Annual Tournament Results

The annual meeting of the Portage County USBC was held at Sky Lanes where the prizes for the winners of the Portage County Annual Tournament were available to the winners. Other business was conducted including setting dues for the new season (still $6), election of officers (no changes), and election of new Board members ( Don Stage).

Shawna Potteiger also announced that the Champion of Champions tournament will be postponed until next year when champions from both this year and next year will be invited.

Tournament winners:


Team, Open

1.  $1000 Daniel's Fence... Don Stage, Ashlee Bowe, Leslie Worthy, Dexter Worthy, Mike Cottrell

2.  $525  Walker's Winners

3   $450  Hanna 5

4.  $350   Mitov Builders

5.   $300   Sheetshow



Team, Scratch

1.   $350   Walker's Winners

2.   $150    Mitov Builders

  Daniel
Team,  Handicap Women


Last Minute...Jessica French, Jennie Kiss, Heidie Duke, Penny Shook, and Jane Hatch.

Jessica is pictured on the right.

Jessica
Doubles, Handicap Open

1.  $400    John Zarucha and Mark Zarucha

2.  $210    Daniel Martin and Michael Lougen

3.  $180    Thomas Billiter and Jeffrey Konkle

4.  $140    William Brastajn and Jeff Wiles

5.  $120    Dylan Rinella and Brandon Fleming

6.  $110    John Burkey and Shawn Bolyard

7.  $90      Tony Pasadyn and Roderic Ryan

8.  $76      Colton Riddle and John Kertis

9.  $72      Dakota Berg and Darrin Macek

10.$62      Aaron King and Scott Lohr


Doubles, Scratch Open

1.  $180   Colton Riddle and John Kertis

2.  $140    Dylan Rinella and Brandon Fleming

3.  $80      Jeremie Grund and Paul Thorne

4.  $40      Dave Joseph and Greg Martha

  Zaruchas
Doubles, Handicap Women

 $60        Heide Duke and Jennifer Kiss

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Kiss
Singles, Handicap Open

1.  $160    Sully Shaheed

2.  $130    Daniel Martin

3.  $107    Scott Lohr

4.  $97      William Brastajn

5.  $92     John Burkey

6.  $87      Jeff Wiles

7.  $82      Eric Emerson

8.  $77      Michelle Seabolt

9.  $72      James Ewell

10 $67      Thomas Billiter

11 $62      Patrick Adolph

12 $57      Gregory Daugherty

13 $47      Corey Schurko

13 $47      Thomas Butcher

15 $37      Bryan Berry

15 $37      Michael Lougen

15 $37      Darrin Macek

18 $30      Stacey Fincham


Singles, Scratch Open


1.  $120    Eric Emerson

2   $90      Patrick Adolph

3.  $65      Thomas Butcher

4.  $50      Chris Osborne

5.  $45      Corey Schurko

6.  $35      John Burkey

7.  $25      Bobby Moyers

7.  $25      Brian Walker

9.  $20      Howard Moore IV

shaheed

 Singles, Handicap Women

$25  Heidi Duke

Duke
Handicapped All-Events Open

1.  $57      Jeff Wiles

2.  $28      Bryan Berry

3.  $17.50 Daniel Martin

3.  $17.50 Brandon Fleming

5.  $12      Corey Schurko

6.  $5         Michelle Seabolt

7.  $3         Jolson French

Wiles
Scratch All-Events Open


1.  $57    Colton Riddle

2.  $28    Patrick Adolph

3.  $21    Brian Walker

4.  $14    Corey Schurko

5.  $12    Ryan Roderick

6.  $5      Brandon Fleming

7.  $3      David Randazzo

colton



Don't Forget Annual Meeting

Shawna Potteiger reminds you that the Annual Meeting of the Portage County USBC is Saturday, May 22 at 1:00 at Sky Lanes.  Winners of the various events from the Annual Tournament should be present for presentation of awards and pictures.

Annual Meeting Announced

Shawna Potteiger has announced that the Annual Meeting of the Portage County USBC will be held at Sky Lanes on May 22 at 1:00.  There are three main purposes for the meeting:

  1. Presentation of the awards and prize checks from the Association Tournament.
  2. Election of Board members and officers for the Portage County USBC.
  3. Consideration of changes for the Association.
Light lunch items will be served.  Awards or prize checks will not be available before the meeting.

Youth Tournament day 2










The second and final day of the Portage County USBC Youth Tournament featured seven teams.  We found the bowlers to be polite and good sportsmen, just the kind of people we will be proud to have lead the next generation of bowlers.

20-21 Portage County Youth Team Tournament

 

Final Results

 

Division

A

 

 

Jr Buckeye Nation

2415

 

Division

B

 

 

Bowletts

2548

Brogan’s Angels

2460

The Squad

2372

Two by Two

2348

 

Division

C

 

 

Sky Lanes #1

2608

Kent Lanes #1

2510

Sky Lanes #2

2446

Champion Lanes #1

2441

Kent Lanes #3

2350

Champion Lanes #2

2226

Sky Lanes #3

2212

 

Division

D

 

 

Kent Lanes #2

2410

Dom’s Demolishers

2388

 

Bowler Name USBC ID SMART Awarded
Kevin Robbins 11-526174 75
Travis Horner 11-525245 75
Zoe Bevilacqua 19-15643 75
Matthew Hale 11-218497 75
Brianna Williams 7914-16719 125
Krysa Dickson 15-49665 75
Kyra Dickson 15-182191 75
Sydney Dodge 15-49670 75
Brogan Collins 15-52001 50
Bria Collins 15-52009 50
Alayna Wildman 17-39111 50
Jacob Champ 11-579194 25
Parker Addison 18-37831 25
Sean Boveington 11-663084 25
Abby Smith 16-50679 25
Colton Cuddy 19-22406 100
James Weaver 19-22402 75
Dezaray McIe 18-28276 100
Billy Potteiger Jr 11-525357 100
Emma Day 17-82931 50
Brooklyn Day 17-82927 50
Jacob Stefansic 17-25675 50
Carson Schueller 17-82908 50
Daniel McIe 18-28274 25
Joseph Smith 18-75832 75
Morgan Schueller 18-75822 75
Joey Fazek 20-39786 75
Lucian Sekierko 18-10140 75
Kylie Jackson 18-10123 50
Emma Smith 17-25586 50
Brooklyn Baril 17-25616 50
Dominic Madden 17-25608 50



Total SMART Awarded 2000


Youth Tournament

The kids are participating in the Portage County USBC Youth Team Tournament at Kent Lanes today and tomorrow.  They compete in four divisions by team average.  Seven teams competed today and at least seven will bowl on Sunday, April 11.  Highest team score in each division will earn scholarship money through the Smart Program. 

As you can see below each has his/her own style.

4/10/21
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County Tournament History

This web site has been published since 2004, and has printed names and pictures of the tournament winners since that time.  Here are the results of the annual County Tournament from the USBC BA (Men's association).  We will print results from the Women's association if we can obtain those pictures and results.

2005



Team 3257  Watts Construction
Thom Butcher, Nick Butcher, Bill Bruce, Sean Berry, Paul Jarosz

















Doubles 1374  Al Norris, Bill Flachbart 






















Singles 777   Scott Lohr

































Scratch All Events 2062   Eugene Manhard












Handicap All Events 2143  Eugene Manhard
watts
Thom, Nick, Bill, Sean, Paul
bill
Bill
Norris
Al Norris


Scott


Eugene


2004




Team 3384  Watts Construction
Thom Butcher, Nick Butcher, Bill Bruce, Sean Berry, Paul Jarosz






















Doubles 1474   Nathan Shahan, Tom Sadler






















Singles 814  Joe Mazzola





















Scratch All Events 2173  Tim Popson





















Handicap All Events 2201 Tom Sadler

Thom, Nick, Bill, Sean, Paul

Nathan, Tom
joe
Joe
tim

Tim
tom
Tom


The Portage County Tournament

Every year each of the USBC local associations in the country is charged with holding a championship tournament.  The tournament can be as simple as a singles  or team tournament, but the Portage County associations in the past have held a more robust tournament consisting of team, doubles, and singles events as well as all-events.  The tournament has always been run as a handicap tournament and the Association has tweaked the exact format by changing the handicap percentage and the average used to calculate the handicap.  In recent years the tournament committees have seen fit to provide some prizes for exceptional scratch scores and have provided a scratch all-events contest.

This year there are several new features.  First, there will be no additional fee for all-events...everybody who bowls in all three events will be eligible to win the all events championship in both the handicap and scratch division.  The champion will be the person with the highest total from team, doubles, and singles (if a person bowls more than once in any event, only the first score in that event will count in all-events). 

Second, there will be an additional Scratch division that teams, doubles, and singles can enter for an additional fee of $10 per person.  In order to enter the Scratch division you must already be entered in the handicap division.  If you enter more than one time in any event you can enter the Scratch division again by paying another fee.  You can win money in both the handicap and Scratch divisions in each event.

Third, women competitors can opt to be in either the open division or the women's division.  They can enter women's division in one event and open in another.  If they enter twice in the same event they can enter open in one squad and women in the other.  In order to win women's all-events they would have to enter Team, Doubles, and Singles in women's.  A woman could win both women's and open all-events if she bowls all three events in women's and all three in open.

Fourth,  there is a Senior division for an extra $10 fee per event.  It works just like the scratch division.  A senior (60 and up) can win money in both open and Senior division.

Jackets or other non-cash awards will not be awarded to winners in the Senior or Scratch divisions.

The tournament will be held from April 17 through April 24 at Sky Lanes in Garrettsville.  See the entry form for squad dates and times.

You can pick up entry forms at any Portage County bowling center or you can download a pdf file here.

Handicap Doubles results

It took about 5 1/2 hours but the Handicap Doubles Tournament finally crowned a pair of champions at Kent Lanes on Sunday, March 26.  The winners were Shaun Bennett and Brandon Giunto who bowl together in the Friday Night Match Play League at Spins Bowl in Kent.

The duo finished in the top 7 teams from the four game qualifying round, then finished in the top spot in the four game semifinal round. Also finishing in the top three spots for the final were the team of Ron Elwood Jr and Laura Saller in the second slot and the team of Stacy Hoover with Ty Hoover in third.  In the first game of the bracket style finals, Hoover and Hoover advanced to the final match with Bennett and Guinto  where they fell by a score of 482 t0 451.

Guinto and Bennett split $1000 for their good bowling.

High game for the entire tournament was a 300 authored by Jeremy Grund.


Branden Giunto and Shaun Bennett look happy.


Junior-Senior Trio Tournament Results

Ed Barto, Bob Hartley, and Ron Elwood Jr. teamed up to outscore twenty-five other teams Sunday at Spins Bowl Kent in the Junior-Senior Trio Tournament.  They led after the regular three game portion of the contest, ahead of the team of Leslie Worthy, Don Stage, and Dexter Worthy Jr. by 40 pins.  Then they also beat all but one team (Doug French, Jolson French, and Jessica French) in the Baker portion to remain in first place to the end, 142 pins ahead of the second place team of Cory Flachbart, Jeremie Grund, and Bill Flachbart.

