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Thank God for outstand-ing bowling mothers who spawn outstanding bowl-ers. Debbie Haggerty came from a family of bowlers. Her mother was a bowling instructor, her dad bowled and she bowled from the time she was little. It was a natural that when she had her son PJ – he would bowl.

It began with pushing the ball down the lane at age two and eventually set-ting up pop bottles or cans in pin formation and roll-ing his rubber ball at them and then bowling in orga-nized peewee leagues by age five. His first “real” ball was a Sports Tech. He liked Soccer and Basketball but bowling always had the lure. As he grew up Video Games helped to hone his dexterity and focus.

Like many moms, Deb-bie was an early influence on PJ, but at around 13

MAMA’S LET yOUR bAbIES GROW UP TO bE bOWLERS!The Haggerty’s

by Mary Lynly

or 14 years old, like most young kids, he decided maybe mom didn’t know it all. He was enamored with Team USA coach Rod Ross, and Pro Del Warren – now they really knew it all. While mom Debbie was entrenching herself into organizing youth bowling, PJ was attending Fresno State University getting his degree in Finance and

Business. He bowled on the Fresno State team and among his many accom-plishments, he made Ju-nior Team USA four times, had the opportunity to go to Guam and won a Silver Medal in the World Youth Championships as well as being selected Player of the Year in 2005-06-07, one year being with Elysia Current who, incidentally,

was the PWBA champion in 2015 at Fireside Lanes in Citrus Heights. He was also named Northwest Re-gional Player of the Year in 2008-2009 and has several regional titles to his credit.

Early on, mom tried her hand at a variety of things, bartending, American Air-lines ground crew, even a maid at Jackson Hole Ski Resort until she married Pat Haggerty. As a mom she became interested in fine-tuning her bowling in-structing skills. Debbie was a born organizer and stri-dent in her pursuit of per-fection. She ran a thriving Youth Program at Fireside Lanes in Citrus Heights for 13 years and built an-other outstanding program at Strikes Bowl in Rocklin. She uses the Bowler’s Map Analysis program to help instruct her students; Trav-els to numerous tournament

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Debbie and P.J. Haggerty

LAS VEGAS — Paula Vidad finished fifth last week at this years Senior Queens. She made the step ladder finals after averag-ing 210 for the week and posting a 5-1 Match Series record.

Paula bowled consis-tently all week placing third, eighth and fifth after each of the three qualify-ing blocks. After the first five game block she was plus 108 averaging 221 on games of 245-211-244-182-226=1108. At that point Julie Harrison led

RObIN ROMEO is the World’s Top Senior Woman bowler

by Frank WeilerLAS VEGAS — Robin

Romeo won last weeks Se-nior Queens Tournament at the Orleans. It was her third consecutive Senior Queens title, an amazing feat. Until now no one had ever won three consecutive Senior Queens. Not since MARION LADEWIG has a woman dominated any as-pect of bowling like Romeo is dominating the ladies se-nior game right now.

Since becoming a senior bowler Romeo has been at the top or near the top of the leader board in most of the senior tournaments she’s entered, including the se-nior Majors. More impres-sive, she is winning many of those tournaments.

In my opinion, what Robin is doing makes her “THE WORLD’S TOP SE-NIOR WOMAN BOWL-ER”. Paula Vidad and Tish Johnson are serious com-petitors for Robin’s crown and will keep her on her toes. Paula has won four senior Majors in the past few years and Tish has been finishing in the Top Five in most of the senior Majors the last few years.

Congratulations Robin and thanks for being a Cali-fornia bowler. California is lucky to have you and our sport is lucky to have your class act as part of it’s face to the world. I watched the Senior Queens step ladder finals on Bowl.com and was impressed with Rob-in’s poise and performance under pressure. She trailed the entire championship game but hung in there and won by three pins. Robin won when she doubled on her ninth and tenth shots. It was the only double of the game by either player. “Big time performance” by “THE WORLD’S TOP SE-NIOR WOMAN BOWL-ER”.

Robin Romeo

PAULA VIdAd is Citrus belt’s Top Finisher at Senior Queens

by Frank Weiler

the tournament with 1135 pins (227 average). Robin Romeo was second at 1120 (224).

Paula was a plus 93 after

Paula Vidad

LAS VEGAS – Just four events into the relatively young 2016 PBA50 Tour season, Pete Weber has his sights set on a record-set-ting campaign, including a second consecutive PBA50 Player of the Year crown, back-to-back Suncoast PBA Senior U.S. Open ti-tles and an unprecedented fourth consecutive PBA50 Tour title.

After a fourth-place fin-ish in the Pasco County Florida Open to start the year, followed by three consecutive wins to start the season, he’s in prime position to make good on all three goals.

With his torrid start to the 2016 season, the PBA Hall of Famer could make the PBA50 Player of the Year selection a forgone

Weber Juggernaut’s Next Stop: Suncoast PbA Senior U.S. Open May 29-June 3 in Las Vegas

Hall of Famer hopes to defend title, win record fourth consecutive PbA50 Tour event

conclusion with little more than a third of the season completed if he can suc-cessfully defend his Sun-coast PBA Senior U.S. Open presented by 900 Global title May 29-June 3 at the Suncoast Bowling Center in Las Vegas.

The seven-time PBA50 Tour winner will arrive in Las Vegas on the heels of wins seen exclusively on PBA’s Xtra Frame on-line bowling channel in the Sun Bowl In The Vil-

lages, Mooresville Ford Open and Johnny Petra-glia BVL Open in succes-sive weeks (highlights of which can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leGEkpTDxtY), joining fellow Hall of Fam-er Tom Baker as the only players to win three con-secutive PBA50 Tour titles.

