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Neff breaks through at Hudson Bowl
By DEREK LARIVIERE
Published March 28, 2007
At the end of last month, Hudson Bowl hosted the Senior Bowlers of America Tour. The winner was former pro and former owner of Neffer's Bowl in Homosassa, Steve Neff. Neff had competed semi-regularly on the SBA tour the past three years without winning a tournament crown. On hand for the tournament was all-time SBA title leader Lenny Biondi. He has 14 tournament titles, including one to start 2007 when the tour stopped at Semoran Lanes in Orlando. On Feb. 24, the tournament at Hudson was formatted for scratch bowling and a six-game qualifying opening round. With more than 30 entries, the design of the finals included 10 bowlers advancing to compete for the crown. In the end, Neff came out above the rest. O'GRADY BIG SERIES: Melanie O'Grady has gained a reputation as this area's show stopper as far as females on the lanes. A couple weeks ago at Hudson Bowl, O'Grady only emphasized that reputation with a 720 series during the Hammer High Rollers League at the center on Monday night. Led by a 259 high game, good for third in the county over that two-week span, O'Grady tossed a 700. She was joined on that list by another Hudson regular, Aprill Smyth. Smyth pitched her own 700 with a 703 pin total in the Hammer Classic League that same week on Thursday night. Scores High Scratch Series (Male) Joe Reindeau, 796, Industrial, Tarpon Lanes Mike Smith Jr., 771, Hammer High Rollers, Hudson Bowl Dave Milliken, 768, Hammer Classic, Hudson Bowl Rich Garner, 762, Hammer Classic, Hudson Bowl Joe Reindeau, 751, Key West, Tarpon Lanes High Scratch Series (Female) Melanie O'Grady, 720, Hammer High Rollers, Hudson Bowl Aprill Smyth, 703, Hammer Classic, Hudson Bowl Melissa Leathen, 670, Hammer Classic, Hudson Bowl Jillian Kennedy, 625, Monday Mixers, Tarpon Lanes High Scratch Game (Male) Bill Smith, 300, Hammer High Rollers, Hudson Bowl Richard Craig, 300, Hammer High Rollers, Hudson Bowl Jason Mahr, 299, Hammer High Rollers, Hudson Bowl Joe Reindeau, 297, Key West, Tarpon Lanes Roy Brown, 295, Industrial, Tarpon Lanes High Scratch Game (Female) Melissa Leathen, 279, Hammer Classic, Hudson Bowl Terrie Lance, 278, Wednesday Business Mixed, Hudson Bowl Melanie O'Grady, 259, Hammer High Rollers, Hudson Bowl Vickie Villard, 229, Key West, Tarpon Lanes Jillian Kennedy, 227, Monday Mixers, Tarpon Lanes
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