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Shannon Pluhowsky Claims National High Average, Willie Fessler Blasted 300
Series Awards for the 2017-2018 Season At Maple Lanes RVC
ARLINGTON, Texas – Team USA she’s won three USBC ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY - Catania 267-257, Frank Macchio
standout Shannon Pluhowsky of National High Average Willie Fessler blasted a 300 game in and Gina Maldonado 257, Ricihie
Dayton, Ohio, earned the United Awards and was the 2008- the Wednesday Night Mixed League Russo 253, and Vicky Lockwood
States Bowling Congress National 2009 USBC Sport Bowling Jason Grima rolled 269, Randy 245.
High Average and High Series National High Average
Awards for the 2017-2018 season Award winner. John Conrad Hammered 300
as she reclaimed the record for the Pluhowsky also earned
highest average for a season by a the 2017-2018 USBC At Farmingdale Lanes
woman. National High Series
FARMINGDALE, NY - John Bajorski 269, Samanta Morlack
Pluhowsky, an 18-time Team Award in the women’s divi-
Conrad blasted a 300 game in the 267, Sal Yannacone 259, and
USA member, posted a 250.7 sion after rolling games of
Epic/Maple Foursome League. Andrew Mienkiewicz, Mike
average for 71 games during the 289, 299 and 280 for an
Tarrick Moore rolled 279, Eskow, and Felton Winters 258.
Inland Owls league at Capri Lanes 868 series on Jan. 11, 2018,
Abrahamn McCLary and Paul
in Kettering, Ohio. The 36-year- at the Fairborn Semi
old left-hander held the average Classic league at Bowl 10 Will Brown Hit Smashed 300
mark at 245.1 for the 2013-2014 USBC photo in Fairborn, Ohio.

season, but was surpassed by Shannon Pluhowsky John Delp III of Sinking At Jib Lanes
another Ohio bowler, Jodi Woessner of Oregon, who Spring, Pennsylvania, also returns to the top of the list FLUSHING, NY - Will Brown led 735, Tom Werthnuller 270-206-
averaged 245.7 for the 2015-2016 season. after claiming the men’s USBC National High Average the scoring in the Ted Guy Classic 256-732, John Petrovits III 279-
Pluhowsky also retained the top spot in her division Award for the 2017-2018 season with a 256.4 average. League at Jib Lanes firing 300- 232-211-724, Garfield Miller 202-
for the second consecutive season after winning the 205-268 for a high series of 773. 275-241-718, and Steve Amarosa
award for the 2016-2017 season (241 average). In all, See SHANNON page 2 Mel Candler rolled 241-247-247- 213-256-247-716.

Canada’s Mitch Hupé Wins Masters as 2018 Men’s Championships Concluded

HONG KONG - Despite making the year-old Canadian with a gold medal their 24-game pinfall totals from singles,
medal round in three of the first four again was unable to before today," Hupé doubles, trios and team (six games each).
events at the 2018 World Bowling Men's seal the deal in the 10th said. "This definitely is The top eight performers earned first-
Championships, the bowlers from Canada frame. a nice way to end the round byes, while the No. 9-24 seeds bat-
entered the final day of the tournament He had a chance to week and being able to tled in the initial best-of-three head-to-
without a gold medal. lock up the title with a successfully defend the head matches. The top eight joined them
Mitch Hupé was able to change that with strike and a spare, but title was pretty cool. I starting with the second round.
a 2-0 win over Team USA's Kyle Troup in after tossing the strike, think this tournament On the way to the title at the South
the tournament-ending Masters event, suc- he left a 4-6-7 split. He emphasizes that we are China Athletic Association Bowling
cessfully defending the title for Canada at toppled the 4 pin and being a team to take Centre, Hupé, the No. 20 seed for the
the same time. the 7 pin, but that gave note of, and we'll con- Masters, dispensed of the top four players
After the two tied at 192 in the opening Troup a chance to tinue working to from the tournament's all-events stand-
game of the best-of-three championship throw three strikes in improve." ings.
match, Hupé won a one-ball roll-off, 10-9, his final frame for At the 2017 World After topping No. 14 Jojoe Yannaphon
to take the 1-0 advantage. Hupé could've another tie. Troup left a Bowling World of Thailand (2-1) in the opening round of
won the game outright, but he left a 10 pin 4 pin on his first shot, Championships in Las match play, Hupé went on to defeat No. 1
on the first shot of his final frame and a 5 and Hupé escaped with Vegas, Francois Lavoie EJ Tackett of the United States (2-0) and
pin on his fill ball to force the tie. a 202-190 victory. USBC photo came away with the Tackett's teammate, No. 2 Andrew
Hupé started the second game with three "We bowled pretty Mitch Hupé Masters gold medal. Anderson (2-1).
consecutive strikes, and four strikes in his well here as a team, so The two-day Masters
first five frames. He never gave Troup a it was pretty disappointing to come so event started with the top 24 competitors See CANADA page 2
chance to gain any momentum, but the 23- close so many times and not come away from the all-events standings, based on
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CANADA Continued from Page 1 SHANNON

