USBC Junior Gold Final Results
The USBC Junior Gold Championships took place this past week. The boys championship came down to the final match between Marshall Kent and Matt Gasn. Kent won the match to win the championship with a final score of 10018 (46 games + 200 bonus pins, 213.43 Average). Gasn finished in second with a final 46 game score of 9996. Chris Via (9825) and Jacob Kent (9768) also finished in the top four to qualify for Junior Team USA.
Brittni Hamilton led the tournament for the girls with a final score of 9800 (46 games + 220 bonus pins, 208.26 Average). Addileen Pointer finished in second with a 46 game score of 9553. Kristie Petravich (9461) and Kaitlin Quinn (9459) rounded out the top four bowlers to qualify for Junior Team USA.
The National Selection Committee also chose two boys and two girls from the field to add to the junior team for this upcoming season. The committee chose Andrew Koff, who tied for the 4th spot, but lost in a rolloff, and Kyle King to join the boys. They chose Danielle McEwan and Liz Seibel to join the girls. There are still four more roster spots open to bowlers in the team USA trials.
USBC Junior Gold Semifinal Results
The USBC Junior Gold semifinals took place today, with the top 16 boys and top 16 girls advancing into matchplay tomorrow.
Jacob Kent continued to lead the boys with a final 30game score of 6412 (+412, 213.73 Average). The boys cut score was 6090 (+90, 203 Average).
Brittni Hamilton took over the girls’ lead by finishing with a 30 game score of 6240 (+240, 208 Average). The girls cut score was 5909 (-91, 196.97 Average).
The top 16 boys and top 16 girls will bowl round robin matchplay to decide a champion and decide who makes junior Team USA this year.
Good luck to all of those who are still bowling!
USBC Junior Gold Qualifying Results
The USBC Junior Gold Championships are taking place this week. The first three rounds of qualifying concluded on Wednesday, July 14, 2010. The difficult patterns used for this tournament have kept scores fairly low. There are three oil patterns being used this year. More information on the patterns can be found on the USBC Junior Gold Championships page in my oil pattern library.
The cut score for the top 150 boys was 3488 (18 games, 193.78 Average). The boys leader for qualifying is Jacob Kent from Newark, NY with a score of 3926 (218.11 Average).
The top 78 girls cut score was 3316 (18 games, 184.22 Average). The leader for the girls at the end of qualifying is Addileen Pointer from Highland, MI with 3967 (220.39 Average).
The semifinals round is underway today, with twelve more games in the semifinals. The cut to the top 16 will then be made before matchplay begins on Friday, July 16.
Bowling Tip of the Month – June 2010
This month’s tip is called “Winning Never Gets Old.” This tip comes from Dick Weber and Nelson Burton, Jr. These are two of the most successful bowlers in the history of the game.
Bowling Tip of the Month – May 2010
For the Summer, since bowling is going to be slow for a few months, I will only be sharing one tip a month instead of weekly tips. This month’s tip comes from Glenn Soanes of ExpertVillage.com. Glenn shows the beginner bowler how to use the lane arrows for targeting. Glenn shows that you can use the arrows, as well as the dots, which are closer on the lane.
PBA Experience Showdown Takes Place This Weekend
The 2009-10 Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour’s regular season is over, but competition continues Sunday on ESPN with the first of two special events from the new International Training and Research Center located on the International Bowling Campus.
Eleven of the sport’s top players and six United States Bowling Congress league bowlers will compete in the PBA Experience Showdown and the PBA Women’s Series Showdown, both presented by BOWL.COM, which will air on ESPN on Sundays April 11 and April 18 at 1 p.m. Eastern, respectively.
The made-for-TV events will begin with the PBA Experience Showdown on Sunday. The PBA Experience Showdown is a unique competition, tying together USBC’s grassroots PBA Experience league program with the five PBA Tour champions who won the five PBA Experience “animal pattern” lane condition championships during the World Series of Bowling in Detroit, kicking off the 2009-10 Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour season.
The five champions are Norm Duke of Clermont, Fla. (Cheetah), Rhino Page (Viper), Bill O’Neill (Chameleon), Mike DeVaney (Scorpion) and Jack Jurek (Shark).
