Thursday, July 14, 2011

Krajenke and Finley Head Senior All-City Teams

July 15, 2011 



By: Mark Martin 


ALL CITY TEAMS 


The Metro Detroit USBC Association (MDUSBC) has named their senior All City teams for the 2010-11 season. 


The teams include senior men’s and senior women’s teams based on tournament and league performance from June 1, 2010 through May 31, 2011. A complete list of criteria is available upon request. 


Captaining the senior men’s All-City team is Joseph Krajenke of Clinton Township with 73 points. He was 13th in the MDUSBC Senior Masters, 14th in the MDUSBC Masters, fourth senior from MDUSBC in the Michigan State Senior Masters, was sixth among seniors in the MDUSBC All-Events, third among MDUSBC seniors in the Michigan State Doubles with Kerry Kreft, seventh among MDUSBC seniors in Michigan State Singles and seventh among MDUSBC seniors in Michigan State All-Events. He had three 300 games, one 299 game, two 800 series with 836 high and a high average of 211. This is his second senior all-city selection. 


The senior men’s first team was completed with Mitchell Jabczenski Sr. of Novi (72), Edwin Austreng of Waterford Township (62), Fred McClain of Allen Park (57), Charles Graddick Jr. of Detroit (56) and Edward Mintz of Canton (56). Newcomer Mintz was joined by veterans McClain (8th), Jabczenski (7th), Austreng (5th) and Graddick (3rd). 


Jabczenski was third among MDUSBC seniors in Michigan State Singles, first among MDUSBC senior in Michigan State All-Events and first among MDUSBC seniors in USBC Doubles. He had three 300 games, three 299 games and a high average of 224. 


Austreng was third among seniors in MDUSBC Doubles with Eric Tulley, 10th among seniors in MDUSBC Singles and ninth among seniors in MDUSBC All-Events. He recorded three 300 games, four 800 series with 838 high and a high average of 230. 


McClain was first among MDUSBC seniors in Michigan State Singles, had six 300 games, two 800 series with 843 high and a high average of 225. 


Graddick recorded seven 300 games, two 299 games, five 800 series with 814 high and a high average of 234. 


Mintz had four 300 games, one 299 game, five 800 series with 847 high and a high average of 238. 


Lawrence Richardson Sr. of Southfield (54), Jimmy Magolan of Shelby Township (51), Rick Vittone of Tecumseh, Ontario (50), Richard Gregor of Sterling Heights (49) and Larry Franz of Redford (45½) round out the senior men’s second team. Magolan is making his third appearance, Richardson and Franz their second and Vittone and Gregor their rookie appearance. 


Gwendolyn Finley of Detroit, with 39 points, is the captain of the senior women’s All-City team. She was second in the MDUSBC Senior Queens, third among seniors in the MDUSBC Singles, fourth among seniors in the MDUSBC All-Events. This is her fifth appearance on the team and had a high game of 290, high series of 703 and a high average of 211. 


Karen Whitmore of Detroit (36), Kim Baldwin of Redford (34), Jeanne Gebbia of Dearborn (32), Suzanne Hyvonen of St. Clair Shores (28) and Susan Szachta of Warren (28) completed the senior women’s first team. First timers were Baldwin and Gebbia. Szachta was named for the fifth time, Whitmore her third and Hyvonen her second. 


Whitmore was sixth in the MDUSBC Senior Queens, first among seniors in the MDUSBC Singles, second among seniors in the MDUSBC All-Events and 10th among MDUSBC seniors in the Michigan State Doubles with Danielle Bradley. She had a high game of 278, two series over 700 with a 728 high and a high average of 205. 


Baldwin was third in the MDUSBC Senior Queens, sixth among seniors in the MDUSBC Doubles with Pamela Parker, sixth among seniors in the MDUSBC Singles and first among seniors in the MDUSBC All-Events. She had a high game of 290 and high series of 729. 


Gebbia makes the team as a result of being second among MDUSBC seniors in the Michigan State Doubles with Colleen Asel and first among MDUSBC seniors in the Michigan State All-Events. She had a high series of 702 and a high average of 209. 


Hyvonen was first among MDUSBC seniors in the Michigan State Doubles with Carolyn Wilson an second among MDUSBC seniors in the Michigan State Singles. Her high series was 721. 


Szachta won the MDUSBC Senior Queens and was seventh among seniors in MDUSBC All-Events. She had a high average of 207, high game of 287 and three series over 700 with a 744 high. 


