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Out-of-towners take local tourney

By ERIC MUSKATEVC
Published December 1, 2006

There were some valiant efforts, but no hometown champions came out of the Greater St Petersburg USBC Women's Classic Tournament, held at both Twedt's Lanes and Seminole Lanes over the past three weekends.

The All Mounds, No Nuts group from Oneco took the team title with a 3,584 total pin-fall. The Largo-based Terrible Twedts team of Gloria Alore 617, Andrea Sanchez (479), Noemi Torres (509), Lanie Weaver (561) and Karen Burke (570) finished with a solid 3,580 shot in the opening weekend. The score stood strong but fell at the end, just four pins back.

St. Petersburg-based teams the Fab 5 and the Classic Lassies finished fourth and ninth, respectively. The 5 totaled 3,558 pins with Belinda Jines, Vicki Weber, Tammy Weber (247/636), Gillian Dean (604), and Edna Berry (255/616). The Lassies scored 3,473 pins from Marilyn Hill, Leslie McAvoy, Nadine Jackwin, Lorraine Klopp and Sally Porter.

Joyce Crosby and Mette Hahn of Brooksville narrowly won the double division with 1,515 pins. Mother-daughter combo Mildred and Tiffany Crosby dropped from second to fifth and finished as local leaders with 1,452. Tiffany is a former Boca Ciega and Central Florida bowler. Taking the singles competition was Sebring's Monique Dever, who rolled an 839 series in front of Dawn Clark of Southwest Ranches and Deanna Winchell of Naples, who bowled 814 and 806, respectively.

HOLIDAY AUCTION: This holiday season will be remarkable for a few special bowlers thanks to the third annual USBC Holiday Auction, which takes place on eBay through Dec. 10 and will benefit the Earl Anthony Memorial Scholarship Fund. Items up for grabs include an expenses-paid trip for two to a PBA Tour event of the winner's choice, a state-of-the-art Kustodian Walker lane conditioning machine, an original cartoon strip inked by Garfield artist Jim Davis and an expenses-paid trip for two to International Bowl Expo in Las Vegas in June.

To find them, go to ebay.com, click on the advanced search link, then items by seller and type in "bowlingscholarships" as the seller's user ID. Then click on search. Over the past two years, the USBC Holiday Auction has raised more than $40,000 for the Earl Anthony Memorial Scholarship Fund.

PBA: It was a trying week for Wes Malott, who spent Thanksgiving worrying about his 3-year-old son, Jordan, who spent time in a Vernon Hills, Ill., area hospital. With Jordan healthy and in the stands Sunday, however, Malott won his second career title with a 269-239 win over top-seeded Chris Barnes in the Discover Card Windy City Classic, capping off a high-scoring week.

In the title match, Malott started with eight consecutive strikes, then left a 10-pin in the ninth frame to end the run, but he had a big enough cushion after Barnes had spares in the sixth and eighth frames, giving the "Young Guns" their first title of the season.

The Tour heads to Freeway Lanes of Wickliffe in Ohio for the Ace Hardware Championship this weekend. The live ESPN televised finals are Sunday at 1 p.m. The winner takes home the $25,000 top prize and an exemption for next season.

Freeway Lanes was the site of Liz Johnson's historical high-amateur finish in the 2004 Uniroyal Tire Classic Tour qualifying round, where she became the first woman to advance to a Denny's PBA Tour event.

Much was made of the transition that seemed to occur last season of the Young Guns (Tommy Jones, Wes Malott, Bill O'Neill, Sean Rash) taking over the Tour from the Legends (Norm Duke, Brian Voss, Pete Weber, Walter Ray Williams Jr.). Last season, bowlers 30 and younger captured nine titles while the Legends captured four, but three of the four came in the latter part of the season. The Young Guns dominated from the start of the 2005-06 season, winning the first four events.

The tide has turned in 2006-07, as three of the first five events have been won by Legends, while the Guns have come up empty. Williams won the season-opening Dydo Japan Cup, while Weber and Duke captured the past two events. The other two events went to 39-year-old Doug Kent, not yet a Legend, and 33-year-old Tony Reyes, a borderline Young Gun.

CHATTER: To get you caught up to speed, last week at Countryside, young talent J.R. Foraker scored a 300, Liberty's Bobby Redmond rolled a 299/782, and for the third time in five weeks (that's every other week, folks) Seminole shooter Bill Zuben bowled perfectly for a 300 and finished with 748 in the Thursday Scratch Matchplay league.

Also celebrating honors at Seminole were Chuck Minor (300) and Robin Hood, who had the top billing for all houses with a 279/807. Ten Pins' Paul Doyon was close behind with a nice 288/804 and Twedt's John Hackett went 11 in a row for 290/768 alongside Ron Sullivan's 300/789. Mariann Russo was the local leading lady with a 246/683 at Liberty. And a two-week old leftover: Osceola High's Alex O'Neill finished the PCHSL season with a 265/658.

