February 16, 2011 Sports Reporter

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FARMINGDALE, NY James

Curran found perfection when he

shot a 300 game on his way to a

735 high series for the session

while contesting in the Wednesday

Mens Handicap League at

Farmingdale Lanes.

Bay Stauder, John Mercurio and

John Tooker each came close to

perfect tossing 278 games.

James Curran Rolled 300

At Farmingdale Lanes

NEW ORLEANS, La. AustraliasJason Belmonte and NBA All-Star

point guard Chris Paul successfully

defended their Chris Paul PBA

Celebrity Invitational Doubles title at

Riverboat Lanes at the Naval Airbase

Station in Belle Chasse, La., thanks to

a big-time assist from the New Orleans

Hornets assist leader.

Belmonte, the two-handed power

player from Down Under, and his tour-

nament host/NBA superstar partner

combined to win the Baker format

doubles event, 155-128, over PBA Hall

of Famer Norm Duke and his partner,

Grammy Award-winning rap artist Lil

Wayne. After plenty of high-scoring

fireworks in the earlier matches, the championship matchwasnt pretty, but it came down to a strike and

three spares by Paul that decided the outcome.

The special Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour event, con-

ducted in December, aired on ESPN in advance of the

Super Bowl. In Baker doubles competition, each player

alternates frames to complete a full game.

This one was not by the hand of Belmo; it was all

Chris Paul, Belmonte said. Last year I got three strikes

in 10th to win. This time it was him. Next time hopefully

well both get it together.

The third annual Chris Paul Invitational, conducted on

behalf of the CP3 Foundation, featured Lil Wayne bowl-

ing with Duke, hip-hop superstar Nelly with PBA Hall of

Fame partner Pete Weber, and New Orleans Saints run-

ning back Reggie Bush teamed up with Wes Malott.

Rhino Page also joined his fellow Storm Products staff

players by participating in a Super Clash preliminaryevent.

The stage for a wild day of bowling action was set early

when Page took on the four celebrity stars in the Super

Clash where each player bowled a frame and the lowest

score was eliminated. Ironically, after all four celebrities

struck in the first frame, Page was the first player elimi-

nated when he left a 6-8 split on his first attempt.

Eventually, Nelly won the contest by throwing five con-

secutive strikes to out-last Paul.

Nelly, a thumbless bowler, then teamed up with

Weber for a stunning 280-169 romp over Bush and

Malott in the first Baker doubles match. The only shot

that prevented a perfect game was Webers 10 pin in the

second frame.

There was a lot of excitement, Weber said. Nelly got

a couple Brooklyns in the Clash event, but after that, he

had 10 in the pit. He uses two fingers, no thumb andshoots his spares the same way.

I used to bowl in the same league with him (in St.

Louis), Weber added. I knew if he had a good ball reac-

tion hed be all right. It was hard for us to miss the pocket.

For their next match against Lil Wayne and Duke, how-

ever, Duke decided to confuse Nelly.Lil Wayne and I

were sitting there, hoping the scoring pace would be low,

Duke said. Then Nelly gets a five-bagger to knock

everyone out of the Clash, including Rhino, and he

throws five more in the first match. He hadnt missed for

10 shots, so things were not looking good for Lil Wayne

and me. Nelly not only can bowl, but he was on a severe

roll.

Norm made us switch lanes, Weber said. Nelly had

lane 2 figured out, so Norm made Nelly bowl on lane 1

and he didnt have a clue as to what to do.

I figured 200 would be over-achieving for us, Duke

added. Lil Wayne needs some work. But right before we

started, I had him move to the right and straighten his

delivery. He threw five shots that looked like theyre

going to the gutter, but they all came back to strike and

weve got 245. That was stratospheric.

The strategic move helped Lil Wayne and Duke elimi-nate Nelly and Weber, 245-205, and advance to the title

match, where Lil Waynes luck ran out, and Dukes five

strikes werent enough to save the team.