That set up his semifinal meeting
with fellow Canadian Dan
MacLelland, who finished third in all-
events. Hupé downed MacLelland in
two games and earned the opportuni-
ty to take on Troup, the No. 4 seed.
In the all-Canada semifinal, the
teammates exchanged five-count
splits early in the opening game, but
Hupé was clean from the third frame
on to take the 1-0 advantage, 199-176.
In the second game, Hupé rallied
back from an 8-10 split in the fourth
frame with four consecutive strikes
and held on for a 224-221 victory.
MacLelland took home a Masters
bronze medal, one of five medals he
earned at the tournament. His success
included additional bronze-medal per-
formances in doubles, team and all-
events and a silver medal in singles.
Troup's path to the title tilt included
a first-round bye and then wins over
Finland's No. 13 Jari Ratia of Finland
(2-1) and No. 9 Mattias Wetterberg of
Sweden (2-0) to set up a semifinal
meeting with Ireland's Chris Sloan,
who qualified in sixth.
Troup, a 27-year-old two-hander,
advanced to the championship match
with a 2-0 victory over Sloan, a fellow
two-hander. On the way to wins of
230-226 and 245-220, Troup threw a
different ball on each lane.
In the opening game, Troup fol-
lowed a third-frame 2-10 split with six
consecutive strikes, before another
split, a 3-10, ended the run. He made
the spare and got nine on his fill ball to
force Sloan to strike on his first 10th-
frame shot. Sloan also left the 3-10
combination, allowing Troup to take
the advantage in the match.
The second game was a see-saw
battle, in which the players combined
for 18 strikes. The difference came in
the sixth frame when Troup converted
the 3-4-6-7-9-10 split. He followed
the spare with six consecutive strikes
and never gave Sloan a chance.
Sloan earned a bronze medal for his
effort, marking the first time in history
Ireland has appeared on the medal
stand at the World Championships.
The tournament also was special for
Indonesia, which celebrated its first
men's medal in World Championships
competition, a silver in trios.
Italy then stole the spotlight in the
coveted team event, defeating the
defending champion and top-seeded
Team USA for the gold medal. It was
Italy's second medal overall and first
since a bronze in the team event in
1971.
In addition to the Masters success in
his first World Championships, Troup
also took home a gold medal in trios
with Anderson and Tackett, silver in
team and bronze in singles. Troup
missed an all-events medal by 27 pins.
Last month, the first-time Team
USA member debuted at the 2018
QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup,
where he led wire to wire, including a
300 game along the way, before
falling to Australia's Sam Cooley in
the championship match.
Finding success in his two events
with Team USA reminded Troup how
special it is to represent the United
States on the lanes.
"To be a world champion is a dream
come true, especially to be able to
share it with two of my best friends,
EJ and Andrew," Troup said. "That
was a very special moment. It's a
moment I'll remember forever.
Winning a gold medal was a goal of
mine from the minute I made the team
back in January, and this definitely
will give me a lot of confidence head-
ing into the next (Professional
Bowlers Association) Tour season. I
hope to build off of this and have a
great 2019."
All 265 competitors at the 2018
World Men's Championships bowled
24 games this week (six games in sin-
gles, doubles, trios, team), and medals
also were awarded for all-events.
Singles and doubles both were won
by Malaysia, before Anderson,
Tackett and Troup took the trios title.
Tackett added the all-events gold to
his haul.
Anderson and Tackett also earned
the silver medal in doubles, while
Anderson and Troup were the singles
bronze medalists. Anderson claimed
the all-events silver medal as well.
The United States topped the medal
table with eight medals, Canada was
second with six and Malaysia and
Korea earned two each. Indonesia,
Ireland, Italy, Singapore and Sweden
all earned one apiece.
Continued from Page 1
Delp, 47, made his run through 68 games at the Thursday 8:00 Petersen
Trio league at Sinking Spring’s Colonial-Berks Lanes. Delp also won the
award during the 2014-2015 season.
The Youth Male and Youth Female USBC National High Average
Award winners for the 2017-2018 season were Andrew Olson of Madison,
Wisconsin, and Julia Bocamazo of East Islip, New York.
Olson, 18, rolled in at a 242.7 average for 72 games at the PL Thursday
Storm Majors league at Prairie Lanes in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.
Bocamazo, 18, posted a 226.6 average for 68 games during the Hot Shot
Teens league at East Islip Lanes.
East Islip Lanes also was home to the men’s USBC National High Series
Award winner for 2017-2018 as Joseph Novara of East Patchogue, New
York, connected for a 900 series during the Monday Invitational League
on Oct. 16, 2017.
Novara, 27, became the 33rd bowler to roll a perfect series, and the set
was the 34th-approved 900 series by USBC.
Blaine Hunt of Saybrook, Illinois, and Mackenzie O’Herien of Oneida,
New York, were awarded the Youth Male and Youth Female USBC
National High Series Award for the 2017-2018 season.
Hunt, 18, put together games of 269, 300 and 300 for an 869 series to
win the Youth Male award during the Summer Go Getters II league at
Pheasant Lanes in Bloomington, Illinois, on June 28, 2018.
O’Herien, 17, posted games of 289 and 246 before rolling her first
USBC-certified 300 game on the way to an 835 total March 18, 2018. She
achieved the feat during the Sunday Youth Doubles league at C A C Club
House in Sherrill, New York.
The team awards for National High Game and National High Series
also have been determined. To find the top team scores for men, women,
mixed and youth teams go to:
https://apps1.bowl.com/topteamscores

PBA Tour’s Debut on FOX Reaches Largest TV Audience Since 2005

Nielsen Media Research says PBA Clash was watched by more than 1.7 million viewers
LOS ANGELES (Dec. 28, 2019) – The Professional Bowlers Association’s debut telecast on FOX reached an
average audience of 1,768,000 viewers according to Nielsen Media Research figures released by FOX. The
audience watching the PBA Clash telecast was the largest to watch any bowling telecast on any network since
2005.
The Go Bowling! PBA Tour kicked off its 2019 season on Sunday, Jan. 6, when the PBA Hall of Fame Classic
finals aired live on FS1 from the International Research and Training Center in Arlington, Texas. The Hall of
Fame Classic was the first of 30 telecasts on FOX and FS1 in 2019, beginning in January and ending in July.
The total of 60 hours of PBA coverage will nearly double the hours of PBA television coverage in 2018.
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Joey Steele, Lauren Marks, Dylan Heinold/Taneja Sorab Top

North Jersey H.S. Singles Winners Doubles Scholarship at Holiday Bowl
By Vince Albrecht By Vince Albrecht Ferrante 247, Marissa Cosentini 246-
LODI, NJ – Mike LoPresti and his Fairleigh Dickinson bowling squad hosted the 19th Annual North OAKLAND, NJ – The North Jersey 210, Anthony Frangiosa 245, Zachary
Jersey Singles Championships at Lodi Lanes for the second straight year. A packed house bore wit- Scholarship Travel Tournament [NJSTT] Jordan 243, Jake Nappi 243-219, John
ness to the talents of the 173 entries, 66 of whom were girls, bringing together thirty-seven educa- brass, having determined they had Picciano 236, Nick Greco 235, Hunter
tional institutions. Unlike last December, there was more parity evident among schools whose play- enough entries to do so, conducted a Perry 226-201, Amanda Madara 217,
ers reached the quarter-finals: Sixteen boys represented thirteen different schools and remarkably, all Doubles Tournament at Holiday Bowl. Krista Eskow 205, Michaella Raab 204,
ten girls’ quarter-finalists came from separate schools. The event drew twelve teams. Gabriella Pangaro 202 and George
Forty boys and twenty-four girls advanced from the morning’s three qualifying games to the single Wayne Hills junior Dylan Heinold paired Ferguson 201.
game playoff rounds. Earning the four boys’ byes were North Arlington’s Eric McKenna [689], with Indian Hills senior Taneja Sorab to High Averages to Date [11+ games]:
Clifton’s Johann Gamo [671], Wallkill Valley’s Hunter Horn [662] and West Milford’s RJ Utter [655]. stave off a late bid by Clifton senior Jake Nappi [Fair Lawn junior] 214,
None of the latter three made it past the quarter-finals and top qualifier McKenna who earned an addi- Johann Gamo and Wayne Valley junior Hunter Perry [Hawthorne senior] 209,
tional bye into the semi-finals, failed in his bid to reach the final, snared by Sussex Tech’s Joey Steele Marissa Cosentini to win the handicap . Marissa Cosentini [Wayne Valley junior]
and Clifton freshman Jeremy Ramirez who needed to strike out in his semi-final match to edge Indian How top three teams finished: Dylan 207, Liam Barron [Mahwah senior] 205,
Hills’ Andrew Smolenski, 202-200. Joey Steele’s hot hand having already fired five deuces in six Heinold [212-195-258: 665] & Taneja Louis Ferrante [Dumont junior] 202, Ray
games, proved to be too much for Ramirez, who fell behind early and finished with 191 to Steele’s Sorab [176-188-139: 503] 1168 + 384 Schmitt [Lakeland junior] 201, Chris
236, giving the latter the coveted Singles Title. Steele, who scored a fifth place 630 in the qualifying team handicap = 1552; Marissa Rysz [West Essex sophomore] 199,
round, blasted a 911 in the playoff rounds, averaging 227.75. Cosentini [198-210-246: 654] & Johann Anthony Frangiosa [Fair Lawn junior]
Securing byes in the girls’ division was Parsippany’s Lauren Marks, earning her way directly to the Gamo [269-170-219: 658] 1312 + 207 = 198, Nick Greco [Fair Lawn senior] 197,
semi-finals with her qualifying-leading 607; Leonia’s Gabrielle Capalad [574] and Wayne Valley’s 1519; George Ferguson [201-195-191: Arielle Wallace [Hackensack senior]
Marissa Cosentini [557] each were given a bye into the quarter-finals; both survived the quarters 587] & Zachary Jordan [243-172-191: 197, Krista Eskow [Fair Lawn sopho-
along with West Milford’s Amanda Finke; Cosentini [228] and Marks [246] easily advanced to the 606] 1193 + 297 = 1490. more] 192, Andy Hong [Leonia sopho-
finals where Marks was not to be denied, firing 245 in pulling away early from Cosentini [142] as Top 3-Game Net Series: Dylan more] 192, Zack Jordan [Wayne Hills
she emerged as Singles Champion, rolling a scorching 750 her final three games, averaging 250 in Heinold 665, Johann Gamo 658, Marissa freshman] 191, Rachel Duncan [Indian
the process. Cosentini 654, Jake Nappi 643, Anthony Hills senior] 187, Michaella Raab
Qualifying Round Standout Games – Boys: Eric McKenna [NA] 259-239, Hunter Horn [WalV] Frangiosa 624, Hunter Perry 622, [Mahwah sophomore] 187, Tommy
247-230, Johann Gamo [C] 247, Joey Steele [ST] 244, Andrew Chung [Dem] 240, RJ Utter [WM] Zachary Jordan 606, Louis Ferrante 597, Luchetta [Wayne Hills junior] 186,
236, Antonio Furlano [WarH] 232 Girls: Lauren Marks [Par] 259, Olivia Ostrander [WarH] 225, John Picciano 592, George Ferguson Dylan Heinold [Wayne Hills junior] 183,
Gabriella Capalad [Leo] 223, Amanda Finke [WM] 217, Marissa Cosentini [WV] & Megan Stark 587, Nick Greco 577, Michaella Raab John Picciano [Mahwah junior] 183,
[WarT] 204. 574 and Gabriella Pangaro 570. George Ferguson [Bergenfield sopho-
Top Net Games: Johann Gamo 269- more] 182 and Aaron Manspeizer [Fair
219, Dylan Heinold 258-212, Louis Lawn senior] 181.
Hunter Perry Overtakes Eric McKenna to Snare
Youth Singles Title by Eight Sticks
By Vince Albrecht
North Arlington, NJ – The North Jersey Scholarship Travel Tournament [NJSTT] drew eighteen
entries to North Arlington’s Bowl-O-Drome Singles event. Hawthorne senior Hunter Perry trailed the
leaders after three games, but came through with a closing 257 to edge his way past North Arlington
senior Eric McKenna and Fair Lawn senior Nick Greco and win this week’s Singles competition.
Hunter’s 964 net [216 avg/game] is the highest to date.
How the top five entries fared: Hunter Perry [227-234-246-257] = 964 +108 hdcp = 1072, Eric
McKenna [246-267-195-212] =920 + 144 hdcp = 1064, Nick Greco [234-278-195-200] = 907 + 152
hdcp = 1059, Michaella Raab [253-221-179-212 = 865 + 188 hdcp = 1053 and Liam Barron [222-
257-222-214] = 915 + 124 hdcp = 1039.
Top 4-Game Net Series: Hunter Perry 964, Eric McKenna 920, Liam Barron 915, Nick Greco 907,
Jake Nappi 879, Michaella Raab 865, Brian Biml 861, Zach Jordan 861, John Picciano 783, Chris
Rysz 774, Ray Schmitt 759, Aaron Manspeizer 742 and George Ferguson 735.
Top Net Games: Nick Greco 278, Eric McKenna 267, Zack Jordan 258, Liam Barron 257, Jake
Nappi 257, Hunter Perry 257, Michaella Raab 253, Brian Biml 239, Ray Schmitt 236, Aaron
Manspeizer 226, Chris Rysz 225, George Ferguson 224, John Picciano 214 and Arielle Wallace 211.
High Averages to Date [11+ games]: Jake Nappi [Fair Lawn junior] 215, Hunter Perry [Hawthorne
senior] 215, Liam Barron [Mahwah senior] 209, Marissa Cosentini [Wayne Valley junior] 207, Nick
Greco [Fair Lawn senior] 203, Louis Ferrante [Dumont junior] 202, Anthony Frangiosa [Fair Lawn
junior] 198, Chris Rysz [West Essex sophomore] 198, Ray Schmitt [Lakeland junior] 198, Zack
Jordan [Wayne Hills freshman] 196, Krista Eskow [Fair Lawn sophomore] 192, Michaella Raab
[Mahwah sophomore] 192, Andy Hong [Leonia sophomore] 192, Arielle Wallace [Hackensack sen-
ior] 191, Rachel Duncan [Indian Hills senior] 187, Tom Luccetta [Wayne Hills junior] 186, John
Picciano [Mahwah junior] 186, Dylan Heinold [Wayne Hills junior] 183, George Ferguson
[Bergenfield sophomore] 182, and Aaron Manspeizer [Fair Lawn senior] 182.
January 9 - 15, 2019
THE MAGIC AT MAJESTIC
Joe Gramiak 825
HOPELAWN, NJ - Joe Gramiak
topped the scoring in the 1701
Premiere Pro Shop Sunday Trios.
League firing games of 279-278-
268 for a high series of 825.
William Daunno rolled 258-206-
268-732, Brian Adamson 279-
227-222-728, Michael Morris, Jr.
247-247-25-719, and Bob
Weisensee 235-290-717.
William Daunno 772
HOPELAWN, NJ - William
Daunno topped the scoring in the
Premiere Pro Shop Sunday Trios
League blasting games of 238-
278-256 for a high series of 772
Craig Vass rolled 245-268-235-
748, John Flypczuk 236-259-248-
743, Jason Gomez 258-2237-248-
743, and Dawn Lampariello 245-
279-721.
In the Winter Senior Citizens
Rich Rowley rolled 221, and Ed
Novajoski and Mary Reidy 162.
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John Kaminski 729
