Indiana bowler takes All-Events lead at USBC Open Championships

04/25/10

United States

2010USBCOCJohnBauerle.jpgJohn Bauerle Jr. (pictured) of Indianapolis was in such a zone at the 2010 United States Bowling Congress Open Championships that nothing could've stopped him from taking the Regular All-Events lead Saturday afternoon.

The 38-year-old right-hander was confident heading into doubles and singles after shooting 759 in team Friday night, and he added 738 in singles and 728 in doubles for a 2,225 all-events effort, the highest in the tournament's six visits to the National Bowling Stadium.

John Janawicz of Winter Haven, Fla., claimed the 2004 Regular All-Events title with a 2,224 total, which included a Regular Singles-winning 858 series.

Bauerle also became the first bowler this year to record three series of 700 or better. Terrence Syring of Bay City, Mich., previously held the Regular All-Events lead with 2,155.

"This is an unbelievable feeling," said Bauerle, who helped Bowlers Sport Shoppe 2 of Indianapolis into fourth place in Regular Team with a 3,304 total Friday. "It's just hard to describe. I feel so excited right now. I've been bowling OK lately, but not carrying very well, and the pins fell for me this week."

Bauerle's day didn't start out the way he hoped, however, as his partner, Chris Adam, didn't arrive on the lanes until the eighth frame of doubles. Adam thought they bowled at 11:30 p.m., not at 11:40 a.m.

"He wasn't here, so that was a little discouraging," said Bauerle, who bowls regularly at Hindel Bowl and made his 17th USBC Open Championships appearance. "I just had to try to stay focused, and I feel like I did that and performed pretty well."

Bauerle has performed well on the championship lanes before. At the 1993 event in Tulsa, Okla., he rolled a then-record 22 consecutive strikes on the way to games of 280 and 300 for a 776 singles series. That effort also produced his previous-high all-events total of 2,156. Last year in Las Vegas, Ron Vokes of Racine, Wis., rolled 30 consecutive strikes on the way to the all-events crown with a record total of 2,321.

"My goal is to come out and perform well," said Bauerle, who is one of three bowlers in Professional Bowlers Association history with four perfect games in one tournament. "I want to throw good shots and get the best results I can. Sometimes, the pins add up, and sometimes, they don't. To have them add up this year is a great feeling."

Despite Adam's miscue, Bowlers Sport Shoppe 2 also moved into seventh place in Team All-Events with 9,648. Bauerle was joined by Chris Dunham (2,083), Michael Lisch (1,844), Chris Curry (1,843) and Adam (1,653). Red Carpet Lanes of Greenfield, Wis., leads with 10,131.

This was the first year Bauerle bowled with his current team, but the team they crossed with was a group he's bowled with before. Bowling alongside people he's comfortable with and who know his game proved to be a winning combination.

"I didn't really get nervous at all," Bauerle said. "I felt like I was throwing the ball well, and I just kept trying to make good shots. Luckily, the pins fell for me. We've been saying it all week and joking about it, but I really do feel like I'm living the high life. When I bowled with these guys before, we had a top 10 finish in the team event, and one year, I did set the record with 22 strikes in a row, but this tops them all."

2010USBCOCLogo_small.jpg Presenting sponsors for the 2010 USBC Open Championships are Circus Circus, Eldorado and Silver Legacy Hotel/Casinos in Reno, Nev. Other sponsors include Sands Regency Casino Hotel, official brackets sponsor, Kegel, official lane maintenance provider, US Steltronic, official scoring system, and supporting sponsors Storm Bowling Products, UPS, Nationwide Insurance, Atlantis Casino Resort and Spa, Harrah's Reno Casino and Hotel and Peppermill Hotel Casino.

 


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107th USBC Open Championships


National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nev., United States (Feb. 20 - July 5, 2010)

REGULAR DIVISION


Top 10 division leaders with hometown and pinfalls

 

Team
1, Bowlers Edge Pro Shop (Brad Kuhr, Timothy Rice, Dan Paul, Kenny Kempf, Jason Wendt), Neenah, Wis., 3,408. 2, S & B Pro Shop, Clinton Township, Mich., 3,347. 3, Lakeview Lanes, Baldwinsville, N.Y., 3,313. 4, Bowlers Sport Shoppe 2, Indianapolis, 3,304. 5, Turbo 2-N-1 Grips 1, Madison, Wis., 3,298. 6, Red Carpet Lanes, Greenfield, Wis., 3,250. 7, Ray Cyr's Pro Shop, Baldwinsville, N.Y., 3,248. 8, Up An Adam, Coral Springs, Fla., 3,247. 9, The Locker Guy 1, Mankato, Minn., 3,245. 10, Brian Brazeau Pro Shop, Ocala, Fla., 3,232.

Doubles
1, Jeffrey Mersch, Orlando, Fla./Erik Vermilyea, Mansfield, Texas, 1,507. 2, Tom Milton, St. Petersburg, Fla./David Taylor, Seminole, Fla., 1,498. 3, Jeff Nimke, Oshkosh, Wis./Chad Maas, Brookfield, Wis., 1,480. 4, Kenneth Stephens, Frankfort, Ky./Randall Montoya, Albuquerque, N.M., 1,434. 5 (tie), Terry Hall, Rocklin, Calif./Andrew Udahl, Elk Grove, Calif., and Scott Helm, Hartford, Wis./Dave Beres, Greenfield, Wis., 1,421. 7, Mandy Wilson, Dayton, Ohio/Douglas Stone, Troy, Ohio, 1,419. 8, Art Alexander III/Matt Chetney, Baldwinsville, N.Y., 1,416. 9, Phil Croak, Johnstown, Ohio/Jason Tom, Mechanicsburg, Ohio, 1,413. 10 (tie), Jason Hale, Des Moines, Iowa/Matt Smith, Altoona, Iowa, and Lana Schwab, Lake Villa, Ill./Davey Rosen, Northbrook, Ill., 1,411.