Kevin Stoffer, James Knapp, and Steve Knapp finished third, just two pins behind Flachbart-Grund-Flachbart, and eight pins ahead of Robert Stachowiak, Patrick Stachowiak, and Mike Verona.

Good Scores:

Don Stage shot 300 in the first game and finished with 738; Jeremie Grund shot 290-794;  Steve Waters went 268-279-258-795, Dexter Worthy Jr had 269-719; Carl Logsdon tossed 288-717, Jolson French hit 275-727; Alan Hoover had a 279; Bob Echenrode , 259; Harry Ilner tossed 266; and Josh Wilson started with 269.

The best Baker score was 287 by Rob Eckenrode, Rob Sample, and Steve Waters, followed 268 by Flachbart-Grund-Flachbart, 267 by French-French-French, and 260 by Heather Wolfe, Dave Reeves II, and Chuck Lewis.

Prize list:



Team Score Prize
1st
Barto-Hartley-Elwood Jr 3787 $750.00
2nd
Flachbart-Grund-Flachbart 3645 $450.00
3rd
Stoffer-Knapp-Knapp 3643 $330.00
4th
Stachowiak-Stachowiak-Verrona 3635 $300.00
5th
French-French-French 3573 $240.00
6th   Eckenrode-Sample-Waters 3565 $192.00
7th
Worthy-Stage-Worthy Jr 3547
8th
Blacksmith-Illner-Wilson 3519
9th
Burkey-Pope -Carden 3511
10th
Hoover-Hoover-Hoover 3488
11th
Mitov-Fincham-Bolyard 3483
12th
Champ-Shaheed-Popson 3474
13th
Seabolt-Fry-Ables
3473
14th
Zerucha-Zerucha-Zerucha 3471
15th
Randall-Randall-Logsdon 3459
16th
Foy-Tancos-Deakins 3380
17th
Hanna-Hanna-Hannah 3379
18th
Workman-Renkel-Markie 3357
19th
Wolfe-Reeves II-Lewis 3348
20th
Bowe-Cottrell-Greenleaf 3347
21st
Sano-Martin -Hensley 3284
22nd
Collier-Kocisko-Hunter 3266
23rd
Berry-Adolph-Butcher 3263
24th
Moore-Moreno-Randazzo 3234
25th
Moore III-Hawkins-Moore IV 3225
26th
Ewell-Sanchez-Fox 3156


Handicap Doubles Tournament

The Portage County USBC Handicap Doubles Tournament has been scheduled for March 28 at 2:00 at Kent Lanes.  Cost of the tournament is $90 per team when paid by 9:00 pm on Friday, March 26 or $110 if paid later.  Handicaps will be calculated on the basis of 230 scratch.  You can get entry forms at any Portage County bowling center or you can download and print one by clicking here.

2/27/21

First tournament entry form

The first tournament of the season from the Portage County USBC will be the Junior-Senior Trio Tournament to be held at Spins Bowl Kent on Sunday, March 14 at 11:00 a.m.  The cost of the tournament for early entries is $120 per team but will be $150 for entries received after 9:00 p.m. on March 12.  You can get an entry form with rules at any Portage County bowling center or you can download and print your own entry form by clicking here and download the rules here.

The Handicap Doubles Tournament will be held at Kent Lanes on Sunday, March 28 at 2:00 PM.  entry forms will be available in a few days.

The Portage County Tournament (team, doubles, and singles events) will be held on April 17 & 18 and April 24 & 24 at Sky Lanes.  Entry forms will be available later.

Youth tournament announced

Jeremie Grund, Vice President of Youth for the Portage County USBC, announced that the Youth Team Tournament will be contested on April 10-ll at Kent Lanes on South Water Street.  The tournament is open all USBC sanctioned YOUTH for the 2020-21 season.  Teams will be any four YOUTH bowlers who will bowl three games on one pair of lanes.  Entry fee will be $60 per team and winning teams will be awarded SMART Scholarships.

Grund expects teams from nearby county associations.  Spectators will be limited to one per bowler.

You can get entry forms at any Portage County bowling center or you can download and print the entry form and the rules by clicking here.  The entry form specifies how to calculate handicaps and explains the divisions to be used.


Meeting Note

At the January 17 meeting the Board discussed the advisability of holding tournaments this year.  The consensus is that since other associations are holding tournaments that we should also.  Shawna Potteiger will meet with Matt Tennant to determine dates for tournaments.  Matt has agreed to run the tournaments this year and train a replacement for his job as tournament director as he is planning to move to Florida this year.  We will announce dates in this web site as well as on our facebook page.

Amanda Kiss has taken over duties of Association Manager and is making progress learning the software that she must use to communicate with the USBC national office.  She is asking us to be patient.  Those of us who have worked with the software can attest to the fact that it is very complex and takes a while to learn.

1/20/21

Hall of Fame

Portage County USBC is still accepting nominations for the Portage County Hall of fame you can get nomination forms/applications at any Portage County bowling center or you can download one by clicking here.
1/20/21

New Association Manager

"To all Association Members:
Effective November 30th, Linda Shahan has resigned as the Portage County USBC Association Manager.  We would like to thank Linda for all that she has done for the association.  She will be greatly missed.  The board has voted on Amanda Kiss as the new Association Manager, effective today.  We are looking forward to working with Amanda in her new position.  Jeremie Grund has been appointed the new Youth Vice President by the president, effective today. The position was previously held by Amanda.  Letters are going out to all leagues today with the new association manager's info. It will also be placed on our website, bowlportage.com. "

--Shawna Potteiger, President PCUSBC

You can contact Amanda at manndiee@gmail.com or call her at 330-634-0311.
edited 1/20/21

Tournaments cancelled

On October 26 Shawna Potteiger, president of the Portage County Bowling Association announced the cancellation of all tournaments until next year citing issues dealing with the Corona Virus:

"Over the weekend, the Portage County USBC Board held an emergency meeting to discuss upcoming tournaments. Due to unexpected developments along with current Covid 19 issues in Portage County and the state of Ohio, the board voted to postpone the upcoming scheduled tournaments. The postponed tournaments consist of the Portage County Youth Tournament (November 7 & 8), the Portage County Handicap Doubles Tournament (November 21) and the Portage County Handicap Singles Tournament (November 29). The postponed tournaments along with the rest of the Portage County tournaments will be looked at again at the board’s January 17th meeting to schedule new dates for all of them. Anyone that has paid for an entry into one of these tournaments will be contacted to receive their refund."

Handicap Singles

Matt Tennant has announced that the Handicap Singles Tournament will be held at Spins Bowl Kent on November 28 at 1:00 pm.  The entry fee is $40 ($50 if paid the day of the tournament).  You can get an entry form at any Portage County bowling center or you can download one by clicking here and download the rules here.  You will need a pdf reader to open these files...get one free here.


Handicap Doubles

The Handicap Doubles tournament is scheduled for Kent Lanes on November 21.  Entry fee is $90 per team if submitted by November 20 or $110 if submitted the day of the tournament.  You can get an entry form at any Portage County bowling center or you can download the form by clicking here and download the rules by clicking here.  You will need a pdf reader to open these files...newer versions of Firefox browser will open pdf files or you can use Adobe Reader (free).

Tournament News

1.    Youth Team Tournament is scheduled for November 7 and 8 at Kent Lanes.  Smart Scholarships will be awarded.  Entry fee is $60.  Teams will be made up of four bowlers who will bowl three games.  Get entry forms at any Portage County bowling center or download one by clicking here.  You must have a pdf reader to download this form.

2.    The Handicap Singles tournament will be held at Spins Bowl Kent on November 15.  Details and entry forms will be available later.          OOPS, The Handicap Singles date is being changed to a different date.  More to come later.

3.     The Junior-Senior Trio tournament will be held in December.  Details later.

Averages book now on line

You can now download all Portage County averages from last year by clicking the link at the left.  The traditional printed average book is only available to the bowling centers and officials to save money, but the content of the average book is available on line, including tournament history, county bowling record scores, 300 and 800 bowlers, and much more.  The uploading of all of this content is still underway, but you can download the averages right now.  Of course you can always find averages at bowl.com as before.

Information for Secretaries and others

^^^ Information regarding Basic Membership Sanctioning:
In order for a bowler to pay Basic Membership dues in a league, the league itself must sanction Basic on the league application form.
No bowler can pay for just  Basic Membership dues in a league that has been sanctioned as a Standard League, however a bowler can pay Standard Membership dues in a league that is sanctioned Basic.
When a bowler only pays dues for Basic Membership they will not be eligible for USBC  300 or 800 awards. 
Basic Membership is $10.00.  The State gets $3 and USBC gets $7.  Local Membership is still $6.  Total fees for Basic Membership would be $16.

^^^ Sanction Card Information:
Please make sure your membership card is filled out completely and correctly. Birthdates are an important way USBC tracks bowlers with the same names. Phone numbers and email addresses are the only thing that is given to Keepsake for people who are eligible for a 300 or 800 award.
Make sure you PRINT legibly all information in all the spaces provided on the card.  Middle initial, if you're a Jr. or Sr. a I II or III.  Ladies if you're recently married and were previously sanctioned under a different name.  Put your previous last name in parentheses after your now new name.  This will help to keep your sanctioning under the same sanction number as before.

Special Achievement

Linda Shahan reports:

On January 6, 2020  "Perfect Fit Also" bowled an 823 game.  This score Ranked #4 in the Nation for the 2019-20 season for a 2 men 1 woman team.  "Perfect Fit Also" bowled in The Perfect Fit Pro Shop Trio League at Spins Kent.

Lisa Osborne 266
Jeremie Grund 257
Paul Schultz 300


Annual Meeting

The annual meeting of the Portage County USBC will be held at Spins Bowl Kent on August 22 at 1:30.  The meeting was originally planned for May, but due to the Corona Virus issues, had to be postponed.  The objective of the annual meeting is to elect Board members, vote on any new issues, and present awards for the champions of the Annual Tournament.

Because of restrictions from state government we will not be serving food or drinks at this meeting.

Welcome back

Portage County bowling centers are all back in business.  They all have to abide by the new rules established by the Governor and by the county government, so we will all have to make an effort to social distance and follow the rules set in place by each bowling center, but it is really nice to get back to bowling.

Rules

USBC will not print rules booklets for bowlers this year, but you can download and read or print them out by clicking here or on the Rules link in the menu at the left.



Letter to league officers

April 3, 2020

 

Dear League Presidents and Secretaries,

 

None of us are sure just how long COVID-19 is going to put our lives on hold. With the uncertainty that is in front of us in the bowling community, we at Portage County USBC want to give you some options and procedures to follow regarding your league play.

 

OPTIONS:

1. Wait it out, continue your league play where it ended once the centers reopen.

    a) With this option you can either finish all the weeks that were left or finish

        using your last competitions standings have position rounds and or roll-offs based on where the league was required to stop when the centers closed.

