All-Area bowling teams picked for the season

This being the last bowling column for the year, it is when I pick the All-Area teams for the men and women, which are based solely on the honor rolls for the year.  

For the women, a 600-649 gets one point, 650-699 gets two points and a 700 and up receives three points for series. For individual games, 230-269 receives one point, 270-289 gets two points and 290-300 receives three points.    

The captain for the first team is Shannon Orcutt, who tallied 76 points. Joining her on the team are Cassie Reimann (58), Amy Wentzlaff (51), Lisa Schleicher (49) and Denise Czech-Schwandt (47). 

The second team is captained by Kris Shover, who totaled 45 points. Joining her on the team are Diane Meyer (41), Amber Orcutt (36), Tracy George (32) and Andrea Moeller (28). Bowlers just short of making the team are Brianna Reimann, Barb Churchill, Vikki Dullinger, Ashley Stueve and Anne Mehr.

For the women there were two perfect games by Kris Shover and Amy Wentzlaff and a 299 by Diane Meyer. There were 294 games of 230 and up this year and a total of 351 series of 600 and up for the year.

For the men's teams, I assigned one point for games of 270-289 and series of 700-749 and two points for games of 290-299 and series of 750-799. Three points were awarded for a 300 game and 800 series.

Captaining the first team is Bill Faerber, who, without a doubt, had the best season with 63 points. Joining Bill on the first team are Jose Uvero Jr. (47), Shawn Thielen and Andrew Benson (44) and Craig Schiffler (39).

The second team is captained by Eric George (37), Brady Stearns and Ryan Schleicher (35), Tim Neumann (34) and Brandon Reese (33). Just missing the teams were Brian Reimann, Lance Hengel, Mike Theis, Rod Neuenschwander, Josh Hengel and Bruce Solt.

For the men we had 564 games of 270 and up with 56 perfect games and 23 299 games. We had a total of 1023 series of 700 and up with 28 800 series.

It is almost impossible for a once-a-week bowler to make the team and I do know that, but I have tried to give the scores a valid point total.

Honor Counts 

Jose Uvero Jr. rolled his third perfect game of the season in the Stearns County League at Southway Bowl. Jose had games of 300-268-199 for a 767 series.

Spare Notes

Tim Knudson rolled 74 pins over his 205 average with a 279 game in the Rapids Rec League at Great River Bowl. Tim started with games of 225 and 212 for a 716 series.

Mike Ritter rolled games of 223-224-215 for a 662 series, 128 pins over his 178 average in the Albany Thursday Early League.

Pete Kruger rolled a 258 game, 71 pins over his 187 average in the Rapids Rec League at Great River Bowl.  

Jamie Nieland rolled a 255 game, 76 pins over his 179 average in the Rapids Rec League at Great River Bowl and totaled 632.

PWBA Note 

The PWBA Twin Cities Open will be at Cedarvale Lanes in Eagan on May 2-4. May 2 has 4-5:30 p.m. practice and bowling with the pros at 7 p.m. On Friday, qualifying of eight game blocks is 9 a.m.-5 p.m. On Saturday, eight games round of the top 32, round of 12 six games at 2 p.m. with top four stepladder finals at 5:30 p.m. For more information, call Cedarvale Lanes at 651-452-7520.

Alley on Ash in New London will be hosting a Adult/Youth Scotch Doubles Tournament on Sunday, April 28 at 1 p.m. Cost to enter is $30 per team. Call the lanes to reserve your spot.

Tourney Notes

At the Cold Spring Lanes No-Tap Tourney, Brian Bell currently leads with a 970. Cost to enter is $28 with a $2 optional 300 jackpot. Open shifts are 6:30 p.m. April 19, 20 and 27 and 12:30 p.m., 3 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. April 28. Call the lanes to sign up. 

Thank You  

I would like to thank the St. Cloud Times for publishing the bowling column each Thursday. Also a big thank you to the secretaries and the local lanes for getting me the scores during the year. Have a great summer.

This is the opinion of Times bowling columnist Rick Saatzer. Contact him at rsaatzer@aol.com.