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The East's Most Read Bowling Weekly
Sports ReporterThe Nation's Leading Bowling Tournament Newspaper Since 1940
Vol. 72 No. 31 October 5 - 11, 2011 50 cents
LAKEWOOD, NJ Anthony
Fariello earned top honors in theSaturday Scratch Trio League
rolling perfect with a 300 game
then added games of 202 and 229
for a high series of 731.
Brain Coupe rolled 246-236-
237-719, Corinne Maher 279,
Mitchell Collier 266, Matt Clark
258, Bret Downs 254, JessicaZalewski 236, Ryan Melia 234,
Kaitlynn Nardielo 224, Sydney
Scelfo 219, Tori Campbell 206,
and Faith Meder and Kelly
Nicosia each tallied a 201 game.
MBWA to Honor Carolyn Dorin-Ballard, Ruth Bouie, Ron Mohr,
Leanne Barrette-Hulsenberg, Kelly Kulick, Bill ONeill at ECBCC
The Metropolitan Bowling Writers Association will
honor Carolyn Dorin-Ballard, Ruth Bouie, Ron Mohr,
Leanne Barrette-Hulsenberg, Kelly Kulick, Bill ONeill 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, theLandgraff 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 ONeill.
Convention keynote speaker at the lunch will be Kizer & Bender:
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Anthony Fariello Tossed 300
At Ocean Lanes
EAST COAST BOWLING
CENTERS CONVENTION
Comes to Atlantic City
See more inside
Rami Ahmed Blasted 829
At Majestic LanesHOPELAWN, NJ Rami Ahmed
tok center stage spotlight bowling
in the Middlesex County Classic
League at Majestic Lanes when he
tossed games of 289-290-250 en
route to the session high series of
829.
Frank Mortensen rolled 246-237-
247-730, Russell Bennett 279-
254-727, Bill Daunno 234-279-
204-717, Dennis Smith 224-221-
257-702, William Smith 267-235-
694, Ken Horvath 276-689, Dave
Morgante 226-214-246-686,
Glenn Mohr, Jr. 214-269-681, and
Nelson F. Alves 241-245-676.
SPECIAL EDITION
Carolyn Dorin-Ballard
Ron Mohr Kelly Kulick
Ruth Bouie
Leanne Hulsenberg Bill ONeill
Kyle Roberts 300
At JIB LanesFLUSHING, NY - Kyle Roberts
found perfection in a 300 on the
way to a 1047 4-game series rollingin the 2x4 League at Jib lanes
Congratulations go out to Jib
UBA bowling team, The
Wrecking Crew, for winning
Battle bowl and for being the 2011
Tri-state Regional Champions.
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Sports ReporterEditor/Publisher - Dan McDonough
Pat McDonough - 1967-1996
Circulation Manager Editorial Assistant
Henry Allen Immaculatta D'Elia
Contributing Writers
Chuck Pezzano George Faytok Joan Taylor
Al Smetana Larry Diebner John Jowdy
Pat McDonough Vince Albrech Joe Rizzi
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Just some of the convention highlightsWelcome Luncheon and Keynote by Jim Snack
Monday, October 10, 12:15 - 1:45 pm
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State of the Industry BREAKFAST
Wednesday, October 12, 2011, 7:30 - 9 am
With updates of all the happenings at BPAA, USBC, the IBMHOF
and the bowling industry, in general.
With Steve Johnson, BPAA; Stu Upson, USBC; and Pat Ciniello,
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This lunch also features the
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THE MAGIC AT MAJESTICChris Brown 768HOPELAWN, NJ Chris Brown led the league rolling in the
Middlesex County Classic rolling near perfect with a 299 game then
added games of 236 and 233 for the session high series of 768.
Andy Polidura rolled 243-227-290-760, Rami Ahmed 216-241-288-
745, Marcus Stevens 212-289-227-728, Travis Tilley 211-233-279-
723, Dennis Smith 279-211-226-716, Jeff Monteleone 221-265-225-
711, Glenn Mohr, Jr. 269-245-705, Ken Horvath 214-256-225-695, and
Rocco Fortunato 238-226-225-689.
Pete Tirado 751HOPELAWN, NJ Pete Tirado led the scoring in the Madison Park
Mens League firing games of 258-226-267 for a high series of 731.
Rob DOnofrio rolled 247-264-227-738, Tom Martino, Jr. 238-267-
223-728, Matthew Manenty 276-214-215-705, Scott Porto 212-259-
653, and Anthony Martino 216-229-204-649.
