August 17, 2011 Sports Reporter

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FLUSHING, NY – James Simone

and Tavie Caratozzolo each blast-

ed a 300 game in the All Stars

League at JIB Lanes.

Timmy Williams shot 742,

Tommy Grecula 739, and

Cheradyn Judan 264-726.

Tavie Caratozzolo bowled his 2nd

300 this Summer in the 2 x 4

League.

Mike Munoz rolled 297-722 in

the Ball & Chain League.

John Roam Rolled 809

At Majestic Lanes

Bill O’Neill Wins PBA East Region Storm Products/Bowlers Supply Open By Russ Mills - PBA

Richard Rowley 300 at Majestic

Tom Kidney, Drew Hodnicki 300

In Thursday Mixed at Maple Lanes

HOPELAWN, NJ – Richard

Rowley pitched a 300 game then

added a 229 game to finish the

session with a 714 set while con-

testing in the Senior No-Tap

League at Majestic Lanes.

BROOKLYN, NY - Tom Kidney

and Drew Hodnicki each blasted a

300 game in the Thursday Mixed

Triples League at Maple Lanes.

Juan Gonzalez rolled 268-737,

Carmine Calabrese 287-675,

Doreen Simon 266, Tom Agostino

268-728, and June Williams 243-

640.

HOPELAWN, NJ - John Roam

topped all competition rolling in

the Madison Park Men’s League at

Majestic Lanes when he posted

games of 274, 248 and finished

with the high game of 287 for the

session high series of 809.

Jeff Scire rolled 268-266-258-

792, Dan Dunleavy 235-279-

2235-749, Rob D’Onofrio 225-

279-244-748, Joe Lampariello

234-246-259-739, Joe Herber

231-225-254-710, Mathew

Manenty 254-228-213-695, Scott

Porto 244-205-233-682, and Lisa

Pallazzola 225.

York, Pa. (Aug. 7, 2011) – Bill O’Neill of

Southampton, Pa., defeated Travis Celmer of

Wernersville, Pa., 240-192, to win the Professional

Bowlers Association East Region Storm

Products/Bowlers Supply Open at Colony Park Lanes

North.

Terry Brenneman of sponsor Bowlers Supply, Inc was

on hand to present the trophy.

The win was O’Neill’s seventh career regional title.

O’Neill earned $2,800 for the win while Celmer earned

$1,500 as the runner-up.

O’Neill defeated Eddie VanDaniker Jr. of Essex, Md.,

289-256, and Celmer defeated Jason Stadtler of Cherry

Hill, N.J., 188-179, in the semifinal round.

VanDaniker and Celmer each earned $1,100 as semi-

final round losers.

In the round of 8 where in the best of three games,

losers were eliminated and earned $850 each: O’Neill

def. Kelly Kulick, Union, N.J., 2-1, Celmer def. Rick

Graham, Lancaster, Pa., 2-1, VanDaniker def. Tommy

Gollick, Oberlin, Pa., 2-0, Stadtler def. Joe DelGavio,

Baltimore, 2-1.

In the round of 16, the best of five games, where los-

ers eliminated and earned $650 each: O’Neill def.

Bradley Hoffman, Lemoyne, Pa., 3-0, Celmer def. Ray

Edwards, Middle Island, N.Y., 3-1, VanDaniker def.

Patrick Allen, Wesley Chapel, Fla., 3-1, Stadtler def.

Brian LeClair, Athens, N.Y., 3-1, Kulick def. Dave

Kneas, Annapolis, Md., 3-1, Graham def. Danny

Wiseman, Baltimore, 3-0, Gollick def. Adam Baer,

Gettysburg, Pa., 3-0, and DelGavio def. Terence

Skinner, Woodstown, N.J., 3-1.

The only 300 game of the event was posted by Jason

Stadtler.

Dale Traber Wins Second Career

USBC Senior Masters TitleBy Lucas Wiseman - USBC Communications

James Simone, Tavie Caratozzolo

Blasted 300 at JIB Lanes

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Dale Traber of

Cedarburg, Wis., went undefeated in

the double-elimination match-play

bracket to win his second career

United States Bowling Congress

Senior Masters title.

Traber, who also won the event in

2009, defeated USBC Hall of Famer

Walter Ray Williams Jr. of Ocala,

Fla., 707-695 in the championship

match at Wayne Webb's Columbus

Bowl. He won a total of seven match-

es en route to the title.