You can only get lucky for so long, Duke said. That

first game was all we had. We had no more magic after

that.

Chris did a lot better than last year, Belmonte said of

Paul. Hes not bowling as much as hed like, but hes just

a talented sports person. If he gets his hand on a ball, no

matter what game, hell be pretty good at it. If you

watch him on the basketball court, you can see how com-

petitive he is. He takes the same intensity to the lanes and

so do I. It doesnt matter if its hoops or skee ball or what-

ever. Its especially sweet when you do this against

friends. I know he likes to beat his friends.

The Invitational benefits Pauls CP3 Foundation which

was founded in 2005 as a tribute to his late grandfatherand the Winston-Salem, N.C., community where he grew

up. The CP3 foundation has provided funding for activi-

ties ranging from a scholarship program to food drives to

recreational support programs for underprivileged chil-

dren in both Winston-Salem and New Orleans.

Larry Toppin 300, Ed Smith 768

In Montvale MajorBy Joe Rizzi

Keith Dobres Tossed 300-806

At North Arlington Bowl

MONTVALE, NJ - Ed Smith led

all scorers this past Tuesday in the

Montvale Major League at

Montvale Lanes, bowling a 768

series on games of 242, 270 and

256. His great effort led Sole

Savers to a 26-4 rout over Bergen

Batting Center. Kevin Conroy

bowled 248-226-226700 for

Bergen.

High game of the evening

belonged to Larry Toppin, who

rolled a 300. Larry added a 234

and finished with a 733 series,

leading BuddiesProShop.com to a25.5-4.5 victory over Team Ram

Rod. Alex Kowalchuk added 205-

289-222716 for the winning

team.

Ralph Bernardo rolled 256-215-

257728, but despite his effort

Ricks Pro Shop was defeated by

CZs Pro Shop, 17.5-12.5. Justin

Hawkins 227-279701 led

Valley Tent Rental to an easy 25-5

victory over 12-In-A-Row Pro

Shop.

Mike Pasch hit 266-694, Tom

Piret 278-694, Chris Arbegast

237-690, Mike Rovetto 236-687,

Bob Balzarek 264-683, Willis

Simmons 247-675, Dave Spano

235-673, Adrian Lawson 245-670,Toto Roldan 251-669, John

Rankin 247-666, Nick DeLia 226-

662 and Ray Keim 279-659.

NO. ARLINGTON, NJ Keith

Dobres earned top honors in the

Sunday Morning Trio League at

North Arlington Bowl firing a 300

game for a high series of 806.

Rody Kemple hit 279-791, Chris

Schanne 269-781, Jose Cabrera,

Jr. 299-779, Gary Masino 277-

756, John Ross 278-748, Will

Frazier 279-739, Mike Rovetto

279-739, Giles Ward 259-739,

Tom Jordan 257-719, Jay

Judowski 279-719, Roldan Scott

256-718, John Beasley 257-715,

John Adams 268-712, and Jim

Giancarlo 268-707.

HOPELAWN, NJ Joe Vaccaro

earned game and set honors while

contesting in the Middlesex

County Classic League at MajesticLanes when he posted games of

279 and 235 before perfection in a

300 game for the session high

series of 814.

Ken Horvath shot 266-263-277-

756 followed by Ron Caggiano

tossing 247-238-248-733, Mike

Moore 224-267-237-728, BobKerwin 237-236-238-711, Glenn

Mohr, Jr. 236-201-267-704, Dan

Krakowski 276-200-226-702, and

Jim Kish 222-232-244-698.

Joe Vaccaro Blasted 300-814

At Majestic Lanes

Mike Potoski 300 at Plaza LanesMADISON, NJ Mike Potoski

found the line and hammered out a

300 game on his way to an impres-

sive 773 series rolling in the CMIL

League at Plaza Lanes.

Lissette Tapanes tossed a

235game and Jennifer Dunklin hit

235-637.

