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Vol. 72 No. 22 August 3 - 9, 2011 50 cents

WAYNE, NJ Bob Lipinski blast-

ed a 300 game in the Thursday

Doubles League at T-Bowl

Lanes.

Jim Hosier shot 275, Harvey

Ely 268-258-752, Jamey

DeSanto 255, John Cavalcante

249, Rick Warren and Matt Snell

246, and Joanne Egan 236.

Jay Pintus, Jay Vaccaro 300-794

At Majestic Lanes

Danny Wiseman Wins PBA

East Region Cap Card OpenBy Russ Mills

Jim Zimmerman Hit 299-1026

At Holiday BowlOAKLAND, NJ Jim

Zimmerman topped the scoring

in the Heineken Summer Trio

League at Holiday Bowl firing

games of 299-253-246-228 for a

high series of 1026.

Pat Powell rolled a near-perfect299 game as well.

Nick Wells rolled 247-268-246-

245-1006, followed by Shawn

Aiello with 258-279-980, Jason

Corning 279-257-975, Bill

Howell III 256-247-975, Joe

Truchan 265-236-936, Joey

Nelson 255-237-931, Mike

Mullin 249-258-929, Charles

Anderson 242-238-905, MikeMorgan 244-243-903, and Bob

Lipinski 248-232-902.

HOPELAWN, NJ Jay Pintus

earned top honors in the Monday

Main Event League at Majestic

Lanes firing games of 244-256

before hitting a 300 to tally the

high series of 800. Jay Vaccaro

also blasted a 300 game, along

with games of 277 and 217 for a

794 set.

Bill Daunno rolled 268-258-213-

739, Peter Labella, Jr. 257-268-

212-737, Sean McAuliffe 257-

248-234-736, Eric Oppenheimer

238-237-256-731, Nick Viverito

247-256-219-722, Matthew

Manenty 268-236-202-706, and

Suzan McGettigan 203-246.

RENO, Nev. - Casey Murphy of Nixa, Mo., likes to prepare

for the United States Bowling Congress Open

Championships by competing at the nearby Storm Bowlers

Journal Championships presented by USBC.

The 32-year-old right-hander enjoys the challenging lane

condition because it gives him a chance to get his arm-

swing loose and make sure his skills are as sharp as possi-

ble. This year, the extra effort helped him to a $10,000 pay-

day as the event's Open Singles champion.

"It feels great," said Murphy, who rolled games of 267,

277, 187 and 259 for a 990 total. "I've worked really hard

on my game, and winning this lets me know the hard work

is paying off. It's really hard to put into words."

Murphy lives just north of Joplin, Mo., where a devastat-

ing tornado touched down a little more than a month ago.

Murphy and his teammates were just happy to get to Reno

without issue."It really puts everything into perspective," said Murphy,

a software engineer for ANPAC, who bowls league at

Enterprise Park Lanes. "We heard some of the death toll

numbers while we were bowling. We were lucky to get to

Reno. The Bowlers Journal really turned my week into a

positive."

In the tournament's Open Doubles battle, Paul Stolp of

Edison, N.J., and Sean Riccardi of Piscataway, N.J.,

emerged victorious with a 1,842 effort. Stolp led the duo

with games of 257, 277, 228 and 185 for a 947 total, while

Riccardi added 247, 193, 221 and 234 for an 895 total and

$7,500 prize check.

Riccardi rolled a 300 game at the 2009 Open

Championships, which helped him to top-10 finishes in

Regular Singles and Regular All-Events, but he's happy to

share this success with his friend.

"This feels really good," Riccardi said. "We thought 1,800

was a good score, but we didn't think it would hold up. We

saw some big names come through and not beat us, so we

thought we had a really good chance after all. It's pretty

cool. I'm happy to help Paul get a title. He's wanted one for

a while, and he bowled really well. "

Fresh off another solid performance at the USBC Open

Championships, 2007 Regular Team champion Bryon

Smith of Roseburg, Ore., took his skills across town to the

Grand Sierra Resort and claimed the Classic Singles title at

the 2011 Bowlers Journal Championships with a 951 set.

He posted games of 264, 193, 236 and 258 to win the

$1,600 top prize, and the effort also helped the 2003 USBC

Masters winner to a share of the top spot on the Dual Entry

prize list along with Brett Wolfe of Tempe, Ariz., the 2002Masters champion, who rolled a 951 set on the way to a

third-place finish in Open Singles. They each received $550

for topping the Dual Entry standings.