Denise Gunter of Ferndale (27½), Patricia Gibson of Washington (27), Consuelo Cleveland of Ferndale (25), Valorie Dunlap of Rochester Hills (24) and Susan Labiak of Utica (24) achieved senior women’s second team status. Labiak is appearing for the second time, while Gunter, Gibson, Cleveland and Dunlap earned the honor for the first time. 


Points are tabulated on performance in the local, state and national tournaments; honor scores and league averages.  


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HONOR SCORES
300 Games
Date, Name, Hometown, Center, League
June 20, Edwin Austreng, Waterford Twp., 300 Bowl, 300 Summer Doubles
June 22, Anna Delmotte, Clinton Twp., Bowl One Lanes, Michael & Friends
June 22, Christopher Smith, Madison Hts., Five Star Lanes, Summer Trio Sweeper
June 27, Jerome Chiselom, Pontiac, Cloverlanes, Monday Dynamic Doubles
June 28, Paul McMurry, Farmington Hills, Woodland Lanes, Woodland Invitational Summer Trio
June 29, Michael Ward, Waterford Twp., 300 Bowl, 300 Wednesday Trio Shootout
July 5, Patrick Rawls II, Southfield, Cloverlanes, Monday Dynamic Doubles


800 SeriesDate, Name (Score), Hometown, Center, League
June 18, Matthew Anderson (805), Holly, Five Star Lanes, Budweiser Michigan Majors
July 5, Patrick Rawls II (807), Southfield, Cloverlanes, Monday Dynamic Doubles

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.

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Men's & Women's All-City Teams Named

July 8, 2011


By: Mark Martin

ALL CITY TEAMS

The Metro Detroit USBC Association (MDUSBC) has named their All City teams for the 2010-11 season.

The teams include men’s and women’s teams based on tournament and league performance from June 1, 2010 through May 31, 2011. A complete list of criteria is available upon request.

Mason Brantley of Detroit and Erica Ewald of Sterling Heights are captains of the men’s and women’s teams respectively.

Mason Brantley was named captain of the men’s All-City team. He earned 113 points from winning the MDUSBC Masters, 10th from MDUSBC in the Michigan State Masters, first from MDUSBC in USBC Singles and USBC All-Events. He also had nine 300 games, three 800 series with a 845 high and a high average of 241. This was his third appearance on the team.

Rounding out the men’s first team are Jeffrey Austreng of Waterford Township (112), Kurt Pilon of Warren (94), Nicholas Wissinger IV of Clinton Township (89) and Art Brown of Lansing (79).

Austreng won the Michigan State Masters, placed fourth in the MDUSBC Masters, was second from MDUSBC and third overall in the Michigan State All-Events. He recorded a high average of 241, posted six 300 games and seven 800 series with a high of 826. He is making his seventh appearance.

Pilon finished seventh in the MDUSBC Masters, was third from MDUSBC in the Michigan State Masters, fourth from MDUSBC in the Michigan State Doubles with Kerry Kreft, second from MDUSBC in the Michigan State Singles and won the Michigan State All-Events and fourth from MDUSBC in USBC All-Events. He had two 300 games and a high average of 230 in getting his fifth all-city nod.

Wissinger is making his 12th appearance on the prestigious team on the strength of his ninth place finish in the MDUSBC Masters, second from MDUSBC and second overall in the Michigan State Doubles with Mark Moore and second from MDUSBC in USBC All-Events. Two 300 games, three 299 games, three 800 series with 831 high and a high average of 244 completed his resume.

Brown is making his rookie appearance was second from MDUSBC and second overall in the Michigan State Masters and won the Michigan State Doubles with Ronnie Sparks. He also recorded two 300 games, two 800 series with 802 high and a high average of 238.

Jeffrey Roche of Dearborn (78), Craig Nidiffer of Trenton (74), Jeffrey Edwards of Sterling Heights (70), Scott Bowersock of Dearborn Heights (68) and David Ewald of Macomb (68) were named to the second team men’s All-City. Newcomers Edwards and Bowersock joined veterans Roche, Nidiffer and Ewald.

Pacing the women’s All-City team is Erica Ewald of Sterling Heights, who tallied 95 points. She was first from MDUSBC and third overall in the Michigan State Queens, sixth in MDUSBC Doubles with Katherine Groves and won the Michigan State Doubles with Katherine Groves. She recorded one 300 game and six other games over 279, 21 series over 700 with a 813 high and a high average of 228. This is her third appearance on the team.

