Barcellos and McCulloch place in doubles

After holding scratch six-games of singles for years, the management of Yosemite Lanes decided to try something a little different. They hosted a scratch six-gamer doubles and by the results is was a success for the first time out.

This tournament brings the top scratch bowlers in the Valley and Bay Area to Modesto. A total of 26 teams came to try their luck with the Kegel Middle of the Road Pattern. The top three teams that qualified for roll-off, included Atwater’s Neill Barcellos and Sean McCulloch in the third position for the finals. They rolled Modesto’s Will Garber, a PBA regional player and Mark Del Cerro from the Bay Area.

The first match Garber and Del Cerro rolled a 490 to a 380 for Barcellos and McCulloch to give the Atwater team third place and a check for $400. It was the first time the duo rolled together at Yosemite. Barcellos has rolled in a few of the PBA regionals and scratch six-gamers in the pass. McCulloch has been banged up with a knee problem and still gave it a shot.

The team of Scott Boyle and Ronnie Fujita took the championship by defeating Garber and Del Cerro for the grand prize of $748, Garber and Del Cerro with $520. Coming up next at Yosemite Lanes will be the 12th Annual Willie Taylor Memorial Singles on Sunday, Aug. 20 on the house shot (42 feet).

Shooting stars

Brian Hickman 279...Bryan Rivas 268...Larry Valenti Jr...709...Jeff Stout 678...Stephanie Thompson 625...Char Jolly 190...Joe Troncoso 225...Shane Hinman 199...Tim Grimes...636...John Montoya 249...Margaret Herzog 198.

Yosemite No-Tap results

Charli McMillian placed third in the senior no-tap held last Friday at Yosemite Lanes. McMillian rolled a 322. Second high game winner was T.J. Rowen with a 281. Karen Hunter scored a 277 for third place.

The men’s high game had Greg Bennett and Frank Gasper in a tie for third and fourth in the third game with a 304. Gasper rolled an 844 for third place in the men’s high series and Bennett with a 835 for fourth.

Up next for the no-tappers will be McHenry Bowl’s Senior Fun Day and you never know what Terry and Teresa will have up for the seniors? Maybe no bumpers this time? Actions starts this Friday at 1 p.m. with sign-ups at 12:30 p.m. The bowl has their pot luck lunch at noon. Entry fee is $15 with divisions for men and women in the high game pot and series.

Ten Pin Center

The new Ten Pin Fun family bowling complex is being built on 5.2 acres and will house the 52,000 square-foot building. The entertainment center has everything that Turlock and the surrounding area needs for kids, students, and adults. The center will have 26 lanes for traditional bowling, plus eight lanes separate for birthday parties for kids and adults parties with a small bar.

Also available will be an outdoor bocce ball courts with lights, a giant arcade with 80 playing stations with a redemption center that will offer prizes from the tickets won from the arcade. And most of all, 17 heat and air condition units will be installed at the complex.

It will have a snack bar, full service restaurant with sky box overlooking the bocce ball courts, the bowling area, and sports bar with television viewing.

Take the short drive to the Monte Vista Crossings shopping center and check out the action at the site across from Lowe's. More info as it becomes available in the coming weeks.

Remember when...

In the April 1978 Merced/Atwater Bowling news reported that the following scores were rolled at Century Bowl in Merced. Bill Murphy a 257 game with a 648 series, Jonnie Nunes a 212, Barbara Carbanero a 230, Asako Nakamura converted the 3-10 split, Julie Acosta converted the 4-6 split, Nick Puglizivich had a beautiful 278 game, Carol Franks a 215 game, Jack Daniel a 214, Barbara McLane a 200 game, Billie Holzer a 222, Betty Brown put together eight strikes in a row and shot a beautiful 267 game.

This story was originally published July 26, 2017 at 2:14 PM with the headline "Barcellos and McCulloch place in doubles."