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Tim Seiberlich fires perfect game, Lindsey Reithmeyer slams 700 to highlight latest Madison area scoring
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area bowling late Thursday and Friday. Seiberlich’s 300 came in a 691 in the Dream Lanes Pinheads League. Reithmeyer’s 700 came in the Spartan Bowl Waubesa Mixed League. Jeremy Krueger led men’s scoring with a 770 in the Schwoegler’s Tiger Mixed League. Next were Chad Wiegel with 769 in the Ten Pin Alley Thursday Thunder League and Megan Jirsa with 696 in the Sport Bowl... subscribe to read more.
Dane Ausec, Jodi Woessner of Senior Team USA make women’s singles medal round at 2023 IBF World Senior Championships
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or Championships. It just won’t know which medals until Tuesday. Dane Ausec and Jodi Woessner earned two of the four spots in Tuesday’s medal round bracket by finishing third and fourth in Friday’s qualifying round at the sports complex in Cali, Colombia, according to results posted here. Ausec rolled games of 204, 227, 214, 172, 201 and 222 for 1,240 to finish third and... subscribe to read more.
Gazmine Mason wins final 6 matches to lead heading into final day of 2023 PWBA Regional Showdown
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l day of the 2023 PWBA Regional Showdown at Aloma Bowl in Winter Park, Florida, according to results posted here. After advancing from Friday’s eight games of qualifying to make the 16-player, round-robin match play, Mason started with 190 and a win, then struggled to 147 and a loss. But she rebounded with six straight wins on games of 231, 214, 201, 214, 280 and 229 to finish at 7-1 and... subscribe to read more.
2024 PBA Elite League teams protect 2 players each, setting up drama-filled draft on Wednesday
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thanks to a couple of changes from recent years. The League was reduced from 10 to eight teams, as I detailed in this story, putting the 10 players from the two folded teams into the draft. That includes superstars Sean Rash and Dom Barrett, PBA League killer Dick Allen, and powerful young lefty Keven Williams. In addition, League teams protected just two players, down from three in recent... subscribe to read more.
E.J. Tackett, Cortez Schenk, Johnny Petraglia, B.J. Moore are expected, fitting winners of major PBA awards for 2023
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major PBA awards for 2023 announced this week by PBA. Tackett was a slam dunk for Chris Schenkel Player of the Year, even as Anthony Simonsen had an incredible year; Cortez Schenck won Rookie of the Year; Johnny Petraglia the Tony Reyes Community Service Award; and B.J. Moore the Steve Nagy Sportsmanship Award. I detailed why I voted for Tackett and Schenk in this story when the nominees were... subscribe to read more.
EJ Tackett Wins the 2023 Chris Schenkel PBA Player of the Year Award
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Joe Yelk fires perfect game to highlight latest Madison area scoring
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quo;s 300 came in a 752 in the Prairie Lanes Groundball League. The top series were Dan Haufschild’s 789 and Cher Breunig’s 625 in the Prairie Lanes Classic League. Danny Verdecchia was next for the men with 778 in the Dream Lanes Major League. Other men’s series of 750 or higher were 755 by Mike Krachey in the Prairie Classic, and 752 each by Chris Green in the Dream Major and... subscribe to read more.
Cortez Schenck Wins the 2023 Harry Golden PBA Rookie of the Year Award
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Steve Kinning fires first career perfect game to highlight latest Madison area scoring
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Wednesday. Kinning’s 300 came in a 693 series in the Prairie Lanes Big Ten League. The top series were Casey Rice’s 780 in the Bowl-A-Vard Lanes Merchants League and Kristy Werronen’s 674 in the Prairie NFL League. Next were Kenneth Julian with 769 in the Spartan Bowl Datex-Ohmeda League and Hannah Yelk with 670 in the Prairie Big Ten. Other men’s series of 750 or higher... subscribe to read more.
USBC returning to 6 on a pair for minors, changing squad times for 2025 Open Championships
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ednesday that it was returning to six on a pair for minors and changing squad times again for the 2025 Open Championships in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. USBC said the changes “will increase the capacity of the event to meet the growing participation demands at the USBC Open Championships.” More entries means more money in USBC coffers from one of its two main revenue sources, and USBC... subscribe to read more.
Johnny Petraglia to Receive 2023 PBA Tony Reyes Community Service Award
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Theresa Wells fires 723 and 700, Sarah Maciejeski 709, Patty Spires-Merkel 705 to top latest Madison area scoring
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olled a 705 to top Madison area bowling late from the weekend, Monday and Tuesday. Wells, who has the Madison area women’s season-high of 796, rolled her 723 in the Dream Lanes Early Mixed League her 700 in the Ten Pin Alley Hangover League, giving her four 700s this season. Maciejeski’s 709 came in the Dream Early Mixed and was her second 700 of the season. Spires-Merkel’s 705... subscribe to read more.
BJ Moore to Receive 2023 PBA Steve Nagy Sportsmanship Award
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Sauk Prairie boys, Sun Prairie East & West/Marshall/Cambridge girls only unbeatens left after Week 5 of District 4 Madison area high school bowling season
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teams left after Week 5 of the District 4 Madison area high school bowling season. The 2023-24 Wisconsin District 4 High School Bowling season opened Nov. 6 with 11 boys varsity, 4 girls varsity, and three boys junior varsity teams competing, District 4 reported. Last school year, there were 10 boys varsity, five girls varsity, and four boys junior varsity teams competing. The competition... subscribe to read more.
Rick Thomas fires 831 series with perfect game to highlight Madison area weekend scoring
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weekend. Thomas’ 831 was his second supernational of the season and I and the 300 came in the Sport Bowl Lions League. Here is the close of his 300. Becky Murphy led women’s scoring with 668 in the Sport Lions. Next were Doug Leikness with 783 in the Dream Lanes Survivors League and Brittany Pollentier with 658 in the Sport Bowl Friends League. Ryan Angell rolled a 754 in the Viking... subscribe to read more.
Ryan Zagar wins another Midwest Championship Doubles, this time with Matt Gasn
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On Sunday at AMF West in Milwaukee, Ryan Zagar won the tournament for the fourth time, this time with Matt Gasn, defeating Mike Steil and Derek Eoff 413-384 in the title match. First was $2,500 and second $1,600. The format featured five games of qualifying after which the field was cut to the top 12 duos who were seeded in three 4-team divisions for three round-robin matches with bonus pins for... subscribe to read more.
Jacob Thomas fires 782-299, Nicole Russell slams 675 to top latest Madison area scoring
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adison area bowling late Thursday and Friday. Thomas and Russell both competed in the Schwoegler’s Tiger League. Next were Tim Fosdick with 761 in the Dream Lanes Moonlight League and Kayla Klink with 631 in the Schwoegler’s Tiger League. Other men’s series of 750 or higher were 755 by Brian Palmer in the Schwoegler’s Tiger and 752 by Chris Scharnke in the Dream Moonlight.... subscribe to read more.
PBA Regional Recap: Walter Ray Williams Jr. Clinches 65th Regional Title
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Lauren Sammel slams 757 to highlight latest Madison area scoring
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mmel’s 757 came in the Dream Lanes Golfers League and was her fifth 700 of the season, one behind Madison Area USBC women’s leader Brittany Pollentier. Pat Reda led women’s scoring with 758 in the Prairie Lanes Classic League. Next were Sean Serfort with 758 and Mark Allen 752 for the men and Theresa Wells at 639 for the women, all in the Dream Golfers. Don Benner fired a 741... subscribe to read more.
PBA Missouri Classic to Honor Pete Weber in 2024
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Zach Larson fires perfect game, Brittany Pollentier slams 744 series to highlight latest Madison area scoring
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rea bowling late Tuesday and Wednesday. Larson’s seventh career 300 came in a 759 series in the Bowl-A-Vard Lanes Mixed Nuts League. Pollentier’s 744 came in the Dream Lanes Major League and was her sixth 700 of the season. Chip Feltz fell a shy of perfection with a 297 game in a 682 series in the Dream MARBA League. Shaun Taliaferro led men’s scoring with a 763 in the... subscribe to read more.
Scott Henes fires perfect game to highlight latest Madison area bowling
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quo; 10th career 300 came in a 741 series in the Dream Lanes Senior Classic League. The top series were Mike Stabenaw’s 783 and Lauren Sammel’s 699, both in the Dream Senior Classic. Next were Troy Kleist with 746 and Kayla Halvorsen with 675, both in the Dream Early Mixed League. Other women’s series of 650 or higher were 661 by Becky James in the Ten Pin Alley Fifth Quarter... subscribe to read more.
Florida back to front of schedule in 2024 PBA50 Tour, which ends with TOC at famed AMF Riviera Lanes in Fairlawn, Ohio
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A50 Tour. The 2024 PBA50 Tour starts in late April with stops in the Detroit area and Aberdeen, N.C., but three tournaments in Florida follow, ending with the PBA50 Johnny Petraglia BVL Open that will raise money for Bowlers to Veterans Link, the official charity of the PBA Tour. More importantly, the season will end with the PBA50 Tournament of Champions at famed AMF Riviera Lanes in Fairlawn,... subscribe to read more.
2024 PBA50 Tour Schedule Released
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Anthony Bisco fires 741, Jennifer Gladem rolls 608 to top latest Madison area bowling
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and late from the weekend. Bisco and Gladem both competed in the Dream Lanes Suburban Merchants League. Next were Terry Dunn with 736 in the Dream MARBA League and Anne Lezotte with 607 in the Dream Suburban Merchants. Madison Area USBC Hall of Famer Jesse Parizo reported that his wife Joyce Parizo rolled her first career 600 with 605 (182-199-224) in the Spartan Bowl Major League. Note that... subscribe to read more.
Belleville, Sauk Prairie maintain boys lead, Sun Prairie East & West/Marshall/Cambridge stays in girls lead after Week 4 of District 4 Madison area high school bowling season
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intained their leads after Week 4 of the District 4 Madison area high school bowling season. The 2023-24 Wisconsin District 4 High School Bowling season opened Nov. 6 with 11 boys varsity, 4 girls varsity, and three boys junior varsity teams competing, District 4 reported. Last school year, there were 10 boys varsity, five girls varsity, and four boys junior varsity teams competing. The... subscribe to read more.
Maddie Weasner slams 740 to highlight latest Madison area scoring
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o;s 740 came in the Schwoegler’s Tiger League and was her second 700 of the season. Rick Thomas led the men with 777 in the Sport Bowl Lions League. Next were Jeremy Krueger with 774 in the Schwoegler’s Tiger and Rachel Zimmer with 666 in the Dream Lanes Pinheads League. Other men’s series of 750 or higher were 769 by Paul Swartz in the Dream Pinheads and 760 by Jeff Barnard in... subscribe to read more.
Nick Heilman, Andy Mills beat Matt Heesaker, Brian Laurent in title match to win 2023 WSBT Over 40/Under 40 Doubles
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he 2023 WSBT Over 40/Under 40 Doubles at Revs Bowl Bar & Grill in Oshkosh on Saturday, the WSBT reported in this Facebook post. Heilman rolled 223 and Mills 225 to the 197 of Heesaker and 191 of Laurent. First was $4,000 and second $2,000 as the 33rd edition of the tournament drew a full field of 90 doubles teams at 36-lane Rev’s. Heilman posted this on Facebook after the... subscribe to read more.