2. End your league play at the point where it had to stop when the centers closed.

     a) With this option you would use the last weeks competition's standings to determine league winners and all other prize categories.

 

WITH BOTH OPTIONS league official should first contact your center to find out what your league’s obligation is in your league's contract, if you have one.  Discuss what adjustments can be made to satisfy the contract.  

Once you have checked with your center you should take a vote from your league captains or league membership. Give them their options and you must give them the opportunity to have a voice.  As league officials this is not your decision to make. According to USBC Rules a vote must be taken.  This vote can be taken via phone call or email. Email preferred so you have physical record of the vote.

You should inform your center once the decision has been made.  A request to stop the league can be initiated by any league member by contacting you.  As the league official you are then required to initiate the vote.

 

KEEP IN MIND the center's management is also uncertain how long the shutdown will last.  They may even make request or require your league to make adjustments to your schedule in order to accommodate summer activities.  

 

SHOULD YOUR LEAGUE ELECT TO STOP AT IT'S LAST COMPETITION:

You should stay in compliance with COVID-19 stay at home no contact rules. Make pay outs by check and mail either to league captains to disburse to their team members or write each league member individual checks.  A final league standing sheet and final prize list should accompany these payouts.

 

MAKE SURE YOU:

 

SEND OR EMAIL YOUR LEAGUE FINAL AVERAGES TO THE ASSOCIATION MANAGER WITHIN THE 30-days of the league’s termination. If you are not using secretary software, attached is a final average sheet with instructions included for you to fill in by hand.

 

ANY PORTAGE COUNTY ASSOCIATION AWARDS EARNED will be fulfilled and distributed to your league at the beginning of the 2020-21 season. (USBC and ASSOCIATION awards sheets also attached.)  USBC 300 and 800 awards will be mailed to the individual.

 

We all need to work together during these uncertain times.  Hopefully these guidelines help.

 

If you have any questions please contact, 

PCUSBC President, Shawna Potteiger, 330.978.9661 

email: shawnapotteiger@gmail.com   or

PCUSBC Association Manager, Linda Shahan, 330.678.8663

Email: shahanlinda@gmail.com

 

Stay safe, stay healthy.

 

 

Sincerely,

Portage County USBC 

Board of Directors 


Senior Memorial Tournament cancelled

Due to uncontrollable circumstances and out of caution for our tournament participants, the decision has been made to cancel the Portage County Senior Memorial Tournament that was scheduled for April 25th at Spins Bowl of Kent.


Just a reminder that the Annual Meeting scheduled for April 12th has been postponed indefinitely. An announcement will be made once it is decided subject to future Coronavirus updates.

Thank you, 
Shawna Potteiger
President, Portage County USBC

Tournament cancelled

The final weekend of the Portage County Tournament has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.  Championships and prize money have been determined by the squads already finished.  The prize lists are printed below.  A press release from Portage County USBC president Shawna Potteiger says:

"The Portage County USBC has made the difficult decision to cancel the last weekend of the Annual Portage County Tournament.  This is due to the mandates put forth by Governor Mike Dewine due to the Coronavirus and for the safety of our association's bowlers.  The last weekend of the tournament was initially postponed and rescheduled for April 4th & 5th.  Bowlers who were scheduled to bowl the last weekend will receive refunds for those events that they did not complete.  Refunds will also be paid for all events entries that did not get completed due to one of the bowlers events being on the cancelled dates.  The prize fund for the tournament is determined  based on the number of bowlers that have already participated in the tournament.  You will be able to view the prize list on the website, BowlPortage.com.  Checks will be mailed out for for the refunds and the tournament prizes.  First place winners in both the Open and Women's Division of the Handicap Team, Handicap Doubles, Handicap Singles, All Events Scratch and All Events Handicap will be contacted to find out if they would like a Jacket or Plaque for their 1st place finish.  The jackets and plaques will be awarded to the bowlers at our Annual Meeting.  The new Annual Meeting date will be announced once it is decided subject to future Coronavirus updates.  Portage County bowlers who have shot honor scores of 300 and 800, as well as, Portage County Tournament Champions in each event in each division will receive an invitation to the Tri-County Bowling Hall of Fame Banquet to receive acknowledgement of your accomplishments. More information will follow regarding this.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at (330) 978-9661 / shawnapotteiger@gmail.com or Linda Shahan at (330) 678-8663 / shahanlinda@gmail.com.
                                                                      Thank you,
                                                                      Shawna Potteiger, President              Portage County USBC"


Prize List:


Team , Open Hdcp, Handicapped

Place Team Name Prize $ Score
Champs Team Bryan Berry II $1,000 3,617
2 #ThrowBackThursdays $600 3,555
3 Walker's Boys $300 3,527
4 Team Bryan Berry scr 3,480
5 Pocket Pounders
3,478
6 Shockers
3,475
7 Skylane Drive Thru
3,474
8 Da Nutz
3,420
9 Pin Seekers
3,386
10 Is the Game Room Open?
3,384
11 Dilly Dilly
3,355
12 Kent Elastomers
3,351
13 Kent Lanes
3,350
14 Rayho
3,332
15 Bowling Sucks
3,299
16 Diehl's No Name Team
3,257
17 Motive Builders
3,222
18 Linebacker Lounge
3,160
19 Gutter Gang
3,153
20 Hold My Beer, Watch This
3,125
Team , Open Scr, Scratch

Place Team Name Prize $ Score
Champs Team Bryan Berry II $500 3,372
2 Team Bryan Berry
3,318
3 #ThrowBackThursdays
3,288
4 Kent Lanes
3,286
5 Walker's Boys
3,228
6 Da Nutz
3,148
7 Pin Seekers
3,122
8 Dilly Dilly
3,091
9 Linebacker Lounge
3,007
10 Diehl's No Name Team
2,996
11 Pocket Pounders
2,955
12 Rayho
2,941
13 Gutter Gang
2,892
14 Motive Builders
2,871
15 Skylane Drive Thru
2,813
16 Kent Elastomers
2,776
17 Shockers
2,738
18 Is the Game Room Open?
2,674
19 Bowling Sucks
2,616
20 Hold My Beer, Watch This
2,486
Team Womens, Womens Handicap, Handicapped

Place Team Name Prize $ Score
Champs Plaso Construction $320 3,328
Team Womens, Womens Scratch, Scratch


Place Team Name Prize $ Score
Champs Plaso Construction hncp 2,880
Doubles, Open, Handicapped

Place Team Name Prize $ Score
Champs Lewis Ronnie L. Jr \ Kommel Kevin E. $500 1,568
2 Lewis Eric W. \ Lewis Craig A. $250 1,549
3 Billiter Thomas A. \ Konkle Jeffrey J. $120 1,545
4 Plaso Andrew D. \ Jackson Erin N. $100 1,534
5 Kocisko Charles \ Kiss Gary A. $90 1,504
6 Pischera James G. Jr \ Pischera Kimberly K. $78 1,492
7 King Aaron J. \ Berg Dakota D. $66 1,486
8 Grund Jeremie N. \ Flachbart Bill J. scr 1,482
9 Shahan Linda A. \ Bogavich Louis Jr $56 1,481
10 Tennant Matthew W. \ Damicone Troy R. $52 1,478
11 Monti Lewis J. \ Kitakis Geno
1,470
12 Fincham Howard A. \ Bardoun Jeff
1,463
13 Mitov Michael \ Burkey John W.
1,461
14 Humphries Thomas A. \ Blevins Richard (Ric)
1,460

N.

15 Endres Fred F. \ Pennock Carol (CJ) J.
1,434
16 Ash James \ Daugherty Gregory A.
1,420
17 French Douglas J. \ French Jolson J.
1,417
18 Jones Carl E. Jr \ Santiago Alex J.
1,416
19 Grohe David A. \ Harris Willie
1,414
20 Reid William E. \ Bolyard Shawn M.
1,410
20 Renkel Russell T. \ Renkel Emil J.
1,410
22 Lohr Scott E. \ Kramp Tyler S.
1,401
23 Giunto Branden J. \ Bennett Shaun L.
1,400
24 Knapp James D. \ Knapp Steven A.
1,395
25 Papciak Ronald E. Jr \ Papciak Teresa L.
1,381
26 Hawkins Benjamin J. II \ Moore Howard A. IV
1,377
27 Moore Jerry J. \ Williams Nick W.
1,374
28 Sarrocco Matthew P. \ Saxton Julie F.
1,371
28 Smith Wesley T. \ Verh Leigh A.
1,371
30 Pischera James G. Jr \ Berry Bryan J.
1,363
31 Randazzo David J. \ Moreno Brian J.
1,351
32 Kurtzman Nick \ Lopez Kristy L.
1,350
33 Walker Brian J. \ Doshak Brian
1,348
34 Miller Michael A. \ Potteiger William R.
1,345
34 Berry Bryan J. \ Adolph Patrick R.
1,345
36 Workman Troy A. \ Gonsalves Kevin
1,339
37 Kiss Gary A. \ Collier Dan S.
1,338
38 Pastor Rob \ Roderick Ryan M.
1,332
38 Fulks Bradford R. \ Short Sean A.
1,332
40 Hunter Michael L. \ Collier Dan S.
1,331
40 Bright Daniel W. \ Bright Matthew A.
1,331
42 Morrow Wade T. \ Morrow Don
1,330
43 Barto Edward W. \ Elwood Ronald E. Jr
1,325
44 Plaso Andrew D. \ Plaso Teri K.
1,323
45 Treece Jeremy W. \ Eisenbarth Dale
1,322
46 Hunter Michael L. \ Moore Richard T.
1,310
47 Endres Fred F. \ Endres Jon C.
1,304
48 Barnes Branden K. \ Gates Kevin R.
1,301
49 Morrow Nate D. \ Morrow Don
1,294
50 Binegar Gilbert B. \ Binegar Brian M.
1,287
51 Szabat Kyle W. \ Willyard Richard L. Jr
1,276
52 Caipen Lisa K. \ Caipen David M.
1,271
53 Bennett John L. \ Combs Robert A.
1,253
54 Juzkiw Eric A. \ Jones Brent A.
1,198
55 Smith Larry L. \ Rogers William E.
1,169
Doubles, Open, Scratch

Place Team Name Prize $ Score
Champs Lewis Ronnie L. Jr \ Kommel Kevin E. hncp 1,493
2 Grund Jeremie N. \ Flachbart Bill J. $220 1,469
3 Fincham Howard A. \ Bardoun Jeff $108 1,426
4 Plaso Andrew D. \ Jackson Erin N.
1,402
5 Tennant Matthew W. \ Damicone Troy R.
1,373
6 Mitov Michael \ Burkey John W.
1,362
7 Hawkins Benjamin J. II \ Moore Howard A. IV
1,356
8 Kocisko Charles \ Kiss Gary A.
1,334
9 Randazzo David J. \ Moreno Brian J.
1,324
10 Jones Carl E. Jr \ Santiago Alex J.
1,317
11 Humphries Thomas A. \ Blevins Richard (Ric)
1,298

N.

