Gutter Gossip
WES MALOTT CAPTURES KILLEEN OPEN
Austin native Wes Malott, captured the 2008 SW Region PBA
Killeen Open Sunday with a 215-150 victory over rookie Jesse Buss. Malott, from
Argyle, grew up in nearby Austin bowling in the youth leagues at Westgate Lanes.
Currently 3rd on the points list on the national PBA Tour, Wes captured the
title in his 6th try here at Hallmark Lanes.
After 13 games of qualifying Saturday and Sunday, Malott was seeded 1st, overtaking Shannon Starnes of Fort Worth, who led after the 8-game block Saturday.
In the match play round, Wes lost his first game of the best 3 out of 5 match to Ron Boroff 163-208. He wouldn’t lose another game the rest of the day. He took the next 3 games 208-168, 248-128, and 268-200 to easily move into the quarterfinals. There he defeated #8 seed George Lambert, a member of the Canadian National Team, 247-153 and 248-214. In the semifinals, he edged another Austin bowler, current SW Region points leader David Anthony (#13 seed) 235-226 to reach the final.
Buss, a PBA member for only 4 weeks, was seeded #14 going into match play. The Illinois native topped #3 Tyler Jensen 3 games to 2 (215-265, 210-193, 203-210, 235-209, and 259-165). In the quarterfinals, he swept Fort Worth’s Chris Hibbits II, 216-208, 208-197, then defeated #2 seed Starnes 217-170 to set up the final match.
In the final one-game match, both Malott and Buss struck in the first frame. Malott then put together 4 more in a row while Buss spared in the 2nd, struck in the 3rd and 5th, but opened in the 4th with a nasty split. Trailing by 53 pins after 5 frames, Buss then opened in the 6th, 7th and 8th frames to seal the victory for Malott.
Malott took home $2,700 for 1st place while Buss won $1,600 for 2nd. Starnes and Anthony each won $1,100 while Lambert, Nathan Bohr, Cole Copeland and Jensen each won $800. Xeno Garcia of Fort Worth, Gary Robinson of Austin, John Gardner of Conroe, Lee White of Odessa, Joe Findling of Mesquite, James Watson of Austin, and Boroff of Mansfield each took home $600. Another 16 bowlers cashed out of the 96 entries into this year’s field.
Bobby Wacker finished highest of all local bowlers, finishing 33rd, just 3 pins shy of making the cut.
RAY MILES winS ADULT pro-am
Ray Miles, bowling on the Silver Strikers and Primetimers senior leagues here at Hallmark, won the Adult Pro-Am Friday night. Entering the tournament with a 204 average, he fired an 829 series in the 9-pin No-tap tournament. Coupled with the pro bowlers’ 852 series, his 1,717 total was 23 pins better than Kingsland’s Alan Tweedy, who rolled 1,694. Curtis Allred (Silver Strikers & Primetimers) was 3rd at 1,654 and Ed Taylor (Golden Agers) was 4th at 1,648. Cashing in 5th place was Chile Williams, also of Silver Strikers and Primetimers, with 1,620 while Darrell Hill (Guys & Dolls) was 6th with 1,607. Darrell is also one of our PBA sponsors, representing Airborne Service Center. Jean Humes (Guys & Dolls) and Brandon Goolsby of College Station tied for 7th with 1,595. 9th was Harry Harrison (Silver Strikers) with 1,590. John Tramp, a tournament sponsor representing the Killeen Evening Lions Club, finished 10th with 1,585 while Dick Sayers was 11th with 1,577. Finishing 12th was Bobby Davis (Guys & Dolls) with 1,575 and low in the money was Jimmy Long (Friday Duos) with 1,574. Bobby Davis, a C.P.A., is also a tournament sponsor.
Temple’s FANGOHR TOPS YOUTH pro-am
Keith Fangohr of Temple, captured the Youth Division of the 2008 Killeen Open Pro-Am with a 1,743 score. He rolled a 668 scratch no-tap series and his pros helped with an 814 series. His total bested Amanda Morgan (Stars of Tomorrow) by 59 pins. Amanda’s brother, Josh, our local association’s Bowler of the Year, finished 3rd with 1,664. Dustin Gatliff, also of Temple, took the 4th place trophy with 1,645 while Kyle Brown was 5th with 1,643 and Blaise Fletcher (Stars of Tomorrow) was 6th with 1,632.
ISIAH DOBY winS pro-am for special olympics
In the Special Olympics division, Isiah Doby fired a 1,487 with his pros to edge Cynthia Boneo’s 1,485. Wendy Dillon finished in 3rd place with 1,478 and Mike Mikell came in 4th with 1,465.
Pro-am NEARLY FULL
The 117 entries into this year’s Pro-Am was just two shy of the record 119 entries set in 2006. The field included 67 adults, 30 youth bowlers and 20 Special Olympians.
BILL VEHSE, JEAN HUMES CROWNED
2008 BOWLERS OF THE YEAR
Bill Vehse became the second two-time winner of the 21st
annual Bowler of the Year Tournament held May 22. Bill won the inaugural
tournament in 1988 and had to wait 20 years before capturing his 2nd title.
Qualifying through the Guys & Dolls league, Bill fired a 227-256-221 = 704
series to finish 113 pins over his 195 average. Even with that series, he barely
held on, topping Jeff Rawls (Hit & Miss) by just 2 pins. Jeff fired a 531 series
on a 140 average on Hit & Miss. 64 men competed and 13 cashed. Others who cashed
were: Josh Splinter (Partytimers) in 3rd at +108; Gene Love (Silver Strikers)
and Ozell Wiley (Partytimers) tied for 4th at +104; Darrel Black (Friday’s Best)
was 6th at +99; Thomas Yagalla (Hit & Miss) finished 7th at +98; 8th was Robert
Cunningham (Partytimers) at +93; Chris Johnson (Primetimers) came in 9th at +85;
and Rullie Haywood (Top Gun Scratch) finished 10th at +68. Coming in 11th was
Ray Giczkowski (Partytimers) at +62; and Robert Billman (Guys & Dolls) and
Steven Gray (Hit & Miss) tied for 12th at +59.
Jean Humes topped 22 others to capture the women’s crown. Jean qualified for the tournament on the last day of the last league (Hit & Miss) bowling in the Fall/Winter season. She bowls 3 leagues plus the travel league and the extra bowling paid off. On her 147 average, she rolled 161-209-181 = 551, 110 pins over average. Pat Pendleton (Guys & Dolls), who led after the first two games, fell to 2nd at +95. Sandy Monterde, the 2003 Bowler of the Year, finished 3rd at +76 while Jennifer Hahn (Partytimers), who earlier this year became the 4th woman to roll a 300 game, came in 4th at +63; and Maria Dittmer (Guys & Dolls) finished 5th at +57.
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 306 league bowlers qualified for this tournament by being Bowlers of the Week or rolling at least 100 pins over their average during league play.
FALL/WINTER LEAGUE SCHEDULE POSTED
Check out our Fall/Winter league schedule. Just click on the Leagues page and everything is there. We have mixed leagues every week night plus Sunday night and will be either 4 or 5-person teams, whatever the league wants. We have a ladies league on Wednesday morning and a Seniors leagues on Monday, Tuesday and Friday afternoons. Also -- we have the Papa John's Adult/Youth league bowling on Sunday evenings. Our Top Gun Scratch League will again be a PBA Experience League featuring the 5 animal patterns the Pro Tour bowlers have to master. Check out the fun.
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.
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