34th Henry Hitter 3-Man tourney set for Saturday, Dec. 16 at Bowl-A-Vard Lanes
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urnament founder and director Mark Henry announced. The popular tournament attracts many of the top bowlers from Wisconsin and some from Illinois for great competition and camaraderie. The latter is truly the key to the event as there isn’t huge prize money or demanding lane conditions — it’s more a grand holiday bowler gathering. How popular can be seen in the demand by... subscribe to read more.
2023 PBA Player of the Year a slam dunk, 2023 PBA Rookie of the Year a clear choice
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rned in one of the best seasons in PBA Tour history. Tackett won five titles, including the U.S. Open and PBA World Championship as the powerful right-hander became the first player to earn the top seed at four majors. The 2016 Player of the Year led the Tour in points (41,200), earnings ($458,450), average (227.18), titles (5), major titles (2), and runner-up finishes (2). Anthony Simonsen would... subscribe to read more.
2023 Midwest Championship Doubles will be Sunday, Dec. 3 at AMF West in Milwaukee
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c. 3 at 9:30 a.m. at AMF West, 7505 W. Oklahoma Ave. in Milwaukee. The entry fee is $200 ($165 to prize fund, $35 to lineage and expense), with a $100 deposit by Nov. 30 confirming a spot. Based on 56 teams, first will be $2,500 and 1-in-4 will cash. Michael James said ways to pay include via PayPal to michael.james.android@gmail.com, via Venmo to @michael-james-246, or via Zelle... subscribe to read more.
Doug Leikness fires 817, Pete Atkinson slams perfect game to top latest Madison area scoring
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bowling late Tuesday and Wednesday. Leikness’ 817 came in the Dream Lanes OM Cubed League and was his second supernational of the season. Atkinson’s 300 came in the Bowl-A-Vard Lanes Lake City League. His series was not available. Bob Richardson fell a pin shy of perfection with a 299 game in a 751 series in the Sport Bowl All-Star League. Hannah Yelk led women’s scoring with a... subscribe to read more.
Expanded and shrunk: 2024 PBA Elite League has season-long schedule, 2 fewer teams
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e 2023 PBA League, PBA announced in this news release on Wednesday. Those eight teams will have six players each, making it a 48-player league, down from 50 last year when it was 10 5-player teams. Having an extra player allows each team to have a substitute or injury replacement during what will be a long season. The two teams being folded are the Milwaukee Pounders and the Chicago Breeze, with... subscribe to read more.
Pete Weber on his goals for the 2024 U.S. Open, his favorite U.S. Open win, what he meant to say to that kid after No. 5, whether he wished he’d been more of a ‘choir boy,’ and much more
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the 2024 U.S. Open. Pete Weber, the only 5-time U.S. Open champion, was awarded a BPAA exemption for the 2024 U.S. Open at historic Royal Pin Woodland, according to the current list of direct qualifiers at the U.S. Open page. Weber was bowling a tournament over the weekend and I was tied up Monday, so we finally hooked up by phone for an interview on Tuesday. I broke the news that... subscribe to read more.
Expanded PBA League Season Coming in 2024
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Belleville, Sauk Prairie lead boys, Sun Prairie East & West/Marshall/Cambridge lead girls after Week 3 of District 4 Madison area high school bowling season
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s the girls after Week 3 of the District 4 Madison area high school bowling season. The 2023-24 Wisconsin District 4 High School Bowling season opened Nov. 6 with 11 boys varsity, 4 girls varsity, and three boys junior varsity teams competing, District 4 reported. Last school year, there were 10 boys varsity, five girls varsity, and four boys junior varsity teams competing. The competition... subscribe to read more.
Nominees for the 2023 Harry Golden PBA Rookie of the Year Award
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Nominees for the 2023 Chris Schenkel PBA Player of the Year Award
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Update: Lane pattern posted, Koolie returns for 2023 WSBT Over 40/Under 40 Doubles Nov. 25 at Revs in Oshkosh
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r. Koolie had said 2022 would be his last year running the popular Wisconsin Scratch Bowlers Tour Over 40/Under 40 Doubles, but said this week he is back this year to train a new person to take over running it.  The tournament is set for Saturday, Nov. 25 at 10 a.m. at Revs Bowl Bar & Grill, 275 N. Washburn St. in Oshkosh. Revs will continue to host the popular tournament beyond... subscribe to read more.
Zach Larson fires 778, Cher Breunig rolls 657 to lead adult scoring over the weekend; Gavin Lynch’s 661, Tayler Baker’s 658 top youth
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the weekend. Larson competed in the Prairie Lane Co-Ed Naked League and Breunig in the Prairie Friday Couples League. Next were Dale Chlebowski with 718 in the Prairie Friday 3-Man League and Patty Nelson with 650 in the Viking Lanes Saturday Nite Special League. The top youth scores all came at Prairie: Gavyn Lynch’s 661 and Joe Myhre’s 660 for the boys and Tayler Baker’s 658... subscribe to read more.
Alex Diercks wins 2023 GIBA Iowa Open, earns spot in 2024 U.S. Open
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s on Sunday. The win earned Diercks a spot in the 2024 U.S. Open, as the Iowa Open is an official U.S. Open qualifier. Diercks fired a perfect game on the 40-foot flat pattern and edged PBA50 Tour star Tom Hess by 27 pins. Full results are attached as a PDF and here is GIBA administrator Joe Engelkes’ report:"Iowa Open results from the Greater Iowa Bowling Association.Congrats go out to... subscribe to read more.