“Breaking the record would be nice but winning (PBA50) Player of the Year again is what I’m shooting for,” said the 53-year-old

Weber, whose 2015 PBA50 Player of the Year is the only Player of the Year honor he has won on either PBA tour. “I’ve won two titles in a row before but never three until this year, so tying Tom for the record was a pretty big deal.”

Weber won the 2015 Suncoast Senior U.S. Open by beating top qualifier Eric Forkel of Henderson, Nev., 224-212, and reached another milestone by join-ing fellow Hall of Famer Norm Duke as the only players to win the PBA50 Senior U.S. Open and the PBA Tour’s U.S. Open, which he has won a record five times. His Senior U.S. Open win was his second PBA50 Tour major win af-ter winning the USBC Se-

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Steve: Because of today’s era of political correctness.....Carol: Whoa, whoa, whoa there Stevie! Hold your horses! We don’t do politics here! This paper is about bowling!Steve: So is this article, Carol. Bear with me. I was just trying to make a point. Carol: Okay, but watch it, Bucko!Steve: I was just going to say there is a difference between how men and women think. That’s what, “The Tale of Two Brains” was about (see CBN 07/30/2015 issue). That includes how they think about bowling. While that article was meant to be humorous, there was some truth to it. I think it might be worthwhile to take a look at that phenomenon. Carol: Go on.Steve: Okay. Here’s how I see it. Women are every bit as competitive as men, maybe more so, but they don’t show it. It’s kind of like men being emotional but never letting anyone see them cry. Carol: You lost me, there.Steve: Let me explain. As you know, I have been trying to get as many copies of my book into the hands of as many untrained bowlers as possible.Carol: Un-huh, I know that. You’re practically giving them away.Steve: True. But I’ve noticed something that, to me, is fascinating and inexplicable. Carol: What’s that?Steve: Since we’ve started the Bowling News “Special Offer,” all the book orders have come from men.Carol: Why does that surprise you?Steve: Because it seems that women aren’t getting the message.Carol: What message? That they should buy your book?Steve: No. That they can seriously improve their scoring by learning a few simple facts about this game. It’s almost like they don’t care, but I know they do!Carol: Don’t be too sure about that. I went down and asked a whole league of women a simple question about bowling, and over half of them couldn’t answer it.Steve: What was the question?Carol: What target do you roll your ball over! Most of ‘em just shrugged and said, “I don’t know.”Steve: Uh-oh, that’s pretty bad.Carol: I know! But what are you gonna do?Steve: I’ve been wondering the same thing for a very long time, and I finally came up with an idea.Carol: Let’s hear it. I’m willing to try anything. I’m tired of women thinking men are better bowlers than we are.Steve: That makes two of us.Carol: So what’s your big idea?Steve: Well, at the risk of sounding like a male chauvinist, I think we need an approach to which women can relate.Carol: There’s no sin in that. What do you suggest?Steve: My wife loves to read. She also loves to shop and can’t resist a bargain. And fashion? Don’t even get me started on fashion!Carol: Do I need to remind you this paper is dedicated to bowling.......NOT FASHION!!!Steve: But this article is dedicated to ladies who bowl. They need to understand that by shopping for a great bargain, they can read some simple tips that allow them to fashion an enviable game.Carol: Envy......you’re playing all the right keys, kiddo. Keep going.Steve: Alright. Think of open frames as if they are broken finger nails. Like fingers on your hands, there are ten frames in each game and the broken ones make your scores look terrible. You hate them and need to learn how to eliminate them. The Essentials of Bowling* will help you do that. Carol: Hey. That was pretty good. I like that analogy.Steve: Thanks. Now, think of spares like a pair of comfortable high heels. They elevate your scores to a more appealing level. The Essentials* will teach you how to create more of them.Carol: Ooh. I like that one, too. Steve: Then you’ll love this one. Think of a strike as “the little black dress” of your game. The more you deliver, the more fabulous your scores become.Carol: That’s the, bottom line! Isn’t It?Steve: Touche!Dean: All right, folks! Wrap it up! I want to put this edition to bed!Carol: Let me do this my way, Steve. Steve: Do what?Carol: Just shut up and listen! To all my friends who shrugged and said, “I don’t know,” think of all the other things re-lated to bowling that you don’t know. There’s a cure for that and it’s a good little read. I’ve got the bargain-of-the-century for you. While his supplies last, Steve is pricing one copy of his book at five bucks! That’s 64% off the retail price and barely covers shipping and handling! If you want extras to give away as gifts, additional copies are only a dollar more! That’s over 90% off, and they will ALL be signed! Take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime deal by using the following coupon. At these prices, you won’t regret it! After all, Steve wrote this book specifically for you.

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on a regular basis to support entrants; Manages Junior Gold qualifiers to advance players to National Champion-ships and when she took over as coordinator for California State Team USA Finals in 2004 and conducted a success-ful event, it led the event for qualifiers throughout the na-tion for several years.

In 1999, to help promote the National Bowling stadium, Debbie started a Junior-Adult tournament because she felt it would give youth bowlers an opportunity to bowl at the stadium. Starting with an inaugural year of 191 teams and 395 doubles it grew to 318 teams and 677 doubles in 2007, its eighth year and it continues to thrive. Debbie has had approximately 50 coaches certified through her program and national programs.

Mom, Debbie, was always there for events and encour-aging PJ. One thing etched in her mind was videotaping his bowling at an event when he picked up the 7-10 split. She had the camera going and got the ten pin when someone stepped in front of the camera and when she swept over to the seven pin and realized PJ had picked it up! Argh!