See Storm B. J. Championships page 7

Paul Stolp and Sean Riccardi Win Open Doubles

At Storm Bowlers Journal ChampionshipsBy Matt Cannizzaro

Bob Lipinski 300 at T-Bowl

LEBANON, Pa. Danny Wiseman of

Baltimore, defeated Tommy Gollickof Oberlin, Pa., 289-229, to win the

Professional Bowlers Association

East Region Cap Card Open at Cedar

Lanes Sunday.

The win was Wisemans 9th career

regional title. Wiseman earned

$2,700 for the win while Gollick

earned $1,500 as the runner-up.

Wiseman defeated Marty Berke of

Allentown, Pa., 236-216, and Gollick

defeated Rick Graham of Lancaster,

Pa., 206-199, in the semifinal round.

Berke and Graham each earned

$1,050 as semifinal round losers.

In the round of 8 where the best of

three games moves on and losers are

eliminated and earn $800 each:Wiseman def. Kevin Smith,

Harrisburg, Pa., 2-1, Berke def. Rusty

Thomsen, Morgan, N.J., 2-0, Graham

def. Jeff Voght, Canajoharie, N.Y., 2-

0, and Gollick def. Jason Stadtler, Cherry Hill,

N.J., 2-1.

In the round of 16 its the best of five games that

moves on and the losers eliminated each earned

$650 each: Wiseman def. Johnathan Bower,

Middletown, Pa., 3-0, Thomsen def. David

Harvey, Danville, Pa., 3-1, Berke def. Jay Boyle,

Garnet Valley, Pa., 3-1, Smith def. Gary Shultis,

Levittown, Pa., 3-0, Stadtler def. Joe Paluszek,

Bensalem, Pa., 3-1, Graham def. John DiSantis,

Wilmington, Del., 3-1, Voght def. Adam Baer,

Gettysburg, Pa., 3-0, and Gollick def. Jim Tomek

Jr., of Camp Hill, Pa., 3-0.

Perfect games were rolled by Rick Graham and

Kevin Smith who each rolled two 300s and

Champion Danny Wiseman tossed one perfecto in

the event.

Champion Danny Wiseman with Cedar Lanes proprietor

Darrin Armel.

Sean Riccardi and Paul Stolp


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It is hard top believe that Rockaway

Lanes is hosted its 11th Annual Pro

Image Bowling Camp. I have attached a

Star Wars theme to this years sessions.

Why? Because fourcount

emfour gold level certified coaches

were among the 11-member coaching

staff, a first for any bowling camp or clin-

ic anywhere. There are only 39 gold-

level coaches on the entire planet!

Returning gold coaches Fred Borden

(Yoda), Ken Yokobosky (Han Solo)

and Jeri Edwards (Princess Leia). Newto the team is Wichita State University

had coach Gordon Vadakin (Ben Obi-

wan Kenobi). Any of the other coaches

could be Luke Skywalker. They are:

Greg Rottengen, Noel Vega, Chip

Vincent, Bobby Willis, John Neral, and

Al Jones. Borden has written numerous

books and produced several videos for

coaching. He, along with Edwards,

Yokobosky, Ron Hatfield, Alex

Hamilton and Andy Parker produce

Mybowlingcoach.com. More recently

Borden was named USBC Coach of the

Year in Grapevine, Texas. Edwards is

former head coach and was the first

female coach of Team USA.

This team of stars spent time on and off

the lanes with 31 bowling students, offer-

ing guidance for the physical as well as

mental game. Three students were

women, three students were lefthanders.

The oldest was Bob Rutherford, turning

74 next month. My average has been

going down, so I wanted to come to

camp to improve. My teammate attend-

ed the camp last year and recommended

it. It must have been worth it because he

rolled two 300 games last season, and he

went to the camp twice.

The youngest was 15-year-old Jake

Rollins, Glen Rock who was attending his

third camp. Why attend more than once?

There is a lot to remember each time, he

said. Every time I attended, I improved

(my average) about 10 pins per year. I amup to a 212 average. This Glen Rock

High School sophomore was working on

not bending over the foul line, proving

there is always something to learn.

Every year camp director Ken

Yokobosky, along with Fred Borden,

tweaked the format and schedule. This

year, the new addition was bronze coach

Chip Vincent, an employee of the Pro

Image Pro shop, sanding cover stock of

bowling balls to show how that would

affect ball reaction. He said he was giv-

ing the ball more surface. It is important

to match the surface of the ball with the

surface of the lane at that time. Vincent

attended the camp five times, and thenwent through the process to become a

certified coach. He is also certified

through the Dick Ritger bowling camps.

