoming events, too," USBC Executive Director Chad Murphy said. "The squad durations have been consistent, so we felt comfortable making this change. We aim for the best possible bowler experience, and being on-time is a big part of that."
The success of the new daily schedule will be evaluated in the coming years, and adjustments may be made again before the 2025 tournament in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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Final Prize Listing.
74th Annual AZ State USBC Open Championships.
Courtesy Of AZ State USBC.
Event Bowled At Bowlero Via Linda Scottsdale.
Team, Team 1000 & Over, Handicapped 1 Tower of Power 574686 3,580 $1,200.00 Gilbert, AZ 2 Cool Jamss 614198 3,561 $1,000.00 Phoenix, AZ 3 Play The Rack 609833 3,547 $841.00 Peoria, AZ.
Team, Team 849 & Under, Handicapped 1 Weather Works HVAC 598841 3,585 $1,000.00 UNKNOWN, AZ 2 Bowling Bandits 601427 3,475 $650.00 Snowflake, AZ 3 Oh Those Girls 606853 3,467 $400.00 Mesa, AZ 4 Bottom of the Barrel 602531 3,462 $200.00 UNKNOWN, AZ.
Team, Team 850 -999, Handicapped 1 Audio Visions 605063 3,613 $1,300.00 Safford, AZ 2 Dam 9 Pin 608575 3,592 $1,000.00 Litchfield Park, AZ 3 Balls Deep 574515 3,564 $769.00 UNKNOWN, AZ.
Team, Team Scratch 849 & Under, Scratch 1 Bottom of the Barrel 602531 2,424 $150.00 UNKNOWN, AZ.
Team, Team Scratch 850 - 999, Scratch 1 WE DONT GIVE A SPLIT!!! 607901 2,981 $550.00 Phoenix, AZ 2 TEAM AERODYNAMIC 3 550597 2,907 $350.00 Queen Creek, AZ.
Doubles, Doubles 339 & Under, Handicapped 1 Hanson, Peter A / Hewitt, Joseph R 605064 1,484 $485.00 Safford, AZ 2 Miller, Frankie L / Jarvis, Joshua A 601866 1,466 $437.00 Animas, NM 3 Nitta, Ross M / Nitta, Tammy 568208 1,463 $388.00 Avondale, AZ.
Doubles, Doubles 340 - 399, Handicapped 1 Stoutmeyer, Brandon J / Lopez, Thomas A 557065 1,520 $500.00 Tucson, AZ 2 West, Robert L, Sr / Lorentz, Thomas G 601460 1,514 $440.00 Tucson, AZ 3 Smith, Anthony S / Deherrera, Derek R 574515 1,511 $420.00 UNKNOWN, AZ.
Doubles, Doubles 400 & Over, Handicapped 1 Alvarez, Fernando C / Galindo, Gabriel 601544 1,505 $500.00 Rio Rico, AZ 2 Altamirano, Xavier / Villa, Rene F 555931 1,483 $450.00 Tucson, AZ 3 Ylvisaker, Keith R / Garrett, Matthew R 583646 1,481 $390.00 Tucson, AZ.
Doubles, Doubles Scratch 339 & Under, Scratch 1 Nitta, Ross M / Nitta, Tammy 568208 1,097 $180.00 Avondale, AZ 2 Romo, Bonnie J / Romo, Marissa K 575387 1,081 $100.00 Laveen, AZ.
Doubles, Doubles Scratch 340 - 399, Scratch 1 Wiley, Shawn M / Kozak, Alison R 611334 1,272 $300.00 Peoria, AZ 2 Fitzgerald, William L / Nickelson, Kevin E 610265 1,268 $200.00 Maricopa, AZ 3 Klusmann, Ken A / Baker, Scott A 602531 1,252 $150.00 UNKNOWN, AZ.
Doubles, Doubles Scratch 400 & Over, Scratch 1 Smaglik, Edward J / Jenkins, Kevin T 576667 1,453 $325.00 Chandler, AZ 2 McElliott, Jeremy L / Quilt, Dan W 613501 1,444 $280.00 Maricopa, AZ 2 Schenck, Tyler C / Taylor, Dylan P 614195 1,444 $280.00 Phoenix, AZ.
Singles, Singles 169 & Under, Handicapped 1 Hewitt, Joseph R 605064 828 $450.00 Safford, AZ.
Singles, Singles 170 - 199, Handicapped 1 Morgan, Ray E 557062 833 $240.00 Tucson, AZ 2 Calvert, Glenn 601447 826 $204.00 Phoenix, AZ 3 Nitta, Ross M 568208 817 $199.00 Avondale, AZ.
Singles, Singles 200 & Over, Handicapped 1 Garrett, Matthew R 583646 801 $245.00 Tucson, AZ 2 Reinfried, Justin T 609281 797 $208.00 Phoenix, AZ 3 Smith, Kevin M 607762 795 $203.00 Avondale, AZ.
ingles, Singles Scratch 169 & Under, Scratch 1 Stringfellow, Robert W 598383 560 $150.00 Safford, AZ 2 Baker, Alex E 602531 539 $100.00 UNKNOWN, AZ 3 Gonzalez, Dan 550597 525 $50.00 Queen Creek, AZ.
