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Padilla earns USBC Gold 

coach status 

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Brooks back at PSB 

Page 2 

PBA50 Tour schedule 

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Barnes, Parkin win WBT 

Titles 

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Features 

Publisher’s Column 

By Tony Franklin Page 2 

Honor Roll Page 3 

Last Call w/Leisha 

By Leisha Murr Page 4 

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Padilla earns USBC 

Gold coach status 

ARLINGTON — Stephen 

Padilla of Mansfield, Texas, has 

logged more than a decade of 

experience as a certified bowling 

coach and recently reached 

the pinnacle of his field by 

earning Gold-level coaching 

status from the United States 

Bowling Congress Coaching 

Certification and Development 

department. 

Padilla, 36, is a USBC 

Coaching Specialist at the 

International Bowling Campus 

in Arlington, and his primary 

responsibilities are organizing 

and conducting Silver certification 

classes, serving as a 

mentor to many USBC-certified 

coaches and overseeing USBC's 

Regional Facilities program. 

He also spends time offering 

his expertise at the International 

Training and Research 

Center, the home of the Team 

USA bowling program, as an 

assistant coach. 

"Bowling was a part of my 

plan when I entered college, 

and thanks to persistence, hard 

work and some good fortune 

in the industry, working in the 

bowling center and actually 

competing, I've gotten this 

amazing opportunity," Padilla 

said. "People coach many years 

to get to this level, and because 

of other opportunities, such 

as my first coaching position 

offered by Gold coach Richard 

Shockley, and several great 

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my coaching career. I am very 

grateful and excited to continue 

coaching." 

The process of becoming a 

USBC Gold coach, the highest 

level one can achieve through 

USBC, is similar to obtaining 

a doctorate in a field of study. 

Currently, there are 23 active 

Gold coaches. 

Candidates are required 

to demonstrate knowledge 

of the latest techniques and 

information through practical 

application and discussion. The 

final review program requires 

a coach to conduct a class, 

participate in an oral exam and 

give lessons to bowlers of various 

skill levels, which includes 

lesson plans and a ball-motion 

study. The final review board 

consists of active USBC Gold 

coaches and USBC staff. 

"Stephen has dedicated 

much of his life and career to 

helping others improve and 

excel on the lanes, and he has 

worked very hard to become 

our newest USBC Gold coach," 

said USBC Director of Coaching 

Certification and Development 

Carolyn Dorin-Ballard. "We 

congratulate him on his dedication 

and proudly welcome him 

into this elite group." 

Padilla graduated from 

Florida State University in 

2000 with a bachelor's degree 

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FOUNDED AND PUBLISHED BY JOE GENNARO FROM 1956-2009 

in nutrition and fitness and 

immediately found employment 

in the bowling industry at 

the Kegel Training Center in 

Florida. He earned his USBC 

Bronze certification in 2002 

and Silver in 2004. He moved 

into his current role with USBC 

in 2008. 

His personal bowling career 

started at age 2 with help from 

his parents, who were his first 

coaches on the lanes and allowed 

him to sit in on his first 

coaching class about 10 years 

later. Growing up in a military 

family, bowling was one of the 

few constants on every military 

base. 

The highlight of Padilla's 

bowling career came in 2009 

when he and his wife, former 

Team USA member Brenda 

Padilla, claimed the Regular 

Doubles title at the USBC Open 

Championships in Las Vegas 

with a record score of 1,566. 

"The things I had done in 

bowling leading up to that day 

in Las Vegas actually helped 

me more than I expected," 

Padilla said. "Coaching helped 

me see things differently 

and make better decisions. I 

didn't have to focus as much 

on the physical things to be 

successful. 

"That experience, along 

with becoming a Gold coach, 

means a great deal to me, but 

they're different. They both 

have great emotional value and 

make me extremely proud, and 

it's amazing to be able to reach 

top level as both a coach and a 

player." 

Brooks is 

back at PSB 

Jamie Brooks is re-activating 

his status as President of Plano 

Super Bowl. The 2009 Proprietor 

of the Year 

for the Texas 

BPAA and the 

2010 National 

Proprietor of the 

Year has recently 

resumed 

his day-to-day 

leadership at 

PSB. His said 

his goal is to get Plano back to 

level it was, when he considered 

it a premium center. “It 

was great before and I want to 

bring it back,” Brooks said. 

This will be a permanent 

switch, “this was a center ran 

by lifetime bowlers, and the 

bowlers are back,” he added. 

“I’m excited to see my old 

friends over there, and meeting 

new ones.” 

Random Thoughts 

Welcome to our last Random 

Thoughts column for the 

year. I would like to start by 

thanking our readers for their 

continued support and interest 

in The Bowling News, but most 

importantly their interest in 

BOWLING. 

I would also like to thank 

our staff of writers and 

contributors. To our weekly 

folks, Daceman, Leisha, Tyson, 

Kayla, and Mark, I hope you 

understand that this does not 

work without you. There’s not 

much if any weekly bowling 

articles/publications out there 

and your constant input, 

columns, interviews and stories 

are helping keep the interest in 

this great game of ours. To our 

monthly writers, Don, Aaron, 

Chuck, Susie, and now Xeno, 

thank you very much for the 

depth at which you take your 

writing, and the thoughtfulness 

of where your opinions 

and stories come from! 

Have a fun and safe holiday 

season to all, and see you 

again in THE BOWLING NEWS 

on January 3rd. 

x-x-x-x-x-x 

While having a great conversation 

with Chris Johnson 

and the Nation Sensation the 

other day, CJ mentioned one 

of his goals is being in the 

Hall of Fame. Not the HoF you 

might expect though, he badly 

wants to be in the SASBA Hall 

of Fame. No sweat I thought, 

as he will easily win plenty of 

SASBA tournaments when he 

turns 50, in 15 years. It takes a 

minimum of 10 SASBA titles to 

get you in their HoF. “No, no,” 

At Strikz 

Marino builds 300/677, 

Blythe rocks 625 

FRISCO – Chris Marino highstepped 

his way to a 187-300-190 

= 677 Lousy Bowlerz league 

series to end the week at the top 

spot on the honor roll at Strikz. 

Jennifer Blythe had a solid 

184-232-209 = 625 Monday 

Mixerz series to lead the lady 

bowlers. 

HONOR ROLL 

Gary Lumenti 258-667, Candy 

Torrey 200-563, Mark Cohn 241-651, 

Pat Sniderwin 169-482, Mark Donnelly 

Tony Franklin, Publisher 

he said. “I already have eight 

and I only need two more.” Too 

funny that a 35-year-old has 

eight SASBA titles; just goes to 

show you how good that dude 

is, and how good his partners 

are. Good luck CJ on your 

SASBA HoF hopes and dreams. 

x-x-x-x-x-x 

A quick re-hash from a Clint 

Dacy Off The Sheet article from 

September. In handicapping 

his fantasy football this year, 

he made a wild prediction and 

statement from draft night. 

“At our draft I typically get 

lambasted about how bad my 

team is and everyone wants to 

side bet me, but this year the 

crickets in the room were loud 

and clear at just how good my 

team might be. I’ve never won 

a fantasy football league before 

in almost twenty years of playing 

so it would be nice to get 

a victory,” per Daceman and 

OTS. Daceman did not make 

the playoffs this year, as usual. 

I stole the last playoff spot from 

him by way of a better division 

record. Tough times ahead for 

Coach/GM Daceman of “Unsportsmanlike 

Conduct”. The 

clock is ticking on his fantasy 

football career. 

x-x-x-x-x-x 

To close this week, I just 

saw in the Bowlers Journal 

International Cyber Report, 

where they reported that Euless 

native, David Garber is no 

longer with Station Casinos in 

Las Vegas. He was the Corporate 

Director of Bowling Sales, 

and supposedly that position 

was eliminated. Sorry to hear 

that for David. 

203-595, Lauren Alarid 158-425, 

Susan Powell 178-442, Luanne Hinsey 

162-455. 

