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HENDERSON — Par-kin moved into the lead at Sunset Station’s Strike Zone Bowling Center af-ter claiming the top spot for the second consecutive day, giving her a total of 17 ranking points through three rounds.

The players earn points based on their finishing po-sitions in each qualifying round. The top bowler of the block earns one rank-ing point, second place earns two points, etc., with the lowest total of ranking points after the five six-game blocks determining the 2017 USBC Team USA Trials champions.

After averaging more than 241 to lead Thursday’s second round, Parkin con-tinued at a torrid pace Fri-day, averaging better than 260 on the 45-foot Rome oil pattern to take the over-

Missy Parkin Averages Over 260 For A Six Game Block at the

2017 USBC Team USA Trialsall lead. The seven-time Team USA member rolled games of 287, 256, 205, 279, 257 and 278 for a 1,562 total.

“I think yesterday defi-nitely loosened up my swing quite a bit,” said Par-kin, who rolled a 300 game to start Thursday’s round. “It’s nice to capitalize on yesterday’s block and come in today with another great start. It allowed me to stay consistent, allowed my swing to stay relaxed and allowed me to bowl well the rest of the block.”

Parkin now is setting her sights on holding onto the top spot and earning a trip to the 2017 QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup in Hermosillo, Mexico. The men’s and women’s Team USA Trials winners will represent Team USA at the event.

“I had a lot of motiva-tion going into this week, but my goal definitely is to go to the World Cup,” said Parkin, who finished 15th in Wednesday’s open-ing round. “I’ve never been to the World Cup, and it’s definitely on my bucket list. After a slow first day, I knew I would have to bowl really well in order to do that.”

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287, 256, 205, 279, 257, 278 / 1,562

USA Beats “The World” in GEICO PBA World Series of Bowling VIII Team Finale

Dick Allen’s strike in one-ball sudden-death roll-off clinches victory for American stars

RENO, Nev. -- In a five-player team showdown in-volving top U.S. perform-ers vs. a team of the best international performers during the GEICO PBA World Series of Bowling VIII presented by Silver Legacy Resort and Ca-sino, the American players claimed bragging rights by beating a talented interna-tional squad in the USA vs. The World challenge match to conclude WSOB VIII at the National Bowling Sta-dium. The team finale aired Sunday on ESPN.

In the non-title special event which concluded the

Champions (L-R) Mitch Beasley, BJ Moore, Matt O’Grady, III Dick Allen, EJ Tackett & Manager Tommy Jones

LAS VEGAS, NV—On December 9th, at the an-nual Expedia Banquet held at the Bellagio, former CA youth standout bowler and State Star of Tomorrow, Anthony Rose received “2016 Market Associate of the Year” and “Market As-sociate Influencer of the Year for 2016!” Congratu-lations are in order as both are huge honors for Rose, who has been employed with Expedia in Las Vegas for three years. Rose began employment with Expedia right after he graduated from UNLV.

Rose still has time to bowl in leagues and com-petes in a scratch league in Vegas on Tuesday nights.

WINNETKA – If you can’t afford to hire a coach at some point in the New Year, perhaps there are oth-er ways to maximize your bowling talents.

One can always read a bowling book and survey all the suggestions – one of my favorite books is Steve Felege’s “The Essentials of Bowling. Approaching the Perfect Game.”

It’s no-nonsense, only 65 pages, cuts to the chase and California Bowling News editor / publisher Carol Mancini heartily en-dorses it.

Or one can talk to a bowling master. And what better person is there than elite bowler Johnnie Engle-hart, he of the 66 perfect games and 67 800 series?

Talking to him recently,

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?: 2011 CUSBC Star of Tomorrow Anthony Rose is

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eighth annual World Series, all 10 players earned their way onto their respective teams after a combined 32 games of qualifying in the four animal pattern championships (Cheetah, Chameleon, Scorpion and Shark) that led into the PBA World Championship. The top five U.S. qualifiers represented the USA while the top five international players from the 169-player field earned berths on The World team.

Competing on the 41-foot PBA World Champi-onship lane condition pat-tern in a best-of-two-game

Baker format team match, the USA team of Dick Al-len, Columbia, S.C.; Matt O’Grady, South Amboy, N.J.; 2016 Chameleon Championship presented by HotelPlanner.com win-ner Mitch Beasley, Clarks-ville, Tenn.; BJ Moore III, Greensburg, Pa., and 2016 PBA World Champion-ship winner EJ Tackett of Huntington, Ind., took the early lead by defeating The World team, 253-224, in game one.

Undaunted, The World team, with Australia’s Sam Cooley, England’s Dom Barrett, 2016 PBA Shark

Championship winner Francois Lavoie of Cana-da, Mexico’s Arturo Quin-tero and Sweden’s Martin Larsen came back to win the second game, 223-210, which set up a one-ball sudden-death roll-off to de-

This Master Passes Muster When It Comes to 300sby Fred Eisenhammer

Johnny Englehart

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LAUGHLIN, NV - Brian Markowitz started bowling at the age of six and now 50 years later he’s still at it. During the past five decades Brian has been involved in every aspect of our sport: bowler, coach, pro-shop operator, pro-bowler, tourna-ment promoter and bowling center manager. That’s what I call a Bowling Renaissance Man. A man with broad experience and involvement in every aspect of our sport.

It all started when Grandpa Bill (William Shapiro) taught Brian how to bowl. Brian started with a nine pound “alley ball” but soon had his own ten pound AMF Three Dot. Once he had his own ball, Brian’s bowling skills improved exponentially. He soon was rolling 200’s and became a bowling junky. He was the kid who wanted to bowl rather then play ball. He was the kid who analyzed and evaluated his bowling game and strived to find better ways to score. His analytical approach to our sport made him the perfect candidate for a bowling career.

Brian was a bowling prodigy. A bowling MOZART. Mo-zart wrote symphony’s as a youngster and Brian authored honor scores at a young age. His first perfect game was as a junior bowler at a tournament at Fountain Bowl. He now has twenty-seven perfectos to his credit with several 800s with a high of 856. He has averaged 200 for thirty-seven consecutive years now with a high of 228.

Over the years Brian has had numerous accomplishments as an amateur: JAT (Junior Amateur Tour) titles, California state titles, house records and scoring firsts. With such incredible numbers as an amateur bowler it was a natural next step for Brian to turn professional.

Brian has been a PBA member for twenty-eight years and is a PBA Champion with two PBA Regional Titles. He currently is on the Regional Staff with Storm and Roto Grip. In the past he has been on Staff with Brunswick and Hammer. We all have bowling memories. Fond memories of big games, big wins and friendships made and maintained for years. Brian has many of such memories but has two favorites that involve bowling leg-ends Steve Cooper and Glenn Allison. Steve Cooper developed the first reactive resin bowling ball for X-Caliber (Purple X-Cal-iber) and drilled one of the prototype’s for Brian to roll. It made Brian part of bowling history, a player with a role in the develop-ment of a new generation of bowling balls.

