Mid-Minnesota USBC Association Hall of Fame on tap
The Mid-Minnesota USBC Association will be hosting its Hall of Fame banquet on Oct. 13 at the Sauk Rapids VFW. The social hour is from 6-7 p.m. with dinner at 7 p.m.
Inductees are Sue Colgrove and Pete Reuter for Meritorious Service; Denise Czech-Schwandt and Marty Malinen for Superior Performance; and Bernie Schmitt, Sr. in the Pioneer category.
Sue Colgrove has been on the board for many years and also a league secretary for many years. Sue also has run the Women's Association Tournament. Pete Reuter has been president and a longtime board member, and to me the most important, he was in charge of the Juniors at Southway Bowl.
Denise Czech-Schwandt has been one of the top women's bowlers the past few years. Marty Malinen, my former teammate, could have also made it in Meritorious Service. Marty has been behind the senior tournaments in the area and has held his own on the lanes for over 40 years.
Bernie Schmitt was a good bowler back in the old lacquer lanes era. He also worked at the Granite Bowl for many years and also rolled a 300 game in the 600-700 tournament at the Granite Bowl.
Plan to attend; I am sure there will be many more stories. The cost to attend is $20 per ticket and must be purchased by Oct. 6 from a board member of the Mid-MN. You can find them on the website midmnusbc.org or contact me and I will get you tickets.
State Hall of Fame
The Minnesota State USBC Association inductions will be held at Grand Casino Hinckley on March 23. Nominees for Superior Performance are Scott Pohl, Burnsville and Dawn Sim, Hugo.
For Meritorious Service, Duane McVenes, Mankato, and Sherri Hoheisel, Pierz are the nominees. Sherri has been president of the Association and has run the Women's State Tournament.
Honor Counts
The first 800 series of the year was rolled at Cold Spring Lanes. Greg Terres, rolling in the Thursday 4-Man Match League, had games of 279-274-247 for an 800 on the nose.
Jose Uvero, Jr. rolled his first 300 in adult leagues with a perfect game in the City League at Southway Bowl. Jose started with a 238 and a 195 for a 733 total.
Eric George was perfect in the Rapids Rec League at Great River Bowl the last game of the night. Eric, who was subbing, started with games of 245 and 249 for a 794 series.
Mike Walther rolled a 299 game in the City League at Southway Bowl. Mike started with games of 256 and 212 to total 767 for the night.
Steve Lungstrom started the Tri-City League at Great River Bowl with a 199 game. He topped the first game by 100 pins with a 299 game. Steve finished with a 259 game for a 757 series.
Mike Theis started with a 298 game in the Tuesday City League at Cold Spring Lanes. Mike tacked on games of 175 and 190 for a 663 series.
Larry Birkedahl rolled a 290 game at Great River Bowl. Larry totaled 753 for the evening.
Spare Notes
Travis Denney rolled a 279 game, 93 pins over his last year's average of 186 in the Rapids Rec League at Great River Bowl. Travis started with games of 169 and 195 for a 643 series.
CMHSBL Notes
The Central Minnesota High School Bowling League met Saturday at Splitrocks Lanes in Wyoming, Minnesota. On the varsity side, Brainerd/Pillager, St. Cloud Tech and Sartell-St. Stephen/Little Falls won both matches. Forest Lake/Chisago Lake and Sauk Rapids-Rice/Pierz/Upsala split their two matches. Rocori/Eden Valley-Watkins and St. Cloud Apollo/Cathedral went winless. Brainerd/Pillager and St. Cloud Tech are tied for first with 4-0 records. Sartell-St. Stephen/Little Falls are tied for third with 3-1 records. Sauk Rapids-Rice/Pierz/Upsala are fifth with a 2-2 record and Rocori/Eden Valley-Watkins and Apollo/Cathedral are 0-4.
On the junior varsity side, Forest Lake/Chisago Lake 1 and Brainerd/Pillager Blue won both matches. Forest Lake/Chisago Lake 2, Sauk Rapids-Rice/Pierz/Upsala, Brainerd/Pillager Silver and St. Cloud Tech all split their two matches. Isle/Hinckley and Sartell-St. Stephen/Little Falls lost both matches. Forest Lake/Chisago Lake 1 is on top with a perfect 4-0 record. One game back is Brainerd/Pillager Blue and Forest Lake/Chisago Lake 2 with 3-1 records. Sauk Rapids-Rice/Pierz/Upsala and Brainerd/Pillager Silver both have 2-2 records. St. Cloud Tech and Isle/Hinckley are both at 1-3 and Sartell-St. Stephen/Little Falls is winless.
The next Match is Saturday, Sept. 22 at Great River Bowl at 1:30 p.m.
Note
Wally Walther was honored back on Aug. 4 with the Adult Youth Recognition Award for running the Central Minnesota High School League.
Tourney Notes
Larry Birkedahl continued his good bowling in the MSC Senior Tournament at Apple Place. Larry was a high qualifier, edging out Dave Oulman by four pins. Oulman defeated Larry in the finals by one pin, 215-214.
This is the opinion of Times bowling columnist Rick Saatzer. Contact him at rsaatzer@aol.com.