But maybe the best coach on staff is

the Pro trainer (C-Three-pio), a com-

prehensive video device that enables

Yokobosky to make videos from the

back and side of each student, and add

commentary and even draw lines on the

video to illustrate a point. He often com-

posed the videos with a pro bowler on

one side comparing with the student on

the other side.

Everything that could be covered in

three days was explained, then put into

hands-on practice: The physical game,

mental game, lane play and equipment.

Each section was broken into several com-

ponents. Perhaps the most significant was

spare shooting, which can be key to win-

ning or losing a match or tournament. You

would be amazed at how intricate a game

of tenpins can be: the start, timing, ball

speed, distance, the shape of the shot, the

release, the sliding leg, wrist action, hand

and finger rotation, and so much more until

the ball actually reaches the pins and yields

the almighty strike (or spare).

Okay, so there was no Darth Vader as

such, but the enemy was in the bad

bowling habits that coaches eradicated

with their own brand of Death Ray. And

in the end, goodness triumphed over evil.

It should be noted that Jackie Willis held

the camp together, keeping coaches andstudents on track with the full schedule.

The 31 students from New York, New

Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia never

complained about any sore muscles (a

first), but rather couldnt wait to get back

onto the lanes to apply what they had

learned and to learn even more. The

coaches rotated from lane to lane, each

one asking either What did coach so-

and-so have you work on? or What

would you like to do?

This included three pairs of fathers and

sons. Moorestowns Ed Ryan brought

both sons, Tyler and Joe for return ses-

sions. They could return home and coach

each other now.The epitome of wanting to learn more

was Eric Gentilella, attending his fifth

bowling camp. He is a student and on the

Developmental Team at Wichita State, a

great achievement for his first year in col-

lege. When asked why he returned to the

camp when already experiencing the rig-

ors of the a big part of what I have done

so far. And if Im lucky enough to make

the Select Team (the premier team at

Wichita State) there will always be

something to learn. That team only takes

12 male and 12 female students. He

was wearing a team tee shirt with the

motto Learn-work-win on the back.

Then there was Grant Nurse from

middle Jersey. This 70-year-old started

bowling 18 months ago and felt that the

camp would teach him how to do it

effectively. He is serious about every-

thing he does. When he took up golf, he

attended five golf clinics.

On Sunday afternoon the campers par-

ticipated in a low ball tournament.

Picking off a corner pin counted as one.

A gutterball counted as a strike, or ten. A

gutterball on the second shot counted as

a spare. It was not as easy as you would

think, either.

The four finalists were Joseph

Shaparis, Brooklyn, Jake Rollins, Glen

Rock (the youngest participant at age

15), Ed Ryan, Moorestown, and Roger

Shell, Manhattan. By the way, for people

who perceive bowlers as low on thesports totem pole, Mr. Shell is a profes-

sional cellist on Broadway and formerly

with various pop singers and groups.

All four continued the low ball for-

mat on two lanes set with mock televi-

sion lighting, and with spectator chairs

lining the outer sides of the lanes.

Shaparis and Rollins went to the cham-

pionship game and it was Joseph

Shaparis, 25, who won a free campership

for next year, valued at more than $600.

As if three days of intense learning

werent enough, I overheard one camper

ask Ken Yokobosky if he gives private

coaching as well, which he does. All of

the coaches do.

The Jedi warriors were now ready to

conquer it alllane conditions, spare-

shooting, adjustments, and tweaking the

surface of their equipment, or buying

new equipment (along with a myriad of

grades of sandpaper).

May the Force be with them!

2 SPORTS REPORTER August 3 - 9, 2011

J o a n T a y l o r s

T e n P i n R a p . . . .

Idle bowling thoughts.

Great job by all involved

with the staging of the

women's U.S.Open at

Cowboy Stadium during

Bowl Expo. It had to be the

result of many from many

bowling groups working well

together. And when all the

head counting is complete it

could well be the largest num-

ber of people ever to attend a

bowling event.

Of all the different balls

used in various sports and

games the bowling ball has

become one of the most sophis-

ticated. And a deep knowledge

of bowling balls, their advan-

tages and everything else can

be the difference between win-

ning and losing at the highest

levels.

It won't be long before lit-

tle kids, and I mean little, will

be carrying around sanction

cards and proof of their

scratch average and their legal

handicap average and their

bumper bowling average.

When are the airlines

going to give bowlers a break

on luggage costs for bowling

balls when they are going to a

tournament? I remember

being on a flight that ran into

weather trouble and was bob-bing up and down like a cork

on the end of a fishing line.

And then a weak voice was

heard, "Anybody on board

want to buy a bowling ball

cheap?"