No slouch herself, Debbie is a high average bowler and has been on the 100 Top Coaches in the U.S. list for sev-eral years; a recipient of the David Dahm’s Award from USBC in 2009 as Coach of the Year and the Pete Lusich Award from NorCal YABA for Unselfish Dedication and Contribution to Youth Bowling in Northern California. She has organized outstanding youth programs and pro-moted bowling in the community schools; she has always had programs where kids could raise funds to help them attend tournaments including Junior Gold. She has pro-duced several outstanding bowlers and is mentor to many.

So, with all of his achievements where is Pj now? He’s 30, married to Janay and the father of twins. He is a Finan-cial Advisor Consultant for a top financial firm. His goal is still to win a Pro title. He would love to bowl on tour but feels there is not enough money in it when you have to support a family.

“Bowling has changed in many ways,” says Debbie. Tournaments are smaller but there is more opportunity so exposure is better. PJ will continue to bowl in semi-pro and pro events when he can in search of that “title” and mom will concentrate on private coaching. The mom/son bond is solid and PJ has also decided that maybe mom does know something.

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LOS ANGELES – It’s been said over and over in this newspaper.

Bowlers are a breed apart when it comes to being pas-sionate about their game. No sport has athletes who are as equally passionate as bowlers.

Of course, there are golfers and tennis players and oth-er athletes who may dispute that opinion and they can be pretty vehement. But this is a bowling column, so I plead perhaps a touch of bias when affirming that bowlers often sport more than a full tank of emotion when it comes to their activity.

Theo Sojourn’s often-chronicled story is a perfect ex-ample. He broke two bones in his right forearm in a snow-boarding accident, but that didn’t stop this right-handed bowler from abandoning the game that he had just taken up.

Sojourn simply shifted to rolling the ball left-handed, which resulted in several woe-ful double-digit scores at Brunswick Matador Bowl in Northridge. Then Sojourn put his game in high gear and he crushed an electrifying and career-best 240 only six weeks after converting to his “off” hand.

Sojourn’s tale is just one example of hundreds that illustrate bowlers’ passion.Unfortunately, that passion can be misplaced. Los Angeles league bowlers, by anec-

dotal accounts, have shown this emotion recently with some not-so-nice confrontations and heated words. And yes, there have been fights between members of opposing teams.

Hey, this is bowling, remember?This is a gentleman’s game. And a gentlewoman’s game.This is an activity where we’re supposed to have fun.But the fact is this: League bowlers are competitive, and some are very competitive

and some are very, very competitive. And there’s some money to be made by having a winning team and defeating opponents on a weekly basis.

And oftentimes bowlers allege that other teams are slipping in “ringers” and throwing off the handicap balance during key matches.

Are ringers really used from time to time? No doubt.Should it be an issue? Well, some bowlers believe it should. And that’s too bad.As ace bowler Karl Kurtz notes: League payoffs “won’t put you in a different tax

bracket.”Other cities have more stringent rules than L.A. bowling centers when it comes to us-

ing substitutes who may be ringers. It’s actually quite easy to vote in some “ringer rules” during league meetings before

the season begins.And if that makes people happier, sure, go ahead and tighten the rules. In the meantime, have some fun. And congratulate your opponents when they make

great shots. There’s something special about being gracious and showing class. It makes people

winners whether they have the high score or not.

Karl Kurtz says bowling league payoffs won’t put players “in a different tax bracket.”

A Plea for Some Civilityby Fred Eisenhammer

nior Masters in 2013.“This year’s Senior U.S. Open comes at a good time because, like I’ve said many

times before, I like the long format tournaments, especially the U.S. Open,” Weber said. “It’s a true test of bowling and you’re usually bowling on a challenging lane condition. It’s not easy by any means; you have to make your spares and really take advantage of the pairs of lanes where you can capitalize on making strikes.”

Also still active and competitive on the PBA Tour in a career that has spanned more than three decades, Weber has compiled 37 PBA Tour titles, which ranks fourth all-time, including a record-tying (with Earl Anthony) 10 majors.

After battling hip and back ailments late last year, Weber said he’s feeling good physi-cally and is looking forward to the most demanding test of the season. Like the U.S. Open on the PBA Tour, the Senior U.S. Open demands patience, quality shot-making and a strong mental game over 48 games of qualifying and match play. The top four players will meet in the stepladder finals on June 3 at 4:15 p.m. PT to determine the winner. All rounds of the Senior U.S. Open will be covered live, exclusively on PBA’s Xtra Frame online bowling channel (for subscription information, visit pba.com and click on the Xtra Frame link).

“Right now I feel like I have all the confidence in the world,” Weber said. “With the break in the schedule we’re in now, I’ll have plenty of time to prepare and will probably get more confident as the tournament gets closer. There’s no real secret to it. When com-petition starts it’s all about focus and making good shots.”

In addition to the demanding format, Weber will be competing against approximately 200 of the world’s top players ages 50 and older, including eight Hall of Famers (We-ber, Baker, Duke, Dale Eagle, Parker Bohn III, Amleto Monacelli, Johnny Petraglia and Walter Ray Williams Jr.) and four other Senior U.S. Open past champions (Duke, 2014; Monacelli 2012, 2013; Baker 2005, 2006; and Ron Mohr, 2011).

The Suncoast PBA Senior U.S. Open is the first of four majors on the 2016 PBA50 Tour schedule. The remaining majors are the USBC Senior Masters, PBA50 Treasure Island Resort & Casino World Championship and PBA50 National Championship.

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The cut to the finals, Men +32 and Women +25. Samson Kong was the top qualifier to sit out with a +108, 2nd was Pablo Castro +89. Once again, Matthew Goodloe found himself to do a roll off for the last spot

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against Gilbert Gissend-aner, as before, Matt came thru the challenge to be one of the finalists.

