SEPTEMBER 5, 2019 CALIFORNIA 7502B Florence Ave, Downey,O CAWLING 90240 • Website: CaliforniaBowlingNews.com • Email: [email protected] N • Office:EWS (562) 807-3600 Fax: (562) 807-2288 Team USA Wins Trios at 2019 World Bowling Women's Championships by Matt Cannizzaro LAS VEGAS – There's no doubt that years of ex- perience on bowling's big- gest stages helped prepare Danielle McEwan Wins Team USA's Liz Kuhlkin, Jordan Richard and Missy Parkin for the gold-medal Singles Gold Medal rally they mounted Thurs- LAS VEGAS – Danielle South Point, which hosted day night at 2019 World McEwan found her way to the combined (men and Bowling Women's Cham- the top of the medal po- women) World Champion- pionships. dium at the World Bowling ships in 2017. That year, The three struck on 12 of World Championships for McEwan won trios with their last 15 opportunities the fifth time in her career, O'Keefe and United States at the South Point Bowling this time defeating Shan- Bowling Congress Hall of Plaza to outlast a talented non O'Keefe in an all-Team Famer Kelly Kulick and Colombian team, 655-632, USA singles final. topped the talented field and successfully defend the Team USA's Liz Kuhlkin, Missy Parkin and Jordan Richard McEwan opened the to earn the all-events gold trios title the United States national championships, "That shot, hands down, coach Mark Baker) just championship match medal. won at the 2017 World won a doubles title at the was the most nervous I've came over and said, 'give Thursday with five con- McEwan also was a Championships, also held World Youth Champion- ever been throwing a bowl- me one shot,' which nicely secutive strikes and cruised doubles and team champi- at South Point. ships and taken home a ing ball down the lane," meant 'calm down.'" to a 259-193 victory at the on at the 2015 World Wom- Kuhlkin capped the rally U.S. Women's Open title, said Kuhlkin, a two-time Three splits for Team South Point Bowling Plaza. en's Championships in Abu with a 10th-frame strike, she said she's never been as Team USA member. "I'm USA early in the title tilt, The singles semifinals and Dhabi, United Arab Emir- and though she's been a nervous as she was in the pretty sure everyone knew all on the right lane, nearly final were broadcast live on ates, her debut at the event. part of a pair of collegiate final frame Thursday. that. (Team USA assistant continued on page 5 CBS Sports Network. "This is an abso- The gold medal was lutely amazing feeling," McEwan's first in the said McEwan, an eight- singles event and third at continued on page 5 Colombia Fought Galantly To Win Team Gold LAS VEGAS – Team Colombia fought galantly BOWLING NEWS to defeat Team Sweden 2-1 HONOR ROLL for their second gold medal Name Score Date Center of the 2019 World Bowling BENJI CHAVEZ 300 07-17-19 DEER CREEK LANES JILLIAN GADDISON 300/707 07-21-19 GOLD COAST Women's Championships RAMIRO GARCIA 300 07-21-19 KEYSTONE LANES on Friday. JULIA FRIAS 719 07-29-19 WINNETKA BOWL JOEY HETU 300 07-29-19 PALM SPRINGS LANES Juliana Franco, Laura CHARLES THOMAS 300 07-29-19 UPLAMD BOWL Plazas, Rocio Restrepo, RAFAEL QUEZADA 300 07-29-19 ACTION LANES JOHN RITCHIE JR 801 07-30-19 WINNETKA BOWL Clara Guerrero and All SCOTT CRITCHFIELD 300 07-31-19 WINNETKA BOWL Events gold medallist, AUSTIN KARNS 807 08-01-19 KEYSTONE LANES Maria Rodriguez narrowly JOHN RITCHIE JR 300 08-06-19 WINNETKA BOWL CYNDI CASTILE 768 08-07-19 PALOS VERDES BOWL edged All Events silver HENRY QUATTLEBAUM 300 08-07-19 PALOS VERDES BOWL medallist, Joline Persson ROBERT HERNANDEZ* 300 08-08-19 KEYSTONE LANES AARON LAW 806 08-11-19 CAL BOWL Planfors, Doubles gold JOHN ENGLISH 814 08-12-19 KEYSTONE LANES medallist, Josefin Her- RICK STINE 810 08-13-19 WINNETKA BOWL Deserving second gold medal for Team Colombia Photos by Terence Yaw ARIEL RODRIGUEZ 300 08-14-19 PICKWICK BOWL mansson, Cajsa Wegner, BOYD WAKERMAN 7-10 SPLIT 08-15-19 PALM SPRINGS LANES Jenny Wegner and Sandra double but both Wegner Franco suffered an unlucky another strike in the ninth MIKE CALVILLO 300 08-16-19 DEL RIO LANES SPEPHANIE ZAVALA 300 08-18-19 DEL RIO LANES Andersson of Sweden, 205- siblings, Cajsa and Jenny spli in the fifth frame, the frame. VINNY BRAVO 300 08-19-19 SANDS BOWL 204 in the first best-of-3 fi- failed to make their single- match