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BROOKLYN, NY - Ralph

Barrientos led all the competition

rolling in the Tuesday Mixed

Handicap League at Maple Lanes

when he tossed a 300 game and fin-

ished the session with a 731 set.

Andrew Colon bowled 279-634,

Richie Pelliccioni 279-745, Richie

Failla 279-665, Charlie Marino 239-

710, Hope Dameron 237-611, andBonny Feliciano rolled a 231 in a

621 set

Michael Kaye rolled a 264-764

in the Thursday Triples at Maple

Lanes followed by Tom Kidney

with an impressive 290 game in a

751 series, John Connolly Jr with

a 279 in a 738, Chris Chicchetti

278-714, Mordy Friedman 265-

734, Viviany Tapia 276-730,

Richard Acosta 279-694 andBeverly Disano rolled 235-620.

Nicholas DiLauro Hit 300-775

At Farmingdale Lanes

Pappas Wins Howell Lanes Senior OpenBy Russ Mills - PBA

Eric Oppenheimer Blasts 300

At Majestic LanesHOPELAWN, NJ – Eric

Oppenheimer took high game

honors when he blasted a 300

game while rolling in the Monday

Main Event League at Majestic

Lanes.

Jay Pintus rolled 225-279-245-

749, Michael Smilowitz 238-267-

240-745, Peter Diemer 268-224-232-724, Ryan Friend 256-244-

214-714, Sean McAuliffe 290-

237-708, Micahel Dinaburg 279-

244-705, Rami Ahmed 218-226-

257-701, Rick Sciulla 235-217-

228-680, Suzan McGettigan 243-

203-226-672, Jen Daunno 232-

204, and Nick Viverito 266.

In the Performance Ball Trios

League John Kertesz shot 215-

215-606, Frank Kertesz 210-205,Amanda Kertesz 209, and Rob

Cruz rolled a 201 game.

NO. BRUNSWICK, NY – Steve

Szakacs blasted a 300 game in the

Strike City Pro Shop Middlesex

County Major League at Brunswick

Zone Carolier Lanes.

Ryan Batty rolled 257-287-218-

744, Rich Page 235-222-287-744,

Bill Bleacher 276-218-244-738,

Kevin Harrity 235-224-279-731,

Nick VanDerveer 259-247-225-714,

Johnny Petraglia, Jr. 241-213-260-

712, Greg Tobias 228-237-247-712,

Paul Stolp 245-241-226-712, and

Kevin Brzozowski 238-259-211-

708.

FARMINGDALE, NY – Nicholas

DiLauro earned top honors in the

Tuesday Party League at

Farmingdale Lanes blasting a per-fect 300 game along with a 227

and 248 game for a high 775 series

.

Fred Catapano shot 225-299-719,

Chris Bozzonetti 288, Howie

Garfinkel 244-225-663, Dave

Brand 245-230-659, and PatMartino 222-218-218-658.

HOWELL, N.J. – George

Pappas of Charlotte, N.C.,defeated Richard Bucey of

Forest Hill, Md., 224-220, to

win the Professional Bowlers

Association East Region

Howell Lanes Senior Open at

Howell Lanes.

The win was PBA Hall of

Famer’s 23rd regional title

and his first since 2009.

Pappas, at age 64, has now

won PBA titles in five

decades. The victory was

worth $1,500. Bucey earned

$925 as the runner-up.

Pappas defeated defending

champion and fellow PBA Hall of Famer Johnny

Petraglia of Jackson, N.J., 223-193, and Buceydefeated Mike Tryniski of Fulton, N.Y., 213-179,

in the semifinal round.

Petraglia and Tryniski each earned $750 as

semifinal round losers.

In the round of 8 where it is the best of three

games, losers eliminated and earned $650 each

Pappas def. Bob

Kavanaugh, CliftonPark, N.Y., 2-0, Bucey

def. Andy Smith,

Colonie, N.Y., 2-1,

Petraglia def. Darryl

Bower, Middletown,

Pa., 2-0, Tryniski def.

Marty Berke,

Allentown, Pa., 2-1.

In the round of 16 the

best of five games, los-

ers eliminated and

earned $500 each

Pappas def. Tommy

Brodowski, New Hyde

Park, N.Y., 3-1, Bucey

def. Gary Shultis, Levittown, N.Y., 3-1, Petraglia

def. Mark Glover, Woodbridge, Va., 3-2, Tryniskidef. Kevin Quinn, Bordentown, N.J., 3-1,

Kavanaugh def. Gary Bondarchuk, Langhorne,

Pa., 3-1, Smith def. Sam Maccarone, Sewell, N.J.,

3-2, Bower def. Ross McDonald, Clarksville,

Md., 3-1, and Berke def. Vince Mazzanti,

Levittown, Pa., 3-2.

