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HOPELAWN, NJ – Paul Harney

earned top honors in the Tuesday

Nite Trios League firing games of

289-300-269 for a high series of 858.

Bryan Senatore rolled 246-214-

656, Justin McDougald 225-228-

612, Ryan Kirkland 232, Larry

Gibbons 219, and Charlene

Martino 206.

In the Wednesday EarlybirdsLeague Charlene Martino shot

228, and Sue Ragas 187.

Paul Harney Blasted 300-858

At Majestic Lanes

Gary Shultis Wins PBA East Region

Knob Hill Senior OpenBy Russ Mills

Eddie Brown Rolled 300

At Farmingdale Lanes

Joe Casale 300 at Farmingdale

FARMINGDALE, NY – Eddie

Brown blasted a 300 game for a

707 series in the Thursday 3-Man

League at Farmingdale Lanes.

Dan Levin shot 279-752 for the

session high series followed by

Tyrone Page 279-725, Warren

Cooperstein and Tom Colon 278,

Nick Lombardi 734, Dan Rice

719, Frankie Montgoris 711, and

Jeremy Schaffer 707.

FARMINGDALE, NY – Joe

Casale blasted a 300 game for a

771 series in the Thursday 3-Man

League at Farmingdale Lanes.

Dan Rice hit 279-717, Jay

McCullough 270-776, and Earl

Holden 710.

John Sheridan and Eric Smyth

rolled 277 in the Friday Late

Mixed League.

David Brand shot 280-751 in the

Wednesday Party League.

Ed McAuliffe Hit 299-815

At Montvale LanesBy Larry Diebner

MONTVALE, NJ - Ed McAuliffe

blasted scores of 268 and 248

around a near perfect 299 game to

finish with an 815 series leading

all scoring in the Thursday Nite

Early Bird League at Montvale

Lanes.

Bill Allison tossed 248-707,

Steve Scorzetti 278-706, Nick

Hobencamp 243-703, Chris

Morciglio 256-696, Mike Folchi

269-695, Dave Spanno 247-695,

Frank Picciotto 246-690, and Ed

Kilianski 246-690.

HOPELAWN, NJ - Kevin

Kennelly led the scoring in the

Thursday Mixed Nuts League atMajestic Lanes firing games of

216 and 226 around a 300 perfec-

to to tally the session high series

of 742.

Rolando Vazquez rolled 234-

244-224-702 followed by Don

Hellhake 255-236-679, Paul Newman 226-245-655, and

Steven Baum, Jr. tossed a 244

game.

BELLEVILLE, NJ - Jerold

Fredericks and Mike McCabe

topped the leader board when they

each blasted a 300 game while

rolling in the Anytime Fitness

League at Brunswick Zone

Belleville Lanes.

Steve Smith shot 268-278-266-

812, and Jose Bermudez 290.

Jerold Fredericks, Mike McCabe

Hit 300 at Zone Belleville

Kevin Kennelly Rolled 300

At Majestic Lanes

MANALAPAN, N.J. –

Gary Shultis of Levittown,

N.Y., defeated SamMaccarone of Sewell,

N.J., 197-179, to win the

Professional Bowlers

Association East Region

Knob Hill Senior Open at

Knob Hill Country Lanes.

The win was Shultis’ 18th

career regional title. Shultis

earned $1,500 for the win

while Maccaarone earned

$800 as the runner-up.

Shultis defeated Chris

Fedden of Albany, N.Y.,

186-182, and Maccarone

defeated Greg Rottengen of

Washington, N.J., 187-150,

in the semifinal round.Fedden and Rottengen each earned $650 as

semifinal round losers.

In the Round of 8 (best of three games, losers

eliminated and earned $550 each):

Shultis def. Richard

Venditto, Ocean, N.J., 2-0;

Maccarone def. BobCaruso, Dayton, N.J., 2-1;

Rottengen def. Steve

Ferraro, Kingston, N.Y., 2-

1; Fedden def. David

Kneas, Annapolis, Md., 2-1.

In the Round of 16 (best of

five games, losers eliminat-

ed and earned $500 each):

Shultis def. Mike Walden,

Stony Point, N.Y., 3-1;

Maccarone def. Michael

Brower, Amsterdam, N.Y.,

3-0; Rottengen def. David

Zelger, Red Lion, Pa., 3-0;

Fedden def. Mike Hastings,

Millsboro, Del., 3-1; Caruso

def. Jay Boyle, GarnetValley, Pa., 3-1; Kneas def. Bret Winters, Cream

Ridge, N.J., 3-2; Venditto de f. Robe rt Kav anaugh ,

Clifton Park, N.Y., 3-1; Ferraro def. Andrew

Smith, Colonie, N.Y., 3-0.

Kathy Kubinak, manager of Knob Hill

Country Lanes presents check to Gary Shultis

PBA East Region champion.

Jim Sturm Elected New USBC PresidentOutgoing President Darlene Baker on USBC Board

ARLINGTON, Texas – The

United States Bowling Congress

Board of Directors has elected

Jim Sturm of South Charleston,

W.Va., as president. Sturm will

be the fourth president in the

history of the organization when

he takes office Aug. 1.

Sturm has worked with numer-

ous bowling centers in West

Virginia and Indiana and

presently owns and operates

Dunbar Bowling Center in

Dunbar, W.Va. Sturm has been a

member of the USBC Board

since 2008 and is past president

of the Bowling Proprietors’

Association of America.

Sturm started working in the

bowling industry more than 30

years ago and has an extensive

history of leadership at the

local, state and national level. A competitive bowler

on the lanes, Sturm has numerous 300 games and

multiple Professional Bowlers Association regional

titles to his credit. He is a graduate of the

Vincennes University Bowling Lanes

Management program and graduated from West

Virginia State University with a degree in business

administration and marketing.

The USBC Board also elected

Tom Bluth of Davie, Fla., as

vice president effective Aug. 1.

Bluth is executive vice presi-

dent, chief financial officer and

general counsel for Ellis

Diversified. Bluth earned his

bachelor's degree in business

administration as well as

advanced degrees in law (J.D.

and LL.M.) from Washington

University in St. Louis. He is

also a certified public account-

ant.

Outgoing USBC President

Darlene Baker of Mahomet, Ill.,

will continue on the USBC

Board after being elected to a

new three-year term at the

USBC Annual Meeting.

United States Bowling

Congress The United States

Bowling Congress, as the national governing body,

ensures the integrity and protects the future of the

sport, provides programs and services to more than

two million adult and youth members and enhances

the bowling experience.

The interactive home of USBC is BOWL.com.

Go to twitter.com/USBC for the fastest USBC

headlines.

Jim Srurm USBC President



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Ten P in Rap . . . .

Morris County USBC BA Director Steve Peterson sent in results of the

54th Annual Lloyd L. Smith Memorial Champion of Champions

Tournament. This is held annually for all first place (sanctioned league)

teams in Morris County. The results are: Handicap Team: Knotty Pine

III, Rockaway Lanes: Carol Fisher, Joan Rauh, William Rauh, Matthew

Pukas and Eugene Pukas, 3515 (gross); Two of a Kind (Circle Lanes),

Debi Attalia, Donna Sterling, Verne Pancoast, Laurie Nappi and

Christina Bream, 3455. Doodads (Plaza Lanes); Jane Inch, Liz

McKissock, Bea Reinacher, Elaine Wilson and Lies’l Apgar, 3426,

Citrus Peels (Circle Lanes), Debbie Pastore, Kaitlyn Marin, Donald Van

Norman, William Landrum and Robert Sawart, 3408. Scratch team:

Hollywood Pools and Spas (Circle Lanes), Sam Simone, Larry Dickson,Greg Scalley, John Scalley and Mustafa Abdallatif, 3179; Smashie

Smashy (Hanover Lanes), Tim Panek, Janet Lopez, Stephen Friedella,

Thomas Schweitzer, Jack Safkan, 3132. High game honors went to Roy

Henderson, Jr. (300) and Lies’l Apgar (247). Series were led by Keith

Dougherty with 817 and Val Johannessen with 661.

This is one of many county tournaments run throughout the year by

volunteers. There is also a league officers’ tournament, mixed doubles,

and county championships (both USBC BA and WBA). Kudos to the

county officers, directors and others who give their time to provide these

competitions.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

For those of you who were not on a first-place team, consider this

year’s Eleventh Annual Pro Image Bowling Camp, a/k/a “Bowling Boot

Camp.” It is geared to just about every level of bowler who wants to

improve his or her game and maybe get rid of some bad habits in the

process. Every year for the past 11, Richard Mark has given up

Rockaway Lanes for three days to give people the opportunity to attend

this prestigious camp. This is the first year that four gold level coaches

(consider that there are only 39 such certified coaches in the entire

world) will be on hand. The newest edition is Gordon Vadakin, the Yoda

of multi-national collegiate champion teams at Wichita State. The fee

averages out to around $27 per hour, a real bargain considering the class-

room sessions and hours of on-lane one-on-one coaching. Every year

Ken Yokobosky and the super staff have reviewed the previous camp

and then made modifications. One of them was the addition of the video

assessment with commentary and visual aids. One final benefit you can’t

put a price on is the camaraderie post-camp. Some campers have kept in

touch over the years. Others followed up with additional private coach-

ing sessions with Yokobosky, available at the lanes when he’s not work-

ing in his pro shops or bowling in regional PBA tournaments. The camp

will run on Friday-Sunday, July 15-17. A few spots are still available.

For more information contact Pro Image Bowling at 973-625-5554.

If you're still looking for a

gift for any occasion, a gift for

that bowler on your list the

king is still a bowling ball.