Topher Cieszynski, Ava Rodefeld, Andrew Smith, Sophia Cesario take top spots, Cieszynski rolls 300 in BYBT at Dream Lanes
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ski fired a perfect game in Sunday’s Badgerland Youth Bowlers Tour tournament at Dream Lanes, according to results reported by BYBT. Cieszynski, who averaged 244, earned $393 in scholarship money for winning the boys scratch division. Rodefeld, who averaged 194, earned $202 for winning the girls scratch division for the second straight tournament. Smith, who averaged 186, earned $362 for... subscribe to read more.
Jared Bushman takes improbable win over Briley Haugh in title match of 2023 2-pattern Brunswick La Crosse Open presented by The Dan Stacey Team
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en presented by The Dan Stacey Team, Jared Bushman was all but dead. Bushman needed to strike out and have a locked-in Briley Haugh finish with at least one open and no double. Working on an open in the seventh, Bushman, a lefty, rolled a flush strike in the eighth, then rolled the 6-pin out with a messenger to set himself up for a potential 244 if he struck out in the 10th. Working on a spare in... subscribe to read more.
Pete Weber gets BPAA exemption for 2024 U.S. Open
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5-time U.S. Open champion, has been awarded a BPAA exemption for the 2024 U.S. Open a historic Royal Pin Woodland, according to the current list of direct qualifiers at the U.S. Open page. Weber said in a message exchange on Saturday morning that he was bowling a tournament this weekend, but would be available for an interview early next week. I will write a story based on that interview if we... subscribe to read more.
Nick Powers fires 760, Patty Nelson rolls 642 to top latest Madison area scoring
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ay and Friday. Powers competed in the Prairie Lanes Classic League and Nelson in the Viking Lanes Badger League. Next were Jon Whitcomb with 736 in the Dream Lanes Industrial Nites League and Kaitlin Benner with 638 in the Sport Bowl Friends League. Note that with the State Journal now having early deadlines at night, more scores from one day will appear two days later, so, for example, it will... subscribe to read more.
Zach Larson slams 803, Twoie Gallagher fires perfect game to top latest Madison area scoring
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ng late Wednesday and Thursday. Larson chained games of 247, 279 and 277 in the Bowl-A-Vard Lanes Mixed Nuts League for his 803. Gallagher’s 300 came in a 675 series in the Dream Lanes Golfers League. Jason Decker fell a pin shy of perfection with a 299 game in a 770 series in the Ten Pin Alley Hump League. Kayla Klink led women’s scoring with a 650 in the Ten Pin Hump. Next were... subscribe to read more.
Aaron Turner fires perfect game on PBA Cheetah pattern in Bullseye Masters League
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Ten Pin Alley Bullseye Masters League, the Madison Area USBC’s only league that bowls on Sport patterns. Turner started with games of 227 and 238 before closing with his 300 for a 765 series. Turner said he used a MOTIV VENOM SHOCK in this Facebook post that includes the final strike of his 300. Jay Heinzelman was next with 725, followed by Matt Arvanitis at 702, Matt Krueger 695, Chad... subscribe to read more.
Brian Waliczek, Jodi Woessner, Debbie Kuhn, Roy Buckley, Darlene Baker elected to USBC Hall of Fame in Class of 2024; Loaded national ballot, rules again force difficult voting choices
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nited States Bowling Congress Hall of Fame in the Class of 2024 and five men and one woman have been selected for the national ballot for Superior Performance in recent action by the USBC Hall of Fame Committee, USBC announced in this news release on Thursday. Waliczek, Woessner and Kuhn were elected in the Outstanding USBC Performance category, Buckley posthumously in the Veterans category,... subscribe to read more.
Jerry Smithback fires perfect game to top latest Madison area scoring
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mithback’s 300 came in a 730 series in the Oregon Bowl Odds-n-Ends League. Darrell Grawin fell a pin shy of perfection with a 299 game in a 675 series in the Dream OM Cubed League. The top series were Casey Rice’s 790 in the Bowl-A-Vard Lanes Merchants League and Cher Breunig’s 617 in the Prairie Lanes Big Ten League. Next were Doug Leikness with 756 n the Dream OM Cubed and... subscribe to read more.
PBA Regional Recap: Schenck, Hess and Runk Win Final RPI Qualifiers of the Season
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Jim Kok fires perfect game; Sarah Maciejeski slams 739, Amanda Turner 732, Mary Lo 716 to highlight latest Madison area scoring
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a 716 to highlight Madison area scoring Monday and Tuesday. Kok’s 300 came in the Bowl-A-Vard Lanes Frosty’s at Five League. His series was unavailable. Maciejeski chained games of 278, 225 and 236 in the Dream Lanes Early Mixed League for her 739.   Turner and Lo both competed in the Ten Pin Alley 5th Quarter League. Dustin Tournear fell a shot shy of perfection with a 298 game... subscribe to read more.
USBC Masters headed to Thunderbowl Lanes in Detroit area in 2025, 2026
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announced Tuesday in this news release. Anthony Simonsen won his third Masters title earlier this year at 90-lane Thunderbowl. The 2024 USBC Masters will be March 24-31 at Suncoast Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, as was revealed when the PBA Tour announced its 2024 schedule. The 64-lane center recently got new lanes, I was told this week while in Las Vegas for the South Point Senior Shotout.... subscribe to read more.