USA Takes Trios Gold at World Women’s ChampionshipsBy Lucas Wiseman - USBC

Ralph Barrientos Rolled 300

At Maple Lanes

HONG KONG - Team USA

claimed its second consecutive

gold medal of the 2011 World

Tenpin Bowling Association

World Women's Championships,taking home the trios gold for the

first time since 1987.

The U.S. team of Shannon

O'Keefe, Shannon Pluhowsky and

Stefanie Nation defeated Japan's

Haruka Matsuda, Kanako

Ishimine and Natsuki Sasaki, 631-

605, at Hong Kong Bowling City

in the title match. The win, which

was broadcast live on

BOWL.com, came two days after

Team USA's Pluhowsky and Liz

Johnson won the doubles event.

O'Keefe led the trio in the cham-

pionship match with a 226 game,

while Nation had 224 and

Pluhowsky shot 181. Japan wasled by Ishimine's 213, while Sasaki

had 204 and Matsuda shot 188.

"After we won, all I could think

was 'did that just happen,'"

O'Keefe said. "As soon as the

national anthem started playing, it

was nothing but tears. It feels

unbelievable to share this with my

teammates."

In the semifinals, Team USA

advanced to the gold-medal matchwith a 750-663 victory over

Korea. Japan knocked out the

other U.S. threesome of Johnson,

Kelly Kulick and Carolyn Dorin-

Ballard, 668-661. The semifinals

losers shared the bronze medal.

In reaching the semifinals as the

No. 4 seed, O'Keefe, Pluhowsky

and Nation fired a World

Championships qualifying record

802 game in the fifth of six games.O'Keefe fired the tournament's

third 300 game in helping Team

USA to the record.

The 2011 World Women's

Championships features 171

bowlers from 33 countries. The

teams are competing in six disci-

plines - doubles, trios, team, sin-

gles, all-events and match-play

Masters.

Steve Szakacs Tossed 300

At Brunswick Zone Carolier

EAST COAST BOWLINGCENTERS CONVENTION

Comes to Atlantic City

See page 3

USBC Photo

Shannon Pluhowsky, Stefanie Nation and Shannon O'Keefe show

off their World Women’s Championship Trios gold medals.

PBA Photo

Sharon Nasta, General Manager of Howell

Lanes, presents trophy to champion George

Pappas.



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2 SPORTS REPORTER September 21 - 27, 2011

WTBA Congress Re-electsKevin Dornberger President

HONG KONG - Kevin Dornberger of the United States was re-elected

president of the World Tenpin Bowling Association for a second four-

year term by the WTBA Congress.

The election was one of several major announcements and decisions

made by representatives of 90 bowling federations from around the

world at the Kowloon Bay International Trade and Exhibition Center.

"I sincerely appreciate the faith the delegates have shown in me by re-

electing me to another term," said Dornberger, who defeated Catalonia's

Joan Ricart. "We have made a lot of progress in the past four years, and

I look forward to continuing that progress in the next four years."

In addition to the presidential election, it was announced Monday that

Brunswick would offer $50,000 in matching funds to the WTBA for

worldwide youth development. The funds will be jointly administered

by WTBA and Brunswick.

"We are pleased to do this to show our support of competitive bowlingaround the world," President of Brunswick Bowling Products Brent

Perrier said. "These funds will be used to help build the next generation

of youth bowlers."

The WTBA Congress also made several important legislative deci-

sions, including the creation of a new event - the WTBA World Singles

Championships. The event will be held every four years beginning in

2012 when it is hosted in Cyprus.

The new event gives WTBA a world championship event every year,

filling a void created under the previous calendar. The joint men's and

women's World Championships will take place in 2013, the Men's World

Championships will take place in 2014 and World Women's

Championships in 2015. Each of those events are also held every four

years.

"It's important for WTBA to conduct a world championship event on

an annual basis and this new event accomplishes that goal," Dornberger

said. "The World Singles Championships also gives us an additional

event to garner sponsor support and potential international mediainvolvement."

Other major decisions made by the WTBA Congress:

- The match-play Masters at future World Championships was

changed from its current best-of-five format to a round-robin format

with the top four players advancing to the medal round.

- Practice times for future World Championships were altered slightly.

Instead of 15 minutes of practice before the trios event there will now be

10 minutes, and the five-player team event will change from 25 minutes

to 15 minutes. Practice times for the other disciplines remains at 10 min-

utes.

- Finland's Pekka Korpi was elected first vice president of WTBA,

defeating Michael Seymour of Australia in the final round of voting by

one vote. Seymour was then elected second vice president.

The World Tenpin Bowling Association, which is made up of more

than 100 bowling federations, governs the sport throughout the world.

