Congratulations to Mike Calvin for winning his 7th SSO title at Galaxy Lanes in Grand Blanc. Calvin defeated Gary Duarard 228- 192 in the title match. In the championship match, this looked like it was going to be a blowout, with Calvin starting the match missing a 10 pin, while Duarard opened with a triple. However, Duarard had an open of his own as he struggled later in the match on the left lane. Calvin strung together strikes in the middle of the game to take the lead and never looked back. Calvin received $1,000 for his first-place finish while Duarard, looking for his second title, collected $500 for second. We had another great turnout of 95 bowlers at Galaxy Lanes.
Rick Shawver was our high qualifier with an impressive 1494. Right behind Shawver was Peter Senf (1462), Brad Gray (1451), and John Shreve Jr. and Keith McDonald (1404). The cut to make the top 23 was 1370 (Lamont Neal). Our extras out of the cut to move on in the elimination rounds were Brian Esterle (1354) in the senior division (50+); Larry Walker (1361), Keith Engling (1335), Pete Kaczmarczyk (1328), and Fred Baldwin (1320) from the super senior division (60+); Jeff Suma (1346) and Lew Ansara (no, this is not a mis-print, great bowling Lew!) (1213) via the super-super senior division (70+). Our one additional lady was Toary Taylor (1258).
Thank you to Ken Hochstein and the rest of the staff at Galaxy Lanes for hosting the SSO. The SSO would also like to thank our staff and our sponsors; Brunswick 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 April 5th at Jax60 Lanes in Jackson. This is the first of two over/under doubles tournaments for 2025. This field is limited to 108 teams, so please sign up online or contact Lew Ansara or Ken Wyatt if you would like to bowl.
Click here for full qualifying results:
20250315_Galaxy_Qualifying.pdf
Congratulations to Trent Marner for winning his 2nd SSO title at Bonanza Lanes in Warren. Marner defeated Jamie Adams 237- 196 in the title match. In the championship match, both bowlers got out of the gates slow, each having carry issues. However, Marner managed to string together a 7-bagger to end the game and come out victorious. Marner received $1,000 for his first-place finish while Adams, looking for his first title, collected $500 for second. We had another great turnout of 126 bowlers at Bonanza Lanes, our most popular stop for the SSO.
Terry Dockery was our high qualifier with an impressive 1428. Right behind Dockery was Ravone Bentley (1419), Dennis Johnson (1418), and Randy Warnken (1404). We had another great turnout in our women's division – 8 women were in the field meaning 2 ladies out of the cut made the elimination rounds. Thank you, ladies and great bowling!
The cut to make the top 31 was 1313 (Mike Calvin, Ken Wyatt, Jim Grant). Our extras out of the cut to move on in the elimination rounds were Gary Duarard (1312) and Rob Backus (1312) in the senior division (50+); Peter Senf (1298), Keith Caldwell (1286), Rick Wayne (1277), Jamie Adams (1270) and Frank Robinson III (1246) from the super senior division (60+); Arnie Goldman (1225) and Larry Franz (1201) via the super-super senior division (70+). Our two additional ladies were Amy Stolz (1311), Amy Stolz and Shelly Berryman (1298).
Thank you to Dan Van Hecke and the rest of the staff at Bonanza Lanes for hosting the SSO. The SSO would also like to thank our staff and our sponsors; Brunswick 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 March 15th at Galaxy Lanes in Grand Blanc. This field is limited to 120 bowlers, so please sign up online or contact Lew Ansara or Ken Wyatt if you would like to bowl.
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Congratulations to Hall of Famer Larry Walker for winning his 13th SSO title at Thunderbowl Lanes in Allen Park. Walker defeated Travis Franz 215-189 in the title match. In the championship match, both bowlers got out of the gates slow, in fact, through 6 frames both bowlers only managed one strike with one open. The turning point was a ball change by Walker in the 7th frame. Larry threw a 4-bagger to put the game out of reach. Walker received $1,000 for his first-place finish while Franz, bowling in only his second SSO tournament, collected $500 for second. We had another great turnout of 112 bowlers at Thunderbowl Lanes.