Glenn Allison is a living legend, Mr. 900. The first person to bowl 900. Brian and Glenn are friends. Friends for nearly forty years. On Glenn’s record night Brian was there. Brian was also bowling that night in “Glenn’s league”. While Glenn was perfect that night (July 1, 1982) Brian rolled the second highest score of the night, 699 (232 - 237 - 230). If you ask, Brian will tell you: “Glenn Allison bowled his 900 on a legal lane condi-tion that night and his score should be certified”. Brian used a Columbia Yellow Dot that night, a ball many experts consider to be one of the best ever produced.

BRIAN MARKOWITZ - Bowling’s Renaissance Man“Markowitz - Mozart - Buffalo Bill”

by Frank Weiler

Brian transitioned from bowler to pro-shop operator with ease. His knowledge of equipment and extensive bowling expe-rience made him well qualified to own and operate a pro-shop. He owned three shops before becoming a bowling center man-ager. Over the past two decades he has managed bowling centers in Arizona, California and Nevada. For the last eighteen years he has managed Riverside Lanes in Laughlin, a mecca for sweeper bowlers. During his tenure as manager of Riverside Lanes Brian proved himself to be a super promoter, in a league with “BUF-FALO BILL CODY”, COLONEL TOM PARKER, BARNUM and BAILLY. He has an eye for opportunity and is willing to take risks. A real entrepreneur and one of the best bowling man-agers I have met.

Some of Brian’s ambitious managerial endeavors include hosting PWBA Tournaments and over three hundred other pro-fessional events, co-creating and promoting two different tourna-ment clubs (Fun Time Bowling and Laughlin Blast) and hosting hundreds of league sweepers.

Because of his many contributions to the sport of bowling, as bowler, coach, technician, executive and promoter he is the only person I know elected to a USBC Hall of Fame both for superior performance and meritorious service. I tip my hat to Brian for all that he has done for the sport of bowling. He not only is an outstanding problem solver he also is a great guy. I think “BIG BOWLING” (BPAA, Bowl-Mor and USBC) would be wise to recruit Brian for one of their top level management positions. Our sport needs new blood and an innovator like Brian Markow-itz.

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Carolyn “Mickey” Curley, former General Manager of La Habra 300 Bowl, passed away peacefully at the age of 94. Her career spanned over five decades at La Habra 300 Bowl. Services will be held at St. Angela Merici Church in Brea, CA on Monday, January 16th at 10am. Her friends from the bowling community are invited to come and pay their respects.

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Jose Jauregui receiving his 300 award on 12-18-16 in the Vegas Rollers league at Keystone Lanes. Secretary Sarah Avilez and Vice President Manny Galvan present the award.

RENO, Nev. – Did you happen to see ESPN’s tele-cast of last month’s Pro-fessional Bowlers Assn. World Championship at the National Bowling Sta-dium?

E.J. Tackett, only 24 but already a dominant player on the PBA Tour, won the title with a decisive 246-180 victory over Tom Smallwood.

It was Tackett’s first ma-jor championship of his ca-reer after many near-misses and his fourth PBA title of the 2016 season. I had written about Tackett a few years ago when he was per-forming for the L.A. X in the PBA League, bemoan-ing the fact that he was prone to erratic shots. But the 5-foot-7, 130-pound right hander was totally in control in the World Championship title match, popping strikes on his final six shots en route to his fifth career PBA title.To me, the most watchable mo-ment came after Tackett’s victory – when he jumped into the stands and hugged his dad, Ed, in a long tearful embrace.

That touching moment stirred this thought: Remember that age-old debate about whether bowling is a game or a sport?

I was thinking that I never acted that emotionally when I won a game of Scrabble or Monopoly against my son Eric. And I’ll wager E.J. Tackett never raced to his dad with tears in his eyes after winning a game of Parcheesi.

But after claiming the $60,000 top prize in the World Championship, E.J. and his dad did some well-justified celebrating in front of the world.

Interviewed after the show, Tackett said: “This is an amazing feeling. It’s unlike any-thing else I’ve felt in my life. To have my dad here I couldn’t ask for anything more. It’s euphoria right now.”

Tackett was exulting at his good fortune and the viewers undoubtedly were exulting along with him. There was no doubt that on this day Tackett had made an indelible mark in his sport. It’s difficult to find anything that was more enjoyable to watch.

E.J. Tackett Was Not Playing Games With This Conquestby Fred Eisenhammer

E.J. Tackett is honored after winning the World Champion-ship, the first major title of his career. Courtesy of PBA

E.J. Tackett finished the World Championship with six strikes en route to a 246-180 vic-tory over Tom Smallwood. Courtesy of PBA

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South Point Bowling Plaza in Las Vegas with the South Point West Challenge for non-champions, and the South Point member/non-member doubles, both presented by Track. The PBA Central Region also returns to action with the PBA/PBA50 Don Vay Memorial Central Doubles Classic at Legend Lanes in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.

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cide the outcome.The team managers, 18-time PBA champion Tommy

Jones for the USA and five-time tour winner Osku Pal-ermaa for the World team, were tasked with choosing the representatives for the roll-off, selecting Allen for the U.S. and Barrett for the World team to go first. The U.S. ended the suspense quickly, however, when Allen struck on the first ball and Barrett countered with a seven-count, leav-ing the 3-6-10.

“This was basically a team that runs itself,” said Jones. “You have to consider yourself fortunate to have a group of guys like this who have the good chemistry right out of the box. You couldn’t really handpick a better team.”

As leadoff bowler bowling the first and sixth frames of each game in addition to the first sudden-death attempt, Allen struck in every frame he bowled.

“That’s the name of the game, right?,” said Allen, a four-time PBA Tour champion. “I like the team concept because it’s up to you to make the best of every frame you’re called on to bowl in the Baker format. Fortunately, I made the right decisions with my equipment and that en-abled me to maximize my contribution to the team effort.”

The USA team shared in a $40,000 first prize while the World team earned $20,000.

The USA team notched its first win in the series after losing to World teams in two previous contests in 2013 and 2011.USA VS. THE WORLD TEAM CHALLENGENational Bowling Stadium, Reno, Nev., SundayBest-of-Two-Game Baker Team FormatMatch One: USA (Dick Allen, Matt O’Grady, Mitch Beasley, BJ Moore III, EJ Tackett) def. The World (Sam Cooley, Dom Barrett, Francois Lavoie, Arturo Quintero, Martin Larsen), 253-224.Match Two: The World def. USA, 223-210.One-Ball Sudden-Death Roll-Off:Dick Allen (USA) def. Dom Barrett (The World), 10-7.

