Welcome to the winner's circle Larry Salvati! Larry won his first SSO title at 5 Star Lanes in Sterling Heights by defeating Todd Pawlak (also looking for his first title) 249-237. The championship match was neck and neck the whole way. Pawlak missed a 10 pin late, while Salvati struck out from the 9th frame on to finish with 249. Pawlak still had a chance to win getting up in the 10th, however, a pesky 7 pin stood on his first shot allowing Salvati to earn the victory. Salvati received $1,100 for his win, while Pawlak settled for $600 with his 2nd place finish.
Thank you bowlers for all of your support in 2024! We were moving close to a record with 130 bowlers vying for the title at 5 Star.
During qualifying, Jeff Austreng attempted to set a twelve-year-old qualifying record with games of 228, 300, 299, 289, 234, 243 for 1593. That is 15 pins short of the astounding score of 1608 set by our all-time title holder Gerald Johnson (26) back at Merri Bowl Lanes in September of 2012. Unbelievably, Austreng was not the leader after 3 games - Pete Kaczmarczyk came out of the gate with games of 290, 279, 268 for an impressive 837 series. Other 300 games include Amy Stolz, Steve Sharp, Jerry Sikora, and Todd Baker.
The cut to make the top 32 was 1358 (Amy Stolz). Our extras out of the cut to move on in the elimination rounds were Edd Smith (1356) in the senior division (50+); Jim Magolan (1357), tournament winner Larry Salvati (1351), Rick Wayne (1341), Peter Senf (1340), Eddie Mintz (1332), Rick Bertrand (1331) and Gary Marshall (1315) from the super senior division (60+), and Dan Mayer (1345), Ron Burgess (1318), Anthony King (1298) and Dave Bernhardt (1270) via the super-super senior division (70+). Our two additional ladies were Sandy Schultz (1274) and Sekeithia Walters-Wright (1238).
Thank you to Rick Moceri, Pat Cusick and the rest of the staff at 5 Star Lanes for hosting the SSO. The SSO would also like to thank our staff and our sponsors; Ebonite Bowling Products, Red Robin, Beyond Boarders, Turbo 2 in 1 Grips, Hamtramck Singles Classic, A.M. Total Being Fitness and Dilaura Brothers Bowling Supply for their support of our tournaments.
Our next tournament will be our Grand Final on December 7th at Astro Lanes in Madison Heights. Remember you must have bowled at least 4 tournaments in 2024 to be eligible for this event. Hope to see you there!
Click here for full qualifying results from 5 Star:
Congratulations to Larry Walker for winning his 12th SSO title at Plaza Lanes in Plymouth. Walker defeated Steve Boos 269-225 in the title match. In the championship match, Boos, looking for his first SSO title, got out of the gates a little slow throwing a strike and three spares, which was well behind the pace of Walker, who started with a spare but then threw an 8-bagger to put the game out of reach. Walker received $1,000 for his first-place finish while Boos collected $500 for second. We had another great turnout of 88 bowlers Plaza Lanes.
During qualifying, Jeff Suma started hot (803 for his first 3 games) and coasted the final 3 games by posting an impressive 1543 for the 6-game block – which was 61 pins better than Larry Walker’s 1482 which was second. There were two 300 games during qualifying – Dale Hofmeister in game 2 and Carl Harden in game 4.
The cut to make the top 22 was 1364 (Eddie Mintz). Our extras out of the cut to move on in the elimination rounds were Jim Grant (1362) and Steve Boos (1359) in the senior division (50+); Norm Smith (1350), Ernie Segura Jr. (1347), Pete Kaczmarczyk (1343), Mike Snow (1336) and Anthony Moses (1323) from the super senior division (60+); Tony Stipcak (1312), Alan Tone (1290), and Mark Hatchigian (1261) via the super-super senior division (70+). Our two additional ladies were Stacey Timmer (1338) and Tamika Glenn (1306).
Thank you to Hayman Matti, Andrew and the rest of the staff at Plaza Lanes for hosting the SSO. The SSO would also like to thank our staff and our sponsors; Ebonite Bowling Products, Red Robin, Beyond Boarders, Turbo 2 in 1 Grips, Hamtramck Singles Classic, A.M. Total Being Fitness and Dilaura Brothers Bowling Supply for their support of our tournaments.
Our next tournament will be November 16th at 5 Star Lanes in Sterling Heights.
Click here to see qualifying results:
SSO_20241019_Plaza_results_web.pdf
Congratulations to Mike Calvin and Brandon Leavitt for winning the SSO Over/Under doubles tournament at Westland Bowl in Westland. Calvin and Leavitt defeated Troy Stus and Ed Burbo 448-380. In the championship match, it was Leavitt who started with a spare and then proceeded to throw the next six strikes to put their team in lead which they would never relinquish. Calvin, winning his 6th SSO Title, and Leavitt received $5000 for their first-place finish while Stus and Burbo collected $2500 for second.
