LITTLE ROCK — Terry Ivy, 53, of Manila, rattled the pins for his first 800 series in the doubles event of the Arkansas State Men's USBC tournament at the Jonesboro Bowling Center.
Ivy, who owns TJ Siding, ran off games of 278, 269 and 258 for an 805 series.
"I left two 10-pins and a 9-pin the second game and finished with 29 of a possible 36 strikes," Ivy said. "I popped my wrist the sixth frame of the last game and at that time thought maybe a 790 series. When I got to the 10th frame I looked up and saw I needed a double and a big count. I went off the sheet and I'm taking the ring."
Ivy started bowling at 46 in Jonesboro, used a Hammer Black Widow Bite ball, and averages 210 and 218. He has two 11-strikes-ina-row awards.
SWAIN WINS 1ST ASBT TITLE
Steve Swain of Kennett, Mo., who qualified fifth at the Arkansas Scratch Bowlers Tour tournament held at Conway Bowl, went undefeated in match play to win his first ASBT title.
Swain started his run to the title by defeating Terry Ivy of Manila, 248-185; then Chris Cranford of Longview, Texas, 234-217; Mike Mowrey of Little Rock 259-237; Kelly Stevens of Jonesboro, 236-190; and Mowrey again in the championship match, 238-214.
Mowrey set a state 5-game record during qualifying, rolling games of 267, 280, 298 (845 series), 269 and 279 for 1,393 and a 278.6 average. It betters the previous record of 1,340 shot by Little Rock's Dirk Gibson on Nov. 4, 2007 at Bowling World in Fort Smith in the ASBT.
In qualifying, Swain rolled games of 245, 216, 267, 258 and 236 for 1,222.
Swain banked $1,000; Mowrey $500; Stevens $400; Steve Merten of Longview, Texas, $300; Chris Johnson of Dallas, and Ron Booy of Mountain Home $200 each; Jordy Looney of Texarkana and Roy Parrish of Conway $175 each; Armstrong, Ivy, Cranford, and Billy West of Russellville $100 each; Devlin of Apison, Tenn., Chris Geisler of Jacksonville, Reggie Riley of Monticello, and Tony Wheat of Cabot $85 each.
Mowrey received $85 as high qualifier and Arron Waggoner of Walnut Ridge $60 as high senior non-cash.
Devlin, a junior bowler, was the 16th seed and faced Mowrey his first match and lost 268-179; then fell to Jack Armstrong of Cabot, 211-190. He was the first junior bowler to make the ASBT finals and cash. His winnings go to the SMART scholarship program.
Mowrey, 45, of Little Rock, who is self-employed, started bowling at 12 at Sportsworld in Russellville. The 298 was his first and the 845 his 22nd 800 with 848. He has 23 300 games, four 299s, six 11-strikesin-a-row awards including a 296.
Geisler, 44, a QC planning engineer for Dassault Falcon Jet, shot his 11th 300 game the last game of qualifying.
"I had a scout on the 10-pin for frames one, three and five. The last ball came in late for a lightmixer," Geisler said. "All the other strikes were pretty good."
Geisler started bowling at 11 at Don Lowry Lanes in Kokomo, Ind. He has eight 800 series with 833 high, three 299 games, two 298s, and three 11-strikes-in-a-row awards.
Booy, 44, rolled his sixth 299 game the third game of qualifying.
"All the hits were good, I just couldn't get too fast," said Booy, a construction contractor and pro shop operator. "The last ball I got way too slow and left a solid 6-pin. I just found out I won the scratch all events at the men's state tournament in Jonesboro, and will receive a paid entry into the next USBC Masters."
Booy started bowling at 5 at Dutchman Lanes in Pella, Iowa. He has eight 800 series with 846 high, 19 300 games, two 298s, and seven 11-strikes-in-a-row awards.
MULLIN TOPS WOMEN'S EVENT
The 60th Annual Arkansas State Women's Bowling Association tournament wrapped up play at Holiday Bowl in Texarkana and College Bowl in Texarkana, Texas, and the unofficial standings show that Stacy Mullin of Smackover won singles with 794.
