Category: Honor Scores

Files news about honor scores rolled in local leagues and tournaments

Bruce Perry throws first honor score at Ryan Family Amusements

I usually don’t report on honor scores away from Westgate Lanes unless they involve Westgate bowlers, but, due to the notability of this one, I’m making an exception: Bruce Perry threw a 298 game in the NAAITL league Tuesday night at Ryan Family Amusements in Raynham, MA, which is the first honor score thrown in USBC-certified competition there since the center converted duckpin lanes into tenpin lanes in the summer of 2013. The league itself had been bowling at AMF Taunton Lanes, which closed last summer. One of the league’s officers, Steve Parmeggiani, told me on Facebook that Bruce only left a 7-10 split in the game.

Congrats Bruce! 🙂

Westgate Warriors win first ever home match; Shawn Hagan throws 290 game

The Westgate Warriors defeated Pound For Pound 30-10 in their first ever home match by a score of 30-10 (points are given game and series for each match, scratch and two handicap, and also for the overall team total). The effort was paced largely by Shawn Hagan’s 290 game in the second handicap match, though the scratch match, with Sean Richard, Brian Egan, and Danny Khuu competing for the Warriors, was won handily by the Warriors, as well.

Elsewhere in the building, a 300 game was posted by Jesse Pickett, a member of the New England Heat, in the second game.

Jan. 2015 BBIS marathon results

The results of today’s BBIS 10-game marathon tournament (scores are +/- 2000 after handicap added):

  1. Yat Voong +397
  2. Ed Roberts +301
  3. Rich Brignolo +253
  4. Louis Lam +249

There were 19 entries. Tim Major left a “fast 8” (4-7) in the first frame of Game 7, then ran the last 11 for a 290, the high game of the tournament.

Thank you to everyone who entered and congratulations to the cashers. The tournament management hopes to plan another one for May or June, after the state tournament.

2014-15 mid-season round-up

With the New Year, I devote the usual post to the high scores for both the men and women at Westgate Lanes during the season in-progress at the unofficial halfway point of the winter season. It will be based on the league standings sheets I have available at press time. High average will be for a minimum of 36 games, and youth bowlers will be included with the adult bowlers if they otherwise qualified.

Men

Average: 234.1; Sean Richard (Thursday Night Patriots, 45 games)
Series: 837; Ray Fischer (His & Hers)
Game: 300; Brian Egan (Coke Classic), Kevin Thibeault (Tuesday Scratch Sportsmen, Saturday Seniors {youth}), Chuck Gerlach, Bob Hamilton (Thursday Night Patriots)

Women

Average: 208.7; Shirley Major (Thursday Night Patriots, 39 games)
Series: 730; Sandi Litchfield (Westgate Mixed)
Game: 300; Sandi Litchfield (Westgate Mixed)

Readers interested in a particular league can check the standings sheets on BowlerExpress at http://www.bowlerexpress.com/4westgate except for the Tuesday Scratch Sportsmen and BBIS leagues, which post only on LeagueSecretary.com (LeagueSecretary.com link is to center index page).

Kevin Thibeault throws 300 in Tuesday Scratch Sportsmen

Technically, Kevin Thibeault is still a youth bowler, but, because he signed a waiver with the USBC in order to do so, could compete in the Tuesday Scratch Sportsmen league, an adult singles league (and singles leagues are the only adult leagues a youth bowler can compete in via the waiver process), and, tonight, he had his 6th career 300 game tonight in the league. Danny Khuu got video of the final two shots of the game, which I’ve uploaded to YouTube and have embedded below:

The lane condition for the league tonight was WTBA Los Angeles.

