December 31, 2010
By: Mark Martin
FIRST HALF OF 2010 HIGHLIGHTS
January – Mike Norris Jr. of Melvindale led qualifying in the Metro Detroit USBC Association (MDUSBC) Masters tournament at Rosebowl Lanes in Roseville with a 10-game total of 2,481. Eddie Grace II of Howell won the event with a victory over Richard Rathburn Jr. of Roseville capturing the $4,000 top prize. Jeff Roche of Dearborn won his eighth Budweiser Michigan Majors Bowling Association (MMBA) title over Dale Hofmeister of Essexville at Thunderbowl Lanes in Allen Park. Ken Kossick of Commerce Township captured the National Senior Bowling Association (NSBA) event at Five Star Lanes in Sterling Heights with a win over James Millen Jr. of Redford.
February – Rick Capaldi of Canton led qualifying in the MDUSBC Senior Masters at Indian Lanes in Wyandotte with a six-game total of 1,468. Richard Planko of Novi won the $3,000 first prize with a victory over David Silverman of Farmington Hills in the finals. Dale Hofmeister of Essexville won the MMBA at Sterling Lanes in Sterling Heights with a triumph over Mason Brantley of Detroit. Ross Beers of Saginaw won the NSBA tournament at Bowl One Lanes in Troy over Dave Forfitt of Canada. The MDUSBC Women’s and Open Championships opened up at Century Bowl in Waterford Township.
March – Yvonne Ogburn of Detroit won the MDUSBC Senior Queens at Century Bowl in Waterford Township with a victory over Virginia Austin of Warren. Champions are crowned in the MDUSBC Women’s and Open Championships. Topping the women’s team event were The “Fun” team, Emerald Coast Construction, the Brew Crew and For KRK teams. Winning doubles teams were Danielle Bradley of Oak Park and Karen Whitmore of Detroit; Sandra Arrastibia of Fraser and Jennifer Kargula of Warren; Tammi Brennan of Sterling Heights and Julie Kinney of Oxford; Amy Lenz of White Lake and Rose Aubuchon of Shelby Township and Melissa Klug of Macomb and Michelle Ewald of Clinton Township. Singles champions were Benita Coursen of Lake Orion, Melissa Hearth of Warren, Brandy DeVille of Warren and Michelle Ewald. All-Events titlists were Nicole Aleo of Sterling Heights, Rosemary Turner of Detroit, Roxanne Tances of Harrison Township, Monika Jones of Detroit and Emma McKnight of Detroit. Champions in the Open Championship were Supreme Deck, Lakewood Lanes #1 and Lang’s Wangs in team event. Doubles winners were Paul Bilski of Warren and Thomas Bilski of Auburn Hills; and Ryan VanHecke of Sterling Heights and Jay Lang of Sterling Heights. David Hoflich of Waterford Township and Brian Thompson of Flat Rock won the singles crowns, while Hoflich and Lang captured the all-events titles. Mark Milasinovich of Clinton Township won the MMBA at Parkway Lanes in Trenton over Ed Danner of Otter Lake. Ross Beers of Saginaw won the NSBA for the second month in a row with a win over John Thomasma of Kalamazoo at Five Star Lanes in Sterling Heights. Ron Jonas of South Bend, Ind. prevailed in the Michigan State Senior Masters at Royal Scot Bowl in Lansing over Richard Eiermann of Garden City.
April – Dave Tulak of Taylor won the NSBA event at Westland Bowl in Westland over Joe Buffa of Macomb. Randy Warnken won his fourth MMBA title beating Jeff Roche of Dearborn at Plaza Lanes in Plymouth. The annual United States Bowling Congress convention was held in Reno, Nev. Four league rules, three tournament rules and one bylaw change was approved. Mark Martin of Waterford Township was elected to the USBC National Board.
May – Joe Buffa beat Dave Eatmon of Ferndale to win the NSBA tournament at Superbowl Lanes in Canton. Bill Kazmierski of Pinconning won his first MMBA title by bowling a perfect 300 game in the final match over Dale Hofmeister at Nortel Lanes in Monroe.
June – Jeff Austreng of Waterford Township teamed with Nick Wissinger of Clinton Township to win the MMBA Doubles at Lodge Lanes in Belleville defeating Troy Stus of South Lyon and Larry Walker of Garden City. Larry Walker then beat Ken Lang of Eastpointe to win the NSBA event at Skore Lanes in Taylor. The Metro Detroit USBC Association named their all-city team with father and son duo Ed and Jeff Austreng of Waterford Township as the only locals making the teams.
