Category: Youth

Posts about honor scores thrown by youth bowlers, or about youth leagues and tournaments

2016 Mass. state youth tournament results

The Massachusetts USBC Youth Association has posted official results from the state tournament, concluded last weekend at AMF Holiday Lanes in Somerset, on their website (link is to front page; individual event results linked on front page). As always, I concentrate on Westgate Lanes’ state champions in the post body, below:

Doubles, 321-360, scratch: Jonathan Gerraughty & Phillip Gottfried 1,148
Singles, 161-180, handicap: Phillip Gottfried 732
Singles, 181+, handicap: Shane Litchfield 747
Singles, 121-140, scratch: Dylan Waldmyer 610
All-Events, 101-120, handicap: Ashley Major 2,157
All-Events, 161-180, handicap: Phillip Gottfried 2,194
All-Events, 121-140, scratch: Dylan Waldmyer 1,640

Congrats to everyone who placed in the tournament, whether mentioned here nor not. 🙂

Stephen Major wins JBSC Super Challenge in Auburn

Stephen Major reported to me, and it can be corroborated on the JBSC Facebook group, that he won the U20 boys division of the Junior Bowling Sport Challenge’s year-end Super Challenge Sunday at AMF Auburn Lanes. He defeated Hunter Kempton 190-159 for the title. The tournament was on a very demanding pattern, the 2016 European Youth Championships pattern.

WTG again, Stephen! 🙂

Stephen Major wins JBSC at Cove Lanes

The Junior Bowling Sport Challenge reported on its Facebook group that Stephen Major, a Westgate Lanes product, won the U20 boys division of the event held yesterday at Cove Lanes in Great Barrington. Stephen reported that he defeated Tom Hankey Jr., the U15 boys Junior Gold champion from last year, 202-183, on a modified US Open pattern, which Hankey created for this event.

Congrats Steve! 🙂

2016 Brockton USBC Youth Association Honor Squad results

The results of the Brockton USBC Youth Association’s honor squad, conducted last Saturday at Westgate Lanes (scores are with handicap except for scratch division):

Scratch: Aaron Major 668
161-180/181+ combined: William Null 803
141-160: William Gerraughty 751
121-140: Ashley Major 735
101-120:

  1. Abby Murphy 693
  2. Laci Waldmeyer 692
  3. Zachary Marks 678

100 & under

  1. Evan Blott 713
  2. Patrick Blott 712
  3. Liam Donovan 710
  4. Melina Davids 690

Congrats to all! 🙂

Mar. 2016 Bay State Open results

The Bay State Open ran a dual event at Westgate Lanes Sunday, with their first youth singles event alongside an adult doubles event. The appropriate Facebook posts will be linked on the event type.

Mar 13 2016 Bay State Open adult doubles champions
Champions of the Bay State Open adult doubles event on Mar. 13, 2016, Bill Briggs and Tina Gannon (Photo courtesy of Bay State Open)

In the adult doubles event, Bill Briggs & Tina Gannon were the winners after defeating Roland Sandefur & Tom Hedding 495-469 (with handicap) in a match that saw Gannon answer Hedding’s opening six-bagger with one of her own and Briggs closing out with a turkey. Clayton Hill Jr., along with his brother Bill, cashed from Westgate Lanes besides the finalists (Clayton is a newer bowler in my Wednesday night league), and the other team was Lanes & Games’ Jennifer Dorrington and  John Litwin. 20 teams entered the event.

In qualifying, Briggs had games of 268, 290, and 258 for an 816 series, which Bill told me was his first 800 series, because he’s never bowled in a house shot league. Also, Sean Richard and John Litwin both had 300 games in qualifying.

Jacob Ostroff Mar 2016 Bay State Open youth singles
Jacob Ostroff, champion of the first Bay State Open youth singles event, held on Mar. 13, 2016 (Photo courtesy of Bay State Open)

The Bay State Open’s first ever youth singles event saw 10 entries, with Jacob Ostroff besting Eldon Dunbar 288-228 (with handicap) in the final match, with Eric Buxton finishing third. Ostroff received $240 in SMART scholarship funds for winning.