12 Berry Bryan J. \ Adolph Patrick R.
1,297
13 Lewis Eric W. \ Lewis Craig A.
1,296
14 King Aaron J. \ Berg Dakota D.
1,289
15 French Douglas J. \ French Jolson J.
1,277
16 Pastor Rob \ Roderick Ryan M.
1,276
17 Hunter Michael L. \ Collier Dan S.
1,272
18 Barto Edward W. \ Elwood Ronald E. Jr
1,258
19 Fulks Bradford R. \ Short Sean A.
1,257
20 Knapp James D. \ Knapp Steven A.
1,252
21 Workman Troy A. \ Gonsalves Kevin
1,250
22 Pischera James G. Jr \ Berry Bryan J.
1,247
22 Kiss Gary A. \ Collier Dan S.
1,247
24 Pischera James G. Jr \ Pischera Kimberly K.
1,241
25 Hunter Michael L. \ Moore Richard T.
1,238
26 Renkel Russell T. \ Renkel Emil J.
1,235
27 Grohe David A. \ Harris Willie
1,234
28 Moore Jerry J. \ Williams Nick W.
1,229
29 Ash James \ Daugherty Gregory A.
1,223
30 Plaso Andrew D. \ Plaso Teri K.
1,218
31 Monti Lewis J. \ Kitakis Geno
1,211
32 Reid William E. \ Bolyard Shawn M.
1,208
33 Shahan Linda A. \ Bogavich Louis Jr
1,206
34 Endres Fred F. \ Endres Jon C.
1,205
35 Treece Jeremy W. \ Eisenbarth Dale
1,204
36 Miller Michael A. \ Potteiger William R.
1,200
37 Walker Brian J. \ Doshak Brian
1,189
38 Bright Daniel W. \ Bright Matthew A.
1,183
39 Billiter Thomas A. \ Konkle Jeffrey J.
1,181
40 Barnes Branden K. \ Gates Kevin R.
1,175
41 Sarrocco Matthew P. \ Saxton Julie F.
1,155
42 Morrow Wade T. \ Morrow Don
1,150
42 Lohr Scott E. \ Kramp Tyler S.
1,150
44 Morrow Nate D. \ Morrow Don
1,141
45 Juzkiw Eric A. \ Jones Brent A.
1,139
46 Bennett John L. \ Combs Robert A.
1,129
47 Giunto Branden J. \ Bennett Shaun L.
1,106
48 Binegar Gilbert B. \ Binegar Brian M.
1,104
49 Endres Fred F. \ Pennock Carol (CJ) J.
1,086
50 Papciak Ronald E. Jr \ Papciak Teresa L.
1,082
51 Kurtzman Nick \ Lopez Kristy L.
1,080
51 Caipen Lisa K. \ Caipen David M.
1,080
53 Smith Larry L. \ Rogers William E.
1,078
54 Szabat Kyle W. \ Willyard Richard L. Jr
1,050
55 Smith Wesley T. \ Verh Leigh A.
966
Doubles Womens, Doubles Womens HDCP, Handicapped

Place Team Name Prize $ Score
Champs Saller Laura J. \ Carden Stephanie L. $140 1,500
2 Pischera Kimberly K. \ Plaso-Rudawsky Sarah
1,387
3 Bender Bonny L. \ Jackson Erin N.
1,352
4 Bender Bonny L. \ Plaso Teri K.
1,280
5 Potteiger Shawna D. \ Potteiger Jessica A.
1,161
Doubles Womens, Doubles Womens Scratch, Scratch

Place Team Name Prize $ Score
Champs Bender Bonny L. \ Jackson Erin N.
1,228
2 Bender Bonny L. \ Plaso Teri K.
1,183
3 Saller Laura J. \ Carden Stephanie L.
1,095
4 Pischera Kimberly K. \ Plaso-Rudawsky Sarah
1,082
5 Potteiger Shawna D. \ Potteiger Jessica A.
1,016
Singles, Open, Handicapped

Place Team Name Prize $ Score
Champ Smith Wesley T. $350 800
2 Moore Howard A. IV $136 788
2 Doshak Brian $136 788
4 Reid William E. $81 786
5 Kiss Gary A. $61 774
6 Ash James $54 772
7 Renkel Emil J. $50 766
8 Monti Lewis J. $46 756
9 Jackson Erin N. $42 753
10 Morrow Wade T. $38 749
11 Damicone Troy R. scr 748
12 French Douglas J. $34 747
13 Knapp James D. $31 746
14 Williams Nick W. $29 742
15 Shahan Linda A. $26 739
16 Caipen David M. scr 738
17 Harris Willie $27 737
18 French Jolson J. $26 736
19 Grohe David A.
735
20 Lewis Eric W.
734
21 Flachbart Bill J.
733
22 Burkey John W.
729
23 Verh Leigh A.
726
24 Bardoun Jeff
725
25 Hunter Michael L.
723
26 Fincham Howard A.
722
27 Lohr Scott E.
715
28 Lewis Craig A.
714
29 Binegar Gilbert B.
712
30 Potteiger William R.
711
30 Tennant Matthew W.
711
32 Moore Jerry J.
710
32 Caipen Lisa K.
710
34 Berry Bryan J.
709
35 Randazzo David J.
708
36 Kocisko Charles
703
37 Knapp Steven A.
701
37 Endres Fred F.
701
39 Eisenbarth Dale
699
40 Lewis Ronnie L. Jr
697
41 King Aaron J.
696
42 Mitov Michael
695
43 Endres Jon C.
694
44 Bright Matthew A.
693
45 Barto Edward W.
691
46 Pischera James G. Jr
689
47 Kitakis Geno
685
47 Plaso Teri K.
685
49 Kommel Kevin E.
682
50 Adolph Patrick R.
680
51 Bright Daniel W.
678
52 Gonsalves Kevin
673
53 Kramp Tyler S.
672
54 Workman Troy A.
670
55 Konkle Jeffrey J.
667
56 Papciak Teresa L.
665
57 Humphries Thomas A.
664
57 Moreno Brian J.
664
59 Daugherty Gregory A.
663
60 Bogavich Louis Jr
662
60 Billiter Thomas A.
662
62 Pischera Kimberly K.
657
63 Short Sean A.
656
64 Moore Richard T.
653
64 Blevins Richard (Ric) N.
653
64 Bolyard Shawn M.
653
67 Smith Larry L.
651
68 Helsel Gary L.
650
68 Juzkiw Eric A.
650
70 Kurtzman Jack L.
648
71 Collier Dan S.
647
72 Morrow Don
646
73 Hawkins Benjamin J. II
644
74 French Bozena
640
75 Karstetter John
639
76 Rogers William E.
634
76 Grund Jeremie N.
634
78 Kurtzman Nick
631
79 Roderick Ryan M.
625
79 Jones Carl E. Jr
625
79 Walker Brian J.
625
82 Saxton Julie F.
621
82 Elwood Ronald E. Jr
621
84 Binegar Brian M.
618
84 Berg Dakota D.
618
86 Szabat Kyle W.
617
87 Treece Jeremy W.
616
88 Santiago Alex J.
603
89 Renkel Russell T.
600
90 Jones Brent A.
590
90 Sarrocco Matthew P.
590
92 Plaso Andrew D.
580
93 Papciak Ronald E. Jr
573
94 Pennock Carol (CJ) J.
567
95 Fulks Bradford R.
546
96 Pastor Rob
541
Singles, Open, Scratch

Place Team Name Prize $ Score
Champ Moore Howard A. IV hncp 775
2 Damicone Troy R. $125 740
3 Flachbart Bill J. $75 733
4 Caipen David M. $50 730
5 Bardoun Jeff $39 725
6 Williams Nick W.
724
7 Jackson Erin N.
708
8 Randazzo David J.
706
9 Kiss Gary A.
693
10 Adolph Patrick R.
680
10 Kommel Kevin E.
680
12 Renkel Emil J.
677
12 French Douglas J.
677
14 Hunter Michael L.
675
15 Endres Fred F.
674
15 Fincham Howard A.
674
17 Harris Willie
673
18 Knapp James D.
668
19 Plaso Teri K.
667
20 French Jolson J.
666
21 Burkey John W.
665
22 Mitov Michael
660
23 Doshak Brian
659
24 Eisenbarth Dale
651
25 Pischera James G. Jr
646
26 Bolyard Shawn M.
645
27 Morrow Wade T.
644
28 Workman Troy A.
643
29 Moreno Brian J.
640
29 Barto Edward W.
640
31 Knapp Steven A.
637
31 Berry Bryan J.
637
31 Collier Dan S.
637
34 Hawkins Benjamin J. II
636
35 Rogers William E.
632
36 Moore Richard T.
629
37 Ash James
627
38 Lewis Ronnie L. Jr
625
39 Endres Jon C.
622
39 Bright Daniel W.
622
41 Grund Jeremie N.
621
41 Monti Lewis J.
621
43 Grohe David A.
619
44 Blevins Richard (Ric) N.
618
45 Lewis Craig A.
617
46 Kocisko Charles
614
46 Tennant Matthew W.
614
48 Roderick Ryan M.
612
48 Daugherty Gregory A.
612
50 Gonsalves Kevin
611
51 Binegar Gilbert B.
607
52 Elwood Ronald E. Jr
605
53 Bright Matthew A.
602
53 Short Sean A.
602
55 Walker Brian J.
596
56 Juzkiw Eric A.
594
57 Potteiger William R.
593
58 Reid William E.
592
59 Jones Brent A.
588
60 Verh Leigh A.
586
60 Lohr Scott E.
586
62 Moore Jerry J.
584
63 Lewis Eric W.
578
64 Jones Carl E. Jr
571
64 Morrow Don
571
66 Smith Wesley T.
570
67 Konkle Jeffrey J.
565
68 Shahan Linda A.
564
69 Bogavich Louis Jr
563
70 Smith Larry L.
562
71 Kitakis Geno
561
72 King Aaron J.
559
72 Berg Dakota D.
559
74 Santiago Alex J.
558
75 Kramp Tyler S.
551
76 Treece Jeremy W.
546
77 Kurtzman Nick
545
78 Binegar Brian M.
540
79 Humphries Thomas A.
538
80 Saxton Julie F.
535
81 Szabat Kyle W.
531
82 Caipen Lisa K.
527
83 Helsel Gary L.
526
84 Fulks Bradford R.
525
85 Renkel Russell T.
514
86 Pastor Rob
498
87 Plaso Andrew D.
494
88 Papciak Ronald E. Jr
484
89 Sarrocco Matthew P.
461
90 Papciak Teresa L.
455
91 Pischera Kimberly K.
450
92 Kurtzman Jack L.
449
93 Billiter Thomas A.
432
94 French Bozena
410
95 Karstetter John
409
96 Pennock Carol (CJ) J.
337
Singles Womens, Singles Womens HDCP, Handicapped

Place Team Name Prize $ Score
Champ Plaso Teri K. $84 748
2 Pischera Kimberly K. $42 727
3 Pennock Carol (CJ) J.
713
4 Saller Laura J.
688
5 Bender Bonny L.
685
6 Jackson Erin N.
661
7 Carden Stephanie L.
543
8 Potteiger Jessica A.
519
9 Plaso-Rudawsky Sarah
268
Singles Womens, Singles Womens Scratch, Scratch

Place Team Name Entry Score
Champ Plaso Teri K.
730
2 Jackson Erin N.
616
3 Bender Bonny L.
607
4 Pischera Kimberly K.
520
5 Potteiger Jessica A.
487
6 Saller Laura J.
421
7 Carden Stephanie L.
406
8 Pennock Carol (CJ) J.
392
9 Plaso-Rudawsky Sarah
171
All Events, Open, Handicapped

Place Team Name Prize $ Score
Champ Damicone Troy R. $70 2,317
2 Reid William E. $35 2,287
3 Williams Nick W. $18 2,286
4 Doshak Brian $15 2,239
5 Kocisko Charles $12 2,222
6 Moreno Brian J. $8 2,205
7 Lewis Ronnie L. Jr
2,201
8 Jackson Erin N.
2,196
9 Ash James
2,163
10 Lohr Scott E.
2,154
11 King Aaron J.
2,142
12 Knapp James D.
2,132
13 Potteiger William R.
2,127
14 Mitov Michael
2,125
15 French Douglas J.
2,117
16 Kommel Kevin E.
2,116
17 Kiss Gary A.
2,097
18 Adolph Patrick R.
2,083
18 Kramp Tyler S.
2,083
20 Tennant Matthew W.
2,078
21 Daugherty Gregory A.
2,069
22 Fincham Howard A.
2,052
23 Berry Bryan J.
2,037
24 Burkey John W.
2,029
25 Moore Jerry J.
2,021
26 Short Sean A.
2,005
27 Treece Jeremy W.
2,003
28 Pischera James G. Jr
1,996
29 Berg Dakota D.
1,994
30 Elwood Ronald E. Jr
1,989
31 Barto Edward W.
1,973
32 Hunter Michael L.
1,972
32 Collier Dan S.
1,972
34 Saxton Julie F.
1,968
35 Santiago Alex J.
1,965
36 Plaso Andrew D.
1,962
37 Randazzo David J.
1,953
38 Juzkiw Eric A.
1,951
39 Workman Troy A.
1,935
40 Caipen Lisa K.
1,928
41 French Jolson J.
1,921
42 Walker Brian J.
1,918
43 Bolyard Shawn M.
1,917
44 Sarrocco Matthew P.
1,896
45 Plaso Teri K.
1,879
46 Pastor Rob
1,867
47 Papciak Ronald E. Jr
1,856
48 Smith Larry L.
1,828
49 Jones Brent A.
1,722
50 Rogers William E.
1,708
51 Bardoun Jeff
1,465
52 Kurtzman Jack L.
1,356
53 Jones Carl E. Jr
1,353
54 Roderick Ryan M.
1,322
55 Pogwizd Ronald J.
724
All Events, Open, Scratch

Place Team Name Prize $ Score
Champ Damicone Troy R. $65 2,293
2 Williams Nick W. $32 2,232
3 Moreno Brian J. $16 2,133
4 Kommel Kevin E. $15 2,110
5 Adolph Patrick R. $13 2,083
6 Caipen David M.
2,082
7 Jackson Erin N.
2,061
8 Mitov Michael
2,020
9 Lewis Ronnie L. Jr
1,985
10 Kocisko Charles
1,955
11 Randazzo David J.
1,947
12 Collier Dan S.
1,942
13 Elwood Ronald E. Jr
1,941
14 Daugherty Gregory A.
1,916
15 Fincham Howard A.
1,908
16 French Douglas J.
1,907
17 Bolyard Shawn M.
1,893
18 Pischera James G. Jr
1,867
19 Workman Troy A.
1,854
20 Doshak Brian
1,852
21 Eisenbarth Dale
1,842
22 Burkey John W.
1,837
23 Walker Brian J.
1,831
24 Santiago Alex J.
1,830
25 Hunter Michael L.
1,828
26 Plaso Teri K.
1,825
27 Berry Bryan J.
1,821
28 Barto Edward W.
1,820
29 Berg Dakota D.
1,817
29 Fulks Bradford R.
1,817
31 Tennant Matthew W.
1,787
32 Pastor Rob
1,738
33 Ash James
1,728
34 Kramp Tyler S.
1,720
35 Jones Brent A.
1,716
36 French Jolson J.
1,711
37 Reid William E.
1,705
38 Plaso Andrew D.
1,704
39 Rogers William E.
1,702
40 Moore Jerry J.
1,643
41 Papciak Ronald E. Jr
1,589
42 Smith Wesley T.
1,528
43 Bardoun Jeff
1,465
44 Roderick Ryan M.
1,296
45 Jones Carl E. Jr
1,245
46 Kurtzman Jack L.
958
47 Pogwizd Ronald J.
638
All Events Womens, All Events Womens HDCP, Handicapped

Place Team Name Prize $ Score
Champ Pischera Kimberly K. $24 2,142
2 Jackson Erin N.
2,037
3 Plaso Teri K.
2,023
4 Bender Bonny L.
1,996
5 Plaso-Rudawsky Sarah
1,499
All Events Womens, All Events Womens Scratch, Scratch

Place Team Name Prize $ Score
Champ Plaso Teri K. $23 1,969
2 Jackson Erin N.
1,902
3 Bender Bonny L.
1,762
4 Plaso-Rudawsky Sarah
1,273




Tournament update (3/14/2020)

Shawna Potteiger, President of Portage County USBC, sent out an update about the Portage County Tournament:

            " The postponed dates for the tournament of March 14th & 15th

            have been rescheduled for April 4th & 5th. 
            Shift events and times for those days will remain the same.

            Per USBC Ruling, we will not be able to accept any new entry forms for the 
            postponed/rescheduled dates as of 1pm today.

            Thank you.
             PCUSBC"

Attention tournament bowlers:  Tournament postponed

Portage County USBC has postponed the squads for this weekend to a date to be named later.  In an email sent to the Board of Directors Shawna Potteiger announced:

"After careful consideration of what has been going on today with Governor Dewine's announcement along with National USBC and Ohio USBC, I have made the hard decision to postpone this weekend's shifts of the county tournament and to reschedule them for a later date to be announced. We will be asking for an extension from USBC but considering the circumstances, I do not see a problem with that. I will have to find out if only those signed up for the current shifts would be able to bowl the new dates or if we could still accept walk-ins for the new dates.


Team captains for Saturday's teams will be contacted along with Doubles and Singles bowlers for Sunday's shifts will be notified. A post will be going up on our social media sites, as well as on our website."

We will update information as soon as it is available.


Posted 3/8/2020  Latest update for the Portage County USBC Tournament

The tournament had four squads on Friday through Sunday this week.

Fred Endres bowled a perfect game while bowling in the Doubles event in our only weekday squad on Friday, March 6.  Fred finished with 705 for the day.  He and his partner Carol Pennock are currently in fifteenth place.

Team Bryan Berry II remains in first place in the Team division, followed by #ThrowBackThursdays and Walkers Boys.

In Doubles Ronnie Lewis with Kevin Kommel are currently in first followed by Eric Lewis with Craig Lewis, and Thomas Billiter with Jeffrey Konkle

In Singles Wesley Smith, Howard Moore IV, and Brian Doshak are first, second, and third.

Troy Damicone is in the lead in both Handicap and Scratch All-Events.

In the Women's division Plaso Construction is still the only team, Laura Saller with Stephanie Carden lead Double, Teri Plaso leads in Singles and Scratch All-Events, and Kim Pischera leads Scratch All-Events.

Standings after week 2

Team , Open Hdcp, Handicapped

Place Team Name Score
1 Team Bryan Berry II 3,617
2 #ThrowBackThursdays 3,555
3 Walker's Boys 3,527
4 Team Bryan Berry 3,480
5 Pocket Pounders 3,478
6 Shockers 3,475
7 Skylane Drive Thru 3,474
8 Da Nutz 3,420
9 Pin Seekers 3,386
10 Is the Game Room Open? 3,384
11 Dilly Dilly 3,355
12 Kent Elastomers 3,351
13 Kent Lanes 3,350
14 Rayho 3,332
15 Bowling Sucks 3,299
16 Diehl's No Name Team 3,257
17 Motive Builders 3,222
18 Linebacker Lounge 3,160
19 Gutter Gang 3,153
20 Hold My Beer, Watch This 3,125
Team , Open Scr, Scratch

Place Team Name Score
1 Team Bryan Berry II 3,372
2 Team Bryan Berry 3,318
3 #ThrowBackThursdays 3,288
4 Kent Lanes 3,286
5 Walker's Boys 3,228
6 Da Nutz 3,148
7 Pin Seekers 3,122
8 Dilly Dilly 3,091
9 Linebacker Lounge 3,007
10 Diehl's No Name Team 2,996
11 Pocket Pounders 2,955
12 Rayho 2,941
13 Gutter Gang 2,892
14 Motive Builders 2,871
15 Skylane Drive Thru 2,813
16 Kent Elastomers 2,776
17 Shockers 2,738
18 Is the Game Room Open? 2,674
19 Bowling Sucks 2,616
20 Hold My Beer, Watch This 2,486
Team Womens, Womens Handicap, Handicapped

Place Team Name Score
1 Plaso Construction 3,328
Team Womens, Womens Scratch, Scratch

Place Team Name Score
1 Plaso Construction 2,880
Doubles, Open, Handicapped

Place Team Name Score
1 Lewis Ronnie L. Jr \ Kommel Kevin E. 1,568
2 Lewis Eric W. \ Lewis Craig A. 1,549
3 Billiter Thomas A. \ Konkle Jeffrey J. 1,545
4 Plaso Andrew D. \ Jackson Erin N. 1,534
5 Kocisko Charles \ Kiss Gary A. 1,504
6 Pischera James G. Jr \ Pischera Kimberly K. 1,492
7 King Aaron J. \ Berg Dakota D. 1,486
8 Grund Jeremie N. \ Flachbart Bill J. 1,482
9 Shahan Linda A. \ Bogavich Louis Jr 1,481
10 Tennant Matthew W. \ Damicone Troy R. 1,478
11 Monti Lewis J. \ Kitakis Geno 1,470
12 Fincham Howard A. \ Bardoun Jeff 1,463
13 Mitov Michael \ Burkey John W. 1,461
14 Humphries Thomas A. \ Blevins Richard (Ric) 1,460