J. Monteleone 735HOPELAWN, NJ Jeff Monteleone beat all bowlers in the Academy
Madness League pitching 232-257-246 for the high series of 735.
Frank Viverito rolled 237-258-212-707, Nick Viverito 203-242-210-
655, Bonnie DeSimone 205-212-222-639, Mike Dellamanna 224-202-
618, and Dan DeBenedetto 216-213-608.
Kelly Kulick Exposedin October 7 Issue of
ESPN MagazineBy Bill Vint - PBA
Kelly Kulick, the only woman
ever to win a PBA Tour title and
a three-time PBA Tour exempt
player, will be among a select
group of athletes who will bare
almost all in a Body We Want
section of the Oct. 7 issue of
ESPN the Magazine.
Kulick, the 2010 PBA
Tournament of Champions win-
ner, will appear along with gym-
nast Alicia Sacramone, snow-
boarder Gretchen Bleiler, soccer
goalie Hope Solo, NBA star
Blake Griffin, New York Mets
shortstop Jose Reyes, St. Louis
Rams running back Steven
Jackson and several other athletes
who posed nude discreetly for
ESPN The Magazine's third annu-
al "Body Issue."
All of the athletes will appear
naked or barely-clothed (with pri-
vate parts strategically covered),
ESPN The Magazine editor-in-
chief Chad Millman told USA
Today. It will be the magazine's
third "exploration and celebration
of the athletic form," he noted.
Other female athletes baring
their physiques will be WNBAcompetitor Sylvia Fowles, LPGA
rookie Belen Mozo, track and
field star Natasha Hastings, hock-
ey player Julie Chu, tennis player
Vera Zvonareva, surfer Steph
Gilmore and tattooed roller derby
player Suzy Hotrod. The other
male athletes will be speedskater
Apolo Ohno, NHL player Ryan
Kesler, UFC light heavyweight
champion Jon Jones, IndyCar
racer Helio Castroneves, boxer
Sergio Martinez, marathoner
Ryan Hall and paralympian
Jeremy Campbell.
"In the short time we've been
doing it, this is an issue that hasbecome pretty anticipated," says
Millman. "In terms of the athletes
we've attracted, we feel like the
group is really strong."
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October 5 - 11, 2011 SPORTS REPORTER 3M e t r o p o l i t a n B o w l i n gW r i t e r s A s s o c i a t i o n49th Annual Awards Presentation
MBWA Honors Carolyn Dorin-Ballard, Ruth Bouie, Ron Mohr,
Leanne Barrette-Hulsenberg, Kelly Kulick, Bill ONeillCarolyn Dorin-Ballard, CDB as her friends know her, has been
involved in every aspect of bowling ever since she showed a talent
for the competitive side of the sport as a kid growing up in Linden,
New Jersey. She has starred at every level, making her presence
known in juniors and then the best competition in the world, against
women when there was a regular female tour and against men when
necessary.
A Texan from her college days on, she married PBA Hall of
Famer Del Ballard and added motherhood to a long list of involve-
ments that included competition, exhibitions, instructional clinics,
business, broadcasting and develop-
ing programs in high school and
college bowling.
Asked how she handles all this
Carolyn says: Anyone who tells
you balancing bowling, a family, a
child, a job and travel is easy is
absolutely NUTS! It is not, and
probably never will be.
Carolyn handles it well and her
daughter, Alyssa, has more frequent
flyer miles than most of my friends
and knows what room service is,
only because she travels with Carolyn and Del everywhere. Did I
say Alyssa is only seven years old?
At 46 she is just as tireless as she was when she was 16. She owns
more than 20 major titles and shes still as a threat to win any tourna-
ment she enters. She and fellow Jersey girl Kelly Kulick of Union have
been recognized as the two outstanding bowlers of the past decade.
And yet, with so many irons in the fire, Dorin-Ballard has just
jumped into a position of far-reaching importance. Since March 1,
she has been busy as the United States Bowling Congress director of
coaching.
The USBC facilities at Arlington, Texas, are marvels in testing
bowling equipment, bowling balls, pins, etc., to come up with data
useful in coaching. Seminars will be increased because of their pop-
ularity with the coaches from around the world.
"Carolyn has experience and success at all levels and aspects of
the sport, so she is the perfect person to facilitate the growth of
USBC coaching," said Neil Stremmel, USBC managing director.