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ENGELHART continued from page 1I asked the right-handed marksman to condense a lifetime of knowledge in a short piece of advice that he could im-part to bowlers.

“Practice,” was his first reply, and certainly bowlers as-piring to perform big things in 2017 generally don’t visit the lanes often enough.

Johnnie then added, “Don’t dwell on the negative.” That may seem very simple but how often do bowlers

fail that test as well? So often bowlers will leave a ringing 10 pin on a seemingly perfect hit and then express anger at the fates turning against them.

What happens next is often guaranteed.An easy one-pin spare turns into an open frame when

the second shot from the bowler – still angry from that unfortunate first shot – is not thrown with the usual pre-cision. Emotions have a way of wreaking havoc with a bowler’s shot.

Englehart, a Winnetka resident, had one parting piece of advice – but this hint is reserved for the best of the best. It deals with bowlers’ final shot after they open a game with 11 strikes – with only one more strike needed to complete a memorable perfect game.

“Don’t look behind you, especially in a handicap league,” suggests Englehart with a chuckle.

Englehart is well experienced on how crowds smell out a perfect game in the making. Before an aspiring 300 bowler makes his final shot, a nerves-inducing crowd typically congregates to watch a slice of history.

“It’s harder to bowl 300 in a handicap environment than a scratch because all the handicappers stop at one time,” Englehart said. “In the scratch world, [a 300] is more commonplace.”

Asked about how many near-miss perfect games he’s had, Englehart reported: He’s had 13 299 games and eight 298 games (not to mention 18 290 games).

That means he’s had 97 chances to complete a perfect game with a final strike and he’s done so 66 times for a 68% success rate.

Considering the enormous pressure on the final shot, Johnnie Englehart apparently follows his own advice with good success when he’s 300 bound.

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NOT INCLUDED IN ENTRY 100% Return Of Prize Fund Based On A Minimum Ratio Of 1 For Each 6 Entries. All Prize Money Will Be Based On Total Pins Plus Handicap 100% Of 200. IN LIEU OF PRIZE FUND YOUTH BOWLERS WILL RECEIVE SCHOLARSHIPS TO BE HELD IN THE SMART PROGRAM (Account #8959) OPTIONAL HANDICAP PRIZE FUN $5.00 ALL Entrants Must Be Members OF THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY USBC and in Good Standing. Bowlers Will Be Required to Show Their USBC CERTIFICATION Card. Only Scratch Winners in Each Division (MEN, WOMEN & YOUTH) Will Represent the Associations at the State Helen Duval-BVL Roll off being held at Manteca Bowl–1251 E Yosemite Ave., Manteca – Saturday, March 25, 2017 – Hosted by the Manteca USBC Association Entering Average: Use the Average in the order Given, Based on 21 Games or More. (1) Highest known Average 2015-2016 season (summer or winter) (2) Current 2016-2017 Winter (21 games) At Time of Participation, Need Sheet. (3) Members Not Having The Required Number Of Games Shall Be Assigned A 200 Average to be use for optional prize fund only. (USBC Rule 319a-e will be in effect. Rule 319-f will be waived.) DIVISIONS: WOMEN MEN YOUTH CLASSIC 181 AND OVER CLASSIC 191 AND OVER CLASSIC 185 AND OVER A 166 - 180 A 170 - 190 A 165 -184 B 151 - 165 B 151 - 169 B 145- 164 C 136 - 150 C 131 - 150 C 125 -144 D 121 - 135 D 130 AND UNDER D 100 -124 E 120 AND UNDER E 99 AND UNDER E 99 AND UNDER ******************************************************************************************************************** SEND PREPAID ENTRIES TO: SGV USBC 4020 N SHADYDALE AVE., COVINA, CA 91722 Additional information call the SGV USBC– (626) 337-6270 PLEASE PRINT INFORMATION ___FEMALE ___MALE YOUTH _____(Boy) _____(Girl) ______ Average _____________________________________________________________________________________________ NAME CARD # _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ADDRESS CITY ZIP PHONE # E-MAIL If You Win Your Division Can You Bowl State Roll Off? Yes No Have You Won This Tournament Before? ______Yes _____No

HENDERSON — For most of us, the first week of the New Year is a time to set a goal. However, for Stephanie Zavala, the first week of 2017 was a time to achieve a goal – and a big one at that.

On Sunday Stephanie earned spots on both Junior Team USA and Team USA by finishing second in the wom-en’s amateur division of the USBC Team USA Trials held January 3-8 at Sunset Station in Henderson, Nevada.

Stephanie, a junior on the wom-en’s bowling team at Sam Houston State, averaged 218 for the five six-game rounds, each round featuring a different and equally challenging sport pattern.

As a member of Junior Team USA the Downey native will represent the United States in international bowl-ing competition. Congratulations Stephanie!

Stephanie Zavala Earns Spot on Team USAby David Schiada

Proud Zavala parents as a life long dream comes true. (L-R) Armando Zavala, Stephanie Zavala & Estela Zavala.

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• The sixtys. Good music, great friends, lots of bowling action and I was smarter than my telephone.• CROWN BOWL installed a wall of vending machines labeled - - - - Cold Milk, Cold Food, Snacks. Hot Coffee, Ice Cream, Candy and Bowling Needs. • The Silver Slipper and The Parkchester Motel offered a bowler special. A room for two $3.88, Buffet dinner for 2 plus 2 breakfast and cocktails $6.62, and 40 nickels for the slots for a total of $12.50. Want more? They added “Minsky’s Burlesque”.• 24 Lane SAN PEDRO BOWL was repossessed by Sports Arena Inc. and put on the auction block.• MAJOR BOWL offered a Suzuki Motorcycle for their first 300 game.• BAR TULANIAN and DICK STROBRIDGE won $125.00 First Place at VICTORY BOWL.• SUNSET BOWL got a million dollar make over and celebrated with a Grand Re-Open-ing starring BILLY MYERS on the lanes with free instructions. “Twas the free food thatdrew a crowd and BILLY made them think.• Even though HANK LAUMAN was one of the greatest Southland bowlers in the 50’s and 60’s, he never tooted his own horn or gloated over his many wins. He was a “gentleman bowler” on the lanes and off.• ART GODDARD and DAVE LEE opened a pro shop inside ARCADIA BOWL. Their new drilling machine took only one minute to punch out three holes.• JOHN JENNINGS rolled the first 300 game at CAMARILLO LANES. Remember??• ROSEMEAD BOWL came up with a “goody”. They called it “All Splits Are Strikes”. Entry fee $2.00. Splits were counted as strikes. Is that what we call “Snake Bite” today??• JOE LYOU wrote an article about proprietors bad mouthing bowling biz. Proprietors cried that bowling was going down hill. Sure enough, 50 years later we are losing bowlers by the thousands. Thanks Bowling Proprietors for your negative thinking.• February 20, 1966 headline and story. “BETTY MIVELAZ shoots 300 Game.” The “Women’s All Star League” at CENTURY BOWL” had ladies of the highest caliber in Cali-fornia; DONNA ZIMMERMAN, BOBBE LIPMAN, CONNIE PICK, BRENDA GILLIS, JUDY LEE and GWEN MIRILLO.• Question - - - “What is the highest game on record without a strike, spare, split or foul?” Answer - - - 88 rolled by Jim Dunn of Chicago on May 7, 1964.• Asher and Knipple clashed on T.V. Channel 5 from MONTEREY PARK. Guess who won! Weekly local competition! What a treat.• Blind bowlers received special instructions at CIVIC BOWL, the only center equipped to do so.• The BOWLING NEWS was 10 cents a week and had 22,000 subscribers. Now it’s free folks - - - turn on your computer, phone or IPAD.• Long Beach had a Southpaw Club! Ladies only. Talk about fun! Are lefties really smarter than righties??• What was the lowest score shot with nine strikes? No fouls or gutters. Answer ????? Send us your answer!!!

