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Countryside out to conquer spring

By ERIC MUSKATEVC
Published February 2, 2007

With just three weeks of the new spring season under its belt, Countryside is right where it left off in the fall, holding on to first and second place with two squads.

The Cougars No. 1 team finished the fall Pinellas County High School League as champs, and with Travis Vorbeck, Matt Florio, Jared Solomon and Jon Brady all back, they have a commanding 13-point lead over the Cougars No.4 team, which is led by Chris Holcomb, Joe Willoughby and Adam DiCristo. Brady led the boys last week with a game of 256 and series of 676. Both squads took all available 18 points last Wednesday.

Ashly Galante stole the whole show last week with a 259 game and has cracked the 700 series mark with a 714 for her Tarpon Springs No. 2 team. Bowling well for the Spongers is Kristi Bowen, whose numbers have helped the Tarpon No.1 team slide into fourth behind Palm Harbor University's No. 1 team.

PHU, led by Aaron Morris, Mike Coneby and Blake Rasmussen, is averaging 170. The Hurricanes' No. 3 team features Chris Grube and sisters Brittany and Stephanie Scanlon. Grube is averaging 217. Stephanie rolled a 258/612 last week. East Lake No. 1, with Joe May, Allie Edgar and Louis Sadowski files in at fifth. May has been stellar this season with an all-out league high of a 260 game and 718 series, while averaing 213. Galante is averaging 220.

Bowling is every Wednesday at 3:30. Next week the youths will be at AMF Clearwater and Dunedin Lanes the following week. Spectators and supporters are encouraged to attend.

PBA: Last week Jason Couch captured his 15th career Denny's PBA Tour title and won back-to-back titles for the first time, knocking off Billy Oatman 236-228 in the finals of the Motel 6 Classic at Strike Zone at Sunset Station. Couch ended the storybook run of Oatman, who was looking to join George Branham III as the only African-Americans to win tour titles.

Oatman was fired up but poised in advancing to the title match with a 207-181 win over Brad Angelo. The 41-year-old rookie then ran into the hottest bowler on tour. Over the two-week holiday break, according to PBA.com, Couch, then 27th in the PBA World Point Rankings, told his wife, Kim, he was going to change his attitude. Couch quickly parlayed a new positive attitude into four top-six finishes, three TV appearances and two titles in the past four weeks, in addition to the No. 1 spot in the point rankings.

The tour returns to El Paso, Texas, for the first time since the 2004 season for the Sun City Classic this weekend. The live ESPN finals are Sunday at 2 p.m.

UPCOMING: The next National Amateur Bowlers Inc. tournament is Feb. 11 at AMF Lakeland with squad times of 1 and 2:30 p.m. Call (863) 667-4779.

- A few official marks on the USBC schedule: March 30, USBC Coaching Bronze Certification Conference, Orlando; April 12, NCAA Women's National Collegiate Bowling Championships, Orlando; April 13, USBC Coaching Silver Certification Conference, Orlando; Aug 11, Tournament of the Americas, Sunrise.

CHATTER: Seminole's Ron Demillion featured a 279 on his way to the week's high series score of 802 for all houses. Greg Ickes (300/790) was perfect, and Robin Hood (299/727) came close. At Liberty, Mariann Russo (256/728) rolled the leading women's score alongside good bowling from Lisa Bereczki (269/719), Don MacDonald (300/752), Marty Murphy (279/782), Keith Glasgow (279/783) and youth Kimberly Lady, who pasted a 202/533. In Tarpon, Becky Going (188/504) and Joe Reindeau (259-247/710) had good nights.

Scores

Tarpon - Tahitian Gardens: Ken Rivard 198/528. Highland Lakes: Dan Kohl 196/535, Don Kovalcik 180/518. Lake Tarpon: John Ledner 225/578, Don Bly 181/531, Donna Ream 214/502. Senior Men: Bob Fusco 233-229/689, Joe Pochron 222/632. Sun Valley: Rhodes Carr 224-222/604, John Tiefenthal 189/508. Stonehedge: Herb Lingle 223/539, Ron Geba 199/519. Senior Birds: Goerge Noorts 180/517. Highland Lakes Seniors: Gary Rock 177/521, Don Shattock 177/502. Tarpon Shores: John Scheuch 199/556, Joe Pochron 232/556. Monday Mixers: Jim Rendinell 234-218/662, Angelo Saroukos 246-203/652. Key West: Sean Bowen 246-216/641. Industrial: Joe Reindeau 247-241/696, Rick Burger 277-239/695.

Liberty - Dee Watkin 210, Lois Kerkman 244, Gina Nasse 237, A.J. Riske 279, Alan Rushton Jr. 767, James Campbell 759, Joe Bereczki 727, Greg Ickes 719, Joe Palmer 717, Jason Scanga 715, Dwayne Smith 712, J.R. Tapper 276, John Lafond 720, Rhonda Roquetta 252, Christine Reeder 224, Lynne Hamlin 213, Tammy Tucker 214/618, Mike Vital Jr. 280/730, Cary Cook 277/733, Ray Bnaumbach 749, Rich Sheppard 731, Jerry Vann 731, Joe Dalton 727, Mike Bongiorno 718, Nick Gates 704, Alex Linn 706, Lynn Everett 276, Debi Kidd 217/605, Scott Hoey 290, Russ Rayner 279/737, Dan Gilford 277, Jeff Cole 720, Larry Walters 715. Youth: Zach Higham 221, Ben Miller 217, Rob Asbridge 203, Caitlan Welsh 198.

