Category: Honor Scores

Files news about honor scores rolled in local leagues and tournaments

Apr. 27 NAT result note

The Northeast Amateur Tournament’s newsletter reported Reggie Carreiro as the winner of the Apr. 27 event at Westgate Lanes over Bert Santos. The tournament director informed me on Facebook that the score of the final match was 313-261 (with handicap). No information on other cashers was available, but the new website is still under construction, so I hope that this information will return in the future.

Also part of the backlog is that John Papa and Greg Watson had 300 games during the head-to-head finals portion of the tournament.

Sean Richard bowls 300 game in 2014 state tournament

“Seany Kash” was at it again in the state tournament in Lowell today, this time putting up a perfect game in the team event (though I will have to ask him which team this appearance was for; multiple participation is allowed in the state tournament). WTG Sean! 😀

Note: He does have the last strike video up on his Facebook timeline.

Bob Hamilton bowls 299/855, Mike Spratt 300 in Westgate Mixed

It might have been tough for Bob Hamilton to improve on last week, but he found a way, as he actually had a chance at the house record in the last frame tonight, but came up just a pin shy, putting up games of 289, 299, and 267 for an 855 series, which improves his high series in the association for the year.

Also tonight, Mike Spratt, in the last game, bowled his first career 300 game, so congrats to both Bob and Mike tonight. 😀

Hamilton posts 300/834, Alfieri 300 in Westgate Mixed

The high series to date at Westgate Lanes this season was thrown tonight by Bob Hamilton in the Westgate Mixed league, with games of 267, 267, and 300 for an 834. Also, earlier in the night, Ed Alfieri had a perfect game of his own. Congrats to both! 😀

EDIT: Thanks to Bob Hamilton’s daughter, Stephanie, we have a video of Ed Alfieri’s 300 below. You won’t see a better break for a 300 game than this. 😉

Krushas, Joyner bowl 300, Sherwood 299 in Apr. 27 NAT

Although I didn’t bowl in the tournament this time, I hung around the NAT for qualifying today, and there were three honor scores to report. The morning squad saw Jason Sherwood have a 7 pin rob him on the last shot for a 299 game, while Jay Krushas and Tarik Joyner both had a perfect game during the afternoon squad.

Congrats to everyone involved, and I’ll post a recap when the results are up on the NAT’s website. 🙂

Bourdon and DeMarsico throw state tournament record 1,578 doubles set

I already noted one record score today, but I was made aware tonight of another state tournament record, this time in doubles, by Chris Bourdon and Scott DeMarsico, bowling out of Mt. Greylock Bowl in N. Adams, with a 1,578 set. Bourdon shot 788 and DeMarsico 790 in the effort, which took place on the 3:30 squad. Scott, coincidentally, was co-holder of the old doubles record, a 1,574 with Gary Superneau in 2007 at Mt. Greylock Bowl.

Congrats! 😀

Sandi Litchfield throws perfecto

Not many women at Westgate Lanes have bowled a 300 game in our history (Five previously: Sue Sutter {unsanctioned}, Kris Voss, Tina Gannon {see note in comments}, Jessica Lowe, and Melissa Peterson), but Sandi Litchfield joined that club tonight with her first perfect game in the second game of the Westgate Mixed league. She actually had a shot at the women’s state record after a 277 first game and needed to double in the 10th third game to have a chance at an 800 set, but she finished with a 218 for a 795.

Way to go again, Sandi! 😀

Steve Sousa’s video of Sandi’s last strike is below:

Hagan bowls 300, Yelle 298 in Coke league

The closing moments of the second game in the Coke Classic league tonight saw Shawn Hagan and Ryan Yelle both with a chance at 300 only a couple of pairs away. Shawn connected first on his 300 game, while Ryan left the baby split on his last shot for a 298 game. Sorry, no video on Hagan’s perfecto, but it should be noted that I’ve run brackets in place of Eric Durden twice this season, and there was a 300 both times, the other 300 having been bowled by Pat Carrara earlier in the season.

Congrats Shawn and Ryan! 😀

Roberts & Aguiar doubles follow-up notes

Just some notes related to Ed Roberts and Alex Aguiar’s doubles performance in the city tournament yesterday:

  • Ed himself followed up with 245 and 226 for a 771 set, and the 1,574 doubles series is also considered a national honor score.
  • The 1,574 set beat the second highest scratch set in the event, thrown by Rob Young and Jason Sherwood, by 296 pins.
  • For these next two, I looked up the bowl.com leaderboard…there have been at least two other 600 doubles games thrown in the nation this season: Chris Nocella and Eric Smith on Jan. 9 in Troy, NY, and Luke Moore and Jay Loos on Mar. 12 in Marshfield, WI.
  • The 1,574 set is unofficially tied for third highest in the nation this season with Jon and Tony Cherpeski, who bowled their 1,574 on Sept. 29. in Fairborn, OH. John Baldeschwiler and Cory Domingue are currently listed as the national leaders with a 1,673 bowled on Oct. 20 in D’lberville, MS.
  • Finally, I don’t normally note equipment used in honor score performances, but I will here: Ed threw a Storm Zero Gravity, and Alex a Roto Grip Wrecker.

Administrivia note: The first post about the 600 doubles game will be updated with Ed & Alex’s photo.

Ed Roberts, Alex Aguiar throw first ever 600 doubles game at Westgate Lanes

What yesterday lacked in scoring pace in the city tournament was more than made up for today, with Ed Roberts and Alex Aguiar starting the day with what is thought to be not only the first 600 doubles game in the history of Westgate Lanes, but in all of the Brockton Bowling Association’s history. Alex also added games of 234 and 269 in the event for an 803 series.

Ed Roberts (L) and Alex Aguiar (R) after their 600 doubles game on Apr. 6 at Westgate Lanes
Ed Roberts (L) and Alex Aguiar (R) after their 600 doubles game on Apr. 6 at Westgate Lanes

It was also a good day for Steve Travers, as he had a 290 game in singles, and followed that up with a 299 game in team. Finally, Matt Yandek also had a 299 game in the doubles event for a total of six honor scores today.

Congrats everyone! 😀

Tina Gannon throws 300 in People’s Tournament

I’m usually at least around Westgate Lanes for tournaments, but opted not to go today for the People’s Tournament because I wanted to watch the finals of the Brunswick Euro Challenge (which was streaming on BowlingDigital.com), but Tom Hedding, through a post of the video on Facebook, indirectly informed me that Tina Gannon shot a 300 game today in defense of her title from last month. I’ll have to get TomTom’s permission on the video again before I upload it to YouTube and post it here.

Congrats Tina! 😀

Note: The results will, of course, wait for the tournament to post them on their website.

EDIT: As promised (and it was just waiting for the go-ahead from TomTom), the video of Tina’s final strike:

I’m not sure, but Tina may now be the first woman with two 300 games at Westgate Lanes.