Team All-Events champions won't repeat in 2015; two live stream broadcasts from the Open Championships this week
Defending champion Anthony LaCaze (pictured) of Hoffman Estates, Illinois, is in position to become the second bowler in 112 years of USBC Open Championships history to win titles in three consecutive years. The 32-year-old right-hander, a 2013 Team All-Events champion and the 2014 Regular All-Events winner, helped Junior Team USA Support 1 of Las Vegas to the top of the leaderboard in Regular Team (3,359) and Team All-Events (10,064) in El Paso, Texas, on April 3-4.
North Dakota's Matt Smallin leads three events at El Paso Convention Center
USBC Hall of Famer Bill Lillard Sr. (pictured) of Houston added to his USBC Open Championships legacy as he became the tournament's career pinfall leader during his first game of singles in front of a standing-room-only crowd of friends, family, fans and fellow competitors at the El Paso Convention Center on March 31. An eight-time Open Championships winner, and the first of three bowlers
in tournament history to claim four titles in the same year, Lillard now
has settled atop the career pinfall list with a 124,087 total.
Sylvester Thiel (pictured) of Lake City, Minnesota, returned to the 112th USBC Open Championships at El Paso Convention Center as focused as when he did so for the first time at the 1940 event in Detroit. Thiel's teammates waited patiently by lane 37, while all 44 teams of bowlers and hundreds of bowling fans rose to their feet to witness his milestone trip down Center Aisle. The standing ovation ushered him into the tournament's 70-Year Club as its third member, and first since 1999.
Bowlers and their friends and families can follow the USBC Open Championships scoring live, follow leaderboards and access frame-by-frame detailed individual results for third consecutive year
Sports Challenge Network's XBowling and USBC have announced that for the third consecutive year, XBowling is the official live scoring partner of the USBC Open Championships. Approximately 40,000 bowlers will participate in the world's largest bowling tournament from March 7 through July 12 and now will have access to a real-time display of their bowling scores by XBowling. Tournament-goers and their friends and family back home can follow the action in the free XBowling App or on the web.
With help from El Paso's official mascot, Amigo Man, the 2015 USBC Open Championships got off to a festive start Saturday at the El Paso Convention Center. Amigo Man led the tournament's first 48 teams down Center Aisle, while local entertainers - Mariachi Tapatio and Ballet FolklĂłrico Paso Del Norte - escorted out this year's Joe Bowler, Chuck Brockett of Burlington, Iowa, before delivering some Southwestern flavor to the Opening-Day festivities.
For the next four months, El Paso will be home to the 2015 United States Bowling Congress Open Championships, and the event will touch many aspects of life in Sun City as tournament bowlers and staff immerse themselves in the local community. Even the children of El Paso will get the chance to learn the ins and outs of the sport of bowling when they visit the El Paso Exploreum Children's Museum, which will feature a detailed Science of Bowlingexhibit during the 128-day run of the USBC Open Championships.
Each time the 11United States Bowling Congress and Kegel team up to dress the lanes at USBC's championship events in 2015, bowlers and bowling fans surely will take notice of the custom lane machines being used to get the job done. As the official lane maintenance provider for all USBC tournaments, Kegel has created a limited-edition Patriot FLEX lane machine that will be used at the 2015 USBC Masters, USBC Open Championships and USBC Women's Championships.
Amendment adjusts event schedule, hosting fees and stadium renovation timeline
The United States Bowling Congress (USBC), the Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority (RSCVA) Board of Directors and the Reno City Council have approved revisions to the hosting agreement for USBC Championships tournaments. Key changes include shifting the USBC Open and Women's Championships back to their historical rotation of visiting Reno once every three years, adjusting the site fee and extending the completion date for renovations at the National Bowling Stadium (NBS).
The members of Artistic Expressions 1 of Oklahoma City (pictured left) already were well-known throughout the Southwest, but they've gained international notoriety since rolling the highest team score in 111 years of USBC Open Championships history. Their 3,720 team total at the National Bowling Stadium on June 23 earned them a whirlwind of media and bowling-community attention that will continue now that they're officially this year's Regular Team champions.