A bowling ball used to be a

lifetime object with a similar

guarantee. It was oftenpassed on to relatives, friends

and other bowlers. Seldom

was it tossed away and still

rates high in the things stored

away in closets, garages, attics

and basements.

Bowling balls don't last as

long as they used to but they

still last close to forever. The

compositions are softer and

wear easier but everything is

relative. Pros change bowling

balls as much as they change

socks and might use a ball for a

few games or a few months and

in very rare cases, a few years.

But a pro bowls as many games

in a week as the average

bowler tosses in a year.

Long before it became com-

mon for bowlers to have more

than a handy bowling ball or

two, hall of famer Bob

Strampe was way ahead of the

norm.

"If pro bowlers could carry

them, they would have a differ-

ent ball for every lane." said

Strampe.

Today's pros and high aver-

agers, most of them experts on

bowling balls and grips, their

own, and every ball arisingfrom the experience and imag-

ination of those who devote

their lives to come up with the

perfect bowling ball, will

search forever.

Most bowlers have more

modest goals, a ball that's com-

fortable and helps them

improve their game a bit.

All approved bowling balls

are fine, but they are all differ-

ent, within United States

Bowling Congress specifica-

tions. The outer surfaces vary

in hardness, as does the com-position, inner weight blocks,

balance, total weight and color.

You don't have to know the

plus and minus factors of every

ball, but in buying a ball you

should seek the advice of some-

one who knows or can deter-

mine what is best for you.

It is not rocket science; it is

bowling science.

The weight of a ball is all

important and it is no back-

ward step to go to a lighter

ball, and many of the top pros

do not use the maximum

weight of 16 pounds. Color of

the ball is choice and these

days there are as many colors

for bowling balls as there are

for Christmas tree balls or

Easter eggs.

Make arrangements for a

bowling ball gift with a certifi-

cate or a blank ball that can be

changed later when the bowler

has a chance to spend some

time with the seller.

And with all the many scien-

tific and technical advances in

bowling balls, Teata Semiz, all-

time great makes no excuses

for his feeling for each new

bowling ball"Many times I didn't change

much at all, but a new ball

gives you a new outlook and a

new mental lift that can't be

matched." said Semiz.

Isn't that what gifts are all

about?

FARMINGDALE

Kerrick Jones

FARMINGDALE, NY – Kerrick

Jones rolled 752 in the Tuesday

Early Birds League.

Mike Marrazzo rolled 745 in the

Wednesday Men’s Party League.

Ken Brown rolled 746, and Omar

Cerutti 718 in the Wednesday

Men’s League.

In the BVL Tournament at RVC

Lanes Farmingdale Lanes had 4

bowlers finish in the top 10:

Andrew Skorpanic, Bay Stauder,

and Walter Lacey from theWednesday Early Men’s League,

and Clay Hunt from the Friday

Late Mixed League.

Dan Rice 288FARMINGDALE, NY – Dan Rice

led the scoring in the Thursday 3-

Man League firing a 288 game.

Dan Levin rolled 279-768, Joe

Casale 270-719, Frankie

Montgoris 713, and Bob Gelfant

705.

In the Sunday Early Mixed

League Rainer Latteier shot 705.

Joe Romeo 278FARMINGDALE, NY – Joe

Romeo shot 278-726, Eric Smyth

274-723 in the Friday Late MixedLeague.

Rainer Latteiner rolled 278 in the

Sunday Early Mixed League.

Clayton Hunt 767 FARMINGDALE, NY – Clayton

Hunt rolled 280-670 in the Kegel

Challenge League.

Tony Cipriano rolled 692 in the

Monday 3-Man League.

Steve Gonzalez rolled 277 in the

Tuesday Party League.

James Curran 743FARMINGDALE, NY – James

Curran rolled games of 231-278-

239 for a high series of 743 in the

Monday 3-Man League. Nicholas DiLauro shot 216-247-

269-732 in the Tuesday Party

League.

James Curran 279FARMNGDALE, NY – James

Curran led the scoring in the

Monday 3-Man League firing a

high game of 279.

Brian Beale rolled 266-660, Dave

Holub 687, and Ray Permicco

667.

Larry Johnson 710FARMINGDALE, NY – Larry

Johnson topped the scoring in the

Tuesday Party League firing a 280

game for a high series of 710.Willy McCann rolled 693, Rob

Spann 686, and George Bove 669.

Vinny Innone shot 269, Rob

DiStefano 268-752 in the Saturday

Fun League.

Parker Bohn III Received BPAA’s

Dick Weber Bowling Ambassador AwardBy Bill Vint - PBA Media Relations

PBA Hall of Famer Parker Bohn III joined a short list of outstanding

individuals who have been named recipients of the Bowling Proprietors’

Association of America Dick Weber Bowling Ambassador Award dur-

ing BPAA’s annual meeting in Grapevine, Texas, on June 27.

Bohn’s contributions to the sport, on and off the lanes, exemplify the

contributions made by the late bowling legend.