PBA photo

Reggie Bush, Jason Belmonte, Pete Weber, Nelly, Lil Wayne, Wes

Malott(back), Chris Paul, Rhino Page, and Norm Duke.

Jason Belmonte, Chris Paul Repeat as

PBA Celebrity Invitational ChampsBy Bill Vint -PBA Media Relations


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2 SPORTS REPORTER February 16 - 22, 2011

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SEATTLE, Wash. (Feb. 8, 2011) The Professional

Bowlers Association will host the inaugural World

Bowling Tour Finals as part of the 2011 PBA World

Series of Bowling in a cooperative venture with the

World Tenpin Bowling Association, PBA

Commissioner and CEO Fred Schreyer has announced.

The new WTBA World Bowling Tour is an interna-

tional series of tournaments for men and women, with

competition points determining the top three men and

top three women who will qualify for the World

Bowling Tour finals. The Bayer United States Bowling

Congress Masters and 68th Lumber Liquidators U.S.

Open will be two of the events included on the WTBAWorld Bowling Tour schedule.

"The PBA is proud to present the World Bowling Tour

Finals as the culminating event for the top male and

female points earners on the WBT" said Tom Clark,

PBA Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating

Officer. "The PBA is a strong supporter of the growth of

international bowling and hosted one of the greatest col-

lections of international talent at the PBA World Series

of Bowling earlier in our 2010-11 season. Its a great

sign of unity among the worlds leading bowling organ-

izations that the WTBA World Bowling Tour Finals pre-

sented by the PBA will be an ESPN telecast emanating

from next season's PBA World Series of Bowling."

The World Bowling Tour Finals will be a one-hour

event with a $40,000 prize fund, taped for broadcast

during the PBA's World Series of Bowling next fall.

"Holding this special season-ending event adds evenmore value to those tournaments that are on board with

the Tour," WTBA President Kevin Dornberger said. "It

also presents incentive to all of the world's top bowlers

to compete in all of the World Bowling Tour events for

a chance to qualify for this special event."

The addition of the Lumber Liquidators U.S. Open to

the World Bowling Tour schedule should encourage

several of the worlds premier players to participate in

the most prestigious open field tournament in the sport,

Schreyer said. American bowling fans got a pretty

good look at some of the great international players dur-

ing our World Series. Were hoping the attraction of a

U.S. Open title, a tremendous prize fund and the new

WTBA points competition will encourage the interna-tional community to join us in New Jersey.

The first event in the series was the Brunswick

Ballmaster Open in Helsinki, Finland, in early January.

Finnish native Mika Koivuniemi won that event, defeat-

ing fellow Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour star Sean

Rash in the title match, 236-191. Finlands Krista

Pollanen was the top woman finisher in the event.

The preliminary WBT schedule also includes events

in France, Kuwait, Thailand, and Australia.

Having seven events in our inaugural year is very

encouraging, Dornberger said. Its my hope that we

will add more events before the year is over.

The WTBA, recognized as the world tenpin governing

body by the International Olympic Committee, is made

up of more than 100 bowling federations.

For more information about the WTBAs World

Bowling Tour, lists of points leaders, rules and more,visit worldtenpinbowling.com.

AT FARMINGDALEAdam Specciante 290FARMINGDALE, NY Adam Specciante led all bowlers rolling in the

Thursday 3 Man League when he tossed the high game of 290 en route to

the session high series of 729.

Tyrone Page hit 705, Ranee Jackson 687.

In the Saint Martins Majors League Brandon Soedarmasto shot 265-720.

F. Berardino 289FARMINGDALE, NY Franke Berardino shot 289, and Howie

Garfinkel shot 268 in the Thursday Goodtimers League.

Steve Coleman rolled 276-755 in the Tuesday Early Birds League.

Bob OKeefe shot 276, Larry Straus 269, and Leroy Williams 268 in

the Wednesday Mens League.

Tom Fabian, Jr. shot 714 in the Wednesday Party League.