Cathy Eberly 181-461, Debra 

Gorman 162-457, Clayton Colby 244- 

658, Cathy Eberly 188-509, Robert 

McGraw 214-615, Debbie Colby 199-533, 

Robney Pecina 247-592, Blanche Bowles 

167-488. 

Robert Marino 230-657, Rick Irvine 

230-633, Kelly Holland 156-427, Bob 

Held 236-653, Deanna Goldsmith 174- 

529, Mike Robinson 257-631. 

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Men 

Doug Brown, Plano Super Bowl ............................ 825 

Steve McBride, AMF Richardson Lanes ............... 821 

Steve Fuhrman, Brunswick Zone Watauga ........... 806 

Chris Shipley, AMF Showplace Garland Lanes .... 805 

Jason Hamm, AMF Showplace Euless Lanes ...... 802 

Wes Milliorn, Jr., Forum Bowl ................................ 771 

Gerald Dewberry, AMF Lewisville Lanes .............. 769 

Eric Hoffman, Brunswick Westcreek Lanes ......... 768 

Dave Dreggors, BRC Thousand Oaks .................. 765 

Ron Nason, Cowtown Bowling Palace.................. 754 

Bam Pride, AMF DeSoto Lanes ............................. 750 

John Hartsel, AMF Spare Time Lanes .................. 722 

Tristan Bridgewater, Red Bird Lanes .................... 684 

Terry Wycough, Rowlett Bowl-a-Rama .................. 678 

Chris Marino, Strikz ............................................... 677 

Women 

Michelle Rogers, AMF Richardson Lanes ............ 758 

Lynda Barnes, AMF Lewisville Lanes ................... 755 

Annie Akanni, Forum Bowl .................................... 749 

Sherri Flannery, Brunswick Zone Watauga .......... 743 

Val Goss, AMF Showplace Euless Lanes ............. 717 

Crystal Askins, Brunswick Westcreek Lanes ....... 711 

Debbie Lambert, Plano Super Bowl ...................... 701 

Amy Hart, Cowtown Bowling Palace ..................... 679 

Brooke Rice, AMF Showplace Garland Lanes ..... 677 

Helen Keith, BRC Thousand Oaks ........................ 663 

Deanna Hoffman, Red Bird Lanes......................... 641 

Jennifer Blythe, Strikz ............................................ 625 

Jeanette Manzano, AMF DeSoto Lanes ................ 625 

Kara Congi, AMF Spare Time Lanes ..................... 615 

Lynnette Clark, Rowlett Bowl-a-Rama .................. 491 

At Brunswick Westcreek 

Huffman reels in 768, 

Askins drums up 711 

Eric Hoffman led the high-set 

chase last week at Brunswick 

Westcreek Lanes after pocketing 

prime 227-265-226 = 768 

numbers in Classic High Pot 

action. 

Crystal Askins, Huffman’s 

league mate, led the gals with a 

sky-high 256-234-221 = 711 set. 

HONOR ROLL 

Nita Stein 257-701, Laughton Smith 

279-715, Vella Edwards 182-513, 

Charles Covert 266-740, Paula Davis 

200-557, Richard Crossland, Sr. 248- 

673, Jamey Coggins 196-547, Maxine 

Woodard 206-535. 

Ken Leach 258, Dolores Howard 

208-550, Fred Murphy 646, Chester 

Jones 247-664, Alecia Bristow 198, Rich 

Perez 247, Margie Wherry 524, Terri 

Trefger 201-557, Eddie Thompson 231. 

Laverne McGee 177-485, Bob 

Carlton 570, Neil Bronstein 246-675, 

Melissa Tomlinson 209-547, Coy Hart 

247, Dorina Hart 192, Tom Clark 659, 

Carol Atterbury 519, Chuck Wilcox 211, 

Susan Seward 191. 

Art Ponce 210, Ranndee Drake 136, 

Kevin Williams, Sr. 123-335, Cassie 

Williams 254-572, Joe White 163-467, 

Sonja Nichols 188-485, Jeff Hamlin 

237-596, Shona Owens 108-289. 

Ken Garber 224-609, Marianne 

Gentry 120-318, George Helfrich 

197-513, Teresa Tibbs 202-535, Lloyd 

Morris 190-511, Jennifer Korn 216-543, 

Gregory Palamidas 174-494, Mike 

McDuff 236-655. 

Steve Gaudet 201-549, Luther 

Mayfield Jr., 146-405, Teddy Nelson 

123-319, Garry McKinney Jr., 225-543, 

Scott Martin 254, Suzanne Gardner 

193-502, James Ward 643, Garland 

Campbell 279. 

Jacki Archer 236-640, Charles Stein 

278-681, Lea Anne Sikora 242-626, 

Ed Tanner, Jr. 276-669, Leisha Murr 

222-593, John Jones 266-732, Pearl 

Tucker 211-588, Chris Lucas 265-675, 

Nita Stein 206-558. 

Ron Williams 259-727, Taylor 

Coggins 265-704, Neil Bronstein 233- 

66, Terri Trefger 234-587, Ron Coggins 

236-655, Nicki Brose 208-544, Mike 

Patton 237-634. 

Michelle Rogers 

This week’s high female 

is Michelle Rogers with 259- 

279-220 for a 759 series in the 

Classic Trios league at AMF 

Richardson Lanes. Mitch is a 

Practice Administrator for two 

Dermatology offices. She has 

two Daughters, Kelsey is 22 

and Courtney is 15. 

What is your high series? 797 

How many 300’s have you 

bowled? 2, the last one was in 

2008. I probably have more 

299’s than anyone. 

Thoughts on your big night? 

I’ve been working with Jim 

Stephens the last few months 

and things are starting to come 

together. I’m getting consistency 

and confidence, and it 

all started at the TCBA All-Star 

tournament where I averaged 

245 for the 19 games. 

What ball did you throw? I 

threw three different balls, the 

Storm Anarchy, Hot Rod and 

Lucid. 

Who drills your balls? Chad 

Newman has been drilling 

them over the summer, and 

that has been working very 

well also. Changing my pitches 

has made a huge difference. 

What is your all-time favorite 

bowling ball? The Burgandy 

Hammer, but I do love Storm 

balls now. 

What is your all-time high 

average? 217 

How long have you been 

bowling? Since I was 5 so 39 

years now. My mom and dad 

both bowled. (Dallas bowling 

legends Sammye and Tommy 

Ragland). We grew up in the 

Air Force so bowling was 

something we could afford and 

our whole family did it. I have 

two sisters, and I’m the only 

one that didn’t marry a bowler, 

but neither of them bowl 

anymore. 

Who is your favorite pro 

bowler? Walter Ray Williams 

and Earl Anthony. I love their 

styles and they are both great 

sportsman for bowling. I also 

enjoyed watching Donna 

Adamek. 

Most memorable bowling 

moment? I bowled a 300 on 

my high school Senior Night 

at Golden Triangle. That was 

fun because most of my friends 

didn’t think bowling was too 

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cool, but shooting 300 was. 

Another big moment was when 

I got Bowler of the Year in 

Dallas in 2002. My mom was 

there and had won it before, 

but it was recognition of hard 

work and doing well. 

What lessons has the game 

taught you? Bowling is a 

family. I love that atmosphere, 

and bowlers are a very helpful 

group. When there are hard 

times and people are in need 

bowlers come together. I have 

always loved to be able to sit 

around and share bowling 

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By Leisha Murr 

I can’t believe Christmas is 

already almost here. I’m on the 

bah-humbug train almost every 

year heading into the holidays. 

It takes me most of the month 

to get into the giving spirit of 

the season. 

This year I think I got 

off the train at the first stop. 

Thanks to a good deal on a 

television I wanted for myself, 

I braved the crowds and got 

out and bought most of my 

gifts with all the crazy people 

on Black Friday. It’s definitely 

not a fun time to go shopping, 

waiting in line to get into a 

store and hopefully still being 

able to get the items you are 

wanting when you get there. 

Luckily, I was able to get the 

things on my list in a couple of 

stores without any casualties. 