Mike Dias loses just 1 game in match play in winning 2023 South Point BowlTV Super Senior Shootout Championship
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enior Shootout Championship at South Point Bowling Plaza in Las Vegas, according to results posted here. SPSSS competitors must be 60 or older, in good standing with USBC, and not have three or more combined PBA and/or PBA50 Tour titles. Once a player reaches 64, the title restriction is dropped. There are two Challenge tournaments in the World Series-like SPSSS: The 36-foot Challenge on Sunday,... subscribe to read more.
Mike Karch edges Ed Silva to win 2023 South Point Super Senior Shootout 44-foot Challenge
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ot Challenge at South Point Bowling Plaza in Las Vegas, according to results posted here. Karch finished first with 9-spare and strike in the 10th for his 217. Silva then went 9-spare and 9 to fall a pin shy of Karch. SPSSS competitors must be 60 or older, in good standing with USBC, and not have three or more combined PBA and/or PBA50 Tour titles. Once a player reaches 64, the title restriction... subscribe to read more.
Belleville, Sauk Prairie, Sun Prairie East lead boys, Sun Prairie East & West/Marshall/Cambridge lead girls after Week 2 of District 4 Madison area high school bowling season
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hall/Cambridge leads the girls after Week 2 of the District 4 Madison area high school bowling season. The 2023-24 Wisconsin District 4 High School Bowling season opened Nov. 6 with 11 boys varsity, 4 girls varsity, and three boys junior varsity teams competing, District 4 reported. Last school year, there were 10 boys varsity, five girls varsity, and four boys junior varsity teams competing. The... subscribe to read more.
Rick Thomas fires 800 to top adult scoring, Gavin Lynch slams 703 to lead youth scoring over the weekend
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oring for the Madison area over the weekend. Thomas chained games of 278, 289 and 233 in the Sport Bowl Lions League. Lauren Sammel led the women with 685 in the Bowl-A-Vard Lanes 3-Man League. Next were Jeremy Krueger with 754 and Kayla Klink with 657, both in the Schwoegler’s Tiger League. Lynch rolled games of 255, 246 and 202 at Prairie Lanes. Ava Rodefeld led the girls with 631 and... subscribe to read more.
Rob Rice wins again, beating Pete McCordic to win 2023 South Point Super Senior Shootout 36-foot Challenge
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pply Challenge. On Sunday, Rice kept making himself at home at South Point Bowling Plaza in Las Vegas by defeating Pete McCordic 230-205 to win the 2023 South Point Super Senior Shootout 36-foot Challenge, according to results posted here. SPSSS competitors must be 60 or older, in good standing with USBC, and not have three or more combined PBA and/or PBA50 Tour titles. Once a player reaches 64,... subscribe to read more.
Mike Hoffman wins 22nd career MAST title, fifth at Spartan Bowl
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tournament at Spartan Bowl in McFarland on Sunday, according to results posted here. It was Hoffman’s 22nd career MAST title and fifth at Spartan. The 22 titles are second to my 27 and MAST reported that Hoffman at Spartan and myself at Village Lanes in Monona unofficially are the only players to win five titles in one center. Hoffman qualified third at 953, and then beat Jeff Smith 223-195... subscribe to read more.
Cody Weigel defeats Alex Leeman to win Wolf River Scratch Bowlers Tour at T & C Lanes in Wittenberg
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ur tournament at T & C Lanes in Wittenberg, the WRSBT reported in this post on its Facebook page. First was $400 and second $262. Weigel also earned $160 in the Bet You Win pot. Here is video of the title match. The tournament drew 34 players and the last spot to make match play was 871. Jason Becher earned $40 for leading qualifying with 997. Jason Koss rolled a perfect game during... subscribe to read more.
Tom Adcock dominates in winning 2023 South Point Senior Shootout I AM Bowling Championship
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ertainly wouldn’t be eligible for the South Point Senior Shootout. SPSS competitors must be 50 or older, in good standing with USBC, and not have three or more combined PBA and/or PBA50 Tour titles. Once a player reaches 63, the title restriction is dropped. (For the South Point Super Senior Shootout that follows the SPSS, a player must be 60 with the three titles restriction in place until... subscribe to read more.
Josh Krueger fires 800, Brittany Pollentier slams 743, Gregg Cline rolls perfect game to top latest Madison area scoring
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t game to top Madison area bowling late Wednesday and Thursday. Krueger chained games of 268, 255 and 277 in the Dream Lanes Major League for the 800 that his third career supernational. Krueger left a solid 9 on his fill ball to reach exactly 800. Pollentier’s 743 also came in the Dream Major and was her Madison Area USBC season-high fifth 700 of the season. Cline’s first career 300... subscribe to read more.
Rob Rice beats Stoney Baker to win 2023 South Point Senior Shootout Haynes Bowling Supply Challenge
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r Shootout Haynes Bowling Supply Challenge at South Point Bowling Plaza in Las Vegas, according to results posted here. The Haynes Challenge format was six games on a 35-foot lane pattern (PDF attached to this story). The top 32 qualifiers plus the next eight super seniors advanced to match play, with the top 50 plus the next eight super seniors in the 162-player field cashing. Pins carried over... subscribe to read more.
Is the sky falling now? After more scoring research, USBC makes string and traditional pinsetter averages interchangeable
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rike percentages on string pinsetter bowling under its upgraded specifications were 7.1% less than with traditional “free fall” machines. That led USBC to certify the upgraded string pinsetters in a separate category, while saying it would conduct more scoring studies, with an eye to making a Sport bowling style average conversion system. The headline on my story was, In praise of... subscribe to read more.
Royal Pin Woodland to keep hosting U.S. Open through 2027
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merly Woodland Bowl. The 2024 U.S. Open — the 80th edition of the event dating back to its origin as the BPAA All Star — will be the eighth U.S. Open at Woodland, which is the only center to host every PBA major championship. And those numbers will grow with Friday’s announcement in this news release that Woodland, which hosted the U.S. Open in 2022 and 2023, would keep hosting... subscribe to read more.