Brian Scott 739 at Holiday BowlOAKLAND, NJ Brian Scott led the scoring in the Sun. Gutterdusters

League at Holiday Bowl firing games of 247-258 for a high series of 739.

Tom Stellingwerf hit 258-257-728, Shawn Aiello 258-712, Ed Casler

247-707, Dan Barker 257-689, Rich Worst 224-633, George Brigu 215-

608, and Joe Donnarum 220-607.

Mike Potoski Hit 774 at HanoverEAST HANOVER, NJ -Mike Potoski blasted games of 257,258 and

259 for a high 774 series while contesting in the Morris County

Thursday Night Men's League at Hanover Lanes.

Theo Lasure's 279 was high game of the night.

Joe Borowic rolled a 724 set highlighted by a 277 game and Gil Ward

tossed a 261 in a 701 series.

PBA to Host WTBA World Bowling Tour FinalsU.S. Open will be part of new international bowling series

By Bill Vint -PBA Media Relations

The Lady Islanders

Girls Ice Hockey

Program of Long Island

held their second annu-

al Bowl-A-Thon in

conjunction with the

Islanders to fundraise

for their Under-19,

Under-14, Under-12

and Under-10 teams.

The four female

squads, solicited spon-

sors for this yearsevent, collecting over

$6,000 to help pay for

ice time, jerseys, equip-

ment, tournament registrations,

league fees and more. In addition

to raising money, the girls were

rewarded with the opportunity to

bowl with some of their hockey

heroes. They also had the chance

to take numerous photos with the

boys in blue and brought home

bags full of autographed year-

books and player cards.

Veterans Matt Moulson, Bruno

Gervais and Josh Bailey led the

way and brought rookie team-

mates Nathan Lawson, TyWishart, Jeremy Colliton and

Travis Hamonic along for the

evenings festivities.

Hamonic might have been the

U-10 teams favorite player, as

they huddled around him for what

seemed like hours. He couldnt

even get a second game started

because he was too busy signing

autographs and discussing the

girls favorite sport: hockey.

This is a great event and a great

cause were here for, Hamonic

said. Womens hockey is huge in

Canada and obviously growing in

the US, so its nice to see that its

growing here on Long Island, too.

Its good to see that we can help

out our fellow Islanders with some

fun times like bowling here.

Hamonics bowling game hasroom to grow, but Moulson

showed he could be a sniper in

more than one sport. He opened

the night with back-to-back strikes

and closed with three straight.

Its a fun game and a fun way to

get your mind off things for a little

while, Moulson said. The girls

all have a great time and thats

what counts. Were just happy to

come have fun with all of them

and support their team.

Siobhan ODonnell, a Lady

Islander from Massapequa, was

one of those girls that had a great

time. She had a hard time contain-

ing her excitement, but told every-

one what a blast she was having.

This is a lot of fun, ODonnell

said. I dont know much aboutbowling, but its fun to play with

all your friends and teammates.

And having the Islanders here is

really cool. Its great that they

want to help us.

Lady Islanders Bowl Away Islanders Hockey Team


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North Arlington, NJ - Sometimes

an occasional break can be benefi-

cial as 13-year-old Margaret

Ziobro showed in Adult-Junior

play at North Arlington. Not hav-

ing picked up a bowling ball in a

month due to prior commitments

and the break for the holidays,

Margaret had three over average

scores including her best game

ever, a 165 in leading Team

Awesome II to a 5-2 win over

Those Guys. In the evenings

highlight match, 4 Ts Laneside I

came away with two of three

against pacesetting 18 And A Halfas 11-year-old Taylor Horniacek

tallied two key better than average

scores including a 158; Bobby

Manella continued to bowl well

for the league leaders, coming

through with 200-562.