We have been trying to

become an Olympic sport

almost since the beginning of

organized bowling. One bowl-

ing official, frustrated by

bowling's failed attempts to

get into the regular games,

proposed bowling for the win-

ter games. It didn't faze him

that the winter sports must beplayed on snow or ice. He sug-

gested bowling lanes and all

the rest of the bowling equip-

ment be carved of ice.

Every bowler should

think about bowling in a tour-

nament, at least now and then.

There is one for every bowler

of every average, every age

and every sized pocket book. It

has been estimated that some

10,000 are conducted around

the world every year.

Hugh Miller of Seattle, a

solid national, regional and

senior pro champion, became

the 40th person to win more

than a million dollars in pro

events. That sounds good

except when you look at golf

where that many golfers make

a million or nearly that much

in a single year. Don't get f rus-

trated, just don't read the golf

and tennis and other high pay-

ing lists---and think about the

many sports that have folded

or still struggle to survive.

Though the maximum

weight allowed for a bowling

ball is 16 pounds, few bowlers

need use the limit. The idea is

for you to toss the ball com-

fortably, not have it throw you.

Only the late Dick Weber

and Johnny Petraglia have

won pro titles in six different

decades. In addition to the

many obstacles preventing

such a feat the most obvious

one is just keeping healthy

enough that long to continuein top flight play.

Bowling's biggest need is

an all-purpose weekly bowling

show that features all type of

bowling competition, instruc-

tion, up close and personal

interviews and a little bit of

everything about bowling that

can whet the appetite of long-

time bowlers and those with

casual interest.

Bowling still bestows

more awards than any other

sport. That can only be topped

by coming up with anotheraward, an award annually pre-

sented to every competitive

bowler who never before won

an award.

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AT FARMINGDALE

NORTH ARLINGTON, NJ 03-11-11 Will Blanco

blasted a third game of 239 to finish with 616 and

Bobby Manella closed with 230 and matched Wills

series as both boys led their teams to sweeps of their

opponents in North Arlingtons Adult-Junior

Doubles.

Wills effort helped the Cardinals take out 4 Ts

Laneside #2 while Bobbys champion 18 And A Half

thundered past the A Girls. 13-year-old Nikki Arrigo

tallied 180 for the latter.

The position battle for second place was a tightly

contested affair, with Those Guys holding onto a one

point edge by managing three points from 4 Ts

Laneside #1, 1093-1073. Taylor Horniacek wasinstrumental in 4 Ts two close wins with her over

average games of 146, 139; Danny Bivin rolled 175-

496 for Those Guys. Both teams will square off again

in the finale.

Meanwhile, the Mega Monkeys kept their flicker-

ing hopes alive for a third place finish by grabbing

two of three from Team Awesome II. Sam Passaro

found the line after a low-scoring opening game to

finish with strong 180,165 scores; Margaret Ziobro

had a big over average second game to help account

for Team Awesome IIs sole win, 394-381.

Rounding out the evenings action, G-Force sur-

prised the Bottlecaps, 7-0 as 10-year-old Kyle Sanzo

came through with two above average scores; leading

the Bottlecaps was Chris McBride with a 166 finish.

This sessions junior over average leaders were

Sam Passaro +78, Bobby Manella +50, Margaret

Ziobro +43, Will Blanco +39, Danny Bivin and ChrisMcBride +21, Kyle Sanzo +19, Nikki Arrigo +14 and

Taylor Horniacek +12. High scores from the adults

included Tim Bray 254-692, Tommy Horniacek 246-

685 and Joe Cauwels 234-646.

Steve Gonzalez 780FARMINGDALE, NY Steve Gonzalez topped the scoring in the

Tuesday Party League firing games of 289-233-258 for a high series of

780.

Fred Catapano rolled 211-245-223-682, and Lloyd Hasluck 256-223-

669.

Thomas Altamura rolled 247-279-700 in the Saturday Friends & Co.

League, helping his team Kats take 2nd place in the league.

James Curran 278FARMINGDALE, NY James Curran rolled 278-226-244 for a high

series of 666 in the Monday 3-Man League.

In the Kegel Challenge (different sport shot every week), Adam Chase

rolled 257-266-224-747.

In another session, Adam Chase rolled 227-20-257-684.

In the Tuesday Party League Larry Johnson rolled 280-710, Willy

McCan 693, Rob Spann 686, and George Bove 669.

Brian Beale 716FARMINGDALE, NY - Brian Beale led the scoring in the Tuesday

Party League firing games of 224-258-234 for a high series of 716.

Mike TenBrink rolled 267, Rob Larsen 225-256-660, James Curran

235-246-691, Nicholas DiLauro 224-220-247-691, and Nelson 216-

226-229-671.