1966 - PART 1 by Carol Mancini

• How many 298, 299, 300 awards were given out in 1934? How many in 1964? 433 was reported for 1934. 1964 was better - - - 1690, nationwide.• Shooting. Murdering. Hangs. Strikes. Bangs. Booms. Hammers. Splits. Chips. Topples. Romps. Our game sounds dangerous and exciting - - - agreed?• In the good advice column - - - “The best place for your bathroom scale is in front of your refrigerator”. Not bowling related, I just like it !- - - -Carol • Blue Chip bowling was making bowling fun again. And worth enjoying on a Saturday night. Save up the stamps, paste them in a book, check the catalog and head for the Blue Chip Redemption store. P.S. I got arrested and taken to El Cajon jail one Saturday night for running Blue Chip bowling at PARKWAY BOWL. Of the 300 bowlers, 4 happened to be El Cajon police officers that didn’t know about the raid! They issued me a permit and I promised not to speed in the parking lot! Carol• The L.A. area ladies went mad over Wigs! Yes, blonde, brunette, or redheads. Crews would canvas a neighborhood. Sign up ladies for “Wig Leagues”. At leagues end, every gal got a wig. The crew came to the PARKWAY BOWL area. El Cajon was virgin territory! 2500 women took 4 weeks of lessons. 28 new daytime leagues were floored. Wigs were delivered by the truck load. Biggest promotion I ever saw!• ANDY MARZICH won a PCCB at ARROW LANES. FRANK KIETZ asked ANDY about going back on tour. At 30, ANDY was tired of the tour and was about to become one of the Southland’s top Center Manager. Quote “My deal in California is guaranteed. A great future, steady income, and no travel, that’s for me.” Andy continued to be a “Maple Mauler” for 40 years.• A few stats: 19% of sanctioned leagues were 5 man teams. (All Male) 81% were mixed trios, 4’s and 5’s. What is the percentage today???? One all male league per associa-tion?? • Anybody ever hear of TOPA BOWL? It was in Ojai. Anybody ever hear of Ojai???• NBC-TV presented “Sports in Action” featuring baseball stars on the lanes. Check these names: Clete Boyer, Jim Fregosi, Harmon Killebrew, Brooks Robinson, Carl Yastrzemski, Lou Brock, Pete Rose and Joe Torre. Wish we could find a copy of that show• ED LUBANSKI had back to back 300 games on T.V.• DEL ROSA BOWL featured “Automobowl .” Win a Mercury Comet Sports Coupe for a $10.00 entry fee.• JUDY LEE won the W.I.B.C. Queens Tourney.• Actors LESLIE NIELSEN and JAMES FRANCISCUS were at SANTA PAULA LANES to film “Shadow Over Elveron”. • ARROWHEAD LANES announced their annual “Left Handed Singles Championship.” A bang up tournament for the 4th of July weekend. Did you enjoy 1966 Part I? Then you’ll love 1966 Part II - - - as soon as I get the volumn off the shelf. C.M.


SMART Re-Distributes To Providers More Than $1 Million From Expired AccountsARLINGTON, Texas – The Scholarship Management

and Accounting Reports for Tenpins (SMART) Corpora-tion will distribute more than $1 million from expired ac-counts to providers by the end of 2016.

The SMART Board of Directors unanimously voted to have all expired funds returned to providers to be used for more scholarships.

“SMART is able to put these expired funds to work by placing them in the hands of providers, who can provide more scholarships for their events and hopefully increase the number of participants,” said SMART Corporation Board Chairman Wally Hall.

Under its terms and conditions, SMART can suspend or terminate a user’s account if a provider account becomes inactive, meaning a deposit or a funded list is not entered into the account during any five-year period. Activity does not include the return of expired funds from a recipient or earnings allocated to a provider from SMART.

While SMART has made income earnings distributions in the past, including a $450,000 distribution to provid-ers’ funds earlier this year based on 2015 earnings, this is the first time for SMART to allocate expired funds to providers. The SMART Board previously determined that income distributions would take place each May.

The SMART program was started by the United States Bowling Congress in 1994 to provide a centralized loca-tion to manage bowling scholarship funds, as well as pro-viding USBC members with a resource for inquiries about bowling scholarships.

The SMART Bowling Scholarship Funding Corpora-tion was created in 2010 as an independent entity dedi-cated to the management, protection and promotion of the SMART scholarship funds. USBC staff oversees the daily operation of the program.

Visit BOWL.com/SMART to learn more about the SMART program.

Please help us promote the youth scholarship awards that we have to offer! www.calusbc.com

CA USBC $1,000 YOUTH SCHOLARSHIPApplicants must be youth members of the California USBC Association. Scholarships

may be awarded each year, but not necessarily every year and will be awarded only once to a recipient. Points are graded for both academic and bowling participation.

CA USBC $2,500 STAR OF TOMORROW YOUTH SCHOLARSHIP This award recognizes star qualities in a high school or college student who competes

in the sport of bowling. Star qualities include distinguished certified bowling perfor-mances on state, local, national, international, Team USA, or collegiate levels; as well as academic achievement and leadership.

All high school seniors and currently enrolled college students are encouraged to ap-ply. This award is both academically and sport performance graded. The scores of our youth bowlers are rising as fast as the cost of a college education in today’s economy. You can help towards the expenses of a “college bound” youth bowler from your associa-tion, who you feel is eligible for this annual award, simply by submitting your nomination by the deadline date. Who knows? One or more youngsters, who could qualify, may be “right under your nose”!

