Erreca wins championship at Gold County Lanes
Dan Erreca of Los Banos found the groove early with his new ball and qualified in second with a 962 at Sutter Creek last Saturday. Qualifying in first was Benny Sanchez, Sr., from Oakdale with a 989, in third was Jim Cole of Modesto with a 948.
The first match in the stepladder was very close with Erreca rolling a 249 to edge out Cole with a 241. Next up was the championship match with Sanchez. Erreca rolled a 276 to Sanchez with a 207 for the win and a $212 payout and a berth in the Tournament of Champions on Jan. 19, 2019 at Yosemite Lanes.
Sanchez with $188, Cole with $152. The club had 78 entries and paid down to 19th place. Local 500 club member Kim Deathriage took 15th for $56. The club signed up seven new members during the day making the membership rose to 269. Next month the club will be hosting a singles event at Harvest Park Bowl in Brentwood on Saturday, Aug. 18.
Krone and Nush win the Scotch Doubles in Modesto
Minda Krone and Nevroa Nush took first place in the recent Modesto Women's 500 Club Annual Scotch Doubles Tournament at Yosemite Lanes last Sunday with a handicap total of 1,023 and took home $100 each for the win.
A total of 47 doubles teams from the Valley and the Sonora area were competing for a prize fund of $1,128. The team of T.J. and Ed Rowen took sixth place with a score of 901 good for $47 each. The high game for Krone and Nush on Sunday was a solid 254. Great bowling.
High Rollers
Gary Wescott 224, Bruno Holte 182, Adam Andrino 212/584, Marcus Kendrick 189, Keith Docherty 206, Mike Robb 190, Neill Barcellos 255, Lauren Lucchesi 209, Brian Hickman 198, Nevora Nush 18, Sean McCulloch 199, Gayle Sagin 162. Minda Krone rolled her first ever 500 series in league play, a 530 with games of 198-178-154.
No-Tap at Yosemite Lanes on Friday
Yosemite Lanes in Modesto is hosting their monthly senior 9-pin no-tap this Friday starting a 1 p.m. Your entry fee is only $13 and your high games for men and women are paid out after each game.
Results from McHenry Bowl's Senior Fun Day from last Friday that featured a first game of 8-pin, and 9-pin the last two games. A few 300 games were shot by T.J. Rowen, Kim Heller, and yours truly. Coming in third place in the women's overall series were Rowen and Janie Schropp in a tie with an 874 series.
Schropp also rolled a high game of 291. Terry and Theresa had a special mystery doubles that picked at random bowlers and Linda Roach was paired with Joyce Porter for a few bucks.
Williams tinkering with two-handed bowling
I received some information from Flo Bowling about the greatest bowler of all time, Walter Ray Williams, Jr. had over the past year started taking two-handed bowling a little more seriously.
Williams has won 47 career national titls and 11 PBA50 title bowling one handed. The 58-yer-old has been messing around with it for over 10 years. Williams is the only bowler on the PBA50 Tour using the two-handed delivery.
As the lanes break down during long qualifying blocks, it creates opportunities for Williams to take advantage of the higher revs bowling two-handed affords him.
Several years ago when Jason Belmonte appeared on the scene, Pete Weber said that the two-handed release should be illegal. It gave an unfair advantage because of the speed of the release and the revs it creates. Check out the complete article about Williams on Flobowling.com.
Don Surdich is a Sun-Star correspondent. He can be reached at (209) 777-1111 or via e-mail at at desurdich@aol.com.