National Bowling Stadium welcomes the 2014 USBC Senior Championships on July 8-9; final squad of the 2014 Open Championships will hit the lanes at 2 p.m. EDT on July 13
The 2014 USBC Open Championships returned from a brief hiatus in exciting fashion as Edward Rondot (pictured) of Ypsilanti, Mich., and Team USA member Shannon Pluhowsky of Dayton, Ohio, rolled perfect games on July 5 and July 6, respectively. Both bowlers competed on the first team squad following the USBC Queens, and it didn't take long for Rondot to find his way into the record books. He posted games of 233, 195 and 300 for the 34th perfect game of the 2014 event.
Team USA member becomes the 10th woman in tournament history, and second this year, to roll 300
Team USA member Shannon Pluhowsky (pictured) of Dayton, Ohio, started and finished her trip to Reno this year in memorable fashion, including a 300 game at the 2014 USBC Open Championships. The 31-year-old left-hander became the 10th woman in tournament history, and second this year, to achieve the milestone, which came in her second game of singles Sunday. She sandwiched the 35th perfect game of this year's event between games of 180 and 236 for a 716 series.
The final squad of the 111th edition of the event will hit the lanes at 2 p.m. EDT on July 13
There was an abbreviated schedule this week at the USBC Open Championships as the National Bowling Stadium played host to the 2014 USBC Queens and USBC Senior Queens. The 111th edition of the Open Championships kicked off Feb. 28, and so far, more than 45,000 bowlers have competed on the championship lanes at the NBS. There are 9,024 teams scheduled to compete this year before the event concludes July 13.
Summer Jasmin becomes the ninth woman in USBC Open Championships history to roll a perfect game
Zeke Bayt (pictured) of Westerville, Ohio, may not have been able to find his way back to the top of the standings at the USBC Open Championships, but he definitely didn't leave Reno, Nev., empty-handed. Although his Regular Singles title defense at the NBS on June 21 only resulted in games of 196, 192 and 217 for a 605 series, well short of the lead this year, Bayt did help his team to the highest single game in tournament history the night before.
Artistic Expressions 1 of Oklahoma City rolls games of 1,255, 1,188 and 1,277 for 3,720 team tally (248 average) to break the previous record by 159 pins
Even with a half game to go, there was little doubt Artistic Expressions 1 of Oklahoma City was going to finish the day atop the standings at the 2014 USBC Open Championships with the highest score in 111 years of tournament history. The group finished with a 1,277 final game and 3,720 team tally, 159 pins better than Motion Plus Lanes of Cudahy, Wis., which previously held the lead and top spot in the record books with 3,561.
Team Turbo Grips of Fort Wayne fire 1,318 to become the first team to surpass the 1,300 mark in the 111-year history of the event; group's Doubles and Singles performance will be featured live on BowlTV Saturday at 2 p.m. EDT
Team Turbo Grips of Fort Wayne, Ind. (pictured), rallied back from a disappointing opening game at the 2014 United States Bowling Congress Open Championships by rolling the first 1,300 team game in the 111-year history of the event. Led by Terry Rohrer's 298, Team Turbo Grips fired 1,318 at the National Bowling Stadium to surpass the 1,299 posted by 123Bowl.com of Naugatuck, Conn., on May 2.
Another two bowlers toss perfect games at National Bowling Stadium; three live stream broadcasts from Reno this week
Jon Trzcinski (pictured left) of Bay Shore, N.Y., and Chris Nielson of Livonia, Mich., brought the number of 800 series rolled at this year's United States Bowling Congress Open Championships to six on June 11 and June 12, respectively. A day removed from leading Lodge Lanes Kids of Orlando, Fla. (right), into third place in Regular Team with a 3,527 total, Trzcinski rolled games of 243, 289 and 270 for an 802 series and moved into a tie for second place in Regular Singles.
Arizona's Michael Tountas joins father in record books at USBC Open Championships; two live stream broadcasts this week
The members of Lodge Lanes Too of Orlando, Fla., rolled the highest score in USBC Open Championships history, 3,538, on their way to the Regular Team title at the 2013 event, and they returned to the National Bowling Stadium on June 10 to put that title on the line. With the bar even higher this year, they knew it would take another record performance, but they fell short with games of 1,155, 1,067 and 1,099 for a 3,321 total.
Bill Bruce (.) of Howell, Mich., and Jon Pokorny (r.) of Converse, Texas, each found their way into the record books at the United States Bowling Congress Open Championships with perfect games this week at the National Bowling Stadium. Bruce, a 42-year-old right-hander, accomplished the feat May 30 during singles. Pokorny, a 31-year-old right-hander, matched Bruce's feat later that night, starting his singles set with a 300 game.