In the Monday 3-Man League, Tom Colon rolled 247-258-698, James

Curran 227-224-246-697, and Brian Beale 210-268-206-684.

In another session James Curran rolled 279, Brian Beale 266-660, and

Dave Holub 687.

Will Blanco, Bobby Manella 616 at North ArlingtonBy Vince Albrecht

PBA

HIGHLIGHTS

Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour

exempt player Brian Kretzer was

inducted into the Greater Dayton

(Ohio) USBC Hall of Fame Aug.

2.

Lumber Liquidators PBA Tourexempt player Kelly Kulick of

Union, N.J., has been elected to

the United States Bowling

Congress Board of Directors as an

athlete representative. The other

four athlete representatives on the

USBC Board are newly re-elected

Tony Manna of Omaha; PBA

members Andrew Cain of Phoenix

and Wendy Macpherson of

Henderson, Nev., and Vernon

Peterson of Lake Wales, Fla. PBA

Media Relations representative

Bill Vint of East Troy, Wis., also

was elected to the USBC Board

while BPAA Past-President and

PBA Senior member Jim Sturm ofDunbar, W.Va., was elected to a

one-year term as USBC President,

effective Aug. 1.

Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour

exempt player Ronnie Russell

defeated Australias Thomas

Gross, 254-248, to win the inaugu-

ral Brunswick Italia Challenge at

Red & Black Bowling in Asti,

Italy, and an $11,500 first prize, in

late June. Gross defeated fellow

PBA Tour exempt player Chris

Loschetter, 231-216, in the semifi-

nal round.


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Maple Family Centers propri-

etors, John and Joe LaSpina,

learned about lane mapping at a

recent conference and having full

confidence that Kegel Lane

Precision would deliver on its

claim, went forward and mapped

their lanes.

Bill Mongeau of Kegel Lane

Precision states that lane mapping

measures the slope of the lane,

board to board across the entire lanesurface. Lasers are shot across each

lane identifying height variations,

which once fed into a sophisticated

computer program results in a

map that pinpoints each lanes

slopes.

Those slopes are leveled to

1/4000th of an inch (about the

thickness of one piece of paper),

board to board, across and down the

length of the lane--resulting in the

flattest, most playable lane surface

in the world. Farmingdale Lanes is

one of only five (5) bowling centers

worldwide to have their lanes

mapped.

Maple Family Centers;

Farmingdale Lanes, Rockville

Centre Lanes, Jib Lanes, Coram

Country Lanes and Maple Lanes,recently invited a wide sampling of

their customers to attend a lane

mapping seminar hosted by Kegel

at Farmingdale Lanes. During the

presentation, the mapping process

was explained as was how it

improves the base scoring condi-

tion.

Using a video of Pete Weber

bowling in Kegels training center

bowling on a pair of lanes, one of

which was purposely sloped to

1/4000th and the adjoining perfect-

ly level, as Farmingdales now are.

Mongeau showed the dramatic

difference in ball reaction, from

lane to lane. Weber would hit the

exact same spot on both lanes, at

exactly the same speed and angle,

and see drastically different results--burying the ball on one lane and

missing the head pin to the right on

the other. Proof that the underling

unevenness of the lane, not just the

pattern of lane conditioner can dra-

matically affect ball reaction.

After explaining lane mapping

and sharing the Weber video,

Mongeau took Maple Family

Centers bowlers to the lanes at

Farmingdale, had them bowl 4

games across 8 pair, on a different

conditioning patterns, not letting on

what each pair or lane offered. All

were asked the record their scores,

their favorite pair of lanes, and to

write comments on what they expe-

rienced on each pair/lane.

The scores, comments and condi-

tioning patterns provide

Farmingdale Lanes with valued

information on what scoring condi-

tion works best.

We recognize Kegels full under-

standing of lanes, surfaces and all

that goes into scorability. Thats

why we invested in lane mapping.

We are seeing the results right this

very minute and couldnt be happi-

er for Farmingdales bowlers,

myself among them states Joe

LaSpina, proprietor.

Kegel Puts Farmingdale Lanes on the MAPFarmingdale Lanes, one of only five centers worldwide, had Kegel Lane Precision MAP its lanes

The end results . . . better carry . . . better scores . . . happier bowlers.


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6/8


The New Jersey State USBC

Bowling Association ran the state

championship tournament at Knob

Hill Country Lanes, Manalapan,

for five weekends.

Al Gonsiska and John Colgate,

co-managers, said that this is the

biggest state tournament in many

years. This is also the first year the

NJ State Association is running

the tournament. In past years, it

was the responsibility of the local

association who bid on having it.

