August 29 - September 4, 2012 Sports Reporter

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DECATUR, Ill. Ron Mohr of

Eagle River, Alaska, won the

Professional Bowlers Association

Senior Decatur Open presented

by Brunswick for his eighth

career Senior Tour title while

PBA Hall of Famer Walter Ray

Williams Jr. captured his first

PBA Senior Player of the Year

crown in the final tournament of

the 2012 season.

Mohr, the 2011 and 2009

Senior Player of the Year, defeat-

ed three-time Senior Tour titlist

Harry Sullins of Chesterfield

Twp., Mich., 243-181, in the

championship match to win his

first title of the 2012 season.It really wasnt realistic to

expect I would have a season like

last year, Mohr said. Plus, I

was having trouble matching up

my ball drilling layouts with the

conditions for the first half of this

season. It comes down to having

to adjust and I really didnt start

making the right adjustments

until about the middle of the sea-

son.

Both Mohr and Sullins had

trouble finding the pocket in the

first half of the championship

match but Mohr was able to

string six strikes in a row from

the fifth frame while Sullins con-tinued to struggle.

When youre given the oppor-

tunity you have to take advantage

of it, Mohr said. I could see he

was struggling and I knew if I

could just put a few good shots

together I could win it.

Despite being eliminated in the

match play Round of 16, Williams

earned his first Senior Player of

the Year title to go along with his

record seven on the PBA Tour.

Prior to the start of the tourna-

ment, 2012 USBC Senior Masters

winner Mike Edwards of Tulsa

and Hugh Miller of Seattle, who

won last weeks Senior South

Shore Open, had a chance to catch

Williams in the Player of the

Year race but both had to win for

any chance. Edwards was also

eliminated in the Round of 16

and Miller failed to advance to

match play handing Senior

Player of the Year to Williams.

The guys that had a chance

didnt bowl all the tournaments

this year so it would have been

interesting to see how it would

have turned out if they did, said

Williams, who was the Senior

Tours Rookie of the Year in

2010. I would have liked to fin-

ish it off with a win or at least a

better finish but the breaks didnt

go my way and I let it get to mea little bit today.

The PBA Tours all-time career

titles leader with 47 wins, came

off of what was probably his

worst PBA Tour season in April

failing to make a television

appearance for the first time in

26 seasons, but he rebounded to

win two titles during the Senior

Tour season. He will now turn his

attention to the 2012-13 PBA

Tour season which starts with the

PBA World Series of Bowling in

Las Vegas in November.

Im looking forward to the

World Series and probably am

going to give it another year onthe PBA Tour and evaluate it after

that, Williams said. Its a little

different bowling out here on the

Senior Tour than the regular Tour

but Im encouraged by the season

I had on the Senior Tour.

In the semifinal matches, Sullins

defeated Wayne Webb, of

Columbus, Ohio, 257-237, to

advance to the championship match

with Mohr beating Michael Henry

of Brunswick, Ohio, 222-175.

Ron Mohr Wins PBA Senior Decatur Open

Walter Ray Williams Jr. Earns First Senior POY CrownBy Jerry Schneider - PBA

Frank Wilkinson Blasted 774

At Rabs Country LanesSTATEN ISLAND, NY Frank

Wilkinson led the scoring in the

Wednesday Summer Mixed

League at Rabs Country Lanes

firing games of 257-279 for a high

series of 774 (yes that is scratch).

Frank holds a personal best seriesof 858.

Andrew LoBasso shot 246-701

followed by Scott McAuliffe with

266-687, John Wilders 245-681,

Joe Valente 255-665, John

Derbyshire 264-649, Joe

DEsposito and Tom Farina 257,

and Matthew Cohen rolled a 252game.

Brandon Barboza Posted a 299

In Teen League At Ocean Lanes

Tommy Martino Rolled 1030

At Majestic Lanes

STATEN ISLAND, NY Brandon Barboza topped the scor-

ing in the Friday Sport Teen

League at Ocean Lanes blasting a

near perfect 299 game then added

a 226 to lead the league.

Christopher Lietz rolled 257,

Domenick Luonco and KennyRyan 244, Kaitlynn Nardiello 241,

Shawn Kollmer 224-201,

Franklin DiGiacome 220, Mike

Ormsby 209, and Karyn Lukosius

202.

HOPELAWN, NJ Tommy

Martino topped the scoring in the

Handicap Doubles League firing

games of 244-229-267-290 for a

high series of 1030 while contest-

ing at Majestic Lanes.

Joe Hendricks rolled 288-256-

231-251-1026, Michael Consiglio

255-216-266-279-1016, David

Andriola 280-220-288-978, Ray

Velazquez 250-228-262-226-966,

Steve Venito 237-213-236-268-

854, Amanda Hermann 212-226-

231-236-905, and Dotti Artale

206-238-228-871.