HOPELAWN, NJ - John
Kaminski led the scoring in the
South Shore League rolling of
223-258-247 for a high 729.
Robert Power rolled 224-279-
694, Brian MacDonald 259-222-
661, and Bobby Frederickson 247.
Joe Flagiello 699
HOPELAWN, NJ - Joe Flagiello
paced the scoring in the Monday
Night Mixed League rolling
games of 231-256-212 for a high
series of 699
Ken Balas rolled 262-202-233-
697, John Baginsky, Jr 235-221-
236-692, and Nicole Baginsky
244-204-643.
Travis Diello 676
HOPELAWN, NJ - Travis Diello
paced the scoring in the Iselin AA
League rolling games of 278-215
for a high series of 676.
John Morgan rolled 246, Danny
Hunter 222, and Ed Kaminski 215.
Jose Medina 674
HOPELAWN, NJ - Jose Medina
led the scoring in the Garden State
Mixed League rolling games of
224-256 for a high series of 674.
Warren Taureck hit 203-208-211-
622, Fernando Chea 235, and Jack
Fela 225.
Al Queen 635
HOPELAWN, NJ - Al Queen
paced the scoring in the Jerzey
Pikers League rolling games of
225-235 for a high series of 635
Larry Clarke shot 257, and
Ceferino Rivera 203.
Joe Maloney 634
HOPELAWN, NJ - Joe Maloney
rolled 209-205-220-634, Nick
Biamonte 214-211-613, Tony
DeRosa 215, Rolando Vasquez
213, and Mike V Kennelly 210-
210.
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AT MAPLE LANES RVC
Joe Conigliaro 287-790
ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY - Joe Conigliaro topped the scoring in the
Monday 4-Man Classic League blasting 224-287-279 for a high 790.
Ross Robbins and Tod Klarakaitis rolled 279, Alan Herz 269, Mike
Chookasezian 260, Teddy Avgerinos and Gary Robertson 259, Tom
Riccobono, Thomas Handley and Scott Rufer 258.
Nicholas Ditaranto 279
ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY - Nicholas Ditaranto led the scoring in the
Tuesday Late Men’s League firing a high game of 279.
Steve Lawson rolled 266, Joe LaSpina 257, and James Carey and
James Hellen 248.
Donald Jones 279
ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY - Donald Jones led the scoring in the
Sunday Adult/Child League rolling a high game of 279.
Thomas Winchell rolled 257, Joe LaSpina 247, and John Genna 245.
Joe DeMartini 278
ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY - Joe DeMartini led the scoring in the
Bowl N Cruise League firing a high game of 278.
Jonathan Fragano rolled 276-255, Kevin Kohn 259, and Steven
Patitucci 257.
Frank Masone 269
ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY - Frank Masone rolled 269, Terry Boyle
258, Gregory Frank 256, and Mike Levitan 253 in the Wednesday Night
Mixed League.
Al Bennett 258
ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY - Al Bennett paced the scoring in the
Friday Night Mixed League rolling a high game of 258.
Robert Burling rolled 257, Al Doerrer 256, and Tony Depperman 255.
Joe DiRe 289
ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY - Joe DiRe led the scoring in the
Wednesday AM Trios League firing a high game of 289.
Ed Frontera rolled 255, Andrew Larsen 248, and Mike Desmond 247.
Kyle Smith 253
ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY - Kyle Smit rolled 253, Anthony Parziale
249, Patrick Zenker 246 and William Schierle, Sr 237 in the Oceanside
Knights of Columbus League.
In the Rockvilles Ladies League Vicky Lockwood roled 233, Erica
Gershkowitz 213, and Rhonda Portnoy and Kathy Andrews 201.
Susan Coren rolled 183, Nancy Jackowski 180, and Erica Gershkowitz
174 in the Tuesday Long Beach Catholics League.
Mekhi Michael 244
ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY - Mekhi Michael rolled 244, Matt
Sackstein 237 Daniel Carley 223 and Joseph Paolino 209 in the Saturday
Scholarship League.
Carlton Davis 242
ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY - In the Sunday HMA Memorial League
Carlton Davis rolled 242-236, Juan Garcia 214, and Sammy Rivera 206.
In the Tuesday Koffee Kats League Patrice Guido rolled 206, Diane
Fortin 180, and Adrienne Lupo and Laurie Bettineschi 171.
Danielle Davis rolled 189, Jayne Zimmerman and Dottie Maffucci 177
in the Monday Classic League.
Joseph Massimillo 240
ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY - In the Sunday Adult/Junior League
Joseph Massimillo rolled 240, Quentin Jones 219, Shane Zaccoli 197,
and Brian Morreale 191.
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AT JIB LANES QUICK NOTES:

● The World Bowling Tour Men’s and Women’s Finals, presented by the PBA, was contested on Sunday,
Tony Smith 731 Jan. 6, following the live FS1 finals of the PBA Hall of Fame Classic at the International Research and
FLUSHING, NY - Tony Smith led the scoring in the 2 x 3 Doubles Training Center in Arlington, Texas. The WBT Finals will air on FS1 on Sunday, March 10, at 10 p.m.
League firing games of 246-249-236 for a high series of 731. EST. The men’s finalists, based on World Bowling Tour points accumulated in 2018, will be Texan
Marlon Enriquez rolled 203-269-234-706, Victor Chang 218-247-239- Anthony Simonsen, England’s Stuart Williams and EJ Tackett of Bluffton, Ind. Women’s finals will be
704, and Gio Lare 267-221-209-697. American stars Danielle McEwan and Liz Johnson, and Poland’s Daria Pajak. The WBT Finals will use
Jimmy Ansale 999 World Bowling’s experimental “current frame” scoring system whereby players earn 30 pins for a strike;
10 pins plus the total from their first shot of that frame for a spare, and actual pinfall for an open frame.
FLUSHING, NY - Jimmy Ansale rolled 279-226-247-247-999, Ogie
Lawsin 226-204-226-848, and Kevin Viloria 245-224-256-918 in the
PBC League. ● Eddie Hernandez from Del Rio, Texas won two CP3 PBA Celebrity Invitational presented by Go
Bowling! VIP passes for the event on Jan. 17 at Bowlero Woodlands in Conroe, Texas. He won by enter-
Ronald Jones 665 ing AMF Bowlero’s sweepstakes that was held on Instagram. Tickets are available for fans to attend the
FLUSHING, NY - Ronald Jones rolled 224-246-665, and Arthur CP3 event at pba.com/tickets.
O'Connor 245-246-663 in the Golden Age League.
Mike Orman 267
FLUSHING, NY - Mike Orman fired a high game of 267 in the Saturday
Juniors League
Al Alcantara hit 232, Tony Rolon 216, and Mike Palmisano 212
Brandon Coles 661
FLUSHING, NY - Brandon Coles rolled 236-223-202-661, Terrence
White 246, and Byron Lambright 215 in the Early Birds League.
Eric Uganzia 652
FLUSHING, NY - Eric Uganzia rolled 203-205-244-652, Steve Bates
242-202-632, Terry He 227, and Eric Schieler 224.
Joe Angello 246
FLUSHING, NY - Joe Angello rolled 246, Kowck Liew 235, and Leon
Chao 241 in the Holy Family League.
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James Bolish 278
LAKEWOOD, NJ - James Bolish led the scoring in the Junior League firing a high game of 278.
Amanda Shelters rolled 266, Andrew Varela 256, Anthony Caruso 252, and Michael O'Sullivan 248.
Emily Hehir, Michael Ramirez 233
LAKEWOOD, NJ - Emily Hehir and Michael Ramirez rolled 233, Leah, Varela 205, and Michael Aridise
204 in the Junior Classic League
In the Pin Hitters League Stephen Paz rolled 162, Jonah Christian 157, and Nico Garcia 144.
Joe Evers 268-769
FARMINGDALE, NY - Joe Evers led the scoring in the Friday Late
Mixed League firing games of 244-257-268 for a high series of 769.
Nicholas Ng rolled 267, Junior Pacual and Wingo Hom 258, Wayne
Embletyon, Bill Walsh and Bonnie Ng 257, and Kyle Durfee 255.
Dom Steed 269-759
FARMNGDALE, NY - Dom Steed led the scoring in the Monday Night
Fourplay League rolling games of 247-243-269 for a high series of 759.
Brendan Rini rolled 264, Paul Baron 244, and John Petyrizzi 238.