N.
15 Endres Fred F. \ Pennock Carol (CJ) J. 1,434
16 Ash James \ Daugherty Gregory A. 1,420
17 French Douglas J. \ French Jolson J. 1,417
18 Jones Carl E. Jr \ Santiago Alex J. 1,416
19 Grohe David A. \ Harris Willie 1,414
20 Reid William E. \ Bolyard Shawn M. 1,410
20 Renkel Russell T. \ Renkel Emil J. 1,410
22 Lohr Scott E. \ Kramp Tyler S. 1,401
23 Giunto Branden J. \ Bennett Shaun L. 1,400
24 Knapp James D. \ Knapp Steven A. 1,395
25 Papciak Ronald E. Jr \ Papciak Teresa L. 1,381
26 Hawkins Benjamin J. II \ Moore Howard A. IV 1,377
27 Moore Jerry J. \ Williams Nick W. 1,374
28 Sarrocco Matthew P. \ Saxton Julie F. 1,371
28 Smith Wesley T. \ Verh Leigh A. 1,371
30 Pischera James G. Jr \ Berry Bryan J. 1,363
31 Randazzo David J. \ Moreno Brian J. 1,351
32 Kurtzman Nick \ Lopez Kristy L. 1,350
33 Walker Brian J. \ Doshak Brian 1,348
34 Miller Michael A. \ Potteiger William R. 1,345
34 Berry Bryan J. \ Adolph Patrick R. 1,345
36 Workman Troy A. \ Gonsalves Kevin 1,339
37 Kiss Gary A. \ Collier Dan S. 1,338
38 Pastor Rob \ Roderick Ryan M. 1,332
38 Fulks Bradford R. \ Short Sean A. 1,332
40 Hunter Michael L. \ Collier Dan S. 1,331
40 Bright Daniel W. \ Bright Matthew A. 1,331
42 Morrow Wade T. \ Morrow Don 1,330
43 Barto Edward W. \ Elwood Ronald E. Jr 1,325
44 Plaso Andrew D. \ Plaso Teri K. 1,323
45 Treece Jeremy W. \ Eisenbarth Dale 1,322
46 Hunter Michael L. \ Moore Richard T. 1,310
47 Endres Fred F. \ Endres Jon C. 1,304
48 Barnes Branden K. \ Gates Kevin R. 1,301
49 Morrow Nate D. \ Morrow Don 1,294
50 Binegar Gilbert B. \ Binegar Brian M. 1,287
51 Szabat Kyle W. \ Willyard Richard L. Jr 1,276
52 Caipen Lisa K. \ Caipen David M. 1,271
53 Bennett John L. \ Combs Robert A. 1,253
54 Juzkiw Eric A. \ Jones Brent A. 1,198
55 Smith Larry L. \ Rogers William E. 1,169
Doubles, Open, Scratch

Place Team Name Score
1 Lewis Ronnie L. Jr \ Kommel Kevin E. 1,493
2 Grund Jeremie N. \ Flachbart Bill J. 1,469
3 Fincham Howard A. \ Bardoun Jeff 1,426
4 Plaso Andrew D. \ Jackson Erin N. 1,402
5 Tennant Matthew W. \ Damicone Troy R. 1,373
6 Mitov Michael \ Burkey John W. 1,362
7 Hawkins Benjamin J. II \ Moore Howard A. IV 1,356
8 Kocisko Charles \ Kiss Gary A. 1,334
9 Randazzo David J. \ Moreno Brian J. 1,324
10 Jones Carl E. Jr \ Santiago Alex J. 1,317
11 Humphries Thomas A. \ Blevins Richard (Ric) 1,298

N.
12 Berry Bryan J. \ Adolph Patrick R. 1,297
13 Lewis Eric W. \ Lewis Craig A. 1,296
14 King Aaron J. \ Berg Dakota D. 1,289
15 French Douglas J. \ French Jolson J. 1,277
16 Pastor Rob \ Roderick Ryan M. 1,276
17 Hunter Michael L. \ Collier Dan S. 1,272
18 Barto Edward W. \ Elwood Ronald E. Jr 1,258
19 Fulks Bradford R. \ Short Sean A. 1,257
20 Knapp James D. \ Knapp Steven A. 1,252
21 Workman Troy A. \ Gonsalves Kevin 1,250
22 Pischera James G. Jr \ Berry Bryan J. 1,247
22 Kiss Gary A. \ Collier Dan S. 1,247
24 Pischera James G. Jr \ Pischera Kimberly K. 1,241
25 Hunter Michael L. \ Moore Richard T. 1,238
26 Renkel Russell T. \ Renkel Emil J. 1,235
27 Grohe David A. \ Harris Willie 1,234
28 Moore Jerry J. \ Williams Nick W. 1,229
29 Ash James \ Daugherty Gregory A. 1,223
30 Plaso Andrew D. \ Plaso Teri K. 1,218
31 Monti Lewis J. \ Kitakis Geno 1,211
32 Reid William E. \ Bolyard Shawn M. 1,208
33 Shahan Linda A. \ Bogavich Louis Jr 1,206
34 Endres Fred F. \ Endres Jon C. 1,205
35 Treece Jeremy W. \ Eisenbarth Dale 1,204
36 Miller Michael A. \ Potteiger William R. 1,200
37 Walker Brian J. \ Doshak Brian 1,189
38 Bright Daniel W. \ Bright Matthew A. 1,183
39 Billiter Thomas A. \ Konkle Jeffrey J. 1,181
40 Barnes Branden K. \ Gates Kevin R. 1,175
41 Sarrocco Matthew P. \ Saxton Julie F. 1,155
42 Morrow Wade T. \ Morrow Don 1,150
42 Lohr Scott E. \ Kramp Tyler S. 1,150
44 Morrow Nate D. \ Morrow Don 1,141
45 Juzkiw Eric A. \ Jones Brent A. 1,139
46 Bennett John L. \ Combs Robert A. 1,129
47 Giunto Branden J. \ Bennett Shaun L. 1,106
48 Binegar Gilbert B. \ Binegar Brian M. 1,104
49 Endres Fred F. \ Pennock Carol (CJ) J. 1,086
50 Papciak Ronald E. Jr \ Papciak Teresa L. 1,082
51 Kurtzman Nick \ Lopez Kristy L. 1,080
51 Caipen Lisa K. \ Caipen David M. 1,080
53 Smith Larry L. \ Rogers William E. 1,078
54 Szabat Kyle W. \ Willyard Richard L. Jr 1,050
55 Smith Wesley T. \ Verh Leigh A. 966
Doubles Womens, Doubles Womens HDCP, Handicapped

Place Team Name Score
1 Saller Laura J. \ Carden Stephanie L. 1,500
2 Pischera Kimberly K. \ Plaso-Rudawsky Sarah 1,387
3 Bender Bonny L. \ Jackson Erin N. 1,352
4 Bender Bonny L. \ Plaso Teri K. 1,280
5 Potteiger Shawna D. \ Potteiger Jessica A. 1,161
Doubles Womens, Doubles Womens Scratch, Scratch

Place Team Name Score
1 Bender Bonny L. \ Jackson Erin N. 1,228
2 Bender Bonny L. \ Plaso Teri K. 1,183
3 Saller Laura J. \ Carden Stephanie L. 1,095
4 Pischera Kimberly K. \ Plaso-Rudawsky Sarah 1,082
5 Potteiger Shawna D. \ Potteiger Jessica A. 1,016
Singles, Open, Handicapped

Place Team Name Score
1 Smith Wesley T. 800
2 Moore Howard A. IV 788
2 Doshak Brian 788
4 Reid William E. 786
5 Kiss Gary A. 774
6 Ash James 772
7 Renkel Emil J. 766
8 Monti Lewis J. 756
9 Jackson Erin N. 753
10 Morrow Wade T. 749
11 Damicone Troy R. 748
12 French Douglas J. 747
13 Knapp James D. 746
14 Williams Nick W. 742
15 Shahan Linda A. 739
16 Caipen David M. 738
17 Harris Willie 737
18 French Jolson J. 736
19 Grohe David A. 735
20 Lewis Eric W. 734
21 Flachbart Bill J. 733
22 Burkey John W. 729
23 Verh Leigh A. 726
24 Bardoun Jeff 725
25 Hunter Michael L. 723
26 Fincham Howard A. 722
27 Lohr Scott E. 715
28 Lewis Craig A. 714
29 Binegar Gilbert B. 712
30 Potteiger William R. 711
30 Tennant Matthew W. 711
32 Moore Jerry J. 710
32 Caipen Lisa K. 710
34 Berry Bryan J. 709
35 Randazzo David J. 708
36 Kocisko Charles 703
37 Knapp Steven A. 701
37 Endres Fred F. 701
39 Eisenbarth Dale 699
40 Lewis Ronnie L. Jr 697
41 King Aaron J. 696
42 Mitov Michael 695
43 Endres Jon C. 694
44 Bright Matthew A. 693
45 Barto Edward W. 691
46 Pischera James G. Jr 689
47 Kitakis Geno 685
47 Plaso Teri K. 685
49 Kommel Kevin E. 682
50 Adolph Patrick R. 680
51 Bright Daniel W. 678
52 Gonsalves Kevin 673
53 Kramp Tyler S. 672
54 Workman Troy A. 670
55 Konkle Jeffrey J. 667
56 Papciak Teresa L. 665
57 Humphries Thomas A. 664
57 Moreno Brian J. 664
59 Daugherty Gregory A. 663
60 Bogavich Louis Jr 662
60 Billiter Thomas A. 662
62 Pischera Kimberly K. 657
63 Short Sean A. 656
64 Moore Richard T. 653
64 Blevins Richard (Ric) N. 653
64 Bolyard Shawn M. 653
67 Smith Larry L. 651
68 Helsel Gary L. 650
68 Juzkiw Eric A. 650
70 Kurtzman Jack L. 648
71 Collier Dan S. 647
72 Morrow Don 646
73 Hawkins Benjamin J. II 644
74 French Bozena 640
75 Karstetter John 639
76 Rogers William E. 634
76 Grund Jeremie N. 634
78 Kurtzman Nick 631
79 Roderick Ryan M. 625
79 Jones Carl E. Jr 625
79 Walker Brian J. 625
82 Saxton Julie F. 621
82 Elwood Ronald E. Jr 621
84 Binegar Brian M. 618
84 Berg Dakota D. 618
86 Szabat Kyle W. 617
87 Treece Jeremy W. 616
88 Santiago Alex J. 603
89 Renkel Russell T. 600
90 Jones Brent A. 590
90 Sarrocco Matthew P. 590
92 Plaso Andrew D. 580
93 Papciak Ronald E. Jr 573
94 Pennock Carol (CJ) J. 567
95 Fulks Bradford R. 546
96 Pastor Rob 541
Singles, Open, Scratch