“Receiving this award will go among the best achievements of my

career,” Bohn said. “When I think of Dick Weber, I think of a class act,

an honorable, true gentleman and a great ambassador for our sport.”



July 13 - 19, 2011 SPORTS REPORTER 3

ARLINGTON, Texas – After

completing a comprehensive

research study, the United States

Bowling Congress will retain its

current specifications for static

weight limits in its approved

bowling balls.

The recently-finished study

showed that if the current static

weight limits were eliminated or increased, the typical three-

phase motion of bowling balls as

they travel down a lane (skid,

hook, and then roll) would be

significantly altered. A fourth

phase of unpredictable motion

begins to occur that would cause

problems for bowlers and likely

have an undesirable effect.

“Our research showed that

bowling balls with more than the

USBC-allowed amount of static

weights will skid, hook, roll,

then either start to hook again or

fade away from the pocket,”

said USBC Managing Director

of National Governing Body

Neil Stremmel. “That type of

motion would hinder bowlers

and pro shop operators because

bowling balls would not have

appropriate entry angle into the

pins and bowlers would not

know how their bowling ballswould react.”

Static weights consist of top,

bottom, finger, thumb and side

weights. Current USBC specifi-

cations allow a maximum 3 oz.

of top or bottom weight, and 1

oz. each of side, finger or thumb

weight.

Led by USBC Research

Engineer Nicki Mours, the

USBC research team undertook

the study to address concerns in

the bowling industry that static

weights are no longer relevant

with today’s high-performance

bowling balls that are affected

more by ball dynamics and sur-

face alteration. Before making a

decision to modify, eliminate or

keep the specification, USBC

research engineers began a for-

mal study to evaluate its

research data and come to its

conclusions.

“Our research proved that the

current USBC static weight lim-

its are still valid, even in this

age of high-tech bowling balls,”

Stremmel said. “While static

weights do have a minimal

effect on bowling ball motion

within the current window, our

research data and analysis shows

that having no limit can have a

negative effect on ball motion.

Therefore USBC will not changethe specification.”

Testing for the research study

was conducted from November

2010 to May 2011 at the

International Training and

Research Center (ITRC) on the

International Bowling Campus

in Arlington, Texas, using the

bowling robot E.A.R.L.

(Enhanced Automated Robotic

Launcher) designed to be able to

consistently simulate any type

of bowling style with an accura-

cy and consistency on the lanes

that no human bowler can

achieve

The research findings were

presented by USBC engineers at

the International Bowl Expo and

USBC Convention in

Grapevine, Texas.

Visit BOWL.com/equipand-

specs for more information

about USBC research initiatives

and the ITRC.

USBC RETAINS STATIC WEIGHT SPECIFICATION

FOR BOWLING BALLS Research study shows limits remain relevant

By Jason Overstreet - USBC Communications

Bobby Manella Blasted 223-617

To Pace North Arlington JuniorsBy Vince Albrecht

NORTH ARLINGTON, NJ – In North Arlington’s Friday Adult-Youth

Doubles, Bobby Manella stayed hot with 223-617, but his 18 And A Half

team was stymied by the eighth place Bottlecaps. The upstart Caps

snatched three thrilling nail-biters from the pacesetters by eleven, four

and seven pins respectively, marking the first time all season that the

leaders had been swept. Engineering The Bottlecaps’ biggest triumph of

the year was 13-year-old Chris McBride who came through with huge

over average scores of 184, 183. Despite the setback, 18 And A Half

maintains an eleven point edge over their nearest pursuers with four

weeks left to play.

Elsewhere, the Mega Monkeys fell into a second place tie with 4 T’s

Laneside #1, dropping two of three to the latter as 11-year-old Taylor

Horniacek closed with above average games of 148 and 161. Roman

Passaro, subbing for his younger brother Sam, contributed to the MegaMonkeys’ third game comeback with a twenty-pin better than average

score. Those Guys closed to within three points of second place by turn-

ing back G-Force, 7-0 behind 14-year-old Danny Bivin’s 200-551 out-

ing. Youth average leader Will Blanco fired the evening’s best game,

225, but his Cardinals fell to 4 T’s Laneside #2, 1166-1105. Rounding

out the session, 13-year-old Nikki Arrigo hammered out an impressive

216 opener in leading the A Girls to a 5-2 triumph over Team Awesome

II.

Nikki Arrigo topped the youth over average leaderboard with +52 fol-

lowed by Danny Bivin +49, Bobby Manella +45, Chris McBride +44,

Taylor Horniacek +27, Will Blanco +24, Roman Passaro +20, Tara

Horniacek +11 and Margaret Ziobro +11. Southpaw Joanne Foti led the

adult counterparts with a scorching 255-749 while other highs were

Tommy Horniacek 247-659, Joe Cauwels 235-644, Tim Bray 243-604

and Tom Bivin 235.




PBA WORLDSERIES OF

BOWLINGIt’s time to start making your

travel plans. The third PBA World

Series of Bowling will kick off the

Professional Bowlers Association

Tour’s 2011-12 season when it

returns to South Point Bowling

Center in Las Vegas Nov. 4-20.

