JUNE 7, 2018 CALIFORNIA 7502B Florence Ave, OWLINGDowney, CA 90240 • Website: CaliforniaBowlingNews.com • Email: [email protected] N • Office:EWS (562) 807-3600 Fax: (562) 807-2288 BRUNSWICK FINALS SET Cal Bowl vs. Buddy’s Bowling Supply -- Monday, June 11th, 7:00 p.m. at Del Rio Lanes -- by Mike Cammarata PBA, FOX Sports Announce Historic Television Schedule for 2019 LOS ANGELES – A action on network broad- new era in the Professional cast TV since 1999. Bowlers Association is set The announcement was to begin as FOX Sports made today by PBA CEO Cal Bowl - Top Seed Buddy’s Bowling Supply and the PBA announced and Commissioner Tom Leonard Ruiz, Aarik Torres, Juan Zavala, Ramon Torres Buddy Lucas, Val Wise, Katrina Fujikami, Ray Minter its 2019 Go Bowling! PBA Clark, and FOX Sports DOWNEY – The Bruns- a sprint. On Saturday two teams, Buddy’s Bowl- place on Saturday was be- Tour television schedule, EVP of Programming, Live wick Invitational playoffs morning when they began, ing Supply and Cal Bowl, tween Herzog Insurance featuring 30 telecasts and Operations and Research got started over the past six teams were in conten- will have to wait until next and Forest Lanes. Herzog including a new PBA Play- Bill Wanger. weekend. After a long and tion. After four “best of Monday night to crown the Insurance got into the play- offs series. Kicking off the new grueling season ended, full three” matches over a two 32nd champion in the rich offs by winning the fifth The robust multi-plat- PBA on FOX partnership of plenty of ups and downs, day period, only two teams history of this great league. and final round of the sea- form PBA-FOX Sports will be a bonus event, PBA the playoffs can seem like were left standing. Those The first match that took continued on page 12 agreement, announced in Clash, Sunday, Dec. 23, on March, features five tele- FOX. The 90-minute spe- BARNES WINS 2018 PWBA EAST HARTFORD OPEN casts on FOX and 26 on cial will feature top PBA EAST HARTFORD, FS1. The 2019 TV sched- stars in a unique competi- Conn. – For a little more ule, which begins Sunday, tion, plus a look at the new than a week, Josie Barnes Jan. 6, on FS1 with the Hall year and upcoming events of Nashville, Tennessee, of Fame Classic in Arling- on FOX and FS1. reflected on a missed op- ton, TX, includes 60 hours The new PBA Playoffs portunity she let slip away of coverage, nearly double is a 10-telecast event that during the first major last year’s schedule, and will seed the top 24 play- championship of the Pro- the most in decades. Nine- ers after the first 13 PBA fessional Women’s Bowl- teen of the telecasts are on FOX events of the 2019 ing Association Tour sea- live, the most in 11 years. season into an elimination son. Four 2019 events airing on bracket. All PBA Playoffs Now, at least for the Josie Barnes East Hartford Open Champion FOX marks the most PBA continued on page 6 Bill McClure next couple of days, Barnes Barnes, the No. 4 seed, Saturday to claim the 2018 will be thinking about how defeated top seed Danielle PWBA East Hartford Open OWLING EWS Remembered sweet it is to be a two-time McEwan of Stony Point, title at Silver Lanes. In all, B N Submitted by Kelly McClure PWBA Tour champion. New York, 224-216, on continued on page 7 HONOR ROLL ARCADIA — Men who Name Score Date Center JOHN ENGLISH 300 04-12-18 KEYSTONE LANES CHRIS MUNOZ 300 04-21-18 KEYSTONE LANES are admired for their good MARK DYER 300 04-29-18 VICTOR BOWL PBA West/No.West Player of the Year Jakob Butturff JOHNALAN LINHORST JR 300 04-29-18 HARLEYS SIMI BOWL deeds are often remem- KEVIN BYRD 801 04-30-18 HARLEYS SIMI BOWL JOHN ENGLISH 300 04-30-18 KEYSTONE LANES bered by statutes, corner- JUSTIN PLUCHINO 300 04-30-18 WINNETKA BOWL Wins Central Valley Masters Scratch Open JOHN RITCHIE 836 05-01-18 WINNETKA BOWL stones, stars on sidewalks by Bette Addington, California Bowling Writers KENNY BURROWS 300 05-02-18 HARLEYS CAMARILLO MARTY USKALI 300 05-03-18 HARLEYS CAMARILLO BILL MARZINZIK 300 05-04-18 HARLEYS CAMARILLO or neon lights. BAKERSFIELD – Cen- Thompson was something DWAINE STREATER 300 05-04-18 MATADOR BOWL GARY DURAN 300 05-07-18 DEL RIO LANES Bowling Square, in Ar- tral Valley Masters held to see with Butturff edg- ABEL GERVACIO 300 05-07-18 BEVERLY LANES TREVOR WAKEFIELD 300 05-09-18 PICKWICK BOWL cadia is home to the Hun- their Scratch Open the ing out Thompson 266 to ED HANSON 845/300/300 05-10-18 VICTOR BOWL ALAN YASUTAKE 300 05-10-18 HARLEYS CAMARILLO tington Memorial League, weekend of May 19-20 at 244 for the win! Butturff NACHO VEGA 300 05-11-18 DEL RIO LANES ALEX FISHER 829 05-13-18 HARLEYS CAMARILLO AARON LAW 300 05-13-18 CAL BOWL whose President of 10 AMF Southwest Lanes that said, “I needed every strike JASON KAHMANSON 300 05-16-18 WINNETKA BOWL MICHAEL MEDINA 300 05-17-18 VICTOR BOWL years, Bill McCure lost his drew top scratch bowlers I could get. Had to double ROBERT RUTLEDGE 827/300 05-17-18 HARLEYS CAMARILLO NACHO VEGA 858/300 05-18-18 DEL RIO LANES battle with cancer in Au- from CA and AZ. A total in the tenth.” JULIA FRIAS 729 05-19-18 WINNETKA BOWL JEREMY MENDOZA 300 05-19-18 GOLDCOAST gust 2017. He was so spe- of 101 bowlers were going If you are not famil- TONY ODOM 300 05-19-18 ORLEANS JEFF BRILATA 300 05-21-18 HARLEYS CAMARILLO CRAIG LANE 300 05-21-18 HARLEYS CAMARILLO cial that by unanimous vote for the $5,000 guaranteed iar with hearing the name DAVID MARCH 300 05-24-18 CARTER LANES MARTY PETTY 300 05-25-18 MATADOR BOWL the league was re-named top prize. The field was cut Jakob Butturff, you must DONALD GERMAN 300 05-30-18 EMPIRE BOWL ANTHONY DRAPEAU 300 06-03-18 WEST COVINA LANES “McClure Memorial”. to the 20 who returned on have been hiding under a ATTENTION ALL BOWLERS Bill was a graduate of Sunday morning and then rock somewhere because BOWL AN HONOR SCORE THIS MONTH? E-MAIL IN YOUR NAME, SCORE, DATE & CENTER AND Cal State L.A. and worked they were cut to 5. The this young man is winning YOU WILL BE ON THE FRONT PAGE IN THE NEXT PRINTED EDITION for L.A. County for 45 final match between Ja- events and titles every- E-MAIL TO: [email protected] MEN: 300 - 800 & 7-10’S WOMEN: 298,299,300, 700+ & 7-10’S continued on page 5 kob Butturff and Anthony continued on page 6 Jakob Butturff PAGE 2 CALIFORNIABOWLINGNEWS.COM JUNE 7, 2018 Seal Beach Dads Bowling League by Freeman H. Welch GARDEN GROVE – When Valley View Lanes in Garden Grove, California closed in April, this paper chronicled how the closure caused three leagues to either fold or look for a new center to host them. Unfortunately, the most interest- ing, unique and beloved league to ever bless the Valley View Lanes hardwoods didn’t make the story but had to make the same hard choice. Begun in 2005, the Seal Beach Dads Bowling League started as an answer to Andrew Anderson Wins PBA Xtra the question, “What about us?” when talking about the guys who’s wives got to- Frame Greater Jonesboro Open gether on a regular basis for “Mom’s club” in the evening. Being the considerate First two-time PBA Tour winner in 2018 season souls that they are, the Dads in Seal Beach, CA decided they too needed a night out but only after the homework was done and the kids were in bed hence the 9 JONESBORO, Ark. – Second-year Professional Bowl- PM starting time, later than any league had ever started at Valley View Lanes. ers Association member Andrew Anderson of Holly, The beginnings were indeed modest with only a handful of bowlers signing on Mich., made a difficult lane condition look easy in win- but since then, the league has grown to more than 15 teams of bowlers in this ning the PBA Xtra Frame Greater Jonesboro Open at Hi- invitation-only league. It’s a league built on more than the hope of a great score jinx Family Entertainment Center Sunday, becoming the as all the bowlers embrace the league’s motto - “Good luck and high scoring!” 2018 Go Bowling! PBA Tour’s first two-time title winner with a greater emphasis on luck than their ability to score. in 2018. The rules are simple........ This is the perpetual trophy on which the name of the winners of the Seal Anderson, who won his first title in the United States • Only Guys we know bowl Beach Dads Bowling League is engraved. The trophy features the top of Bowling Congress Masters in April, defeated Tom Daugh- • No Substitute Bowlers a bowling pin that was attached to the key used to open the ball lockers erty of Riverview, Fla., 264-224, throwing strikes on nine • No make-up games used by members of the league from the now-closed AMF Valley View Lanes in Garden Grove, CA. of his first 11 attempts on a lane condition the other final- • No whiners And it works!!! ists had a hard time carrying back-to-back strikes.