All of the other gifts I 

needed to buy this year I 

was able to order online. I’ll 

tell you, it’s much easier to 

shop the web and have gifts 

delivered to your doorstep than 

to run all over town searching 

for that perfect gift. Plus, I’m 

earning those very important 

airline miles. If I buy enough 

gifts, eventually the airline will 

gift me a free flight! 

I think I may have to check 

out a new vacation destination 

in the coming year. Don’t get 

me wrong, I still love Vegas 

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and will frequent there, but I 

didn’t go anywhere else this 

year except for bowling trips. 

Maybe I need to find a nice 

beach somewhere? Oh, who am 

I kidding? I can’t spend a day 

at the beach without turning 

into a lobster. A cabana on the 

beach with cocktails, and a 

nice cabana boy might work 

out just fine though! 

Nobody sent me any eligible 

bachelors as I requested for my 

birthday, so if any of you are 

feeling generous this Christmas, 

I’m still in the market 

for a good man. Other suitable 

gifts would include things to 

eat or drink, and in return I 

will try to be merry and stay 

off the bah-humbug train the 

rest of the year! I’m not sure 

how much good that will do 

any of you since this is the 

last time you will have to hear 

from me until the New Year. 

All kidding aside, I hope 

you all have a wonderful 

Christmas. For some of you, 

the holidays are some of the 

happiest times of the year, but 

for others they can be hard 

both financially and emotionally. 

Some people are filled 

with time with family and 

friends over the holidays and 

others are lonely or depressed. 

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minutes). 

At Plano Super Bowl 

Brown aces 300, 298/825, 

Geerdes masters 745 

Lavery-Spahr 300/804, Allen 299 

Doug Brown’s booming 300- 

227-298 = 825 Jack and Jill 

session dominated the scoring 

parade for the week at Plano 

Super Bowl. 

Anthony Lavery-Spahr 

finished close behind Brown with 

an award-winning 300/804 Pepsi 

Classic series. 

Youth bowler, Shana Geerdes 

was the top lady of the week with 

a blistering 233-266-246 = 745 

Showstoppers showing. 

Stan Allen took runner-up 

honors with a near perfect 299 

solo. 

HONOR ROLL 

Debbie Lambert 236-701, Robert 

Keister 261-728, Dawn Klapper 214-588, 

Leonard Click 275-744, Tammy Klomps 

199-572, Trent Jacobs 257-715, Danielle 

Hopland 228-607, Bill Fong 250-734. 

Christi Nedved 232-600, George 

Vaughn 279-773, Gail Mayer 224-629, 

Alan Vannasey 192-537, Kim Boyko 

149-414, Keith Cotton 268-721, Carol 

McCullor 176-496, Les Burnham 

268-790. 

Jeanette Morris 220-622, Jim 

Monroe 233-662, Susan Breedlove 

180-514, Anthony Simonsen 279-776, 

Rhonda Gibson 256-636, Owen 

Crannell 258-674, Karen Clevenger 246- 

625, Jason Howard 194-546. Catherine 

Reiber 126-336, Anthony Simonsen 

240-662, Mandy Pazzano 213-618, 

Diane Mueler 267-722, Denise McEvoy 

233-583, Chris Rador 258-717, George 

Vaughn 248-704, Ken Fantus 180-501. 

At Cowtown Bowling Palace 

Nason soars to 754, 

Hart handles 679 

Ron Nason’s exceptional 270- 

243-241 = 754 Monday Mixers 

session topped the charts for 

the week at Cowtown Bowling 

Palace. 

Amy Hart led the ladies with 

a top-notch 232-179-268 = 679 

Wednesday Winners series. 

HONOR ROLL 

Cody Franks 243-611, Katie Tallant 

235-588, Michael Johnson 236-685, 

Lauri Hix 149, Ron Nason 277-722, 

David Poe 258, Katie Tallant 225-593, 

Rachel Cantu 200-563, Matt Allen 

255-693. 

Mary Fernandez 188-533, Frank 

Stone, Sr. 280-655, Jeff Torrieri 249, 

Samuel Magill 249-673, Steven Sanchez 

268-733, Michelle Teel 229-615, Bobby 

Pierce 267, John Cantu, Jr. 260. 

Ron Nason 268-748, Terry Quinley, 

Jr. 258-739, Michelle Teel 226-600, Glen 

Hardee 236, Lindsey Megredy 212-608, 

Ricky Roberts (4 games) 279-992, 

Stefanie Nation (4 games) 247-903. 

Michael Pollard 279, Tennelle 

Vi Davison 193-497, Lori Vermeer 

246-637, Doug Swenson 258-710, 

Melissa Lastovica 201-552, Cathy 

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Milligan (4 games) 244-868, Ron 

Coggins 278, Miki Jo Parish (4 games) 

224-810, Scott Teel (4 games) 278-959, 

Onil Llagas 268-650, Mary Ann Darr 

193-470. 

Mike Moore 245-689, Melody Hook 

187-443, Michael Johnson 224, Peggy 

Hice 177-488, Michael Williams 224- 

617, Michael Johnson 268-689, Alice 

Cain 199-514, Mike Moore 238-672. 

Tom Kiesling 237, Jarred White 265- 

644, Betty Powell 177-409, Jerry Jones 

224-631, Julie Hanson 167-459, Eddie 

Hall 203-558, Cathy Walsh 145-409. 

SENIORS 

David Pruitt 256, Yolanda Espinoza 

202, Henry Sharp 247, Karen Holder 

199-533, Johnny Zaskoda 246, Larrie 

Boyett 196-493, John Hunt 246-641, 

Sal Grieco 247-638, Janie Lower 194, 

John Hunt 238. 

Karen Holder 187-526, Ken Knowles 

235-604, Sal Grieco 265-688, Claudell 

Neill 203, Ken Knowles 248, Vickie 

Martinez 199-516, Mike Mosehella, Sr. 

236-643, Betty Odom 196-522. 

Sposito 239-620, Fritz Gresham 205- 

578, Ansel Goldgar 258-714, Waneva 

Fields 212-534. 

Casey Parks 269-743, Julie LaFollette 

220-586, Russell Wright 248-730, 

Debbie Taylor 180-514, Gary Keto 

267-712, Debby Oulicky 225-685, Lisa 

Wasson (4 games) 268-865, Warren 

Conerly 247-756. 

Patty Ellington 237-683, Rod Irving 

233-674, Leland Reed 243-678, Betty 

Kiefert 183-515, Don Crawford 269-753, 

Cindy Mann 236-640, Jim Monroe 790. 

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Micah McCracken led the Fort 

Worth-area USBC youth bowling 

with a smartly rolled 279/752 

Tuesday Home School series at 

Brunswick Zone Watauga. 

Shyanne Johnson was equally 

dominates as she led the girls 

by shooting 226-247-139 = 612 

Strikers set at Cowtown Bowling 

Palace. 

At AMF Showplace Euless Lanes 

– Bryce Abney 190-506, Thomas 

Phanmaha 158-293, Jake Scheiden 

84-143, Alexa Veigel 175-479, Victoria 

Hylton 176-480. 

At Brunswick Westcreek Lanes 

– Kevin Williams, Jr. 134-360, Katie 

Hamlin 155-387, Barrett Danelski 

166-408, Katarina Korn 109-303, Jordan 

Cooks 136-332, Megan McDuff 104-524, 

Area USBC 

Youth Scores 

Gilbert Leal led the Southwestarea 

USBC youth bowling last 

week with a chart-topping 238- 

265-183 = 686 Scholarship series 

at BRC Thousand Oaks. 

Jeanette Van Gundy, Leal’s 

league mate paced the girls 

with a very solid 227-228-206 

= 661 set. 

Lane Laughter 

Chance Moore 156-431, Tore Freeman 

143-396, Tra McKinney 94-251, Jared 

Nichols 211-517, Casey Tibbs 199-478, 

Dylan Morris 195-520, Cody Owens 118- 

244, Brendan Gentry 80-224, Chandler 

Mayfield 193-518, Devin Moore 113-270, 

Kamari Wine 235-571. 