Singles
1, Terrence Syring, Bay City, Mich., 833. 2, Jimmy Johnson, Pataskala, Ohio, 804. 3, Dan Gould, East Hampton, Mass., 783. 4, Richard Brooks, Versailles, Conn., 767. 5, Barry Zimmerman, Grand Forks, N.D., 766. 6, Brian Omara, Webster, N.Y., 764. 7, Brian Huther, Madison, Ala., 762. 8, George Kontos, Joliet, Ill., 760. 9, Nick Wissinger, Clinton Township, Mich., 758. 10, Christopher Webb, Racine, Wis., 755.

All-Events
1, John Bauerle Jr., Indianapolis, 2,225. 2, Terrence Syring, Bay City, Mich., 2,155. 3, Chad Maas, Brookfield, Wis., 2,141. 4, Dave Ewald, Macomb, Mich., 2,116. 5, Jeffrey Mersch, Orlando, Fla., 2,112. 6, Jimmy Johnson, Pataskala, Ohio, 2,108. 7, Erik Vermilyea, Mansfield, Texas, 2,104. 8, Mark Moore, Macomb Township, Mich., 2,097. 9, Robert Gotchall, Lincoln, Neb., 2,096. 10, Larry Verble, Mason, Mich., 2,093.

Team All-Events
1, Red Carpet Lanes (Jeff Nimke, Scott Helm, Steve Brinkman, Chad Maas, Dave Beres), Greenfield, Wis., 10,131. 2, S & B Pro Shop, Clinton Township, Mich., 9,920. 3, Junior Team USA Support, Orlando, Fla., 9,893. 4, Don Johnson Memorial, Shepherdsville, Ky., 9,813. 5, Victor's Caf‚, Reading, Penn., 9,808. 6, Coach's 5 Horsemen, Racine, Wis., 9,753. 7, Bowlers Sport Shoppe 2, Indianapolis, 9,648. 8, Royal Scott 1, Lansing, Mich., 9,647. 9, Turbo 2-N-1 Grips 1, Madison, Wis., 9,609. 10, Bluebird Lanes, Orland Park, Ill., 9,602.

 


CLASSIFIED DIVISION


Team
1, Huikko's Bowling Center 3 (Pam Strong, Ronda Bauman, Jeanne Schmid, Jeffrey Schmid, Dale Bauman), Buffalo, Minn., 2,730. 2, EWI/NPS/Denny's, Mentor, Ohio, 2,699. 3, We Don't Know, Columbia, S.C., 2,687. 4, Wothe Bait 1, Perham, Minn., 2,684. 5, Garden Center Lanes 2, Alexandria, Minn., 2,683. 6, Razorback Rollers, Stuttgart, Ark., 2,668. 7, Garden Center Lanes 3, Alexandria, Minn., 2,663. 8, Sportsman Bowling Club 5, Moreno Valley, Calif., 2,662. 9, Queen Bee's Bar/Grill 1, Paynesville, Minn., 2,651. 10, Paradise Lanes, Walden, Colo., 2,648.

Doubles
1, Tyson Sims/Scott Wilcox, Georgetown, Idaho, 1,182. 2, John Bishop/Dan Mosteller, Tooele, Utah, 1,175. 3, Wayne Doney, Lamar, Colo./Jim Matusek, Hartland, Wis., 1,174. 4, Pat Fitzgibbons, Colorado Springs, Colo./Pete Fitzgibbons, Goodland, Kan., 1,173. 5, Chris Nugent, Mays Landing, N.J./Jason Campbell, Galloway, N.J., 1,171. 6, Greg Allen/Stacey Bauer, Ogallala, Neb., 1,166. 7, Joe McKee/Mark Nalan, Sheffield, Iowa, 1,155. 8, Walter Cook, Inverness, Fla./Stephen Liik, Homosassa, Fla., 1,153. 9, Holly Ventura, Harwood Heights, Ill./Bob Zurek, River Grove, Ill., 1,149. 10, Delmar Brownell/Dale Brownell, Spearfish, S.D., 1,148.

Singles
1, David Garcez, Merced, Calif., 669. 2, Blake Sandidge, Lead, S.D., 653. 3, Joseph Buggs, Honolulu, 647. 4, Mark Plute, Montrose, Colo., 644. 5, Gino Cerullo, Caspey, Wyo., 634. 6, Matt Tschann, Paynesville, Minn., 630. 7, Curt VanLaningham, Ogallala, Neb., 624. 8, Dan Dahlquist, Wheaton, Ill., 622. 9, Gerald Petersen, Sidney, Mich., 621. 10, Terrance Hall, Spanish Fork, Utah, 620.

All-Events
1, Steve Miller, Roanoke, Ill., 1,775. 2, Richard Eisenhut, Downers Grove, Ill., 1,766. 3, Harry Berg, Eau Claire, Wis., 1,743. 4, Matt Tschann, Paynesville, Minn., 1,742. 5, Paul Daniels, Bonner, Mont., 1,739. 6, Jake Acuna, Pocatello, Idaho, 1,736. 7, John Stolarski, Waterford, Mich., 1,733. 8 (tie), Tom Sellers, Barstow, Calif., and Douglas Drake, Princeton, Ill., 1,732. 10, Mervin Davis Jr., Randallstown, Md., 1,731.

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