Colgate said, I am very happy with

the turn out. We had 241 teams

with5 bowlers on a team, 542 dou-

bles, 1084 singles and 836 in the

all-events. Colgate also com-

mented on the Scores that ran high

with 10 - 300 games, 5 - 800

series, 12 11-in-a-row games

and a multitude of 700 series.

Complete results and honor scores

can be found at

www.njbowling.com.

Here is a list of Champions by

Event:Team Handicap:

-Pull It To The Side 3596 from

Scotch Plains

-Team members: Michael Mannino(507), Nick Peros (718), Kenneth

Kosiba (546), Ronald Beesa Jr (730),

Dave Sabin (833)

Team Scratch:

-Cagey Veterans 3471 from

New York, NY

- Team Members: George

Cretella (700), David Topolewski

(801), Michael Mullin (731), Pete

Danyo Jr (590), and Mitchell Sacks

(649).

Doubles Handicap:

-Brian McRae (669) and Scott

Deliantis (645) = 1314 + 327 = 1641

from Carteret, NJ

Doubles Scratch:-John Gualtieri (716) and Ray

Smarsh (776) = 1492 - from Hazlet, NJ

Singles Handicap:

-Paul Donnelly Jr (867) from

Franklinville, NJ

Singles Scratch:

-David Merrill (849) - from

Griggstown, NJ

All Events Scratch

-Div A: Ron Papp, Trenton, NJ

(2282)

- Div B: Brian Gardner,

Bordentown, NJ (2067)

-Div C: David Bennett, Cape May

Court House, NJ (1967)

-Div D: Deborah Calderone,Willingsboro, NJ (1908)

The H. Wesley Bogle award is pre-

sented to Ron Papp for his outstanding

All Events of 2282 and his exceptional

performance in the tournament.

Bowlers Score Big at New JerseyState Championship Tournament

By Joanne Ramsey

Ron Papp of Trenton, NJ (center) captured the New Jersey State

Championship Tournament All-Events title as well as the H. Wesley

Bogle award and here presenting his plaque are tournament co-

managers John Colgate on the left and Al Gonsiska.

FINAL FRAME

Peter Matteo

Peter Matteo, a Past President of Morris County BA and a former

NJ State Travel League member, passed away on July 23rd, 2011. He

had retired and was living in The Villages, FL. He had been in poor

health this past year. Condolences may be sent to: Mrs. Joan Matteo,

3176 Roswell Road, The Villages, FL 32162..


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Storm Bowlers Journal ChampionshipsContinued from page 1

The Dual Entry feature includes

bowlers who chose to use their

four-game totals for doubles and

singles at the same time.

In the 205 & Under Singles, Rick

Bertrand of Sacramento, Calif.,

tossed games of 242, 237, 186 and

187 for an 852 total and earned

$2,000 for the victory, while

Christopher Hopper of Los Angeles

outdistanced his 180 & Under "Pins

Over Average" Singles competitors

with a +218 total. His efforts earned

him $700.

In Senior Singles, Rick Vittone ofTecumseh, Ontario, claimed the top

prize with games of 241, 216, 233

and 225 for a 915 total. Vittone,

who won the 2011 Metro Detroit

USBC Senior Masters crown,

earned $5,000 for his Bowlers

Journal victory.

The Senior Doubles title and

$2,000 first-place prize went to

Rick Thomas of Willowbrook, Ill.,

and Dennis Campbell of Alsip, Ill.,

who posted a 1,783 total. Campbell

led the way with games of 243, 243,

201 and 240 for a 927 set, while

Thomas contributed 211, 208, 210

and 227 for 856.

In February, Tom Hess ofUrbandale, Iowa, won the 2011

Masters at the National Bowling

Stadium, and he returned to Reno

three months later to grab the

Bowlers Journal Mixed Doubles

title with Urbandale's Angela

Chirpich.

Hess' Masters title earned him

$50,000 and a two-year exemption

on the Lumber Liquidators

Professional Bowlers Association

Tour, while he and Chirpich took

home $1,000 for their win.

Hess led the pair with games of

245, 189, 244 and 189 for an 876

set, and Chirpich added 199, 167,194 and 265 for 825 and a 1,692

total.

The Bowlers Journal

Championships was being held

alongside the Open Championships

for the 65th year.Presenting sponsors for the 2011 USBC

Open Championships are Circus Circus,

Eldorado Hotel Casino Reno and Silver

Legacy Resort Casino Reno. Other spon-

sors include Sands Regency Casino Hotel,

official brackets sponsor, Kegel, official

lane maintenance provider, Humana, offi-

cial registration sponsor, US Steltronic,

official scoring system, and supporting

sponsors Storm Bowling Products, UPS,

Nationwide Insurance, Atlantis Casino

Resort and Spa, Harrah's Reno Casino andHotel and Peppermill Hotel Casino.