STATE YOUTH HONOR AWARDSCalifornia youth bowlers are eligible to earn special honor awards for achieving the

following scores:GAMES: 298; 299;

300; 11-in-a-Row SE-RIES: 700 (Girls); 750; 800

ONLY ONE AWARD PER YOUTH BOWLER PER LIFETIME PRO-GRESSIVE

A copy of the recap and frame by frame printouts (scratch) must be included. Only games 1-2-3 of a set are valid for series awards. Applications must be sub-mitted within 45 days of the achievement. Please al-low 3-4 weeks for process-ing. Keep the ball rolling

Star of Tomorrow Youth Scholarship Application 10/2016

STAR OF TOMORROW$2,500 SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION

PURPOSETo recognize star qualities in a high school or college student who competes in the sport of bowling. Star qualities include distinguished certified bowling performances on state, local, national, international, Team USA or Collegiate levels; academic achievement; and leadership. Award winners receive a $2,500 scholarship.

ELIGIBILITY The male or female nominee shall be:

1. An active member of the California United States Bowling Congress Association (Youth or Collegiate) and an amateur as defined by USBC rules.

2. A High School graduating SENIOR who has applied to -OR- is currently attending an accredited University, Junior College or Vocational Institution.

3. Younger than 20 years as of August 1, preceding the January 15 application date.4. A current season bowler with a minimum average of 175 and an outstanding record of bowling

achievements in the past and current seasons. 5. Recorded as having minimum of 2.0 GPA or equivalent.

NOMINATION PROCEDURENOMINEE must:

1. Complete this official nomination form.2. Include at least one letter of reference.3. Include current official school transcripts.4. Attach an essay of at least 100 words stating interests, hobbies, and future goals.5. Detail involvement with the local and/or state USBC or other areas of the bowling arena, as

well as any service rendered to his/her community.6. Attach any additional documentation of any awards, honors, or community service, (i.e.

scouting, school or community activities).

SUBMISSION1. Application must be made using this official form. 2. Type or print clearly all information. Use a blank sheet of paper to continue all answers and

number them to correspond with the question number (i.e., B1, C4, etc.). 3. Send this completed form and all accompanying documents to:

CUSBC, 45 Mitchell Blvd, Suite 7, San Rafael, CA 94903 4. The USPS postmark date MUST BE on or before JANUARY 15.5. Any inquiries? Please contact CUSBC at (415) 492-8880.

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GOLD COAST - 70Hotel, Casino, & Bowling Center

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THE ORLEANS - 70Hotel, Casino, & Bowling Center

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RIVERSIDE LANES - 341650 S. Casino Drive, Laughlin, NV 89029

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SAM’S TOWN - 56Hotel, Gambling Hall, & Bowling Center

5111 Boulder Highway, Las Vegas, NV 89122

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SOUTH POINT - 649777 Las Vegas Blvd.,

South Las Vegas, NV 89123(866) 796-7111 Fax: 702-797-808164 Lanes, Snack Bar, Pro Shop

SUNCOAST - 64Hotel, Casino, & Bowling Center

9090 Alta Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89145

(702) 636-7400

BUENA LANES - 421788 S. Mesa Verde, Ventura, CA 93003

(805) 677-7770buenalanes.com

Email: [email protected]

CAL BOWL - 682500 E. Carson Street, Lakewood, CA 90712

(562) 421-8448 • Fax: (562) 420-4775www.calbowl.com • Manager: Leonard Ruiz Jr.


DEL RIO LANES - 327502 E. Florence, Downey, CA 90240(562) 927-3351 • Fax: (562) 928-5453

www.delriolanes.com • Mgr: Mike CammarataEmail: [email protected]

GABLE HOUSE BOWL - 4022501 Hawthorne Blvd.,

Torrance, CA 90505(310) 378-2265

gablehousebowl.com

GARDENA BOWLING CENTER - 1615707 S. Vermont Ave.,

Gardena, CA 90247(310) 324-1244

gardenabowl.com

KEYSTONE LANES - 4811459 E. Imperial Hwy., Norwalk, CA 90650

(562) 868-3261 • Fax: (562) 929-0701www.keystonelanes.com • Mgr: Dave Piazza


OAK TREE LANES - 36990 N. Diamond Bar Blvd.,

Diamond Bar, CA 91765(909) 860-3558

oaktreelanes.net

PALOS VERDES BOWL - 4024600 Crenshaw Blvd. Torrance, CA 90505

(310) 326-5120 Fax: (310) [email protected] or [email protected] Facebook.com/pv.bowl

PICKWICK BOWL - 24921 W. Riverside Drive, Burbank, CA 91506

(818) 845-5300 Ext. 350 or Ext. 351Pickwick Gardens Bowl and Ice Center

“Where The Fun Never Stops”

PINZ BOWLING CENTER - 3212655 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, CA 91604

(818) 769-7600www.pinzla.com

BRUNSWICK SANDS BOWL - 3243233 Sierra Hwy.,

Lancaster, CA 93534(661) 948-2651 • Fax (661) 942-3853

www.bowlbrunswick.com

SANTA CLARITA LANES - 3221615 W. Soledad Canyon Rd.,Saugus, CA 91350

(661) 254-0540 • Fax (661) 254-7562www.santaclaritalanes.com


WINNETKA BOWL - 3220122 Vanowen St., Winnetka, C

A 91306(818) 340-5190 • Fax (818) 340-5105

www.winnetkabowl.netEmail: [email protected]

FOREST LANES - 4022771 Centre Drive, Lake Forest, CA 92630

(949) 770-0055 • Fax: (949) 770-7839www.forestlanes.com • Manager: Jon Diso


FOUNTAIN BOWL - 6017110 Brookhurst Street,

Fountain Valley, CA 92708(714) 963-7888 • Fax: (714) 965-1158

www.fountainbowl.com

LA HABRA “300” BOWL - 32370 E. Whittier Blvd., La Habra, CA 90631

(562) 691-6721 Fax: (562) 691-0272www.lh300bowl.com

SADDLEBACK LANES - 3225402 Marguerite Parkway, Mission Viejo, CA 92692

(949) 586-5300 • Fax: (949) 586-0740www.saddlebacklanes.net

Mgr: John Chapman • Email: [email protected]

