Category: Honor Scores

Files news about honor scores rolled in local leagues and tournaments

Ray Fischer throws 290 game in Coke league

Ray Fischer ended the first third of the Coke league season in fine fashion tonight, throwing the back 11 after a spare for a 290 game. This also turned out to be the high game on the first “challenge” shot (the program sheet for which I previously posted), as they will start on another pattern next week. It is another pattern designed by Bill Holota of Kegel, but I don’t have the sheet for it available yet as the copier in the Westgate Lanes office either is not working completely right now or just doesn’t have color toner. I will post the new pattern when I have it available.

Got a little sidetracked, but congrats Ray! 😀

Rob Young posts 808 series in 2013 Bowler of the Year

Rob Young, before the Coke league tonight, brought something to my attention: He had games of 263 and 286 in qualifying for Bowler of the Year, and a 259 in his first match play game, and, being the first three games of the tournament, it qualified for an 800 series award (808 total). I already congratulated him in person on this (it was his first 800 series), but wanted to make sure it was noted here. 😀

Bill Major wins first BBA Bowler of the Year title

Congrats to Bill Major on winning his first Brockton Bowling Association Bowler of the Year title today. The results of the stepladder follow:

First match: Mike Carter def. Ryan Yelle 234-205
Semifinal: Bill Major def. Carter 236-193
Championship: Major def. Rob Young 265-215

Also congrats to Harry Thibeault and Rich Fulton, who each had a 299 game during qualifying.

A more detailed recap will (hopefully) come on the Brockton Bowling Association website, and a photo of the two final match bowlers is up on the association’s Facebook page.

Tyler Perry shoots state youth record 876 set

Normally, I only post about big scores thrown at Westgate Lanes, but, if a score bowled elsewhere, particularly in New England, is notable enough (like Mike Violette’s back-to-back 800 series last season at North Bowl), I will mention it here, and that is the case today.

I’ve seen Alex Aguiar post on Facebook that Tyler Perry, already the youngest NEBA champion ever at age 16, threw an 876 series today in his youth league at Wonder Bowl, which is believed to be a new state record for youth bowlers. Congrats Tyler! 😀

Brian Egan throws 290/805 in Adult/Junior doubles (with results)

The unofficial results of today’s Adult/Junior doubles tournament:

Bantam/Prep

  1. Jaden Rec & Henry Webber 1,477
  2. Ethan Reyes & Mike Fowler 1,404

Junior/Senior

  1. Kyle & Brian Egan 1,515
  2. Angelica Wilson & Charles Paige 1,424

Congratulations to Brian Egan, who threw his first 800 series in the tournament with games of 290, 257, and 258 for an 805. 😀

Congrats also to the other winners. 😀

Steve Wagoner wins Nov. 2013 open NEBA at Westgate; Rich Fulton second

NEBA reported that Steve Wagoner won his second career NEBA title, which was also his second of the year, this past weekend at Westgate Lanes, defeating Rich Fulton, of Westgate Lanes, by a score of 244-228 in the title match. Other Westgate Lanes bowlers cashing, as reported in the match play results, were Gino Beniamino, Danny Khuu, Ryan Yelle, Jim Ferguson, Brian Egan, Bill Briggs, Tim Major, and Eric Durden.

There were two honor scores posted in the open tournament, both 11 in a row games in the 12:30 squad yesterday: Frankie Calca with a 299, and Tony Reynaud with a 290.

Tony Reynaud wins Nov. 2013 senior NEBA at Westgate; Dahlgren, Kirker perfect

Congratulations to Tony Reynaud on winning today’s senior NEBA event at Westgate Lanes, defeating John Camara 238-200 in the title match. I thought this tournament might have also been on the pattern chosen for the open tournament, but the senior tournament was on the Westgate Lanes house shot. Tony’s photo is on NEBA’s Facebook page, for anyone interested.

There were also two perfect games thrown in the senior tournament, one by John Kirker during qualifying and the other by Ralph Dahlgren during match play. I missed getting video of Kirker’s 300, but I did get Dahlgren’s, which is below:

As for the first squad of the open tournament, there weren’t any scores that were too crazy, but I believe Rich Fulton and Brian Egan from Westgate Lanes made the squad cut, so they’ll be back tomorrow for match play. Good work, guys! 😀

2013 Junior Professionals results

Before I go into the results, I’d like to say as a member of the Junior Professionals Tournament committee that the tournament was a learning experience for all of us. We’d like to do this again, and will bear in mind what we’ve learned today to make the next tournament better.

