Debbie Renner, Martha Collard, and Patsy Cobb found their names splashed all across the leaderboard after last weekend's competition in the 16th Annual Longview Lanes Senior Invitational.
Renner and her mates on Let's Roll currently sit in the top Team spot, carding the only 2,500 series (2,512) of the first weekend. She is also second in Doubles, sixth in Women's Singles, and ninth in Women's All Events.
Taking command of first place in Women's Singles was Collard, who also holds down the seventh position in Women's All Events.
Cobb did herself proud in Women's Singles and All Events, finishing third and sixth, respectively.
The pre-Thanksgiving event concludes this weekend at the Spur 63 center with a full slate of Team, Doubles, and Singles competitions. More tournament standings are located in the Scoreboard below.
Grab your partner(s)!
It's almost December and Greater Longview USBC members are busy planning (A) Christmas shopping and decorating, or (B) finding partners for a doubles tournament? Of course the answer is (B)!
The annual Handicap Mixed Doubles, sponsored by Added Space Self Storage and Loper Welding Service, do-se-dos into Oil Bowl for its two-weekend run on Dec. 5 with $1,000 in added prize money. Competition continues Dec. 6, and Dec. 12-13.
Team entry fee is $35, with the deadline set for midnight, Dec. 2. The fee for late entries is $45 and must be submitted no later than one hour prior to the first squad Saturday, Dec. 5. No original entries will be accepted after that time. Re-entries for participants who entered prior to the original deadline will be accepted up to 30 minutes before squad time.
Entries may be placed in GLUSBC boxes at Oil Bowl, Longview Lanes, or Pappy's Rock N Bowl. No entries will be accepted at bowling center control counters.
Condolences
The bowling community offers its sympathy to the family of Clarence Graham, who passed away last Monday at 82 years of age. Mr. Graham was a veteran member of the Longview Men's Bowling Assn. and secretary of Oil Bowl's All Employee league for more than 40 years.
Left to cherish his memory are his wife, Mary and daughter, Kelly Bunt, both longtime members of the LWBA Board of Directors.
PBA updates
PBA's World Series Chameleon Championship final rounds are set to be aired today on ESPN, but the time has been changed to 1:30 pm CST.
In the PBA Women's Series, Shannon Phuhowsky battles Carolyn Dorin-Ballard of Keller in the title match for $10,000 in prize money and a berth in the April 2010 PBA Showdown. Dorin-Ballard is looking for her third Women's Series title, while Phuhowsky vies for her second.
On the PBA Men's side, four-time Tour winner Sean Rash is pitted against Ronnie Russell in the first semi-final match. Bill O'Neill and Hall of Famer and Venezuelan heartthrob Amleto Monacelli do battle in the second semis for a spot in the title match worth $25,000. Monacelli is seeking his 20th Tour title, while O'Neill and Russell have yet to break into the winner's circle.
Last Sunday's PBA Viper Championships found both Rhino Page and Ryan Ciminelli "going retro" and falling back on their "tried and true" urethane equipment to help them tame the challenging lane conditions. Page captured his third Tour title and $25,000 over Ciminelli by a score of 268 – 246.
Current USBC Queens champion Liz Johnson defeated former veteran Team USA stand-out Lynda Barnes, 211 – 196, to earn $10,000 and the Women's Series title.
Highlights
Fresh off her recent Mixed State success, Jenny Bostock (190 average) outdid herself in last week's Tuesday Mega Bucks with a 278 game and 720 series. Her performance earned USBC awards for 275 Game and 700 Series.
Eastman bowler Royce Hargrove (181 average) must have realized an adjustment to his game was necessary following his 158 first-game effort recently. Whatever he did seemed to work, and after all the strikes were tallied, a near-perfect 298 game was his result. The major turnaround earned him USBC awards for 11 In A Row and 275 Game.
Bluebonnet bowler Freddie Comer carved a spare out of the 5-10 split.
A pair of Monday Night Seniors chopped down a trio of pesky splits: Andy Husar (5-10 and 3-10), and Ron Waits (3-10).
Scoreboard
16th Annual Longview Lanes Senior Invitational (All scores include handicap)
- Team: 1st – Let's Roll (2,512), 6th – N-DA-ZONE (2,421).
- Doubles: 2nd – Debbie Renner/Steve Jenkins (1,342), 10th – Shirley Kindhart/Scott Touchstone (1,250), 11th – Bernice Mitchell/Bill Kissentaner (1,247), 13th – Mary Brown/Conrad Hardin (1,236), 17th – Pearlie Green/Walter Scott (1,224).
- Women's Singles: 1st – Martha Collard (651), 3rd – Patsy Cobb (638), 6th – Debbie Renner (630), 13th – (3-way tie) – Mary Brown (611).
- Men's Singles: 3rd – Buddy Freeman (682), 17th – Johnny Steed (610).
- Women's All Events: 5th – Mary Brown (1,900), 6th – Patsy Cobb (1,886), 7th – Martha Collard (1,883), 9th – Debbie Renner (1,873), 13th – (tie) – Itsuko Weiss (1,836).
- Men's All Events: 19th – Johnny Steed (1,810).
Longview Lanes
Monday Night Seniors #15910: First Place: Should A Been – 29 wins. (Men) Lee Martin (213/615), Roy Grogins (227/610), Joe Kemp (214/588), Andy Anderson (209/583), Tom Lucius (237/559), Lefty Vogt (198/545). (Women) Rosella Hooton (189/512), Thelma Kemp (187/502), Martha Collard (170/496), Sandy Lyon (487), Vern Anthony (175/479), Ann Price (189/478), Wanda Anderson (187).