Is she good? Carolyn has been called the best female bowler of all
time, and at the Kegel training center also has the title of being the
most accurate player in history of the testing center, hitting the exact
target over 30 times in a row at the exact same speed. CDB, also
during the Women's Series Showdown, rolled 21 consecutive strikes
giving her the title of having the most consecutive successful 10 pin
tosses in the history of televised bowling.
CDB has quite a list of lifetime achievements so there is no won-
der why the Metropolitan Bowling Writers honor her with the
Landgraf Award.
-Chuck Pezzano/Dan McDonough
RUTH G. BOUIE
The bowling community and industry knows many givers and
takers. The quintessential giver is Ruth Bouie. The fact that her
resume states New Jersey State Womens Bowling Association as
her employment speaks for itself.
There are many years of service and categories of dedication that
list Ruth Bouie over and over. They are too numerous to list, so hereare a few highlights. Ruth has been a delegate to the (former) WIBC
National Convention for 30 years, was a WIBC teller one year, was
a delegate to the NJSWBA for 28 years, and a delegate to the
NJSWBA Workshop for 7 years.
She is a director with the state USBC, association manager for the
state USBC and Secretary for the State WBA in addition to being a
local director with the USBC of Union County. Ruth has served or
is currently serving on 9 state committees as well as 10 local com-
mittees.
In her spare time (no pun intended), Ruth serves on the New
Jersey State Bowling Council and is a youth association state repre-
sentative. She participates in many state tournaments and is also a
league secretary.
Fittingly, Ruth has been honored with the New Jersey State USBC
WBA and Union County WBA Halls of Fame for Meritorious
Service. She also has a 25-year state annual tournament participation
award and was honored by the state with a twenty-year service
award. Today Ruth can add the Metropolitan Bowling Writers
Association (MBWA) Special Service Award to her many well-
deserved honors, as we GIVE to the quintessential GIVER.
-Joan Taylor
LEANNE HULSENBERG
It is difficult to assess ifLeanne Hulsenbergs victory in the 2011
BPAA US Womens Open Tournament sponsored by the Brands of
Ebonite can be categorized as a comeback or simply a new begin-
ning.Bowling as Leanne Barrette for 17 years before the professional
womens bowling tour folded in 2003, she earned 26 titles. She was
named PWBA Player of the year twice. In 2007 Leanne was induct-
ed into the USBC Hall of Fame for Superior Performance.
But today we honor Leanne for a more recent achievement. After
a nine-year layoff from full-time professional bowling competition,
she won the Womens Open, defeating Lynda Barnes in a squeaker
match, 247-246, and then tournament leader Kelly Kulick, 218-183.
As easy as it looks in print, the venue for the final rounds was not
your everyday bowling center, or even a modest-size arena. It was
held in the gargantuan Dallas Cowboys Stadium, complete with a
couple of dance numbers by the famous cheerleaders, and a crowd
of thousands cheering the women on. Very distracting for some, but
not for Leanne.
In addition to a check for $50,000, Leanne received two round-
trip tickets to anywhere in the continental United States from
American Airlines, a $5,000 gift certificate to Tiffany and Co., and a
custom High 5 Gear Jersey.
But the victory meant so much more, as Leanne tearfully said,This is the first time my husband, Gary, saw me win. We met after
the tour stopped. It was also the first time her scene-stealing son,
Barrette (great name), 2, saw Mommy win as well.
With this huge victory putting Boomer back on the map, the
consensus is that hopefully there will be more such opportunities for
womens bowling. Whether its a comeback or a new beginning for
womens bowling, the perfect ambassador and spokesperson would
indeed be Leanne Barrette Hulsenberg. Congratulations to our
national woman bowler of the year!
-Joan Taylor
KELLY KULICK
To steal from Miss Congeniality, shes beauty and shes grace.
Shes also Miss Congeniality whether on tour or at home in Union,
NJ where Kelly Kulick has always presented herself as just Kelly.
You never would know about all the records she exploded. Or the
international victories shes had this year. Or the fact that she was
nominated along with nine other women as Sportswoman of the
Year by the Womens Sports foundation. Or that she led wire towire in the BPAA 2011 US Womens Open sponsored by the
Brands of Ebonite tournament in Arlington, TX.
While $25,000 for second place (losing to Leanne Hulsenberg in
the historic championship match, 218-183) provided some consola-
tion, Kellys grace in defeat was demonstrated in the post-tourna-
ment press conference and in her signing autographs after that.
