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Chicago Sun-Times/Bpa CHICAGO SUN-TIMES/ BPA BEAT THE CHAMPS CONTEST TARGET SCORE RESULTS YEAR MEN WOMEN 1988-89 Mark Roth 640 Lisa Wagner 613 1961-62 Don Carter 681 Marge Merrick 647 1989-90 Mike Aulby 606 Robin Romeo 589 1962-63 Don Carter 594 Marion Ladewig 575 1990-91 Ron Palombi Jr. 538 Patty Ann 607 1963-64 Jim St. John 701 Marion Ladewig 583 1991-92 Pete Weber 668 Anne Marie Duggan 724 1964-65 Jim St. John 711 Marion Ladewig 576 1992-93 Robert Lawrence 815 Tish Johnson 648 1965-66 Dick Weber 572 Ann Slattery 577 1993-94 Del Ballard Jr. 607 Dede Davidson 629 1966-67 Dick Weber 663 Joy Abel 603 1994-95 Justin Hromek 687 Aleta Sill 587 1967-68 Les Schissler 617 Gloria Bouvia 532 1995-96 Mike Aulby 690 Cheryl Daniels 583 1968-69 Jim Stefanich 711 Dotty Fothergill 605 1996-97 Dave Husted 645 Liz Johnson 702 1969-70 Billy Hardwick 555 Dotty Fothergill 631 1997-98 Gary Dickinson 668 Wendy Macpherson 550 1970-71 Bobby Cooper 623 Mary Baker 548 1998-99 Mike Aulby 647 Aleta Sill 728 1971-72 Jim Godman 587 Millie Mortorella 540 1999-00 Bob Learn Jr. 677 Kim Adler 724 1972-73 Bill Beach 649 Dotty Fothergill 522 2000-01 Robert Smith 678 Tennelle Milligan 758 1973-74 Dave Soutar 663 Dotty Fothergill 587 2001-02 Norm Duke 707 Wendy Macpherson 611 1974-75 Paul Colwell 582 Judy Soutar 607 2002-03 Mika Koivuniemi 653 Kim Terrell 637 1975-76 Ed Ressler 536 Cindy Powell 623 2003-04 Jason Couch 757 Carolyn Dorin-Ballard 616 1976-77 Nelson Burton Jr. 734 Pam Buckner 610 2004-05 Pete Weber 684 Kelly Kulick 674 1977-78 Earl Anthony 666 Dana Stewart 659 2005-06 Steve Jaros 691 Tennelle Milligan 647 1978-79 Frank Ellenburg 719 Loa Boxburger 604 2006-07 Tommy Jones 689 Kelly Kulick 636 1979-80 Doug Meyers 660 Donna Adamek 722 2007-08 Pete Weber 771 Liz Johnson 714 1980-81 Neil Burton 540 Pat Costello 556 2008-09 Norm Duke 593 Kim Terrell 665 1981-82 Marshall Holman 579 Donna Adamek 616 2009-10 Mike Scroggins 762 Tammy Turner 613 1982-83 Dave Husted 714 Nikki Gianulias 570 2010-11 Bill O’Neill 747 Kelly Kulick 696 1983-84 Gary Dickinson 728 Dana Miller 622 2011-12 Norm Duke 652 Leanne Hulsenberg 670 1984-85 Mark Roth 644 Karen Ellingsworth 586 2012-13 Pete Weber 626 Kelly Kulick 743 1985-86 Carmen Salvino 668 Mae Bolt 556 2013-14 Wes Malott 674 Liz Johnson 678 1986-87 Mark Fahy 662 Lorrie Nichols 655 2014-15 Sean Rash 752 Shannon Pluhowsky 637 1987-88 Del Ballard Jr. 587 Carol Norman 501 2015-16 Parker Bohn III 675 Diandra Asbaty 689 TARGET SCORE RECORDS High Series Men 815 Robert Lawrence, 1992-93 (248-268-299) 771 Pete Weber, 2007-08 (279-258-234) High Game Men 299 Robert Lawrence, 1992-93 298 Nelson Burton Jr., 1976-77 High Series Women 758 Tennelle (Grijalva) Milligan, 2000-01 (225-257-276) 743 Kelly Kulick, 2012-13 (228-269-246) High Game Women 277 Leanne Hulsenberg, 2011-12 276 Tennelle (Grijalva) Milligan, 2000-01 .
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