At Brunswick Zone Watauga – Connor 

Strehlow 236, Micah McCracken 

658, Madelyn Rogers 180-517, Mac 

Asbury 313, Shelly Sloan 244, Chris 

Sears 355, Kynadee Padron 425, Alex 

Negrete 680, Madelyn Rogers 517, Alex 

Negrete 597, Amber Ellis 235, Madelyn 

Rogers 460. 

At Cowtown Bowling Palace – Nathan 

Runthrough 240-668, Bo Cranfill 

236-526, Adam Beasley 224-614, Nadia 

Stone 246-577, Collin Clark 188, Errol 

Bostic, Jr. 91-169, Gianna Rodman 

87-162, Laura Collins 83-163, Jake Swift 

164-418, Ro’Nae Medearis 149-356, 

Angel Orozco 111-317, Bethany Jones 

140-349, Seth Skinner 111-318, Adam 

Beasley 254-660, Olivia Lindsey 181-467, 

Dannyella Hochstine 155-443, Randy 

Cross 212-585, Leilani Lopez 97-258. 

At Forum Bowl – Derek Delagarza 

99-189, Annalee Roane 85-169, Trey 

Boles 94-187, Jennifer Crawford 91-163, 

Marcus Hernandez 206-537, Lexey 

Hilker 210-539, David Carter 202-528, 

Katelynn Correll 176-475, Cole Jennings 

225-581, Kristen Hilker 189-549, 

Jeremy Dunn 550. 

Dallas USBC 

Youth Scores 

Andrew Pryde rolled to the 

top of the heap of the Dallas-area 

USBC youth bowling last week 

with a rock solid 289/789 Major 

series at AMF Lewisville Lanes. 

Shana Geerdes led the girls 

with an outstanding 233-266-246 

= 745 Showstoppers set at Plano 

Super Bowl. 

At AMF Lewisville Lanes – Dawson 

Byrd 155-336, DeVesia Bland 100-259, 

Conner Mixson 214-585, Zhanna Miller 

149-340, Jill Helbig 229-620. 

At AMF Showplace Garland Lanes 

– Kishjuan Busby 277-622, Sara Taylor 

159-457. 

At Plano Super Bowl – Sheldon Fulton 

278-682, Nicki Liu 257-682, Cordell 

Reedy 119-304, Mya Murray 94-229, 

Aidan Hudson 172-467, Kristin Wood 

137-372, Noah Cooper 135-393, Caroline 

Taylor 104-288, Anthony Ellis 181-425, 

Katelyn Elliston 147-430, Juan Arango 

256-596, Jada Davis 210-610, Garrett 

Tinney 257-679, Alexes Burton 267- 

693, Kimmi Klein 196-515, Meredith 

Cummings 147-422, Christian Colwell 

117-333, Hailey Keister 186-517, Reece 

Klapper 222-584, Hope Gramly 211-526, 

Nate Leiter 257-666, Clay Adams 217- 

555, Christina Koeppe 181-498, Brian 

Shilhanek 218-599, Jill Helbig 191-524, 

Rick Pierce (2 games) 105-184, Evelyn 

Jacobs (2 games) 86-147. 

At Red Bird Lanes – Trenton 

Strickland 212-596, Bailey Speaks 

179-514, Zackary McGlothin 97-172, 

Taylor McCaleb 145-384, Katie Gutierrez 

87-242, Chase Kuehnhold 170-298, 

Morgan Dixon 133-247. 

Mesquite - Week 3 

Boys Varsity 

1. Mesquite 3-0 

2. Poteet 2-1 

3. Woodrow Wilson 2-2 

4. North Mesquite 2-1 

5. Bishop Lynch 0-2 

6. John Horn 1-2 

7. West Mesquite 0-2 

Girls Varsity 


2. Poteet 3-0 


4. John Horn 1-2 


6. North Mesquite 0-3 

Boys Jr. Varsity 



Boys 

Andrew Pryde, AMF Lewisville Lanes ................... 789 

Micah McCracken, Brunswick Zone Watauga ...... 752 

Gilbert Leal, BRC Thousand Oaks ........................ 686 

Sheldon Fulton, Plano Super Bowl ....................... 682 

Nicki Liu, Plano Super Bowl .................................. 682 

Nathan Runthrough, Cowtown Bowling Palace ... 668 

Kishjuan Busby, AMF Showplace Garland ........... 622 

Trenton Strickland, Red Bird Lanes ...................... 596 

Cole Jennings, Forum Bowl .................................. 581 

Kamari Wine, Brunswick Westcreek Lanes .......... 571 

Bryce Abney, AMF Showplace Euless Lanes ....... 506 

Girls 

Shana Geerdes, Plano Super Bowl ....................... 745 

Jeanette Van Gundy, BRC Thousand Oaks .......... 661 

Jill Helbig, AMF Lewisville Lanes ......................... 620 

Shyanne Johnson, Cowtown Bowling Palace ...... 612 

Kristen Hilker, Forum Bowl .................................... 549 

Madelyn Rogers, Brunswick Zone Watauga......... 517 

Bailey Speaks, Red Bird Lanes ............................. 514 

Victoria Hylton, AMF Showplace Euless Lanes ... 480 

Sara Taylor, AMF Showplace Garland Lanes ....... 457 

Tore Freeman, Brunswick Westcreek Lanes ........ 396 

Bohn captures November 

Bowler of the Month 

ARLINGTON — Parker Bohn 

III, Jackson, New Jersey, has 

been named November 2012 

Kegel Bowler of the Month 

by the International Bowling 

Media Association. 

Bohn captured the PBA 

World Championship by defeating 

Jason Belmonte, Orange, 

New South Wales, Australia, 

in the title match, 254-227. It is 

his 33rd career PBA title and 

second major title, following 

the 2001 USBC Masters. 

The opening match was a 

226-218 win over Dan MacLleland, 

Canada. Next was a 

200-170 defeat of Rhino Page, 

Dade City, Florida. Bohn then 

bested Sean Rash, Montgomery, 

Illinois, 278-231, setting up the title match with Belmonte. 

Qualifying by only four 

pins, the 2000 PBA and 2008 


4. Poteet 0-2 

Girls Jr. Varsity 


Garland - Week 3 

Boys Varsity 

1. Rowlett 2-0 

2. Sachse 2-1 

3. Lakeview 2-1. 

4. Rockwall Heath 1-2 

5. South Garland 1-2 

Girls Varsity 

1. Sachse 3-0 

2. Lakeview 2-1 

3. Rockwall Heath 1-2 

4. Rowlett 0-2. 

5. South Garland 0-3 

Boys Jr. Varsity 

1. Sachse A 3-0 

2. Sachse B 3-0 

3. Rowlett 0-0. 


Girls Jr. Varsity 

1. Sachse 3-0 


The Bowling News is now on-line! 

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Parker Bohn III 

USBC Hall of Famer became 

the first bowler since 1995 to 

start in the twenty-fourth position 

for round-robin match play 

and win the championship. His 

15-8-1 record after 56 games 

qualified fifth for the five-man 

stepladder finals. The 32-game 

qualifier featured 8 games each 

on the PBA animal patterns 

Cheetah, Viper, Chameleon, 

and Scorpion. 

Others receiving votes 

were Scott Norton, winner of 

the PBA WSOB Chameleon 

Championship, Brad Angelo, 

winner of the PBA WSOB Viper 

Championship, Bill O'Neill, 

winner of the PBA WSOB Alka 

Seltzer Cold Plus Cheetah 

Championship, and Chris 

Barnes and Missy Parkin, 

winners of the Bayer Advanced 

Aspirin World Bowling Tour 

men's and women's finals, 

presented by the PBA.

Warzinski wins 

Cowtown Marathon 

Cowtown GM Chris Johnson with Kristiin Warzinski. 

Kristin Warzinski won the 

8-Game scratch marathon at 

Cowtown Bowling Palace on 

November 25th by six pins 

over Chris Cranford. Warzinski 

averaged over 244 for the 

event, finishing +355. 

