By:
Mark Martin
YEAR
IN REVIEW
January
– Jeffrey Austreng of
Waterford
Township
won the Metro Detroit USBC Association Masters Tournament at Thunderbowl Lanes
in
Allen Park
. John Nolen of
Waterford
Township
finished fourth. The other Oakland County top finishers were Travis Raskey of South Lyon,
Jason Battishill of Clarkston, Eric Tulley of Southfield and Jerry Owczarski of
South Lyon.
February – Ken Mazur of Rochester Hills finished in
the runner-up spot of the National Senior Bowling Association tournament at
Sterling Lanes in
Sterling Heights
. Ed Austreng of
Waterford
Township
had a second place finish in the NSBA tournament at Bowl One Lanes in
Troy
. John Bennett of Clarkston paced the qualifying rounds in the MDUSBC Senior
Masters at Airway Lanes in
Waterford
Township
. Lee Snow of Wixom won the title by remaining in the winner’s bracket and
outlasting all others. Other top local finishers were Mitch Jabczenski of Novi, Jerry
Owczarski of South Lyon, Ed Austreng of Waterford Township, Marvin Kipp of
Oxford and Bennett. Kim Mystian of
White
Lake
won the Pontiac 600 Club at Cherry Hill Lanes North. Fairlanes in
Madison Heights
was the primary center to raise money for Bowl for the Cure by netting $8,217.
March
– Mark Milasinovich Jr. of
Oxford
was runner-up in the Budweiser Michigan Majors Match Game Championship at
Parkway Lanes in
Trenton
. The late Dan Ottman of
Troy
was honored with the Joyce Deitch Trailblazer Awards at the United State
Bowling Congress Convention in
Nashville
,
Tenn.
He received the award primarily for the great work he had done in promoting
high level youth bowling.
April
– Team
E, captained by Floyd Speer of Waterford Township , captured the handicap team
event at the MDUSBC Open Championship with a handicap score of 3,819 at Century
Bowl in Waterford Township. Other members of the team were Jonathon Chamberlain
of
Waterford
Township
, Jody Paradis of Clarkston, Jeffery Shears of Clarkston and Jamie Peters of
Waterford
Township
. The team also recorded the top actual team score of 3,585. Daniel Kelsey of
Novi
led the scratch and handicap singles with 833 and 895 respectively. David
Skillman of
Waterford
Township
recorded the top handicap all-events score with 2,366 and Jerry Owczarski of
South Lyon
the top actual all-events with 2,259.
May – The Ansara Team #3, captained by Lew Ansara of
Farmington Hills
, took top honors in the Michigan State USBC BA Tournament with an actual score
of 3,654 and handicap score of 3,702. Members of the team were Eddie Grace III
of Howell, Robert Rozycki of
Allen Park
, Harold Sullins of
Chesterfield
Township
, Brian Hatcher of
Roseville
and Kenneth Wyatt of
Sterling Heights
. Ronald Shooks of White Lake and Steven Moran of Waterford Township took the
lead in handicap doubles early in the tournament with a score of 1,626 and it
held up for the rest of the tournament. The MDUSBC was awarded the 2008 USBC
Youth Championships which include Century Bowl in
Waterford
Township
as one of the qualifying centers of the prestigious Junior Gold Championships.
Mike Busch of
Waterford
Township
took home his second Budweiser Michigan Majors title at Nortel Lanes in
Monroe
.
June – Several local bowlers earned All-City honors
including Jeffrey
Austreng of
Waterford
Township
, Gregory Brown of
Southfield
, Jeffrey Grego of
Waterford
Township
, John Nolen of
Waterford
Township
and Michael Busch of
Waterford
Township
on the Men’s team. Jerry Owczarski of
South Lyon
captained the Senior Men’s team. He was joined by Mitchell Jabczenski Sr. of
Novi, Lee Snow of Wixom and Edwin Austreng of
Waterford
Township
. Carol Davis of
Lake
Orion
captained the Senior Women’s team and was joined by Leona Obuchowski of
Ferndale
, Sheryl McMahan of
Commerce
Township
, Carol Roberts of
Ferndale
and Carrol Sheridan of Rochester Hills. Bob Chamberlain Jr. of Holly won the
Budweiser Michigan Majors Tournament at Belmar II Lanes in
Trenton
.
July
through December highlights will appear next week.
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BOWLING
ON TV THIS WEEKEND
While
the PBA takes a couple of weeks off there won’t be any live bowling action on
television. ESPN Classic will air some classic bowling on Saturday, Sunday and
Monday at 12 noon. Saturday’s telecast will be the PBA Skills Challenge,
Sunday will feature the 1995 Northwest Classic and Monday the 1995 PBA Jackson
Senior Championship. The next live PBA telecast will be Sunday, Jan. 6.
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HONOR
SCORES
300
Games
Date,
Name, Hometown, Center, League
Dec.
15, Mark Milasinovich Jr.,
Oxford
, Sunnybrook Lanes,
Lakeside
Sub
Dec.
18, Eric Crane, Pontiac, Airway Lanes, Airway Sweeper
Dec.
18, Robert Chamberlain Jr., Holly, 300 Bowl, Tuesday Shootout
Dec.
18, Christopher VanSickle, Warren, Astro Lanes,
St.
Pius X K of C Bowling League
Dec.
19, Jeffrey Austreng,
Waterford
Twp., 300 Bowl,
Pontiac
Motor Inter Office
Dec.
19, Timothy Soldan,
Pontiac
, 300 Bowl,
Pontiac
Motor Inter Office
Dec.
19, George Moore,
Pontiac
, 300 Bowl,
Pontiac
Motor Inter Office
Dec.
20, Kevin Kline,
Troy
, Fairlanes, Devlieg Men’s
Dec.
21, Edward Kaer,
Waterford
Twp., Airway Lanes, Westside Merchants
Dec.
21, Darin Hunter, Tecumseh,
Hazel Park
Bowl, Pepsi Classic
Dec.
22, Mondor Perdue, West Bloomfield,
Cherry Hill
Lanes, Saturday Night High Flyers
Dec.
22, Willie Price Jr., Pontiac, Fiero Lanes, Thunder Rollers
800
Series
Date, Name
(Score), Hometown, Center, League
Dec.
19, Jeffrey Austreng (806),
Waterford
Twp., 300 Bowl,
Pontiac
Motor Inter Office
Dec.
19, Timothy Soldan (803),
Pontiac
, 300 Bowl,
Pontiac
Motor Inter Office
Dec.
19, Edward Hurley (819), Airway Lanes, Wednesday Eagle League
Dec.
21, David Danielak (812),
Sterling
Hts., Luxury Lanes, Ferndale Elks #1588 Men’s Invitational
Dec.
21, Dominic Emmi (802), Macomb, Luxury Lanes, Ferndale Elks #1588 Men’s
Invitational
Dec.
23, Russell Southerland (816), Orion, Fairlanes, BTI Sunday Mixed
Mark
Martin writes a weekly bowling column for The Daily Oakland Press and is the
association manager of the Metro Detroit USBC Association. He can be reached at
(248) 443-2695, faxed at (248) 443-2690 or e-mailed at mark.martin@mdusbc.com.