Amefika Greaves 278-708

FARMINGDALE, NY - Amefika Greaves led the scoring in the Tuesday
Early Birds League rolling games of 278-237 for a high series of 708.
Michael Alvarez rolled 259-237-691, Ed Conlon and Vernon Brown
257.
Wayne Embleton 277
FARMINGDALE, NY - Wayne Embleton led the scoring in the Friday
Late Mixed League rolling a high game of 277.
Michael Eskow hit 255, Kyle Durfee and Victor Rios 246.
In the Sunday Adult/Junior League Nicholas Fina rolled 206, and Ryan
Fina 202.

Khayri Welch 269

FARMINGDALE, NY - In the Tuesday Nite Owls League Khayri Welch
rolled 269, Pat Gregg 268, Stephen Pasciuto 267-257, and Mike Kilfoil
255.
George DiSalvo rolled 182-178, and Joe Livolsi 179 in the Friday
Sunshine Kids League
In the Thursday GreenMen League Tom Gomez rolled 215, and
IrwinTarlow 211.

Joseph Costanzo 267

FARMINGDALE, NY - Joseph Costanzo led the scoring in the Sunday
Adult/Junior League firing a high game of 267
Stephen Diaczun, Sr rolled 207, Louis Gravino 192, and Jo-Anne Fina
182.
In the Saturday Nite Friends League Rick Gray rolled 248, Mark
Fucalaro 226, and George Gorton and Mike Coakley 224.

Vinny Pimpinella 265

FARMINGDALE, NY - Vinny Pimpinella rolled 265, Chris Malczewski
246, and Mike Walsh 236 in the Sunday Vacation League.
Tyler Ciulla rolled 228, Chris Shin 207, and Anthony Schiano and
Ethan Shapiro 205 in the Friday Teens League.
Al Noll shot 176, and Silvia Rey-Buzzonetti 156 in the Monday
Seniors League