In other position encounters,

the high-flying Mega Monkeys

soared into third place by turning

the tables on the Cardinals, 7-0

for their seventh win in their last

eight matches. The Redbirds,

who once again had a fine outing

from 15-year-old Will Blanco

[218,223], had snapped the

Mega Monkeys six-match win

skein two weeks ago, but came

up short this go-around. G-

Force ended its four-match skid

with a 5-2 triumph over 4 Ts

Laneside II as 10-year-old Kyle

Sanzo posted two over average

games.

Margaret Ziobro Tops North Arlington JuniorsBy Vince Albrecht


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OAKLAND, NJ In the Stan

Niemiec Youth Travel League,

Holidays Mike Carr pounded out

a 253 middle game to cement his

teams 889-874 win over

Montvale which nonetheless took

the match, 5-2.

Mike, who stroked a 232 open-

er, finished with 655, the after-

noons high set while teammates

Jeremy Scott and Ryan Kattine

kept the finale competitive with

210 and 205 respectively.

However, it was Clair Riesers

closing 215 and Shannon Rossis

163 making the difference in the

spirited match-up as Montvale

prevailed, 926-906. While both

girls were over average in all three

games, it was Clairs stage as her

215-533 is the new league high

among the distaff keglers. Also

contributing to Montvales suc-

cess were Nick Rossi 224,202 and

Bobby McCarthy 203,213.

Elsewhere, Bowler City I gained

a share of the league lead bysweeping past shorthanded Fair

Lawn I, 2551-2365. Pacing the

victors were John Draney 201, 211

and Ryan Perez 194, 206.

In the days tightest match, Fair

Lawn II grabbed two games from

Bowler City II as Justin Floyd

rolled 217-591 and 8-year-old

Jake Nappi finished with a 39 pin

over average score. BC II, spear-

headed by James Kane 188-520,

held on after an opening game win

to take the wood point by 28

sticks.

Mike Carr, Clair Rieser Share Stan Nemiec SpotlightBy Vince Albrecht

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PIN POUNDING AT PLAZAJoe Horinewich 299MADISON, NJ Joe Horincewich

topped the scoring in the Morris

County Police & Fire League firing a

near perfect high game of 299 en

route to the session high series of

706.

Joe Marchese and Mike Stoyko

255, John Pezzino 685, and Jimmy

Granato 663.

Liesl Apgar 708MADISON, NJ Liesl Apgar rolled

257-708, and Cindy Heinemeyer 202

in the Ladies Trio League.

Brian Schindler 697MADISON, NJ Brian Schindler

topped the scoring in the Union

Rec. league firing a high game of

288 and a high series of 697.

Harry Franz hit 238-675, Jimmy

Granato 240, and Pat Wilfong 212.

In the Morris County Police &

Fire League Dennis Deleseo hit

235-626, Fred Brunner 225-607,

and David Lee 605.

Victor Pitra 657MADISON, NJ Victor Pitra led

the scoring in the Livingston

Business Mens League firing a247 game for a high series of 657.

Tom Klien rolled 246, Al Klien

243-658, and Chris Sammond

629.

In the Livingston Business

League Billy Piccola shot 671,

followed by Steve Payne 256-663.

Jon Russo 655MADISON, NJ- Jon Russo paced

the Pharma Plus firing a 655 sets.

John Lulewicz hit 640, Joe Fosko

633, Dan Smith 243, Mike

Jankowski 235, and Ron

Kaepernik 235.

In the Union Rec. League Pat

Biesksha hit 205.

Jodi Belli 652MADISON, NJ Jodi Belli rolled

249-652, Alice Bednarik 259 and

Karin Sainato 181 in the Chatham

Collisionettes League.

Joe Marchese 668MADISON, NJ In the Morris

County Police & Fire League Joe

Marchese shot 256-668, Andy

Belusko 245, and Dan Pridham 235.

In the Union Recreation League

Kathy Sorrell hit 200.

James Joyner 782 at Hanover LanesEAST HANOVER, NJ - James Joyner rolled games of 279, 238 and 265

en route to a 782 set in the West Morris Thursday Night Mens League

at Hanover Lanes.