Bluebonnets #6077: First Place: Lucky Strikes – 37 wins. Robin Dierkes (182/482), Carrie Kinsel (186/478), Pat Baker (168/476), Wanda Hitt (178/472).
Wednesday Early Mixed #20049: League results were not available.
Longview Classic Doubles (11/12) #40348: First Place: TNA – 74.5 wins. (Men) Rick Gaston (237/612), David Hazel (234/610), Todd Brown (212/568), Jeff Alexander (201), Scott Touchstone (189/541), Robert Holder (196/512), Al Green (506). (Women) Eva Touchstone (156/410), Laurie Gaston (115/306).
Oil Bowl
Oil Bowl Youth League (11/14) #45604: First Place: Team #1 – 29 wins. (Boys) Aaron Grimm (247/654), John Kalkan (212/627), Cody Norton (201/583), Luke Pasche (204/545), Rafeal Cardoso (199/499), Zack Mills (497), Aaron Perry (193). (Girls) Alyssa Hamby (165/461), Alyssa Arnett (177/431), Baillie Edmiston (161/413), Morgan Corbin (156/409), Stormy Cook (153/387), Heather Loper (148/346).
Barbara Brooks Memorial (11/9) #47363: First Place: Double S Trucking – 8 wins. Rene Pope (595), Celia Taylor (238), Janis Mayfield (230/593), Brenda Smith (225/590), Karen Martz (566), Sheri Barnes (223/565), Karen Isaac (563), Sandy Small (216), Stephanie Mills (216).
Clarence McGuire Memorial #29540: First Place (3-way tie): Champions Lounge, B & B Auto, Baker Bros. Plumbing – 9 wins. Rod Bach (289/760), Byron Johnson (268/728), Dillon Swain (277/710), Gilbert Lopez (268), Phillip Mercer (256/694), Ken Messer (694), Ricky Todd (666), Henry Houston (247).
Tuesday Mega Bucks #39923: First Place: What's It 2 U – 10 wins. (Men) Chris Cranford (257/702), Ricky Davis (279), Monroe Walters (266/687), Ryan Houser (678), Chris Duncan (671), Joel Saenz, Jr. (247), Matt Akin (669), James Magness (666), Aaron Leonard (246), Chris Warford (246). (Women) Jenny Bostock (278/720), Elaine Stevenson (204/550), Cindy Edmiston (199/514), Tresia Bigham (167/470), Crystal Morgan (164/450), Inge Dunning (426).
All Employee #15911: First Place: AAA Storage – 34.5 wins. (Men) Ken Messer (246/727), James Hanhart (233/674), Don Adams (223/637), Robert Byars (605), Terry Gebhardt (225), Jerry Johnson (223/599), Ira Johnson (234/578). (Women) Janie Rogers (208/581), Misty McKinley (190/543), Sharla Roberts (180/504), Celia Taylor (187/473), Sandra Carpenter (466), Jan Johnson (176), Bernice Mitchell (168/445).
Wednesday Seniors #20050: League results were not available.
National Mixed #13424: League results were not available.
OIL #2762: First Place: Busted Knuckle Garage – 31 wins. (Men) Jeff Nevill (682), Ron Houser, Jr. (662), Jesse Weiss (257/660), Monte Murphy (245), Ty Tiner (243), Michael Reyna (658), Allen Waits (620), Joe Anders (239), Keith Ditmore (239). (Women) Linda Daily (203/497), Vicki Johnson (164/473), Cheryl Wade (439), Toni Ditmore (406), Shelly McConnaughay (398).
Eastman (11/12) #39724: First Place (tie): Strike Force and Strike Kings – 26 wins. (Men) Royce Hargrove (298/647), Ricky Bodovsky (234/633), Todd Bonner (226/618), Derwin Stegall (220/610), Robert Aquilar (544), Jim Scott (206/531), Benny Bonner (209). (Women) Deb Funkhouser (161/451), Sue Hagenswold (144/355), Lindsey Grzymkowski (134/340), Linda Foreman (117/326), Julie Bodovsky (119/322), Aimee Gilliland (118/300), Frankie Copeland (117).
Oil Bowl Challenge (11/12) #13426: First Place: Team #12 – 7 wins. (Men) Frank Copeland (268/676), Chris Cranford (248/657), Michael Reyna (255/629), Daryl Mumford (238), Quinton Neal (237/622), Leonard Turley III (601), Larry Jones (237). (Women) Katie Hale (216/582), Jackie Hale (211/531), Elaine Stevenson (200/521), Tresia Bigham (152/422), Ruby Reese (155/417), Jeri Pope (313).
Lorene Small Memorial Doubles (11/13) #30850: First Place (tie): Misfits and Team #10 – 22.5 wins. (Men) Calvin McBride (245/638), Troy Morgan (247/572), Marty Hoosier (205/558), Matt Friend (192/537), Kenny Elia (197/491), Tom Call (460), Robert Bobo (175). (Women) Leezonya Elia (201/566), Tabitha Smitherman (205/506), Wanda McBride (164/460), Randea Scates (427), Amanda Ferguson (173/426), Denise Fyffe (173/422), Joy Morriss (161).
(Contact Debb Nelms at 903 757-7217, 903 736-5942, or by e-mail at nelmsdebb@cablelynx.com).