Place Team Name Score
1 Moore Howard A. IV 775
2 Damicone Troy R. 740
3 Flachbart Bill J. 733
4 Caipen David M. 730
5 Bardoun Jeff 725
6 Williams Nick W. 724
7 Jackson Erin N. 708
8 Randazzo David J. 706
9 Kiss Gary A. 693
10 Adolph Patrick R. 680
10 Kommel Kevin E. 680
12 Renkel Emil J. 677
12 French Douglas J. 677
14 Hunter Michael L. 675
15 Endres Fred F. 674
15 Fincham Howard A. 674
17 Harris Willie 673
18 Knapp James D. 668
19 Plaso Teri K. 667
20 French Jolson J. 666
21 Burkey John W. 665
22 Mitov Michael 660
23 Doshak Brian 659
24 Eisenbarth Dale 651
25 Pischera James G. Jr 646
26 Bolyard Shawn M. 645
27 Morrow Wade T. 644
28 Workman Troy A. 643
29 Moreno Brian J. 640
29 Barto Edward W. 640
31 Knapp Steven A. 637
31 Berry Bryan J. 637
31 Collier Dan S. 637
34 Hawkins Benjamin J. II 636
35 Rogers William E. 632
36 Moore Richard T. 629
37 Ash James 627
38 Lewis Ronnie L. Jr 625
39 Endres Jon C. 622
39 Bright Daniel W. 622
41 Grund Jeremie N. 621
41 Monti Lewis J. 621
43 Grohe David A. 619
44 Blevins Richard (Ric) N. 618
45 Lewis Craig A. 617
46 Kocisko Charles 614
46 Tennant Matthew W. 614
48 Roderick Ryan M. 612
48 Daugherty Gregory A. 612
50 Gonsalves Kevin 611
51 Binegar Gilbert B. 607
52 Elwood Ronald E. Jr 605
53 Bright Matthew A. 602
53 Short Sean A. 602
55 Walker Brian J. 596
56 Juzkiw Eric A. 594
57 Potteiger William R. 593
58 Reid William E. 592
59 Jones Brent A. 588
60 Verh Leigh A. 586
60 Lohr Scott E. 586
62 Moore Jerry J. 584
63 Lewis Eric W. 578
64 Jones Carl E. Jr 571
64 Morrow Don 571
66 Smith Wesley T. 570
67 Konkle Jeffrey J. 565
68 Shahan Linda A. 564
69 Bogavich Louis Jr 563
70 Smith Larry L. 562
71 Kitakis Geno 561
72 King Aaron J. 559
72 Berg Dakota D. 559
74 Santiago Alex J. 558
75 Kramp Tyler S. 551
76 Treece Jeremy W. 546
77 Kurtzman Nick 545
78 Binegar Brian M. 540
79 Humphries Thomas A. 538
80 Saxton Julie F. 535
81 Szabat Kyle W. 531
82 Caipen Lisa K. 527
83 Helsel Gary L. 526
84 Fulks Bradford R. 525
85 Renkel Russell T. 514
86 Pastor Rob 498
87 Plaso Andrew D. 494
88 Papciak Ronald E. Jr 484
89 Sarrocco Matthew P. 461
90 Papciak Teresa L. 455
91 Pischera Kimberly K. 450
92 Kurtzman Jack L. 449
93 Billiter Thomas A. 432
94 French Bozena 410
95 Karstetter John 409
96 Pennock Carol (CJ) J. 337
Singles Womens, Singles Womens HDCP, Handicapped

Place Team Name Score
1 Plaso Teri K. 748
2 Pischera Kimberly K. 727
3 Pennock Carol (CJ) J. 713
4 Saller Laura J. 688
5 Bender Bonny L. 685
6 Jackson Erin N. 661
7 Carden Stephanie L. 543
8 Potteiger Jessica A. 519
9 Plaso-Rudawsky Sarah 268
Singles Womens, Singles Womens Scratch, Scratch

Place Team Name Score
1 Plaso Teri K. 730
2 Jackson Erin N. 616
3 Bender Bonny L. 607
4 Pischera Kimberly K. 520
5 Potteiger Jessica A. 487
6 Saller Laura J. 421
7 Carden Stephanie L. 406
8 Pennock Carol (CJ) J. 392
9 Plaso-Rudawsky Sarah 171
All Events, Open, Handicapped

Place Team Name Score
1 Damicone Troy R. 2,317
2 Reid William E. 2,287
3 Williams Nick W. 2,286
4 Kocisko Charles 2,222
5 Moreno Brian J. 2,205
6 Lewis Ronnie L. Jr 2,201
7 Jackson Erin N. 2,196
8 Ash James 2,163
9 King Aaron J. 2,142
10 Knapp James D. 2,132
11 Potteiger William R. 2,127
12 Mitov Michael 2,125
13 French Douglas J. 2,117
14 Kommel Kevin E. 2,116
15 Kiss Gary A. 2,097
16 Adolph Patrick R. 2,083
16 Kramp Tyler S. 2,083
18 Tennant Matthew W. 2,078
19 Daugherty Gregory A. 2,069
20 Fincham Howard A. 2,052
21 Berry Bryan J. 2,037
22 Burkey John W. 2,029
23 Moore Jerry J. 2,021
24 Short Sean A. 2,005
25 Treece Jeremy W. 2,003
26 Pischera James G. Jr 1,996
27 Berg Dakota D. 1,994
28 Elwood Ronald E. Jr 1,989
29 Barto Edward W. 1,973
30 Hunter Michael L. 1,972
30 Collier Dan S. 1,972
32 Saxton Julie F. 1,968
33 Santiago Alex J. 1,965
34 Plaso Andrew D. 1,962
35 Randazzo David J. 1,953
36 Juzkiw Eric A. 1,951
37 Workman Troy A. 1,935
38 Caipen Lisa K. 1,928
39 Bolyard Shawn M. 1,917
40 Sarrocco Matthew P. 1,896
41 Plaso Teri K. 1,879
42 Papciak Ronald E. Jr 1,856
43 Smith Larry L. 1,828
44 Jones Brent A. 1,722
45 Rogers William E. 1,708
46 Bardoun Jeff 1,465
47 Harris Willie 1,453
48 Grohe David A. 1,433
49 Jones Carl E. Jr 1,353
50 Pogwizd Ronald J. 724
51 Bennett Shaun L. 721
52 Giunto Branden J. 678
53 Lang Keith A. 637
54 Ruediger Mark T. 625
All Events, Open, Scratch

Place Team Name Score
1 Damicone Troy R. 2,293
2 Williams Nick W. 2,232
3 Moreno Brian J. 2,133
4 Kommel Kevin E. 2,110
5 Adolph Patrick R. 2,083
6 Caipen David M. 2,082
7 Jackson Erin N. 2,061
8 Mitov Michael 2,020
9 Lewis Ronnie L. Jr 1,985
10 Kocisko Charles 1,955
11 Randazzo David J. 1,947
12 Collier Dan S. 1,942
13 Elwood Ronald E. Jr 1,941
14 Daugherty Gregory A. 1,916
15 Fincham Howard A. 1,908
16 French Douglas J. 1,907
17 Bolyard Shawn M. 1,893
18 Pischera James G. Jr 1,867
19 Workman Troy A. 1,854
20 Eisenbarth Dale 1,842
21 Burkey John W. 1,837
22 Santiago Alex J. 1,830
23 Hunter Michael L. 1,828
24 Plaso Teri K. 1,825
25 Berry Bryan J. 1,821
26 Barto Edward W. 1,820
27 Fulks Bradford R. 1,817
27 Berg Dakota D. 1,817
29 Tennant Matthew W. 1,787
30 Ash James 1,728
31 Kramp Tyler S. 1,720
32 Jones Brent A. 1,716
33 Reid William E. 1,705
34 Plaso Andrew D. 1,704
35 Rogers William E. 1,702
36 Moore Jerry J. 1,643
37 Papciak Ronald E. Jr 1,589
38 Smith Wesley T. 1,528
39 Bardoun Jeff 1,465
40 Harris Willie 1,325
41 Jones Carl E. Jr 1,245
42 Grohe David A. 1,201
43 Pogwizd Ronald J. 638
44 Ruediger Mark T. 609
45 Lang Keith A. 608
All Events Womens, All Events Womens HDCP, Handicapped

Place Team Name Score
1 Pischera Kimberly K. 2,142
2 Jackson Erin N. 2,037
3 Plaso Teri K. 2,023
4 Bender Bonny L. 1,996
5 Plaso-Rudawsky Sarah 1,499
6 Potteiger Jessica A. 1,040
All Events Womens, All Events Womens Scratch, Scratch

Place Team Name Score
1 Plaso Teri K. 1,969
2 Jackson Erin N. 1,902
3 Bender Bonny L. 1,762
4 Plaso-Rudawsky Sarah 1,273
5 Potteiger Jessica A. 976


Board Members Needed

The Portage County USBC Bowling Association needs to fill vacancies on the Board of Directors.  You can be elected to the Board at the annual Meeting on April 11.  Board members work on both adult and youth projects including tournaments, communications, and planning events.  We need people who can represent the bowlers of Portage County.

You can pick up an application at any bowling center or you can print one out by clicking here.  Please turn applications in by April 4.

Portage County Association Tournament
The tournament is contested in two divisions:  the Open Division where men and women both compete, and the Women's Division where only women may compete.  Women must declare their preference. 

The Tournament started with a nice turnout for the first two days, as 8 teams showed up on the first day to battle it out.  A team calling itself #ThrowBack Thursdays (Ronald Pogwizd, Matt Tennant, Ronnie Lewis, Kevin Kommel, and Troy Damicone) found itself in first place with a handicap total of 3554.  Just 27 pins behind is Walker's Boys (Al Petrosino, Cory Hartline, Brian Doshak, Rob Pastor, and Brian Walker).  Team Brian Berry (Alex Santiago, James Pischera, Brian Moreno, Brian Berry, Patrick Adolph) leads the Scratch Division with 3318.  
The only Women's Division team on the first day was Plazo Construction with a nice 3328 total.

On the second day there were two squads of doubles and singles.  Landing of top at doubles was the team of Ronnie Lewis and Kevin Kommel with 1568, followed by Andrew Plaso and Erin Jackson with 1534, and Aaron King and Dakota Berg with 1486.  In the Scratch division Lewis and Kommel were again leading with 1493.  Kim Pischera and Sarah Plaso-Rudawsky are leading the Women's division with 1387 followed by Bonnie Bender and Teri Plaso with 1352.  Bender and Jackson also lead the Scratch division with 1228.

In Singles Brian Doshak leads with 788 followed by Monti Lewis (756), Erin Jackson (753), and Wade Morrow (749) while in the Scratch division Troy Damicone leads with 740 followed by Erin Jackson (708).  In the Women's division Teri Plaso leads in both the Handicap and Scratch divisions with 748 and 730.

The tournament continues with a squad on Friday, March 6 at noon, then squads the next two weekends.  You can pick up entry forms at any Portage County bowling center or print one out by going to the Tournaments page.


2020 Portage County Masters Tournament


Matt Tennant congratulates the Master champion Adam Barta.
1/25/2020 9:00 pm.  Adam Barta qualified fourth in the finals and climbed the ladder to win the 2020 Portage County Masters and collected the $1500 first place prize money.  In the finals Barta first bested third place qualifier, Scott Hensley, who collected $350 for finishing 4th.  In a game that wasn't settled until the final ball when Barta struck out in the 10th for the win over second place qualifier, Tyler Meredith, who collected $440.  In the last game of the tournament Barta defeated the first place qualifier, Jesse Smith, who collected $700 for finishing second.

