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It was a quiet Coke league night last night, but, this quarter, that means there was only one 300 game bowled, and that by Devon McGregor, in the first game. I have the video below:
That was not the only honor score on the pair, however, as Zach Thompson ran the last 11 for a 290, also in the first game.
Good bowling guys! 🙂
The walls around the pro shop will have many more desk printouts on them after yesterday, as it was a high-scoring day in the Northeast Amateur Tournament’s handicap singles event. The day was led by Jim Ferguson, who had 269-248-300 for an 817 on the first squad, and Jason Unthank, who posted 279-246-300 for an 825 on the second squad. Additionally, Sean Richard, Tom Hedding, Angel Hernandez, and Mike Peirce had 300 games without an 800 series, and Bill Tessier (299) and Mike Masse (298) both threw 11 in a row.
I didn’t think I had a video of my own of one of TomTom’s 300 games, so I present one below:
As usual, I will wait for the NAT to make a post before posting about the tournament’s winner.
Congrats guys! 🙂
For the third time in the current segment of the Coke league, two perfect games were posted on the same night. The first of the two was in the first game by Zach Thompson, who many of you know is the tournament director of the Bay State Open. He’s sometimes said, “Always the videographer,” when he’s posted video of other bowlers’ 300s, and now we can say we have video of one of Zach’s own, below:
Zach’s 300 was followed in the second game by Rich Fulton, who has the most recent 800 series in the league (back in 2014), and the video of that is below:
Congrats to both! 🙂
The tournament is still in progress as I write this, but Westgate’s Brian Egan started hot in his NEBA qualifying squad today at East Providence Lanes with a 300 first game. Danny Khuu recorded the last strike, which is below:
Depending on events in the tournament, a post will be made either here or just on the Facebook page after the tournament.
WTG Brian! 🙂
There had never been an 800 series in the Brunswick Mixed league since I joined it until last night, and there are now two, as Jake Tobin led the way with games of 256, 299, and 267 for an 822, and Dan Esdale with 257, 300, and 253 for an 810. Ken Gerraughty’s video of Esdale’s last strike is below:
I had my camera going for Jake’s last shot in the second game, but, unfortunately for him, he left a 7 pin. It was still Jake’s first 800 series. Dan, of course, has had 300 games and 800 series before, but he told me this was the first time he ever put the two feats together.
Good job to both! 🙂
I am taking care of all of the honor scores from the city tournament in this post because they all were bowled yesterday.
The first squad saw a pair of 800 series, one by Sean Richard, who had games of 269, 259, and 278 for an 806, and the other by Brockton Bowling Association Hall of Famer Ryan Yelle, who had 266, 268, and 268 for an 802.
The lone 300 of the tournament was bowled by a bowler who made the trip from greater Boston, John Gravel, during the second squad, and Shawn Hagan’s video of the last strike is below:
Finally, on the same squad as Gravel’s 300, Rob Young had a 299 game.
I will post a link to the unofficial results on the Facebook page when I see them.
Update: Jon Hester told me tonight that he also had a 290 game in his singles event. Also, I forgot to mention that Sam Kamel converted the Big 4 (4-6-7-10) split during the second squad, which was the first time that split had ever been converted while I was in the building.
It had been a long time coming for him, but Shawn Coles, my Wednesday league secretary, bowled his first 300 game in over a decade last night. In a first for this blog, I have video of the last shot, the first video on this blog from one of my own leagues:
Shawn had told me a long time ago that he’d never had a 300 with his wife, Jo-Ann, present, and that finally happened for him last night, as well.
WTG Shawn! 🙂
Brockton Bowling Association Hall of Famer Jim Ferguson has had a few 299 games, the latest last night in the Patriots league, and, though I usually don’t show video for anything but a 300 game, I decided to post Sean Richard’s Facebook video here for one prevailing reason: You won’t often see the kingpin (5 pin) stop a 300 game.
Maybe next time, Jim! 🙂
I’d been a regular in-person observer of the Coke league for a while, but something happened last night that hadn’t happened since before that time (note about that to follow): Two 300 games on the same night. The first of the night was bowled by Gino Beniamino in the first game, and, thanks to Shawn Scales, I have video of the last strike (which Shawn originally posted on Snapchat):
Gino told me (and others) that this was actually his first 300 game ever.
It would take until the end of the night for Jon Hester to post the other one, which Zach Thompson got the video of and is shared here:
Hester figures in the note about last night, in that the only other time in my memory there were two 300 games on the same night in the Coke league, Jon’s teammate, Matt Yandek, had both of them as bookends in an 801 series.
