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PBA League Expands with Two All-Female Teams JULY 2, 2020 CALIFORNIA 7502B Florence Ave, Downey,O CAWLING 90240 • Website: CaliforniaBowlingNews.com • Email: [email protected] N • Office:EWS (562) 807-3600 Fax: (562) 807-2288 PBA League Expands Withby Lucas Wiseman Two All-Female Teams PORTLAND – The PBA Two other expansion League is set to expand teams, the Brew City again and this time it will Ballers and Las Vegas High happen in historic fashion. Rollers, were added to the The PBA announced league for 2020. Those Tuesday it will add two teams already filled out teams made up entirely of their rosters as part of the women to the 2020 PBA 2020 PBA League Draft League and will hold a spe- that was conducted in May. cial draft to determine the With 12 teams now, the team rosters. PBA League will be broken The Miami Waves, up into two six-team divi- coached by PBA cham- sions. pion Bob Learn Jr., and the The Carter Division will Phoenix Fury, coached by feature the Dallas Strik- PWBA great Kim Terrell- ers, Philadelphia Hitmen, Kearney, will be the first Brooklyn Styles, Silver all-female teams in PBA Lake Atom Splitters, Las League history. While it will mark the Johnson for the Portland but due to the coronavirus Vegas High Rollers and The special draft will first time the PBA League Lumberjacks and Danielle pandemic has been post- Phoenix Fury. take place July 7 at 1 p.m. has all-female teams, it will McEwan for the Motown poned. In the Anthony Divi- live exclusively on Flo- not be the first time wom- Muscle. None of the cur- The PBA has said the sion, the NYC Kingpins, Bowling. Each team will en have competed in the rent team rosters have any event will take place this Motown Muscle, Portland draft five players from a league since it was estab- female bowlers. year at Bayside Bowl in Lumberjacks, L.A. X, pool of the top 35 players lished in 2013. The 2020 PBA League Portland, Maine, and will Brew City Ballers and Mi- from the 2019 PWBA Tour Kelly Kulick competed competition was originally make an announcement ami Waves will battle. points list. for the NYC KingPins, Liz scheduled to be held in July soon. continued on page 5 The King of Bowling Movies Might Swat Away the No-Bowling Blues David March - Coronavirus by Fred Eisenhammer So, you’ve been feel- on the ball and dig out of ing in a funk ever since the those doldrums until they coronavirus struck? ring the bell that bowling Survivor Returns Home What’s a bowler to do? has returned to your area. Warns Those Not Cautious of Virus Perhaps viewing a bowl- This fun flick promises by Jessica De Nova - Channel 7 ing movie might help. to get your mind out of the FULLERTON, Calif. And how about watch- gutter – and off watching (KABC) -- After battling ing the best of the best of reruns after reruns of an- COVID-19 for nearly three bowling movies? Look no cient sports history. months and doctors esti- further than an old movie “Kingpin” is much bet- mating his chances of sur- called “Kingpin,” a laugh- ter than cult bowling fa- vival at less than 5%, David out-loud slapstick starring vorite “The Big Lebowski” March was going home. "I Woody Harrelson, Bill (in my opinion) and comes thank everybody at St. Murray & Randy Quaid. highly recommended by Jude. They're awesome," This movie will likely the late celebrated movie March said. pull you out of your funk. critic Gene Siskel, who put Eyewitness News first It’s a way to get you back it on his list of the 10 best introduced you to March films of 1996. after he was taken off a And I can assure you: ventilator not feeling like This movie packs a punch, himself. and it will, excuse the pun, "I remember the first bowl you over with laughs. thing after I came out, I "We always say it can selves 'cause you can catch Kidding aside, the movie grabbed my chin and my be six months to a year be- it, don't even know it and features Roy Munson (Har- goatee was gone," March fore you feel like you're at then you pass it on to your relson), a bowling prodigy said. your normal again. That's loved ones. The older par- who wins the 1979 Iowa Joan Strydom was the what we'll tell many of our ents, grandparents and if state amateur title and plans ICU nurse behind that patients and just consider- they get it, they're not go- to compete on the Profes- clean shave. ing he was down for three ing to make it," March said. sional Bowlers