TOURNAMENT: Testa tops field at Legacy Lanes
COSHOCTON — Massillon’s Frank Testa, following a string of top-three finishes, emerged with the win during Sunday’s Sport Shot Sweeper at Legacy Lanes.
A field of 44 bowlers competed on the Statue of Liberty oil patter, with Testa being the No. 1 seed after a four-game qualifier.
“After the last few months of losing match after match the thoughts of letting another one slip through my hands were there until my last practice shot,” Testa said of his Facebook page. “At that point I finally did what my coach Ron Bell would preach during every practice session. I tuned out all of the voices/feelings of doubt and focused on beating the lane and never paid attention to what my opponent was doing. As the 10th frame ended I looked up and realized that I had broke the streak and got the win.”
Testa was followed in the standings by Chris Emig, Corey Wagner, Kelsey Wilson and Ken Stocker.
The next event at Legacy will be a five-player team Baker System Scratch Sweeper, set for Aug. 20. Teams will bowl 20 Baker games with the top five teams moving on to the stepladder finals.
Entry fee is $250 per team with 1-in-5 cashing. See details and entry information here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100039266895905
HDP TOURNAMENT: Unofficial standings from Christmas in July event released
MACEDONIA — The two-weekend Christmas in July event concluded play recent at North Woods Lanes with competition in seven divisions. Here are the unofficial top three in each event:
- Handicap Ladies: Jen Higgins topped this division with 737 (including 24 pins handicap), followed by Charmaine Allen (706) and Alex Lemaster (705)
- Handicap Seniors: Teroy Wade, bowling scratch, topped the division with 773, followed by Beth Smith (771) and Romeo Coleman (737).
- Scratch doubles: Jason Bowles and Mike King topped the division with 1,535, followed by Bowles and Vicktor Varner (1,466) and Bowles and Kyle Bacher (1,457) as Bowles took the top three spots. Bowlers were permitted to bowl with multiple partners.
- Mixed Doubles: Frank and Mandi Testa topped the division with 1,479, followed by Judy and Mike King (1,454) and Jim Grenweis and Allen (1,431). Frank Testa shot a scratch 828 series in the event to lead the team.
- Scratch singles: Josh Vasquez wins with 791, followed by Teroy Wade (773) and Nicholas Kightlinger (766).
- Handicap Singles: Wade earned another win with 773 (scratch), followed by Beth Smith (771) and Darrell Kelso (746).
- Handicap doubles: Despite bowling scratch, Frank Testa and Ryan Liederbach topped the division with 1,513 (Testa’s 828 leading the way), followed by Testa and Dean Vargo (1,509) and Mike King and Dezmon Wade (1,422).
See complete, unofficial results on Facebook here:
https://www.facebook.com/HitDemPockets
TOURNAMENT: Hall of Fame Summer Series sets final event
CANTON — The Hall of Fame Summer Series will hold its final regular event at 7 p.m. Aug. 3 at AMF Hall of Fame Lanes.
This event will be bowled on the 2021 USBC Junior Gold qualifying oil pattern. Entry fee is $45, with bowlers rolling four qualifying games before the field is cut to the top five for the stepladder finals.
This is the final event to qualify for the Series’ finale, set for 7 pm. Aug. 10. Only bowlers who have won events or qualify among the top 20 on the points list are eligible for the finale.
First place will play $300, based on 50 entries.
For information, contact TJ Owens on Facebook or email at towns@amf.com
JTBA: Events resume with Kickoff in August
COLUMBUS — The Junior Tournament Bowlers Association resumes play with the 44th JTBA-Henson Bowling Academy Kick-Off tournament at 9 a.m. Aug. 13 at HP Lanes.
Entry fee is $75 for preregistered JTBA members, $85 for nonmembers. Walk-ins are $10 more for each, with a maximum field of 192 players.
Bowlers will roll five qualifying games before the field is cut for two-game play rounds for the top 16.
This event will be followed by the JTBA Akron Open, set for Aug. 20 at Spins Bowl Akron. For JTBA information, go to: jtba.com
TOURNAMENT: Jones tops six-pound event
PITTSBURGH — Tim Jones rolled the top game among four participants to capture the 6 Pounds of Pleasure (the second edition) tournament Saturday at Pines Plaza Lanes.
Bowlers on two squads, using only six-pound equipment, bowled four qualifying games before the field was cut to the top 11 for match play. Bowlers were permitted to use house bowling balls, but a cracked ball lead to disqualification and a $50 fine to purchase a new house ball.
Three Stark County players — Chuck Spencer (630 series), Branden Ball (609) and Brett McCourry (607) on first shift — qualified for the finals.
Among the final 11, the bottom three were dropped after one game. The final eight then bowled one more game to advance to the final four.
McCourry finished fourth overall, with Don Hipkiss taking second and Kevin Oravecz finishing third. Places five through eight were Nathan Brown, DJ Osborne, Ball and Alberto Dunlap with Jonathan Kleer (ninth), Brody Wildenmann (10th) and Spencer (11th) rounding out the field.
TOURNAMENT: Cohagan tops Iron Sharpens Iron
OAKWOOD — No. 2 seed Casey Cohagan topped No. 1 seed Andrew Smith in the title match to win Friday’s Iron :Sharpens Iron event at Roseland Lanes.
Cohagan, who shot 904 during the four-game qualifier, stopped Smith, who finished with 935, in the final match. The remainder of the top our included Bryce Oliver and J.D. Jones in the 26-player field.
