Bowling: No Tappin' with professionals at Black Oak Lanes
You still have time to sign up to bowl in the pro-am of the Battle at Black Oak PBA Western Regional this Friday at 6:30 p.m. at Black Oak Lanes.
This adult competition will feature three games of 9-pin no-tap. A $50 entry will include a T-shirt; for a $150 entry you will receive a T-shirt and new Hammer Rhythm ball.
Call Sandy Taylor at (209) 571-9437 to sign up.
The following Merced/Modesto Silver Foxes Bowling Club members have qualified for the Tournament of Champions to be held on Saturday, July 14, at Sierra Lanes in Fresno: Frank Alcarez, Bill Botwright Jr., Mike Coe, Pete DeVries, Jay Faughn, Manny Simas, Larry Valenti Sr. and Bruce and Julie Wescott. Each one qualified with four tournaments. Several other members need two or more to qualify.
From the Friday night Merchants at Bellevue Bowl: Patrick McGee, with a 146 average, rolled a 198. ... Troy Hendrick (122) shot a 193. ... Russ Comperthwaite (144) rolled a 190.
CHAMPIONS HONOR ROLL: In Bellevue Bowl's most prestigious league, the Commercial Classic, which rolls on Wednesday night, a first-year team took home the league crown and an extra $100 in their pockets. The Brooklyn Brawlers edged Merced Medical by 11 pins. Team members include Robert Chaney (168), Greg Johnson (150), Lance Ollenburger (155) and Mark Moua (159). Next week's champion: The Thursday Nisei League.
Imagine being 18 years old with a 900 series -- three consecutive perfect games -- already under your belt. Meet Jimmy Schmitzer, of Riverside.
Schmitzer should roll great -- he rolls in seven leagues, with 100 practice games each week. If approved by the United State Bowling Congress, he would become the 20th bowler with a 900 series.
The kid is naturally left-handed, but uses the two-handed delivery and rolls from the right side. "Two-handed bowlers have an advantage for the speed and revs the ball generates on the lanes than the traditional release," PBA pro Pete Weber once said. Schmitzer started using the unique style when he was 8. He will bowl for the University of Nevada-Las Vegas next.
Two Atwater bowlers placed in the San Joaquin Bowling Club's season-ending Bowlers of the Year tournament held Sunday at K.C. Bowl in Hanford. Coming in second was Ronnie Gonzales ($350), and in sixth place was Jesse Ramirez ($140). The top 23 bowlers rolled for the championship, was won by Robert Nelson ($600).
Don Surdich is the Sun-Star's bowling columnist and can be reached at (209) 777-1111 or via e-mail at desurdich@aol.com.
This story was originally published May 16, 2012 at 12:46 AM with the headline "Bowling: No Tappin' with professionals at Black Oak Lanes."