In the Performance Ball Trios

League John Kertesz rolled 245,

Matt Mitchell 161, and Ryan

Mench 151.

PBA Photo

Senior Decatur Open Champion

Ron Mohr.

PBA Photo

Walter Ray Williams Jr. Senior POY

William Watson Tops LIGBTPLAINVIEW, NY: The LIGBT made a stop at AMF Plainview and a

great crowd of 107 bowlers competed for the $1,000 top prize. At the

end of the day the bowler with the winners trophy was William Watson,

Hempstead, NY. This was Williams first LIGBT title and he did it in

style with a 271 game in the final shootout.

William, who recently converted to a 2-handed release, was the 1pm

squad leader with a 782 series which seeded him directly into the finals.

The 23-year old bowled great in the shootout as he defeated second

place fin isher Steven Williams, Bellrose, NY by 36 pins. Steve earned

$500 with his 235 game while Frank Lunghi, Farmingdale, NY finished

third with a 213 worth $250.


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DECATUR, Ill. - Professional

Bowlers Association Hall of Famer

Dave Soutar ended his career in PBA

competition in appropriate fashion

during the final day of qualifying of

the PBA Senior Decatur Open present-

ed by Brunswick before a big crowd

and throwing three strikes in the 10th

frame of his last game.

It brought an end to more than a half-century of PBA competition for the

72-year-old who won 18 titles on the

PBA Tour and seven on the Senior

Tour.

He was my roommate on Tour and

has been a close friend for 50 years,

fellow Hall of Famer and competitor

Johnny Petraglia said of Soutar. It marks the end of an

era and its going to be tough bowling out here without

him.

Soutar, who was the only player to win both the

United States Bowling Congress Masters (1973) and

Senior Masters (2000), finished the Senior Decatur

Open in 52nd with a 3,183 pinfall and a 214 in his final

game in qualifying.

It wasnt until the last game that I thought about it

being my last tournament, said Soutar, Then I sawpeople gathering around and it started to hit me. I dont

show much emotion but I started to get tears in my

mind in the 10th frameso much so that I couldnt see

my target. With everyone gathering around I thought to

myself, please let me strike in the 10th frame. It was

probably as nervous as Ive ever been bowling in a

tournament.

Soutar began his career in 1961 and in only his fifth

tournament as a professional, he won a major the

PBA National Championship for his first PBA title.

From that launching pad to stardom, he would go on to

win 11 titles over the next seven years, finishing in the

top 10 in earnings six times over that same period.

His best season came in 1970 when he won five titles,the most of any player on Tour that year. In what he

admitted was his biggest disappointment, he did not

earn Player of the Year honors that season. That dis-

tinction went to another Hall of Famer Nelson Burton

Jr., who won four titles. Soutars con-

solation prize was the PBAs presti-

gious Steve Nagy Sportsmanship

Award, awarded by his fellow com-

petitors.

A member of both the PBA and

USBC Halls of Fame, Soutar was

voted 20th greatest PBA player of all-

time in 2009.

I have to admit that realizing Im

not going to be doing this anymore, is

a little depressing, but time goes on,

added Soutar, who now makes his

home in Bradenton, Fla., but got his

start in the sport in his native Detroit.

As the crowd gathered for his last

game, Soutars wife, Hall of Fame

bowler Judy Soutar, was also hanging

on every shot in the last game of his

career.

I so much wanted him to bowl a

good game that last game, Judy said.

As it turned out it was the ultimate

ending for a great career. When he

got the first strike I was satisfied but

the next two were just a bonus.

Dave Soutar Concludes Career in PBA Senior Decatur

Open After More than Half-Century of PBA CompetitionBy Jerry Schneider - PBA


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AT WALLINGTON LANESBy Gloria Volpe

Tuesday Trios

Gianvito Clavelli had a nice

268, 258, 256-771, Adam Strand

268, 221, Matt Donders 242,

Dave Cicero 236, Willie

Townsend 232, Tony Rigano 224,

Ray Appelt and Hector Valladares

each hit 222 and Kelle Trabucco

rolled a 201.

Glorias Anyway Doubles

Mike Roman And Kevin (Tito)

Jackson had the high games of the

night with their 279 and 268.

Kevin had a 770 high series.

Pino Tortorici rolled 267, Travis

Komar 267, Joseph Leardo Jr.

260, Bret Contreras 259,237-730

Paul Tortorici 257, our own Nick

Mancini had a nice 255, Austin

Masser 246, 236-717 Marc

Makowsky 240, Mike (Mush )

Barone 237, Marc Miller 236, and

Marie Briamonte 225.