Aaron Turner blasts 857, Jacob Thomas 813; Adrian Snow fires perfect game to top latest Madison area scoring
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game to top Madison area bowling late Tuesday and Wednesday. Competing in the Ten Pin Alley Fifth Quarter League, Turner started with 258, then rolled 299 before closing with 300 for his 857, the season high for the Madison Area USBC. Here is the close of Turner’s 857. The previous Madison Area USBC season-high was 831 by Brayton Fandrich and Vinny Stewart. The 857 is the second-highest... subscribe to read more.
Dino Castillo edges Craig Harrington to win 2023 South Point Senior Shootout Roto Grip Challenge; John Burkett withdraws, wrist surgery planned
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ed second in the Haynes Bowling Supply Challenge. Castillo was back at it on Wednesday in his second SPSS, edging Craig Harrington 192-190 in a wild title match to win the Roto Grip Challenge at South Point Bowling Plaza, according to results posted here. Castillo split for opens in the seventh and 10th and Harrington split for opens in the eighth and ninth. The Roto Grip Challenge was contested... subscribe to read more.
Brett Gresick falls a pin shy of perfection to highlight latest Madison area bowling
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sick’s 299 game came in a 769 series in the Schwoegler’s Sportsmen League. Noelle Eckhoff led women’s scoring with 637 in the Dream Lanes Monday Utility League. Next were Jim Fosdick with 761 in the Dream Monday MARBA League and Teri Taylor with 630 in the Prairie Lanes NFL League. Craig Wells rolled a 752 in the Dream Early Mixed League. Note that with the State Journal now... subscribe to read more.
USBC buys The Forty Frame Game, won’t hold it in 2024 as future relaunch planned
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r Jim Walter, and it won’t hold the tournament in 2024 as a future relaunch is planned. Terms of the deal, which includes all trademarks, intellectual property and licensing rights for The Forty Frame Game, were not announced. The Forty Frame Game is a handicap singles tournament of 40 frames that includes no-tap frames, mulligans, bonus pins and others things like the “Big... subscribe to read more.
John Congro beats Mike Hanson to win 2023 South Point Senior Shootout Turbo Challenge
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oint Senior Shootout Turbo Challenge at South Point Bowling Plaza, according to results posted here. The Turbo Challenge format featured six games of qualifying on the 39-foot lane pattern (PDF attached to this story) with the top 49 plus the next eight super seniors in the 162-player field advancing to a 4-game cashers round without pins carrying over. The cashers round was followed by an... subscribe to read more.
Pete Weber sends USBC/BPAA a request for exemption for 2024 U.S. Open
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. Back in August, Weber made it clear that he wanted to compete in the 2024 U.S. Open and USBC/BPAA said in a statement to podcaster Andrew Fefer that “Pete has five U.S. Open titles, which does not leave much reason to turn him away, assuming he is a member in good standing and makes the request through the process,” as I detailed in this story. Weber made that request in a letter to... subscribe to read more.
Bowlero Corp. stock rebounds 15.27% Tuesday after release of fiscal Q1 earnings
34 days ago

ter chain released its fiscal first quarter earnings report. The stock of the owner of the PBA closed Monday at $9.30 per share, close its 52-week low of $9.09 and far from its 52-week high of $17.45, then jumped to $10.72 on Tuesday, climbing back above the $10 that was the price when it went public in a SPAC deal in December 2021. Interestingly, Bowlero reported fiscal first-quarter earnings... subscribe to read more.
$120,000 in scholarships added for 2024 USA Bowling season
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ith the top three teams in each division at each region earning scholarships, and the first place team earning $1,000, IBC Youth announced in this news release on Monday. The competition that culminates with the USA Bowling National Championships has not had scholarship funding previously. “We are thrilled to award over $120,000 in scholarships, propelling the enthusiasm for team-based play... subscribe to read more.
Rick Meneley opens 2023 South Point Senior Shootout by winning Steve Cook’s Bowling Supply Sweeper
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upply Sweeper at South Point Bowling Plaza on Monday, according to results posted here. The World Series of Bowling-like SPSS at South Point Bowling Plaza consists of three tournaments on lane patterns of 39, 43 and 35 feet Tuesday through Thursday, and then an overall championship featuring the 35- and 43-foot patterns on Friday. The lane patterns are attached to this story as PDFs. SPSS... subscribe to read more.
District 4 Madison area high school bowling opens with 11 boys, 4 girls varsity teams
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rls varsity, and three boys junior varsity teams competing, District 4 reported. Last school year, there were 10 boys varsity, five girls varsity, and four boys junior varsity teams competing. The competition features nine games of Baker format each week, with a match winner getting one win. The competition was at Prairie Lanes in Sun Prairie Week 1. Boys varsity winners in Week 1 were... subscribe to read more.
Spots still available in 2023 South Point Senior Shootout, Super Senior Shootout
35 days ago

n competing in the 2023 South Point Senior Shootout and/or Super Senior Shootout, you should have made hotel reservations or make them as soon as possible, tournament operator Ron Mohr warns. The SPSS will be Nov. 6-10 and the SPSSS Nov. 11-14 at South Point Bowling Plaza in Las Vegas, and much is happening around that time at South Point and Las Vegas. Mohr said South Point is planning a... subscribe to read more.