A few of the top 16 fi-nalists struggled with the tough shot and the others breezed thru their matches. Placing 10-16th Sun Sun-dara, Dennis Kelsey, Leo Silva, Arnold J. Trias, Ar-mand Garcia, Traci Gioia and Matthew Goodloe $100 each. In 6-9th place Pablo Castro, Eban Jack-son, Carrie Zhu and Beth Borci $105 each. Finishing in 4th and 5th were Danny Eguilos and Carlos Umana receiving $110 each.

After a tough first match against Matthew, Jeff Taino won the three matches with ease to meet George Parker who was steady all thru his matches. Jeff made it tough for George as needed to

double in the 10th and luck was on George’s side as he carried the strike he needed he finished with 166 game to Jeff’s 159 game scratch. George was the “horse” and paid $135, earned to right to bowl Samson Kong. The championship started with both bowlers marking, Samson missed a spare in the 3rd frame and followed with a split in the 4th. George caught a split in the 3rd frame but he recovered to go ahead by a few pins with a double. Samson an-swered by marking until the 9th when he caught another split, marked in the 10th ending with a 199 game. George opened in the 7th making it a very close game but he marked all the way to the 10th frame to finish with a 221 game.

George Parker is from

Lakewood, used his Storm/Prodigy drilled by Al at Keystone Lanes and thanks his long time love Nina. Samson Kong is from Temple City, using a Storm drilled by Ed at Bowling Square.

Jeff Taino is from Chi-no Hills, used his favorite Storm/Tropical Heat drilled by Chris at Deer Creek Lanes.

The 3/6/9 worth $400 will be carried over to Cal Bowl since Tim Tran failed to break it.

The Match Series and Mystery Doubles will be carried over to Cal Bowl and estimated to be over $3,000. Congratulations to

Traci Gioia for having the only score of 158 to win 50% of the Match Game pot worth $1,070 and she also made the finals. The carry over for the Match Game is $1,070.

Cal Bowl will be hosting our Memorial Tournament, $10,000 with bonuses, starting Thursday May 26

and finals on Sunday May 29th. Check the Bowling News, flyers sent to all the bowlers that furnished their email address or FACE-BOOK page.

If you have not fur-nished your email, please send it to: abtabowling@gmail.com or check our fa-cebook page.

PArKEr NAIlS A loNg AWAITED WIN AT KEySToNE $2,300 — george Parker, long time ABTA member waited 20 years to win his 3rd ABTA Title at Keystone lanes. His last win was at the defunct orange Bowl in the City of orange 1996. By the way his other title was at another defunct center regal lanes also in the City of orange! george is one of the good guys! Title 4 is next. (l-r) Super ABTA Member Christina Chung, Samson Kong, runner up $500, george Parker/Champ $2,300 and ABTA Director Supreme Annaliza Agoncillo.

Traci Gioia Hits Match Game 158 for $1,070 at Keystone(l-r) Mark Andrews, and Alexis gioia congratulate Traci gioia for her $1,070 win at Keystone. Her 158 game 3 was drawn by Samson Kong. Congrats to a great gal and a long time ABTA supporter.

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It’s truly a rare sight if that bowler is 90 years old.

And it’s even rarer if a bowler hits that shot on the day of the 90th birthday.

But that’s what happened in a senior league last week at Winnetka Bowl. Right-handed Shirley Radamaker, the birthday girl, snaked her spare shot so it clipped the left side of the 1 pin, which went on to topple the 10.

“It was exciting,” Shir-ley said.

Candy Adams was watching intently as Shir-ley’s spare shot developed and saw that it had a chance from the moment Shirley released the ball. “It wasn’t surprising,” Candy said. “She throws a very slow ball and if you hit [the 1] right, it’ll fly over there.”

The third-game heroics gave Shirley something to crow about in an otherwise difficult series. Shirley had plenty to celebrate on this day – not just her birthday cupcakes.

She was thankful that she’s a longtime bowler (nearly 60 years) who’s made many friendships through her leagues. Shirley competes in two leagues a week and has bowled through the years at AMF Woodlake Lanes in Woodland Hills, Corbin Bowl in Tarzana and now-defunct Rocket Bowl in Northridge. She was one of the original bowlers when Winnetka Bowl opened its doors in 1958.

“When the bowling alley opened, they sent fliers out,” Shirley said. “They were giv-ing out a free ball. My neighbors and I came out and we formed a little league.”

Shirley now bowls leagues on Mondays and Thursdays at Winnetka Bowl.She’s averaging 140. About 15 years ago, she averaged close to 160.“She’s a good bowler for her age,” praised top senior bowler Bob Adams.Asked her goals, Shirley said: “I want to continue to bowl as long as I can. I enjoy

the sport.“Winnetka is like my second home. It’s so good to me. I love everyone here.”

Shirley Radamaker, 90, is Making Her Markby Fred Eisenhammer

Shirley radamaker celebrated her 90th birthday by picking up a difficult spare at Winnetka Bowl

denver broncos’ CJ Anderson Makes PbA debut in Oklahoma City, Jonesboro Event Is Next

Super bowl-winning running back is taking his bowling experiences seriouslyCHICAGO – CJ Anderson, who helped the underdog Denver Broncos upset the heav-

ily favored Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50, made his debut in Professional Bowlers Association competition over the weekend in the PBA Planet Bowl Southwest Open in Oklahoma City, and is already making plans for his second appearance in the Downums Waste Services PBA Jonesboro Open presented by Xtra Frame at Jonesboro Bowling Center in Jonesboro, Ark., June 3-5.

The fact that he tied for 64th place out of 71 entries doesn’t bother him a bit. The fact that he averaged a modest 173.8 for his first eight games in a PBA Regional tournament for players in the southwest area of the U.S. is nothing more than a learning experience. Being an underdog is nothing new for the 25-year-old Anderson, who signed with the Broncos as an undrafted free agent out of the University of California in 2013, and three years later was wearing a Super Bowl ring.

Bowling at the highest level is just another challenge Anderson decided he wanted undertake as a personal yardstick. Competing against bowlers who have grown up with a sport that Anderson just took up three years ago isn’t exactly the same as running into a wall of 300-pound linemen, but it’s less painful and a whole lot more fun.

“It was fun,” Anderson said of his PBA debut. “I learned a lot. That was my first time bowling in a PBA event. It was the first time I’ve bowled on the Cheetah lane condition. Bowling on a short (35-foot) pattern like that was not my best, but my last four games were higher than my first four, so I was happy with that.

“It’s a matter of my needing to know what to do as the pattern breaks down, so that’s what I was working on,” he said. “I’ve only been bowling for three years, so to put myself in position to bowl in an event like this…I’m pretty happy.”

Anderson bowls a lot, and he’s under the watchful eye of PBA member and veteran regional competitor Brett Cooper (“I call him my boss,” Anderson said), as well as Storm Products’ Hank Boomershine, the company’s Vice President of North American Sales, Research and Development in addition to being a USBC Gold Level Coach.

Anderson, PBA fans may recall, was a celebrity participant in the 2016 Chris Paul PBA Celebrity Invitational, where his unorthodox “wrong-foot” delivery was first noted. Unlike traditional right-handed bowlers who finish their approach by sliding on their left foot, Anderson slides on his right foot. Cooper and Boomershine are trying to help An-derson maximize his style rather than try to change it.

“It’s comfortable for me,” Anderson said. “That’s the way I’ve bowled since I started. It’s a matter of execution – staying down, hitting your target, all that stuff. I’m using the same tools Pete Weber, Norm Duke, all those guys use, so if I executive the shot, I get the same result.

“I’ve been around some of those bowlers. I’m always around Brett and Hank Boomer-shine. My goal is to stay consistent,” he said. “I want those guys to like the way the ball comes off my hand.”

In Oklahoma City, Anderson was out-scored by 55 pins a game by his mentor, Coo-per, the eventual tournament winner. He also was 30 pins a game behind former major league baseball star John Burkett, who averaged 207 in finishing 22nd. Burkett got his feet wet in PBA competition while he was still an active major league pitched, and is now an established competitor on the PBA50 Tour. Anderson is eager at the front edge of his learning curve, and he’s eager to try it again.

Anderson will take his game to another plateau in early June in Jonesboro, where a stronger field of PBA Tour champions is expected to compete for a PBA Tour title along with a $15,000 first prize. He also hopes his experience practicing with Cooper on a wide range of PBA animal patterns, including the longer oiling patterns that power players tend to favor, will suit his game better.

“I understand the Jonesboro tournament will be a long pattern,” Anderson said. “That means I’ll get to throw my heavy stuff, like I like to throw, so I think the outcome will be a little better for me.

“I’m just happy to be part of it,” he concluded. “My goal is to get better and win, and I’ve got the right people in my corner.”

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WSOB VIII will offer PBA members from around the world an opportunity to compete for shares of an estimated $750,000 in prize money and five PBA Tour titles in nationally-televised ESPN finals.

The PBA World Series, which has evolved into the world’s most prestigious test of bowling skills, will again be presented by the Silver Legacy Resort, providing all players, fans, bowling in-dustry partners and news media attendees with top quality accommodations and services at special discounted rates.

WSOB VIII will return to a PBA members-only event, with an all-inclusive entry fee of $1,000 covering all five PBA Tour events: the PBA Cheetah, Chameleon, Scorpion and Shark Champion-ships plus the PBA World Championship, the final major championship of the 2016 season. Along with scheduled updates to the bowling lane environment at the National Bowling Stadium, the Shark Championship returns to the World Series lineup for the first time since 2011, replacing the Viper Championship.

In keeping with WSOB tradition, combined qualifying scores from the four animal pattern events, each providing its own unique challenge, will serve as the qualifying stages to determine players advancing to the PBA World Championship match play finals.

In addition to the five PBA Tour events, the World Series will host the fourth annual PBA Chal-lenge Series, inviting the top players in three other levels of PBA competition to participate in the WSOB program and to compete in special PBA Regional, PWBA-PBA Women’s Regional and PBA50 Tour Challenge events. The PBA Regional and PWBA/PBA Women’s Regional points leaders in the East, South, Central, Midwest, Southwest, West, Northwest and Japan Regions as of the Oct. 16 qualifying deadline will receive WSOB and PBA Challenge Series invitations. PBA50 qualifiers will be determined at the conclusion of the PBA50 Tour season on Aug. 17.

The 2016 World Series will get underway a week earlier than it did in 2015, beginning with the PBA Challenge events and a pro-am program on Sunday, Nov. 27, followed by practice sessions and the PBA Challenge finals on Nov. 28 before competition officially gets underway on Tuesday, Nov. 29, with the first of four single-day animal pattern qualifying sessions.

After a day off on Saturday, Dec. 3, PBA World Championship cashers and match play rounds will take place Dec. 4 and 5, followed by best-of-five-game single-elimination match play rounds for the Cheetah, Chameleon, Scorpion and Shark Championship qualifiers Tuesday, Dec. 6, through Thursday, Dec. 8. The four surviving players in each of the animal pattern events will bowl in tape-delayed ESPN finals on Saturday, Dec. 10. World Series VIII will conclude with the live ESPN coverage of the PBA World Championship finals on Sunday, Dec. 11, at 1 p.m. ET (10 a.m. Pacific time).