OPEN SINGLES

1, Casey Murphy, Nixa, Mo., 990. 2,

Nicholas Dean, New Bedford, Mass., 963.

3, Brett Wolfe, Tempe, Ariz., 951. 4, Paul

Stolp, Edison, N.J., 947. 5, Rob Gotchall,

Lincoln, Neb., 942. 6, Richard Burger Jr.,

Philadelphia, 938. 7, Billy Orlikowski,

Grand Rapids, Mich., 926. 8, Mark

D'Angelo, Elmira, N.Y., 917. 9, Peter

Spreadbury, Oak Forest, Ill., 908. 10,

Vernon Peterson, Lake Wales, Fla., 906.

205 & UNDER SINGLES

1, Rick Bertrand, Sacramento, Calif., 852.

2, Keith Klenck, Chicago, 846. 3, Larry

Stephens, Corona, Calif., 842. 4, Shawn

Jenkins, Bluefield, W.Va., 831. 5, John

Vargas, Walnut Creek, Calif., 829. 6, Dan

Johnson, Gwinner, N.D., 822. 7, JamesThatcher, Woodridge, Ill., 816. 8, Stanley

Freitas Jr., Hanford, Calif., 814. 9, Vincent

Treola Jr., Gilbert, Ariz., 811. 10, Edgardo

Puscon, San Francisco, 809.

SENIOR SINGLES

1, Rick Vittone, Tecumseh, Ontario, 915. 2

(tie), Craig Harrington, Herriman, Utah,

and Phil Karwoski Sr., South Hadley,

Mass., 911. 4 (tie), Steve Skrinski,

Kirkland, Wash., and Ryan Lever, New

Berlin, Wis., 909. 6, Rich Cook, Olympia,

Wash., and D. Scott Johnson, Terre Haute,

Ind., 903. 8, Bo Goergen, Midland, Mich.,

884. 9, Daniel Miyamoto, Mililani,

Hawaii, 882. 10, Pete Thomas, Oklahoma

City, 877.

CLASSIC SINGLES

1, Bryon Smith, Roseburg, Ore., 951. 2,

Joe Findling, Mesquite, Texas, 907. 3,Nathan Abow, Swansea, Mass., 895. 4,

Rick Steelsmith, Wichita, Kan., 884. 5

(tie), Matthew Brockett, Clinton, Conn.,

and David Ruder, Edmond, Okla., 879. 7,

Tom Hess, Urbandale, Iowa, 871. 8, Eddie

VanDaniker, Essex, Md., 867. 9, Kurt

Pilon, Warren, Mich., 866. 10, David

Leverage, Peoria, Ariz., 862.

180 & UNDER "PINS OVER AVER-

AGE" SINGLES

1, Christopher Hopper, Los Angeles, +218.

2, Donald Fellbaum, Webster, S.D., +156.

3, Faye Baltazar, Daly City, Calif., +142.

4, Shiela Stormo, Campbell River, British

Columbia, +129. 5, Deanna Shater,

Higginsville, Mo., +119. 6, Pete Becknall,

Elgin, N.D., +112. 7, Harold Ackerman,

Webster, S.D., +100. 8, Shirley Focht,

Campbell River, British Columbia, +93. 9,Michael Stewart, Fernley, Nev., +83. 10,

Gena Hartnett, Sunnyvale, Calif., +81.

OPEN DOUBLES

1, Paul Stolp, Edison, N.J./Sean Riccardi,

Piscataway, N.J., 1,842. 2, Jacob

Dreier/Bryon Smith, Roseburg, Ore.,

1,810. 3, Kerry Kreft, Warren, Mich./Billy

Orlikowski, Grand Rapids, Mich., 1,799.

4, Andrew Cain, Scottsdale, Ariz./Vernon

Peterson, Lake Wales, Fla., 1,798. 5, Pete

Thomas, Oklahoma City/Peter Spreadbury,

Oak Forest, Ill., 1,785. 6, Paul Fleming,

Fort Worth, Texas/Bryon Smith, Roseburg,

Ore., 1,784. 7, Mark D'Angelo, Elmira,

N.Y./Ryan Kretchmer, Rochester, N.Y.,

1,765. 8 (tie), Ed Szygiel, Mount Laurel,

N.J./Donald Pyle, Wilmington, Del., and

Ken Jessee, Huber Heights, Calif./Jeff

Fehr, Cincinnati, 1,762. 10, Daniel

Miyamoto, Mililani, Hawaii/Jarret Mizo,Honolulu, 1,753.