In third place was Greg 

Steve Fuhrman topped the 

scoring parade last week at 

Brunswick Zone Watauga with 

an 806 High Points series. 

Sherri Flannery led the ladies 

with a chart-topping 258/743 

Ballard’s Invitational set. 

Jeff Potter garnered highgame 

honors with an awardwinning 

12-bagger. 

HONOR ROLL 

Don Holland 727, Carl Lilly 613, 

Mary Davis 489, Kent Smith 670, Kim 

Le 578, Vicki Smith 529, Jeff Brace 

691, Ashley Hannah 629, Jeff Russell 

(4 games) 842, Tyler Boston 716, Ben 

Hall 697. 

Jen Skrodzki 532, Derrick Lott 290- 

Coy at +338, fourth Scott Teel 

at +318, fifth Erik Vermilyea 

+297, sixth X&0 Garcia +267, 

seventh King Larry Darvas 

+241, eighth Alan Chester 

Chetister +227, ninth John 

Reger +224, and tenth Michael 

Steele +211. 

At Brunswick Zone Watauga 

Fuhrman crunches 806, 

Flannery delivers 743 

Potter 300 

723, Sherri Flannery 278-720, Miki Jo 

Parish 278-665, Julie McHugh 630, Dan 

Williams 691, Jimmy Hill 724, Sandy 

Dooley 577, Dean Pearson 689, Jennifer 

Brautigan 409. Tim Schmerbach 655, 

Maria Kennedy 499, Dan Ellis 564, Jeff 

Potter 677, Kathy Douglas 567, Jeremy 

Brown 704, Rebecca Odell 646, Jeff 

Russell (4 games) 850, Steve Fuhrman 

697, Susan Witt 521. 

Chris Grindstaff 656, Kerry Rusk 

590, Kristi Cantrell 622, Phil Joiner 

699, Judy Wallace 370. 

SENIORS 

Jimmy Hill 710, Audrey Martin 496, 

Jimmy Hill 625, Barbara Riley 505, 

Eddy Smith 666, Ginnette Patzer 568. 

At AMF DeSoto 

Pride reigns in 750, 

Manzano mints 625 

Bam Pride rolled a charttopping 

246-247-257 = 750 

Pushovers set to take high-series 

honors for the week at AMF 

DeSoto Lanes. 

Jeanette Manzano, Pride’s 

league mate, posted a lofty 226- 

203-196 = 625 set to pace the 

ladies. 

HONOR ROLL 

Matt Lawrence 225-636, Lucy 

Chism 167-455, Mykal Laster 237-534, 

Debra Buerch 143-426, Roger Strand 

266-692, Arlette Washington 210- 

587, Chuck Mooney 238-654, Joyce 

Thurman 248-585. 

Erik Williamson 268-740, Leritha 

Pride 204-597, Jason Colton 238-671, 

Ann Miller 193-491, James Pough 256- 

620, Joyce Thurman 211-582, David 

Hernandez 236-644, Janie Munoz 

180-521, Bam Pride 258-737. Stacey 

Pride 228-583, Steve Cox 254-720, Troy 

Howell 208-594. 

SENIORS 

James Bridges 224-620, Helen 

Shelton 212-542, James Bridges 210- 

610, Dorothy Perry 191-512. 


PBA announces 2013 

PBA50 Tour schedule 

New stops, ESPN-televised finale part of new PBA50 Tour season 

SEATTLE — A new name, 

new venues, a season-long 

points competition leading to 

an ESPN-televised finale and 

a crop of new star players 

will highlight the 2013 PBA50 

Tour season, the Professional 

Bowlers Association announced 

today. 

The 2013 PBA50 Tour 

(formerly PBA Senior Tour) 

schedule will consist of 11 

tournaments with new stops 

in Welch, Minn., Tampa, Fla. 

(tentative), and Trussville, Ala. 

The season-long point 

competition will qualify 

the top three players for the 

ESPN-televised PBA50 Tour 

Finals which will be a stepladder 

event conducted during 

the 2013 PBA World Series of 

Bowling V next November. 

Also, selected PBA50 Tour 

events will be webcast live 

on pba.com's Online Bowling 

Channel Xtra Frame. Details 

regarding the televised finals 

and Xtra Frame schedule will 

be announced later. 

"We are thrilled to be bringing 

a PBA50 final back to TV,” 

said PBA Commissioner Tom 

Clark. “A national audience 

will see first-hand that the 

competition on the PBA50 Tour 

is intense, important and the 

crop of players eligible will 

excite all bowling fans. The 

PBA is committed to its over-50 

membership and proud to be 

bringing the best of the best to 

a national television audience." 

The PBA50 Tour will also 

include other changes including 

a revised format advancing 

more players to match play in 

selected events that attract 120 

or more entries. 

The Super Senior prize 

fund – for the age 60-andolder 

players who finish out 

of the regular prize list – will 

also be revised. In previous 

years, Super Senior cash spots 

were awarded based on total 

entries. For 2013, cash spots 

will be awarded at a ratio of 

1:6 Super Senior entries, with 

a minimum of eight and a 

maximum of 10 cashing in 

each tournament. 

Las Vegas will continue 

to host the PBA50 Tour’s two 

major championships with 

the Suncoast Hotel, Casino 

and Bowling Center hosting 

the Suncoast Senior U.S. Open 

presented by Storm June 2-7 

Bowl Your 

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9 PM to Close 

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plus Draft Beer Specials! 

September: November: 

Phil Hughes ................ 300 Leon Schon .................. 300 

Jon Prather ................ 300 Jim Richardson ........... 298 

Donna Wynkoop ........ 300 Keith Lohse ................. 813 

October: 

Leon Schon .......... 300/827 Ryan Reed ................... 300 

Tom Henricks ...... 300/816 Geoff Martin ............... 300 

Jacob Truitt ................ 821 Chris Rittenour ........... 300 

Boyce Lewis ................ 300 Jim Pushala ................. 299 

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followed by the United States 

Bowling Congress Senior Masters 

at the South Point Hotel, 

Casino and Bowling Center 

June 9-14. 

The 2013 PBA50 season 

will again see a new crop 

of top-level players from the 

PBA Tour eligible to compete, 

including PBA Hall of Famers 

Pete Weber, Parker Bohn III 

and ESPN PBA Tour analyst 

Randy Pedersen. Also on the 

list of those becoming eligible 

at age 50 in the months ahead 

will be PBA Tour champions 

Jack Jurek, Chris Warren and 

David Traber. 

2013 PBA50 TOUR SCHEDULE 

April 14-17 – Tampa, Fla. (tentative) 

April 20-23 – PBA50 Sun Bowl In The Villages 

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At AMF Lewisville 

Pryde leads with 789, 

Barnes powers 755 

Adair, Maxwell 300’s, Dewberry 298 

Youth Bowler, Andrew Pryde 

racked up a power-packed 

289/789 Major series to head the 

leader boards last week at AMF 

Lewisville Lanes. 

Lynda Barnes, from the Coffee 

Breakers group, paced the ladies 

with a rollicking 259-248-248 = 

755 set to take top honors. 

Justin Adair and Wayne Maxwell’s 

award-winning 12-baggers 

garnered high game honors. 

Gerald Dewberry took runnerup 

honors with a near perfect 

298 game. 

HONOR ROLL 

Erik Williamson 269-767, Laney 

Royal 259-697, Amy Anderson 236-637, 

Kevin Harnisch 224-597, Stacey Cox 

Wes Milliorn, Jr. high-stepped 

his way to a 238-254-279 = 771 

Crusaders series to end the week 

at the top spot on the honor roll 

at Forum Bowl. 

Annie Akanni found herself 

standing at the top of the ladies 

214-570, Justin Adair 718, Stacie Hatton 

214-549, Brian Watts 247-717, Sabina 

DeBord 210-576. Ryan Curtis 289-754, 

Jennifer Curl 224-621, Brad Williams 

233-685, Shannon Strickland 238-597, 

Wayne Maxwell 761, Donna Hodgson 

257-552, Robert LeBaube 266-716, 

Mindy McNeal 181-496. 