QUICK NOTES:
● Triple Shift Entertainment President Robby Spigner, a former
PBA member and son of three-time PBA Tour titlist Bill Spigner, has
announced the company has acquired 10 bowling centers in the
Minneapolis-St. Paul area from the Anderson Companies. Spigner
also announced five-time PBA Tour champion Mike Fagan is joining
the company as Director of Business Development. Fagan recently
earned his MBA from the University of California-Berkeley.
8 SPORTS REPORTER January 9 - 15, 2019
PBA Tour Finals Returns in 2019 With CBS Shannon O'Keefe Caps Career as Bowler of the Month
Sports Network Live Coverage July 20-21 From
Shannon O'Keefe, Shiloh, Illinois, has been named O'Keefe.
Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas 2019 will be first the November 2018 Kegel Bowler of the Month by The win comes at the end of an amazing year for
of four-year agreement with CBS Sports Network the International Bowling Media Association. the head coach for the highly-ranked McKendree
CHICAGO - Professional Bowlers Association CEO and Commissioner O'Keefe topped Sin Li Jane, Malaysia, 238-236, for University women's bowling team. O'Keefe won two
Tom Clark has announced a new four-year agreement with the CBS Sports the women's title at the 54th QubicaAMF World Cup titles out of seven championship round appearances,
Network to air the PBA Tour Finals beginning in 2019. in Las Vegas. including the USBC Queens tiara, en route to 2018
In another Go Bowling! PBA Tour first, the CBS Sports Network will After finishing the eighteen-game qualifying round PWBA Player of the Year.
provide an unprecedented 10 hours of live coverage of the showcase event in third place averaging 208, O'Keefe spent the twen- Others obtaining votes this month were Sam
from the Red Rock Casino Resort & Spa in Las Vegas July 20-21, 2019. ty-four-game match play in the top ten, defeating Cooley, Australia, winner of the men's 54th
The 2019 edition of the PBA Tour Finals will feature the top eight play- Daphne Tan, Singapore, to secure fourth place going QuibicaAMF World Cup, Tim Foy, Jr., winner of the
ers in points from the 2018 and 2019 season through the USBC Masters
into the championship round. PBA East Region Bowlers Discount Pro Shop Open
in April.
The semifinals began as the fourth seeded O'Keefe presented by Track, and Dick Allen and Walter Ray
In the previous two PBA Tour Finals, won by EJ Tackett in 2017 in
Orlando and Jason Belmonte in 2018 in Detroit, the top eight money earn-
stunned top-seeded Nadia Pramanik, Indonesia, 247- Williams, Jr., winners of the PBA/PBA50 Southern
ers were awarded with a PBA Tour Finals berth, however, that eligibility 202. The third-seeded Sin ousted second-seeded Region Decker Appraisal Services Harrisonburg
requirement will switch to the top eight in points beginning with 2019. Maria Jose Rodriguez, Columbia, 207-166, in the Baker Doubles Honoring Guppy Troup.
The 2019 PBA Tour Finals will incorporate the same format as 2018 other semifinal, setting up the final match with
with the eight-player field divided into two four-player groups. The field
will bowl four games of qualifying in their respective groups on a differ-
ent oil pattern each game. The four game scratch totals for each player will
be used to determine the seeding for a separate stepladder finals in each
group. The final match of each group’s stepladder will be a best of three-
game match with ties broken by a 9th and 10th frame roll off. The two
group winners will then meet in another best-of-three game championship
match that will also use a 9th and 10th frame roll-off should there be a tie
after two games.
The PBA Tour Finals is also a unique opportunity for bowling fans to
make a trip to Red Rock to witness eight of PBA’s elite players do battle
at one of Las Vegas’ premier resorts.
A detailed tournament schedule with ticket information and lane condi-
tions will be announced at a later date.
CURRENT 2018 GO BOWLING! PBA TOUR POINT LIST
(Top 25 as of Dec. 26, 2018)
1. Andrew Anderson, 24,195
2. Anthony Simonsen, 20,909
3. EJ Tackett, 19,842
4. Kristopher Prather, 18,546
5. Stuart Williams, 18,026
6. Jason Belmonte, 17,469
7. Marshall Kent, 16,867
8. Bill O'Neill, 15,737
9. Jakob Butturff, 15,607
10. Dom Barrett, 14,075
11. Tom Smallwood, 12,853
12. Kyle Troup, 12,613
13. Sean Rash, 11,946
14. Tom Daugherty, 10,617
15. Matt O’Grady, 10,185
16. Richie Teece, 9,831
17. Wes Malott, 9,646
18. Darren Tang, 9,140
19. Tommy Jones, 9,009
20. Matt Sanders, 8,945
21. Francois Lavoie, 8,898
22. Jason Sterner, 8,577
23. Ronnie Russell, 8,570
24. Chris Barnes, 8,565
25. Ryan Ciminelli, 8,236