Highlights from July through December of 2010 will appear next week.
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MDUSBC QUEENS
Aleksandra (Sasha) Hudak of Taylor won the Metro Detroit USBC Association Queens title on Sunday with a thrilling 239-235 triumph over Nicole Aleo of Sterling Heights at Shelby Lanes in Shelby Township.
Hudak barely qualified by finishing in the last spot for match play with a six-game total of 1,298 on games of 224-237-188-236-222-191. In match play she defeated top qualifier Erin Williams of Detroit 244-222, Kelly Konarski of Sterling Heights 266-194 and Debra Dickerson Detroit 222-199 en route to the championship match.
She averaged 226.9 for 10 games of tournament competition. This is her first year in adult competition. Previously she had won the Girls Division of the MDUSBC Junior Masters.
“This is a great beginning to my adult bowling career.” said Hudak.
Aleo qualified second with 1,475 on games of 279-246-225-278-223-224. She beat Ralene Misiak of Warren 266-189, Sherry Uhlman of St. Clair Shores 213-197 and Jennifer Churchill of Windsor 265-213 on her way to the final match. She averaged 245.4.
Hudak took home the top check of $1,000 plus a tiara pendent necklace and picture frame compliments of Chinn Jewelry. Aleo settled for $500.
Local cashers were Heather Judge of Milford for $125, Consuelo Cleveland of Ferndale $100, LaVern George of Waterford Township $75 and Josephine Bashara of Wixom $75.
The event was sponsored by Turbo 2-N-1 Grips, Turbo Tech and Chinn Jewelry.
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HONOR SCORES
300 Games
Date, Name, Hometown, Center, League
Nov 26, Mark Moore, Macomb, Bowl One Lanes, Bowl One Classic Mixed
Nov. 30, Sean Scheuher, Macomb, Country Lanes, University Men
Dec. 1, Reginald Moreland, Detroit, Hazel Park Bowl, Satellite Mixed
Dec. 2, Charles Duvall, Fairhaven, Drakeshire Lanes, Detroit Traveling All Stars
Dec. 2, Lawrence Mathies III, Detroit, Plum Hollow Lanes, TNT Mixed
Dec. 2, Robert Chamberlain Jr., Holly, Cherry Hill Lanes North, Waterford Men’s
Dec. 2, Vincent Frattini, Commerce Twp., Astro Lanes, Thursday Night Men’s
Dec. 3, Gary Delevan, Warren, Luxury Lanes, Luxury Friday Night Trio
Dec. 3, Robert Goble, Madison Hts., Luxury Lanes, Luxury Friday Night Trio
Dec. 4, Anthony Smith, Detroit, Plum Hollow Lanes, LTB & Frenz
Dec. 4, Marcus Giles III, Madison Hts., Fairlanes, Saturday Night Mixers
Dec. 5, Mark Hansen, Shelby Twp., 300 Bowl, Sunday Trippers
Dec. 5, Justin Neiman, Warren, Hazel Park Bowl, Hamtramck Team Tournament
Dec. 6, John Messina, Oxford, Troy Lanes, Troy Monday Men’s
Dec. 6, Robert Lhamon, South Lyon, Plaza Lanes, Plaza Men
Dec. 6, Gary Debus, Sterling Hts., Troy Lanes, Crittenton Mixed
Dec. 7, Marcus Allen, Highland Park, Hazel Park Bowl, Tuesday Classic Trio
Dec. 7, Julius Bierkamp, Ferndale, Hazel Park Bowl, Tuesday Classic Trio
Dec. 7, Daniel Featherstone, White Lake, Wonderland Lanes, Tuesday Night Men’s
Dec. 7, Leslie Thompson, Detroit, Hartfield Lanes, Inner City Fellowship
Dec. 7, Michael Chism, Farmington Hills, Country Lanes, University Men
Dec. 8, Larry Kaplan, Livonia, Country Lanes, Country Keglers
Dec. 8, David Dziadula, Commerce Twp., Novi Bowl, Men’s Lutheran League
Dec. 8, David Kunkle, Chesterfield, Troy Lanes, Troy Exchange
Dec. 9, Harry Amenda, St. Clair Shores, Fairlanes, Devlieg Men’s
Dec. 9, John Klein, Troy, Fairlanes, Devlieg Men’s
Dec. 9, Brandon Horrocks, Ferndale, Detroit Athletic Club, Thursday 3 p.m.