For more information on WTBA and the World Bowling Tour, visit

WorldTenpinBowling.com.

FARMINGDALE Steve Gonzalez 783FARMINGDALE, NY – Steve

Gonzalez topped all scoring in the

Tuesday Party League pitching

games of 259-258-266 for a high

series of 783.

Nicholas DiLauro rolled 289-

229-710, George Bove 2072-78-

223-708, David Brand 252-225-

222-699, Fred Catapano 234-258-

201-693, and Will McCann posted

a 265 game.

Nicholas DiLauro 299FARMINGDALE, NY – Nicholas

DiLauro topped the scoring in the

Tuesday Party League with analmost perfect 299 game then

added a 259 for the high series of

753.

Aquinas Nelson shot 289-206-

223-718, Dave Brand 222-201-

255-678, Steve Gonzalez 212-

225-241-678, Chris Weis 205-

266-664, Eric Vazquez 237-221-

651, and Rob Spann 214-257-650.

James Curran 279FARMINGDALE, NY – James

Curran rolled 279, Tom Colon

246-210-215-671, and Brian

Beale 246-215-204-665 in the

Mon. 3 Man League.

Charles Drakeford 713FARMINGDALE, NY – Charles

Drakeford led the scoring in the

Monday 3-Man League pitching

204-245-264 for a session high

series of 713.

Joe Johnson rolled 211-256-238-

705, Tony Cipriano 247-214-223-

684, and Jeff Gallo 236-215-204-

655.

Norm Ginsberg 860FARMINGDALE, NY – Norm

Ginsberg led the Kegel Challenge

League bowling a 235 game en

route to a high series of 860.

Adam Chase rolled 234-843,

Ralph Ehlrich 240-814, Damon

Brown 234, and Joe Costanzo 233.In another session Norm

Ginsberg rolled 247-217-206-264-

934, and Joe Costanzo 212-255-

218-869.

In the Monday 3-Man League

Mel Stephenson shot 247.

George Rotberg rolled 236 and

Fai Livolsi 222 in the Wednesday

Friends League.

D. Bonal, Jr. 670FARMINGDALE, NY – In the

Wednesday Friends League

Dennis Bonal, Jr. rolled 211-213-

246-670, and Joe Livolsi 244-225-

666.

In the Sunday Doubles League

Jay Kirsch rolled 268.

The Metropolitan Bowling Writers Association will honor

Carolyn Dorin-Ballard, Ruth Bouie, Ron Mohr, Leanne

Barrette-Hulsenberg, Kelly Kulick, Bill O’Neill at the East

Coast Bowling Centers Convention during a luncheon at noon

on Tuesday October 11, 2011 at the Trump Taj Mahal in

Atlantic City, NJ.

Dorin-Ballard was the scribes choice for their highest honor,

the Landgraff Award and Bouie will receive a special service

award. Bowler of the year honors go to Mohr and Barrette-

Hulsenberg with the Met Bowler of the year to Kulick and

O’Neill.

This will be the 49th annual awards presentation by the

MBWA.

Convention keynote speaker at the lunch will be Kizer &

Bender: “The Crackle Factor – Taking Your Business Off Auto

Pilot,” sponsored by QubicaAMF. The Trade Show opens

immediately after the lunch.

More information will follow in future issues of the Sports

Reporter.

The ECBCC takes place at the Trump Taj Mahal and runs from

Monday October 10, 2011 thru Wednesday October 12, 2011.

Sponsors for the ECBCC are Brunswick, QubicaAMF,

BPAA, International Bowling Industry Magazine, Pepsi, StrikeTen, Bowling Music Network, Kids Bowl Free, Budweiser,

Jani King, Ace Mitchell, North Pointe, ASG Bowl, Kegel,

Georgia Coffee, Rockstar Energy Drink, Game On Foods,

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in the special edition awards program.

All you need to know about all the happenings and events at

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MBWA to Honor Carolyn Dorin-Ballard, Ruth Bouie, Ron Mohr,

Leanne Barrette-Hulsenberg,

Kelly Kulick, Bill O’Neill at

ECBCC Luncheon



September 21 - 27, 2011 SPORTS REPORTER 3

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Jeffrey Martin 718 at Rab’s CountrySTATEN ISLAND, NY – Jeffrey Martin took the spotlight in the Fred

Turk League by rolling 269 for a 718 series.

Mike Lubelli 267-669, Anthony Chiusano 277, Frank Wilkinson 258,

Keith Wunderlich 247, and John Rizzo 245.




AT OCEAN Shaun Dillon 279LAKEWOOD, NJ – Shaun Dillon

rolled a game of 279, taking first

place in the Saturday Scratch Trio

League.

