Bowling News

Cottage Hill Presbyterian Preschool recently held a Trike-A-Thon for St. Jude Children's Hospital, raising $711. The children rode trikes, riding toys, and bikes.

The Budweiser Michigan Majors Bowling Association challenged its bowlers with the USBC Open Championship team event lane condition at its Nortel Lanes stop.

The Professional Bowlers Assn. League reported that the inaugural Elias Cup has arrived at its home for the next year - and that home is Billie Jean King's World Team Tennis offices in New York City.

By GEOFF STOUTE gstoute@daily-review.com MORGAN CITY - The Morgan City Bowling Association honored its members during an awards banquet Saturday, including one longtime member with a special recognition plaque.

Lennie Boresch Jr. holds up the winner s check after winning a Senior Tour stop in Mooresville, N.C., in early May.

The date was Feb. 8, 2011. The site was AMF Woodlake Lanes in Woodland Hills. The bowler was Mike Hahn of Reseda.

With a history of awesome performances in the United States Bowling Congress Open Championship tournaments, it comes as no surprise that John Janawicz was a dominating force on the opening weekend of the Florida State Bowling Association tournament in Seminole and Largo.

Will Garber of Modesto, Calif., has enjoyed continued success at the National Bowling Stadium, and that streak continued Friday as he rolled the 19th perfect game of the 2013 United States Bowling Congress Open Championships.

Beth Owen-Cipielewski of Sarasota and Janet Romig of Osprey are both part of the leaderboard in the Florida Women's Bowling Association's state tournament , heading into the third weekend of competition in Orlando .

Starlite Lanes won the Division 1 Muskegon city bowling title. The team members include, from left, John Prokopec, Todd Subka, Eric Lankerd, Timm Cordes and Andy Ribbink MUSKEGON, MI -- John Prokopec feels like he was pretty blessed during the Greater Muskegon United States Bowling Congress Bowling Association Championship Tournament.

Scott Hatmaker earned his pilot's license when he was 17 and some might say he crash-landed in the West Coast Senior Tour's bowling event Saturday in Cabazon, Calif.

Clockwise, from upper left, Mark Lefebvre, Ethel Moss, Mary Ann Walz and Charles Richmond Sr.

Simone Rodgers warms up during the 10-minute practice period before the game. Rodgers has been bowling for the team for about 3years now.

The second in a series of Prove It Scratch Challenge tournaments will be conducted at Sarasota Lanes on Sunday .

The one-of-a-kind venue created for the 2013 United States Bowling Congress Women's Championships certainly gives the event a true championship feel, but the spectacular setting isn't the only way for bowlers to feel like celebrities at the tournament this year.

For someone who has scaled the heights of professional ten-pin bowling in the United States, Wayne Chester's perfect game in Bendigo wasn't quite the highlight of his career.

The tournament went well, team event being held at Liberty Lanes, and double/singles event being held at Seminole Lanes.

The three-day 2013 United States Bowling Congress Convention and Annual Meeting concluded in Reno, Nev., where delegates elected four board members and decided 11 proposals for changes in league and tournament rules that go into effect Aug.

Jerry Rich Sr. of Fairport Harbor, Ohio, was the man of the hour at the 2013 United States Bowling Congress Open Championships as his friends and family packed the seats at the National Bowling Stadium to help him celebrate his 50th tournament appearance Saturday.

Chuck Hibner has knocked down more than one million pins in league action. Hibner, 83, finished off his mission in March.