Congrats Kevin! 😀

Bob Hamilton shoots 300, Sean Richard 299 in Patriots (includes team honor)

Congratulations to Bob Hamilton on a perfect game tonight in the Patriots league; congrats also to Shirley Major, as Tim Major told me she shot 236 in that game, making the game a 536, better than the 526 game they had the week before the Thanksgiving break (and, of course, a mixed doubles honor game). 😀

Congrats also to Sean Richard, with a 299 game tonight! 😀

Bob Hamilton throws 826 set in Patriots league; Team also qualifies for honors

Congrats to Bob Hamilton, with games of 279, 257, and 290 for an 826 set tonight in the Patriots league. Moreover, I’ll link his daughter Stephanie’s Facebook photo of the desk printout here, as, given that, he and Shirley Major threw a 526 third game and a 1,506 series, both of which are national honor scores for a mixed doubles team. Congrats to Shirley for this, as well! 😀

Bob & Shirley’s desk printout

Danny Khuu wins 2014 Brockton USBCBA Bowler of the Year

2014 Brockton USBCBA Bowler of the Year finalists (L-R): Danny Khuu (champion), Jason Sherwood (runner-up)
2014 Brockton USBCBA Bowler of the Year finalists (L-R): Danny Khuu (champion), Jason Sherwood (runner-up)

Congratulations to Danny Khuu on winning the 2014 Brockton Bowling Association Bowler of the Year tournament today. The stepladder results were as follows:

Match 1: Danny Khuu def. Bob Hamilton 256-191
Semifinal: Khuu def. Ryan Yelle 249-180
Championship: Khuu def. Jason Sherwood 257-205

Khuu was dominant throughout the stepladder, and the title match was no exception, with Sherwood just staying clean and Khuu throwing an opening four-bagger before leaving a 10 pin, from which point Khuu cruised to victory.

There was one honor score in the tournament, belonging to Ryan Yelle, who closed his round of eight match with the first 11 before catching a bad break with an 8 pin.

Full results will be available soon on the Brockton Bowling Association website.

2014 Westgate Lanes NEBA results

NEBA reported Mike Lichstein won his record 28th NEBA title, and his 4th at Westgate Lanes, this past Sunday. They reported on Facebook that Lichstein defeated Alex Aguiar by a score of 217-205 in the title match. Westgate Lanes bowler Sean Richard made a run into the quarterfinals before losing to Lichstein, and he was joined out of Westgate Lanes as cashers by Brian Gaskill, Jason Sherwood, Danny Khuu, Brockton Bowling Association Hall of Famer Jim Ferguson, Eric Durden, Bob Hamilton, and Kevin Thibeault (who, competing as a youth bowler, will have his prize money deposited into his SMART scholarship account). Brian Egan of Westgate Lanes won the prize for high game outside of the cut.

The title match itself was a classic, as Aguiar had an early split, but it became apparent that whichever bowler could figure out the right lane first would win, and Lichstein broke through in the 9th frame. When Lichstein struck in the 10th to seal his victory, he was overcome by emotion (as it was his first NEBA title in four years) and flopped down on the approach. Entertainingly, Aguiar mimicked the gesture when he finally struck in the 10th on the problem right lane. An observation of Lichstein I made during match play was that he was constantly giving his opponents encouragement during the match. Mike Lichstein is a bowler who gets it, which reminded me of what the great bowling writer Chuck Pezzano said about the mindset of most bowlers: You want your opponent to bowl well, too, just you a little bit better.

There were five 300 games in the regular NEBA tournament, and I already posted about Brian Gaskill’s on Saturday, but one I missed on Saturday was thrown by Bob Dimuccio Jr. There were three more perfect games on Sunday, all of which I have video for, and I’ll go in order. First, Mike Wilson:

Charlie Bonis Jr.:

And, finally, Dave Martorella:

In addition, Mike Lichstein had a chance at one before a “super washout” (1-3-4-6-7 for a lefty) derailed him on the last shot.

2014 Senior NEBA results

According to the prize list posted by NEBA (via Facebook), John Kirker won the NEBA senior event held this past Saturday at Westgate Lanes. The match play results show that he defeated Brockton Bowling Association Hall of Famer Jim Ferguson by a score of 246-191 in the title match. John Hayes Jr. was the other Westgate Lanes casher in the event.

There were two 300 games in the senior tournament, including John Papa, who had a 300 game in this event last year, as well, and Marcel Lessard, the video of which is below.