Dec. 9, Michael O’Donohue, Farmington, Wonderland Lanes, St. Williams
Dec. 9, Thomas Hill, West Bloomfield, 300 Bowl, 300 Senior Classic Trio
Dec. 11, Keith Quail Jr., St. Clair Shores, Hazel Park Bowl, Quad Tournament
Dec. 11, Michael McCleskey, Southfield, Plaza Lanes, National Senior Bowling Association
Dec. 11, Marcus Giles III, Madison Hts., Five Star Lanes, Pleasure Mixed
Dec. 12, Byron Robinson, Farmington Hills, Bronco Lanes, Sunday Gents
Dec. 13, Antuan Thomas, Southfield, Cloverlanes, TCAC
Dec. 13, Charles Hall, Southfield, Cloverlanes, TCAC
Dec. 13, Adam Simot, Canton, Novi Bowl, Monday Junior House
Dec. 14, Marcus Giles III, Madison Hts., 300 Bowl, Tuesday Invitational Shootout
Dec. 14, John Dehart, Beverly Hills, Hartfield Lanes, Inner City Fellowship
Dec. 15, Michael Chism, Farmington Hills, Country Lanes, Greenfield Mixed
Dec. 15, Tim Brittain, Lake Orion, Collier Lanes, Oxford Wildcats
Dec. 16, Jeff Hillock, Warren, Fairlanes, Devlieg Men’s
Dec. 16, David Vaughn, Shelby Twp., Bowl One Lanes, Clawson-Troy Elks Thursday Men
Dec. 16, Paul Guy, Pontiac, 300 Bowl, 300 Senior Classic Trio
Dec. 16, Daniel Burkett, Madison Hts., Astro Lanes, Thursday Night Men’s
Dec. 16, Erik Steele, Detroit, Plum Hollow Lanes, TNT Mixed
Dec. 17, Erik Eubank, Beverly Hills, Regal Lanes, Father Kramer K of C
Dec. 20, William Ford, Ferndale, Bronco Lanes, Monday Nite Mixed
Dec. 20, Jeffrey Drummond, South Lyon, Plaza Lanes, Plaza Men
Dec. 21, Dion Ferguson, Detroit, Hazel Park Bowl, Tuesday Classic Trio
Dec. 21, Thomas Harrison, Keego Harbor, 300 Bowl, Tuesday Invitational Shootout
Dec. 21, John Kazimierczuk, Clarkston, 300 Bowl, Tuesday Invitational Shootout
Dec. 22, Ronald Heichel, Orion, Collier Lanes, Oxford Wildcats
Dec. 22, Carneal Stiger, Clinton Twp., Hazel Park Bowl, Satellite Mixed
Dec. 23, Joseph Slater Jr., Waterford Twp., Airway Lanes, Thursday Men
Dec. 26, Jeffrey Pascoe, Rochester Hills, Five Star Lanes, DiLaura Bowling IQ Classic
Dec. 27, Erica Ewald, Sterling Hts., Luxury Lanes, Luxury Ladies Invitational
Dec. 28, Gregory Hall, Detroit, Hazel Park Bowl, Tuesday Classic Trio
800 Series
Date, Name (Score), Hometown, Center, League
Nov. 18, Brian Esper (817), Pontiac, Bonanza Lanes, AC Boosters
Nov. 26, Leslie Thompson (853), Detroit, Hartfield, Greater Grace Temple Friday Mixed
Dec. 4, Marcus Giles III (804), Madison Hts., Fairlanes, Saturday Night Mixers
Dec. 11, Marcus Giles III (817), Madison Hts., Five Star Lanes, Pleasure Mixed
Dec. 14, Michael Chism (823), Farmington Hills, Country Lanes, University Men
Dec. 16, Edwin Austreng (838), Waterford Twp., 300 Bowl, 300 Senior Classic Trio
Dec. 19, Robert Raymond (836), Novi, Fairlanes, BTI Sunday Mixed
Dec. 21, Jeffrey Smith (814), Pontiac, Classic Lanes, Untouchables Mixed
Dec. 23, Michael Norred (802), Troy, Oxford Lanes, Ford Truck
Dec. 23, Joseph Slater Jr. (805), Waterford Twp., Airway Lanes, Thursday Men
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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