THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, February 5, 1995 TAG: 9502030253
SECTION: PORTSMOUTH CURRENTS PAGE: 22 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: Bill Leffler
LENGTH: Medium: 99 lines
The All-America teams have been selected and, not surprisingly, Norm Duke and Anne Marie Duggan were chosen as Bowlers of the Year.
Both received the vote of Around the Alleyways, participating in a panel of 152 bowling writers and broadcasters.
As expected, Duke was a landslide pick but Duggan squeezed in ahead of Aleta Sill by a single point. Unbelievably, one voter did not place Sill on either the first or second team. A second-team vote would have tied her with Duggan - who once was based out of Chesapeake but now calls Edmond , Okla. home - for top honors. Three points were given for a first-team selection and one point for a second-team choice.
The men's All-America consists of Duke, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Bryan Goebel, Amleto Monacelli and Eric Forkel.
The women's squad includes Duggan, Sill, Tish Johnson, Marianne DiRupo and Carol Gianotti.
Around the Alleyways voted for all five of the men and four of the women. The one miss was DiRupo, who was given a second-team nod. Kim Couture was our pick for the first team.
And we're taking credit for Duggan's selection as Bowler of the Year. Without our vote, she would have finished second.
Bowler of the Week honors go to a trio of 300 game shooters - Charlie Durr, John Hamilton and Chuck Richey.
Competing in the Saturday Nite Classic Mixed Tenpin League at Pinboy's of Chesapeake, Charlie Durr joined the 300 Game Club with 12 in a row that closed with a final strike after the No. 10 pin nearly stood.
Durr probably had memories of another 299 at the same center in the 1991-92 season. He also shot a 300 there last season.
The 300 came in a 696 series and was the opener. He followed with games of 201 and 195.
Hamilton's 300 came at the same center in the Monday Scratch Doubles League.
Richey had his 300 in the Big Chiefs League at Indian River, closing with a 775 series.
Tenpin topics: Pat Dineen slammed a lanes record 817 series at Pinboy's of Norfolk in the Industrial League. He rolled games of 260, 278 and 279. On a scoring spree, Dineen shared Bowler of the Week honors just a couple of weeks back with a 300 game and 778 series in the Virginia Beach Commercial League at Plaza Bowl. . . . It was three different pins that deprived bowlers at Pinboy's of Norfolk of perfect games the past week. Joe Lawson slammed his 299 in the Charles Peete League, leaving the No. 9 on his last pitch and finishing with a 713 series. In the same league Berly Barge had 299 when the No. 4 pin refused to drop. He had a 717 series but the game won the 191-average bowler a Century Club award. Scott Hall racked up his 299 in a 738 series in the Grif/Han League, a stubborn No. 7 pin costing him his 12-striker. . . . Another near 300 was posted by Kenny Wilson in his 729 series in the Keith Young Industrial League at Pinboy's of Western Branch. He pitched a 297 game. absence of the Pro Bowlers Tour from its weekly appearance on WVEC-TV. . . . Tracy Williams registered a 122 triplicate in the Wednesday Nite Mixed League at Pinboy's of Lynnhaven. . . . In the Funseekers League at Lynnhaven Don Brooks, who averages 149, racked up a 615 series. . . . Dennis Tolley had his first 700 with 719 in the Monday Scratch Doubles League at Pinboy's of Chesapeake. . . . Mike Boyce joined the Century Club with a 254 game, exactly 100 pins over his average in the Screwballs League at Pinboy's of Norfolk. . . averages 175 and heaved a 278 game in the Big/Little League at Indian River. . her 208 game and 497 series. . . . Sam Lanier subbed in the Friday Mixers League at Pinboy's of Chesapeake and had a personal high of 770 with a 279 single.
Duckpin data: Ronnie Sult won the local qualifying among bowlers from non-BPAA centers with a five-game 967. He posted games of 149, 168, 181, 179 and 170 for an 847 scratch series, averaging 169.4 per game. He entered with a 140 average. Lynette Narciso and Carole Cullipher tied in the women's division with 841. All these scores will be placed in competition with scores from other non-BPAA houses. Already qualifying locally were George Smith and Martha Rush. The national finals will be April 29-30 in Johnston, R. I. . . . Deepest sympathy to Bill Wetherington on the recent loss of his mother. . . . Ray Askew was three pins shy of his own three-game league record with 474 in the Sunday School League. It strengthened his hold on first place in the high average race in this 50-bowler league. . . . Donnie Long was a couple of pins shy of Ronnie Ketchum's Industrial League series record with games of 172, 160 and 164 for 496. . . . Bonnie Smith rolled a 156 game in a 361 series in the Sub-District Youth League. She averages 109. . . . Jim Nicholson flashed his old form with a 151 game in the Monday Morning Mixed League. . . . From one day to the next Simp Warren zipped from a 320 set to a 420 set, blasting a 172 single in the Thursday Morning Mixed League. . . . Don Ferguson couldn't take bows very long with his 178 game in the Elimination Doubles League when younger brother Lee Hoggard chalked up a 183 game and 425 series in the Victory Youth League. Another youth leaguer, 4-year-old Casey Yates, came up with a whopping 80 game. He averages 51. . . . ``21,'' the Victory Lanes Singles Handicap Tournament, will get under way today with a five-game block at 5 p.m. Bowlers can still sign up prior to the start. It's a 20-game tournament with additional blocks on March 5, April 2 and April 30. Entry fee is $25 per block. With 32 or more entries there will be a guaranteed prize list of $2,175 with $1,000 to the champion. The tournament is for men and women and is 80 percent handicap of a scratch 160 average. by CNB