Lori Calame 177-470, Dominick 

Ferrera 279-764, Sabina DeBord 226- 

616, Gerald Dewberry 769, Wendy 

Gzegorzek 211-585, Chance Babcock 

279-682, Jeannine Lafin 193-493, Chad 

Fisher 199-551. 

Renea Riley 161-464, Robert Eakin 

256-694, Lonetta Berry 193-475. 

SENIORS 

Allan Hopp 237-655, Rosa Bailey 

185-527. 

At AMF Showplace Garland 

Shipley pockets 805, 

Rice chalks up 677 

Chris Shipley racked up 

top-flight 248-289-268 = 805 

numbers in Tuesday High Rollers 

league session to earn the top 

spot on the honor roll last week at 

AMF Showplace Garland Lanes. 

Brooke Rice rolled a sterling 

205-257-215 = 677 NASCAR set 

to lead the ladies. 

HONOR ROLL 

Wayne Bell 222-615, Brenda Blair 

160-393, Johnny Lannan 257-700, 

Donna Hough 235-650, Paul E Wilson 

279-750, Joyce Lindley 248-626, 

Ed Dooley 175-494, Kathy Hopkins 

177-512. 

Harold Simmons 241-650, Jo 

Venable 244-571, Mike McDaniel 

267-708, Traci Davis 238-635, Katina 

Tassopoulas 170-489, Clyde Haddock 

193-530, Bertha Sanchez 202-554, Will 

Briggs 278-764. 

Kevin Galloway 288-721, Lisa 

Alonzo 221-581, Kevin Harbison 244- 

700, Linda Chambers 231-645, Evaristo 

Hooper 226-639, Janet Scarbrough 

200-504. 

At Forum Bowl 

Milliorn, Jr. rips 771, 

Akanni crushes 749 

Nagler and Thomas 299 

leader board as she shot 235- 

236-278 = 749 in Dynamic Duo 

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Rick Nagler and Brian Thomas 

shared high-game accolades with 

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Oaks, Keith hammers 663 

Edna Martin 211-495. 

SAN ANTONIO – Dave 

Dreggors landed a top-notch 257- 

266-242 = 765 Armadillos series 

to head the honor roll last week 

at BRC Thousand Oaks. 

Jennifer Keith logged a 

classy 191-262-210 = 663 Miller 

Funtime set to front fem scoring. 

HONOR ROLL 

Glen Mossler 236-677, Joyce 

Gallegos 185-466, Greg Tabor 256-637, 

Brenda Clink 263-592, Paul Baker 

231-640, Crystal Harred 213-602, Mike 

Keith 234-565, Tom Donahue 233-603. 

Mitchell Van Gundy 279-746, 

Brianna Galler 245-610. 

SENIORS 

John Robison 215-627, Betty Smith 

PBA ANNOUNCES 

Continued from Page 7 

presented by Hammer, Spanish Springs 

Lanes, The Villages, Fla. 

April 28-May 1 – PBA50 Greater Birmingham 

Open presented by Ebonite, Lightning Strikes 

Lanes, Trussville, Ala. 

May 5-8 – PBA50 Miller High Life Classic 

presented by Columbia 300, George Pappas 

Victory Lanes, Mooresville, N.C. 

May 13-16 – PBA50 Dayton Classic presented by 

Roto Grip, Capri Lanes, Kettering, Ohio 

June 2-7 – Suncoast PBA Senior U.S. Open 

presented by Storm, Suncoast Bowling 

Center, Las Vegas 

June 9-14 – United States Bowling Congress 

Senior Masters, South Point Bowling Center, 

Las Vegas 

June 16-19 – PBA50 Northern California Classic 

presented by Track, Harvest Park Bowl, 

Brentwood, Calif. 

Aug. 5-8 – PBA50 South Shore Open presented 

by DV8, Olympia Lanes, Hammond, Ind. 

Aug. 10-13 – PBA50 Decatur Open presented by 

Brunswick, Spare Time Lanes, Decatur, Ill. 

Aug. 18-21 – PBA50 Treasure Island Resort & 

Casino Open presented by MOTIV, Island 

Xtreme Bowl, Welch, Minn. 

November – PBA50 Tour ESPN Finals (details to 

be determined) 

Homer Dudley 225-611, Janet 

Swope 186-549, Duane Bates (9 pin) 

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Attention By Mark London 

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On the second week of 

December for the past half century 

or so, the defending U.S. 

Open champions roll a threegame 

series on Chicago television 

for an annual competition 

known as “Beat The Champs”. 

Run by the Chicagoland Bowling 

Proprietors Association, 

it raises monies for various 

Chicago Sun-Times newspaper 

charities. For all of this year’s 

$3 entry fee (was only $1 for 

many years), enter your league 

series on the punch card in 

participating centers the first 

week of December and wait 

to see what scores the pros 

post on the Christmas Day 

target score show. If your score 

does as the name implies, you 

win an ‘I Beat The Champ’ 

patch. However, if your score 

is best of a league with 100% 

participation or one of the top 

five scores in the house, you 

qualify for several more levels 

of qualifying until the 24-man 

or 24-woman final round. Top 

prize is a new automobile, 

lately a Ford Focus. Second 

through 10th places receive flat 

screen TVs, while 11th to 24th 

places get bowling equipment. 

Twenty years ago this week, 

a native Texan was part of the 

most famous pro target score 

show in the 52-year history of 

“Beat The Champs”. This onehour 

show has been seen on 

the local cable sports channel, 

ComcastSportsNet, since 1993. 

But this 1992 show and earlier 

shows were a Christmas Day 

tradition on WGN Television, 

seen on cable systems all over 

the country since the early 

80s, as any Cubs fan could 

remind you. At Lawn Lanes 

in suburban Oak Lawn, site 

of Gary Dickinson’s ‘83 U.S. 

Open and Mark Roth’s 1984 

U.S. Open wins, Austin’s own 

Robert Lawrence rolled games 

of 248, 268, and 299 for an 815 

series. One factor making this 

score more impressive was at 

the time a handful of Chicago 

centers, this house included, 

were proud of their tougher 

league conditions. 

The defending U.S. Women’s 

champion, PWBA and USBC 

Hall of Famer Tish Johnson, 

was alone on the left side with 

Lawrence on the right. The 

stage was set for an hour of 

bowling not soon forgotten, 

especially by the hundred or 

so of us to see it in person. 

Lawrence recently recalled rolling 

one of only two 800 series 

seen on national television in 

the 90s. 

“I played right of the 6-7 

board the entire time,” Lawrence 

explains. “And with Tish 

being on the show with me, 

there was just me out there 

on my side. We were both 

just having so much fun I had 

no clue what I was shooting. 

Didn’t even know I had 800 

until it was all over.” 

I remember hearing at the 

time it may have been as high 

as eight ‘I Beat The Champ’ 

patches, but the official number 

was four. To give you some 

perspective, the 52,703 league 

bowlers paying the $1 ‘Beat 

The Champs’ entry fee raised 

$59,274.12 for Chicago Sun- 

Times charities. Besides the 

four patches given out for the 

815 series, Tish Johnson’s 648 

set was bested by 971 females, 

thus 975 patches were awarded. 

The following year, 1993, Del 

Ballard and Dede Davidson 

At AMF Showplace Euless Lanes 

Hamm notches 300/802, 

Goss garners 717 

Gibbins, Rydberg 300, Kuhn 299, Adams 296 

Jason Hamm outscored the 

competition last week at AMF 

Showplace Euless Lanes with a 

power-packed 266-236-300 = 802 

Two Mixed Up league production. 

Val Goss rounded out the 

top score for the ladies with a 

rollicking 244-258-215 = 717 

Full House set. 

Olin Gibbins and Eric Rydberg 

shared high-game honors with 

Hamm as each recorded awardwinning 

12-baggers. John Kuhn 

took runner-up honors with a 

near perfect 299 single while 

Patrick Adams finished with a 

296 game. 