Tiffany Brown of Stuttgart with 790; Robin Bunch of Siloam Springs with 778; Sherri Johnson of Jessieville with 776; Lisa Lynn of Magnolia, and Faith Williams of Adkins with 767 each, rounded out the top five.
Williams won the handicap all events with 2,287; followed by Brown with 2,189; Bethanie Franco, Clarksville, 2,158; Audrey Long, Jonesboro, 2,152; and Jennine Kitchens with 2,143.
Covert Cindy of Benton won scratch singles with 655. She was trailed by Dee Dee Jeffery of Newport, 645; Tracy Abbott of Maumelle, 613; Lacey Schroeder of Camden, 584; and Deana Stark of Springdale, 578.
The top five for scratch all events are Jeffery with 2,002; Covert with 1,917; Felicia Burlison of Little Rock with 1,804; Rachel Perez of Maumelle with 1,792; and Tracy Abbott of Maumelle with 1,778.
WWB of Heber Springs won the team event with 3,538 followed by Now & Then of Texarkana, 3,395; Gutter Bugs of Pine Bluff, 3,393; All That & More of Mabelvale, 3,392; and Lady Jags of Hot Springs, 3,357.
Audrey Long and Linda Arnold topped doubles play with 1,442. Kim Douglas and Ruth Dickerson of Clarksville and Kitty Sellers and Mindy Shaver of Paragould tied for second place with 1,432. Covert and Burlison were fourth with 1,416; and Donna Collier and Ruth Byrd of Crossett fifth with 1,413.
Nancy Rankin of Texarkana, received her 50-year participation award; Mary Ann Frizzell of England, and Clara Rogers of Fort Smith, the 45-year award; Barbara Harlow and Martha Hopkins of Texarkana, Joan Hendricks of White Hall, Dixie Higgs of Fayetteville, Betty Preyer of Mountain Home and Freda Smith the 40-year award.
WILLIAMS, GIBSON WIN
Dale Goodwin (629) and Mike Bagley (623) paced the Thursday Doubles qualifying at Enterprise Lanes in Bentonwith 1,627. They were joined for the finals by Steven Williams (245, 244-729) and Dirk Gibson (279-704) with 1,543; Bo Mosely (650) and Brian Kennedy (244, 251-718) with 1,542; Mark Bass (588) and Tony Smith (672) with 1,497; and Freddy Poe (627) and Cameron Ivie (626) with 1,496.
In a nail-biting opening match, Bass (195) and Smith (218) took a one-pin victory over Poe (247) and Ivie (184) 492-491. Mosely (230) and Kennedy (204) also with 492, edged Bass (205) and Smith (201) with 485. Williams (209) and Gibson (278) came on for a 517-481 victory over Mosely (210) and Kennedy (213). In aclose title match, Williams (198) and Gibson (236) won 464-456 over Goodwin (192) and Bagley (139).
DIS 'N' DATA
Kyle Salmon, 21, of Vilonia, shot his second 300 game between games of 236 and 245 for a 781 series in the Commercial League at Conway bowl. Salmon started bowling at 10 at Conway Bowl. He has two each 299s, 298s and 290 games, and a 780 high. ... Dave Newcomer of Pearcy shot a 299 game in the Hot Springs Classic League at Central Lanes for a 4-game total of 1,064 thattied him with Gordon Wylie for league high series. Also at Central, Ken Mitchell kicked off the Friday Mixed League with 300 and added games of 175 and 194 for a 669 series. ... Little Rock's Horace Childress is now third in the Bowling This Month Alibi tournament in Albuquerque, N.M., with 718; fifth in the Senior Singles with 880; and 15th in regular doubles with Shane Lester of Bryant with 1,710. ... Andy Mortensen of Fort Smith finished 15th at the PBA Southwest Region Bossier City Open in Bossier City, La., and received $575. Newcomer finished 17th for $400.
Sports, Pages 49 on 05/18/2008