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BOHR REPEATS AS KILLEEN OPEN CHAMPION

Austin native Nathan Bohr successfully defended his SW Region PBA Killeen Open title by defeating 4-time champion Mike Scroggins of Amarillo, 218-184 in the single game final and taking home the $2,500 first place prize. The match was even through 5 frames and each struck in the 6th. However, Bohr put together 2 more strikes while Scroggins opened in the 7th after leaving the 4-6-7 split. Bohr then spared in the 9th and 10th to shut out Scroggins and pick up his 3rd Killeen Open championship trophy, having won in 2005 and last year. Bohr was seeded 9th after qualifying and was extended to the limit in the round of 16 by #8 Rick Lawrence of Waxahachie before prevailing 180-190, 247-225, 247-218, 198-202, 257-223. In the quarterfinals, he was again pressed before upsetting #1 seed Andy Patterson of Tyler, 246-255, 247-180, 229-204. In the single game semifinals, he edged Killeen's Mark Gunthorpe 231-201 to reach the final. Scroggins, the #14 seed, barely got into the finals field by 15 pins. But in the round of 16, he swept #3 seed David Anthony of Austin 225-210, 267-202, 219-140. He was then pushed by Carrollton's Kurt Gingelbach in the quarterfinals before prevailing 265-243, 199-245, 216-205. Then he edged #10 Kevin Mitchell of Tulsa, Oklahoma 227-215 to reach the final.

For the first time in the 14 year history of the Killeen Open, three Killeen bowlers made it to the match play round. Gunthorpe was seeded 4th and reached the semifinals. Josh Maxson was seeded 7th and took Kevin Mitchell to the 5th game before falling when Mitchell struck out in the 10th frame of the final game to prevail. Keith Desmarais was the #12 seed and also took his opponent, Keller's Clint Dacy, to the 5th game before falling.

ROSECRANTS, PUSATERI, BROWN WIN PRO-AMS
 

Steve Rosecrants of Waco took top honors in the Adult Pro-Am. Entering the tournament with a 214 average, he fired games of 300-300-265 for an 865 series in the 9-pin No-tap tournament. Coupled with the pro bowlers' 796 series, his 1,673 total was just 29 pins better than Alicia Jones of Cedar Park. Cecil Hicks was 3rd at 1,640 and Dick Sayers was 4th at 1,636. Cashing in 5th place was Timothy Oswald with 1,634; D.J. Burnett was 6th at 1,633; Bob Shea 7th with 1,630; Rosie Perez was 8th with 1,582; Paul McFarland of Austin was 9th with 1,574; Chile Williams was 10th at 1,570; and John Blackburn of Bryan was 11th at 1,564.

Justin Pusateri captured the Youth Division of the 2010 Killeen Open Pro-Am with a score of 1,693. He rolled games of 235-255-255 = 745 and his pros helped with an 765 series. His total bested James Norris, who finished with 1,679. Louis Barragan, Copperas Cove's top Bulldawg, finished 3rd with 1,649. In 4th was Dustin Gatliff of Temple with 1,617. Finishing 5th was Heath Fletcher with 1,600. Danielle Shea was 6th with 1,598.

In the Special Olympics division, Suzanne Brown took top honors with 1,547 while Mike Mikell was 2nd with 1,532. Winning a trophy for 3rd was Jesse Flores with 1,513 while Roy Brown was 4th with 1,496.

DOUG MORGESON, TESS WHEELER CROWNED
2010 BOWLERS OF THE YEAR

Doug Morgeson topped a field of 89 entrants to capture men's division honors in the 23rd annual Bowler of the Year Tournament held May 20. Qualifying in the Partytimers league with a 190 average, Doug fired games of 210-246-288 for a 704 series, 134 pins over his average. That was barely enough as Donny Reymundo, sporting a 202 average, rolled a 733 series to take 2nd place, just 7 pins behind. Justin Fuller (Hit & Miss) finished 3rd at +124 while Jerry Wheeler (Guys & Dolls) was 4th with +123. Others who cashed were 5th - Thomas Bradley (Hit & Miss), +123; 6th - Jarred Burge (Monday Nite Madness), +96; 7th - Rei Torres (Partytimers), +92; 8th - Manny Rodriguez (Hit & Miss), +88; 9th - Louis Thrush (Guys & Dolls), +80; 10th - Jim Worley (Friday Duos), +79; 11th - Bill Vehse (Guys & Dolls), +77; 12th - Mark Hough (Partytimers), +67; 13th - Robert Foster (Hit & Miss), +66; 14th - Raymond Barber (Hit & Miss), +65; 15th - Mike Call (Friday Duos), +62; 16th - Masrk Grejda (Friday's Best), +60; 17th - Daniel Lara (Guys & Dolls), +59; and 18th - James Ricks (Guys & Dolls), +51.

Tess Wheeler (Monday Nite Madness) successfully defended her 2009 crown and was named the 2010 Women's Bowler of the Year. She joins Sharon Jeffers as the only back-to-back winners in the 23 year history of the tournament. Tess entered the competition with a 133 average and rolled games of 154-159-149 = 462, 63 pins over average. She edged Amy Vester (Monday Nite Madness) who rolled a 584 series, 56 pins over her 176 average. Leigh Klesch (Little Vegas) shot the high series for the women with a 610 series, 55 pins over her 185 average to take 3rd place money while Heidi Barber (Hit & Miss), cashed in 4th place with +50. A total of 19 women competed in the tournament.

