Steady does it for freshman, East Lake High
By ERIC MUSKATEVC
Published March 17, 2006
Joe May doesn't like roller-coasters. That's for certain.
He doesn't bowl like one either. The 15-year-old freshman at East Lake High entered the Pinellas County High School spring league at a merry-go-round pace, figuring, scheming and expecting to pick the game up.
"I started the season slow," May said after a quick iPod session at Countryside Lanes for the league's last day of bowling.
"I'm an above average bowler but without the roller-coaster scoring. I don't ever really shoot right out of the gate well. I'm not much of a sprinter."
Leading the Eagles to a second-place scratch finish after a 671 on Wednesday, May also led the league's high average the past five weeks with a 205.
May has just one 300, which he bowled when he was 13 at Tarpon Lanes. His mom, Tina, does part-time coaching with Eagles coach Mike Pavlak.
"He likes to make his mom worry sometimes," Tina said. "But he usually turns it up."
May, a powerful righty, also helped Countryside Lanes to this year's Upper Pinellas Junior Bowling Association scratch title along with housemates Kelly Fecke, Chris Ellis and Justin Fecke.
To finish out the season, Countryside High reps Matt Micenec, Matt Florio, Jared Solomon and Jon Brady held onto their 15-point scratch lead, guided by Micenec's week high score of 698.
Tarpon Springs' Andre Bannister, Lauren Galigher and Eric Toliver won the handicapped side, also holding onto a lead.
Good girls games to close out the year came from Ashly Galante, who backed last week's 698 with 649, Allie Edgar with a 607 and Brittany Scanlon with a 564. Jon Brady shot a 671 and tailed May in average with 204.
USBC: Changes to a few items in the USBC Youth awards program have been approved by the USBC Youth Committee to protect youth bowlers' rights and eligibility to participate in high school sports.
As of Aug. 1, members will earn symbolic medals, pins or emblems for their achievements.
"We will continue to recognize each of the accomplishment levels in our current awards program, but to comply with high school and collegiate eligibility requirements the items that we award for this recognition must have a purely symbolic, not intrinsic, value," said Mitch Mitchell, chairman of the USBC Youth Committee, in a recent release.
Among the 341,238 certified youth bowlers last season, 1,428 rolled perfect games in certified competition. Other season totals were 348 youth 800 series, 555 299 games and 232 298 games rolled in certified competition Aug. 1, 2004, through July 31, 2005.
A 2005 study conducted by the NFHS found that nearly 40,000 youths compete on high school teams.
Dexter Bowling and the USBC jointly will honor 10 high school bowlers from across the nation as members of the inaugural Dexter/USBC High School All-America Team.
The All-America team will consist of five boys and five girls chosen annually from eligible nominations starting with the 2005-06 school year.
Selections are based on high school bowling accomplishments, community involvement and academic success. Each team member will receive a $1,000 scholarship and an All-America team award to be presented at the USBC Junior Gold Championships July 8-14 in Fort Lauderdale.
Student-athletes must be nominated by their high school coach or athletic director. Nomination forms are available online in the high school section of bowl.com and must be postmarked by April 1.
For more information, contact the USBC high school department at (800) 514-BOWL, ext. 3179 or visit bowl.com.
PBA: The Tour returns from a one-week hiatus and heads into the final month of the season with the Ace Hardware Championship at Taylor Lanes in Taylor, Mich.
Including this week, just three events remain that count toward the World Point Rankings.
Tommy Jones (Simpsonville, S.C.) continues to lead with 207,835 points and has wrapped up one of four byes into the Denny's World Championship round of Super 16.
Norm Duke (Clermont), on the strength of his Tour-high six TV appearances, moved into the No. 2 spot with 200,322 points.
Also battling it out for a bye are Wes Malott (Round Rock, Texas) in third with 184,655, Mike Scroggins (Amarillo, Texas) with 184,379.17 and Mike DeVaney (Temecula, Calif.) with 175,859. The live ESPN televised finals are Sunday at 12:30 p.m.