South Point hosted the second

annual World Series of Bowling in

2010, an event that featured a

sold-out field including 46 inter-

national players representing 14

different countries. Additionaldetails will be announced soon.

The inaugural WSOB was hosted

by Thunderbowl Lanes in Allen

Park, Mich., in 2009.

STATEN ISLAND, NY - Alexander Spoto rolled a 228 game in the

finals to beat Steven Bonanno’s 214 and take the Championship trophy

along with a $1,000 scholarship award in the scratch division of the 12th

annual Rab’s Country Lanes Junior Masters Tournament.

This was Alex’s fifth appearance in the finals and his first win. His pre-

vious high finish was 5th place in 2008. This was the second consecu-tive year Steven advanced and fell in the final match.

Bonanno collected $400 for his runner-up spot followed by Kevin

Buono $200, Jake Orllins $150, Vincent Lombardo $125, Brian Daluise

$125, Isaih Tolbert $75, Jared Wichnovitz $75, Alyson Piegiovanni $50,

and Justin Borneo $50, round out the top 10 scratch bowlers.

As the winner of the Non-Winners Bracket, Justin Pavlik needed to

defeat Auston Davis twice in the final match in order to claim the title

and he did with scores of 252 to 245 and 243 to 225 good enough to earn

him the championship title and $1,000.

Auston Davis earned $400 for his second place followed by Christian

Levengood $200, Ashanti Heyward $150, Alec Oquendo $125, Hannah

Gregory $125, Tomislav Vucetic $75, Alexander James $75, Jessica

Monachino $50 and in 10th place was Kyle Anderson taking home a $50

scholarship.

A total of $4,900.00 in scholarships were awarded this year and in

twelve years the event has awarded over $44,137.00 in scholarships!

Alexander Spoto, Justin Pavlik Top 12th Annual Rab's Junior

Masters Tournament

LEDGEWOOD, NJ - Keri May, 2010 champion, was again crowned

Queen of the 2011 Morris County USBC WBA Queens and Princess

Tournament at Circle Lanes and Carol Scheu won the Princess Division.

May defeated number 1 seed and 2009 Queen, Lies’l Apgar 224-198

in the final match of the step-ladder to capture the title after beating

Jacqueline Wasniewski 256-180. Wasniewski rolled a 256 to 5th seed

Linda Rose’s 212 and Rose beat 4th seed Jen Drury 235-216.

For the Princess title second seed Scheu rolled a 195 to top seed

Amanda Angle’s 198. Fourth seed Catherine Bruen beat Marcia Craig

211 to 145 before losing to Scheu 191-176.

Alexander Spoto(left) qualified 12th and went on to win the 12th

annual Rab’s Country Lanes Junior Masters Tournament while

Justin Pavlik qualified 13th in the handicap division and won.

Tournament Chair and Queens runner up, Lies'l Apgar; Keri

May, 2011 Queens Division winner; Jacqueline Wasniewski, 3rd

Place Queens Division; Carol Scheu, 2011 Princess Division winner;and Dori Tingoli, Committee and MCUSBC WBA Director.

Keri May is Morris County QueenCarol Scheu is Princess

Chris Trembath Rolled 759

In Montvale Major LeagueBy Joe Rizzi

MONTVALE, NJ - Chris Trembath led all bowlers in the Montvale

Major League, bowling a 759 series on games of 279, 244 and 236. But

despite his effort, Rite Way lost to 12-In-A-Row Pro Shop, 19-11. Toto

Roldan bowled 279-235-228--742 for the winning team, who took over

first place (with 312.5 points) from Rite Way (307 points) with just one

week remaining in the season.

Matt Rovetto bowled 289-249-202--740, but despite his effort North

Jersey Turf & Trim was defeated by Bergen Batting Center, 19-11. Dave

Spano's 219-232-256--707 helped Sole Savers defeat Valley Tent Rental,

17.5-12.5. Bob Greenwood's 225-268-214--707 led The Game Zone to

a 22-8 victory over GDC Contracting.Tom Van Wort bowled 263-697, Rick Whitling 239-697, Kevin

Mahon 248-695, Mike Pasch 248-694, Ken Demchak 256-680, Ralph

Bernardo 245-678, Larry Toppin 247-678, Jeff Schuster 234-672, Jun

Roldan 236-671, Alex Kowalchuk 265-669, Kevin Conroy 224-662,

Bob Balzarek 244-661, Bob Higgins 247-659 and John Rankin 256-650.




Patrick Powell 289 at Lodi LanesLODI, NJ- Patrick Powell scored big when he rolled a 289 high game

and Jennifer Debalsi earned high series honors with a 244 game high-

lighting her 692 set while rolling in the Monday Classic League at Lodi

Lanes.

MONTVALE, NJ– There were

three “650” sets and two “600”s in a

high-scoring session at Montvale

Lanes of the Stan Niemiec Youth

Travel League.

