February 13, 2009

By: Mark Martin

MDUSBC SENIOR MASTERS

The Metro Detroit USBC Association Senior Masters tournament qualifying and first rounds of match play wrapped up at Classic Lanes in Rochester Hills Sunday, Feb. 8.

Dwayne Griggs of Orion, Paul Hutchinson of Dearborn , David Maiorana Sr. of Rochester Hills and Larry Walker of Garden City remained undefeated in the double elimination format.

Griggs qualified third with a six-game total of 1,337. In match play he remained undefeated with wins over Doug Evans of Clinton Township 518-390, Rick Eiermann of Garden City 421-394 and Daniel Mayer Jr. of Waterford Township 414-376 in the two-game matches in the double elimination format.

Hutchinson qualified 28^th with 1,247 and beat Richard Kotovich of Chesterfield 392-369, Steven Hubble of Westland 385-381 and Richard Beattie of Dearborn 44-394.

Maiorana stayed alive with victories over Lee Snow of Wixom 404-356, Leonard Cianciolo of Warren 403-346 and top qualifier Donald Clifford of Clinton Township 390-384. He qualified eighth with 1,295.

Walker beat Sam Girgenti of St. Clair Shores 411-389, Philip Horowitz of West Bloomfield 452-385 and Ed Austreng of Waterford Township 433-393 after qualifying 18^th with 1,264.

Alive in the loser’s bracket are Michael LaRocca of New Hudson, Albert Amella III of Macomb, Anthony Dadeppo of Troy and Doug Evans.

Top qualifier Clifford bowled 1,349 on games of 213, 245, 204 171, 280 and 236.

In match play Doug Evans recorded a 300 game.

The 153-player field averaged 191.6, with the top 32 finalists averaging 219.

The final rounds of match play begin at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 14 at Classic Lanes.

For a complete listing of entrants visit www.mdusbc.com under tournaments and MDUSBC Senior Masters. Match play results are updated on the website after each day of competition. The graph of the lane pattern is also available on the website.

Classic Lanes is located at 2145 Avon Industrial Rd. in Rochester Hills, telephone (248) 852-9100.

Sponsors of the MDUSBC Senior Masters are Turbo 2-N-1 Grips, Red Robin Restaurants of Michigan , Ansara's Big Boy Restaurants and Eastown Printing.

The MDUSBC Senior Masters Tournament is an USBC certified event operated by the Metro Detroit USBC Association, the largest local association of the United States Bowling Congress with more than 70,000 members.

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BOWLING ON TV THIS WEEKEND

The Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour will feature the USBC Masters from Las Vegas . The telecast will be at 1 p.m. on Sunday on ESPN.

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HONOR SCORES

300 Games

Date, Name, Hometown, Center, League

Jan. 29, Raymond McCants II, Detroit , Plum Hollow Lanes, TNT Mixed League

Feb. 3, Gary Kapinos, West Bloomfield, Cherry Hill Lanes North, Waterford Merchants

Feb. 5, George Schester Jr., Madison Hts., Universal Lanes, Thursday Community

Feb. 5, Howard Gerenraich, Waterford Twp., 300 Bowl, Thursday 3 Man Major

Feb. 5, Kenneth Frank, Sterling Hts., Fairlanes, Devlieg Men’s

Feb. 6, Winston Coles Jr., Southfield , Plum Hollow Lanes, Friday Nite Out

Feb. 6, Michael Weed, Wixom, Country Lanes, Greenfield Mixed

Feb. 6, Thomas Niedowicz, Royal Oak , Five Star Lanes, Tri County Men’s

Feb. 6, Steven Bradley, Oak Park , Hazel Park Bowl, Pepsi Classic

Feb. 6, Scott Fortune, Roseville , Astro Lanes, Detroit Architectural

Feb. 6, Floyd Drinkhorn III, Warren , Bowl One Lanes, Bowl One Classic

Feb. 6, Frederick Donaldson, Oak Park , Cloverlanes, Renaissance Mixed League

Feb. 7, Mason Brantley, Detroit , Hazel Park Bowl, Hamtramck Singles Classic Tournament

Feb. 7, Brian Brennan, Sterling Hts., Bowl One Lanes, Saturday Nite Mixers

Feb. 8, Douglas Evans, Clinton Twp., Classic Lanes, MDUSBC Senior Masters

Feb. 9, Shawn Stevenson, Madison Hts., Fairlanes, Our Lady of Fatima Men’s

Feb. 9, Brian Stump, Shelby Twp., Astro Lanes, GM Men’s Monday Night

Feb. 9, Lawrence Cooper, Clarkston, Cherry Hill Lanes North, Dixie All Stars

Feb. 9, Hal Kleiss Jr., Wixom, Wonderland Lanes, Monday Men’s

Feb. 10, James Bery, Farmington Hills , Five Star Lanes, Chrysler Central Engineering

Feb. 10, Samuel Hegerty, Berkley , Five Star Lanes, Chrysler Central Engineering

Feb. 10, Todd Andrews, Novi , Drakeshire Lanes, Farmington Elks 1986 Men’s

Feb. 10, James Covell, Royal Oak , Bowl One Lanes, Tuesday Night Men’s Trio

800 Series

Date, Name (Score), Hometown, Center, League

Jan. 29, Travis Franz (820), Waterford Twp., Century Bowl, Thursday Men’s House

Feb. 3, Willie Price Jr. (805), Pontiac, Airway Lanes, Tuesday Sweeper

Feb. 5, George Schester Jr. (800), Madison Hts., Universal Lanes, Thursday Community

Feb. 5, Kenneth Frank (838), Sterling Hts., Fairlanes, Devlieg Men’s

Feb. 6, Duane Henderson (800), Detroit , Hazel Park Bowl, Pepsi Classic

Feb. 6, Michael Weed (802), Wixom, Country Lanes, Greenfield Mixed

Feb. 6, Kevin Whitty (822), Oak Park , Regal Lanes, Father Kramer K of C

Feb. 7, Brian Brennan (822), Sterling Hts., Bowl One Lanes, Saturday Nite Mixers

Feb. 10, James Bery (835), Farmington Hills , Five Star Lanes, Chrysler Central Engineering

Feb. 10, Floyd Speer (801), Waterford Twp., 300 Bowl, Tuesday Shootout

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.