Paul Douvas hit 248-254-279-781. Pete Cuozzo Jr. had the night's high

game tossing a 286 in his 727 set. Leroy Cook tallied a 277-760,

George Allen 79-741, Frank Fiscello 269-732 and Mark Gorgodian

rolled a 730.

Tom Sheehan 701 at Stelton LanesPISCATAWAY, NJ Tom Sheehan paced the scoring in the Thursday

Mens League firing games of 258-216-227 for a high series of 701.

Ronald Alberti shot 268, Dave Donelan 267, Wayne Litwin 278, Brian

Balka 258, and Russ Knapp 256.

In the Seniors League Frank Labruzzo shot 233 followed by Keith

King rolling 256, and Mark Davis 247.


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THE MAGIC AT MAJESTICSteve Venito 725HOPELAWN, NJ In the Family

League Steve Venito shot 244-225-

256-725, Mark Simon 257-212-

249-718, Bob Nebus 222-268-210-

700, Frank Nebus 215-242-233-

690, James Medoro 267-215-686,

Kevin Kopko 203-267-215-685,

and Robert Krimin 230-258-680.

Sean Williams rolled 245-242-

662, Aaron Williams 218-246-

661, Raul Morales 217-235-648,

and Carole Lopez 202 in the

Sunday Nite Mixed League

Richard Hecht 690HOPELAWN, NJ Richard Hecht

took center stage spotlight while

competing in the Garden State

Mixed League when he posted

games of 218-269-203 for the ses-

sion high series of 690.

Sean Williams shot 223-226-213-

662, Chris Herrick 237-24-662,

Elio Carrasco 216-210-233-659,

Joann Lesniak 238-215-203-656,

Robin Scordato 248, and Rocco

Fortunato 235-210-202-656.

Wayne Bebert 646HOPELAWN, NJ - In the Avenel

Youth League Wayne Bebert took

the spotlight when he shot 223-

237-646, and David Caceres

pitched a 210 game.

In the Tuesday Nite Trios League

Richard Gibbons hit 233-221-647,

Paul Harney 252-632, and Mike

Newman 204-222-630.

Drew Rucinski shot 248-215-

624, Tony Rigiano 232-209-622,

and Dave Calamitto 227-613.

DJ Cramer, Jr. 755PISCATAWAY, NJ DJ Cramer,

Jr. led the scoring in the Thursday

Mens League firing games of

255-256-224 for a high series of

755.

Ronald Albert hit 275-244, Tim

Sickoria 277, Troy Mellios 268,

Paul Fair 266, and Richard

Maibach and Craig Haasz 256.

Keith Urquhart 728PISCATAWAY, NJ Keith

Urquhart shot 213-247-268-728 in

the Hes and Shes League.Roger Nepton rolled 267 in the

Piscataway Triples League.

Tom Aussem 708PISCATAWAY, NJ Tom

Aussem led the scoring in the

Wednesday AT&T League firing

games of 225-258-225 for a high

series of 708.

Mark Grossman hit 279-234-

702, Bill Gaskill 256, and Phil

Pron 246.

In the Tuesday AT&T League

Pete Garcia shot 247.

Mark Davis 268PISCATAWAY, NJ Mark Davis

rolled 268, Henry Pakosz 253,and Mark Berko 236 in the Hes

and Shes League.

Chip Vincent 675ROCKAWAY, NJ Chip Vincent

led the scoring in the Dave

Valerius Trios League firing a

247 game for a high series of

675.

Alison Gromer shot 279-668,

Tyrone Waal hit 243-684, Pete

Cuzzo 235, Shawn Casey 227,

Richard Schwager 211, and Laura

Sackett 201.

John Campbell shot 256, Joe

Gibson 255, and Crabby Brown

235 in the Thursday Nite MixedLeague.

ROCKAWAY ROLLERS

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