Rick Gatlin, Brian Burkhardt fall short in their quest for a second consecutive Regular Doubles title; number of perfect games at the 2014 USBC Open Championships increases to 27; two live stream broadcasts from Reno this week
Anthony Cerrato (pictured left with wife Christine) of East Hanover, N.J., celebrated two milestones in Reno on May 20. The 77-year-old became the 174th bowler in history, and last of 10 this year, to reach 50 years of participation at the United States Bowling Congress Open Championships. The day also marked the 50th wedding anniversary for Cerrato and his wife, Christine. In 50 tournament appearances, he has knocked down 82,713 pins for a career average of 183.8.
Number of perfect games at the 111th Open Championships increases to 21; wwo teams crack 3,500 mark at National Bowling Stadium
The number of perfect games at the 2014 United States Bowling Congress Open Championships increased to 21 this week at the National Bowling Stadium. The first to roll 12 consecutive strikes was Christopher Smith (pictured) of Madison Heights, Mich., a 27-year-old right-hander who started his team event May 14 with games of 180 and 195 before finishing with the 300 game for a 675 series.
Defending champion Anthony LaCaze (pictured) of Hoffman Estates, Illinois, is in position to become the second bowler in 112 years of USBC Open Championships history to win titles in three consecutive years. The 32-year-old right-hander, a 2013 Team All-Events champion and the 2014 Regular All-Events winner, helped Junior Team USA Support 1 of Las Vegas to the top of the leaderboard in Regular Team (3,359) and Team All-Events (10,064) in El Paso, Texas, on April 3-4.
USBC Hall of Famer Bill Lillard Sr. (pictured) of Houston added to his USBC Open Championships legacy as he became the tournament's career pinfall leader during his first game of singles in front of a standing-room-only crowd of friends, family, fans and fellow competitors at the El Paso Convention Center on March 31. An eight-time Open Championships winner, and the first of three bowlers
in tournament history to claim four titles in the same year, Lillard now
has settled atop the career pinfall list with a 124,087 total.
Sylvester Thiel (pictured) of Lake City, Minnesota, returned to the 112th USBC Open Championships at El Paso Convention Center as focused as when he did so for the first time at the 1940 event in Detroit. Thiel's teammates waited patiently by lane 37, while all 44 teams of bowlers and hundreds of bowling fans rose to their feet to witness his milestone trip down Center Aisle. The standing ovation ushered him into the tournament's 70-Year Club as its third member, and first since 1999.
Sports Challenge Network's XBowling and USBC have announced that for the third consecutive year, XBowling is the official live scoring partner of the USBC Open Championships. Approximately 40,000 bowlers will participate in the world's largest bowling tournament from March 7 through July 12 and now will have access to a real-time display of their bowling scores by XBowling. Tournament-goers and their friends and family back home can follow the action in the free XBowling App or on the web.
With help from El Paso's official mascot, Amigo Man, the 2015 USBC Open Championships got off to a festive start Saturday at the El Paso Convention Center. Amigo Man led the tournament's first 48 teams down Center Aisle, while local entertainers - Mariachi Tapatio and Ballet FolklĂłrico Paso Del Norte - escorted out this year's Joe Bowler, Chuck Brockett of Burlington, Iowa, before delivering some Southwestern flavor to the Opening-Day festivities.
For the next four months, El Paso will be home to the 2015 United States Bowling Congress Open Championships, and the event will touch many aspects of life in Sun City as tournament bowlers and staff immerse themselves in the local community. Even the children of El Paso will get the chance to learn the ins and outs of the sport of bowling when they visit the El Paso Exploreum Children's Museum, which will feature a detailed Science of Bowling exhibit during the 128-day run of the USBC Open Championships.
Each time the 11United States Bowling Congress and Kegel team up to dress the lanes at USBC's championship events in 2015, bowlers and bowling fans surely will take notice of the custom lane machines being used to get the job done. As the official lane maintenance provider for all USBC tournaments, Kegel has created a limited-edition Patriot FLEX lane machine that will be used at the 2015 USBC Masters, USBC Open Championships and USBC Women's Championships.
The United States Bowling Congress (USBC), the Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority (RSCVA) Board of Directors and the Reno City Council have approved revisions to the hosting agreement for USBC Championships tournaments. Key changes include shifting the USBC Open and Women's Championships back to their historical rotation of visiting Reno once every three years, adjusting the site fee and extending the completion date for renovations at the National Bowling Stadium (NBS).