"This is very unexpected and sur-

prising, but breaks have to go your

way at the right time to win a tourna-

ment like this," Traber said. "For me,

the stars all aligned at the right time."

Traber said the victory was espe-

cially sweet because of his lack of

success on the Professional Bowlers

Association Senior Tour this season.

"Trust me, I didn't expect to win given the way

I've been bowling," Traber said. "I did my hotel

reservation for this week night-by-night. I was

planning to go to the stock car races tonight in

Wisconsin, not be bowling."

Williams actually took a one-pin lead, 238-237,

after one game in the three games, total pins

match, but Traber roared back 267-201 to take a

65-pin lead into the final game. Williams mount-

ed a comeback, but came up short the final game,

256-203, failing to make up enough ground.

Williams finished as the runner-up for the sec-

ond consecutive year at the Senior Masters, one

of two majors on the PBA Senior Tour. He also

finished second at this year's other major - the

Senior U.S. Open.

"This is the third major in a row where I have

finished second," Williams said. "I bowled really

well this week, and I guess second isn't that bad.

It's better than finishing 41st or something."

Traber earned $14,000 for first place, while

Williams took home $7,000. Defending champion

Wayne Webb of Grove City, Ohio, finished third

after losing in the semifinals to Williams, 666-

600.

The USBC Senior Masters attracted a field of

249 of the top bowlers in the country age 50 and

higher and featured a total prize fund of more

than $110,000.

USBC Photo

Dale Traber collected his second USBC Senior Masters trophy

at Wayne Webb’s Columbus Bowl.

USBC Photo

Tournament champion Bill O’Neill with Terry

Brenneman of Bowlers Supply, Inc.

2 SPORTS REPORTER August 17 - 23, 2011

There are many ways to lose bowling friends

and teammates, or at least, annoy them greatly.

Here's a few:

Use a person's personal ball or stick your fin-

gers in it without asking permission first.

Spill your drink on their bowling shoes.

Shake hands with them after eating chocolate

or potato chips, or after you run your fingers

through your hair.

Always tell them how good the person whose

place on the team they took was.

Yell at them.

Give them the silent treatment.

Never go to a league meeting.

Go to every league meeting and question

everything that comes up.

Never read the rule book.

Memorize every rule and make sure everyone

knows that you know every word of the book.

Tell the proud owner of a new, very expensive

bowling ball that you could have got it for them

wholesale.

Always keep score.

Never keep score.

Don't bother to learn how to keep score.

Whenever you roll badly tell everyone how

good you used to bowl.

Use the bowling center as you market place to

sell raffle tickets, cookies, candy, and every-

thing else.

Rush to the line without ever taking a look to

see if anyone is ready to bowl on either side.

Don’t bowl unless there are six lanes on each

side open.

Be the last one to arrive and the first one to

leave, so much so that you don’t know how your

team stands before the night starts and you’re

gone before the night’s results are known.

Never be ready to roll when it is your turn to

bowl.

Tell everyone, every time, when it’s their turn

to bowl.

Make excuses for every shot.

Never have a reasonable excuse.

Cry about everything.

Never cry.

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August 17 - 23, 2011 SPORTS REPORTER 3


Steve Gonzalez 780FARMINGDALE, NY – Steve

Gonzalez topped the scoring in the

Tuesday Party League firing

games of 289-223-258 for a high

series of 780.

Lloyd Hasluck rolled 256-223-

669, and Fred Catapano 211-245-

223-682.

In the Monday 3-Man League

Doc Mercuiro rolled 238-209-

230-677.

H. Garfinkel 289FARMINGDALE, NY – Howie

Garfinkel paced the scoring in the

Tuesday Party League firing a

high game of 289.

Fred Catapano rolled 280-206-

671, Brian Beale 279-236-708,

Sean Brownson 278, James

Curran 226-268-680, Steve

Gonzalez 266, Kevin Falcone

207-225-265-697, George Bove

2072-48-215-670, and Wayne

Embleton 218-225-216-659.

In the Wednesday Friends

League George Rotberg shot 213-

216-236-665 and Clayton Hung

hit 265.

Norm Ginsberg 933HOPELAWN, NJ – In the Kegel

Challenge Norm Ginsberg shot

248-211-245-229-933, and Adam

Chase 219-279-232-922.

Dave Panichi 736FARMINGDALE, NY – Dave

Panichi led the Wednesday

Friends League firing 278-248-

210 for a high series of 736.