Andy Rettig was our high qualifier with an impressive 1480. Right behind Rettig was Dennis Hansen (1470), Teri White (1442), and Glenn Pilon (1422). We had a great turnout in our women's division – 9 women were in the field, 3 making the main cut, meaning 3 ladies out of the cut made the elimination round – 6 ladies in our elimination round is by far a record for the SSO! Thank you, ladies and great bowling!
The cut to make the top 28 was 1308 (Brian Esterle & Troy Stus). Our extras out of the cut to move on in the elimination rounds were Jeff Heimbecker (1303) in the senior division (50+); Mike Snow (1302), Joey Hickey (1296), Mario Marquez (1296), Mike Calvin (1295), Jerry Sikora (1282) and Bill Essman (1273) from the super senior division (60+); Anthony King (1296) and Charles Graddick (1291) via the super-super senior division (70+). Our three additional ladies were Toary Taylor (1300), Amy Stolz (1228) and Sandy Schultz (1159).
Thank you to Vicki and the rest of the staff at Thunderbowl Lanes for hosting the SSO. The SSO would also like to thank our staff and our sponsors; Brunswick 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 February 22nd at Bonanza Lanes in Warren. This field is limited to 132 bowlers, so please sign up online or contact Lew Ansara or Ken Wyatt if you would like to bowl.
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Congratulations to Troy Stus on his 5th SSO title held at Astro Lanes in Madison Heights. This was our SSO Grand Final which drew 115 bowlers looking to bring home the winner’s share of $2,000! Stus defeated Bob DeCheney Jr. 247-241 in the championship match to bring home the title. Ironically Troy’s last win was right here at Astro Lanes, also in the Grand Finals. The 5-man stepladder featured top seed Stus, 2nd seed DeCheney, 3rd seed Jeff Austreng, 4th seed Eddie Mintz and 5th seed, last year’s Grand Finals winner Jerry Sikora.
In the first match, Sikora beat Mintz 214-204 in a tight match. Sikora cruised past Austreng 227-166 as Jeff couldn’t figure out the championship pair. Sikora then ran into DeCheney who figured out the pair early and often for a hard fought 259-235 victory. DeCheney then met Stus in the championship match. Bob started slow in the match, with two spares and an open in the first 3 frames while Stus struck in 6 of the first 7 frames. DeCheney made it a match, throwing a 7-bagger before leaving the 3-6-10 in the second ball in the 10th for 241. Stus then struck in the first ball in the 10th to seal the victory.
During qualifying, Gerald Johnson led the way with an impressive 1472, followed by Joe Ciach with 1463, and Joe Krajenke with 1454. The only honor score was 300 in game 5 of qualifying by Steve Boos. The field averaged 214 during the 6 came qualifying.
The cut to make the top 46 was 1318 (John Jones II). Our extras out of the cut to move on in the elimination rounds were Marty Sanders (1315) and Jim Grant (1309) in the senior division (50+); Mike Bosco (1309), Terry Dockery (1305), Mike McCleskey (1296), Ron Bettin (1291), Mostafa Nejatabakhsh (1285), and Keith Engling (1280) from the super senior division (60+), and Larry Wilson (1307), Alan Tone (1301), Mike Lucente (1288) and Tony Stipcak (1284) via the super-super senior division (70+). Our additional lady out of the cut was Amy Stolz with 1280.
Thank you to Penny Breen and the awesome staff at Astro 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.
Thank you, bowlers, for all of your support in 2024! Our next tournament will be held at Thunderbowl Lanes in Allen Park on January 4th. We hope you and your families have a Happy and Safe holiday season. See you 2025!!
Click here for full qualifying results:
20241207_Astro_Grand_Finals.pdf
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:
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