Category: Honor Scores

Files news about honor scores rolled in local leagues and tournaments

Tina Gannon wins singles championship in TNBA national tournament

As both the scratch/actual and handicap results show, Coke league bowler Tina Gannon has won the women’s singles event in the TNBA national tournament with a 785 scratch and 816 handicap score. The doubles and singles events took place at Texas Station in North Las Vegas.

I’m not sure what the prize rule is for the TNBA tournament, but she’ll likely receive the handicap prize if the prize fund percentages favor the handicap division. Still, congrats to Tina on a great effort. 🙂

May 2015 NAT at Westgate Lanes

The Northeast Amateur Tournament held their season-ending tournament at Westgate Lanes today, with Jackson Getting defeating George Boudreau in the two-game final match by a score of 573-474 (with handicap). Westgate bowlers Jason Sherwood and Paris Cook both reached the semifinals, and Hakim Emmanuel, AJ Voisine, Sean Richard, and Danny Khuu were the other Westgate bowlers cashing.

During qualifying, Phil Hall had a 300 game, and Sean Richard a 290 game.

Congrats to all. 🙂

2015 Mass. state tournament Day 8

Before I wrap up the final day of the tournament, I’ll tie up a couple of loose ends from yesterday, as Jim Sicard had games of 258, 279, and 278 for an 815 series and Mike Farrar had a 300 game in the singles event of the 3:30 squad.

Today belonged to Tom Hedding, who, in the 9 AM squad, bowled games of 290, 258, and 300 for an 848 series, and because this was in his singles event, this is a new state tournament record, set just last year in Lowell by Ralph Marple. There were a couple of honor games in doubles prior to that, with Dave Chalifoux’s 300 game and Steve Travers with a 290 game.

The last squad of the tournament saw Scott Corkhum throw games of 279, 280, and 259 for an 818 series, which I believe helped him and his brother Ken into the scratch doubles lead. Rounding out the final day of the tournament, Jim Simon had a 299 game in doubles, and Chris Carter another 299 in singles.

I will post the final results link and acknowledge the champions when the results are made official.

2015 Mass. state tournament Day 7

The noon team event got the scoring going today, led by Bruce March, a 2003 inductee into the state Hall of Fame, with games of 263, 300, and 257 for an 820 series, with Dan Esdale (297) and Jim Wallace (279) having 11 in a row games. I got the video of Bruce March’s last strike for 300, which is below:

Another Hall of Famer, Brockton Bowling Association Hall of Famer Jim Ferguson, followed up on last week’s team performance in doubles in the 3:30 squad, when he went 249, 258, and 300 for an 807 (doesn’t count for all-events, as this was a re-entry). Gary Weiner added a state tournament 300 game to his two this year in the Westgate Mixed league, and Lou Rosa also had a 290 game. I am aware of another 800 series in singles, but I don’t have the details, so that will be posted in the future.

2015 Mass. state tournament Day 6

Mother’s Day meant the slowest day of the tournament, but some bowlers did bowl, and a couple of the “usual suspects” had honor scores: Danny Khuu, with games of 289, 279, and 254 for an 822 series, and Sean Richard with a 300 game, both in doubles during the morning squad.

The tournament’s final weekend is in the coming weekend.

2015 Mass. state tournament Day 5

Sean Richard got things going in doubles in the morning with games of 289, 276, and 256 for an 824 series, but it would be the 3:30 PM squad’s team event, which Sean was also part of, that would highlight the day:

“Richard’s Warriors”, with a lineup of Brian Gaskill, Jim Ferguson, Brian Egan, Bob Hamilton, and Sean Richard, put up a 1,309 third game, thanks in part to a 300 game from Ferguson and a 297 from Richard, which helped them post a 3,662 series, which was just one pin shy of the state tournament record by “The Winers” in the 2010 tournament at AMF Auburn Lanes. The video of Jim’s last strike is below.

Since I had the opportunity, I also took the photo below (pardon the blurred image):

A meeting of the old state record holder and the new one. You know the man on the left, and Jim Lovewell is on the right.
A meeting of the old state record holder and the new one. You know the man on the left, Jim Lovewell is on the right.

Actually, I could have made it three record holders in the same photo, as Shirley Major, the former women’s state record holder, was also bowling in the squad.