Eric can be e-mailed at Emuskatevc@aol.com

Scores

Liberty - Last week: A.J. 290/701, Charlie Finch Jr. 278/730, Tom Milton 743, Derek Dzurba 717, Joe Bereczki 712, James Campbell 707, Marty Murphy 756, Dee Watkins 234, Bert Robichaud 223, Cindy Lairson 206, Lisa Bereczki 226/663, Ron Scanga 277, Lance Lonsdale 723, Dale Sager 770, Jon Hunt 711, Phil Walbaum 700, Alex Brooks 713, Julio Restina 728, Richard Rounds 710, Leigh Rayner 247/647, Melanie Solone 232/619, Rhonda Roquetta 233, Tina Whetstone 210, Sharon Martin 206, Vicki Scandaglia 203, Sandy Murphy 205, Robert Montone 279, Mike Rooks 739, Billie Coleman 216/634, Marge Stewart 202, Jamie Prawl 278, Whitney Barbee 231, Janet Alexander 221, Barbara Miller 201, Bill Nelson 279, Steve Felsman 279/702, Corrine Carrillo 220, Brett Bartley 277/791, Judy Howe 205, Deborah Wilder 205, Frank Czarnecki 287/705, Don MacDonald 731, Todd Browne 729, Steve Tevlin 720, Todd Frame 714, Mike Vitel 712, Greg Ickes 706, Billy Wilder 702. Youth: Ranger Loebel 241/644, Jake Britts 233, Ben Miller 227, Zack Higham 220/584, C.J. Bennett 216, Corbie Wilson 209, Jake Thoma 202/595, Alex Timmons 201. This week: Tony Seufert 279, Tina Jablon 242, Derek Dzerba 290/710, James Campbell 279/768, Teresa Genevie 225, Mariann Russo 631, Rhonda Roquetta 222, Mike Vitel 279/735, Billy Wilder Jr. 279/742, Daniel Guilford 719, Paul Victory 706, Greg Clement 704, Jerry Vann 701, Brandon Murphy 278/738, T.J. Firranelli 297, Rick Ickes 718, Vic Oliver 700, Dwayne Smith 300/736.

Ten Pin - Men: Tony Agostine 278/727, Bob Soss 268/686, Robert Morison 268/645, Russell Raynor 694, Glenn Jeffers 259/685, Marshall Frank 255/668, Joe Warner 252/674, Jeremy Lewandowski 248/657, Paul Doyon 247/657, Dave Bricker 243/647, Rob Rickman 241/654, Joe Panebianco 240/685, Sean Herrod 236/624, Gary Babich 235, Ralph Cordasco 234/639, Jack Roe 233/634, Joe Dalton 670, Rich Sheppard 668. Ladies: Lisa Bereczki 236/668, Kari Militello 234/636, Robin Hintz 226/576, Rosalie McGinnis 220/582, Carey Blackwelder 200/583, Jen Layton 542, Joe Sahner 531, Karen Finch 508, Brigitte Stanton 505, Saralyn Rickman 501. Sr. Men: Chuck Willey 213/523, Jim Callus 203/579, Rich Erpenbeck 199/525, Ray Gladd 198/512, Mike Barile 191/512. Sr. Ladies: Ann Seday 192/471, Dee Ashmun 182/471, Ester Motzne 180/490, Lorraine Klopp 179/506, Marian Love 176/502, Liz Loreth 169, Audrey Douglas161, Barbara Paonessa 150/428. USBC Youth: Chris Ellis 225/604, Dino Dellanoce 220/625, Will Bartle 202/585.

Sunrise - Wed. Matchplay: Tom Benyo 225/609, Charles Paramore 248/671, Danny Webster 246/615. Happy Seniors: Gus Wiese 213, Mike Gendron 205, Monty Moore 211, Ron Coury 224. Strike & Spare: Andy Deschamps 656, Jay Mortenson 256/710, Lee Smith 661, Rick Leska 730, Ryan Shumar 258/732. Commercial: Dan Kobiolka 266, Brandon McCombs 692, Gerald Crawford 709, Mike Byrd 269/725, Rick Ickes 256/679, Chris Steele 279/759, Greg Ickes 265/755, Mike Bongiorno 278/725, Keith Glasgow 286/743, Eric Setterlind 268/712, Ben Johnston 655, Mike Cornelison 269/684, Bill Hicks 254/696, Darryl Dempsey 655, Bob Kovalski 265/697, Dan George 267/703, Gary Brunner 657, Derek Dzierba 694, Tom Vizenor 257/705, Clay Hatfield 258/689. TGIF: Allie Smith 258/665, Eric Setterlind 664, Zeke Rich 269, Tim Ritter 266/763, Bob Veitch 257/664, Robert Dantschisch 265/736. Latemates: Jon Hunt 257/724, Jeff Gabory 654, Chau Le 263/679. Youth/Adult: Joey Wollner 268/655.

Twedt's - Men: Bob Hubbard Jr. 760, Joe Alore 667, Tod Janssen 717-684, Gysin Bardo 709, Jon Baker 688, Al Longgood 686, Dave Lawson 671, Brent Dewar 707-671, John Bastian 670, Chris Springstead 668-668, Jim Christensen 695-659, Art Woodruff 654-645, Loy Pryor 648, Robin Hood 638, Bob Hubbard Sr. 634, Jayme Deyer 629, Mike Bowman 626, Steve Detty 624, Guy Blazier 620, Horace Slater 617, Willard Thomas 609, Danny Bolton 609, Owen McKenzie 697, John Hackett 685, Bill Schlitt 663, Bill Farren 652, Jim Kramer 641, Greg Bennett 634, Joe Plum 614, Dan Denney 627, Ben McBride 605. Ladies: Michelle Huff 617, Kay McAleer 585, Mary McAteer 582, Lanie Weaver 559, Christine Srock 607-554, Joan Terry 549, Brenda Hensley 543, Renee Halstron 532, Pam Alexander 530, Donna Tobin 529, Karen Burke 529-516, Andrea Sanchez 525, Mary Cook 523, Becky D'Angelo 519-517, Barb Rhodes 510, Aymee Torres 59, Linda Ortolani 509-508, Lee Reagan 504, Dianne Lehrer 502-660, Joan Rutledge 501, Lorraine Hayert 501, Joann Anastio 520, Shirley McBride 605, Yolanda Houston 549, Idelle Stemen 513.

[Last modified November 30, 2006, 22:21:00]