BOWLIUM LANES - 324666 E. Holt Blvd., Montclair, CA 91763

(909) 626-3528 • Fax: (909) 626-2144www.bowlium.com

Facebook.com/Bowlium

CANYON LANES - 2449750 Seminole Dr., Cabazon, CA 92230

(951) 572-6120 Fax: (951) 922-2385Located next to Morongo Casino

KEARNY MESA BOWL - 407585 Clairemont Mesa Blvd.,

San Diego, CA 92111(858) 279-1501

MIRA MESA BOWL - 448210 Mira Mesa Blvd., San Diego, CA 92126

(858) 578-0500

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SAN GABRIEL VALLEYAssociation Manager - Linda Johnson-Pilios

4020 Shadydale Ave., Covina, CA 91722 E-Mail: [email protected]

(626) 337-6270 Fax: (626) 960-9260

CITRUS BELTAssociation Manager - Elise M. Hamner667 West 2nd Street, San Bernardino, CA 92410

[email protected](909) 381-4599

ORANGE COUNTYAssociation Manager - Andrea Fredericks13896 Harbor Blvd., #5A Garden Grove, CA 92843

[email protected](714) 554-0111

NORTH L.A. COUNTYAssociation Manager - Tom Leigh

15600 Devonshire St., Suite 212, Granada Hills, CA 91344email: [email protected] website: nlacbowling.com

(818) 810-6263

SOUTH L.A. COUNTYAssociation Manager - Judy Nielsen

17057 Bellflower Blvd. Suite 210, Bellflower, CA 90706 [email protected]

(562)925-0417 Fax: (562) 925-7478

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4400 Palm Ave. Suite B, La Mesa, CA [email protected]

www.sandiegobowling.com(619)697-3334

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CALIFORNIA USBC ASSOCIATION

Association Manager - Larry Peppers45 Mitchell Blvd. Suite 7, San Rafael CA 94903

email: [email protected]

www.californiayouthbowling.com

(415) 492-8880


CAL BOWL BOWLING REPORT2500 E. Carson St., Lakewood, CA 90712 • (562) 421-8448

Oak Tree Lanes990 N. Diamond Bar Blvd.Diamond Bar, CA 91765

(909) 860-3558by A.A. Turtle

Pickwick Bowl921 Riverside Dr.

Burbank, CA 91506(818) 842-7188by Tish

DIAMOND BAR — Oak Tree Lanes will be hosting the San Gabriel Valley USBC Women & Men City Tournament the weekend of March 5 & 6, 2017.

Start putting your team together and send your entries in. Flyers are available at the center and all other centers in the San Gabriel Valley.

Now onto this week’s scores: Vegas Bound: Scr. Scores: Team 2728 T-Thirty, 674 Bobby Maleskey, 647 JR Ayotte, 649 Elison Doss-DeWinter, 646 Sherri Steelman, Team 942 Just for Fun, 269 Alex McKendall, 257 Pat Gilbert, 257 Leona Ruiz, 225 Denise Brissette-Ketto. Senior Club 55: Hdcp. scores: Team 1901 Whatever!, 678 Team 7, 661 Ron Cantrell, 638 Darla Lloyd, 278 Albert Delos Santos, 267 Raul Medina, 224 JoAnn Cunningham & Jeanne Taylor.Crazy 4 Vegas: Scr. Scores: 714 Jon Stein, 577 Nancy Jimeno, 244 Jim Loew, 229 Lance Clifford.Chamber & Friends: Scr. Scores: Team 2200 Team 7, 742 Peter Ruiz, 537 Clara Lotton, 326 Pat Gilbert, 201 Pat Mitas.Let it Ride: Scr. Scores: Team 1870 Colonial Clan, 538 Larry Lindsley, 482 Nasty Split Acevedo, 206 John Simmons.Filam Keglers: Scr. Scores: 692 Jun Chua, 677 Cip Vil-lanueva, 608 Korn Ngow, 259 Bong DelaCruz, 257 Robert Marshall, 226 Florence Sullivan.TBYBP Jr/Adult Turtle Crew: Scr. Scores: Adult 524 Bryan Dorn, Youth 416 Mathew Wang.TBYBP Pinheads: Scr. Scores: 401 Andrew Maston, 339 Ariana Chavez, 148 Mathew Wang, 165 Mia Maston.TBYBP Jr/Adult Strike Force: 514 Dante Montoya, 192 Leoj Chin.TBYBP Pin Pals: 327 Kirin Ihara, 262 Kira Ihara, 119 Brian Rossi.TBYBP Rug Rats: 84 Kaeleb Ihara, 78 Harley Murga.

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Keep up those great games. There’s going to be a special tournament on January 29th at Oak Tree called Strike Out Cancer. More information on this in our next weekly article.

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LAKEWOOD — Hi! This week we are adding some in-teresting “fun facts” about our leagues here at Cal Bowl. Read on...Big Bear: High scores—Curt Soares 267/770, Paul Staff 244/699, Sonny Dew 257/694, Leon Bradford 258/693, Sid Nakagawa 259/691, Vernon Adams 248/687, Emmer-son Wafer 247/684, Aaron Law 264/672, Louis Whitlock 246/665, Ken Seiple Jr. 662, Chris Abing 635, George Re-ister 632, Ed Cabs 628, Debra Gipson 236/683, Sue Cant 245/657, Denisha Williams, 212/600, Michelle Criswell 546, Beverly Cuevas 542, Caroline Head 513. Facts from December 29—Actual average of week’s scores: 180.68; How many people raised average by this amont: 40; League average before bowling: 179.49.Grandma’s/Grandpa’s: Fale Sula 254/737, Walter Milsap 213/637, Art Diemert 213/608, Walter Gist 204/539, Doug Johnson 535, Larry Cosgrove 226/524, Stan Murren 520, James Lewis 204/516, Betty Green 562, Tua Sula 539, Yvonne Clarke 507. Facts from December 30—Actual av-erage of week’s scores: 159.73; How many people raised average: 15; League average before bowling: 159.26.Mini Couples: Rudy Tomaneng 658, Danny Peramaki 626, Rene Palomo 619, Cindy Callaway 554, Emily Burch-man 513, Bill Dennis 267 Mike Onusic 221, Ron Ipjian 216, Orrelle Dennis 213. Facts from week 16—League high av-erages: Danny Peramaki 204, Cindy Callaway184.Young at Heart: Bob Pearson 238/651, Rey Santos 232/634, Rob Kordich 232/624, Jimmy Hamilton 236/619, Charles Gleason 230/605, Walter Millsap 221/601, Tony White 223/597, Art Diemart 220/567, Oritta Steel 233/666, Maxx Paul 206. Facts from Jan. 2—This is a Senior League. Male Hi Average Rey Santos 24; Woman Hi Average Oritta Steel 194; Her High Scratch Series is 666.Recycled Teens: Victor Santos 267/673, Ron Woodruff 219/658, Frank Graves 247/652, Jim Plante 247/610, James Lewis 215/578, Divina Buhay 539, Annie Maae 214/515, Sharon Greene 501. Facts from Jan. 2— Senior League; Hi Averages Victor Santos 214, Divinia Buhay 165; Actual average of week’s scores:165.78; How many people raised average 22; League average before bowling 165.03.Cal Bowleros: Carole Fischer 225/577, Pat Bates 506, Carolyn Rousseau 506, Leona Belletti 503. Side-pot win-ners—Game One: Bertie Martinez 242; Game Two: Carol Fischer 225; Game Three: Hedy Schoner 221.Tues. Mega Vegas-Cal: Le’Star Walker 247/733, Bob Johnson Jr. 233/664, Thurman Ashley 215/623, Rodney Payne 204/612, William Taylor 214/611, Greg Mobley 223/598, Rob Lee 212/588, Derrick Green 204/587, Jayee Ebbat 214/576, Aaron Law 575, d Newby 223/573, Tom Hillig 550. Sierra Bugs: Connie Wood 197/545, Shonna Hernandez 565, Darlene Waken 523. Side-pot winners—Game One: Diane Lepore 207; Game Two: Connie Wood/Pam John-son 178; Game Three: Connie Wood 215. Fact: Connie Wood, Could this week!Bowling Buddies: Rich Ewaskey 705, Christine Ewaskey 639, Dan Ewaskey 213. Marcus Lemons Vegas: Ronnie Lemons 678, Emmerson Wafer 255/674, Tony Kellum 242/663, Russell Fowler 648, Desi Nixon 637, Anthony Maxwell 243/628, Jello Gray 628, LaJeana Harris 221/594, Precious Davis 226/580, Stepha-nie Jones 207/564. Facts from January 4—Actual average of week’s scores: 174.97; How many people raised aver-aes: 29.C.A.U.L.: Welcome Back to Round Two! Alan Nyberg 245/587, George Howells 209/568, David Regul 218/564,

