Rhoades, Pyfer win Mixed Match Doubles tournament

The Thunderbird Mixed Doubles tournament that was held last Wednesday evening saw a full field, minus a couple of teams who opted not to weather the storm, literally speaking.

Those on hand had a good time and managed some good scores in a battle that would pay the top six places at events end.

After a two game qualifying set, the top six teams rolled one more game with the goal being to make the top three.

Finishing is sixth place was Peggy Coe and Andrew Petering with 339.

Lil Johnson and Sam Bowman finished in fifth with 400 and Leilani Wiggins and Robert Lansberry took fourth with 417.

The top three teams went into a stepladder final where Vanda Edmondson and Duane Hurwitz settled for third after losing to Brittney Williams and David Yett, 456-470.

The Williams/Yett team ended in second after facing Ashley Rhoades and DJ Pyfer who pulled out all the stops and took first place 459-368.

A special thanks to all of the participants and stay tuned as another variation of the Po-Boy event is in the works.

League Highlights

Scoring picked up a little last week as we find Tim Lundquist with the best series of 756, bowled in the Suburban league at Twin Oaks.

Lundquist found the line to roll 253, 258 and 245 to make up the set.

Damon Claunch also had a good week as we find him with a 742 series in the Friday Night Mixed Rollers with games of 267, 259 and 216.

Dale Perry rolled out a 728 to lead in the Early Birds with games of 217, 256 and 255 and even the senior leagues had something to brag about this week.

Ronnie King and Mike Peckinpaugh tied with 704 each for the Entertainers league high series’ and Richard Jacoby chimed in with a 702 from the Socialites.

King had games of 233 and 216 before lining up for a 255 and Peckinpaugh went 191, 269, 244 to make up the 704 sets.

Jacoby turned in games of 259, 209 and 234 for the 702.

Brenda Lathe led the ladies with games of 183, 240 and 215 for a 638 from the TNT league and the ladies high game of 257 came from Brittney Williams while bowling in the Mixed Doubles tournament.

Youth

Jake Croft led youth bowlers with a 584 for series that included the youth high game of the week of 244 bowling in the U18 TBird Legends league.

DJ Scott led in the U12 HotShots with games of 154 and 116 before things fell apart, leaving him with a 367 for totals.

No-Tap News

John Fortner took first place in the senior No-Tap at Thunderbird Lanes with an 881 handicap total that included a no-tap 298 game as a closer.

Last week’s champ, Gary Webster, took second this week with 854, that included a no-tap 300 game, his second in so many weeks.

And David Yett took third place with 835 on games of 255, 278 and 234.

Diane Frame and Leilani Wiggins were co-champions in the women’s division with 847 a piece.

Scratch Singles winners were the same as the handicap division only with Fortner in first with 788, Yett in second with 778 and Webster in third with 716.

Mystery Doubles winners were Cathy Shuman/John Lewis, 586, Diane Frame/Kevin Pair, 569 and John Fortner/Lil Johnson, 614.

Strike pot winners were Peggy Towne, Sam Bowman, Roy Johnson, Charles Norman, David Yett and James Halstead Jr.

Halstead was also the only bowler to hit a challenge shot with a seven count on demand to match his Pill Draw.

This event is held every Friday at Thunderbird Lanes, starting at 1 p.m.. Bowlers must be at least 50 years old with a verifiable average to participate.