A.J. Johnson wins gold with dominating performance, Breanna Clemmer bronze in singles at 2023 Pan American Games
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at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, USBC reported in this news release. Johnson averaged 245.83 in six games in his two 3-game total pinfall matches at Plaza Vespucio Centro de Bowling on Sunday, averaging 245.83 during his six games across the semifinals and finals. Johnson in the semifinals fired games of 204, 228 and 248 in a 680-666 win over Costa Rica’s Marco... subscribe to read more.
Dave Beres, Chris Pierson, Matt Hibbard win 2023 3-Person Scratch Tournament Benefitting the Prairie Lanes Junior Scholarship Fund
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Prairie Lanes Junior Scholarship Fund at Prairie on Saturday. Here is the Facebook post from tournament operators Chris and Brittany Pollentier:"We want to again thank everyone who came out to the tournament yesterday and for your generous support for the youth bowling program.  Between tournament entries, brackets, side pots, and raffles, we raised $2,780 and all of it will go towards... subscribe to read more.
Lucas Hitz, Brian Smith fire perfect games; Mary Lo slams 740, Becky Murphy 736 to highlight latest Madison area scoring
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to highlight Madison area bowling late Thursday and Friday. Hitz’s first career 300 came in a 724 series in the Bowl-A-Vard Lanes Wally Warner League. Smith’s second career 300 came in a 717 in the Bowl-A-Vard Dreamers League. Lo’s 740 came in the Ten Pin Alley Thursday Thunder League and was her second 700 of the season. Murphy’s 736 came in the Sport Bowl Lions League... subscribe to read more.
Jake Reithmeyer, Rick Erce fire perfect games to highlight latest Madison area bowling
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nd Thursday. Reithmeyer’s 300 came in a  739 series in the Dream Lanes Golfers League. Competing in the Dream Lanes Major League, Erce’s 41st career 300 and first of the season came in the first game, and he followed with 200 and 197 for 697. Here is video of the 12th shot of his 300. Two men fill a pin shy of perfection in the Ten Pin Alley Hump League: Chad Baures’ 299... subscribe to read more.
Team USA’s Breanna Clemmer, Jordan Richard win doubles gold at 2023 Pan American Games
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ican Games in Santiago, Chile, USBC reported in this news release. Clemmer rolled 1,669 on games of 189, 166, 238, 228, 213, 203, 205 and 227 and Richard added 1,605 on games of 209, 193, 205, 178, 217, 171, 206 and 226 as they totaled 3,274 at Plaza Vespucio Centro de Bowling. Colombia’s Clara Guerrero and Juliana Franco won the silver with 3,099 and Mexico’s Iliana Lomeli and Sandra... subscribe to read more.
PBA Regional Recap: Tackett, Williams Jr. Prevail Yet Again on Regional Tour
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LIUSBC The Fall Classic - Unofficial Final Results & Info
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Below are the Unofficial Final Results from the LIUSBC The Fall Classic which was held over the past 2 weekends at AMF Babylon Lanes. Pending remaining average verifications and approval, full financials will be disclosed within 10 days and checks issued immediately thereafter. Scratch Singles: Handicap Singles: Scratch Doubles: Handicap Doubles: Team Results:
Jose Aguilar fires 762, Chris Smith rolls 646 to top latest Madison area scoring
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y and Wednesday. Aguilar competed in the Dream Lanes Classic League and Smith in the Bowl-A-Vard Lanes NFL League. Next were Chris Scharnke with 756 in the Dream Classic and Hannah Yelk with 638 in the Prairie Lanes Big Ten League. Note that with the State Journal now having early deadlines at night, more scores from one day will appear two days later, so, for example, it will be more common for... subscribe to read more.
PBA League seeding shows, return of Playoffs, FS1 replacing BowlTV for Classic finals make for a fan-pleasing 2024 PBA Tour
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ls have ruined bowling, urethane balls have ruined bowling. It’s simply what fans do. When it came to the 2023 PBA Tour schedule, fans on social media seemed to complain most about championships rounds being on BowlTV, the extended stepladder shows, loss of the Playoffs, and the condensed format and unrealized potential of the PBA League. Those fans had to be ecstatic on Wednesday, when the... subscribe to read more.
Professional Bowlers Association to go "Bowling Across America" with 2024 PBA on FOX Schedule
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Ryan Knudtson fires 800, Kayla Halvorsen slams 686 to top latest Madison area scoring
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coring. Knudtson chained games of 278, 277 and 245 in the Dream Lanes Early Mixed League for his 800, and Halvorsen competed in the same league. Anthony Bisco fell a pin shy of perfection with a 299 game in a 730 series in the Dream Suburban Merchants League. Ricky Burright fell a shot shy of perfection with a 298 in a 741 in the Dream Senior Classic League. The second-highest series were Jim... subscribe to read more.
Bowlero, USBC renew BowlTV deal for PBA competition, announce dates of 2024 U.S. Open, USBC Masters
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rtnership that includes BowlTV coverage of the PBA Tour, PBA50 Tour, PBA Jr., and PGA Regionals, and released the dates for the 2024 U.S. Open and USBC Masters. The 2024 U.S. Open will be contested at Royal Pin Woodland in Indianapolis Jan. 27-Feb. 4, while the 2024 USBC Masters will be held at Suncoast Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas March 24-31. Under the multi-year deal, the U.S. Open and USBC... subscribe to read more.
2024 King Classic Ritchie Buss Memorial tourney set for Sunday, Jan. 7 at 4 Seasons Bowl in Freeport, Illinois
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0:30 a.m. at 4 Seasons Bowl, 1100 W Galena Ave. in Freeport, Illinois. Buss, who died in 2010, was a 2-time PBA Regional champion and frequent competitor in Madison Area Scratch Tour and other scratch events. He also was one of the quietest, nicest guys you could ever meet. The tournament will be contested on the Kegel Winding Road lane pattern,  a 39-foot pattern with a 39-foot drop... subscribe to read more.
