Pyfer wins first Po-Boy of series

There were 45 bowlers in the lineup for the first of a series of Po-Boy tournaments scheduled for Monday evenings at Thunderbird Lanes throughout the summer months.

The event got off to a slow start as tournament officials learn the administrative part of running a tournament in the new scoring system, but once the bowling started, the strikes were plentiful and the first two games of qualifying went by quickly.

The high scratch scores for game one of qualifying was a 257 by Steve O’Harris (WF), followed by Shawn Thomas with a 246

Game two scratch game winners were Matt Ray, 258 and Kellan Hill, 256.

The format allowed for the top 16 bowlers to advance to the single elimination bracket.

Qualifiers included the top seed Andrew Petering with a 489 two game handicap set, followed by John Fortner, 485, DJ Pyfer, 481, Robert Vitense, 476, Shawn Thomas, 470, Matt Ray, 464, Craig Foster, 461, Kellan Hill, 458, Derek Bennett, 452, Payne Jolly, 446, Steve O’Harris, 445, Dennis Jolly, 440, Kadeem Smith, 438, Gio Gordon, 432 and Camden Sublett, along with Sam Bowman, tied with 430 to fill the final two spots.

Bowlers were paired high vs. low for the round of 16 where Petering beat Bowman, 211-201, Hill beat Bennett, 224-212, and Thomas beat D. Jolly, 235-200, Foster beat P. Jolly, 215-194 and Fort-ner beat Sublett, 209-197.

Petering continued on his mission with a win over Hill in the round of eight, 233-203 and Smith won over Thomas, 252-223.

Pyfer caught a break scoring 265 to O’Harris’ 193 and Fortner got the win against Foster in the final pairing 212-161.

Smith put a 252 together showing no mercy on Petering who registered a 170, to advance to the finals to face Pyfer who won over Fortner, 225-212.

DJ Pyfer found new light and better carry, taking the title with a 262 score to Smith’s 232 effort.

This event also features ticket challenges where in the first week, Sam Bowman won ticket one.

DJ Pyfer needed a strike to win ticket two and Tony Faustner needed a double to win ticket three.

Neither ticket was hit and started with a $58 carryover in last night’s competition.

Tune in next week for those results.

Remember, the Po-Boy tournament will be held on Monday nights throughout the summer months. Competition starts at 7 p.m. at Thunderbird Lanes.

Your help, by signing up early, will help that plan come together.

Youth Bowling

The Saturday morning youth league at Thunderbird Lanes is up and running and expanded last week to accommodate more bowlers so if you haven’t already signed up, there is still room. Join the fun next Saturday morning starting at 10 a.m.

No-Tap News

There were a few no tap 300 games making the news last week, most notable would be LJ Bailey who started and ended the Tuesday Night Tapless league last week with the no tap honor.

Bailey ended up with the high no tap series of 843, sandwiching a 243 in the middle of all of those strikes.

Danny Gonzales also started his night in the same league with an NT300 and Teri Jester got herself one in the senior Socialites No-Tap on Monday afternoon.

Cleo Travis retained his title in the senior Colorama at Thunderbird, putting an 836 out there for the high set.

Roy Johnson followed with a 795 and Sam Bowman cashed in third with 792.

Hazel Gary won in the ladies division with a 788.

Mystery Doubles winners were Hazel Gary/Ryan Thomas, 562, Zari Conway/Mike Peckinpaugh, 517, and Cleo Travis/James Middleton, 575.

There were no challenge shot winners but Strike Pot ticket takes went home with Dave Yett, Mike Peckinpaugh, Steve Jester and Roy Johnson.

This event is held every Friday afternoon starting at 1PM at Thunderbird Lanes and is open to bowlers age 50 and over.