October 5, 2011 Sports Reporter

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Vol. 72 No. 31 October 5 - 11, 2011 50 cents

LAKEWOOD, NJ Anthony

Fariello earned top honors in theSaturday Scratch Trio League

rolling perfect with a 300 game

then added games of 202 and 229

for a high series of 731.

Brain Coupe rolled 246-236-

237-719, Corinne Maher 279,

Mitchell Collier 266, Matt Clark

258, Bret Downs 254, JessicaZalewski 236, Ryan Melia 234,

Kaitlynn Nardielo 224, Sydney

Scelfo 219, Tori Campbell 206,

and Faith Meder and Kelly

Nicosia each tallied a 201 game.

MBWA to Honor Carolyn Dorin-Ballard, Ruth Bouie, Ron Mohr,

Leanne Barrette-Hulsenberg, Kelly Kulick, Bill ONeill at ECBCC

The Metropolitan Bowling Writers Association will

honor Carolyn Dorin-Ballard, Ruth Bouie, Ron Mohr,

Leanne Barrette-Hulsenberg, Kelly Kulick, Bill ONeill at

the East Coast Bowling Centers Convention during a

luncheon at noon on Tuesday October 11, 2011 at the

Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, NJ.

Dorin-Ballard was the scribes choice for their highest honor, theLandgraff Award and Bouie will receive a special service award.

Bowler of the year honors go to Mohr and Barrette-Hulsenberg with

the Met Bowler of the year to Kulick and ONeill.

Convention keynote speaker at the lunch will be Kizer & Bender:

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Anthony Fariello Tossed 300

At Ocean Lanes

EAST COAST BOWLING

CENTERS CONVENTION

Comes to Atlantic City

See more inside

Rami Ahmed Blasted 829

At Majestic LanesHOPELAWN, NJ Rami Ahmed

tok center stage spotlight bowling

in the Middlesex County Classic

League at Majestic Lanes when he

tossed games of 289-290-250 en

route to the session high series of

829.

Frank Mortensen rolled 246-237-

247-730, Russell Bennett 279-

254-727, Bill Daunno 234-279-

204-717, Dennis Smith 224-221-

257-702, William Smith 267-235-

694, Ken Horvath 276-689, Dave

Morgante 226-214-246-686,

Glenn Mohr, Jr. 214-269-681, and

Nelson F. Alves 241-245-676.

SPECIAL EDITION

Carolyn Dorin-Ballard

Ron Mohr Kelly Kulick

Ruth Bouie

Leanne Hulsenberg Bill ONeill

Kyle Roberts 300

At JIB LanesFLUSHING, NY - Kyle Roberts

found perfection in a 300 on the

way to a 1047 4-game series rollingin the 2x4 League at Jib lanes

Congratulations go out to Jib

UBA bowling team, The

Wrecking Crew, for winning

Battle bowl and for being the 2011

Tri-state Regional Champions.


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Sports ReporterEditor/Publisher - Dan McDonough

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Circulation Manager Editorial Assistant

Henry Allen Immaculatta D'Elia

Contributing Writers

Chuck Pezzano George Faytok Joan Taylor

Al Smetana Larry Diebner John Jowdy

Pat McDonough Vince Albrech Joe Rizzi

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Just some of the convention highlightsWelcome Luncheon and Keynote by Jim Snack

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Wednesday, October 12, 2011, 7:30 - 9 am

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THE MAGIC AT MAJESTICChris Brown 768HOPELAWN, NJ Chris Brown led the league rolling in the

Middlesex County Classic rolling near perfect with a 299 game then

added games of 236 and 233 for the session high series of 768.

Andy Polidura rolled 243-227-290-760, Rami Ahmed 216-241-288-

745, Marcus Stevens 212-289-227-728, Travis Tilley 211-233-279-

723, Dennis Smith 279-211-226-716, Jeff Monteleone 221-265-225-

711, Glenn Mohr, Jr. 269-245-705, Ken Horvath 214-256-225-695, and

Rocco Fortunato 238-226-225-689.

Pete Tirado 751HOPELAWN, NJ Pete Tirado led the scoring in the Madison Park

Mens League firing games of 258-226-267 for a high series of 731.

Rob DOnofrio rolled 247-264-227-738, Tom Martino, Jr. 238-267-

223-728, Matthew Manenty 276-214-215-705, Scott Porto 212-259-

653, and Anthony Martino 216-229-204-649.