Matt Clark 267, Mitch Collier

257, Corinne Maher 254-226,

Kaitlynn Nardiello 246-212, Mike

Ormsby 246, Bret Downs 245,

Ryan Melia 238, Allen Bank 225,

Amanda Nardiello 221, Anthony

Farriello 221, Sydney Scelfo 220-

210-206-636, Amber MacLeod

213, Nick Gianfrancesco 212,

Kelly Nicosia 203-200, and

Sabrina Hoilman 202. Alec Hehir 177 LAKEWOOD, NJ – Alec Hehir

took over the series by rolling a

177 game in the Saturday Pin

Hitters League.

Kamerin Peters 173, Mikayla

Lane 154, Paige Peters 149,

Shayla Wisk 108, Deann Downs

105, Rachel Kats 100, and Emily

Hehir 90.




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THE MAGIC AT MAJESTIC Don Richard 774HOPELAWN, NJ – Don Richard topped the scoring

in the Raritan Bay Men’s League firing games of

279-238-257 for a high series of 774.

Ray Tomei rolled 223-277-235-735, Glenn Mohr

250-232-218-700, Lee Kay 279-208-207-694, Joe

Plescia 226-267-683, Russell McCarthy 205-237-232-

674, Nick Cascone 242-208-216-666, Jamie Dunham

266-213-658, and Jaime Mugnone 223-225-628.

Don Anione 736 HOPELAWN, NJ – Don Anione led the scoring in

the His & Hers League firing games of 265-226-245

for a high series of 736.

Carmine Latin rolled 222-226-258-706, Bill Smith

201-224-204-629, Dennis DeCrosta 209-224-614,

Tom Poulos 238, Michael Holoka 215, and BonnieDeSimone 204.

Michael Morris 679HOPELAWN, NJ – Michael Morris led the scorirng

in the NJ Turnpike League tossing games of 225-279

for a high series of 679.

Drew Rucinski rolled 213-229-637, Basha Miller

2412, and Joyce Ellison 212.

Andrew Kinger 642Andrew Kinger rolled 214-257-642, Richard Hecht

204-202-223-629, Bill Slattery 254-615, and Barry

Bailey 213-215-609 in the Garden State Mixed

League

In the Knights of Columbus League Nick Simone

rolled 201-248-627, Cid Stentella 221-603, and

Frank Grossi 242.

Mark Cumber rolled 209 in the Bank League.

Joseph Krupinski 647 HOPELAWN, NJ – Joseph Krupinski led the

Atlantic City Trios League posting games of 206-

238-203 for a high series of 647.

Chris Freedley rolled 202-201-221-624, Anthony

Vicidomini 207-217-618, Erick Kerekes 227, and

Leo Mengle 226.In the Merck League Bill Gambin shot 206-244-

638, Tom Vickery 235, John Strauss 213, and Nick

Holiday 211.

Kenny Anderson rolled 228-237-646, Ricahrd

Funk III 231-225-644, Paul Woitowicz 212-235-

614, Kevin Eccleston 217-205-612, Mark WIget

216-211-611, and Gary McFinness 224-213-610.

Alec Gruttadauria Tops

North Arlington JuniorsBy Vince Albrecht

NORTH ARLINGTON, NJ – Youth Bowler of the Week accolades went

to 13-year-old Alec Gruttadauria whose three solid games gave him 471,

the session’s top junior mark in the Adult-Jr Doubles at North Arlington.Alec’s effort raised his average three pins in helping Kurgan Bergen

gain three of seven points from Disastrous Poultry whose 14-year-old

Sam Passaro finished perky with a 29-pin over average game which

cemented Poultry’s victory.

The other highlighted position encounter between the league’s top two

teams ended with a flip-flop in the standings as the Razzle Dazzlerz

mystified the Flaming Mangos with a three-game sweep, 944-852. The

Dazzlers’ 13-year-old Chris McBride rattled the maples with closing

scores of 179,152 while average leader 15-year-old Danny Bivin rolled

the evening’s high single of 191 for the Mangos.

The Spring-Summer version of North Arlington’s Adult-Junior

Doubles began with a bang for young kegler’s Danny Bivin and Chris

McBride. Danny has come out of

the gate with a pair of 584 three-

somes including a 219 single. Chris

broke loose for a 226-532 this past

session, leading his Razzle Dazzlersteam to two of three over Danny’s

Flaming Mangos and undisputed

possession of first place.

Meanwhile, Disastrous Poultry

[would you believe that name?]

bowled over Kurkan Bergen, 7-0 as

fourteen-year-old Sam Passaro fash-

ioned a strong over average +31.

Twelve-year-old Alec Gruttadauria

continued to show improvement for

Kurkan Bergen, raising his average

six pins with a 157-441 outing.

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