Matt Tennant, tournament director, said on Facebook:

'I've known Adam for a long time, ran tournaments that he came and bowled long before the legend of Adam grew! This weekend was the first time I saw him in quite a while, and I was blown away by his kindness and that his success had not changed him a bit. Humble is a good way to describe him. But what really blew me away was the fact that he's won so much, and done so much in bowling, but it's obvious that his joy for the game is what keeps him going. He came to a small association's Masters tournament and treated every person he encountered with the the utmost respect, and when he won, he made me feel like I just ran the biggest tournament in America and he was so thrilled to win it. I am thrilled that he won it, and Adam Barta, you reminded me why I choose to run tournaments. #GraciousAndGreatness #ThankYou

Edit: And the last thing I saw him doing was taking pictures with the lane monitors (young bowlers who I hope today, met an idol.)"


1/25/2020 at 4:30 pm.  After four more games shot at Kent Lanes the field was cut to 12 for a four game semifinal.  The semifinalists are Tyler Meredith, Jesse Smith, Adam Barta, Andrew Smith, Kevin Oravecz, Scott Hensley, Ryan Liederbach, Troy Damicone, Jason Johnson, Jason Price, David Randazzo, Joe Bailey.


The four finalists will compete in a stepladder final determined by their finish in the semifinals.

1/15/2020 at 10:00 pm.  The 2020 Masters is underway in Portage County.  On Saturday, January 25 fifty-six top bowlers took on the tough sport shot at Kent Spins Bowl and then moved to Sky Lanes in Garrettsville to try the pattern out on their wooden lanes.  After eight games the leading scorer is Andrew Smith with 1763 total pins (averaging 220).  Ryan Leiderbach sits in second place just 26 pins behind.  The tournament moves to Kent on Sunday for four more games before a cut to 16 bowlers.  The sixteen remaining participants will then bowl the semifinals of two more games to determine the four finalists who will battle it out using a stepladder format.

Bowling starts at 12:00 for a chance to win the $1500 top prize.  Here are the current standings



The 2019 Junior-Senior Tournament is in the books with champions Greg Martha, Mike Benton, and Lori Benton winning by 122 pins.  Greg shot the tournament high score of 815 (257-279-279) while Mike was close behind with 774 (228-279-267).  The trio led all teams in individual scratch total scores, then led all teams in scratch Baker bowling as well, finishing their set with 290 and 274.  The team shared the first place prize of $750.

The team of Dave Reeves, Ron Frame, and Chuck Lewis finished in second place sharing $390.  They picked up ground in the tournament in the Baker portion combining for a 299 game to go with games of 241 and 244.

In third place, winning $318 was the team of Scott Sano, Neil Martin, and Scott Hensley.  Hensley led his team with a 300 game and 788 series.

The tournament sold out more than three weeks early.  Tournament Director, Matt Tennant, had to turn away several teams simply because there were no lanes left.  The format for this tournament is three bowlers, at least one senior, bowl three regular games each, then bowl six Baker games.  In Baker games the bowlers take turns bowling the frames, keeping their beginning order throughout the entire set.

Upcoming tournaments provided by Portage County USBC:


The Portage County Masters will be bowled at all three Portage County bowling centers on January 25 and 26.  This tournament features some of the best bowlers in the area and a few from out of state who compete for a first place prize of $1500, and an array of side pots.


The 600 Club is scheduled for February 23.


Spins Bowl Lanes will host the Portage County Championship from February 29 through March 15.  This tournament will produce champions in Team, Doubles, and Singles as well as Scratch All-Events and Handicaps All-Events.


The Jim Boyle Senior Memorial Tournament will take place at Spins Bowl on April 25.

Greg Martha, Mike Benton, Lori Benton


Scott Hensley 300 game

1st 1 Benton-Benton-Martha
+987
2nd 9 Reeves-Frame-Lewis
+865
3rd 13 Sano-Martin-Hensley
+807
4th 12 Plaso-Jackson-Plaso
+753
5th 3 Martin-Zerucha-Zerucha
+657
6th 17 Moreno-Hunter-Berry
+644
7th 6 Bogavich-Bogavich-Bailey
+637
8th 20 Houghton-Boveington-Houghton +631
9th 8 Tennant-Smelko-Damicone
+628
10th 16 Roberts-Moore-Daniels
+590
11th 21 Marcello III-Reber-Endres
+581
12th 4 Byles-Hughey-Hover
+580
13th 22 Ritzinger-Ritzinger-Ritzinger +545
14th 24 Osborne-Kertis-Fleming
+530
15th 15 Eckman-Long-Stoffer
+517
16th 23 Shultz-Speicher-Baillie
+483
17th 11 Lingro-Schuttenberg-Moore +477
18th 2 Hoover-Hoover-Hoover
+456
19th 14 Shahan-Shahan-Hodge
+454
20th 5 Fanizzi-Schneider-Fleming
+428
21st 10 Flachbart-Grund-Caipen
+398
22nd 7 Ables-Ables-Wilson
+396
23rd 19 Carden-Madden-Madden
+338
24th 18 Fincham-Mitov-Bolyard
+163

























1st place $750




2nd place $390




3rd place $318




4th place $270




5th place $210




6th place $150



Handicap Doubles Tournament at Sky Lanes on October 20


Eighteen doubles teams showed up to take on Sky Lanes and the rest of the field on a beautiful fall day.  Right out of the gate the scoring was astounding as Jolson French (277) and Jessica Potteiger (289) teamed up to shoot a tournament high 600 handicap total to lead the tournament after one game, followed by Ben Smith (231) and Corey Schmucher (290) for 574, and Thomas Humphries (245) and Logan Palmer (213) for 530.

In the second game Dylan Rinella (245) and David Randazzo (278) were tops with 534 followed by Potteiger/French with 523, and John Zerucha (217) and Mark Zerucha (227) with 515. 

The third game was topped by Shawn Flory (236) and Bill Dunn with 530, Zerucha/Zerucha with 519, and Scott Lohr (235) and Aaron King (191) totaling 515.

In the final game John Zerucha (244) and Mark Zerucha (268) topped the field with 583, followed by Rinella/Randazzo with 559, and Robby Roberts (256) and Mike Lancia (244) totaled 528.

So after the four rounds of qualifying Zerucha/Zerucha stood atop the field with 2105, followed by Rinella/Randazzo with 2045, Potteiger/French with 2035, and Humphries/Palmer with 1971. 

In the bracket style final Zerucha/Zerucha beat Potteiger/ French 515 to 404 while Rinella/Randazzo dispatched Humphries/Palmer 451 to 439.  Then Zerucha/Zerucha outbowled Rinella/Randasso 544 to 417.

During the qualifying Dylan Rinella had the highest 4-game series with 1014, followed by David Randazzo with 987, Jolson French with 976, and Corey Smith with 975.  The high scratch score was 290 by Schmucker followed by 289 by Randazzo, Potteiger, and Rinella.

Individual scores

Team # Bowler # Bowler Name Avg Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Total
1 1 Howard A Moore 225 240 194 245 235 914
1 2 Jeff Lingro 185 185 161 213 188 747
2 3 Ben Smith 185 231 181 182 163 757
2 4 Corey Shmucker 216 290 244 212 229 975
3 5 Jesse Hodge 227 227 242 269 227 965
3 6 Nick Gabrick 221 244 211 215 215 885
5 9 Thomas Humphries 184 245 235 217 194 891
5 10 Logan Palmer 196 213 190 224 165 792
6 11 Pie Rossi 211 246 223 211 165 845
6 12 Dave Joseph 221 258 245 187 217 907
9 17 John Zerucha 180 225 217 202 244 888
9 18 Mark Zerucha 201 192 227 246 268 933
10 19 Matthew Long 185 140 162 191 163 656
10 20 Troy Workman 220 224 217 187 159 787
11 21 Scott Lohr 182 159 139 235 202 735
11 22 Aaron King 179 177 186 191 216 770
13 25 Dan Martin 202 224 208 193 237 862
13 26 Michael Miller 220 221 236 172 202 831
14 27 Jessica Potteiger 218 289 210 218 206 923
14 28 Jolson French 204 277 279 227 193 976
17 33 Bryan Berry 203 213 201 204 213 831
17 34 Brian Moreno 221 210 258 235 182 885
18 35 Robby Roberts 218 171 192 240 256 859
18 36 Mike Lancia 210 257 226 217 244 944
21 41 Heather Wolfe 188 217 191 205 221 834
21 42 Mike Hunter 212 196 169 213 192 770
22 43 Shawn Flory 204 198 225 236 191 850
22 44 Bill Dunn 204 179 190 248 178 795
25 49 Jesse Michel 188 158 210 237 172 777
25 50 Lloyd Ables 217 181 224 213 206 824
26 51 Frankie Diehl 211 170 158 186 193 707
26 52 Josh Wilson 219 182 226 199 184 791
29 57 Dylan Rinella 218 223 245 257 289 1014
29 58 David Randazzo 229 216 278 234 259 987
30 59 Nick Knapp 204 266 245 205 231 947
30 60 Greg Bradner 195 151 197 187 172 707


Team Scores


Avg Gm 1 Gm 2 Gm 3 Gm 4 Total
1 Zerucha-Zerucha 381 488 515 519 583 2105
2 Rinella-Randazzo 447 450 534 502 559 2045
3 Potteiger-French 422 600 523 479 433 2035
4 Humphries-Palmer 380 530 497 513 431 1971
5 Smith-Shmucker 401 574 478 447 445 1944
6 Roberts-Lancia 428 456 446 485 528 1915
7 Hodge-Gabrick 448 481 463 494 452 1890
8 Knapp-Bradner 399 471 496 446 457 1870
9 Lohr-King 361 425 414 515 507 1861
10 Rossi-Joseph 432 529 493 423 407 1852
11 Berry-Moreno 424 455 491 471 427 1844
12 A Moore-Lingro 410 470 400 503 468 1841
13 Flory-Dunn 408 423 461 530 415 1829
14 Martin-Miller 422 479 478 399 473 1829
15 Wolfe-Hunter 400 467 414 472 467 1820
16 Michel-Ables 405 388 483 499 427 1797
17 Long-Workman 405 413 428 427 371 1639
18 Diehl-Wilson 430 379 411 412 404 1606

Handicap Singles Tournament results


Tom Humphries finished first in his qualifying squad, then finished first in the semifinals to make it to a modified bracket finals  where he defeated Jesse Michel and Josh Wilson to claim the $340 first place check.  The tournament featured two four game squads of qualifiers where bowlers from the first squad (who had fresh oil) could reenter for the second squad, the burn squad (no fresh oil), to get another shot at making the semifinals.  Three bowlers from each squad made the semi's where they bowled two games for position in the finals.  Humphries, Wilson, and Mike Lancia made it from the first squad, while Jolson French, Michel, and John Zerucha qualified from the second squad.


Finalists:  Back Jesse Michel, Mike Lancia, Tom Humphries
Front John Zerucha, Jolson French, Josh Wilson

Matt Tennant with Tom Humphries


Practice Time

Jim Palmer at the desk

Matt Tennant the Tournament Director

Jessica Potteiger working the tournament

Lori Jarosz working the tournament

Linda Shahan collecting sanction cards

Shawna Potteiger guarding the money