Results now are official for the Cleveland USBC’s inaugural Mixed Baker Trios event at Seven Hills Lanes in Seven Hills.
The event drew 26 teams overall with the trio of Amanda Malave, Andrew Smith and Warren Apger finishing with a scratch pinfall of 2,231 for their three-game set to earn the $870 top prize.
That trio finished 85 pins ahead of Frank and Mandi Testa and Vincent Ludwig (2,218).
Complete standings appear below:
HEPPNER SINGLES: Results now are official for the Cleveland Ohio USBC’s Ron Hopper Senior Singles, which was held at Yorktown Lanes in Parma Heights.
Winners by division included: Class S (75-older): Charles Callahan; Class A (70-74): Jacquelyn Walton; Class B (65-69): Melanie Silvan; Class C (60-64): Ian Ramsey; Class D (55-59): John SuSong; Class E (50-54): Bernard Warren.
Brian Esterle turned in the top scratch series with 756, and the team of Darryl Bell and James Dixon posted the high handicap doubles total.
See complete results below:
UPCOMING EVENTS
SUPER SENIOR SHOOTOUT: The Scratch Singles Super Senior Shootout, for players ages 60 and over, will be held at 1 p.m. Monday (June 30) at Wayne Webb’s Columbus Bowl in Columbus with a $125 entry fee. Bowlers will roll five qualifying games before the field is cut for a two-game match play round before etc final three rounds are single-game match play. This will kick off the PBA60 Tour World Series next week in Columbus. See an entry form below:
HIT DEM POCKETS: Hit Dem Pockets will hold its annual Christmas in July event July 5-6 and 12-13 at North Woods Lanes. Entry fee is $35 for singles and $70 for teams, with events for scratch, women and seniors in singles and doubles. See tourney info below:
MONDAY SPORT SHOT SWEEPER: Bryce Oliver took first place during Monday’s Summer Sport Shot Sweeper at Rollhouse Parma. The remainder of the top five include Scott McIntire, Ryan Liederbah, Casey Cohagan, Phil Moore II and Tim Jones with 29 players in the field. This Monday’s event will be on the 2024 USBC Open Championships Singles and Doubles oil pattern .Bowlers will roll four qualifying games before the field is cut to either the top four or five for the stepladder finals. Entry fee is $40. For information, go to:https://www.facebook.com/events/1883533929107304?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22surface%22%3A%22home%22%7D%2C%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22group_featured_unit%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22group%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D
DOUBLE L SHOOTOUTS: The next Double L Team Tournaments events are The Battle of the States set for July 19 at Spins Bowl Akron, with an entry fee of $240 per team for the four-person event. PBA and PWBA players who have titles in the past three years cannot participate. Teams must have at least one female. There also will be Mixed Doubles event at 6:30 p.m. July 18 at Spins Akron to kickoff the weekend with a $120 entry fee per team. For information go to: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2279704218779892
ROYAL RUMBLE: Axion Events is presenting the BowlaMania IV Royal Rumble, with squads at 11 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. July 26 at Wickliffe Lanes in Wickliffe. Entry fee is $40 and this is a handicapped event. See information here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2828473804123087/?hoisted_section_header_type=recently_seen&multi_permalinks=3663854997251626
HILES TOURNAMENTS: This week’s Friday Summer Sport Shot series tournament will be bowled on the PBA Scorpion oil pattern at Mt. Lebanon Lanes in Pittsburgh. Entry fee is $45, with discounts of $5 for juniors, seniors an veterans. The format is four qualifying games in the scratch event before the field is cut to the top 32 for pod-style match play, with four bowlers eventually meeting for the title. Starting time is 8 p.m. The events so far have attracted 921 entries for eight events, a record for the series. Jake Watson won last Friday’s event on the 2024 U.S. Women’s Open No. 4 pattern, followed by Don Hipkiss, David Mramor and D. Jay Osborne, with 17 place being paid.See information here: https://www.facebook.com/events/738626655164550?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22surface%22%3A%22group%22%7D%2C%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22attachment%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22newsfeed%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D
AKRON OPEN: The sixth annual Akron Open will return to Station 300 in Akron on Aug. 23 and 24 with a $130 entry fee. The Open will consist of a six-game qualifier, with shifts available at 9 a.m. or 4 p.m. before the overall field is cut on a 1-in-5 ratio for a Sunday’s cashers round at 9 a.m. That group will bowl five more games with pinfall carrying over. The field then will be cut again to the top 24 for five more games before the final cut to the top five for a traditional stepladder finals. Ashland’s two-handed lefty Cassidy Schaub is the two-time defending champion in the event. In addition, a four-game scratch doubles event will be held at 7 p.m. Aug. 22. For information on both, go to Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/events/1442496887101908?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22surface%22%3A%22home%22%7D%2C%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22attachment%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22newsfeed%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D
OHIO MASTERS: The 2025 Ohio Masters is set for Aug. 30 and 31 at HP Lanes in Columbus with a new format and entry fee for the eighth annual event. This will be the debut tournament for HP Lanes with its new lane surfaces. This event is open to all adult bowlers who are sanctioned and live within an Ohio State USBC association. It also is open to adult bowlers who bowled a minimum of nine games in an Ohio sanctioned association league during the 2024-2025 season, but the bowler doesn’t have to do both. Bowlers will bowl an eight-game qualifying round Aug. 30 with a $125 entry fee beginning at noon. There is a maximum field of 144 players. The field then will be cut to the top 32 based on 128 entries, with a minimum of 24 bowlers being taken to the Aug. 31 match-play rounds. During match play, players will be seeded into a two-game single-elimination, total-pinfall matches until there is a champion. No youth bowlers are permitted in this event. Brendan Salo is the defending champion. For information, go to: https://www.facebook.com/events/1437051134118721?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22attachment%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22newsfeed%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D
BURNS MEMORIAL: The Teresa J. Burns Junior-Senior Doubles Handicap Memorial event is set for 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Aug. 20 at Rlseland Lanes in Oakwood. Entry fee is $100 per team. See an entry form below:
SURVIVOR SERIES: The Survival of the Fittest Bakers Revenge is set for 10 a.m. July 19 at Seven Hills Lanes in Seven Hills. Entry fee is $90 per team. See information below:
JUNIOR EVENTS
OBC YOUTH TOURNAMENT: The Ohio Bowling Conference Youth Scholarship and Recruiting event is set for 10 a.m. July 19 at Columbus Square Bowling Palace. Conference coaches will be on hand to meet and greet athletes and parents, with the event open to the first 180 bowlers to register. See information below:
GREAT LAKES: The annual Great Lakes Junior Gold Tour will hold its Youth Bowling Showcase on Aug. 2 and 3 at Thunderbowl Lanes in Alen Park, Mich. See information below:
STARK COUNTY USBC: The Stark County USBC will holds its annual Youth Singles Fall Tournament at 9 a.m. Aug. 10 at Park Centre Lanes in North Canton. Entry fee is $50 per player and will be bowled on a house oil pattern. There will be three divisions for both boys and girls, with bowlers rolling four games in the handicap event. See an entry form below:
