February 9, 2011 Sports Reporter

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Rob Grexer, Alex Cavagno, Brian Ziesig, Mike Jochade

Roll 300 Games at North Levittown Lanes

HOPELAWN, NJ Paul Harney

earned top honors in the Tuesday

Nite Trios League at Majestic

Lanes firing games of 222-300-

213 for a high series of 735.

Matthew Manenty rolled 206-

210-608, Anthony Tremarco 216,

and Mike Newman 211.

Paul Harney Hit 300

At Majestic Lanes

DUBLIN, Calif. In his fourth season

competing on the Lumber Liquidators

Professional Bowlers Association Tour,

Ryan Ciminelli of Cheektowaga, N.Y.,broke through to win his first title Sunday

in the PBA One A Day Earl Anthony

Memorial at Earl Anthonys Dublin

Bowl.

In a battle of lefthanders in the champi-

onship match, the 24-year-old Ciminelli

defeated Tour veteran and 13-time Tour

titlist Patrick Allen of Wesley Chapel,

Fla., 237-215, to win the $20,000 first

prize.

Ciminellis previous best Tour finishes

were second in the 2009 PBA Cheetah

and Viper Championships and third in the

2010 United States Bowling Congress

Masters.

Even though I didnt win last year I

had a good year and just didnt want to go back into a slump, Ciminelli said.

Sometimes I think you have to go

through the losing part first to prepare

yourself to win.

As the top seed for the tournament,

Ciminelli felt this was his best opportuni-

ty to win a title and as a result lost a lot of

sleep the night before the finals.

I probably only got four or five hours

of sleep last night, Ciminelli said. But every time I

closed my eyes I visualized a lot of scenarios and hoped

this would be the outcome so Im extremely relieved.

I was bowling against one of my heroes in a tourna-

ment named after one of the greatest bowlers of all-

time so it was even more than I could ask for.

In the semifinal match Allen defeated PBA Hall of

Famer and 35-time Tour titlist Pete Weber who finishedthird, 212-206, to advance to the final.

Even though Allen had to settle for second he was

encouraged by his finish.

Ryan got off to a strong start and I just couldnt catch

him, Allen said. He bowled great and Im happy for

him.

I havent bowled well since late last year so this was

a confidence booster for me. I bowled well against

Tommy (Jones) in the first match but was probably

lucky to win against Pete but overall it was a good tour-

nament for me.In the opening match, Allen defeated another 13-time

Tour winner, Tommy Jones of Greenville, S.C., who

finished fourth, 226-223.

Ray Smarsh 300 at Brunswick Zone CarolierMONTVALE, NJ - Frank

Picciotto fired scores of 277-236-

237 for a 750 series to lead all

scoring in the Thursday Nite Early

Bird League at Montvale Lanes.

Mark Plowman 259-717, Larry

Diebner 259-711, Ed McAuliffe

279-710, Eric Honor 246-704,

Mike Almodovar 245-703, Nick

DeLia 247-693, Steve Scorzetti

269-688, and Bill Allison 286-

686.

NO. BRUNSWICK, NJ Ray Smarsh blasted a 300

game in the Middlesex County Major League at

Brunswick Zone Carolier Lanes.

Rudy Johnson shot 265-278-244-787 to take high

series honors followed by Matt Hage bowling 269-

276-237-782, Greg Tobias 267-258-247-772, Ryan

Friend 232-278-247-757, Josh Germain 236-248-

259-743, Matt Freiver 268-259-292-729, Kevin

Harrity 234-209-279-722, Pete Danyo, Jr. 224-269-

222-715, Nikki Bucci 260-259-711, and Lee Gall

201-216-286-703.

Karl Kastner 300 at Plaza Lanes

Frank Picciotto 277-750

At Montvale LanesBy Larry Diebner

Mark Colaizzo Blasted 300

At Farmingdale Lanes

Chris Pagano 300 at T-Bowl II

FARMINGDALE, NY Mark

Colaizzo found the line and blast-

ed a 300 game while rolling in the

Wednesday Mens League at

Farmingdale Lanes.

Ron Demuth, Jr. shot 279, Carl

Fucci, Jr. 269, Paul Mazza 268,

and Bay Stauder 267.

WAYNE, NJ- Chris Pagano blast-ed a 300 game in the Guys &

Dolls League at T-Bowl II.

Dan Barker 279, Manny Costa,

Jr. and Chuck DAngelo 258, JimHosier 256, and Keri May 246-

226-667.

MADISON, NJ Karl Kastner

tossed twelve strikes in a row to

tally a 300 game while competing

in the Wednesday Trio League at

Plaza Lanes.

Fred Crowell hit 267-757, Trevor

Bogert 735, Oren Warter 731,

Andrew Stephens 269, Stephanie

Rahn 267-703, and Felice

Schneier 218.

NO. ARLINGTON, NJ John

Adams topped the scoring in the

Sunday Morning Trios League at

North Arlington Bowl firing a 279game for a high series of 805.

Juan Almonte hit 279-765, Keith

Dobers 268-745, John LoGuidace

266-743, Anthony Buonanno 279-

734, Pete Honan 279-730, Gary

Vicente 279-730, Mike Rovetto

256-730, Sherman Thomas 267-

725, Rick Warren 247-720, Will

Frazier 268-716, Jim Giancarlo280-713, Mark Silva 277-711,

Rob Mockenhaupt 278-702,

Randy Battistus 268-702, and

Danny Palomino 277-700.

John Adams Rolled 805

At North Arlington Bowl

LEVITTOWN, NY Rob Grexer, Alex

Cavagnaro, Brian Ziesig and Mike Jochade each

blasted a 300 game to share the high game spot-

light in the Thursday Expressway Glass Trios

League at North Levittown Lanes.

Mike Pellerito shot 289-782, Mike Wodzinksi

279-278-783, Freddy Cohen 278, Anthony M.

DeJoseph 277-285, Gary Shultis 289, Carl

Meinhardt 278, Lou Barbera 279-277, John

Lennen 279, and Freddy Cohen 288.

For-Li Chan Posted 300

At North Levittown LanesLEVITTOWN, NY For-Li Chan

blasted a 300 game for a 713

series in the Friday Hockey Fans

League at North Levittown Lanes.

Mike Crea rolled a 257 game fol-

lowed by Ronnie Simon tossing

245-244, and Mike Hogan rolled a

237 game.

PBA photo

Ryan Ciminelli Wins PBA One A Day Earl Anthony Memorial

for First Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour Title .

Ryan Ciminelli Wins PB Earl Anthony MemorialBy Bill Vint -PBA Media Relations


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SEATTLE, Wash. (Jan. 28, 2011) - From ESPN

SportsCenter to Sports Illustrated. From Jim Romes TV

show to Norman Chads syndicated column.

Mainstream sports media heavyweights have used time

and space to re-tell the unforgettable story of the richest

tournament in Professional Bowlers Association history,

the $1 million PBA Tournament of Champions, which

concluded Saturday, Jan. 22, at Red Rock Lanes in Las

Vegas.

Native Finlander Mika Koivuniemi won the biggest

first prize in PBA history ($250,000) when he defeated

Tom Smallwood of Saginaw, Mich., 269-207, for the

title. The victory, and Koivuniemis remarkable, record-setting 299-100 semifinal win over Tom Daugherty of

Wesley Chapel, Fla., was historic on a number of levels.

It marked the return of pro bowling to its longtime net-

work home on ABC-TV after a 14-year absence, with

the first-ever PBA telecast in high-definition garnering

the largest audience of the 2010-11 Lumber Liquidators

PBA Tour season (averaging more than 1.1 million

viewers), plus a sold-out crowd including a whos

who of bowling industry leaders.

In the wake of the telecast, Koivuniemis near-perfect

game was re-visited as one of the Top Plays of the

Weekend on ESPNs SportsCenter while Daughertys

100 game made the shows Not Top 10 Plays of the

Week. Daugherty also was a guest on Scott Van Pelts

ESPN Radio show, earned a mention in Sports

Illustrated, The Jim Rome Show, a feature story on

AOLs FanHouse website among others. ESPNsPardon the Interruption and ESPNs Around the Horn

personalities debated the tournament, while

SportsCenter ran highlights for three days across ESPN,

ESPN2 and ESPNews. Additionally, Norman Chads

nationally-syndicated Couch Slouch column plus

hundreds of daily newspapers, local radio stations and

web sites all covered the PBAs signature event.

The PBA also showed growth in its digital media cov-

erage of the tournament week. Its pba.com live scoring

and multifaceted coverage generated an average of

more than 40,000 unique visits per day (up from an

average of 25, 000 per day for the previous month) with

a peak of 77,750 unique visits for the final round of

match play on Friday night. In January - including the

PBA World Championship a week earlier - pba.com had

nearly 3.5 million page views, including 692,650 on

Friday, Jan. 21, alone.

Additionally, 50 hours of live qualifying and match

play round coverage of the TOC on pba.coms Xtra

Frame online video service resulted in a 15 percent

increase in subscriptions from the start of the week.

Dozens of critical games were webcast live on Xtra

Frame including the final position round, but one of the

key shots only Xtra Frame fans saw was a 7-10 split

conversion by Andres Gomez that eventually helped

him secure the fourth spot in the stepladder finals by 18

pins over Chris Barnes.

Grammy-nominated Bowling for Soup made a

halftime show appearance to perform its new single

S-S-S-Saturday. In the wake of their performance,

band manager Mike Swinford wrote to fans on

Facebook: You guys were so excited to download our

new song you broke our BandPage.

The telecast also brought the return of Nelson Burton

Jr., the long-time color analyst for Pro Bowlers Tour

telecasts on ABC, to the broadcast team.

The entire TOC production, including the PBA Hall of

Fame ceremonies which capped the week, drew praise

from PBA CEO and Commissioner Fred Schreyer.

Today truly was a great day for the PBA and bowl-

ing, Schreyer said. I dont know where this show

ranks in the history of the PBA Tour, but I easily can say

it was the greatest show I have been associated with in

my 10 years with the organization. Everything was

spectacular, including Tom Daughertys 100, and we

should all feel proud about what we accomplished. We

demonstrated to the industry, and our television audi-

ence, how good bowling can be.

The telecast also was the first event in a new three-

year relationship to air the TOC finals on ABC.

We are happy with the start of a new Tournament of

Champions tradition on Saturday on ABC, and encour-

aged by the increase in viewers over the course of theshow, said PBA COO and Deputy Commissioner Tom

Clark, noting an increase of 400,000 viewers from the

first half hour to the pinnacle of 1.3 million viewers tun-

ing in. Moving extremely fast, we have already built an

anxious audience for what will become appointment TV

in coming years. The high-definition telecast produced

stunning images and the electricity generated by the

record-setting purse and packed Red Rock crowd creat-

ed the perfect stage for the best players in the world.

The biggest NFL games of the year were played on

Sunday, but because of the moments only our sport can

create, the PBA was right there in water cooler discus-

sions along with the NFL on Monday morning, Clark

added. This unforgettable event and the resulting

media attention gave us a great deal to build on. We are

already looking forward to next years TOC on ABC,

just like everyone else.At the heart of the discussion in the wake of the tour-

nament was the 299-100 match. Daugherty, a 35-year-

old pro shop operator and four-time PBA Regional

champion, was making his first television appearance.

Conversely, Koivuniemi, who now owns three PBA

major titles, was making his 31st career Lumber

Liquidators PBA Tour television appearance.

Daugherty, who had lead the field in average for 58

games (225.26), promptly left seven splits in 10 frames

en route to his 100 game: the 2-8-10 in the first, 4-6-7-

10 big four in the third, 4-6-7-9-10 Greek church in

the fifth, 4-6-10 in the sixth, 3-4-6-7-10 in the eighth, 2-

10 in the ninth and another big four in the 10th.

Daughertys 100 shattered the previous PBA record for

lowest game on television, a 129 bowled by Steve Jaros

in the 1992 Brunswick Memorial World Open finals in

Lake Zurich, Ill.

Meanwhile only a wobbling 10-pin left standing on

his final ball prevented Koivuniemi from becoming the

first PBA Tour player to roll two 300 games on national

TV (his previous 300 came in 2003). The near perfect

game reminded all bowling historians of the 299 bowled

by Don Johnson at the 1970 Tournament of Champions.

Koivuniemis resulting 199-pin margin of victory over

Daugherty is a PBA record that likely will never be bro-

ken.

Other notables from the finals:

* Daugherty finished third in the Tournament of

Champions and earned $50,000 (Smallwoods second-

place finish netted him $100,000). In his only full-time

season as a Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour exempt play-

er (2005-06), Daugherty earned $43,600 for the entire

20-tournament campaign.

* Koivuniemi, who has lived in Hartland, Mich., since

2002, won $250,000. During the 2003-04 season, when

he won two titles and was selected as PBA Player of the

Year, he earned a personal-best $238,590.

* For his 100 game, Daugherty earned $500 per pin.

Koivuniemi, for his three-game 792 series, earned

only $315.65 per pin.

Keith Garrison 783ROCKAWAY, NJ Keith

Garrison topped the scoring in the

County Tuesday Night Mixed

League firing a 279 game for a

high series of 783.

Danny Nykforuk hit 246-669,

Tyron Roberts 254-673, Gene

Pukas 253, Linda Barber 215,

Sandy Turner and Brenda Stewart

205.

Jack Safkan 737ROCKAWAY, NJ Jack Safkan

led the scoring in the Foursome

League firing a 278 game for a

high series of 737.

Christopher Casey rolled 268-

694, Devin Stuart 268, Brian

Whtimore 254-635, Shawn Casey

247-659, and Allen Apgar 241.

Tim Panek 723ROCKAWAY, NJ Tim Panek

led the scoring in the PBA

Experienced League firing a 278

game for a high series of 723.

Ken Yokobosky hit 245-638,

Terrance Sanders 231-639, Liesl

Apgar 224, Gil Torres 223, Chip

Vincent and John Houston 207.

Chris Morris 706ROCKAWAY, NJ Chri s Morris

led the scoring in the Tuesday

Night Mixed League firing a

267 game for a high series of

706.

Dan Richards hit 279, Joe

Pirrello 237, James Lindsay

235-646, and Kara Cook 203.

In the Womens League Tammy

Baldwin shot 236-622, Susan

Chillemi 209, and Annette Rossi

201.

In the NorBu Lodge League

Frank Grumka hit 243-636,

Roger McKeon 237-644, DaveMartin 225, and LynnPerry 215.

Joe Miller 700ROCKAWAY, NJ Joe Miller

led the scoring in the Monday

Early Birds League firing a 279

game for a high series of 700.

Jesus Cruz shot 245-636,

Anthony Genovese 236-630,

Ray Berry 235, Duke Nicolian II

249-625, and Sheila Sell 209.

In the Monday Nite Football

League Jim Steinmetz hit 259-

619, and Brian Bloete 212.

ROCKAWAY ROLLERS PBAs Tournament of ChampionsReceives International Attention

By Bill Vint -PBA Media Relations


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GO BOWL

MONTVALE, NJ - Matt Rovetto

was the high scorer in the

Montvale Major League at

Montvale Lanes, bowling a 749

series on games of 241, 239 and

269. Despite his fine effort, North

Jersey Turf & Trim was defeated

by Ricks Pro Shop, 22-8. Ralph

Bernardo rolled 298-268742

and Jun Roldan 256-697 for the

winning team.

Jason Von Koesters 278-256-

209743 led Team Ram Rod past

Valley Tent Rental, 21-9. Rick

Whitlings 214-259-258731

helped GPs Restaurant defeat

CZs Pro Shop, 21-9. Kevin

Conroy bowled 217-233-267

717, leading Bergen BattingCenter past GDC Contracting, 17-

13.

Ray Keim 267-687, Sara

Lawson 244-686, Larry Toppin

268-683, Mike Rovetto 278-679,

Bob Balzarek 257-674, Bob

Higgins 230-670, Tom Piret 259-

664, Rocky Durocher 254-663,

Nick DeLia 233-663, Toto Roldan

244-662 and Tom Van Wort 268-

660.

Matt Rovetto 749 in Montvale MajorBy Joe Rizzi


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SOUTHLEVITTOWN

Ron Gercken 705LEVITTOWN, NY Ron

Gercken led the scoring in the

Saturday Bi Monthly League fir-

ing games of 244-241 for a high

series of 705.

Charlie Mottola hit 244, Alyssa

Schneider 213, and Michelle

Soviero 203-203.

Rich ONeill 703LEVITTOWN, NY Rich

ONeill led the scoring in the

Tuesday BK Sweeneys League fir-ing games of 267 and 247 for a

high series of 703.

Dan Hastings shot 288, Dave

Burssenski 256, and Danny

Gormley 235.

In the Tuesday Early Birds

League Jennifer Traina hit 217,

Regina Sander 209, Gail Schwartz

206, and Elaine Rezny and Reg

Traina 201.

F. Napolitano 257LEVITTOWN, NY Frank

Napolitano led the scoring in the

Wednesday Young at Heart

Seniors League firing a high game

of 257.Charlie Stumpf hit 221, Jack

Mateer 215, and Bob Sandkuhl

203.