J. Monteleone 735HOPELAWN, NJ Jeff Monteleone beat all bowlers in the Academy

Madness League pitching 232-257-246 for the high series of 735.

Frank Viverito rolled 237-258-212-707, Nick Viverito 203-242-210-

655, Bonnie DeSimone 205-212-222-639, Mike Dellamanna 224-202-

618, and Dan DeBenedetto 216-213-608.

Kelly Kulick Exposedin October 7 Issue of

ESPN MagazineBy Bill Vint - PBA

Kelly Kulick, the only woman

ever to win a PBA Tour title and

a three-time PBA Tour exempt

player, will be among a select

group of athletes who will bare

almost all in a Body We Want

section of the Oct. 7 issue of

ESPN the Magazine.

Kulick, the 2010 PBA

Tournament of Champions win-

ner, will appear along with gym-

nast Alicia Sacramone, snow-

boarder Gretchen Bleiler, soccer

goalie Hope Solo, NBA star

Blake Griffin, New York Mets

shortstop Jose Reyes, St. Louis

Rams running back Steven

Jackson and several other athletes

who posed nude discreetly for

ESPN The Magazine's third annu-

al "Body Issue."

All of the athletes will appear

naked or barely-clothed (with pri-

vate parts strategically covered),

ESPN The Magazine editor-in-

chief Chad Millman told USA

Today. It will be the magazine's

third "exploration and celebration

of the athletic form," he noted.

Other female athletes baring

their physiques will be WNBAcompetitor Sylvia Fowles, LPGA

rookie Belen Mozo, track and

field star Natasha Hastings, hock-

ey player Julie Chu, tennis player

Vera Zvonareva, surfer Steph

Gilmore and tattooed roller derby

player Suzy Hotrod. The other

male athletes will be speedskater

Apolo Ohno, NHL player Ryan

Kesler, UFC light heavyweight

champion Jon Jones, IndyCar

racer Helio Castroneves, boxer

Sergio Martinez, marathoner

Ryan Hall and paralympian

Jeremy Campbell.

"In the short time we've been

doing it, this is an issue that hasbecome pretty anticipated," says

Millman. "In terms of the athletes

we've attracted, we feel like the

group is really strong."


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October 5 - 11, 2011 SPORTS REPORTER 3M e t r o p o l i t a n B o w l i n gW r i t e r s A s s o c i a t i o n49th Annual Awards Presentation

MBWA Honors Carolyn Dorin-Ballard, Ruth Bouie, Ron Mohr,

Leanne Barrette-Hulsenberg, Kelly Kulick, Bill ONeillCarolyn Dorin-Ballard, CDB as her friends know her, has been

involved in every aspect of bowling ever since she showed a talent

for the competitive side of the sport as a kid growing up in Linden,

New Jersey. She has starred at every level, making her presence

known in juniors and then the best competition in the world, against

women when there was a regular female tour and against men when

necessary.

A Texan from her college days on, she married PBA Hall of

Famer Del Ballard and added motherhood to a long list of involve-

ments that included competition, exhibitions, instructional clinics,

business, broadcasting and develop-

ing programs in high school and

college bowling.

Asked how she handles all this

Carolyn says: Anyone who tells

you balancing bowling, a family, a

child, a job and travel is easy is

absolutely NUTS! It is not, and

probably never will be.

Carolyn handles it well and her

daughter, Alyssa, has more frequent

flyer miles than most of my friends

and knows what room service is,

only because she travels with Carolyn and Del everywhere. Did I

say Alyssa is only seven years old?

At 46 she is just as tireless as she was when she was 16. She owns

more than 20 major titles and shes still as a threat to win any tourna-

ment she enters. She and fellow Jersey girl Kelly Kulick of Union have

been recognized as the two outstanding bowlers of the past decade.

And yet, with so many irons in the fire, Dorin-Ballard has just

jumped into a position of far-reaching importance. Since March 1,

she has been busy as the United States Bowling Congress director of

coaching.

The USBC facilities at Arlington, Texas, are marvels in testing

bowling equipment, bowling balls, pins, etc., to come up with data

useful in coaching. Seminars will be increased because of their pop-

ularity with the coaches from around the world.

"Carolyn has experience and success at all levels and aspects of

the sport, so she is the perfect person to facilitate the growth of

USBC coaching," said Neil Stremmel, USBC managing director.