Seminole - Jim Schmidt 279/782, Josh Hemingway 278/780, Drew Beierlein 776, Glenn Buebinger 742, Gary Salmeri 704, Paul Manny 699, Chris Green 279/725, George King 721, C.T. Maxey 729, Keith Flournoy 706, Allene Green 613, Bob Fryer 297, Jim Higdon 252/702, Karl Kraengel 268/716, Mikki Mullins 227/611, Kati Hendricks 211, Stephanie See 236/634, Bill Woods 290/694, David Thompson 706, Rich Cheskiewicz 704, Gary Halstrom 286/713, Mike Pittman 278, Marilyn Sullivan 236/644, Dick Correa 718, Rich Correa 713, Sam Salone Jr. 697, Marianne Zipse 225, Dottie Thompson 223/607, Arlene LeVine 227/603, Melinda Kasica 202, Bob Hale 702, Joe Bussio 718, Mark Taber 719, Steven Short 729, Spanky Adam 287/705, Vu Le 277/703, Craig Gurney 700, Mark Finlayson 717, Ray Leitz 701, Cathy Fravel 258/677, Don Goldade 705. Youth: Kenny Gernhardt 643, Sean Bruce 623, Paul Podlas 235/681, Greg Krug 234/606. Seniors: Frank Durilla 224/664, Len Varga 234, Dave Frankenfield 206, Jay Spangler 233/626, Chuck Flynn 155-avg 619, Jerry Rubash 171-avg 672, Ralph Beachum 167-avg 618, Ann Martine Rinker 148-avg 600, Tony Crismali 165-avg 613.

Twedt's - Men: Guy Blazier 633, Chris Springstead 768, Andy DeChamp 761, Joe Alore 746, Dave Lawson 727, Rich Barnes 724, Mark Marks 704, Ron Sullivan 704, Dick Rohrs 298/688, Ernie Grant 675, Willard Thomas 671, Loy Pryor 669, Bill Farren 663, Tod Janssen 661, Dorian Sobat 656, Dave Trovato 655, Danny Bolton 646, Herb Swenton 641, Bob Lawson 640, Jim Polsey 638, Jim Welton 631, Jeff Dyar 614, Jeff Berg 613, Horace Slater 612. Ladies: Susan Robson 535, Yolanda Houston 611, Diane Lehrer 591, Christine Srock 572, Donna Gunther 562, Mary McAteer 551, Gerda Miller 545, Rose Ostrowski 543, Lynne Weaver 535, Aymee Torres 530, Barb Rhodes 515, Kay McAleer 512, Peggy Hubbard 511, Debbie Bruno 509, Lanie Weaver 508, Marilyn Longgood 506, Joan Terry 505.

Sunrise - Willage Green: Fred Plotzitza 203-203, Gerry Hassinger 208-211, Paul Croteau 211, Steve Cook 210, Eddie O'Hara 201-210, Clarence Phinney 226, Ed Parkinson 203. Mainlands 6: Don Wolford 205. Winston Park: Bob Tanis 205, Clyde Severance 204, Ron Coury 214. Wed. Matchplay: Charles Paramore 223-243, Tom Benyo 219, Danny Webster 226, Marissa Henrikson 225. Happy Seniors: John Herron 206, Mike Gendron 217-297/696, Willy Koehler 229, Dieter Steiner 214. Conners: Axie Anderson 203-204, Dick Prell 200. Commercial: Scott Price 269/698, Derek Perez 279/677, Mike Cornelison 257/704, Joe Pluzak Sr. 257, John Pericles Jr. 257/673, Bill Hicks 279/688, Darryl Dempsey 255/683, Rick Ickes 278/709, Chris Steele 257/703, Mike Bongiorno 277/718, Keith Glasgow 258/731, Richard Leska 653, Brian Hargrave 657, John Ingalls 733, Justin Veitch 279/720, Jim Dipple 258/703, Ian Atamian 258/706, Bill Matheson 256/682, Tim Dunbar 675. Romany Park: Elvis Raper 203, Scott Guild 219. Jolly Seniors: Richard Erpenbeck 212-222, Ruby Chase 206, Chuck Paramore 204, Herman Price 205, Richard Bennett 215, Joe La Bella 201. Springwood: John Battias 208, Jack Lauffer 204, Johnny Sharp 212, Mel Battige 204. Mr. & Mrs.: Tom Olden 258/662. Funtime Mixed: Cindy Head 211/624, Marc Harvey 652, Debra Grose 223/606, Mike McMahan 299/703, Derek Perez 269/689. TGIF: Sheryl Setterlind 201, Allie Smith 258/699, Bob Veitch 254, Robert Dantschisch 279/671. Latemates: Chau Le 682, Ben Johnston 660, Todd Carl 258/670. Youth/Adult: Richard Plaummer 224, Jeremy Mortenson 246/610, Tommy Schroeder 220, Chris Cox 201-246/605, Joey Wollner 225-259/677.

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