Z. Kamirowski 290FARMINGDALE, NY Zbigniew

Kamorowski led the Thursday 3-

Man firing a high 290 game.

Dan Rice shot 278, Joe Csalae 277-

274-793, Keith Battale 745, Ray

Giraldi 722, and Matt Traina 712.

Eric Smyth 278Eric Smyth rolled 278-738 in the

Friday Late Mixed League.

Mike Marrazzo 277FARMINGDALE, N Y In the

Wednesday Party League Mike

Marrazzo shot 277, and Eric

Vazquez 269-703.

Roger Costa III 279FARMINGDALE, NY Roger

Costa III shot 279 to lead the field

rolling in the Wednesday Mens

League.

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THE MAGIC AT MAJESTICGabe Ferrari 757HOPELAWN, NJ- Gabe Ferrari

topped the scoring in the Raritan

Bay Mens League firing games of

277-245-235 for a high series of

757.

Joey Weisensetin shot 267-233-

225-725, Joe Plescia 217-235-

258-710, Brian Dudek 204-298-

205-707, Nick Cristosi 246-268-

693, Glenn Mohr 248-225-211-

684, and Steph Crane 214-237-

205-656.

E. Oppenheimer 743HOPELAWN, NJ- Eric

Oppenheimer topped the MadisonPark Mens League tossing 267-

254-222 for a 743 high set.

Willie Zammitto shot 225-238-

269-732, Wayne Yesalonis 238-

242-242-722, Travis Tilley 244-

259-211-714, John Kaminski 226-

238-236-700, Jeff Scire 248-216-

233-697, and Dennis Smith 267-

206-224-697.

In the Thursday Mixed Nuts

League Rolando Vazquez shot

201-268-203-672, Don Hellhake

2910252-212-669, and John Syslo

214-243-645.

In the Monday Madness League

Michael Kelly shot 202-227-620,

Dan DeBenedetto 217-207-605,Mark Duches 203-203-603, and

Kevin Adriano 223.

Carmine Latin 721HOPELAWN, NJ- Carmine Latin

topped the His & Hers League fir-

ing games of 227-248-246 for a

high series of 721.

Bill Smith rolled 230-224-259-

713, Tom Poulos 212-245-225-

682, Don Anione 211-256-659,

Michael Holoka 225-210-222-657,

and Shelly Jacques 237-214-642.

Mike Vicidomini 711HOPELAWN, NJ Mike

Vicidomini topped the Atlantic

City Trios League firing games of

253-265 for a high series of 711.

Bob Joseph shot 207-269-666,Mike Freedley 245-230-660, Mike

Rodrigeuz 230-258-659, and Bill

Venezia 212-213-612.

Mike Piomelli 706HOPELAWN, NJ- In the

Thursday Nite Mixed League

Mike Piomelli shot 247-264-706,

Matt Cestone 210-221-234-665,

Bob Divilia 261-640, and Jim

MacBride 226-227-622.

Dan Wolf 709HOPELAWN, NJ- Dan Wolf led

the scoring in the Merck League

firing games of 246-265 for a high

series of 709.

Gregg Farley rolled 223-215-246-684, Anthony Scutari 202-

256-641, Mike Eglesia 210-235-

635, and Bill Pyrz 207-233-633.

Brian Petretta 670HOPELAWN, NJ Brian

Petretta topped all the competi-

tion rolling in the Gemini Towing

League firing games of 215-256

for a high series of 670.

Joe Herber rolled 227-217-639,

Oscar Ghigliotty 231-213-636,

Thomas Ortiz III 248-635, Pat

Moreno 236-224-631, Russell

McCarthy 245-20-624, and

Jennifer Caval 213.

Don Versace 683HOPELAWN, NJ Don Versace

topped the scoring in the Knights

of Columbus League firing gamesof 214-235-234 for a high series of

683.

Mark Makwinski shot 228-230-

213-671, Joe Nemeth 215-202-

247-664, Frank Grossi 214-247-

651, and Cid Stentella 220-213-

628.

Richard Funk III 680HOPELAWN, NJ Richard

Funk III took center stage while

rolling in the Friday Nite Mixed

League firing games of 227-274

for a high series of 680.

Jason Ricciardelli hit 235-219-

224-678, Gary McGinness 235-

245-651, Glenn Aiello 246-203-

201-650,and Rob Morris 200-

204-228-632.

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