Nicole Aleo of Sterling Heights (77), Nicole Idziak-Owsley of Washington (65), Kimberly Maddy of Utica (63) and Cyndi Patterson of Taylor (55) join Erica Ewald on the women’s first team.

Aleo place second in the MDUSBC Queens, second in MDUSBC Doubles with Nicole Idziak-Owsley, fourth from MDUSBC in Michigan State Doubles with Karen Martin, second from MDUSBC in Michigan State Singles and first from MDUSBC and third overall in Michigan State All-Events. In earning her third all-city selection she had a high game of 279 four series over 700 with 729 high and a high average of 213.

Idziak-Owsley was fifth in MDUSBC Queens, second in MDUSBC Doubles with Nicole Aleo and fourth from MDUSBC in Michigan State Queens. She had a high game of 299 and five other games over 279, a high series of 805 and 10 other series over 700 and a high average of 222. This is the seventh time she has been named to the women’s all-city team.

Maddy, making her second women’s all-city team, won the MDUSBC Doubles with Susan Labiak, had two 299 games and five other games over 279, had 16 series over 700 with 792 high and a high average of 220.

Patterson was fourth in MDUSBC Singles, fourth in MDUSBC All-Events, eighth from MDUSBC in Michigan State Doubles with Julie Halstead, third from MDUSBC in Michigan State Singles and eighth from MDUSBC in Michigan State All-Events. She had one 300 game, two 800 series with 817 high and a high average of 223. This was her second women’s all-city nod.

Christine Wissinger of Clinton Township (53), Altramese (Mickey) Webb of Detroit (43½), Lauren Roberts of Warren (42½), Erin Williams of Warren (42) and Angela Wilt of Westland (42) round out the second team women’s All-City. Wissinger got her inaugural nod, Webb her 11th, Wilt her seventh and Roberts and Williams their second.

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HONOR SCORES


300 Games


Date, Name, Hometown, Center, League
June 1, Terence Bell, Macomb, Bowl One Lanes, Michael & Friends
June 7, Jeffrey Smith, Pontiac, 300 Bowl, 300 Summer Doubles
June 9, Jay Johnson, West Bloomfield, Wonderland Lanes, Spring Trio A
June 11, Joshua Pomante, Eastpointe, Hazel Park Bowl, Hamtramck Singles Classic
June 11, Dominick Misuraca, Warren, Plum Hollow Lanes, CBC Honor Score Tournament
June 11, Doris Goodwin, Detroit, Plum Hollow Lanes, CBC Honor Score Tournament
June 12, Frederick Crosby, Southfield, Hazel Park Bowl, Hamtramck Singles Classic
June 13, Jamal-Akil Hughes, Southfield, Cloverlanes, Monday Dynamic Doubles
June 15, John Robertson, Waterford Twp., 300 Bowl, 300 Wednesday Trio Shootout
June 15, Jeffrey Austreng, Waterford Twp., 300 Bowl, 300 Wednesday Trio Shootout
June 15, Roger Turk, Clarkston, 300 Bowl, 300 Wednesday Trio Shootout
June 20, Edwin Austreng, Waterford Twp., 300 Bowl, 300 Summer Doubles
June 22, Anna Delmotte, Clinton Twp., Bowl One Lanes, Michael & Friends
June 22, Christopher Smith, Madison Hts., Five Star Lanes, Summer Trio Sweeper
June 27, Jerome Chiselom, Pontiac, Cloverlanes, Monday Dynamic Doubles
June 28, Paul McMurry, Farmington Hills, Woodland Lanes, Woodland Invitational Summer Trio
July 5, Patrick Rawls II, Southfield, Cloverlanes, Monday Dynamic Doubles



800 Series


Date, Name (Score), Hometown, Center, League
June 7, Troy Stus (803), South Lyon, Woodland Lanes, Woodland Invitational Summer Trio
June 15, John Robertson (846), Waterford Twp., 300 Bowl, 300 Wednesday Trio Shootout
June 15, Jeffrey Austreng (823), Waterford Twp., 300 Bowl, 300 Wednesday Trio Shootout
June 18, Matthew Anderson (805), Holly, Five Star Lanes, Budweiser Michigan Majors
July 5, Patrick Rawls II (807), Southfield, Cloverlanes, Monday Dynamic Doubles

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.