HONOR ROLL 

Dennis Powers 255-717, Cong Le 

256-668, Anthony Dunning 254-616, 

Lee Cooper 216-632, John Kuhn 785, 

Mike Quinlan 258-760, Charles Collier 

277-767, Mike McHugh 279-781, John 

C 290. 

Lee Cooper 235-659, John Burkett 

269-752, Bruce M 268-778, Joe Laehr 

269-633, John O’Dell 216-596, Ed 

Fielden 279-783, Charles Young 236- 

615, Barbara Chaky 233-614, Linda 

Neal 178-520. 

Sherry Murray 207-516, Valerie 

Williams 214, Shelley Fugett 246-616, 

Lisa Steele 247-624, Robin Montgomery 

168-469, Kathleen LeCroy 222-656, 

Danielle Sharpe 232-587, Terri Homme 

243-594. 

Anna Jutson 267-657, Linda Petty 

178-477, Annie Akanni 204-596, Judy 

Leuty 185-534, Rhonda Downing 

255-622, Sherry Houghton 223-615, 

Stephanie Harp 251-620, Rose Jacobson 

203-543.. 

bowled 607 and 629 respectively. 

The CBPA gave out 11,426 ‘I 

Beat The Champ’ patches. 

“I was also told a few 

months later that I made the 

charity a lot more money since 

they didn’t have to buy as 

many patches to give to all the 

bowlers that beat my score. I 

was told that only 3 people got 

patches that year when they 

normally hand out hundreds, 

and even thousands a few 

years. 

I was proud afterwards to 

find out that I had set the new 

all-time high series for that 

event,” Lawrence added. 

An overlooked point in the 

815 series was a 17-bagger from 

the 8th frame of the second 

game to the eleventh ball of 

Game 3. You don’t see that 

every day, not even these days. 

As the end of the show neared, 

the cheering from the normally 

sedate crowd got louder and 

louder with each strike. 

It may have also saved 

Columbia 300’s first resin ball. 

Reactive resin had just gone 

mainstream earlier in the year 

with the NuLine XCalibur and 

Brunswick’s Purple Rhino Pro. 

About a month before this 

taping, Steve Jaros rolled a 

129 game with a Pro Hook in 

the opening match of the PBA 

Brunswick Memorial World 

Open, ironically about 45 

minutes north of Oak Lawn in 

Lake Zurich, Ill. 

Lawrence, currently the 

Brunswick Bowling-Consumer 

Division Southwest U.S. Product 

Specialist offered this about 

Columbia’s first resin equipment, 

“The Pro Hook went on 

to be a good seller for Columbia 

300. I was on staff at the time. 

Funny thing too, about that 

ball, was that we as staffers got 

to throw that ball and the Pro 

Hook Extreme for the first time 

as test balls while we were in 

San Antonio for the Columbia 

300 Open at Astro Bowl. Well, I 

guess it was the rough surface 

there that had almost all of us 

loving the Extreme over the 

regular Pro Hook. We all know 

how that eventually turned out 

though. Nobody wanted the No 

Hook Extreme.” 

Log on to the Sun-Times 

website December 26 to see 

how PDW and Kelly did. 

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10 YEARS AGO 

Joe Roland led the honor roll with 789 at Cowtown…Chuck 

Cox a 774 at DC Cityview…Paul Grody with 748 at Red Bird… 

Tom McElroy shot 741 at Forum…Michelle Hensarling led the 

ladies with 686 at Plano…Karla Balluch shot 673 at DC West… 

Last Call Leisha with 671 at DC Cityview…Judy Freeland rolled 

645 at Forum…Norm Duke beats Dave Traber in a roll-off to win 

PBA Cambridge Credit Classic in Seattle…Richard Lewis a 300 

at Plano…Danny Neill led the youth bowlers with 700 at Plano. 

20 YEARS AGO 

JB Roark led the honor roll with 299/811 at Big Town…John 

Anderson with 806 at DC SW…Joe Roland shot 805 at Westcreek… 

the great Bo Bowden 794 at Blazer…Joyce Purselly led the 

ladies with 735 at DC FW…Elynn Boss shot 725 at Triangle- 

Richardson…Sue Sargent with 702 at Forum…Genie Cox was 

high at Showplace-Euless with 677, I’m guessing that the other 

leagues were on vacation…good friend Rene Asprion shot 300, 

in the same league. He didn’t have many perfect games…Craig 

Talley a perfect game at Watauga…Mark Williams edges brother 

Derek for SW PBA Regional at Oil Bowl…Bud Young with 787 

at DC FW…last weeks’ Spotlight, Chris Cranford led the Dallas 

youth bowlers with 741 at Big Town. 

30 YEARS AGO 

John Bolejack led the honor roll with 767 at Berry Bowl…Nick 

Cooper shot 761 at Circle Bowl…Steve Boultinghouse with 759 

at Buckner…Mike Engers rolled 714 at Alpine…Virginia Barton 

led the ladies with 694 at Jupiter…Nadine Richardson with 674 

at Wedgwood…Pat Miles shot 673 at Oak Ridge…Rose Hanes 

rolled 635 at Expressway…Steve Brown won the BBA at Berry, 

beating Linda Green to win $3000…Del Ballard Jr. shot 300 at 

Expressway…Steve Fehr won the Brunswick World Open Title 

over Steve Cook…John Forgason wins TTBA at All Star FW. 

At AMF Spare Time 

Hartsel explodes with 722, 

Congi banks 615 

John Hartsel headed the honor 

roll for the week at AMF Spare 

Time Lanes by logging laudable 

203-269-250 = 722 numbers in 

STL Rejects action. 

Kara Congi, Hartsel’s league 

mate, paced the ladies with an 

awesome 210-190-215 = 615 set. 

HONOR ROLL 

At AMF Richardson 

McBride cracks 299/821, 

Rogers rolls 758 

Steve McBride won the 

high-set race last week at AMF 

Richardson Lanes by hammering 

out hefty award-winning 278- 

299-244 = 821 marks in XXXX 

Rated action. 

Michelle Rogers rolled a 

sizeable 259-279-220 = 758 

Classic Trios set to take top 

honors for the ladies. 

HONOR ROLL 

Jack Alphin 255-648, Emily Ryan 

170-470, Tayna Fulmer 268-682, Darell 

Marshall, Jr. 236-674, Jodie Anderson 

172-492, John Smiser 288-773, Tonya 

Dickey 246-713, Bob Willingham 

256-615. 

Sandee Lowe 182-473, David Plair 

277-777, Linda Alexander 203-596, Mike 

Crouch 259-683, Judy Hinman 211-540, 

Ben Hassan 242-679, Dana Cantwell 

140-375, Ryan Whitney 268-782. 

Kay Hickman 189, Linda Harrell 

456, Wayne Waters 247, Kara Congi 

238-602, Duval Williams 637, Bert 

McDowell 288, Gayle Brice 191-514, 

Norm Patterson 669, David Cooley 

186-521, Denise Malander 165. Amber 

Lumpkin 398, Rocky Vasquez 200-532, 

Sue Yanez 128-368, Guy Nicholson 269. 

Cory Dollard 258-659, Kathleen 

Wright 178-495, Sean Pierce 267-726, 

Michelle Lee 268-757, Greg Alexander 

234-595, Marlene Somraty 187-526, 

Chris Hauck 264-694, Penny Powell 

210-551. 

John Raibick 246-641, Sandee Lowe 

209-494, Keith Decker 235-612, Joyce 

Powers 198-548, Ed Bedford 235-643, 

Barb Wygren 190-539, Steve Williams 

226-590, Dana Cantwell 155-373, Joey 

McKay 254-740. Traci Davis 268-734, 

Mike Chambers 268-731, Terri Riches 

188-528, Jim Mahoney 258-701, Sherry 

Osier 222-651, Glenn Pierce 207-588, 

Alice McManus 184-464, Bill North 

214-557, Emily Ryan 188-516. 

Ron Yoshida 255-723, Terry 

Shannon 233-584, Karl Hinman 227- 

619, May Kisay 195-530, Chris Johnson 

278-685. Cindy Nguyen 187-459, Matt 

Marcus 245-694, Joy Harris 166-487.

