NOVEMBER 15, 2018 CALIFORNIA 7502B Florence Ave, OWLINGDowney, CA 90240 • Website: CaliforniaBowlingNews.com • Email: [email protected] N • Office:EWS (562) 807-3600 Fax: (562) 807-2288 Shannon O'Keefe and Sam Cooley Victorious at QubicaAMF World Cup Finals LAS VEGAS – Since fortunate enough to win making Team USA for the this special event." first time more than a de- Though Sin had a com- cade ago, Shannon O'Keefe manding lead in the wom- has had her eye on the cov- en's final, tossing six strikes eted QubicaAMF Bowling in her first seven frames, World Cup. O'Keefe rallied with four She watched her team- consecutive strikes, starting mates hoist the prestigious in the seventh frame. A 7 trophy three consecutive pin on her second offering times from 2004-2006 and in the final frame slowed then anxiously waited a O'Keefe's momentum, but dozen years for her oppor- it forced Sin to get any tunity to join them in the spare and a strike to win by tournament record book. a single pin. The 39-year-old right- Sin left, and converted, hander earned the chance the 6-10 combination to to represent the United start her 10th frame, but her States this week at the 2018 final shot drifted high, leav- QubicaAMF World Cup, ing behind the 4-6-10 split, and she did not waste the which secured the victory opportunity, despite one for O'Keefe and gave Ma- of the most frustrating and laysia its second consecu- demanding weeks of her tive runner-up finish at the career, both mentally and event. physically. "This was an emotional O'Keefe's World Cup week and something I can dream became a real- QubicsAMF World Cup Champions Shannon O'Keefe and Sam Cooley (photo by Hero Noda) learn a lot from," O'Keefe ity Saturday at the Sam's said. "My mental tough- Town Bowling Center matic 238-236 victory over woman was able to win lost a lopsided champion- Team USA member since ness is something I've re- as she claimed the 2018 Malaysia's Sin Li Jane. the World Cup in her home ship match against Austra- 2005. "It was a frustrating ally worked on, and that in- World Cup title with a dra- It marked the first time a country. lia's Sam Cooley, 244-163. week of trying so many dif- cludes being able to gather The win was emotional "I have wanted to bowl ferent things, and I'm grate- information, move past and bittersweet for O'Keefe, this tournament for 14 ful for the fight that was in- the bad and then take the KEN PETERSON BOWLS who then looked on as years, and to be able to stilled in me from a young good and be able to apply Team USA's Kyle Troup, bowl in it, let alone win, is age. I never gave up, and it. That's exactly what I did the top seed on the men's a dream come true," said with the help of an amazing today. I put myself in posi- RECORD SETTING 836 side by more than 350 pins, O'Keefe, who has been a coach and teammate, I was continued on page 3 by Frank Weiler LAKE ELSINORE - Sometimes age is a bar- Records fell a couple of rier that the best of bowlers weeks ago in the Senior cannot overcome. Some- Who Should Win PBA Player Of The Year 565 Scratch League at times age is not a barrier by Lucas Wiseman / FloBowling.com Temecula Lanes when Ken but only a roadside marker The PBA sent out bal- Peterson rolled a huge 836 to be past on the highway to lots for Player of the Year (290-257-289). Peterson’s success. and as you might expect, 836 series is his career After bowling for forty the decision this year is ex- high. In addition, it is a years, Ken seems to be get- tremely tough. senior House Record and ting better with age. He is Ballots were sent out to probably the highest series scoring as high as ever and the entire PBA membership ever rolled in the House. with ease. It appears that as well as a small group of Ken’s big score has for him age is no barrier veteran PBA observers (i.e. garnered several USBC and only a roadside marker media) and are due back by Awards for himself includ- he is breezing by. Ken has midnight on Nov. 11. The ing: Two eleven in a row scored his high as a senior winners will be announced awards for games of 290 bowler. He has scored his at the PBA Clash on Dec. and 299, 250 game Award, best for last! Ken wishes 10 but that special made- 275 game Award, 75 pins to thank TEMECULA for-television show won’t over average Award, 140 LANES Manager WAYNE air until Dec. 23. pins over average se- PHELPS for all he does for The PBA’s Player of the ries Award and 800 se- his bowlers. Year ballot has the top 12 Andrew Anderson, Anthony Simonsen and E.J. Tackett ries Award. Ken’s current players on the PBA Tour Butturff, Marshall Kent, of their success on the lanes Tackett competed in 20 213 average is high in the points list from this season. Bill O’Neill, Kris Prather, this season – Anderson, Si- events, cashing in 18. So, league. It’s no surprise that However, the credentials Anthony Simonsen, Tom monsen and Tackett. that’s pretty much a wash Ken is topping the league for most of those 12 are not Smallwood, EJ Tackett, Let’s look at each of between them. in average since he has as strong as the top con- Kyle Troup and Stuart Wil- those three and narrow it On the points list, which been averaging over 200 tenders. liams. down from there. really is a true indicator for years. His book aver- The ballot includes, in After reviewing all of Anderson competed in of success, Anderson led age for the previous three Wayne Phelps of Temecula Lanes alphabetical order, Andrew the statistics of the 12, there 19 events, cashing in 16; the PBA Tour with 24,195 years is 208 (2016), 205 (left) presenting Ken Peterson Anderson, Dom Barrett, are three bowlers who jump Simonsen competed in 21 points, Simonsen was sec- (right) a PIN Award for Bowling a (2017) and 207 (2018). record setting 836 series. Jason Belmonte, Jakob out above the rest in terms events, cashing in 19; and continued on page 6 PAGE 2 CALIFORNIABOWLINGNEWS.COM NOVEMBER 15, 2018 December 1st at Noon December 1st at Noon GOING TO LAS VEGAS FOR A ESPYTOURNAMENT continued from page 1 ? 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Sin topped 2018 PWBA Tour Championship winner Maria Jose Rodriguez of Colombia, 207-166. Troup's path to the title tilt featured few obstacles. He was able to use the same two balls for all 40 games lead- ing up to the semifinals, he rolled a perfect game during qualifying - the 75th in tournament history - and he topped the leaderboard from start to finish. In his two championship-round matches Saturday after- noon, Troup found the need to use a ball he hadn't thrown all week, which worked out well in a 264-216 semifinal win over nine-time World Cup participant Andres Gomez of Colombia, but he never was able to get anything going in the final against Cooley. Troup's final game included a 7-10 split, two 9 pins - Women's Top 4 Finishers, Bowling World Cup, 2018 (L-R) 2nd Place Li Jane Sin, Malaysia, 1st Place Shannon O'Keefe, one of which he missed - and a 4-9 split. Cooley struck on USA, 3rd Place Maria Rodriguez , Colombia & 4th Place Nadia Pramanik Nuramalina, Indonesia his first four shots, and eight times in the first nine frames, Photo by Hero Noda to put the match away early. The Australian entered the final stage as the No. 2 seed, finishing the 40 games 366 pins behind Troup. "My heart hurts for Kyle," O'Keefe said. "He was so dominant all week - a cool customer and so focused. He also was an awesome teammate for me, especially since I was struggling. He was there picking me up every night and talking through surface adjustments and lane play. He kept checking in on me and was such a stable support for me. This one is going to sting for a bit, but, hopefully, he can look at all the good this week and realize one game won't define him." O'Keefe became the ninth woman from the United States to win the World Cup, and she was the first to do so since her Team USA teammates - Shannon Pluhowsky, Lynda Barnes and Diandra Asbaty - won three consecutive times from 2004-2006.