Video of both championship matches will be posted here at a later date.

2014-15 Westgate state youth award winners

The list of Westgate youth bowlers who have won state awards for last season has been released to me, and I post them here:

Major boys high average: Kevin Thibeault (231)
Major boys high series: Austin Connelly (782)
Junior boys high series: Ethan Reyes (762)
Prep boys high series: Jaden Rec (676)
Bantam girls high series: Jessica Blyth (419)
 
In addition, Kevin Thibeault ((2) 300, 299, 802), Aaron Major ((2) 300, 824, 801), and Stephen Major (300) have won special state awards.
Congrats to everyone! 🙂

2016 Mass. state tournament information

As my readers know, I try to post the information on the year’s state tournaments when they all become available, and I do so now:

  • The open state tournament will take place at Greylock Bowl & Golf in North Adams weekends from Apr. 23 to May 15. Entry forms should be available on the North Adams association site; mail-in entries will close Apr. 9.
  • The women’s state tournament will take place at Ken’s Bowl in Pittsfield weekends from Apr. 23 to May 8. An entry form may be available on the Mass. Women’s Bowling Association website, or flyers can be found in the bowling centers. Entries close Apr. 1 unless schedule is filled sooner.
  • The youth state tournament will take place at AMF Holiday Lanes in Somerset weekends from Apr. 23 to May 1. Please contact a local youth association official for entry details; entries close Feb. 29.

I will post results as they become official.

2014-15 Westgate youth team earns two national honors

I also saw something new on the youth program’s bulletin board, as last year’s youth team of Corey Marvel, Ethan Rosenberg, Matthew Doyle, and Aaron Major earned two National Team Recognition Awards, the first for a 903 team game on Sept. 7, 2014 and the second for a 2,777 series on Mar. 21, 2015, both of which were the highest reported scores in the nation in their age group. The links above will have the bowl.com leaderboard detailing the individual scores, and it’s interesting to note that Aaron shot a 221 triplicate in that series.

Congrats all around! 🙂

Aaron Major throws 2nd travel league 300 in Westport

The Southeastern Mass. Junior Scratch Travel League made its second of three stops at Holiday Lanes in Westport today, and some things haven’t changed, because Aaron Major had his second perfect game of the travel league season there. The two at Westport, if I haven’t mentioned when I posted the first one already, should be his first two away from Westgate Lanes.

Congrats Aaron! 🙂

Nov. 21 Adult/Junior doubles results

Unofficial results of today’s Adult/Junior doubles tournament (scores are with handicap):

Senior division

  1. Jon & Ken Gerraughty 1,427
  2. Nick & Dick Damon 1,400

Entries: 12

Prep/Junior division

  1. (Tie) Hunter Moore & Rose Hamilton and Zach & Mike Peirce 1,338

Entries: 7

I want to note that, along with the usual Westgate bowlers, North Bowl had a good contingent present today, and Hunter Moore, the youth bowler on Rose Hamilton’s team, bowls out of Wonder Bowl. I know Marcia appreciated the participation from other houses today, so thanks to Rose for getting the word out about our Adult/Junior tournaments. 🙂

2015 Mass. state youth singles tournament results

The Massachusetts USBC Youth Association has posted the results of their annual singles tournament (PDF file), held last Sunday at AMF Auburn Lanes. I’ll note the division winners below (all divisions competed with handicap except for scratch):

100 & below: Alexis Hubert
101-120: Jordan Bouie
121-140: Hunter Fontaine
141-160: Lexia Stolakis
161-180: Kyle Egan
181+: Kyle Major
Scratch: Tom Hankey Jr.

Kyle Egan and Kyle Major represented Westgate Lanes in this tournament, as did Glenn Rucker (3rd, 121-140) and Aaron Major (2nd, scratch).

Congrats to all! 🙂

Aug. 23 Bay State Open results

Normally, I don’t post about a tournament away from Westgate Lanes unless a local bowler either wins or does well (in a national tournament), but, this being the first tournament in one of the other Brockton Bowling Association centers in recent memory, I had to make an exception.