Shes back on Team USA and distinguishing herself in singles,
doubles and team events along with another (former) New Jersey
native, Carolyn Dorin-Ballard. Recently she was cited as a wine
connoisseur, something she studied in case she ever stops bowling
full time. Like that would happen.
This is Kellys seventh outstanding bowler award from the
Metropolitan Bowling Writers Association, including last year, when
she blazed a new trail as both national and Metropolitan Area
Female Bowler of the Year for our organization.
Regardless of her numerous local, national and international
awards and achievements, for Kelly Kulick, winning never gets
old. And she has that beauty and grace as well.
-Joan Taylor
RON MOHR
Professional Bowlers Association Senior Player of the Year Ron
Mohr of Eagle River, Alaska, may have experienced the most suc-
cessful year ever in dominating the 11-tournament 2011 PBA Senior
Tour schedule.
That lofty conclusion comes at the end of a year in which Mohr
won a record-tying four titles in the 10 PBA Senior Tour events heentered, supported by a stunning 67-30 record in his head-to-head
matches (a 69 percent success rate) and an equally impressive quali-
fying record. In 10 tournaments, Mohr was the leading qualifier
twice, No. 2 twice and he qualified lower than seventh only one time.
His bad event might have been his most impressive. After strug-
gling to 77th place after the first eight qualifying games in the
Senior Decatur (Ill.) Open, Mohr moved up 53 places over the next
eight games to make the cut to match play by four pins, qualifying a
season-worst 24th.
In addition to his four titles including his first major champi-
onship in the Senior U.S. Open Mohr finished out of the top four
only one time. He was second twice, third twice, fourth and had a
13-place finish in Decatur. For the record, the only tournament he
didnt enter was the USBC Senior Masters which he missed in order
to attend a family wedding.
Tom Baker (2006), Dale Eagle (1999) and Pete Couture (1998)
also had four-title seasons, but only Bakers was in a comparable
number of events (nine). In 2006, Baker finished second, third, fifth,
seventh and 24th in his other five events. Eagle won four times in a15-tournament schedule while Couture won his four titles in a 14-
event season.
Mohr also won the 2011 earnings crown, taking $56,100 to the
bank and his consistency led to an easy victory in the competition
points race where he compiled 217,602 points.
-Bill Vint - PBA
BILL ONEILL
Bill ONeill earned PBA Rookie of the Year 2005-06 was a four-
time first team All-American at Saginaw Valley State University
and tree-time member of Team USA including 2011. Three-time
Bowling Writers Association of America Collegiate Bowler of the
Year and National Collegiate Bowling Coaches Association Most
Valuable Player in 2003 and 2004
Bill, called "The Real Deal" by friends, is the Gold medal winner
in all-events, trios, team and Masters bronze in 2011 PABCON
Championships in Guadalajara, Mexico. And this season won third
career title in Pepsi Viper Championship, top finishes of second in
PBA World Championship, fourth in Scorpion Championship, fifthin U.S. Open and ninth in Tournament of Champions, made match
play in 10 of 12 events, ranked fourth in average with a 220.24 and
fifth in earnings collecting $97,290
Bill was the only player to cash in all 12 Tour events this year and
you need to know why the MBWA picked him for this honor?
-Dan McDonough
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Adult LeaguesBROOKLYN, NY In the
Wednesday Senior Mens League
Alby Pezzella shot 279.
Hung Tai Tang hit 279 in the
Thursday Mens Match League,
Joe Peltzman hit 278, and John
Palastro 276.
In the Wednesday Parking Lot
League, Anthony Vasile hit 279,
George Mitro 278, Frank Palumbo,
Jr. 276, and Bonny Feliciano 265.
In the Monday Mixed Handicap
League Diane Pomo rolled 256.
John LaCorter rolled 274 in the
Friday Nite Mixed League.
Juniors LeagueBROOKLYN, NY Dorrie Anne
Rizzo led all competition in the
Sunday Adult Child League firing
a high game of 199.
Justin DeCicco rolled 182,
Anthony Mastroianni 180, and
Vernoica Sorrentini 145.
Youth LeaguesBROOKLYN, NY In the Sunday
Adult Child League Rayhon
Brown rolled 258.
Nathaniel Vazquez shot 224 in the
Saturday Night Teens League.
Michael Martell hit 222 in the
Satrurday Night Teens League.
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