Now, the results (scores in the handicap division are with handicap unless noted as scratch):

Handicap Division

First stepladder match: Nick Damon def. Greg Zygaldo 247-200
Second stepladder match: Nick Damon def. Chris Zalewski 198-189
Championship match: William Grinvalski def. Nick Damon 256-187

High qualifier: Shane Litchfield 1428
High handicap game: Zachary Benevides 263
High scratch game: Shane Litchfield 243

Scratch Division

First stepladder match: Andrew Hall def. Isaac LaPlante 194-171
Second stepladder match: Andrew Hall def. Nick Sauve 201-173
Championship match: Andrew Hall def. Aaron Major 213-181

High qualifer: Aaron Major 1374
High game: Brandon Ward 267

Ball raffle winners: Cody Rebello (Pivot) & Robert Laboissiere (Disruption)

Special congratulations to Tiler Levesque, who threw his first 300 game in the first game of the match play portion of the tournament.

Congratulations to all who won prizes, and to Tiler again! Thanks again to Ebonite International for sponsoring the tournament. 😀

Rob Dickens posts first career 300 in Westgate Mixed

Congrats to Rob Dickens, who had his first career 300 game tonight in the Westgate Mixed league. You will know Rob as one of my earliest new bowling friends in my return to league bowling, a summer league teammate a couple of times, and we’ve also had the pleasure of bowling together a few other times in various settings (including bowling on the same pair in People’s Tournament qualifying). Rob, you deserved this one, buddy! 😀

Westgate Lanes team earns national honor

File photo of Westgate Lanes youth team (L-R: Chris Silveri, Kevin Thibeault, Nick Sauve, Stephen Major, coach Steve Hamilton)
File photo of Westgate Lanes youth team (L-R: Chris Silveri, Kevin Thibeault, Nick Sauve, Stephen Major, coach Steve Hamilton)

I previously reported on Kevin Thibeault’s 300 game on March 16, but little did I know how big the day really was…Marcia first brought it to my attention, and I was sitting on it until I saw a news article about it on bowl.com, but with the bowlers involved having already been recognized for it at the center, I thought I’d go ahead with it now:

One of the leaderboards on bowl.com shows that the bowlers that form one of the travel league teams (file photo of the team above) rolled what turned out to be the high series of the 2012-13 season in the nation for a team of their age group and playing strength (four-man, ages 17-20, as determined by the age of the oldest bowler) on the day I mentioned in the youth league at Westgate Lanes, doing so with games of 1,037, 942, and 945 for a three-game total of 2,924. In the first game, Kevin Thibeault’s 300 game was joined by a 289 game by Nick Sauve, with Stephen Major also throwing a 235 and Chris Silveri a 213. Kevin had the high series on the team that day with a 760, followed by Stephen Major’s 743, Nick Sauve’s 732, and Chris Silveri’s 689.

It should also be noted that the 1,037 game was also the second highest in the nation, bettered only by Island Tree Varsity of Levittown, NY, who threw a 1,054 game on Jan. 21.

My formal congratulations to this team on this achievement. 😀

Note: This article was also filed in the “Honor Scores” category due to the nature of the post.

Kevin Thibeault throws perfecto in Gardner; Stephen Major makes “Big 4”

Congrats to Kevin Thibeault on a 300 game in the eight-game marathon Sunday at Gardner Ten Pin, a sanctioned adult tournament for which he signed a waiver to compete in. I was told they had Kegel’s “Route 66” pattern out for the tournament.

Also, Stephen Major told me last night that he converted the “Big Four” (4-6-7-10) while competing for Westgate Lanes in the youth travel league at Wonder Bowl. 😀

Chris Major throws 11 in a row 290 in His & Hers

Congrats to Chris Major on her 11 in a row 290 game tonight in the His & Hers league, and it’s been posted on the Brockton Bowling Association Facebook page; as some of you are aware, I’ve been gradually shading the page to include news about the women and youth bowlers in the association’s centers. 😀

EDIT: Chris’s first two games were a 234 and a 193 for a 717 set. Congrats again! 😀

Dave Townson goes 300/801 in Summer His & Hers

Congrats to Dave Townson (I’ve noted here in the past that he was my first league secretary) on games of 248, 300, and 253 for an 801 set last night in the summer edition of the His & Hers league. 😀

I need to note that, for reasons I will not publish here, the summer His & Hers league decided not to sanction this year, so neither Dave nor Steve Cohen, whose honor score I reported last week, will receive USBC awards.