George Rotberg shot 245-224-

221-690, and Dennis Bonal, Jr.

238-244-673.

Rob Spann 713FARMINGDALE, NY – Rob

Spann led the Tuesday Party

League firing 235-278-200 for a

high 713 set.

Rob Larsen rolled 289-212-693,

James Curran 268, Mike TenBrink

226-218-235-679, Nicholas

DiLauro 226-259-672, Bobby

Falcone 210-206-244-660 and

Dawn Cecere 258.

Larry Johnson 710FARMINGDALE, NY – Larry

Johnson led the scoring in the

Tuesday Party League firing a 280

game for a high 710 series.

Willy McCan rolled 693 and Rob

Spann 686.

D. Bonal, Jr. 681FARMINGDALE, NY –Dennis

Bonal, Jr. led the scoring in the

Wednesday Friends League firing


series of 681.

George Rotberg hit 245-214-201-

660.

T. Altumura 279FARMINGDALE, NY –Thomas

Altumura rolled 247-279-700 to

help his team “Kats” take second

place in the Saturday Friends &

Co. League.

In the Tuesday Party League

Team “Kickem While They’re

Down” bowled a 900 series in the

first game. Team consists of

Nicole Catapano, Rob Spann,

Rodney Joiner and Fred Catapano

who bowled a 280.

The team they bowled against

“Where’s Pete” retaliated with an

876 series in the third game. Team

consisted of Michael Garfinkel,

LuAnn Garfinkel, Pete Marshall

and Howie Grafinkel who bowled

a 289.

James Curran 700FARMINGDALE, NY – James

Curran led yet another session of

the Tuesday Party League firing


series of 700.

Steve Gonzlaez rolled 245-227-

206-678, Larry Johnson 267..

James Curran 278FARMNGDALE, NY – James

Curran rolled 278, and Jeff Gallo

226-244-666 in the Monday 3-

Man League.

Tom Colon 698FARMINGDALE, NY – Tom

Colon led the Monday 3-Man fir-

ing 247-258 for a 698 high set.

James Curranrolled 227-224-

246-697, and Brian Beale 210-

268-206-684.

.

Lukas Zit 675FARMINGDALE, NY –Lukas

Zito rolled 212-249-214-675 in

the Monday 3-Man League.

In the Tuesday Adult/Child

League Paul Kraus shot 276-243.

AT FARMINGDALE LANES



NEW YORK, N.Y. – With a

double in the 10th frame, 18-

year-old Zack Hattori of Las

Vegas clinched the richest schol-

arship prize in bowling history to

conclude the 14th annual Teen

Masters bowling championships

presented by Ebonite at Grand

Central Terminal Thursday.

Hattori defeated 16-year-old

Rachel Vaughn of Port St. Lucie,

Fla., 190-184 and 207-178, to

win the best-of-two-game cham-

pionship match and lock up a

four-year, $64,000 scholarship

package.

“This is life-changing for me,”

Hattori, a 2011 high school grad-

uate, said. “I’m excited and I’m

shocked. I was struggling think-

ing about college, but it’s all

coming together now. My whole

goal was to bowl in college.

Bowling has been my gateway to

get there, and now it’s more real

than ever.”

Hattori won the first game after

trailing by 26 pins in the fifth

frame. Hattori’s double and a

pair of missed 10 pin spare con-

versions proved costly to

Vaughn. He threw three strikes

in a row in the second game and

got help when Vaughn twice

failed to convert 3-10 “baby

splits.”

As runner-up, Vaughn won a

$16,000 scholarship package.

Zack Hattori Wins $64,000 Scholarship in Teen Masters


Junior Team USA Girls

Take Gold at PABCONLucas Wiseman - USBC SANTIAGO, Dominican Republic - After coming up empty in the three

previous events, the Junior Team USA girls broke through in dominat-

ing fashion Friday to win their first gold medal of the 2011 Pan

American Bowling Confederation Youth Championships.

The United States claimed the girls team gold medal with a six-game

total of 5,151, which topped second place Mexico by more than 300

pins, at Cibao Bowling Center.

Jessica Earnest led the way with 1,415 and was followed by Kaitlin

Quinn (1,312), Elise Bolton (1,252) and Danielle McEwan (1,172).

"For me as a college bowler, team is one of my favorite events to

bowl," said Earnest, who competes collegiately at Vanderbilt. "You get

to share something with three other people, and I think there's going to

be a bond between the four of us forever because it's the first interna-

tional gold medal for all of us. I think there's something special there and

it hasn't sunk in yet."