Dream Lanes grabs team title, other leaders hold on in final weekend of 2023 Madison Area USBC Senior City tournament
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2023 Madison Area USBC Senior City tournament at Middleton Sport Bowl, according to unofficial results at this page. Dream Lanes totaled 2,844 to pass the 2,831 of prior leader Doesn’t Everyone Get Mulch: Terry Dunn, Rick Erce, Tim Morris and Chris Gibbons. Erce led Dream Lanes with 768, Mark Allen added 715, Dwain Holznagel 690, and Gregg Williams 671. JoDon Thompson fired 756 and Jeff... subscribe to read more.
Bowlero Corp. and USBC Announce Multi-Year Partnership and Media Rights Agreement
41 days ago

Bob Richardson fires 792, Danie Pounders rolls 609 top weekend scoring
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he weekend. Richardson competed in the Sport Bowl Odd Couples League and Pounders in the Ten Pin Alley Friday Frenzy League. The top youth scores were Hunter Maly with 679 at Dream Lanes, Gavyn Welch with 673 and Ava Rodefeld with 582 and 571 at Prairie Lanes. Note that with the State Journal now having early deadlines at night, more scores from one day will appear two days later, so, for... subscribe to read more.
Lauren Sammel fires 736, Mary Lo rolls 711 to top latest Madison area scoring
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and Friday. Sammel’s 736 came in the Bowl-A-Vard Lanes Friday 3-Man League and was her third 700 of the season. Lo’s 711 came in the Ten Pin Alley Thursday Thunder League. Nate Sime fell a pin shy of perfection with a 299 game in a 721 series in the Schwoegler’s Tiger League. The top men’s series were 750 each by Chris Pounders in the Schwoegler’s Tiger and Jim... subscribe to read more.
Parker Wilken, Heath Coenen fire perfect games to highlight latest Madison area scoring
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and Thursday. Wilken’s 300 was the first of his career and came in a 727 series in the Oregon Bowl 3-Man League. Coenen’s 17th career 300 came in a 670 in the Prairie Lanes Classic League. The top series were Scott Henes’ 766 in the Dream Lanes Major League and Lauren Sammel with 689 in the Dream Golfers League. Next were Dude Young with 751 in the Riviera Bowl Special League,... subscribe to read more.
Duos must be male-female for Dream Lanes Thanksgiving Doubles tourney
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n Nov. 23. Handicap is 90% based on 440, with teams over 440 bowling scratch. The format is three games of qualifying, with the number of duos advancing to the match play bracket dependent on the number of entries. The entry fee is $60 per team and it includes a ballpark buffet dinner after bowling. For more details, the tournament entry blank and rules are attached to this story as PDFs. To sign... subscribe to read more.
LIUSBC The Fall Classic - All Current Standings After First Weekend
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For those of you who joined the LIUSBC The Fall Classic this past weekend or are planning on participating this coming weekend at AMF Babylon lanes, here are the current standings after the first weekend, as per Tony Martinez: Handicap Singles Current Standings: Handicap Doubles Current Standings: Scratch Singles Current Standings: Scratch Doubles Current Standings: Top 10 Teams Current Standings:
Bill Borchers fires 793-299, Teri Taylor slams 671 to top latest Madison area scoring
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rea bowling late Tuesday and Wednesday. Borchers competed in the Bowl-A-Vard Lanes Mixed Nuts League and Taylor in the Bowl-A-Vard NFL League. Next were Brendan Holl with 755 in the Bowl-A-Vard Merchants League and Ashley Kouba with 754 in the Bowl-A-Vard Mixed Nuts. Note that with the State Journal now having early deadlines at night, more scores from one day will appear two days later, so, for... subscribe to read more.
String pinsetters at new Spare Time Madison not quite USBC certifiable, but not far from traditional machines in pinfall
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hat are eligible to be certified in the separate strings category by USBC under rules adopted in April. To be certifiable, the big hurdle was eliminating string pinsetter anomalies that were seen in two tournaments that were held in July 2020 in a Florida center featuring both string and traditional “free fall” pinsetters. That included string pins ricocheting around and... subscribe to read more.
Lauren Sammel slams 711 to top latest Madison area scoring
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’s 711 came in the Dream Lanes Senior Classic League and was her second 700 of the season. Jim Fosdick led men’s scoring with 750 in the Dream Lanes Senior Classic League. Next were Noah Brindley with 748 in the Ten Pin Alley Fifth Quarter League, and Kayla Halvorsen at 662 and Rachel Zimmer 657 in the Dream Lanes Early Mixed League. Note that with the State Journal now having early... subscribe to read more.
Showing drawing power of NFL, PBA Strike Derby draws largest viewership for 2023 PBA shows
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on FOX on a Sunday before or after an NFL game, depending on the market and its NFL schedule. And even though none of the six shows have been PBA Tour title events, it also was the sixth straight year the show has drawn the largest average viewership of a PBA show that year.  Such is the power of the NFL when it comes to TV viewership. The Strike Derby, which was won by Chris Via, drew... subscribe to read more.
Mike Meekma fires 790, Noelle Eckhoff rolls 627 to top latest Madison area scoring
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over the weekend and Monday. Meeka competed in the Ten Pin Alley Hangover League and Eckhoff in the Dream Lanes Utility League. Zach Larson was next for the men with 774 in the Spartan Bowl Coed League. No other women’s series of 600 or higher were reported. Note that with the State Journal now having early deadlines at night, more scores from one day will appear two days later, so, for... subscribe to read more.