Jones will participate in a live online chat session to preview the Denny's World Championship today at 12:30 p.m. on ESPN.com. Hall of Famer Wayne Webb was awarded the commissioner's exemption for the Ace Championship, which coincides with the DVD release of the documentary A League of Ordinary Gentlemen. The film about the PBA that features Webb, Pete Weber, Walter Ray Williams Jr. and Chris Barnes will be released March21.
NABI: Clearwater's Carl Dean had a nice weekend at Sarasota AMF, winning $330 after defeating Sarasota's Mary Kelly 189-179 for Club 577.
This Sunday 577 will be at Lakeland AMF and Club 580 will be at Casselbury AMF, both with squad times of 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. For directions and details, call (863) 667-4779 or visit centralflorida.bowlnabi.com.
COMING UP: Sunday at Countryside Lanes, the Florida State bowling team and Hall of Fame coach Mike Fine will be on hand to host a fundraising tournament, with $750 guaranteed to the top adult handicapper and $250 SMART money to the top youth bowler.
There's a $30 cover for adults and $20 for kids. Footballs signed by coach Bobby Bowden and other gifts will be raffled. Squad times are 10 and 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Walk-ins are welcome. Call 727) 781-5558 for more details and to pre-register.
ScoresTEN PINS - Men: Mike Vitel Jr. 736, Charles Maxey 691, Mike Cornelison 684, Tom Robinson 683, Don Vachon 648, Guy Rayon 647, Bill Henry 644, Bo O'Keefe 639. Women: Jen Layton 583, Barb Ina 565, B.J. Plank 556, Deb Bailey 542, Kari Militello 533, Rosalie McGinnis 532, Robin Hintz 502. Sr. Men: Tony Crismali 602, Tom McKenzie 580, Carl Hakansson 573, Bob Kirk 562, Dave O'Brien 561, Chuck Willey 534, Jack McMeekin 530, Dave DeLorenzo 530. Sr. Women: Ester Motzne 496, Darlene Pruneau 490, Joan Hebndrickson 482, Marian Love 477, Phyllis Beckmann 466, Marion Gill 457, Margaret Grover 430.
LIBERTY LANES - Judy Allen 300/741, Bob Porsi 300/711, Russ Conklin 275/763, Mike Dalton 277/681, Mike Russ 701, Todd Frame 715, Marty Murphy 279/741, Sean Harris 700, Tom Weigand Jr. 728, Matt Mayhugh 736, Dwayne Smith 275/715, Dawn Brembs 244/656, Tom Milton 279/702, Mariann Russo 246/709, Tony Russo 731, Darryl Dempsey 753, Teresa Genevie 619, Marty Murphy 279/756, James Campbell 299/694, Hector Esteves Jr. 740, Norm Brimm 706, Larry Walters 737, John Genevie 713, Dottie Thompson 226/604, Barbara Noyes 247/624, Rich Conchiglia 290/741, Kiel Goldych 289/708, Richard Hanna 279/730, Jerry Vann 278/704, Robert Duck 289/709, Bob Quinn 279/719, Carol George 246, Janet Alexander 236, Jack Scandaglia 278/714, Lisa Beck 225/629, Lance Lonsdale 279/741, Robert Reese 708, Greg Mong 716, Ron Sullivan 276/706, Phil Wallbaum 732, Bob Smolka 266/780, Joe Prestipino 279/704, Dave Warner 279/764, Chuck Brush 279/712, Nick Gates 288/700, Lisa Bereczki 244/672, Paul Victory 276/741, Steve Tevlin 289/786, Steve Weyand 299/756, Darren Campbell 279/765.
