S&B Pro Shop Takes Lead in Team All-Events, 2nd in Team Event
Michigan’s S&B Pro Shop team took to the lanes this past week in the 2012 USBC Open Championships. They posted a team score of 3277, which was good enough for 2nd place at the time. This score has now been bumped down to 3rd. The S&B team took over the lead in the Team All-Events with a score of 9954. There have been a couple of close runs to their score, but it has been able to hold on to the top spot. The S&B Pro Shop team features several past champions, including Billy Orlikowski, Nick Wissinger, Mark Moore, Kerry Kreft, and Dave Ewald. The video of their team event has been posted.
2012 USBC Masters TV Finals are Set!
After a week of qualifying and matchplay, the TV finals are set for the 2012 USBC Masters. Earning the top TV spot, going undefeated in match play was Chris Barnes. In Barnes’ final match against Mike Fagan, he finished with an 806 series to seal the deal. Fagan earned the second spot, with his only loss being to Chris Barnes. Having the toughest road to the show was collegiate standout Dan MacLelland. MacLelland lost early in match play, but bounced back and won match after match to earn his spot in the TV finals. Bryon Smith earned the last spot on the telecast. Bryon has been around the PBA for a while, but we haven’t seen much of him lately. This should be a great event, with four great bowlers. This event will air on ESPN at 12:30 PM on Sunday, January 29, 2012.
Tommy Hess Wins USBC Masters
The USBC Masters TV finals started with Mika Koivuniemi bowling against Mike DeVaney. Mika continued to bowl great, as he has done all season and won the match. This put Mika in the semifinals against the #2 bowler, Tom Hess. Tommy Hess bowled a great match and was able to defeat Mika Koivuniemi to move onto the finals against #1 bowler Jack Jurek. The finals match went back and forth between the two bowlers, with Hess being victorious in the end. By winning the USBC Masters, Hess takes home the first prize of $50,000.
Lambert Maintains Lead at USBC Masters
George Lamber IV has kept his lead from day of the USBC Masters throughout day 2 of this event. After 2 rounds of qualifying, Lambert is leading at 2356 (+356, 10 games, 235.6 Average). After the second round, the field was cut to the top 25% (65 bowlers). The remaining bowlers will bowl another 5 game block and the field will then be cut to the top 63 plus last years champion, Walter Ray Williams, Jr. These 64 bowlers will advance to matchplay this evening, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011.
After 2 second round, the top 10 looks like this:
1, George Lambert IV, Canada, 2,356.
2, Bill O’Neill, Southampton, Pa., 2,345.
3, Tommy Jones, Greenville, S.C., 2,299.
4, Martin Larsen, Sweden, 2,297.
5, Nathan Bohr, Wichita, Kan., 2,274.
6, Mike Fagan, Patchogue, N.Y., 2,255.
7, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 2,253.
8, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 2,250.
9, Dino Castillo, Carrollton, Texas, 2,247.
10, Mika Koivuniemi, Hartland, Mich., 2,234.
10, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., 2,234.
For full results, see the USBC Masters page.
Lambert Leads Day 1 of USBC Masters Qualifying
George Lambert IV has jumped out to an early lead in the qualifying rounds of the 2011 USBC Masters. Lambert has averaged 251.2 for the first 5 games to give himself a 52 pin lead over second place. At the end of day 1, this is what the top 10 looks like:
1, George Lambert IV, Canada, 1,256.
2, Chris Warren, Grants Pass, Ore., 1,200.
3, Bryon Smith, Roseburg, Ore., 1,168.
4, J.R. Raymond, Saginaw, Mich., 1,167.
5, Mathew Jones, Avondale, Ariz., 1,160.
6, Mark Scuderi Jr., Rochester, N.Y., 1,159.
7, Dino Castillo, Carrollton, Texas, 1,157.
8, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 1,152.
9, Joshua Kierpiec, Scottsville, N.Y., 1,151.
10, Bill O’Neill, Southampton, Pa., 1,150.
Qualifying will continue throughout the day Wednesday and Thursday, with matchplay beginning Thursday evening. Matchplay will conclude on Friday evening, with the top 4 bowlers advancing to the TV finals on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011.
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.
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.
2010 USBC Intercollegiate Team Sectionals Final Results – 64 Games
The 2010 Intercollegiate Team Sectionals tournaments are finishing up today, with the second set of 32 baker games. Teams bowled a total of 64 baker games across 2 days. The top four teams from each sectional will advance to the 2010 Intercollegiate Team Championships in El Paso, Texas.
In Allentown, Pennsylvania, Webber International University won for the men with a final score of 12914 (+114, 201.78 Average). William Paterson University finished in second with 12662. Other teams making the cut are Rochester Institute of Technology (12653) and Hudson Valley Community College (12591). Pikeville College led the women with a score of 12599 (-201, 196.86 Average). Webber International University finished in second with 12417. Other teams making the cut included Erie Community College (11396) and Briarcliffe College (11324).
Saginaw Valley State University led the men in Chattanooga, Tennessee with 13356 (+556, 208.69 Average). Lindenwood University finished second with 13316. Others making the cut were the University of Central Florida (12806) and Purdue University (12804). The University of Maryland – Eastern Shore led the women at 12842 (+42, 200.66 Average). The University of Central Florida finished in second with 12805. Other teams making the cut were Lindenwood University (12269) and Florida State University (11736).
The Peoria, Illinois men’s sectional was led by Wichita State University with a score of 13072 (+272, 204.25 Average). McKendree University finished second at 12739. Other teams making the cut included Newman University (12734) and Calumet College (12718). Wichita State also led the women with a score of 12350 (-450, 192.97 Average). McKendree University finished second with 12281. Wright State University (11676) and the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater (11600) also made the cut.
Robert Morris University men led the Las Vegas sectional with a score of 13424 (+624, 209.75 Average). California State University – Fresno finished in second at 13033. Arizona State University (12933) and the University of Nebraska – Lincoln (12772) also made the cut. California State University – Fresno led the women with 12294 (-506, 192.09 Average). Robert Morris University finished in second with 12050. St. Ambrose University (11846) and West Texas A&M (11795) also made the cut.
These top 32 teams (16 men, 16 women) advance to the 2010 USBC Intercollegiate Team Championships. This event will take place on April 14-17, 2010 in El Paso, Texas.
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