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SENIOR CLASSIC
secretary/treasurer Ron Johnson
by Don Phillips
March 21. Ron Johnson 256/943 was high for the
week. OK! Ron. Par rollers were George Senn
245/841, Dave Seiler 235/853, Cal Suan 224/813, Mo
Snyder 220/833, Larry Laub 235/853, Stan Seeley
258/841, Mal Helmuth 236/834, Steve Curless 237/844,
Larry Hilburn 228/818, Dennis Estes 226/830, Kelly
Wright 247/818, Ray Searles 233/848, Jim Russell
237/875, Mike Hale 236/827, Brent Korff 276/868, Hank
Miles 246/817, Gary Hobbs 257/830 and Frank Acuna
233/811. Nice singles were by Gordon Moore 233,
Keith Stout 266, Nick DeStefano 257, Peter Arballo 238
and Bob Sloan 255.
3/28. Top senior was Steve Adams 258/930. Other
900's were by Keith Stout 248/921, Steve Curless
273/910 and Mal Helmuth 257/901. 800+ shooters
were Brent Korff 206/813, George Senn 234/899, Doug
Regelin 256/894, Gary Hobbs 232/839, Gary Moore
256/865, Cal Suan 234/821, Art Tourtillott 234/860, Bob
Sloan 241/861, Don Phillips 226/889, Bob Bonifacini
219/816, Anthony Ripchick 237/867 and DaveSeiler
232/852. Good singles were by Butch Bohannon 236,
Larry Laub 254, Kelly Wright 236, Mike Nichols 254
and John Tremblay 235.
April 4. High roller was Keith Stout 276/950.NICE!
Two other 900's were by Steve Adams 246/940 and
Ron Johnson 255/937. 800 + guys were Gary Hobbs
245/843, Larry Hilburn 233/854, Dennis Estes 247/869,
Nick DeStefano 269/865, Lonnie Hare 216/831, Steve
Curless 241/880, Rick Knickerbocker 221/829, Mike
Andreozzi 250/894, Bob Sloan 236/878, Anthony Rip-
chick 238/865, Dave Seiler 226/836, Monty Lyons
247/877, John Tremblay 217/827, Doug Regelin
247/851, Gary Moore 232/886, Jim Russell 236/880
and Don Phillips 243/866.
Top 5 singles were by Paul Brown 246, Kelly Wright
265, Ben Biggs 241, Don Sager 235, Mo Snyder 235
and Frank Acuna 257.
4/11. Quarter end. Winning the fourth quarter was
team Leanne's Storm Nation (Keith Stout, Darwin Bak-
ken, Brent Korff).
CONGRATULATIONS!!! Top shooter was Steve Cur-
less 290/1025. Super Steve! Guys in the 900 range
were Gordon Moore 258/932, Keith Stout 266/920,
Brent Korff 259/919, John Tremblay 258/946 and Kelly
Wood 266/929. The remainder of the top 20 were Larry
Hilburn 246/851, Dennis Estes 221/839, Don Phillips
219/818, Mike Hale 228/832, Mark Correale 237/879,
Hank Miles 236/814, Joe Holesapple 211/815, Cal
Suan 239/839, Ron Johnson 234/865, Gary Moore
235/882, Steve Adams 262/899, Doug Regelin
224/857, John Miner 243/812, Anthony Ripchick
221/812 and Dave Seiler 246/869. Good games were
by Bob Bonifacini 237, Jim Russell 248, Ron Pearson
279, Frank Acuna 243 and Ray Searles 236.
USBC Announces Sites, Dates
For 2018 USBC Senior Events
by Terry Bigham
ARLINGTON, Texas –
Las Vegas will be the destina-
tion for three United States Bowling Congress senior
events for 2018, with the National Bowling Stadium in
Reno, Nevada, also serving as host for an event.
The 2018 USBC Senior Queens will take place March
15-18 at Gold Coast Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
The Senior Queens, which has been held in conjunc-
tion with the USBC Queens the past few years, is being
moved to an earlier date so it can immediately follow
the National Golden Ladies tournament, also an annual
national event for senior women. The Senior Queens is
for women who are USBC members age 50 and over.
The USBC Senior Masters will be the second of back-
to-back senior events scheduled at Sam’s Town Bowl-
ing Center in 2018. The Super Senior Classic, for bowl-
ers age 60 and over, will kick off 11 days of competition
at the venue starting May 31. The Senior Masters, for
USBC members age 50 and older, will take over Sam’s
Town from June 4-10.