Jim Johnson 224/549, Carlos Roman 221/548, Jack Baligad 215/540, Skye Zbur 538, Kurt Haidl 210/530, Lori Gilmore 457.Senior Men’s Trio: Jerry Cant 743, Curt Soares 720, Fale Sula 714, Joe Acosta 268/706, Anthony Leavell 704, Daryl McCloud 279, Pat Kinard 278, Steve Dagel 269, Emmer-son Wafer 268.Funsters: Boylee Inocente 646, Abe Morales 644, Fale Sula 599, Luz Cruz 559, Leona Belletti 519, Dee Phipps 508, Fred Guray 246, Steve Ralph 225, Tom Pettway 221, Janet Kastor 210.Have a great weekend.

BURBANK — Another year has past by and I, once again, have a fresh start. Or so they say. I am reaching a time in my bowling career where things just aren’t as easy as they used to be. Still, I am maintaining a decent aver-age and seem to be improving. All good, right? Maybe.

I keep forgetting I’ve been at this sport for over 50 years. Yes, I just said that out loud. I’ve learned a lot about the game though it’s often hard to put into action. I am amazed at all the bowlers who are still rolling an easy deuce at the age of 80 and beyond. They are my heroes.

What saddens me is that these bowlers are most likely bowling in non-sanctioned senior leagues. I know what it’s like to be on a fixed income and the cost of a USBC sanc-tion seems like a lot of money but think about it.

The bowler pays $20 for 12 months of sanctioned bowl-ing, is entitled to awards, is qualified to bowl in some really great tournaments (many that are strictly senior based) lo-cally, statewide and nationally. A fairly inexpensive propo-sition overall.

However, there is good news on the horizon. The lo-cal association, NLAC-USBC, is working to get a senior membership approved for bowlers in senior leagues only, at a reduced rate.

I urge all senior leagues to take advantage of this when it happens. Senior bowlers should take their bowling ca-reers to the next level and stay in the competitive game. I know I am.

Senior Seniors: (scr) Al Fama 166, Seiki Tluczek 185, Ed Bugayong 512, Kim Rasmussen 467. (hdcp) Winston Gorriceta 246, Bonnie Holcomb 241, Art Segura 714, Josie Pemberton 644.ICF: John Pemberton 253, Barbara Liberto 238, Kelly Mc-Donough 669, Doris Owings 662.Orbits: (scr) Patricia Rowdon 165, Diana Trowbridge 157, Jan Levitt 488, Diana Valdez 432. (hdcp) Helen Vincent 224, Diane Tait 214, Cres Cruz 650, Cindy Raposa 580.Senior Foursome: (scr) Marvin Robbins 187, Marilee Bishop 150, Bob Rosenblum, Marie Menez 434. (hdcp) Raymond Garcia 238, Cres Cruz 231, Richard Brown 652, Bonnie Holcomb 598.Thursday 890: (scr) Joven Dizon 212, Vickie Maas 171, Dan Zeigler 571, Joyce Penunuri 432. (hdcp) Mike Hinchliffe 250, Sue Hutchens 226, Remo Cruz 655, Jo Mc-Mahon 720.

That does it for this week, so until next time…keep the ball rollin”!

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DOWNEY — Round three of the Brunswick Invitational has completed the third week. After two weeks, J.A.T. appeared to be the team to beat, but after a disappointing series on Monday night, coupled with some big nights from the teams chasing them, there are new teams on the top pair heading into next week.

J.A.T. came into the night the proud owners of a 10-0 record to start the round, with a two game lead over four teams. The first of those four teams was Parkin’s Bowling Supply. J.A.T. started quickly, winning the first game by 43 pins, 683-640. Parkin’s came back though, with games of 725 and 754 to take the final two and total pins. With the wins, Parkin’s Bowling Supply improves to 12-3 and is the new leader for the round. Dave Kovach led Par-kin’s to victory, shooting a 224/597 series.

DV8 will move up to second place and bowl against Parkin’s next week, following the 4-1 victory over Forest Lanes. Forest took the first game of the match by 13 pins, but DV8 beat them by quite a bit the next two, winning totals easily. Andre Eubanks led DV8, subbing for Kurt Arakaki, with a 585 set. Gip Lentine had 209-208/611 for Forest in defeat.

Western Pacific improved to 10-5 for the round, with a 4-1 victory over Keystone Lanes. Keystone got the final game, but couldn’t overcome their deficit to get total pins. Raul Rosales was the top scorer, with 233/614 for Western Pacific. Eddie Van Daniker had 224/583 for Keystone Lanes in de-feat.

On the next pair of lanes, Bowlium matched up against Erickson’s Food Supply. And, while a couple of the games were decided by only a mark or two, they all swung in favor of Erickson’s. DeeRonn Booker and Mikey Vil-larreal led the way for Erickson’s, with 608 and 607 respectively. Dean Sand-erson topped Bowlium, but his 541 wasn’t enough to earn a win for his squad.