The members of Artistic Expressions 1 of Oklahoma City (pictured left) already were well-known throughout the Southwest, but they've gained international notoriety since rolling the highest team score in 111 years of USBC Open Championships history. Their 3,720 team total at the National Bowling Stadium on June 23 earned them a whirlwind of media and bowling-community attention that will continue now that they're officially this year's Regular Team champions.
The 2014 USBC Open Championships returned from a brief hiatus in exciting fashion as Edward Rondot (pictured) of Ypsilanti, Mich., and Team USA member Shannon Pluhowsky of Dayton, Ohio, rolled perfect games on July 5 and July 6, respectively. Both bowlers competed on the first team squad following the USBC Queens, and it didn't take long for Rondot to find his way into the record books. He posted games of 233, 195 and 300 for the 34th perfect game of the 2014 event.
Team USA member Shannon Pluhowsky (pictured) of Dayton, Ohio, started and finished her trip to Reno this year in memorable fashion, including a 300 game at the 2014 USBC Open Championships. The 31-year-old left-hander became the 10th woman in tournament history, and second this year, to achieve the milestone, which came in her second game of singles Sunday. She sandwiched the 35th perfect game of this year's event between games of 180 and 236 for a 716 series.
There was an abbreviated schedule this week at the USBC Open Championships as the National Bowling Stadium played host to the 2014 USBC Queens and USBC Senior Queens. The 111th edition of the Open Championships kicked off Feb. 28, and so far, more than 45,000 bowlers have competed on the championship lanes at the NBS. There are 9,024 teams scheduled to compete this year before the event concludes July 13.
Zeke Bayt (pictured) of Westerville, Ohio, may not have been able to find his way back to the top of the standings at the USBC Open Championships, but he definitely didn't leave Reno, Nev., empty-handed. Although his Regular Singles title defense at the NBS on June 21 only resulted in games of 196, 192 and 217 for a 605 series, well short of the lead this year, Bayt did help his team to the highest single game in tournament history the night before.
Team Turbo Grips of Fort Wayne, Ind. (pictured), rallied back from a disappointing opening game at the 2014 United States Bowling Congress Open Championships by rolling the first 1,300 team game in the 111-year history of the event. Led by Terry Rohrer's 298, Team Turbo Grips fired 1,318 at the National Bowling Stadium to surpass the 1,299 posted by 123Bowl.com of Naugatuck, Conn., on May 2.
Jon Trzcinski (pictured left) of Bay Shore, N.Y., and Chris Nielson of Livonia, Mich., brought the number of 800 series rolled at this year's United States Bowling Congress Open Championships to six on June 11 and June 12, respectively. A day removed from leading Lodge Lanes Kids of Orlando, Fla. (right), into third place in Regular Team with a 3,527 total, Trzcinski rolled games of 243, 289 and 270 for an 802 series and moved into a tie for second place in Regular Singles.
The members of Lodge Lanes Too of Orlando, Fla., rolled the highest score in USBC Open Championships history, 3,538, on their way to the Regular Team title at the 2013 event, and they returned to the National Bowling Stadium on June 10 to put that title on the line. With the bar even higher this year, they knew it would take another record performance, but they fell short with games of 1,155, 1,067 and 1,099 for a 3,321 total.
Bill Bruce (.) of Howell, Mich., and Jon Pokorny (r.) of Converse, Texas, each found their way into the record books at the United States Bowling Congress Open Championships with perfect games this week at the National Bowling Stadium. Bruce, a 42-year-old right-hander, accomplished the feat May 30 during singles. Pokorny, a 31-year-old right-hander, matched Bruce's feat later that night, starting his singles set with a 300 game.
Anthony Cerrato (pictured left with wife Christine) of East Hanover, N.J., celebrated two milestones in Reno on May 20. The 77-year-old became the 174th bowler in history, and last of 10 this year, to reach 50 years of participation at the United States Bowling Congress Open Championships. The day also marked the 50th wedding anniversary for Cerrato and his wife, Christine. In 50 tournament appearances, he has knocked down 82,713 pins for a career average of 183.8.
The number of perfect games at the 2014 United States Bowling Congress Open Championships increased to 21 this week at the National Bowling Stadium. The first to roll 12 consecutive strikes was Christopher Smith (pictured) of Madison Heights, Mich., a 27-year-old right-hander who started his team event May 14 with games of 180 and 195 before finishing with the 300 game for a 675 series.