CANTON — The Stark County Youth Committee will be holding an equipment drive for the youth in our area from 4 to 6 p.m. Aug. 7 at the Canton Amateur Sports Hall of Fame, 1414 Market Ave. N. This is for juniors that are in high school or younger. The group will have a huge selection of donated items such as bowling balls, bags, shoes and a few other things. It will be trying to limit the accepted items to one or two player child.
The most available items are bowling balls in different weights.
Items can be accepted on a first come, first served basis on that date. For any questions, contact the Stark County USBC via Facebook on Messenger.
“This is a great opportunity for anyone looking to get started in the sport or for those that need some more equipment to take their game to the next level,” the Stark USBC said in a release. “We’re very excited about this!”
HALL OF FAME SUMMER SERIES CONTINUES
PERRY TWP. — The Hall of Fame Summer Series will hold its fifth event at 6:15 p.m. July 21 at AMF Hall of Fame Lanes.
Bowlers will be competing on the 2021 U.S. Open No. 1 oil pattern and bowling four qualifying games before the field is cut to the top five for the stepladder finals on fresh oil.
Entry fee is $40. Bowlers must participate in three events to be eligible for the end of summer finale Aug. 11. There is only one regular event left following this tourney.
A practice session will be available for bowler July 19. Please contact Hall of Fame for details.
Here is the current points list, wth the top 16 players and all previous winners eligible for the series finale:
1, J.D. Jones (winner two events) 128; 2, Adam Kutz 103; 3, (tie) Kara Thomas, Jeff Mowls 87; 5, Alex Lincoln 83; 6, Mark Walters 75; 7, Curtis Duffield 73; 8, Eric Long 70; 9, Rob McPherson 66; 10, Tony Confalone 65; 11, Dave Mramor Jr. 63; 12, Chase Barstow (winner) 62; 13, Branden Ball 59; 14, Frank Testa (winner) 57; 15, Jordan Norris 55; 16, Rob Weary 53; 17, Keith Zeigler 52; 18, Alex Coffelt 46; 19, Dave Mramor Sr. 42; 20, Jim Fellows 41; 21, Robert Wilson 40;22, Matt Mosser; 23, Bryan Hastler 31; 24, Mike Emery 30; 25, Michael McVicker and Dennis Bloomquist 27; 27, Joe Bailey and Alicia Yacono 26; 29, Rolly Shanklin and Todd Thomas 25; 31, Brandon Troy, Carter Dockery, John Brockway; 34, Tim Voytko, Sean Elbert, Marissa Simon and Bobby Wenger; 38, Jeff DiMarzio 20; 39, Sequoia Gordon 16, 40, Dave McLaughlin, Landon Trayer, Johnny Cross, Noah Baltzer, Joe Altimroe III 15; 45, Anthony Curati, Todd Bowen 14; 47, Nick Caruso 13; 48, Brandon Cordi 12; 49, Scott Vandegrift, Brian Culp 11; 41, Jimmy McClure, Rick Davis 8; 53, MIkey Maier 7, 54, Arthur Calhoun Sr. 5; 55, Bryce Ryan 4; 56, Corey Vance 2; 57, John Barnard, Shaun Hamilton 1.
PBA REGIONALS COMING IN SEPTEMBER
The Professional Bowlers Association Central Region will be making three September appearances in the Stark County area during September.
It kicks off with the PBA50 J.D. Producing,Inc.-Triway Lanes Central Open from Sept. 9 through 11 in Wooster.
The next appearance will be the Wabash Lanes Member-Non-Member Doubles Central Open from Sept. 16 through Sept. 18 at Wabash Lanes in New Philadelphia.
It will be caped by the PBA50-PBA60 Park Centre Lanes Central Doubles Open at Park Centre Lanes in North Canton.
All events are free admission for fans. Watch for upcoming details on pro-am events and schedules.
For details, go to