Powered by 903 in the final game, Mexico took the silver medal with

4,824, while Colombia earned the bronze with 4,767.

In the boys team event, Puerto Rico took advantage of a more than

300-pin lead it had on the United States entering the final round to win

the gold medal with 5,253. The Junior Team USA boys finished second

with 5,053, while Mexico took the bronze with 4,908.

Marshall Kent paced the U.S. team with 1,284 and was followed by

Andrew Koff (1,263), EJ Tackett (1,257) and Kyle King (1,249).

In all-events, the United States settled for the silver medal in both boys

and girls. Tackett, who had a chance to throw all three strikes in the final

frame to tie for the gold but went high on his second shot for an eight

count, and Quinn each earned a silver. Koff took the bronze for the boys.

Tackett finished all-events with 5,227, while Puerto Rico's Cristian

Azcona totaled 5,239 to win the gold. Koff finished with 5,155 to end

up third.

On the girls side, Colombia's Juliana Franco took the gold with 5,049,

topping Quinn's 4,877. Puerto Rico's Neishka Cardona earned the

bronze with 4,822.

Tylor Greene and Melanie Hannon

Take High School Singles By Jason Overstreet

Las Vegas – Tylor Greene of Davidson, Mich., and Melanie Hannon of

Buffalo, N.Y., claimed the top spots at the 2011 North Pointe High School

Singles Championships and each took home a $15,000 scholarship.

Both players survived the drama-filled match play portion of the event

en route to victory at Red Rock Lanes. They came out on top against 588

other top high school bowlers from across the country.

Greene defeated Jamie Robinson of Westerville, Ohio, 247-196, in the

boys final to take home the title, while Hannon started off strong and

pulled away on the girls side, outlasting Haley Rubin of Brandon, S.D.,

212-181.

“I wanted this win badly after not making the cut here the last couple

of years,” Greene said. “A couple of guys along the way tried to get in

my head, but I just focused on my shots. I want to attend Webber

International University, and this scholarship will help toward that.”

Hannon kept her mind on her own game and enjoyed the competitive

atmosphere this week.

“I just tried to stay focused on myself and not worry about the other

bowlers,” said Hannon. “I never thought I would win. It was an amaz-

ing experience competing with such other great youth bowlers.”

BOYS Quarterfinals: Kyle Sherman, O’Fallon, Mo., def. Zachary

Hattori, Las Vegas, 227-175 Jamie Robinson, Westerville, Ohio, def.

Joshua Taylor, Riverside, Calif., 226-223 Adam Johnson, Oswego, Ill.,

def. Cody Shoemaker, Hanover, Pa., 279-226 Tylor Greene, Davidson,

Mich., def. Bryant Ezell, Fayetteville, Ark., 212-200

GIRLS Quarterfinals: Rjani Kaya, Nampa, Idaho, def. Gabriella

Mayfield, Lake Isabella, Calif., 183-171 Haley Rubin, Brandon, S.D.,

def. Caerlina Williams, Elk Grove Village, Ill., 201-176 Kristina Oakley,

Durham, N.C., def. Brittany Morton, St. Cloud, Wis., 210-192 Melanie

Hannon, Buffalo, N.Y., def. Vanessa Chenoweth, Eugene, Ore., 217-

176.


THE MAGIC AT MAJESTICSean Williams 781HOPELAWN, NJ – Sean

Williams topped all competi-

tion rolling in the Guys and

Dolls League firing games of

235-267-279 for an impressive

high series of 781.

Elio Carrasco rolled 268-276-

713, Rocco Fortunato 238-

238-216-692, Lauro Perez

218-211-214-643, and

Thomas Poulos 227-227-626.

Matthew Manenty 777HOPELAWN, NJ – Matthew

Manenty led the Monday

Main Event League firing

247-251-279 for a high 777

set.

Bill Daunno rolled 226-269-

279-774, Ryan Friend 289-

225-246-760, Rami Ahmed

258-223-235-716, Peter

Labella, Jr. 203-279-223-705,

Ken Horvath 205-258-208-

671, and Kelly Daunno 212-

200-256-668.

Richard Rowley 684HOPELAWN, NJ – Richard

Rowley rolled 239-265-684,

Mary Dislik 246-219-653, and

Larry Johnson 208 in the Senior

No-Tap League.

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