Singles, Singles Scratch 170 -199, Scratch 1 Jacobs, John S 584328 705 $160.00 Sun City, AZ 2 Verbil, John M 609945 689 $142.00 Scottsdale, AZ 3 Smith, Jacqueline T 597719 688 $124.00 Avondale, AZ.
Singles, Singles Scratch 200 & Over, Scratch 1 Garrett, Matthew R 583646 793 $160.00 Tucson, AZ 2 Toon, Michael J 609784 764 $150.00 Glendale, AZ 3 Quilt, Dan W 613501 763 $140.00 Maricopa, AZ.
All Events Handicap, All Events Handicap 169 & Under, Handicapped 1 Hewitt, Joseph R 605064 2,396 $170.00 Safford, AZ 2 Young, Christopher J 572118 2,310 $120.00 Tucson, AZ 3 Cruz, James A 597740 2,195 $100.00 Yuma, AZ.
All Events Handicap, All Events Handicap 170 - 199, Handicapped 1 Hirose, Brian K 608575 2,298 $120.00 Litchfield Park, AZ 2 Verbil, John M 609945 2,291 $115.00 Scottsdale, AZ 3 Cox, Ken L 568829 2,287 $110.00 Payson, AZ 4 Morgan, Ray E 557062 2,283 $104.00 Tucson, AZ.
All Events Handicap, All Events Handicap 200 & Over, Handicapped 1 Van Gordon, Brian T 585222 2,327 $125.00 Glendale, AZ 2 Hurley, Katherine V 609833 2,283 $107.00 Peoria, AZ 3 Haugen, Michael W 614198 2,281 $103.00 Phoenix, AZ.
All Events Scratch, All Events Scratch 169 & Under, Scratch 1 Baker, Alex E 602531 1,576 $170.00 UNKNOWN, AZ 2 Gonzalez, Dan 550597 1,535 $100.00 Queen Creek, AZ 3 Roybal, Vernon S 607604 1,529 $50.00 Phoenix, AZ.
All Events Scratch, All Events Scratch 170 - 199, Scratch 1 Verbil, John M 609945 2,024 $240.00 Scottsdale, AZ 2 Ylvisaker, Keith R 583646 2,001 $210.00 Tucson, AZ 3 Jacobs, John S 584328 1,982 $180.00 Sun City, AZ.
All Events Scratch, All Events Scratch 200 & Over, Scratch 1 Haugen, Michael W 614198 2,281 $230.00 Phoenix, AZ 2 Fitzgerald, Michael S 610265 2,257 $222.00 Maricopa, AZ 3 McHenry, Christopher W 598752 2,245 $213.00 Marana, AZ 4 Jenkins, Kevin T 576667 2,169 $205.00 Chandler, AZ
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A Little News From Bowling Dynamics. Courtesy Of Bowling Dynamics.
*Bowling Dynamics is excited to share the news - congratulations Tony Maresca for celebrating your 50 years of participation at the 2021 USBC Open Championships!
Tony's first nationals event was in 1969 in Cincinnati. Since then, he has bowled Nationals in 27 different cities across 19 different states. After completing this year's event, he will have bowled 450 Nationals games.
Tony, it has been an honor bowling alongside you so many of these years. Looking forward to bowling Nationals together as long as they'll let us submit our entries. May those pins keep falling ever in your favor!
Tony accomplished the milestone in May.
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A Little News From Metro Phoenix.
*Congrats to Bryanna Cote and Jakob Butturff, on winning this years Masters and Queens titles. The event was bowled on June 26 at Bowlero Christown.
*Congratulations to Joe Ashley on his MPUSBC Open Singles title with an 804 Series.
*Congratulations to Ed Smaglik and Andrew Cain for winning doubles at the Metro Phoenix USBC Championship Tournament.And another congratulations to Andrew for taking the win in All Events. May the pins keep falling ever in your favor! (courtesy of Bowling Dynamics).
*Congratulations to Donovan Conley on winning this years Classified Masters!.
*Congratulations to Mary Maddock on winning this years Princess tournament!
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Tucson Metro USBC Update
By Mark R. Kerr
Tucson - - - As the month of June has ended, our bowling community are taking their vacations, bowling in tournaments, such as the USBC Open Championships that are ongoing in Las Vegas. While this is happening, your new, incoming Tucson Metro USBC Board of Directors- Elect are working for the upcoming season.
Your new Board is working on who will be the Tucson Metro USBC representatives for each of the bowling centers in Tucson.
In addition, discussions about the structure of committee’s for Tucson Metro is being reviewed and revamped to work for the bowlers.
The tournament schedule for Tucson bowlers is also being reviewed and discussions are ongoing to have a comprehensive schedule for Tucson’s bowlers to take part, as well as other bowling tournaments during the upcoming months.
Your incoming Tucson Metro USBC Board are excited to begin their work for you, the bowlers. Their work has started and they will take office on Sunday, August 1, for which they will hold their first, official meeting.
Your new Board is for you, the bowlers of Tucson. Thank you and the Board looks forward to beginning their work and efforts.