November 19, 2010
By: Mark Martin
BUDWEISER MICHIGAN MAJORS
The Budweiser Michigan Majors will host their 43rd Annual Championship Tournament on Saturday at Cherry Hill Lanes in Dearborn Heights, followed by the Championship Banquet.
The tournament is dedicated to the late Matt Fiorito, award winning bowling writer from the Detroit Free Press, who passed away last Saturday.
The defending champion is Ray Eddy of Saginaw.
Past champions of the event who will be participating are Ken Kossick of Commerce Township, Lee Snow of Wixom, Dale Hofmeister of Essexville, Larry Walker of Garden City, Kerry Kreft of Warren, Joe Manor of Lansing, Nick Wissinger of Clinton Township, Jeff Austreng of Waterford Township, Mike Busch of Waterford Township, Shane Dufresne of Clio and Dale Strike of Saginaw.
At the banquet D.J. Hochstein of White Lake and Joe Manor will be inducted in the Michigan Majors Hall of Fame.
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MDUSBC JUNIOR MASTERS
Jordan Hornes of Westland prevailed in the boy’s division and A’Shawntae White of Detroit won the girl’s division of the Metro Detroit USBC Association Junior Masters at Royal Lanes in Warren.
Hornes defeated Blake Nottle of Macomb 266-217 to win the boy’s division. Both earned spots in the national finals of the USBC Junior Gold Championships in July 2011 in Las Vegas
White beat Sarah Lokker of New Baltimore 250-192 to capture the girl’s division. White also earned a spot in the Junior Gold Championships.
Hornes was the top qualifier among the boys with a six-game total of 1,411. Nottle qualified third with 1,217.
White was the top girl’s qualifier with 1,216, while Lokker qualified second with 1,209.
The boy’s stepladder finals began with Bill Wortinger of Belleville beating Shawn Bibee of Fair Haven 171-167. Nottle then defeated Wortinger 233-205 to knock him out of the competition. Nottle then proceeded to advance to the finals with a 220-192 victory over Jerome Penxa II of Romeo.
The girl’s stepladder finals kicked off with Lauren Krywy of Sterling Heights beating Kristen Marcis of Taylor 201-173. Lokker then beat Krywy 213-179 en route to the finals.
Sponsor of the MDUSBC Junior Masters is Turbo 2-N-1 Grips.
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NATIONAL SENIOR BOWLING ASSOCIATION
Dick Selgo of Archbold, Ohio repeated his September win when he defeated Rick Gregor of Sterling Heights 236-216 at Sterling Lanes in Sterling Heights in the National Senior Bowling Association.
Selgo qualified sixth and beat Steve Sullivan of Warren 219-203, Rick Capaldi of Canton 219-155 and Ralph Jennings of Detroit 226-223 en route to the championship match. He took home the top prize of $1,000.
Gregor was the top qualifier, and then proceeded to beat Ron Burgess of Plymouth 266-258, Joe Buffa of Macomb 235-205 and Dave Eatmon of Ferndale 237-164 on his way to the finals. He cashed for $500.
James Millen Jr. of Redford and Mike McCleskey of Southfield recorded perfect 300 games in qualifying.
Oakland County was represented by Eatmon who cashed for $240, Bill Haynes of Rochester Hills $100 and Phil Horowitz of West Bloomfield $70.
The next NSBA tournament will be held at Taylor Lanes in Taylor on Nov. 13. For more information on the NSBA contact Phil Horowitz at (248) 489-1333, e-mail at prh300@aol.com or visit www.nationalseniorbowling.com.
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HONOR SCORES
300 Games
Date, Name, Hometown, Center, League
Oct. 28, Adam Bennett, Royal Oak, Thunderbird Lanes, Thursday T-Bird Men
Nov. 3, Rodney Harvard, Troy, Sunnybrook Lanes, Tri County Men’s
Nov. 3, Jeffrey Austreng, Waterford Twp., 300 Bowl, Pontiac Motor Inter Office
Nov. 4, Paul O’Donnell, Clawson, Hartfield Lanes, Thursday Night Men’s
Nov. 4, Lemoyne Jones, Farmington, Ford Lanes, Men’s Comedy Central
Nov. 4, Travis Franz, Waterford Twp., Century Bowl, Thursday Men’s House
Nov. 5, Joseph O’Connell, Wixom, Cherry Hill Lanes, Friday Night Men
Nov. 10, Charles Hall, Southfield, Thunderbowl Lanes, Semi Seniors Invitational
Nov. 10, John Sitalo, Rochester Hills, 300 Bowl, Pontiac Motor Inter Office
Nov. 10, Jason Matkovich, Troy, Van Dyke Bowl, Wednesday Nite Men
Nov. 10, Heather Judge, Milford, Cherry Hill Lanes North, Wednesday Night Special
Nov. 11, Jason Schmidt, Lenox, Fairlanes, Devlieg Men’s
Nov. 12, Tommie Gray, Pontiac, 300 Bowl, Friday Morning Mixed
Nov. 13, Leslie Collins, Detroit, Plum Hollow Lanes, LTB & Frenz
Nov. 13, Jeffery Hicks, Allen Park, Hazel Park Bowl, Quad Tournament
Nov. 15, Marcus Giles III, Madison Hts., Fairlanes, Our Lady of Fatima Men’s
Nov. 17, Lester Deel, Lathrup Village, Mayflower Lanes, Senior Men’s Classic
800 Series
Date, Name (Score), Hometown, Center, League
Nov. 3, Jeffrey Austreng (826), Waterford Twp., 300 Bowl, Pontiac Motor Inter Office
Nov. 10, Andrew Rini (824), Ortonville, Collier Lanes, Oxford Wildcats
Nov. 15, Homer McCloud (821), Detroit, Bowl One Lanes, Gus Ponder’s Senior Classic
Nov. 15, Kenneth McMillan (827), Livonia, Bowl One Lanes, Gus Ponder’s Senior Classic
Nov. 16, Julius Bierkamp (816), Ferndale, Hazel Park Bowl, Tuesday Classic Trio
Mark Martin writes a weekly bowling column for The Oakland Press and is the association manager of the Metro Detroit USBC Association. He can be reached at (248) 443-2695, faxed at (248) 443-2690 or e-mailed at mark.martin@mdusbc.com.
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