Good work guys! 🙂
“TomTom” Hedding is currently leading the house in average, and he’s doing everything in his power to try to stay there, as he had a 300 game last night in the Patriots league. Sean Richard’s Facebook video of “TomTom’s” last shot in the 300 game is below.
“TomTom” wasn’t the only bowler with a 300 game last night, however, as Nick Grossi also bowled his very first one. WTG to both! 🙂
As reported to me by the Bay State Open, Sean Richard, Mark Zimmerman, and Jim Ferguson, all Westgate bowlers, won their first-ever trios event Sunday at East Providence Lanes by defeating John Gant, George Jones, and Calvin Scott by a score (with handicap) of 525-486 in the two game, Baker format final match. The Bay State open has posted a video of the final match, which is below.
The new Have A Ball Scotch Doubles league is hoping to attract new league bowlers, but some familiar faces are in the league, as well. One of them, Tim Major, showed the newcomers what’s possible by bowling a 300 during one of the two games the bowlers bowl a complete game in. Westgate Lanes’ Facebook video of the last shot is below.
According to a post in the Maine Invitational Scratch Tournament’s Facebook group, Coke league bowler Steve Dale Jr. won his second MIST title, both this season, by defeating top seed John Bercier 186-171 in today’s event at Strikers East in Raymond, NH, which was the first MIST event held outside of the state of Maine. The 2015 MSBS Anvil pattern was the lane condition for the tournament, which had a MIST record 94 entries.
Update: The final match video is below.
The Brockton Bowling Association held its inaugural Holiday Doubles tournament Sunday at Westgate Lanes, with the final prize list linked here (PDF file). The scratch winners, Steve Dale Jr. & Brian Gaskill, bowled sets of 866 and 769, respectively, to set what should be a new association doubles record with 1,635, just six pins short of what Gaskill found was Ed Souza & Dennis Bedard’s state doubles record, set at Holiday Lanes in Westport in the 2009-10 season.
Dale had a 300 game in his second game to go along with a 299 first game, and his 866, of course, is the second highest series ever bowled at Westgate Lanes. Other 300 games were bowled by Tom Hedding, Sean Richard, and Jim Ferguson, the latter whose was his 10th career 300. Also, according to the posted final standings, Jim Ferguson & Danny Khuu, the reigning state doubles champions, posted a 279-299=578 first game, which, right now, would be good for 3rd in the nation.
As a final note, Jim Young had a wrinkle of his own for the optional “Holiday Bonus” singles event, in which the “bonus” was having the high game in doubles count twice for the derived singles event.
Update: Because this video is probably better than the one I got of Jim Ferguson’s 300 in the 2015 state tournament, here’s Tom Hedding’s video of Jim’s last shot:
Brockton BA championship tournament set for Jan. 28 & 29: The Brockton Bowling Association has also set their championship tournament for Jan. 28 & 29 at Westgate Lanes, with the entry form and rules available here (PDF file).
The Bay State Open likes to have users on their Facebook page view the video to know who won each tournament, so, as the video below will show, Mike Peirce was the winner of their December event at Westgate Lanes over Kyle Egan (who will receive his 2nd place prize in his SMART account), 278-248 (with handicap). Both are bowlers at Westgate Lanes.
As the Facebook post below shows, other Westgate bowlers cashing were Brian Egan (who lost to son Kyle in the semifinals), Jim Ferguson, Tim Woodley, and Matt Richard. The tournament had a Bay State Open record 69 entries.
Brian Egan had lamented to me in the past that he never could seem to carry 12 strikes at Westgate, while noting that he’d done it elsewhere. Since the summer of 2015, however, he’s had two of them, one in the Coke league, and he had his 3rd at Westgate the other night in the Patriots league. Danny Khuu recorded the video, and he forgot to post it on Facebook, but did let me download it from his IM, and I’ve uploaded it to this site’s page, and it is below:
I’m not sure if this is a first for Westgate Lanes, but father Brian Egan and son Kyle now both have 300 games in the same season. WTG guys! 🙂
A recent trend I’ve noticed has been bowlers from Cape Cod coming up to bowl leagues at Westgate Lanes. A team from the Cape, Prime Time, has already won a segment in the Coke league. Tonight, as noted in the center’s Facebook post above, Stan Gibbs made his presence felt with a 300 game in the His & Hers league. Nice game, Stan! 🙂
Update: Sean Richard’s Facebook video of the last strike is below.