There was also a “700” achieved

and that belonged to 15-year-old

Hackensack H.S. sophomore John

Draney who flattened the maples

with two mammoth scores of 254-

253 to finish with 713. John’s huge

effort led Bowler City I back from

two tough losses to earn three points,

2664-2639 against Fair Lawn II;teammate Stacy Fernandez continued

to bowl well, adding 225-587 while

Ryan Perez came through with a pair

of 183 scores. For Fair Lawn II, 14-

year-old Jake Rollins plastered the

pins with games of 248-247 and a

677 threesome while 11-year-old

Tyler Nappi chipped in with 180-477.

Elsewhere, the Scott brothers com-

bined for 1277 net in leading Holiday

to a sweep of Fair Lawn I. Tim broke

loose for a triple deuce 664 while

younger brother Jeremy splintered

the plastic-coats with a session high

258, finishing with 613. Southpawteammates’ Mike Carr and Dylan

Farney had highs of 228 and 225

respectively. Fair Lawn I rolled a

scare into Holiday in the finale behind

11-year-old Steven Plaszky’s 188 but

dropped an 842-841 heartbreaker.

Montvale took seven points from

Bowler City II to close to within five

points of the lead. Pacing the victors

were Brian O’Flaherty 258-652, Nick

Rossi 246-628 and Bobby McCarthy

223-580. Jason Perez scored 183 and

11-year-old Deanna Jeune had three

over average games for Bowler City

II.

John Draney 254-713 in Youth Travel PlayBy Vince Albrecht

Chris McBride

Tops Adult-Junior NORTH ARLINGTON, NJ –

Fresh off their surprise sweep of

league-leading 18 And A Half, the

Bottlecaps struck again, bringing

down the defending champion

Cardinals, 5-2 in North

Arlington’s Adult-Junior Doubles

as 13-year-old Bowler of the Week

Chris McBride smoked the plas-

tic-coats with 195-512. There

were other creditable youth per-formances this session, not the

least of which was 16-year-old

Bobby Manella’s 204,203 and 14-

year-old Danny Bivin’s 200.

Bobby toils for front-running 18

And A Half while Danny sparks

Those Guys, who leapfrogged past

the Mega Monkeys into third

place, taking five of seven points.

With three weeks to play, second

place 4 T’s Laneside #1 stepped it

up a notch in their quest to catch

the leaders by steamrolling past

the A Girls, 7-0; instrumental in

their success was 11-year-old

Taylor Horniacek who finished

with 171-459. Rounding outmatch play, Team Awesome II

grabbed two close games from 4

T’s Laneside #2 before widening

their advantage in the finale to

come away with a seven-point

sweep and control of fifth place;

the winners were spurred by 13-

year-old Margaret Ziobro’s three

above norm scores while 8-year-

old Tara Horniacek came through

with a triple digit game for the 4

T’s.

Chris McBride led the over-

average juniors with +53, fol-

lowed by Danny Bivin +48, Taylor

Horniacek +37, Margaret Ziobro

+26, Bobby Manella +24, SamPassaro +22, Will Blanco +14 and

Tara Horniacek +8. Pacing their

adult counterparts were Tommy

Horniacek 279-719, Gary Blanco

234-664, Tim Bray 224-648 and

Joe Cauwels 215-607.




Jerel Rodriguez 886 Tops17th Annual Anna Mueller

Challenge At Jersey LanesLINDEN, NJ - For seventeen years now Jersey Lanes has been running

the Annual Anna Mueller Junior Challenge in February and this year

was no different.

Anna Mueller, one of the founding coaches of the Jersey Lanes Junior

bowling program, left a legacy lives on today through the efforts of a

hard-working Jersey Lanes staff and coaching committee for both the

annual tournament and the 200 child junior bowling program she helped

build.

This year the tournament started with the first ball being rolled down

the lane by Anna’s daughter Justina Specht. That first ball was a strike

just like the tournament.

Of the eighty two entries in the tournament, sixteen places were paid

to teams that made match play.

Jerel Rodriguez led the individual scoring with a 886, 4-game series.

The event paid out almost $6100.00 in scholarships.

According to the Bay Pines VA Healthcare System

website, the facility is a busy, sprawling campus

located across the bay from Tampa which has served

veterans in West Central Florida since 1933. It

includes one outpatient clinic on campus and eight

off site.

However, what you don't see on the home page of

the Bay Pines VA Healthcare system is that for the

recreation therapy department and for many veter-

ans receiving care at Bay Pines -- bowling is big.

That fact was proven true during the recent 65th

Annual Bowlers to Veterans Link (BVL)

Tournament, as Bay Pines entered a record sixteams.

"The BVL tournament provides us an opportunity

to get our veterans engaged, and keep them moti-

vated," remarked Bay Pines Recreation Therapist

Jessica D'Alessio. "Bowling is a great leisure skill

that they can learn here and then take home to enjoy

with their family and friends."