SENIOR DOUBLES

1, Rick Thomas, Willowbrook, Ill./Dennis

Campbell, Alsip, Ill., 1,783. 2, Michael

Weston, Auburn, Mich./Bo Goergen,

Midland, Mich., 1,692. 3, Brad Snell,

Mount Prospect, Ill./Bo Goergen, Midland,

Mich., 1,685. 4, Phillip Kepner,

McKinney, Texas/Rick Minier, Houston,

1,683. 5, Kerry Painter, Henderson,

Nev./John Bertolina, San Diego, 1,671. 6,

Carl Kinyon, Lockport, N.Y./Rick Vittone,

Tecumseh, Ontario, 1,647. 7, Dan

Podgorski, Montverde, Fla./Duane

Podgorski, Lakeland, Fla., 1,643. 8, Mike

Dias, Lafayette, Colo./Maury Newman,

Lewisville, Texas, 1,636. 9, Pete Thomas,

Oklahoma City/ Craig Harrington,

Herriman, Utah, 1,634. 10, Chip Willett,

San Diego/Mike McHugh, Southlake,Texas, 1,630.

MIXED DOUBLES

1, Tom Hess/Angela Chirpich, Urbandale,

Iowa, 1,692. 2, Deanna Andrews/Ashley

Walls, Pensacola, Fla., 1,629. 3, Josie

Earnest, Brentwood, Tenn./Kyle Barnes,

Smyrna, Tenn., 1,622. 4, Ed

McDonnell/Gene Hartnett, Sunnyvale,

Calif., 1,620. 5, Tina Stickney, Goodyear,

Ariz./Stuart Williams, Phoenix, 1,619. 6,

Roxanne George, Waukesha, Wis./Bill

Monce, Oak Lawn, Ill., 1,606. 7, Kathy

Tribbey, Dundee, Ore./Gary Ledford,

Cornelius, Ore., 1,593. 8, Cassandra

Leuthold, Black Hawk, S.D./Dan Quilt,

Rapid City, S.D., 1,590. 9, Mindy

Pancoast, Mill Creek, Wash./Jeremy

Pancoast, Newport News, Va., 1,589. 10,

Richard Van Scoyk, Troy, Ill./Rebekah

Diers, Kingston, N.Y., 1,587.


8/8


THE MAGIC AT MAJESTIC

Jaydee Luistro 971HOPELAWN, NJ Jaydee Luistro led the

scoring in the Handicap Doubles League firing

games of 268-254-225-224 for a high series of

971

Ken Horvath rolled 223-243-232-264-962,

Rocco Fortunato 279-279-940, Lee Kay 244-

225-266-928, Dave Morgante 255-252-249-

917, Eric Velazquez 247-200-254-201-912,

Paulo Toy 235-258-277-904, and Amanda

Hermann 203-201-258-225-887.

In the Monday Adult/Junior League Lauro

Perez rolled 255-204-641, Justin McDougald

243-208-641, and Daneille Medvetz 200 203-217.

Wayne Michel rolled 238 and Richard

Rowley 226 in the Senior No-Tap League.

Rocco Fortunato 723HOPELAWN, NJ- Rocco Fortunato topped

the scoring in the Guys & Dolls League firing

games of 268-211-244 for a high series of 723.

Gary Colfer rolled 260-231-219-710,

Thomas Poulos 224-232-215-671, Lauro

Perez 227-215-226-668, Michael Garcia 246-

660, Bonnie DeSimone 201-225-620, and

Kathleen Pranio 219-220-614.

Rocco Fortunato 709HOPELAWN, NJ Rocco Fortunato led the

scoring in the Guys & Dolls League firing


Michael Garcia rolled 237-226-237-700, PJ

Mitileneos 246-218-210-674, Kyle Januzzi

226-248-662, and Bonnie Desimone 227-617.

Richard Rowley 683HOPELAWN, NJ- Richard Rowley led the

scoring in the Senior No-Tap League firing


Larry Johnson rolled 245-260-666, and Mary

Doslik 224.

Lauro Perez 665HOPELAWN, NJ Lauro Perez led the scor-

ing in the Monday Jr./Adult League firing

games of 247-221 for a high series of 665, and

Dan Pawelek hit 215-200-227-642.

John Kertesz 658HOPELAWN, NJ John Kertesz led the scor-

ing in the Performance Ball Trios League firing


Jamie Tartaglia hit 209.

august 3, 2011 sports reporter

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