Entries for the World Series will be accepted on pba.com beginning July 15. All preliminary rounds of WSOB VIII will be covered live, exclusively on PBA’s online bowling channel, Xtra Frame, as well as via live scoring on PBA’s official website, pba.com, and all outlets included as part of the PBA Network.

PBA WORLD SERIES OF BOWLING VIII SCHEDULENational Bowling Stadium, Reno, Nev., Nov. 27-Dec. 11

Sunday, Nov. 2710 a.m. – PBA Regional, PWBA-PBA Women’s Regional and PBA50 Tour Challenge, 8 games round-robin match play (top two in each division advance to Xtra Frame finals)3-6 p.m. – Pro-am squad

Monday, Nov. 288:30 a.m. – A Squad practice session (Cheetah, Chameleon, Scorpion and Shark lane conditions)2:30 p.m. - B Squad practice session (Cheetah, Chameleon, Scorpion and Shark lane conditions)5:30 p.m. – Mandatory PBA WSOB VIII players meeting7 p.m. – PBA50 Tour Challenge Xtra Frame championship match (live on Xtra Frame)7:30 p.m. – PBA Regional Challenge Xtra Frame championship match (live on Xtra Frame)8 p.m. – PWBA/PBA Women’s Regional Challenge Xtra Frame championship match (live on Xtra Frame)

Tuesday, Nov. 299 a.m. – Cheetah Championship – A Squad 8 qualifying games4 p.m. - Cheetah Championship – B Squad 8 qualifying games (Top 24 advance to best-of-five-game single-elimination match play on Tuesday, Dec. 6; top 8 qualifiers earn one round bye)

Wednesday, Nov. 309 a.m. – Chameleon Championship – B Squad 8 qualifying games4 p.m. – Chameleon Championship – A Squad 8 qualifying games (Top 24 advance to best-of-five-game single-elimination match play on Tuesday, Dec. 6; top 8 qualifiers earn one round bye)

Thursday, Dec. 19 a.m. – Scorpion Championship – A Squad 8 qualifying games4 p.m. - Scorpion Championship – B Squad 8 qualifying games (Top 24 advance to best-of-five-game single-elimination match play on Wednesday, Dec. 7; top 8 qualifiers earn one round bye)

Friday, Dec. 29 a.m. – Shark Championship – B Squad 8 qualifying games4 p.m. – Shark Championship – A Squad 8 qualifying games (Top 24 advance to best-of-five-game single-elimination match play on Wednesday, Dec. 7; top 8 qualifiers earn one round bye) (Top 25 percent of field based on 32-game combined qualifying totals from Cheetah, Cha-meleon, Scorpion and Shark championships advance to PBA World Championship cashers round)

Saturday, Dec. 3 No competition scheduled

Sunday, Dec. 411 a.m. – PBA World Championship cashers round, 6 games (Top 24 based on 38 games advance to round-robin match play)5:30 p.m. - PBA World Championship, 8 games round-robin match play

Monday, Dec. 511 a.m. - PBA World Championship, 8 games round-robin match play5:30 p.m. - PBA World Championship, 8 games round-robin match play (Top five after 62 games of qualifying and match play advance to ESPN finals)

Tuesday, Dec. 610 a.m. – Cheetah Championship, qualifiers 9-24, best-of-five-game single elimination match play1 p.m. - Cheetah Championship, qualifiers 1-8 plus 10 a.m. winners, best-of-five-game single elim-ination match play (Winners advance to Round of 8 on Thursday, Dec. 8)4:30 p.m. – Chameleon Championship, qualifiers 9-24, best-of-five-game single elimination match play7:30 p.m. – Chameleon Championship, qualifiers 1-8 plus 4:30 p.m. winners, best-of-five-game single elimination match play (Winners advance to Round of 8 on Thursday, Dec. 8)

Wednesday, Dec. 710 a.m. – Scorpion Championship, qualifiers 9-24, best-of-five-game single elimination match play1 p.m. - Scorpion Championship, qualifiers 1-8 plus 10 a.m. winners, best-of-five-game single elimination match play (Winners advance to Round of 8 on Thursday, Dec. 8)4:30 p.m. – Shark Championship, qualifiers 9-24, best-of-five-game single elimination match play7:30 p.m. – Shark Championship, qualifiers 1-8 plus 4:30 p.m. winners, best-of-five-game single elimination match play (Winners advance to Round of 8 on Thursday, Dec. 8)

Thursday, Dec. 810 a.m. – Cheetah Championship Round of 8, best-of-five-game single elimination match play (Four winners advance to ESPN match play finals)1 p.m. – Chameleon Championship Round of 8, best-of-five-game single elimination match play (Four winners advance to ESPN match play finals)4:30 p.m. – Scorpion Championship Round of 8, best-of-five-game single elimination match play (Four winners advance to ESPN match play finals)7:30 p.m. – Shark Championship Round of 8, best-of-five-game single elimination match play (Four winners advance to ESPN match play finals)

Friday, Dec. 9 No competition (television setup day)

Saturday, Dec. 101 p.m. – Cheetah Championship match play semifinals and finals (taped for delayed airing on ESPN)3:30 p.m. – Chameleon Championship match play semifinals and finals (taped for delayed airing on ESPN)5:15 p.m. – Scorpion Championship match play semifinals and finals (taped for delayed airing on ESPN)7 p.m. – Shark Championship match play semifinals and finals (taped for delayed airing on ESPN)

Sunday, Dec. 1110 a.m. – Live ESPN stepladder finals, PBA World Championship (1 p.m. Eastern)

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the second qualifying block and finished the third and final block in fifth place at a plus 131 (208 average). The field was then cut to the top thirty-two players for match play.