The 2011 event saw 32 Bay Pines participants

from two different programs coordinated at the cam-

pus -- the Steps of Life Psychosocial Rehabilitation

and Recovery Program and Veterans Helping Each

Other Senior Day Program.

According to D'Alessio, the goals of these pro-

grams include community involvement with peers,

improved self-esteem and self-worth, increased

awareness of community leisure resources, and

practicing healthy communication skills in a com-munity setting.

Judging from the success of the teams and the

response from the participants, the Bay Pines vets

have met and exceeded those goals. Bay Pines

entered teams in the Outpatient and Seniors

Divisions as well as the new Wii Bowling Divisions.

The seniors' team, which came in first in their

division, brought together a special group of vets,

"All of the bowlers on our team are Vietnam

Veterans - Marines, Navy, Army, and Air Force.

Some of us served on the ground with combat

troops, others flew helicopters - supporting the mis-

sion. We are all proud to have served our country,"

notes Bruce S. a retired Army Lt. Col., who put in

two tours in Vietnam, in 1965 with the 1st Air

Cavalry, and again in 1968 with the 173rd Airborne

Brigade. "The tournament gave us an opportunity to

compete, have fun, and bond in a positive environ-

ment."

Although the posted tournament dates are March

of each spring, for the patients at Bay Pines, the

BVL tournament is much more than a four-week

event. D'Alessio explains that at their facility, the

BVL tournament is really a months-long, multi-

faceted experience.

They begin by setting up a weekly veterans plan-

ning group to discuss their ideas, interests and

potential involvement in the BVL tournament. The

veterans also oversee a myriad of related activities.

They created their own team name and logo (they

chose "Bay Pines Mockingbirds"); identified a list

of categories for planned internal awards (working

with a veteran who had an interest in creative writ-

ing, they developed catchy phrases for certificates,

i.e. "Poetry in motion" for best bowling form);developed a unique trophy for top participants (hand

painted bowling pin made from ceramic molds);

promoted the event through newsletters and flyers;

coordinated practice play at an area bowling center

in advance of the tournament dates; and obtained

donated gift certificates from the center to use as

raffle prizes during the banquet to encourage future

bowling outings.

From the beginning to end, the tournament and

related activities got the desired results for the

recreation therapists. In addition to the first place

finish in the seniors division Bay Pines also came in

first in the seniors division for Wii bowling.

"I liked it, it was fun and it was something to do to

keep me outta trouble!" joked Wii Seniors team

member Frank J. a 94-year old WW2 and Korean

War Retired Army Veteran. "I always liked bowl-

ing. The wife and I used to belong to a team and wewent twice a week. This program keeps my mind

busy and keeps me young! I come three days a week

and I hope they never get rid of it."

Frank's teammate Robert H, a US Navy Veteran

who fought at Iwo Jima, adds, "The best thing is to

be up there bowling and get a strike, a double and

then a turkey. It feels good to play with the other

members of the team!"

It seems that good feeling found its way around all

the teams at Bay Pines.

The top three teams in each of the nine divisions

receive a team plaque as well as individual medals

and a stipend for a recognition celebration. Those

teams are:

Division I: VA Hospitals with less than 500

Average Daily Patient Load. First Place:

Providence VAMC, Second Place: Sam RayburnMemorial Veterans Center, Third Place: Central

Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System

Division II: VA Hospitals with more than 500

Average Daily Patient Load. First Place: Phoenix

VA Health Care System, Second Place: Phoenix VA

Health Care System Team 2, Third Place:

Martinsburg VAMC

Division III: Outpatient. First Place: Martinsburg

VAMC, Second Place: Charlie Norwood VA

Medical Center, Third Place: Washington DC

VAMC

Division IV: Vet Centers. First Place: Clement J

Zablocki VA Medical Center, Second Place: Boise

Veterans Readjusting Counseling Service Team 1,

Third Place: Errera Community Care Center

Division V: Seniors. First Place: Bay Pines VA

Hospital, Second Place: Phoenix VA Health Care

System, Third Place: St Louis VAMC

Division VI: Wheelchair. First Place: Brockton

VA Medical Center, Second Place: Brockton VA

Medical Center, Third Place: Clement J Zablocki

VA Medical Center

Division VII: Blind. First Place: North

Florida/South Georgia VHS Division

Division VIII: Wii Bowling.: First Place

Coatesville VAMC,: Second Place: Washington DC

VAMC, Third Place: Bath VAMC

Division IX: Wii Bowling Seniors. First Place

Bay Pines VA Hospital Team 3, Second Place: Bay

Pines VA Hospital Team 5, Third Place: Bay Pines

VA Hospital Team 4

To see a complete list of the 65th Annual

Tournament winners and photos of the Bay Pines

activities, visit http://www.BowlforVeterans.org.