Barnes, Parkin Kick Off PBA 

Season with WBT Titles 

LAS VEGAS – Chris Barnes 

of Double Oak, Texas, and 

Missy Parkin of Lake Forest, 

Calif., successfully concluded 

two years of international 

travel when they captured 

Bayer Advanced Aspirin World 

Bowling Tour men’s and 

women’s finals titles to kick 

off the 2012-13 Professional 

Bowlers Association television 

season at South Point Hotel and 

Casino. 

Barnes, a 14-time PBA Tour 

champion, defeated reigning 

WBT men’s champion Mika 

Koivuniemi of Finland, 244- 

228, while Parkin defeated Liz 

Johnson of Cheektowaga, N.Y., 

238-190, in the women’s finals 

during the GEICO PBA World 

Series of Bowling. Both finals, 

which featured three players 

who qualified by earning 

points in World Tenpin Bowling 

Association-PBA International 

Tour events over a span of two 

years, aired Sunday on ESPN. 

Both champions earned $20,000. 

Barnes, who won the 

Columbia 300 Vienna Open in 

Austria in October to lock up 

his berth in the WBT men’s 

finals, edged Mike Fagan of 

Dallas, 258-244, in the semifinal 

match before closing with 

a string of six strikes for a 

come-from-behind victory over 

his close friend, Koivuniemi, in 

the title match. 

“Any win feels good,” Barnes 

said. “Mika and I always 

have good matches. I’ve been 

fortunate the last three times, 

but I’m pretty sure it’ll even out 

whether I like it or not.” 

The key to Barnes’ victory 

was three 10 pins left by his 

long-time international rival 

on the right lane in the third, 

seventh and ninth frames. 

“I left a couple of solid 10s 

on that lane myself,” Barnes 

said. “I knew that lane was 

At Rowlett 

Bowl-a-Rama 

Wycough 

collars 678 

Terry Wycough won the highset 

contest last week at Rowlett 

Bowl-a-Rama as he tossed a 

top-notch 233-236-209 = 678 

numbers in Monday Mixers 

league play. 

Lynnette Clark, Wycouch’s 

league mate, led the ladies with a 

stately 142-156-193 = 491 series. 

HONOR ROLL 

Hugh Pettigrew 216-617, Kim 

Stewart 181-489, Freddie Wearien 

(2 games) 235-466, Linda House (2 

games) 204-369. 

SENIORS 

Mark Marshall (2 games) 178-329, 

Myra Lovell 152-302 (2 games) 190-321, 

Rodney Savole 194-534, Louise Garner 

183-517, Eric Horniquist (no tap) 252- 

665, Shirley Large (no tap) 169-437. 

tighter. I threw one shot that I 

thought was pretty good that 

didn’t even get back to the 

pocket.” 

Forced to finish his game 

on the tricky right lane after 

Koivuniemi’s misfortune in 

the ninth frame gave him an 

opening, Barnes made a critical 

adjustment and threw three 

strikes in the 10th frame. The 

first strike was the one that 

iced the title. 

“I knew I was going to 

move right and have to stay 

firm with the shot,” Barnes 

said. “Earlier on in my career 

I didn’t commit to that shot 

very well, but I committed to 

it, and made the shot I wanted 

to throw. It didn’t quite get up 

to high flush, but it was good 

enough today.” 

As part of their ongoing 

rivalry on television, Barnes 

and Koivuniemi make a side 

bet that has involved things 

like the gaudy Madras plaid 

pair of pants Koivuniemi was 

forced to wear on television the 

last time he lost. 

“We had a jersey bet on 

this one,” Barnes said of his 

WBT win. “I, or my fans, or his 

daughters will get to design a 

jersey that he’ll get to wear on 

a future TV show. And pretty 

much anything goes as long as 

it’s legal for TV.” 

In the women’s finals, 

Johnson advanced to the title 

match after a thrilling 267-260 

victory over PBA Tour titlist 

Kelly Kulick of Union, N.J. But 

Johnson’s strike shot evaporated 

in the title match. A 4-6-7 

split in the second frame and 

a 4-6 in the fourth put her in a 

hole she couldn’t escape. 

“I’ve come in second a lot 

lately,” said Parkin, who lost 

to Chicago’s Diandra Asbaty 

in the Australian Masters title 

match prior to the WSOB and 

finished second to Kulick in the 

U.S. Women’s Open earlier in 

the year. “Today I wasn’t going 

to let that happen again. I kind 

Tristan Bridgewater headed 

the leader boards for the week 

at Red Bird Lanes by logging 

laudable 202-214-268 = 684 

numbers in Sunday Night Mix 

action. 

Deanna Hoffman delivered a 

sturdy 245-236-160 = 641 Colts 

& Fillies set to lead the ladies. 

HONOR ROLL 

Lauren Daniel 192-553, Janean 

Baker 198-557, Billy Cathey 227-665, 

Rob Oldfather 277-636, Margaret 

Padgett 183-523, Dorothy Jones 202- 

548, Alex Galetti 237-658, Deanna 

Hoffman 245-641. 

of went out with a mindset 

that I was going to make the 

pins strike. I know you can’t 

do that, but it was the mindset 

I had. 

“I only had one game, and 

I needed to throw 10 really 

good shots, and I feel like I did. 

Luckily the pins fell my way 

and it was enough to win.” 

But for Parkin, the victory 

made her international travels 

worth the effort. 

“This year all of the travel 

has been particularly hard 

being away from family and 

friends,” she said. “It’s really 

hard; a lot of people don’t understand 

how much we travel. 

Winning this tournament 

after two years and having to 

accumulate all those points 

means so much.” 

The second annual Bayer 

Advanced Aspirin WBT Finals 

presented by the PBA also signaled 

the start of a new points 

cycle for the international series. 

Points earned in WTBA-PBA 

International Tour events over 

the next 12 months will replace 

points earned in the first year 

of the qualifying cycle, leading 

into the third WBT Finals which 

will be part of PBA WSOB V in 

November 2013. 

The 2012-13 PBA Tour 

season on ESPN continues next 

Sunday at 1 p.m. ET with the 

finals of the Alka Seltzer Plus 

Cold Cheetah Championship. 

Stepladder finalists will include 

Bill O’Neill, Langhorne, Pa.; 

Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio; 

Jeff Roche, Dearborn, Mich., 

and top qualifier Mike Wolfe, 

New Albany, Ind. 

Pre- and post-telecast shows 

for all PBA-ESPN telecasts will 

be available on Xtra Frame, 

PBA’s online bowling channel. 

BAYER ADVANCED ASPIRIN 

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FINALS 

South Point Exhibition Hall, Las Vegas 

Women’s Final Standings: 1, Missy Parkin, 

Lake Forest, Calif., $20,000. 2, Liz Johnson, 

Cheektowaga, N.Y., $10,000. 3, Kelly Kulick, 

Union, N.J., $5,000. 

Stepladder Results: Semifinal Match – Johnson 

def. Kulick, 267-260. Championship – Parkin 

def. Johnson, 238-190. 

Men’s Final Standings: 1, Chris Barnes, Double 

Oak, Texas, $20,000. 2, Mika Koivuniemi, Finland, 

$10,000. 3, Mike Fagan, Dallas, $5,000 

Stepladder Results: Semifinal Match – Barnes 

def. Fagan, 258-244. Championship – 

Koivuniemi, 244-228. 

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Hoffman hits 641 

Mike Cawthon 232-644, Tristan 

Bridgewater 252-633, Vernon 

Underwood 193-531, Maizie Baker 

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Rita Becker 199-534, Dexter Johnson 

234-638. 

Makensie Martin 194-557, Vernon 

Johnson 235-639, Alice Edwards 200- 

590, Tyree Jennings 224-641, Creeper 

Perry 185-510, Terry Harris 233-524, 

Sandra Hawkins 142-382, Jennifer 

Farrell 232-612. 

Jasmine Watkins 218-529, Lois 

Gibson 197-554, Ted Shaffer 222-570, 

Carolyn Large 234-591. 


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