After losing her first match to Michelle Silver 698-631 Paula rattled off five consecutive match wins on scores of 672-579, 684-599, 591-520, 632-618 and 565-538. The five consecutive wins earned Paula a place in the semi-final roll-off. The four semifinalists rolled a three game series with the low bowler being eliminated and the top three being seeded in the step ladder finals as the third, fourth and fifth seeds. Paula’s 623 won her the fifth seed in the step ladder finals. She just beat Jeanette Baker’s 622. The first two seeds in the finals (Robin Romeo and Tish Johnson) came from the winners bracket.

I watched the step ladder finals on Bowl.com and was impressed with each of the ladies and how they handled the difficult Queen’s oil pattern. Paula’s successful run ended in the step ladder finals when she lost to Karen Bar-cal and finished fifth.

In addition to our own Paula Vidad the Senior Queens field of players included an impressive list of super stars including PAM BUCKNER, CHAR HAMMEL, TISH JOHNSON, CHERYL ROBINSON, ROBIN ROMEO, LUCY SANDELIN and MICHELLE SILVER.

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WINNEtKA — Congratulations to all the league win-ners who just completed their leagues. Now it’s time for the Summer Season which should be challenging and lots of fun. Here are the scores from last week.Phil-am: Aiza Bautista 247/640, Josemari Zafra 222/625, raul Ventenilla 213/694, Louie Nicassio 571, Jamie Beeler 562, Gilbert Molina 551, Joy Santos 207/598, rey Cabal-lero 218.Sport Shot Singles: rolloffs: June 5th at 6 P.M. step-ladder format. top seed Kinh Hang, 2nd Matt Jones, 3rd Justin Pluchino, Wild Card Derek Lee. Good Luck to All! Summer League starts June 12th. Week 12 high scores: Justin Pluchino 269/872, Kinh Hang 226/768, Matt Jones 744, Derek Lee 708.Guys & dolls: Congratulations league champs, team 6, “6 Balls and A Babe”, timika Walton, Lewis Cureton, Brian Light and roger Paskell. rick Stine 259/751, tracy Stine 259/558, Mark Basore 266/657, Joe Curry 682, roger Paskell 254/660, Wayne Jacobson 629, timika Walton 210/504, Gregory Kolski 256, Mike rice 253.League Of Our Own: Pramote Jiramore 287/690, Amy Lew 201/556, Shannon Whitemore 202/5114, Adam Lew 248/646. Derek tang 640, Mark Alvarino 234/640, Joel Calove 226/623, Ken Lorenzo 229.river maniacs: Johnnie Englehart 289/”824”, Monise Kelly 224/591, Vince Koeller 265/706, Scott Englehart 268/680, Dan Kline 672, Mary May 650, Marsha Martinez 524, Dan Onestinghel 279, Bart Carrillo 264.copper Bucket: Congratulations team 6 ”Gunners” league champs, tanner Perkins, Spencer McKendall, Andrew Ya-mashita, Mark Yamashita. Chas Wiggan 244/679, Corinne Lista 459, Ed Jones 265/639, Joe Myers 246/641,Vincent Hall 638, J.t. Porras 256/633, Aaron Story 235.500 classic: Congratulations team 7 “the A team” league champs, Farol Brifman, Pat Peskin, Carol Ellis. Jill William-son 213/578, Connie Wannomae 214/566, Carol Ellis 553, Petra Kaun 206/539, teresita Avila 204/535, Linda Fenwick 535, Farol Brifman 256.thirsty Nite Out: Congratulations team 9 “the Long Shots” league champions, Craig Falstrom, Joanne Pe-tiya, George Gilbert, Ken Lew, Vincent Gilbert. Adam Lew 279/748, Stella Mount 224/576, Albert DiMaggio 245/667. Chris Frank 245/655, Vincent Gilbert 261/630, Bill Lew 626, Judy Valazza 204/558, Daniel Barkin 242.men’s classic handicap: Congratulations! team 8 league champs, russell Booth, Ed Berkowitz, Greg Cowan, Scott Lemmen, rusty Bryant. Sweeper Scores: tom Leigh “300”/726, rusty Bryant 290/760, Jared Nineberg 738, Charles Kenny 727, Sam Amaral 287, Nick Corralejo 279, Dawson Swearng 275. Summer MIXED Classic Handicap trios starts May 25th.St. cyril’s: Congratulations team 1 “Alley Oops”, Bill Shearer, Barbara Slevin, Carol Asher. Sweeper Scores: Philip DiMenno 204/521, Bonnie Schiller 454, Bob Frazier 389.Sfvcc NIkkEI: Ken Shinbashi 249/683, Noriko Fukunaga 223/613, Stan Date 236/641, Yuki Matsuba 236/613, Ken-neth Morita 608, Stephen Sasaki 235/606, San Mitchell 214/560, tami Shiotani 201/550, Sandra Yamamoto 538, Eiji Fukumoto 234.49’Ers: Les Charbonneau 244/656, Carolyn Scherzberg 217/596, Mel Neiditch 223/565, Gary Faught 204/547, Skip Brown 525, tom tucker 518, temmy Walker 510, Mary Lauer 502, Bob Husby 226, robert rawstrom 202, Diana Walden 203.funtimers: Carolyn Scherzberg 255/678, Al reiswig 227/652, Jim Land 264/625, Mel Neiditch 215/641, rob-ert Adams 610, ron Doll 215/608, Connie Wannomae 222/597, Carolyn Dunaway 202/524, Carole Peire 503, rick Kopper 223.39’Ers: Al reiswig 247/672, richard Greenzweight 235/634, ron Doll 617, Bernhardt roth 245/611, Mel Neiditch 590, Patricia Carpenter 462, rick Kopper 232, Larry George-LH 222.

