By:
Mark Martin
BUDWEISER
MICHIGAN
MAJORS
Twenty-one
year old Aaron Lorincz of
Belleville
won his first Budweiser Michigan Majors title with an exciting 278-268 victory
in the 44th Annual Championship tournament over top-seeded Jeff Roche
of
Dearborn
at Cherry Hill Lanes in
Dearborn Heights
.
Lorincz
was seeded fourth for the stepladder finals. On his way to the championship
match he defeated defending champion Ray Eddy of
Saginaw
236-202, MMBA Hall of Famer Troy Stus of South
Lyon
268-233 and MMBA Hall of Famer Dale Hofmeister of Essexville 280-228. Lorincz
received the top prize of $1,500.
Roche,
an eight-time titlist, settled for the second place check of $750. He was also
the top qualifier with a six-game total of 1,540.
Oakland
County
was represented by Stus who cashed for $550, Bob Chamberlain Jr. of Holly for
$230 and Mitch Jabczenski of
Novi
for $220.
The
next MMBA event will be the Tournament of Champions on Dec. 18 at Taylor Lanes
in
Taylor
.
For
more information on the Budweiser Michigan Majors contact Ken Charrette at (586)
775-2414.
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NATIONAL
SENIOR BOWLING ASSOCIATION
Dan
Mayer of
Waterford
Township
won the National Senior Bowling Association event at Taylor Lanes in
Taylor
with a 222-196 triumph over Joe Buffa of
Macomb
Township
.
Mayer
qualified 23rd and beat Dick Selgo of
Archbold
,
Ohio
, Ralph Jennings of
Detroit
221-182, Tom DeBacker of
Chelsea
259-146 and Gerald Johnson of Riverview 236-193 to advance to the championship
match. He took home the top prize of $1,000.
Buffa
qualified fifth. In match play he won over Rick Wayne of
Westland
227-188, Ken Lang of Eastpointe 219-213 and Rick Vittone of
Canada
226-170. He earned $500.
Vittone
was the high qualifier and Steve Hubble of
Westland
had the top game of 289.
Other
Oakland
County
bowlers who cashed were Ken Kossick of
Commerce
Township
for $110 and Bill Haynes of Rochester Hills $90.
The
next NSBA event will be Dec. 11 at Plaza Lanes in
Plymouth
.
For
more information on the NSBA contact Phil Horowitz at (248) 489-1333, e-mail at prh300@aol.com
or visit www.nationalseniorbowling.com
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BOWLING
ON TV
The
Pepsi Viper Championship will be telecast on ESPN Sunday at 1 p.m.
The
stepladder finals include Amleto Monacelli of
Venezuela
; Bill O’Neill of
Southampton
,
Penn.
; Mike DeVaney of
Murietta
,
Calif.
; Tommy Jones of
Simpsonville
,
S.C.
; and top seed Andres Gomez of
Colombia
.
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HONOR
SCORES
300
Games
Date,
Name, Hometown, Center, League
Nov.
15, Ronald Riegel Jr., Bloomfield Hills, Sunnybrook Lanes, San Marino Men’s
Nov.
17, Ralph Gates II,
Waterford
Twp., 300 Bowl,
Pontiac
Motor Inter Office
Nov.
18, Scott Rose,
Waterford
Twp.,
Troy
Lanes,
Metro North Highway
Nov.
19, Gregory Maurer,
Warren
, Bowl One Lanes, Bowl One Classic Mixed
Nov.
20, Duane Henderson,
Detroit
,
Hazel Park
Bowl, Quad Tournament
Nov.
20, Anthony Zelechowski,
Hazel Park
, Bonanza Lanes, Saturday Night Mixers
Nov.
21, Brian Nelson,
Macomb
, Fairlanes, BTI Sunday Mixed
Nov.
22, Alan Moore,
Farmington Hills
, Cloverlanes, TCAC
Nov.
22, Anthony Caruso,
Royal Oak
, Universal Lanes, Monday Night Men’s
Nov.
23, Eric Schultz, Northville, Country Lanes, University Men
Nov.
23, Marc Grosinsky,
Flint
, 300 Bowl, Tuesday Invitational Shootout
Nov.
23, Michael Trewhella,
Mt.
Clemens
, Astro Lanes, Tuesday Goodtimers
Nov.
24, William Kozlowski,
Novi
, Plaza Lanes, Plaza Wednesday Nite Men
Nov.
24, Michael Ward,
Waterford
Twp., 300 Bowl, Tuesday Invitational Shootout
Nov.
26, Ashley Denard,
Warren
,
Hazel Park
Bowl, Pepsi Classic
Nov.
29, Teresa Catchpole,
Macomb
, Luxury Lanes, Luxury Ladies Invitational
Nov.
29, Gene Cooper,
Oak Park
, Royal Lanes,
Wayne
County
DSS
800
Series
Date, Name
(Score), Hometown, Center, League
Nov.
16, Anthony Green (802),
Lansing
, 300 Bowl, Tuesday Invitational Shootout
Nov.
18, Chivas Dooley (803), Plum Hollow Lanes, TNT Mixed
Nov.
20, Duane Henderson (844),
Detroit
,
Hazel Park
Bowl, Quad Tournament
Nov.
21, Brian Nelson (817),
Macomb
, Fairlanes, BTI Sunday Mixed
Nov.
24, Tim Brittain (812),
Lake
Orion
, Collier Lanes,
Oxford
Wildcats
Nov.
26,
Lawrence
Thomas (853),
Southfield
, Hartfield Lanes, Greater Grace Temple Friday Mixed
Mark
Martin writes a weekly bowling column for The 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.