The Annual BVL Veterans Bowling Tournament isconducted by the Bowlers to Veterans Link. BVL

was founded in 1942 by the sport of bowling to pro-

vide recreational programs and services for veterans

recuperating at VA Medical Centers. BVL is head-

quartered in Metropolitan Washington, D.C.

Annual BVL Bowling TournamentKeeps Veterans Active and Engaged




It Pays to Advertise in the

Sports Reporter

THE MAGIC AT MAJESTIC Eric Velazquez 299-920HOPELAWN, NJ - Eric Velazquez topped both game

and series scoring while contesting in the Handicap

Doubles League firing a near perfect 299 game then

adding gmaes of 223 and 200 for the meeting highseries of 920.

Ken Horvath rolled 204-268-243-201-916, Ray

Velazquez 258-235-204-214-911, Rich Funk III 206-

247-278-897, Jason Paro 209-257-235-897, JaimeMugnone 203-256-214-864,a nd Lauren

DeTommaso 202-246-834.

Bobby Rohe 800HOPELAWN, NJ- Bobby Rohe topped the scoring in

the Guys and Dolls League firing games of 280-241-

279 for a high series of 800.Kyle Januzzi rolled 255-257-224-736, Sean

Williams 290-2-1-244-735, Rocco Fortunato 290-

201-244-735, Gary Colfer 234-203-651, and BonnieDesimone 265-632.

In the Performance Ball Trios League John Kertesz

blasted 214-239-618, Frank Kertesz 207-212-607,

and Dale Schneider 206-204.

Joe Herber 762HOPELAWN, NJ- Joe Herber topped the scoring in

the Gemini Towing League firing games of 278-217-

267 for a high series of 762.

Vinny Medvetz rolled 2062-45-249-700, JohnBaginsky 243-223-230-696, Thomas Ortiz III 279-

220-676, Rich Governale 242-218-654, and Chris

Pouthress 212-236-642.

Rob Morris 741HOPELAWN, NJ – Rob Morris led the scoring in theFriday Nite Mixed League firing games of 244-289-


Richard Funk III rolled 258-215-249-722, Eric

Haltli 222-235-202-659, Nicholas Dellamanna 210-244-648, Rocco Fortunato 223-229-636, and Dave

Rezes 216-226-636.

In the Friends & Family League Andre Strazza

rolled 224-225-606.

Rich Funk III 934HOPELAWN, NJ- Rich Funk III earned high series

honors in the Handicap Doubles League firing games

of 267-213-248-206 for a 934 set.

Russell McCarthy rolled 278-250-216-933,Anthony Bascone 245-233-268-933, Lee Kay 236-

214-257-225-932, Rich Nicholls 247-238-203-234-

922, Dawn Cerasini 257-204-235-871 and Lisa

Palazzola 223-225-239-868.

Rollin E. Ball 739HOPELAWN, NJ- Rollin E. Ball led the scoring in

the Thursday Nite Mixed League tossing games of

234-248-257 for a high series of 739.

Thomas Poulos rolled 222-235-225-682, Andrew

Smith 227-225-651, Matt Cestone 222-209-213-644,and Daneille Medvetz 223.

In the Thursday Mixed Nuts League Don M.

Hellhake shot 226-244-203-673, Don E. Hellhake224-206-622, and Paul M. Newman 237.

Michael Holoka 709HOPELAWN, NJ – Michael Holoka led the scoring

in the His & Hers League firing games of 269-207-

233 for a high series of 709.John Vignola rolled 213-254-219-686, Don Anione

244-252-686, Tom Poulos 217-236-648, Walter

Malecki 213-222-204-639, and Shelly Jacques 229.

DeBenedetto 694HOPELAWN, NJ – In the Monday Madness LeagueDan DeBenedetto shot 243-243-208-694, Mark

Douches 236-608, and Nick Viverito 234.

Aaron Williams 683

HOPELAWN, NJ- Aaron Williams led the scoring inthe Sunday Nite Mixed League firing games of 254-


Elio Carrasco shot 247-612, Cid Stentella 247 and

John Delgado 234.

Bowler Wins Truck at USBC OpenWhen Joe Leonard of Omaha, Neb., heard the round of applause and

began receiving congratulatory high-fives, he still was unaware of why

he was receiving such praise as he made his 21st consecutive USBC

Open Championships appearance June 1.

Leonard was selected as the fourth and final winner of a 2011

Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck through the USBC Eagle's Nest, a club

formed by USBC and the Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitors

Authority to recognize team captains who fielded teams in 2010 and

2011.

Open Championships Tournament Manager Duane Hagen and

RSVCA Communications Manager Ben McDonald were on hand to

make the announcement and presentation.

"I just couldn't believe I won," said Leonard, who is a co-owner of

Omaha's Western Bowl. "I didn't even really know what was going on.

I didn't know there was a prize giveaway. I was just really, really sur-

prised. I'm on cloud nine."

The 45-year-old right-hander has been a team captain since the 1999

event in Syracuse, N.Y.

july 13, 2011 sports reporter

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