Is she good? Carolyn has been called the best female bowler of all

time, and at the Kegel training center also has the title of being the

most accurate player in history of the testing center, hitting the exact

target over 30 times in a row at the exact same speed. CDB, also

during the Women's Series Showdown, rolled 21 consecutive strikes

giving her the title of having the most consecutive successful 10 pin

tosses in the history of televised bowling.

CDB has quite a list of lifetime achievements so there is no won-

der why the Metropolitan Bowling Writers honor her with the

Landgraf Award.

-Chuck Pezzano/Dan McDonough

RUTH G. BOUIE

The bowling community and industry knows many givers and

takers. The quintessential giver is Ruth Bouie. The fact that her

resume states New Jersey State Womens Bowling Association as

her employment speaks for itself.

There are many years of service and categories of dedication that

list Ruth Bouie over and over. They are too numerous to list, so hereare a few highlights. Ruth has been a delegate to the (former) WIBC

National Convention for 30 years, was a WIBC teller one year, was

a delegate to the NJSWBA for 28 years, and a delegate to the

NJSWBA Workshop for 7 years.

She is a director with the state USBC, association manager for the

state USBC and Secretary for the State WBA in addition to being a

local director with the USBC of Union County. Ruth has served or

is currently serving on 9 state committees as well as 10 local com-

mittees.

In her spare time (no pun intended), Ruth serves on the New

Jersey State Bowling Council and is a youth association state repre-

sentative. She participates in many state tournaments and is also a

league secretary.

Fittingly, Ruth has been honored with the New Jersey State USBC

WBA and Union County WBA Halls of Fame for Meritorious

Service. She also has a 25-year state annual tournament participation

award and was honored by the state with a twenty-year service

award. Today Ruth can add the Metropolitan Bowling Writers

Association (MBWA) Special Service Award to her many well-

deserved honors, as we GIVE to the quintessential GIVER.

-Joan Taylor

LEANNE HULSENBERG

It is difficult to assess ifLeanne Hulsenbergs victory in the 2011

BPAA US Womens Open Tournament sponsored by the Brands of

Ebonite can be categorized as a comeback or simply a new begin-

ning.Bowling as Leanne Barrette for 17 years before the professional

womens bowling tour folded in 2003, she earned 26 titles. She was

named PWBA Player of the year twice. In 2007 Leanne was induct-

ed into the USBC Hall of Fame for Superior Performance.

But today we honor Leanne for a more recent achievement. After

a nine-year layoff from full-time professional bowling competition,

she won the Womens Open, defeating Lynda Barnes in a squeaker

match, 247-246, and then tournament leader Kelly Kulick, 218-183.

As easy as it looks in print, the venue for the final rounds was not

your everyday bowling center, or even a modest-size arena. It was

held in the gargantuan Dallas Cowboys Stadium, complete with a

couple of dance numbers by the famous cheerleaders, and a crowd

of thousands cheering the women on. Very distracting for some, but

not for Leanne.

In addition to a check for $50,000, Leanne received two round-

trip tickets to anywhere in the continental United States from

American Airlines, a $5,000 gift certificate to Tiffany and Co., and a

custom High 5 Gear Jersey.

But the victory meant so much more, as Leanne tearfully said,This is the first time my husband, Gary, saw me win. We met after

the tour stopped. It was also the first time her scene-stealing son,

Barrette (great name), 2, saw Mommy win as well.

With this huge victory putting Boomer back on the map, the

consensus is that hopefully there will be more such opportunities for

womens bowling. Whether its a comeback or a new beginning for

womens bowling, the perfect ambassador and spokesperson would

indeed be Leanne Barrette Hulsenberg. Congratulations to our

national woman bowler of the year!

-Joan Taylor

KELLY KULICK

To steal from Miss Congeniality, shes beauty and shes grace.

Shes also Miss Congeniality whether on tour or at home in Union,

NJ where Kelly Kulick has always presented herself as just Kelly.

You never would know about all the records she exploded. Or the

international victories shes had this year. Or the fact that she was

nominated along with nine other women as Sportswoman of the

Year by the Womens Sports foundation. Or that she led wire towire in the BPAA 2011 US Womens Open sponsored by the

Brands of Ebonite tournament in Arlington, TX.

While $25,000 for second place (losing to Leanne Hulsenberg in

the historic championship match, 218-183) provided some consola-

tion, Kellys grace in defeat was demonstrated in the post-tourna-

ment press conference and in her signing autographs after that.

