Bowling tournaments will be in full swing leading up to the beginning of the fall-winter league season, starting with some events this weekend.
Here is our rundown of known events along with some results and updates:
DOUBLE L SHOOTOUTS
The Battle of the States is set for 11 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Saturday, with openings still available for the 3:30 p.m. shift. Entry fee is $240 per team for the event at Spins Bowl Akron. The four-person team must have at least one female.
There are teams looking for substitutes, and bowlers can register at the front counter.
No PBA or PWBA players who have captured titles in the past three years are eligible for this event.
In addition, a mixed doubles event will kick off the tournament weekend at 6:30 p.m. Friday, with a $120 entry fee.
For information on either event go to: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2279704218779892
LEGACY LANES
Legacy Lanes and Lounge in Coshocton is hosting a Put Up or Shut Up Head-to-Head Scratch tournament at 10 a.m. Sunday.
Entry fee is $75, with bowlers rolling three games in Round 1, with the field being cutting half for each subsequent round, with Rounds 2 and above being two-game rounds. Highest pinfalls advance.
This will be bowled on a modified house oil pattern.
See information below:
SURVIVAL SERIES
Survival Tournaments: Survival of the Fittest, the Bakers Revenge, is set for 10 a.m. Saturday at Seven Hills Lanes in Seven Hills.
Entry fee is $90 per team, with teams having to hit Baker System style game numbers to advance each round. See information below:
OTHER EVENTS
CHRISTMAS IN JULY: The Hit Dem Pockets’ Christmas in July two-weekend event ended last weekend at North Woods Lanes in Macedonia.
Tournament directors are verifying averages to determine final standings. At this point, here are the unofficial low scores to cash in each division: handicap doubles—1,352; scratch doubles—1,401; mixed doubles—1,344; handicap singles—674; scratch singles—688; ladies—675; and seniors—694.
MONDAY NIGHT SPORT SHOT SWEEPER: The next Monday sweeper is at 7 p.m. Monday at Rollhouse Parma in Parma, with the 2025 Striking against Breast Cancer Mixed Doubles oil pattern being employed. Entry fee is $40, with bowlers rolling four scratch qualifying games before the field is cut to the top four or five for the stepladder finals. For information, go to: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1917841658726024
OHIO MATCHPLAY TOURNAMENTS: A Scratch Singles Senior Shootout is set for 1 p.m. Aug. 9 at Wayne Webb’s Columbus Bowl in Columbus with a $125 entry fee. The event is open to b owners age 50 and older. Bowlers will roll five qualifying games before the field is cut for two-game match-play rounds, with rounds two through fur being single game matches. See information below.
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: The next Summer Sports Shot Series event will be on the PBA Badger oil pattern at 8 p.m. Friday at Mt. Lebanon Lanes in Pittsburgh. Entry fee is $45, with discounts of $5 for juniors, seniors and 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.Last week’s top four included Alex Lankford, Tony Carson, Tony Godden and Kenny Flanagan on the USA Team Trials No 5 pattern. For information, go to: https://www.facebook.com/groups/574281479814101
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. Tournament officials announced this week that the new lane surfaces will not be installed in time for this event. 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
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 Roseland Lanes in Oakwood. Entry fee is $100 per team.
JUNIOR EVENTS
STARK COUNTY USBC: The Stark County USBC will hold 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. For information, go to: https://www.facebook.com/StarkCountyUSBC
PBA
CENTRAL REGION: Ryan Liederbach captured his sixth PBA regional title last weekend during the PBA Emerson Lanes Central Open at Emerson Lanes in Parkersburg, W.Va.
Liederbach, a two-handed lefty from Northfield, swept left-hander Michael Rachal 2-0 in the best-of-three match-play finals with games of 234 and 237. Liederbach stopped left-hander Graham Fach 2-1 in the semifinals, winning Game 3 209-190. Rachal advanced with a -1 win over Zeke Bayt, winning Game 3 248-215.
Liederbach was the qualifying leader with 1,717 total pinfall for eight games (214 average), with Daniel Farish finishing second (1,703).
See complete results here: https://www.leaguepals.com/league-info?id=680fd3c066b0bb6412ec448e
UPCOMING: The PBA Central Region will be in Grove City this week for the PBA Lucky Strike Grove City Central Open. Also, the PBA50 pros will be at Rebman Recreation in Lorain July 28-30 for the Ohio Lottery Baldo Campana & Dave D’Entremont Memorial Central Open. A pro-am is set for 6:30 p.m. July 28. See information below:
