Category: Youth

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

2011 state youth tournament results

The results of the state youth championship tournament held at Westgate Lanes the previous three weekends are now available here. Because of all of the events (including all-events) for many average divisions, for brevity’s sake, I’ll only list the champions from Westgate Lanes here:

60 & under all-events, handicapped: Jessie Hanning (2,172)
60 & under singles, handicapped: Alexi Wallace (737)
81-100 singles, handicapped: Corey Marvel (761)
120 & under doubles, handicapped: Anna Blyth & Cameron Kaestner (1,453)
161-200 doubles, scratch: Abigail Murphy & Kyle Major (755)

Congrats to all of Westgate Lanes’ state champions this year. 😀

“Quick-hitter” at state youth tournament

I don’t usually blog about my non-bowling visits to my center these days, but felt I had to note something about my trip there on the first day of the 2011 state youth tournament. Ray at one point called me over when he had sight of me and pointed to me a six year old, who I was told bowls out of Ken’s Bowl in Pittsfield, where the state open tournament is this year. He had what Ray termed “unbelieveable form for his age,” taking six steps to the line like Norm Duke and even getting a little hook out of a very light ball. Ray also gave me an opportunity to have a few words with the boy’s father, which I kept brief because I was due to catch the bus home.

I may have just seen the future of tenpin bowling in New England. 😀

March 2011 Northeast Junior Scratch Tour at Westgate Lanes

I’m going to list the winners below, followed by a wrap-up of qualifying. As not all of the divisions had stepladder match play, the note next to each winner will include either their six-game qualifying total or the result of the title match if there was match play.

Prep: Nick Flake (1,147)
Junior Boys: Kevin Thibeault (1,257)
Major: Joshua Regnier (def. Shane Holt 237-197)
Girls: Catherine Bell (def. Jadee Scott-Jones 224-212)
Collegiate: Joe Mello (def. Ryan Graywacz 216-215)

In qualifying, Shane Holt had a perfect 300 game, and Jadee Scott-Jones had a high game of 275.

2011 state championship tournament notes

This post is too late for the entry deadlines for these tournaments, but I thought I’d note where the state championship tournaments are this year with those tournaments approaching competition dates:

  • The open state championship tournament will be held at Ken’s Bowl in Pittsfield.
  • The women’s state championship tournament will be held at AMF Auburn Lanes in Auburn.
  • Westgate Lanes will host the state youth championships on weekends beginning April 30 and ending on May 15.

I’m not sure where results for any of these tournaments will be online (I know Pittsfield’s local association isn’t online, and I don’t know if the women in Auburn have a separate association.), but the youth tournament may be on the state youth association’s site, which I have found and will add a link for to the sidebar.

Mar. 20 tournament notes

Just a couple of tournament items…

  • Results of yesterday’s annual scholarship tournament:
  • Girls handicap
    1. Emily Lewis 700
  • Boys handicap
    1. Kevin Thibeault 761
    2. Ethan Rosenberg 690
  • The TNBA Boston Bowling Senate will run a no-tap (9 pins on first ball scores a strike) handicap singles tournament at Westgate Lanes on Saturday, April 16 with squads at noon and 3 PM. The tournament is open to all bowlers, sanctioned or non-sanctioned, but bowlers without an average must bowl scratch. Handicap is 80% of 220; entry fee is $25 and entries will be taken on a walk-in basis.

March 2011 Westgate Lanes youth tournament notes

Although I’d like especially to keep my readers informed of youth events at Westgate Lanes, I often don’t hear about these until it’s too late, so pardon me if the first note had no advance notice.

  • The annual adult/junior doubles tournament was held last Saturday, and here are the results:
  • Bantam/Prep Division
    1. Deontae Cox & Bill Reed 1,396
    2. Bryanna Blaisdell & Tom Hedding 1,356
  • Junior/Senior Division
    1. Stephen Major & Ray Fischer 1,259
    2. Adam Johndrow & Danny Khuu 1,246
  • This Saturday, Westgate Lanes will hold its annual scholarship tournament, open to bowlers in grades 7-12 with girls handicap and boys handicap divisions. Entry fee for the tournament is $15, and entries will be taken on-site.
  • The Northeast Junior Scratch Tour, featuring the best young bowlers in New England, will visit Westgate Lanes on Sunday, March 27, with bowling starting at 1:00 PM.

300 lightning strikes twice for Brendan Litchfield

This bit of news I received by way of his aunt on Facebook…

Brendan Litchfield has shot 2 300 games in less than a two month span. The first one occurred in the state youth tournament on May 3 at AMF Holiday Lanes in Somerset, and he would then add another one on Friday night at Westgate Lanes in the Friday night summer youth league.

Congrats again, Brendan! 😀 (I’ve congratulated him on Facebook before posting this.)

March 2008 “People’s Tournament” @ Town Line Ten Pin

The People’s Tournament site has reported that Ryan Oreste, bowling at his home center and carrying a 174 average, was the winner of the March tournament at Town Line Ten Pin in Malden, MA. David Gordon (Brunswick Lowell Lanes, 210) was second. Greg Hudson (195 avg.) led the Westgate Lanes bowlers (12th), while Linwood Cowen, Jr. out of AMF Taunton Lanes (180 avg.) was 10th.

Youth bowling note: The annual Massachusetts state scholarship tournament will take place on April 5 & 6 (two weekends from now) at Westgate Lanes, so if you want to see the area’s best young bowlers in action, Westgate Lanes will be the place to go in two weeks.