Tuesday Anyway Foursome

Mike Letiza came up with the

high score of 267 and followed up

with a 243 and a 228 for a 738

series. Tom Twist bowled 256,

234-697, Al Luzzi 236, 235-684,

Mike Polito 231, Mike Letiza 228,

Brian Masincup 227, Shannon

Kelly 237, and Kim Bernardi 208.

Markos Foursome

Mike Polito had the high game

for the week along with Charles

Petros each rolling a 268. John

Rebecky hit 259, 232, Joe Leardo

252, 236, Chris Ferrara and Dave

Cosentino, Mike Kavanagh and

Alan Kowal 237, Cas Kostniicki

234. High Series was shot by

Chris Ferrara posting a 709 set.

Tuesday Trios

Gianvito Clavelli had a nice

259, 236, 215-710, Adam Strand

237, Matt Donders 245, Dave

Cicero 247, Tim Fouucher 223

Tony Rigano 234, Cindy Hastie

209.


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AT RABSJonathan Petrizzi 279STATEN ISLAND, NY

Jonathan Petrizzi led the scoring

in the Staten Island Youth Leaders

Triples League firing a high game

of 279.

Vincent Giof hit 236, Sean Walsh

225, Nicholas Anderson 219,

Ashely Martinez 227, and Paul

Circolone 206.

Don Schwed 695STATEN ISLAND, NY Don

Schwed topped the scoring in the

Senior Mens League firing games

of 277-224 for a high series of

695.

Pat Valenti rolled 265, Al Felline

236, Ray Keller 231, Stu Isaacs

225-221, Frank Polizzi 225, and

Howie Weiss 212.


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AT FARMINGDALE LANESAdam Chase 717

FARMINGDALE, NY Adam Chase led the scoring in the Pro Shot Challenge League firing games of 249-

245-223 for a high series of 717.

Joe Costanzo rolled 233-224-241-698, Marc Bieler 225-216-633, and Ralph Elrich 238-211-610.

Dave Panichi 269

FARMINGDALE, NY Dave Panichi paced the scoring in the Wednesday Friends League firing a high

game of 269.

Joe Montefusco rolled 243, Robert Engellau 225-203, Bunnie Doherty 226, and Steve Butera 223.

Joe Stainkamp rolled 209, Paul Kester 193, Marguerite Lauri 168, and Sophie Laccone 167 in the Summer

Sunshine Kids League.

Brandon Soedarmasto 677

FAERMINGDALE, NY Brandon Soedarmasto paced the scoring in the Junior Pro Shot Challenge Leaguefiring games of 233-207-237 for a high series of 677.

Aaron Knoll 226, Meghan Wing 205, and Joseph Ready 203.


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HIGHLIGHTS

Tuesday Mixed HandicapJames Barakakos 288

David Wong 267

James Cianelli 267

Kathleen Young 234

Lauren DeTommaso 222

Thursday Triples

Harry Bates 278John Prestigiacomo 277/706

Michael Kaye 265/713

Johnny Villarreal 267

April Tardona 247

Kelsey Fisher 226/665

Colleen Meehan 226


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THE MAGIC

AT MAJESTICMatt Mitchell 733HOPELAWN, NJ Matt

Mitchell led the scoring in the

Performance Ball Trios League

firing games of 231-246-256 for

a high series of 733.

John Kertesz shot 217-236-

638, and Bill Bailey 181-181-

163.

Branden Barrese hit 170-171in the Junior Hav-A-Ball

League.

Don Anione 691HOPELAWN, NJ Don

Anione led the scoring in the

Guys & Dolls League firing

games of 275-214-202 for a high

series of 691.

Andre Leverett shot 235-245-

663, Jim Desimone 227-234-

659, Elio Carrasco 227-247-650,

Cecil Nelson 245-206-643,

Nicole Baginski 224, and Bonnie

Desimone and Kelly Daunno

214.

In the Monday Junior/Adult

League Dorien Soto shot 227-607, Mark Wiget 217, Joe

Plescia 222, and Lisa Kjersgaard

216.

Wayne Michel rolled 232-

211-611, Mary Ann Riley 214,

and Larry Johnson 243 in the

Senior No-Tap League.

PBA QUICK NOTESMika Koivuniemi expanded his list of countries where he has won a

title to 18 on Sunday, Aug. 12, when he defeated native Colombian

Clara Guerrero, 2-1, in the best-of-three-game title match of the

Columbia 300 Bogota City Open in Bogota, Colombia. After defeating

fellow PBA Tour competitor Dan MacLelland, 2-1, in the semifinal

round, Koivuniemi lost his first game against Guerrero, 268-258, but

rallied to win the next two, 211-188 and 233-218, for the title.

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