Sarah Gill recently bowled her first 300 game at Westgate Lanes in the travel league, and Kyle Egan joined her as youth bowlers with their first 300 game at Westgate this year, as he had one today in the Saturday Seniors. We did get video of Kyle’s last strike on Facebook, which is shared below:
Congrats Kyle, and I hope this is the first of many for you. 🙂
As reported in their Facebook group, Coke league bowler Steve Dale Jr. won his first Maine Invitational Scratch Tournament title today at Yankee Lanes in Brunswick, ME after defeating Mike Klosin 226-193 in the final match. The tournament was contested on this year’s Danish Trios pattern.
The MIST also records video of the final match, which will be added when it’s available.
Congrats Stevie! 🙂
Update: The final match is below.
Coke league bowler Stan Lewis teamed with Roberto Perez Sunday to win the Bay State Open doubles title over Bill Sheehey & Don Hohler, 539-470 (with handicap), in the final match, the video of which is in the Facebook post embedded below.
Congrats Stan! 🙂
I’ve known Mike Carter for quite a while as one of North Bowl’s best bowlers, and this year he decided to try out the Coke league. He made quite a splash in his league debut last night, as he had a 300 game right out of the gate. I got the video of the last strike, which I posted on the association page and which is shared below:
Congrats Mike! 🙂
As the post below notes, Danny Khuu defeated Calvin Scott 254-215 (with handicap) to win the Bay State Open’s season opener Sunday at Westgate Lanes. As the post also notes, TomTom Hedding, Hakim Emmanuel, Mark Zimmerman, and Jon Hester were other Westgate bowlers cashing. The post should also have the final match video.
Congrats Khuu! 🙂
“Mr. 900” Hakim Emmanuel now has six 300 games to his credit after posting one in qualifying today for the Bay State Open event. The surprise is that this one was not on lanes 47 & 48, as the Bay State Open’s video below shows:
As a personal note, this was also Hakim’s first one that I was actually there for. 🙂
Congrats again Hakim! 🙂
Striking a compromise between timeliness and my wish to not post about a tournament until I get something official from it, I’m reporting on the honor scores from Sunday’s NAT first, which were the 300 games bowled in qualifying by Keith Kaestner and Mark Paradis. Danny Khuu got video of the last strike of Keith’s game, which I share below:
Congrats to both, particularly Keith, as he bowls in my Wednesday league. I hope to have results soon. 🙂
Junior Gold week has started off well for Stephen & Aaron Major, as, according to the current standings, they are leading U20 scratch doubles with a 1,439 score at the Bowling.com Youth Open, which runs for the next three weekends at Expo Bowl in Indianapolis, IN, the Junior Gold host city. In the last game of the event, Aaron had a 300 game (Tim Major’s video of the last strike of the game is below) and Stephen added a 279.
There’s still a lot of bowling left, but most of the best youth bowlers in the nation are in Indy for Junior Gold this week, so we have some hope that the Majors’ score holds if they can get through this weekend.
I should have thought of this sooner, but Sean Richard did post a video on Facebook of the 600 doubles game by Jim Ferguson & Danny Khuu in the state tournament, which I share here via my YouTube account:
Congrats to Kris Higgins, who was in my Wednesday night league last year and whom I also know has bowled in the Coke league, for a 300 game the other night in the TNBA league. 🙂
UPDATE: Jose Garcia got video of the last two strikes, which I’ve uploaded and share here, with Jose’s original post having been shared on the Brockton Bowling Association’s Facebook page.
Zach Thompson has finally uploaded the final match videos from the Bay State Open dual adult doubles/youth singles event on Mar. 13 at Westgate Lanes. The adult doubles match first:
And the youth singles match:
Nearly a year to the day Hakim Emmanuel made bowling history with the first 900 series in Massachusetts, Hakim’s current teammate in the Patriots league, Devon McGregor, bowled a 300 game of his own (although not on the same pair as the 900 series). Zach Thompson’s video of Devon’s last strike is below.
Congrats D’von! 🙂
As posted on their Facebook page, the Bay State Open reported that Corey Hanson was the winner of their Feb. 7 event at Westgate Lanes, defeating John Litwin, 267-244 (with handicap) in the title match. The linked post above has video of the title match, but I’m able to embed it below:
The semifinals of this event provided what had to be, in my memory, the highest-scoring tournament match ever at Westgate Lanes, as John Litwin defeated Brockton Bowling Association Hall of Famer Jim Ferguson with a scratch score of 300-299. The post linked here has the video of Litwin’s last strike.
Good bowling, guys! 🙂
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