Shes back on Team USA and distinguishing herself in singles,

doubles and team events along with another (former) New Jersey

native, Carolyn Dorin-Ballard. Recently she was cited as a wine

connoisseur, something she studied in case she ever stops bowling

full time. Like that would happen.

This is Kellys seventh outstanding bowler award from the

Metropolitan Bowling Writers Association, including last year, when

she blazed a new trail as both national and Metropolitan Area

Female Bowler of the Year for our organization.

Regardless of her numerous local, national and international

awards and achievements, for Kelly Kulick, winning never gets

old. And she has that beauty and grace as well.

-Joan Taylor

RON MOHR

Professional Bowlers Association Senior Player of the Year Ron

Mohr of Eagle River, Alaska, may have experienced the most suc-

cessful year ever in dominating the 11-tournament 2011 PBA Senior

Tour schedule.

That lofty conclusion comes at the end of a year in which Mohr

won a record-tying four titles in the 10 PBA Senior Tour events heentered, supported by a stunning 67-30 record in his head-to-head

matches (a 69 percent success rate) and an equally impressive quali-

fying record. In 10 tournaments, Mohr was the leading qualifier

twice, No. 2 twice and he qualified lower than seventh only one time.

His bad event might have been his most impressive. After strug-

gling to 77th place after the first eight qualifying games in the

Senior Decatur (Ill.) Open, Mohr moved up 53 places over the next

eight games to make the cut to match play by four pins, qualifying a

season-worst 24th.

In addition to his four titles including his first major champi-

onship in the Senior U.S. Open Mohr finished out of the top four

only one time. He was second twice, third twice, fourth and had a

13-place finish in Decatur. For the record, the only tournament he

didnt enter was the USBC Senior Masters which he missed in order

to attend a family wedding.

Tom Baker (2006), Dale Eagle (1999) and Pete Couture (1998)

also had four-title seasons, but only Bakers was in a comparable

number of events (nine). In 2006, Baker finished second, third, fifth,

seventh and 24th in his other five events. Eagle won four times in a15-tournament schedule while Couture won his four titles in a 14-

event season.

Mohr also won the 2011 earnings crown, taking $56,100 to the

bank and his consistency led to an easy victory in the competition

points race where he compiled 217,602 points.

-Bill Vint - PBA

BILL ONEILL

Bill ONeill earned PBA Rookie of the Year 2005-06 was a four-

time first team All-American at Saginaw Valley State University

and tree-time member of Team USA including 2011. Three-time

Bowling Writers Association of America Collegiate Bowler of the

Year and National Collegiate Bowling Coaches Association Most

Valuable Player in 2003 and 2004

Bill, called "The Real Deal" by friends, is the Gold medal winner

in all-events, trios, team and Masters bronze in 2011 PABCON

Championships in Guadalajara, Mexico. And this season won third

career title in Pepsi Viper Championship, top finishes of second in

PBA World Championship, fourth in Scorpion Championship, fifthin U.S. Open and ninth in Tournament of Champions, made match

play in 10 of 12 events, ranked fourth in average with a 220.24 and

fifth in earnings collecting $97,290

Bill was the only player to cash in all 12 Tour events this year and

you need to know why the MBWA picked him for this honor?

-Dan McDonough


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READ THISYou didnt listen did you?

Proof the ads in the Sports Reporter get read!

Adult LeaguesBROOKLYN, NY In the

Wednesday Senior Mens League

Alby Pezzella shot 279.

Hung Tai Tang hit 279 in the

Thursday Mens Match League,

Joe Peltzman hit 278, and John

Palastro 276.

In the Wednesday Parking Lot

League, Anthony Vasile hit 279,

George Mitro 278, Frank Palumbo,

Jr. 276, and Bonny Feliciano 265.

In the Monday Mixed Handicap

League Diane Pomo rolled 256.

John LaCorter rolled 274 in the

Friday Nite Mixed League.

Juniors LeagueBROOKLYN, NY Dorrie Anne

Rizzo led all competition in the

Sunday Adult Child League firing

a high game of 199.

Justin DeCicco rolled 182,

Anthony Mastroianni 180, and

Vernoica Sorrentini 145.

Youth LeaguesBROOKLYN, NY In the Sunday

Adult Child League Rayhon

Brown rolled 258.

Nathaniel Vazquez shot 224 in the

Saturday Night Teens League.

Michael Martell hit 222 in the

Satrurday Night Teens League.

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