TARPON LANES - Tahitian Gardens: Ken Rivard 235-226/626, Dale Foote 206/524. Highland Lakes: Gary Rock 196/541, Bob Linn 203/535. Monday Mixers: John Honey 268-218/651, Tim Clark 243-224/649. Lake Tarpon: John Ledner 197/531, Jim Harne 224/525. Senior Men: Joe Pochron: 246-228/687, Gene Sparks 258-230/655. Sun Valley: Rhodes Carr 233/592, John Tiefenthal 234/571. Breakfast Beat:Lynn Kirkwood 197/542, Heather Coghlin 193/524. Key West: Marvin Collins 231/626. Thursday Coffee: Joan Mullins 186/502. Stonehedge: Gary Campbell: 194/540, Bill Clark 180/507. Highland Lakes Sr.: Don Shattock 237/572, Gary Rock 178/504. Industrial: Chuck Brown 279-258/742, Jack Schwind 247-233/737. Tarpon Shores: Terry Tracy 279/617, John Scheuch 226/593, Phyllis Pochron 189/500.
SEMINOLE LANES - Jodi Gillispie 222/625, Chad Whalen 715, Mike Byrd 714, James McKelly, 284/718, Mildred Crosby 226/639, Drew Beierlein 719, Mike Williams 725, Tricia McKee 606, Smokey Clark 300/697, Mike Bongiorno 700, Keith Glasgow 268/752, Ziggy Podlas 279/732, Shaun Goucher 279/709, Russell Welsh 737, Mark English 733, Chuck Minor 720, Mike Pittman 715, Joe Krug 702, Doug Rohr 724, John Myers 741, Darryl Dempsey 783, Mitch Brooker 715, Keith Hedlund 705, Neil Perry 738, Jason Norris 288/748. Cokettes': Kandy Falvey 560, Cindy Gieschen 518, Darla Deopere 514, Sue Crook 505. Match Game AM: Charlotte Levine 603, Billie Milliken 532, Kandy Falvey 511.
SUNRISE LANES - Special Delivery: Tom Benyo 234/683, Kevin Thompson 238-245/715. Meadowlawn SRS: Malcom Kroll 217-232, Rico Postigli 213. Village Green: Mike Hekman 200-220, Steve Cook 203-235, Marie Warren 213, Bill Preston 214. Winston Park: Lee Pelissier 227. Commercial: Dave N. 685, Joe Zwolski 651, Joe Marcotle 650, Mike Cornelison 259/733, Scott Hammond 255/678; Gary Brunner 279/748, Bill Matheson 658, Mike O'Neil 253/658, Chad Zaleski 650, Clay Hatfield 664, Tim Dunbar 653, Mike Byrd 658, Justin Veitch 258/685, John Pericles 671, Rusty Genevie 686, Ray Mann 653, Bill Hicks 256/736, Darryl Dempsey 259/699, Bud Benfer 265/660. Strike N Spare: Pat Searcy 662, Chuck Sanders 712, Jim Bennett 285/674, Quinon Ludy 251/652, Jeremy Nizzia 266/703, Derek Perez 266/661, Tommy Turner 257/693. Springwood: Gary Hampshire 267/683. Funtime Mixed: Marc Harvey 651, Jimmy Shelton 655, Scott Price 653, Judy Allen 256/687, Gary Hampshire 692. FMSS: Karl Kraengel 266, 231; Ed Kravec 223; Lucian Cooper 224; Don Lebo 224, 259; Rob Blake 225, 263; Walt Davis 227; Bruce Nicholls 237; Mike Grendron 245; Jim Schmidt 233-257; Jim Beatty 246; John Hahmann 243; Lucian Cooper 244; Jack Hewer 248. TGIF: Veronica Kessler 213/584, Gerald Crawford 667, Frank Mainenti 609, Judy Allen 206/581, Eric Setterlind 268/697. Late Mates: Joe Le 652, Cindy Head 624, Justin Veitch 674. Sat Nite Live: Sandra Moore 239/551. Youth/Adult: David Wollner 210.