The PBA stars were joined in Arlington by six USBC PBA Experience league bowlers – one each representing the five “animal patterns” and a sixth representing any other Sport Bowling lane condition. The six USBC Sport Bowling members who earned trips to Arlington through a national online voting process, along with their respective league secretaries and the proprietor/manager of the center that hosted the league, were: Bill Motovina, Clearwater, Fla.; Joe Petrowski, East Syracuse, N.Y.; Kevin Reuer, Hoffman Estates, Ill.; Pattie Riddle, Palatine, Ill.; Brent Watson, Parkersburg, W. Va., and Bobby Wenger, Wooster, Ohio. In a preliminary event, the six players bowled one game on each of six different PBA Experience lane conditions, and Reuer won the qualifier, advancing to the television final where he will bowl with the five PBA stars.
Sunday’s unique Showdown format will involve all six bowlers bowling one frame on each of five lanes, each featuring a different PBA Experience pattern. In order, the frames will be Shark, Chameleon, Viper, Scorpion and Cheetah. After five frames, the group will be re-ordered, from lowest score to highest, and they’ll bowl another five frames. After one full game, the top two players will advance to a five-frame title match following the same order. The fifth frame will act as a 10th frame.
Tip of the Week – April 5, 2010
I’m going to be blatantly honest on this one. This guy doesn’t know what he’s talking about. His name is Ed Kramarcik and he claims to be an AMF staff member. In this particular video, he tries to demonstrate a five step approach, but starts on the wrong foot and only takes four steps. Somehow, he manages to still count five though. It must be the fall off step after the release that counts as step number five. I’ve seen several videos from this guy, sometimes he has decent points, but usually ends up off the mark. This is one you’ll just have to see for yourself.
Pete Weber Wins PBA Marathon Open
As the #1 seed in the PBA Lumber Liquidators Marathon Open, Mike Scroggins had the privilege of deciding which oil pattern the bowlers would bowl on in the TV finals. Scroggins decided that they would bowl on the PBA Dick Weber pattern.
The opening match had #4 Brad Angelo bowing against #5 Wes Malott. Angelo won the match, 207-192, and went on to face #3 Chris Barnes. Brad Angelo defeated Barnes, 256-227, and earned his way to the next match against #2 Pete Weber. Weber defeated Angelo, 233-212, and went on to face #1 seed Mike Scroggins. Weber continued to bowl well on the pattern named after his father and defeated Scroggins, 268-224.
Weber won the $25,000 for first place and his 35th PBA title and his first in the last three years. Scroggins had an opportunity to become the 2009-2010 PBA Player of the Year by winning this event, but fell just short. This year’s PBA Player of the Year is Walter Ray Williams, Jr.
Scroggins Leads PBA Marathon Open Into TV Finals
Mike Scroggins used a huge 7-game score of 1708 today on the PBA Dick Weber pattern to take over the lead in the PBA Lumber Liquidators Marathon Open. Scroggins’ final 53 game score is 12,204 (+1604, 230.26 Average). Scroggins will lead the field of five finalists in the TV finals, which will take place live on ESPN on Sunday, April 4, 2010 at 1:00 PM. Pete Weber is in second place with 12,150 headed into the stepladder finals. Chris Barnes heads into the show in third place at 12,125. Brad Angelo makes the show in fourth place with 12,006. Wes Malott had the lead headed into this final 7-game set, but only had a score of 1391 to fall into fifth place, which still makes the TV finals.
In the opening match, Wes Malott will bowl against Brad Angelo, with the winner going on to face Chris Barnes. This winner will go on to bowl against Pete Weber, with the final winner going on to bowl against Mike Scroggins for the championship. The champion will take home the first prize of $25,000. All seven of the PBA patterns have been used throughout this week. The #1 seed, Mike Scroggins, gets to pick which pattern will be used for the TV finals.
See the full results for the round of 16 of the PBA Lumber Liquidators Marathon Open.
MichiganBowling.com New Site
MichiganBowling.com has an all new website. The site has been completely redone and has been updated. The new site features a tournament calendar as well as results from recent Michigan tournaments. Check out the new site at MichiganBowling.com.
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