Bowling season ends at Northern Lanes
PRESQUE ISLE — Northern Lanes’ 2009-10 competitive bowling season wrapped up recently.
In the National League rolloffs, Rob’s Pit Stop defeated Dead River in the finals, 3,073 to 3,030. In the semifinals, top-seeded Rob’s Pit Stop beat No. 4 S.W. Collins, 2,948 to 2,876; while No. 2 Dead River upended No. 3 Michael’s Electric, 3,170 to 3,064.
In the Atlantic League, No. 1 Bessey’s Bowlers bested No. 3 D & R Trucking, 1,777 to 1,762. In the semifinals, Bessey’s Bowlers beat Woody’s Woodchicks, 1,784 to 1,758; while D & R Trucking upset No. 2 Whited Ford, 1,799 to 1,789.
The American League finals saw top-rated Aroosta Cast stopping the No. 3 Bottlenecks, 3,063 to 3,026. Aroosta Cast downed No. 4 Northern Lanes in one semifinal, 3,040 to 2,997; and the Bottlenecks pulled off a 3,118 to 3,029 victory over No. 2 Eagle Hill in the other semi.
For the Independent League, the second-seeded CFP squad was the winner of No. 1 A&M Auto in the finals, with CFP scoring 1,925 to A&M’s 1,894. CFP edged out No. 3 PI Elks #1 in the semifinals, 1,860 to 1,849; with A&M defeating Fire Extinguishers in the other, 1,825 to 1,795.
The Sunday Mixed Doubles League came to a close with No. 3 Hooters and Shooters upending No. 1 Who Cares in the finals, 1,457 to 1,429. One semifinal match saw Hooters and Shooters easing past second-ranked Walnutz, 1,612 to 1,501, with Who Cares knocking off Yo Yos, the fourth seed, 1,449 to 1,421 in the other.
Final regular season standings and top-10 and individual winners are as follows:
Bessey’s B Bowlers (150-90), Whited Ford (146-94), D & R Trucking (140-100), Woody’s Woodchicks (137-103), Lady Fire Extinguishers (136-104), The Returnables (111-129), White’s Rollers (106-134), Coors Light (104-136), Blue Horizons (98-142), TAMC (72-168).
Top 10: Norma LaFrance (101.23), Sue Chasse (101.14), Pat Good (101.05), Ruby LaFrance (98.4), Fran Soucy (98.4), Mona Reiersen (98.33), KimSue Leavitt (97.89), Alice Caron (97.29), Joanne Nickerson (96.51), Rebecca Curtis (96).
High strings: Soucy, 135; Reiersen, 124; and Tracey McDougal, 122.
High three: Reiersen, 336; Chasse, 317; Lyndsey Maynard, 312; Soucy, 312.
Who Cares (75-41), Wal Nutz (71.5-44.5), Hooters & Shooters (66-50), Yo Yo’s (63.5-52.5), River Rats (62-54), What Ever (60-56), Go Team (54-62), Sox (53.5-62.5), 4 Of A Kind (39-77), 300 (35.5-80.5).
Men’s Top 5: Rich Fletcher (114.09); Michael Lee (114.06), Dave Donahue (113.04), Dave Caron (107.89), Craig Nickerson (105.9).
Women’s Top 5: Mona Reiersen (99.81), Alice Caron (99.5), Cindy French (98.74), Annie Michaud (97), Chelsey Fletcher (95.4).
High strings, men: Caron, 148; Donahue, 140; Lee, 131. High string, women: Michaud, 126; French, 121; Reiersen, 113.
High three, men: Donahue, 371; Fletcher, 361; Lee, 358. High three, women: Stacey Robinson, 328; Michaud, 321; Reiersen, 319.
Aroosta Cast (110-70), Eagle Hill (97-83), Northern Lanes (93-87), 17 Hours (85-95), Bottle Necks (82-98), BNG Specialty Lines (73-107).
Top 10: Michael Lee (118.24), Rick Curtis (111.86), Ray Miller (110.11), Zane Grant, Jr. (108.71), Art Moreau (107.62), Frank Gardiner (105.02), Alan O’Neal (104.66), Derek Ouelette (104.39), Bob Belyea (103.59), Larry Little (103.56).
High strings: Ouelette, 137; Lee, 135; Woody Shaw, 135.
High five: Shaw, 365; O’Neal, 563; Lee, 560.
Rob’s Pit Stop (121-59), Dead River Burners (110-70), Michael’s Electric (98-82), S. W. Collins (65-115), McCain Foods (56-124).
Top 10: Michael Lee (116.42), Dan Dyer (112.22), Wayne Nickerson (110.69), Rick Curtis (108.61), Matt Simonds (108.58), Ray Miller (107.17), Larry Little (106.06), Art Moreau (105.47), Craig Nickerson (105.42), Bob Belyea (103.35).
High strings: Rich Fletcher, 164; Nickerson, 140; Lee, 140.
High five: Fletcher, 654; Lee, 559; Dennis Dyer, 554.
A&M Auto (62-46), CFP (61-47), PI Elks #1 (59-49), Fire Extinguishers (58-50), Trombley’s (57.5-50.5), Page’s Variety (56-52), Bud’s (55.5-52.5), PI Elks A (55-53), Winnie’s (49-59), Keith’s Repair (27-81).
Top 10: Tom Pelkey (123.67), Richard Fletcher (121.05), Dave Donahue (120.45), Randy Hitchcock (117.78), Terry Grant (117.01), Michael Lee (116.59), John Good (116.09), Larry Pulcifur (115.17), Mike Gardner (113.43), Wayne Nickerson (113.33).
High strings: Donahue, 154; Craig Trombley, 152; Fletcher, 146.
High five: Fletcher, 695; Trombley, 394; Pelkey, 386.