was level. Their fierce opponent MIKE JENNINGS 300 08-21-19 DEER CREEK LANES NACHO VEGA 815 08-23-19 DEL RIO LANES nal match to go one up. pin spares in the third and Sweden recovered with responded with another ATHENS ABARY 300 08-24-19 DEER CREEK LANES But Sweden bounced fourth frames. a double in the seventh and strike in the ninth frame JERRY PADGETT 300 08-24-19 DEER CREEK LANES back with a 235-220 vic- This gave confidence to eighth frames to draw level taking the match to the final ATTENTION ALL BOWLERS tory in the second match the Colombians as Plazas again. Restrepo started the frame. Colombia's anchor- BOWL AN HONOR SCORE ? E-MAIL IN YOUR NAME, SCORE, DATE & CENTER AND to force a sudden decider. and Restrepo struck in their ball rolling with a strike in women, Rodriguez struck YOU WILL BE ON THE FRONT PAGE IN THE NEXT PRINTED EDITION E-MAIL TO: [email protected] The Swedes started off well second and third frames the eighth frame and Guer- twice in the tenth frame MEN: 300 - 800 & 7-10’S WOMEN: 298,299,300, 700+ & 7-10’S in the third match with a to lead by 11 pins. When rero followed if up with continued on page 2 . $16,000 1ST PLACE $10,000 2ND • $8,000 3RD LANES New Start Time Mondays at 8PM Entering Average 2018-19 Composite Average Less 35 Pins Starts Sept. 9th Call Mike Cammarata at 562-927-3351 For More Info PAGE 2 CALIFORNIABOWLINGNEWS.COM SEPTEMBER 5, 2019 Rash Defeats Simonsen to Win PBA Wolf Open for 14th career Go Bowling! PBA Tour Title AURORA, Ill. – In front of a hometown crowd, Sean Rash of Montgomery, Illi- nois, beat Anthony Simon- sen of Little Elm, Texas, 257-193, in the title match to win the PBA Wolf Open Tuesday at Parkside Lanes for his second Go Bowl- ing! PBA Tour title of the season and the 14th of his career. In the opening tourna- ment of the FloBowling PBA Summer Swing pre- sented by the Brands of Sean Rash Ebonite International, Rash, the No. 3 seed for the finals was able to jump out to the early lead after Simonsen, the No. 1 seed, threw a gutter ball and opened in the third frame. After two spares in the fourth and fifth frames, Rash threw five consecutive strikes which sealed the match win. Simonsen, who won the 2018 Wolf Open, was trying for his second title of the season after winning the PBA Players Championship in February for his sixth career title and second major. “Anthony had a couple bad frames and I thought now is my chance to put it away,” Rash said. “I just took some deep breaths, refocused and made the good shots I needed to make.” Rash advanced to the title match by beating No. 2 seed PBA Hall of Famer Norm Duke in the semifinal 257-227. “This is the third year we’ve hosted a tournament (at Parkside Lanes) and I’ve never made a show,” said Rash, who teamed with Matt Ogle to win the PBA Roth-Holman Doubles Championship in January for his first title of the season. “All I can say is it’s unbelievable to win here in front of my friends and family – it means a lot.” Rash was coming off a runner-up finish in the PBA BowlerStore.com Classic last week where he lost to Tommy Jones 215-179 in the title match of that tournament. “There have been some ups and downs but overall it’s been a solid season,” Rash said. “I’ve always felt that if I just continued to work hard and believe in myself, good things will happen.” The 55-year-old Duke was trying for his third win of the season and the 41st of his career. He won the Go Bowling! Indianapolis and Jonesboro Opens earlier in the year to become the oldest player to win tour titles back to back. In the opening stepladder match, Kyle Troup of Taylorsville, North Carolina beat Greg Young of Viera, Florida, 264-206, to advance to the second stepladder match where he lost to Rash 217-180. Troup was trying for his fourth career title and Young his first. PBA WOLF OPEN Parkside Lanes, Aurora, Ill., Tuesday Final Standings Stepladder Results 1, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., $10,000 2, Anthony Simonsen, Little Elm, Texas, $6,000 Match One – Troup def. Young, 264-206. 3, Norm Duke Clermont, Fla., $4,000 Match Two – Rash def. Troup, 217-180. in 4, Kyle Troup, Taylorsville, N.C. $3,500 Semifinal – Rash def. Duke, 257-227. 5, Greg Young, Viera, Fla., $2,500 Final – Rash def. 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