JuNIOrS8 for 8: Angel Sanchez 201, Sienna tyree 100/188 , An-drew Wang 75/148, Xavier Guido 82/123, Liam Mulvihill 70.Junior all Stars: (2 games) rebecca Zelalya 148/255, Iris Alvarez 139/235, Samantha Olegario 93/172, Elizabeth Lajnef 102/163.Junior royals: Justin Pluchino 224/607, William Wales 251/559, Jericho Olegario 535, Kyle Ycaza 463, Daron Dil-dine 471, Julia Frias 671, Deanna Frias 490, Sara Miric 273.Have safe Memorial Day celebration.

LAKEWOOD — Attention Bowlers! FrEE Instruction Classes are now being offered at Cal Bowl. For info check at the desk. Sign-up now as there are only a few spots left. Learn for beginners, league bowlers and anyone who wants to improve their game. Southern California’s Best Instructors will be on hand. v.a.: Chris Abing 680, robert Lee 616, Dan Martinez 558, Dayna Shephard 476.Big Bear: Vernon Adams 254/698, George Harper 241/678, Phillip Gipson 255/660, Billy Anderson 267/650, Sid Nakagawa 242/644, Emmerson Wafer 248/643, ray Minter 234/643, Alfred Barcelona 235/640, Mark Fowler 639, Chris McIntosh 629, Butch White 623, Leon Bradford 614, B.J. 236/609, Debra Gipson 215/606, Shirley Owens 246/591, Carol Egenias 208/591.Grandma’s/Grandpa’s: Walter Milsap 246/634, Jim Plante 227/588, Walter Gist 513, Betty Green 505.young at heart: Jimmy Hamilton 279/749, Marc Kashin-sky 278/747, Phil Hylton 266/705, rey Santos 227/656, B.J. 611, Dee Phipps 210/576.recycled teens: Boylee Inocente “300”/642, Jojo Jas-min 264/635, ralph Montgomery 255/622, Victor Santos 246/610, Jorge Fernandez 222/595, Adela Santos 202/539, Joanne Burke 201/539.Pin heads: Greg Kelly 236/656, Chuck Appleberry 231/623, Bruce Brown 535, Mel Leach 519, Audrey Louis 203/506.cal Bowleros: Carole Fischer 213/581, Leona Belletti 205/549. Side-pot winners—Game One: Mickey Gurule 236; Game two: Carole Fischer 213; Game three: Leona Belletti 251.alley Oops: this Doubles League that bowls at 12:15 on tuesday is looking for a couple of bowlers. Come on down! Sue Spencer 468, Liz Stankov 431, Becky Carroll 406.Sierra Bugs: Shonna Hernandez 502, Cathy Anderson 200/498. Side-pot winners—Game One: Priscilla Lees 235; Game two: Cathy Anderson 200; Game three: Sha-ron Barnett ??? (No score written down.) captain & crew: Becky Simpson 487, Sandy Cotcher 480.marcus Lemons vegas: Paul Staff 249/709, ronnie Lem-ons 694, tony Kellum 254/689, Will Young 267/685, Em-merson Wafer 678, Greg tiller 252/664, Donald Wade 622, Felecia tripp 221/607, Yvetta Hill 224, teya Woodman 216/600, LaJeana Harris 213/563, June Collier 211/560, robin Burns 552.Senior men’s trios: Dave Wilson 279/782, Larry Gray 289/781, Jerry Cant 772, Byron Alonzo 741, Curt Soares 279/727.c.a.u.L.: Daniel Derego 235/68, Eugene Lane 211/604, Albert Demers Jr. 233/597, David regul 211/578, Greg Ainsworth 212/566, George Howells 218/530, Lori Gilmore 540.tues. mega vegas-cal: Anthony Bourges 265/670, Le’Star Walker 257/656, Marcel VanDorff 247/655, Wayne Brown 607, John Grant 218/605, Gerrick Myers 226/578, Antwan Brown 233/561, Darrell Harris 215/551, Nickey Burruss 225/587, Kathy Johnson 532, Della Walker 204/503.Sunday mega vegas-cal: Bob Johnson 259/732, Louis Whitlock 244/676, Warner Jordan 624, James Matthews 235/597, Stacy Erickson 203/541, Faye Weaver 217/533.funsters: Joe Herrera 243/645, Steve ralph 217/634, Jorge Fernandez 235/628, Gabe Alvarado 627, Victor San-tos 224/625, Ed Hansen 224/601,tim Lafarga 234/586, Janet Kastor 204/556. Side-pot winners—Game One: Wil-liam Louie 315; Game two: Jorge Fernandez 235; Game three: Joe Herrera 278.fil-am Bowlers: Emmerson Wafer 254/699, Lawrence Amstria 244/660, Chris Eguilos 228/654, Vic Hidalgo 279/651, Emeka Williams 233/650, Willie Mallare 228/640, rudy tumaneng 639, roland Sanchez 247/639, Patrick Flolres 245/631, Jr. Deguzman 243/624, Boylee Inocente 237/614, Liza Agoncillo 247/661, Shirley Owens 203/596, tess Santos 222/572, Carla Sanchez 208/559, Annie Yone-mura 212/549, Valerie Coulan 203/521, Nene Camanag 501.vegas crackpots: Daryl McCloud 251/691, Jacob Cul-pepper 256/662, Wendell rising 234/660, Brent Shern 279/647, James talley 643, Alwyn Woods 233/637, ron-ald Lewis 249/632, Mike Dees 267/6312, Carl Stokes 626, Bobby Prince 231/624, Fredrick Crowe 624, Ellen My-ers 229/628, Michelle King 224/618, taneisha Farthing 218/554, Shaonna Battle 206/539.

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