Ed Godino III throws 290 game in TNBA (with tournament note)

Congrats to Ed Godino III, who used to be in my league and whose father is still in same league, for a recent 290 game in the TNBA league. As has been mentioned, there’s been a technical problem getting standings uploaded, but we couldn’t place an exact date on this one. WTG Ed! 🙂

Deaf tournament note: Rai Doblmeier of the Tuesday scratch league let me know that he finished second to Peter Kaczmarcyk today in the Masters competition of the Eastern regional deaf tournament at Empire Lanes in Rochester, NY. Good bowling Rai! 🙂

Sean Richard bowls 832 in Patriots league, sets new Westgate record average

Sean Richard and Danny Khuu were separated by only 19 pins for 90 games in the Patriots league going into tonight, both needing a 727 series to break Jason Sherwood’s Westgate Lanes record average of 236.79 set two years ago, and the duel would take place on the same pair of lanes, 53 & 54, as their teams were matched for position round.

The first game would see Sean Richard run the first ten strikes before leaving a 4 pin for a 289, which, with Danny Khuu’s 266 left Sean just four pins ahead. A 7 pin miss in the 6th frame by Sean would lead to a 266 second game, while Danny posted the front 11 before leaving the 2-10 for a 298, leaving Danny ahead by 28 pins for the record.

Danny’s first three frames in the third game would prove to be his undoing, however, as he left the 4-6-10 split in the first frame and a 10 pin spare in the third frame, while Sean ran strikes until a 7 pin in the eighth frame, ending with a 277 for an 832 series, giving him the new record average of 237.70. Danny ended with a 225 game for a 789 series.

I’ve seen some amazing performances in my return, and Sean’s tonight would rank up there among them. He and Danny are friends off the lanes, but both competitive on them. It was good to see them both try to bring the best out of each other.

Congrats to you two on a good show tonight. 🙂

2015 Mass. state tournament Day 2

I need to tie up a couple of loose ends from yesterday, because I missed a couple of honor scores in the singles event of the 3:30 squad yesterday. They were shot by doubles teammates, as Mike Schrems put up games of 255, 290, and 268 for an 813 series, and Troy Bouchard ended the event with a 300 game.

All of today’s honor scores were shot in the doubles event, starting with Chris Bourdon with a 300 game in the 9 AM squad. In the 3:30 squad, Brian Egan and Sean Richard started their doubles event with games of 278 and 300 respectively for a team honor game of 578.

As an aside, Matt Richard bowled the minors both days, and, while they were not quite the same game scores, he had identical 780 series in singles for the two days.

Good bowling this weekend, everyone! 🙂

2015 Mass. state tournament Day 1

The first day of state tournament began with some scores in the minor events, with Brian Gaskill putting up a 299 game in doubles, and Sean Richard throwing a 290 in singles.

As a local board member, I participated in the opening ceremony before the noon squad, with Bob Young being inducted to the state Hall of Fame posthumously for Meritorious Service, along with Jim Harger for Bowling Achievement. Hakim Emmanuel was also presented several gifts from Westgate Lanes and the local and state associations for his 900 series, along with his 300 and 900 rings.

Although the 3:30 squad later was relatively tame for scores, Brian Boghosian, the 1999 USBC Masters champion, had a flirtation with a 900 series of his own in the noon squad (team event), putting up back-to-back 300 games before ringing a 10 pin to start the third game and finishing up with a 258 for an 858 series that would have been the Westgate Lanes house record up until two months ago. Team event was also special for Ed Grossett, who picked the state tournament to throw his very first 300 game.

The tournament continues tomorrow.

Mike Litchfield wins NAT one-ball tournament; Tom Hedding throws perfecto

Congrats to Mike Litchfield for winning the Northeast Amateur Tournament’s special one-ball tournament today at Westgate Lanes. The concept was simple: One ball, and only one ball, of the bowler’s choice was to be used for the whole tournament, including for first ball and all spares. At the end, Mike defeated DJ Jones by a score of 500-445 (with handicap) in the two-game final match. Henry Webber, Shawn Hagan, Matt Richard, John Hayes Jr., Tom Hedding, Hakim Emmanuel, and AJ Voisine were the other Westgate bowlers cashing.

Tom Hedding also had a perfect game in the tournament, thrown using his plastic skull ball (trust me, it moves left when he throws it for a strike). Henry Webber added a 299 game, and Anthony Allen a 297. There was also a score of note thrown by a woman, that being Linda Dembro with a 280 game; the game was the second game and had the last 10 strikes, which won her the tournament’s strike jackpot worth around $700.

Congrats to all! 🙂