We had 97 teams vying for the title at Westland Bowl. Scores were low during the qualifying rounds, as the Over 50 bowlers averaged 188.44 and the Under 50 bowlers averaged 194.86. Stus and Burbo led qualifying with a score of 2662, while the cut to make the 26 team elimination round was 2430 (Rob Backus/Will Burns).
Thank you to Mark Brooks and the great staff at Westland Bowl for hosting the SSO. The SSO would also like to thank our staff and our sponsors; Ebonite Bowling Products, Red Robin, Beyond Boarders, Turbo 2 in 1 Grips, Hamtramck Singles Classic, A.M. Total Being Fitness and Dilaura Brothers Bowling Supply for their support of our tournaments.
Our next SSO event will be our Hall of Fame tournament at Plaza Lanes on October 19th. We will be honoring our latest inductees and providing great food after qualifying so please sign up ASAP so we can determine the amount of food to cater.
Congratulations to Jerry Sikora for winning his 3rd SSO title at Town & Country Lanes in Westland. Sikora defeated Dale Hofmeister 269-247. In the championship match, Sikora started off with a spare and then proceeded to throw the next eight strikes to put the game out of reach. Sikora received $1,000 for his first-place finish while Hofmeister, looking for back-to-back titles - winning his 3rd SSO tournament last month at 300 Bowl, collected $500 for second. We had 70 bowlers
looking for a title at Town & Country.
During qualifying, Jeff Austreng started hot and finished hot shooting an impressive 1523 for the 6-game block. Hofmeister and Gerald Johnson tied for second in qualifying with a distant 1450. The only 300 game was by Trent Marner during the elimination rounds.
The cut to make the top 18 was 1350 (Chris Toyias). Our extras out of the cut to move on in the elimination rounds were John Talon (1348) and Eric Wayne (1347) in the senior division (50+), Mike Calvin (1325), Dave Sill (1284), and Bill Essman (1270) from the super senior division (60+), Alan Tone (1319), Ron Burgess (1302) and Larry Wilson (1296) via the super-super senior division (70+), and our one additional lady was Teri White (1298). Teri also made a great run at her 2nd title, finishing 4th in this tournament.
Thank you to Bob Goike and the great staff at Town & Country Lanes for hosting the SSO. The SSO would also like to thank our staff and our sponsors; Ebonite Bowling Products, Red Robin, Beyond Boarders, Turbo 2 in 1 Grips, Hamtramck Singles Classic, A.M. Total Being Fitness and Dilaura Brothers Bowling Supply for their support of our tournaments.
Our next tournament will be October 5th at Westland Bowl. This is our 2nd over/under doubles tournament so get your entries in, this tournament will fill fast. Our next SSO Singles event will be our Hall of Fame tournament at Plaza Lanes on October 19th.
Congratulations to Dale Hofmeister for winning his 3rd SSO title at 300 Bowl in Waterford. Hofmeister defeated Troy Stus 233-224 in a close final match. Hofmeister received $1,000 for his first place finish while Stus, looking for his 5th SSO title, collected $500 for second. We had a great turnout of 100 bowlers for this event!
During the 6-game qualifying, this event looked more like the shootout at the OK Corral! Joey Hickey started the day off with a 300 in game 1, but after that Steve Boos took over. Steve shot 819 the first 3 games and never looked back, posting an amazing 1573 for the 6-game qualifying round. Other high scores included Jeff Austreng with 300, Kerry Kreft and Bruce Wright with 299 and Ken Wyatt with 805.
The cut to make the top 25 was 1382 by Sandy Schultz and Ed Peart. Our extras out of the cut to move on in the elimination rounds were Troy Franz in the senior division (50+), Ron Bettin (1377), Jessie Bowersock (1367), Mario Marquez and Jerry Sikora (1364), Jerry Jaracz (1361) and Mo Ibrahim (1358) from the super senior division (60+), Ron Burgess (1319) and Jeff Suma (1368) via the super super senior division (70+), and two additional ladies were Tamika Glenn (1333) and Stacey Timmer (1279).
Thank you to Ed and Jeff Austreng and the great staff at 300 Bowl for hosting the SSO. The SSO would also like to thank our staff and our sponsors; Ebonite Bowling Products, Red Robin, Beyond Boarders, Turbo 2 in 1 Grips, Hamtramck Singles Classic, A.M. Total Being Fitness and Dilaura Brothers Bowling Supply for their support of our tournaments.
Our next tournament will be September 21st at Town & Country Lanes in Westland.
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