Assn. tour. "I never had a voice. He months, it could be even March did, barely. Early on, Munson suf- never spoke while I took longer before he really re- Eighty-four days away fers a devastating setback care of him and it's just nice gains his strength again," from home, too long for his to his dreams. Rendered to put a face and voice to a Ciallella said. partner of more than three unable to bowl, Munson man that was so sick and The COVID-19 survivor decades, Ronna March. finds another way to suc- is doing so much better," used his experience to warn "You know, that's the ceed in the bowling world. Strydom said. those not protecting them- longest we've ever been That may be a lesson for Doctor of Physical selves. apart," Ronna said. all of us – when things are Therapy Sara Ciallella said "Just people that aren't March was left looking going badly, perhaps we March still had a lot of being smart-they're not forward to one thing. need to change our plan and work ahead of him before wearing masks. They're "Just being home with get back on course. he could go back to fish- not social distancing. You my family," March said. And don’t forget to ing, bowling and riding his know, you all have to think A GoFundMe page has laugh along the way. Harley. about it to protect your- been set up for March. PAGE 2 CALIFORNIABOWLINGNEWS.COM JULY 2, 2020 12th LAUGHLIN BLAST Ranking The Five Best PWBA Players Senior No–Tap Doubles In The PBA League Draft by Lucas Wiseman Handicap Event! For the first time, there will be all women’s teams competing in the PBA League in 2020 and the draft is just around the corner. SUNDAY, AUGUST 16 The Miami Waves and Phoenix Fury will join the PBA League and take on the best players from the PBA Tour for the Elias Cup later this year. Each team will pick up five players in the PBA League Miami and Phoenix Draft on July FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: 7 at 1 p.m. live on FloBowling. JOYCE DALTON–JENSEN (619) 251–9660 With the top 35 players in points on the PWBA Tour available to be drafted, who are the five best players available? www.Laughlinblast.com Here are FloBowling Senior Editor Lucas Wiseman’s top picks: 1. Shannon O’Keefe O’Keefe is hands down the dominating force on the PWBA Tour. Last season, she won five out of the 14 PWBA events and earned PWBA Player of the Year honors. With a physical game that’s second-to-none and among the fit- test players on the PWBA Tour, O’Keefe has won a major in each of the past three seasons and has won 13 overall titles. She’s also the head coach of the highly successful BOOK SWEEPERS/GROUP RESERVATIONS/BIRTHDAYS/CORPORATE PARTIES McKendree women’s collegiate team and knows what it 1.888.590.2695 takes to win in a team environment. RiversideResort.com 2. Danielle McEwan Every year since the PWBA Tour relaunched in 2015, McEwan has found a way to win an event. In 2019, she RiversideLanes.June2020.BowlingNews.indd 1 6/6/20 2:34 AM won the U.S. Women’s Open and was second to O’Keefe on the PWBA Tour points list. McEwan doesn’t just bowl on the PWBA Tour, she will bowl anywhere against any- one and has had tremendous success doing so around the world. She is no stranger on the PBA Tour and advanced to match play at the 2020 PBA Scorpion Championship, which will be contested later this year. 3. Liz Johnson One of the best female players to ever put on a pair of bowling shoes, Johnson has won 24 professional titles, RUSTY BRYANT including an astonishing 10 majors. She began her pro- Lessons by Appointment fessional career in 1996 and lost many of her best years when the PWBA shut down during her prime. If not for that shut down, it’s impossible to know how many titles THE PRO ZONE she would have won but it would have been fun to watch. “The Ultimate Pro Shop” At 46, Johnson is still among the best players in the game 818 365-2050 and she was fourth on the PWBA Tour points list in 2019. Hours: 20122 Vanowen St., Mon. Thru Fri. Winnetka CA 91306 11a.m. to 8 p.m. Inside Winnetka Bowl 818 340-5190 Sat. 10 a.m to 5 p.m. 4. Jordan Richard On the other end of the spectrum from Johnson is Rich- ard, who is one of the PWBA’s bright new stars. After fin- ESTABLISHED 1940 ishing out her collegiate career at Arkansas State, Richard CALIFORNIA joined the PWBA in 2018 and immediately made an im- pact, earning PWBA Rookie of the Year honors.
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