The 2018 USBC Senior Championships, a national
event for bowlers who have qualified through their
state's senior tournament, will be held Aug. 7-9 at the
National Bowling Stadium, Reno, NV. The tournament
features six age divisions from ages 50-54 through 75-
plus.
Visit
o learn more about
USBC senior tournaments.
SIRs 49ers -Wednesday
Steve Cook's FIRESIDE Lanes
Bob Friend, President; Bob Brown,
Secretary/Treasurer
by Dick Martegani
On May 3rd, the winners of the first half (team#11-
Nuggets) bowled against team #8 (Gold Dust) the win-
ners of the second half for the league championship. It
was no contest in the playoffs as the Nuggets (Brent
Soulis, Dick Krause, Chuck Craig, and Wayne Philpot)
won all three games in the best 2 of 3 championship
match.
Congrats to both teams for a successful season. Gold
Dust members were Jim Bales, Bruce Jacobson, Bob
Friend, and Ski Dubrosky.
The top league averages for the season was 211 by
Jim Russell with Cal Suan and Mike Decker tied for
second at 202. High scratch game was a sterling 300
by Mike Decker with Larry Manwiller and Jim Russell
tied at 279. High scratch series was 721 by Art Tourtil-
lott with Dave Kwaczala second with 712. High handi-
cap game was 320 by Bill Stephens and John McKim
had high handicap series at 772.
League prize money and sweepers singles and dou-
bles prizes were handed out at the league banquet May
11th held at FIRESIDE Lanes. The League bowls on
Wednesday at 12:15 PM and is a 100% handicap
League. There will be a meeting August 30th at noon
to go over league rules and teams for next season
(2017-18). Any active SIR may join the league as a
regular or substitute bowler. The new season starts
Sept. 6th at 12:15 PM.
Have a good summer everyone
Bryan Goebel Wins PBA50 Miller Lite
Players Championship
For First PBA50 Tour Title
Goebel beats fellow PBA Hall of Famer
Parker Bohn III 264-230
By Jerry Schneider
INDIANAPOLIS (MAY 16, 2017) – Professional
Bowlers Association Hall of Famer Bryan Goebel of
Shawnee, Kan., a 10-time winner on the PBA Tour,
won the PBA50 Miller Lite Players Championship
Tuesday for his first title on PBA’s tour for players 50
and over.
Goebel won the first major of the 2017 season by
beating fellow hall of famer and stepladder finals top
qualifier Parker Bohn III of Jackson, N.J., 264-230, in
the championship match at Woodland Bowl.
“I feel so fortunate to win because it’s so tough with
all the great players we have out here,” said Goebel,
who was inducted into the PBA Hall of Fame in Feb-
ruary. “I had a very rewarding career on the PBA Tour
but it’s a very special honor to be part of that club that
has won titles on both the PBA Tour and PBA50
Tour.”
Bohn and Goebel traded strikes in the first four
frames of the title match until Bohn pulled away by
continuing his string with strikes in the fifth and six
frames. Bohn ran into trouble in the seventh frame
when he left the 7-10 split and then left the 4-7-10
split in the ninth which turned the momentum back to
Goebel who put together a string of five strikes at the
end of the match to seal the win.
Goebel’s win came in his 51st PBA50 Tour tourna-
ment. His previous best finishes in five full seasons
were two runner-up finishes which came in 2013 and
2015.
“What makes it special is you want to beat the best
and Parker is one of the best,” said the 55-year-old
Goebel. “It’s a huge relief to finally get that first win
and to beat a great player like Parker in a major, that
makes it that much more satisfying.”
For Goebel, the Miller Lite Players Championship
win was his second major title on the national stage.
He won the PBA Tour’s TOC in 1998.
As the No. 2 qualifier for the finals, Goebel ad-
vanced to the title match by beating PBA50 Tour
rookie Michael Haugen Jr. of Phoenix, 200-181, in the
semifinal match. Haugen, a five-time PBA Tour win-
ner who qualified fourth for the finals, was making his
third championship round appearance of the season
and tied his best finish of third.
In the opening match Haugen beat No. 5 qualifier
Scott Greiner of Platte City, Mo., 238-159, and then
defeated No. 3 qualifier Bob Learn Jr. of Erie, Pa.,
222-190, to advance to the semi-final match against
Goebel.
Learn, who dominated qualifying by averaging 245,
was trying for his fourth career PBA50 Tour title while
Greiner was trying for his first win.
The next stop for the PBA50 Tour is Harvest Park
Bowl in Brentwood, CA. for the PBA50 Northern Cali-
fornia Classic presented by MOTIV May 28-31
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