In addition to the cash prizes, the winners earned an entry into the 14th annual Killeen Open SW Region PBA Pro-Am Tournament, to be held on August 20.

The Outback Steakhouse again graciously sponsored the Bowler of the Week competition with a complimentary dinner to the winners. Our thanks to Bill White and his staff for their support. A total of 310 league bowlers qualified for this tournament by being Bowlers of the Week or rolling at least 100 pins over their average during league play.

ELLISON CAPTURES GIRLS STATE BOWLING CROWN

In a battle of Lady Eagles, #2 seed Killeen Ellison edged top seeded Allen to win the Texas High School Bowling Club girls team championship Saturday at Bandera Super Bowl in San Antonio. Cindy Gill and Devin Revels led Ellison to the #2 seed by averaging 222 and 204 respectively in the 3-game qualifying round. In the best 2 of 3 match play bracket, they topped the #15 seeded Plano East Lady Panthers 192-147, 177-187, 162-134 before taking out #10 Texas City 163-152, 188-131 in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, they were matched against 2008 champion San Antonio Madison. In one of the most exciting matches in Club history, Ellison fell to the Lady Mavericks 147-182 in the first game, then came back to tie the second game at 148, sending it into overtime where Ellison won the one-ball roll-off 8-7 to send the match into the deciding 3rd game. Ellison fell behind early in the final game, then clawed back to take the lead heading into the 10th frame. But Madison was not done. The Madison anchor bowler struck twice and needed an 8 count to tie and 9 to win, but came up a pin short with a 7 count sending Ellison into the championship match against 3-time and defending champion Allen with the 186-185 victory. In the first game of the finals, the two heavyweights traded punches before Allen pulled away late to win 153-180. Ellison trailed in the second game before coming back to eke out a 173-171 victory, setting the stage for the winner-take-all final game. Allen jumped out to an early 20 pin lead after 2 frames and appeared headed to their 4th title. But Ellison would not be denied. They put together a string of strikes and spares to narrow the gap and finally took the lead in the 7th frame after an Allen open frame. Gill and Revels then spared in the 8th & 9th frames before Ellison anchor Brittany Evans spared and struck to shut out Allen and capture their first state bowling title with a 164-138 victory. Allen made it to the final by edging #16 seed Boswell 136-118, 116-117, 199-144 in the round of 16, then barely escaped #8 seed Killeen Shoemaker 147-152, 160-150, 176-164 in the quarterfinals. They then dispatched #4 Spring 214-152, 192-151 to reach the final.

Ellison team members, who are all seniors, are Amanda Taylor, Jerica Horn, Cindy Gill, Brittany Evans, Devin Revels, and Victoria Thurston. The Ellison Lady Eagles are coached by Karin Ciesiolka.

ELLISON'S CINDY GILL TAKES GIRLS SINGLES TITLES

 

Cindy Gill of Ellison capped a dream weekend that saw her team win the Girls State Championship Saturday by also capturing the Girls Singles Championship Sunday at Bandera Super Bowl in San Antonio. Gill shot a 599 series in the qualifying round to earn a #10 seed for the match play round of 16. In that round, she topped #7 Jeanette Van Gundy of San Antonio Madison 205-152, 212-190 before upsetting #3 Kiara Grant of Austin NYOS 232-210, 225-214 in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, she won a thriller over 2008 champion Danielle Walker of Keller Central 180-176 to reach the final. Jessica Cantu of San Antonio Brandies, the #1 seed, reached the final by dispatching #16 seed DeLaney Rowald of Round Rock 203-137, 195-137 in the round of 16 and #8 seed Desiree Ziegler of Austin McCallum 206-164, 214-161. She reached the final by topping #12 seed Alexandra Perez of San Antonio O'Connor 211-148. The championship match was close throughout as neither Gill nor Cantu had an open frame. Gill struck in the 3rd, 4th & 5th frames to open a 27 pin lead, but Cantu doubled in the 8th to cut the lead to 12. Cantu struck and spared in the 10th to finish with 201, forcing Gill to make either a strike or spare to win. Gill left a solid 10 pin in the 10th, but picked it up and threw a 9-count to finish with 211 and a 10 pin victory.

GET YOUR LEAGUE STANDINGS SENT TO YOU VIA E-MAIL -- FREE

We’ve had a few inquiries as to how to get your league standings e-mailed to you via leaguesecretary.com. Some folks are telling us they are being asked to pay. NOT SO!!. They’re just not going to the right place on the web. Here’s how you do it:

1. Using you web browser, go to www.leaguesecretary.com. 2. On the home page, there’s a box on the left side that says "Search", then lists "Centers", "League", or "Standings". It’s probably easier to click on "Centers". 3. When you click on "Centers", you’ve got two options: Search by Location or Search by Zip Code. Use the Zip Code option and type in "76542" and click on "Search". 4. Here you’ll see four bowling centers listed, two on Fort Hood that are no longer in business, Hallmark, and Killeen Bowlerama. 5. Click on "Show Leagues" under Hallmark Lanes. 6. Scroll down that page until you find your league. Click on your league name. That will bring up a data screen for your league. 7. In big red letters, you are asked to either "Log on" or "Register". By clicking on "Register", it will bring you to a page that asks for a User Name, E-mail address, your first and last name, and your Date of birth. Enter that data, then click "Register". If all is correct, you will soon receive a confirmation notice via e-mail telling you the registration is complete and valid. When that’s done, there’s nothing else you have to do. Each time we process your league and send it to leaguesecretary.com, you’ll automatically receive a e-mail with the standings.