Randal Dunbar was the winner of the Bay State Open event yesterday at North Bowl Lanes in N. Attleboro, defeating Corey Hanson by a score of 268-187 (with handicap) in the title match. Kyle Egan and Stan Lewis, both representing Westgate Lanes, were semifinalists. The Bay State Open staff posted the video of the championship match, which is below:

https://vimeo.com/137095973

Dunbar and Egan were competing as youth bowlers, so their winnings will be deposited into their SMART scholarship accounts.

Kevin Thibeault throws 300 in Friday Junior Doubles

I peeked my head in briefly this morning, and Kevin Thibeault told me he shot a perfecto last night in the youth doubles league. But it was not the only honor-caliber score in this league: Wonder Bowl’s Tyler Perry, already a legend for what he’s accomplished as a youth bowler, made the Friday league (one of) his summer leagues and, although I don’t have an exact date on it, had a 299 game in the league before he went to Junior Gold.

Congrats to both of you. 🙂

Kids Day event to be held Aug. 15

Westgate Lanes will be holding a free Kids Day event on Sat. Aug. 15 from 10 AM to 2 PM, where children ages 5-19 will be able to receive basic instruction from Westgate’s certified coaches, and there will also be an information session for the kids and their parents about the Saturday morning junior program, which begins on Sept. 12 at 9 AM (though everyone is asked to arrive at least a half hour early). As the photo below spells out, registration fee is $15 and league dues are $10/week, with pre-registration (before first day of bowling) getting the first week of bowling free (registration on first day of bowling is $25, including first week’s bowling).

Junior flyer

Anyone with questions may inquire at the desk or call 508-583-1297 and ask for Marcia.

Tom Hankey wins U15 boys title in 2015 Junior Gold

Like Tyler Perry previously, I’m noting a bowler from Massachusetts who did well on the national stage…

The USBC reported that Tom Hankey, a bowler out of Cove Lanes in Great Barrington, MA, was the champion of the under-15 boys division of this year’s Junior Gold tournament in Chicago. Tom led the division after qualifying and the advancers rounds, winning his first two rounds of match play before losing to Jalen Mosley. After another match, Tom turned the tables on Jalen, then defeated Jorge Rodriguez 445-387 in the title match, which will air on CBS Sports Network on Aug. 11 at 10 PM Eastern time. Tom also earned a spot on the Junior Team USA developmental team.

Prior to Junior Gold, Tom also did well in the Youth Open at Orland Bowl, currently leading the U15 scratch team (with Jersey Boys and Tom) and boys all-events titles, with Tom relating on Facebook that the bowled a 300 game in the team event.

Congratulations to Tom, and I’ll also send along my wishes for continued success. 🙂

Tyler Perry makes top 10 in 2015 Junior Gold

This is one of those times when I recognize a bowler who doesn’t bowl out of Westgate (though his summer league is here), but is still a bowler in the area that does well on the national stage. 🙂

Tyler Perry of New Bedford made a run in the 2015 Junior Gold tournament in Chicago, qualifying 24th after a poor start, then eventually defeating Ric McCormick of Cincinnati, OH in a one-game roll-off for the 16th and last match play spot in the U20 boys division (the USBC video of the match will be below). Today, in match play, Tyler defeated Dallas Leong in the first round, then lost to Zachary Doty before being eliminated by Junior Team USA member Kamron Doyle in a two-frame roll-off. This will also be Tyler’s last Junior Gold after graduating to the adult ranks in the fall.

Congrats Tyler! 🙂

Kevin Thibeault places 68th in 2015 Junior Gold

Congratulations to Kevin Thibeault, who, as the advancers round results show, placed 68th in a field of over 1,400 under-20 boys at this year’s Junior Gold tournament in Chicago after averaging 194+ for 19 games on WTBA lane conditions. This will be his highest Junior Gold finish, as he will be joining the adult bowler ranks in the fall. Kevin related on Facebook that he had a chance at the top 64, but stuffed an 8 pin in the 9th frame of his last game.

Congratulations again Kevin…I said it on Facebook, but will also put on the record here that I see at least a NEBA title in your future. 🙂