Smirnoff took four out of five from Herzog Insurance to improve to 9-6 for the round. Herzog got the last game by eight pins, but it wasn’t enough to make up their deficit for totals. Arnold Cheesman led Smirnoff, shooting a 208-202/609 series. Danny Ly added a 609 for Herzog in a substitute spot.

Threadworks took the first two games from Century 21—My Real Es-tate. The Century 21 team came back to win the last game, but came up about 40 pins short for totals. Eric Snow had the big series of the night in the league, with a very nice 222-212-233/667 set. Joe Jimenez led Century

21 with 592, and Bobby Campagnale finished well with a 236, to help Century 21 to their lone win.

Linder’s Insurance won a close first game in their match with Crown Royal, and then rolled over them the next two, to sweep the set. Jeremy Glover was tops on the pair, shooting a 226/578 set for Crown Royal. Substitute Ryan Cunningham added a 227 to finish the set well for them also. Dave Schiada was tops for Crown Royal, shooting 221/555.

Cal Bowl took four out of five games from a struggling Sysco squad, to keep their hopes alive if they can stay hot the remaining weeks. Ramon Torres led the pair, helping Cal Bowl to the victory, with his 204/584 series. Paul Barraco topped Sysco with 207/559.

G.J.C. Janitorial squared up against Los Altos Trophy in the next match. G.J.C. took the first two games easily, but Los Altos came back to win the final one. GJC Janitorial stayed in front for totals, to take the match 4-1. Mark Curtis subbed for GJC, and led the way early with a 203 and a 232 before falling off badly in the third. Kevin Jones added 578 for the wins as well. Michael Lindsey finished strong for Los Altos, closing with a 211 to lead them to their one win.

The Professional Approach had started the round 0-10, but got well on this night, sweeping all five games from Gym W.R.A.T.T. Fitness. Herman Ferguson led the pair, with a 201/582 series for Professional Ap-proach. Matt Schermerhorn added a 218 and Juan Zavala a 214 in the third game to help them pull away from Gym W.R.A.T.T.

The first sidepot of the night went to Spanky Rosales for his 233 game. Mark Curtis took the super pot in game #2, shooting a 232 game for $162. Eric Snow won the third game pot for a nice 233 game.

Bobby Campagnale won the Financial Advisors Pot for the 2nd con-secutive week, shooting a 236 game for $200. Eric Snow got $100 for 2nd place with his 233.

Next week will see Parkin’s Bowling Supply battle DV8 on the first pair, and many teams are now in contention with J.A.T. showing they can be beaten. The third round is shaping up to be very close and exciting, and we hope to see everyone down here cheering on their favorites in the best scratch league southern California has to offer. The action starts at 8:30 p.m. next Monday.

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DOWNEY — It wasn’t pretty, but it was enough as Threadworks moved into 1st place in Round 5 by sweep-ing past The Professional Approach 5-0. The US Open pat-tern was playing especially tough tonight as most teams struggled. Paul Varela led the charge to the top, as he fired a very nice 604 series to lead the sweep. Danny Ly led Power House Video Games to a sweep of their own, as they took down Blizz Yogurt 5-0. Danny shot 625, while Greg Neuer led Blizz with 581. Team DV8 is once again in contention for the round lead, as Sam Hitchcock winged his way to 242/623 and led DV8 to a 4-1 win over Linder Insurance.

Linder was paced by Kurt Arakaki 592 and Kevin Val-monte 591. In the best scoring match of the night, Pino’s Pizza prevailed 3-2 as they held off Alhambra Coin Center to win Team Totals by 13. Both teams bowled well, finishing as #1 and #2 scoring teams for the night, and their pair was 250 pins higher than any other two teams combined scoring for a pair. Leading the way for Pino’s was Ramon Torres 627 & Leonard Ruiz 600, while Alhambra was led by Doug Kempt 660 & Steve Gaucin 608. Herzog Insurance took a 4-1 win over the PJ-less Los Altos Trophies team as Mikey Villarreal shot 625 for the winners, while Top Dog for the night went to Los Altos’ Buddy Lucas with a very fine 670.

In the roll off team matches, it was Erickson Foods once again losing the first two games, only to come back strong in Game 3 and not only win the game, but Team Totals. Er-ickson pulls within 2.5 games of holding the #1 seed with the 3-2 win, as nobody managed to shoot 600 series, Herbert

Jones led the way for Keystone Lanes with 589, while Jason Buenviaje shot 563 for Ericksons. Charlie Kinstler shot 614 to lead SYSCO to a 5-0 sweep of Forest Lanes who strug-gled all night to catch SYSCO. Mason Man O’Lantern Sher-man topped Forest with 589. American Harvest Vodka out shot CASAMIGO’S Tequila and won 4-1 as Kevin Jones rolled 588, while Vernon Adams topped the Tequila team with 565. Mike Jennings shot 594 to lead Tifco Industries to a 4-1 win over BOWLIUM, who had the pair’s high series, Craig Stevens with 623. Matt Mosley powered his way to 255 & 638 to lead Cook’s Bowling Supply to a 5-0 sweep over J.A.T. DeeRonn Booker led the Junior Amateur Tour team with 549. In the final pairing, it was GJC Services win-ning 3 points as Juan Zavala topped his squad with 511.

Sidepot winners were Game 1 – Sam Hitchcock 242 Game 2 –Jason Buenviaje 226 however the Financial Advi-sor’s pot was won by Buddy Lucas 225 for $240 with Leon-ard Ruiz Jr. 2nd place with 223 for $100. Game 3 Super Pot went to Mikey Villarreal 255, quite the contrast from last week where you needed 11 strikes or more to win. The TRUE ANCHOR award goes to a new winner, Barry Couch Jr. collected the honors with a 3 game set of 361.

One more week on the dreaded US Open shot to try and move into the Round Lead, improve your standing, or move up the ladder in the Roll Off seedings. I’m sure most can’t wait for May to get here, since we will be finished with this pattern. Hope to see you all down at Del Rio next Monday in Downey. Have a blessed week everyone!

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Transamerica Financial Advisors Inc..1st - 236 Bobby Campagnale 2nd - 233 Eric Snow

TOP 10 THIS WEEKEric Snow . . . . . . . . . . . . 667Spanky Rosales . . . . . . . 614Gip Lentine . . . . . . . . . . . 611Arnold Cheesman. . . . . . 609DeeRonn Booker . . . . . . 608

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Mikey Villarreal . . . . . . . . 607Dave Kovach. . . . . . . . . . 597Joe Jimenez . . . . . . . . . . 592Bobby Campagnale . . . . 587Ramon Torres . . . . . . . . . 584

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