Dear Members:

And so it begins. 74 bowlers came out to Blossom Lanes in Benton Harbor to kick off another MBA season. Thank you to Brenda Webster and her staff for hosting us again, and to Bill Froberg for sponsoring the event. Please note that next month at City Lanes we are starting at 9:00 CDT not 9:30 CDT.

Jim Mason III won his first title with Landon Wiegand finishing 2nd.

Semi-Final Results:

Place Name (Class)
Qualifying
Semies
Money
 Place Name (Class)
Qualifying
Semis
Money
1st Jim Mason III (C)
+198
+192
-
 14th Don Torok (B)
+192
+102
$115
2nd Landon Wiegand (D)
+215
+183
-
 15th Charlie Sriver (F)
+223
+97
$100
3rd Les Washington (C)
+157
+161
-
 16th Bill Rath (C)
+114
+96
$90
4th Matt Hedrixson (E)
+202
+150
-
 17th Mike Hendrixson (F)
+120
+94
$80
5th Jay Johnston (A)
+158
+148
-
 18th Brad Bedwell (E)
+125
+89
$70
6th Kris Rudolph (G)
+120
+146
-
 19th Jeff Odynski (D)
+165
+79
$60
7th John Buck (D)
+165
+142
-
 20th tie Vic Hoctel (B)
+176
+74
$52.50
8th Dennis Weatherman (A)
+153
+135
-
 20th tie Brian Ziegert (C)
+218
+74
$52.50
9th David Lange (A)
+142
+131
-
 22nd Joe Hutchings (A)
+185
+36
$50
10th Rick Haase (E)
+263
+122
-
 23rd Dave Matheny (B)
+216
+15
$50
11th Mark Pullins (D)
+192
+113
-
 24th Jason Utter (B)
+161
-20
$50
12th Matt Stewart (E)
+170
+110
-
 25th Tony Baker (C)
+114
-35
$50
13th Todd Brown (A)
+190
+104
$125

Finals Results:
Opening Round
David Lange 246 (245+1) defeated Dennis Weatherman 229
Matt Stewart 262 (243+19) defeated Jay Johnston 247
Mark Pullins 257 defeated Kris Rudolph 194 (170+24)
John Buck 242 defeated Rick Haase 163
Dennis, Jay, Kris and Rick receive $140

2nd Round
Les Washington 224 (221+3) defeated David Lange 214
Matt Stewart 197 (181+16) defeated Mark Pullins 193
Matt Hendrixson 248 (246+2) defeated John Buck 178
David, Mark and John receive $180

Quarter-Finals
Les Washington 244 defeated Matt Hendrixson 210 (203+7)
Landon Wiegand 245 defeated Matt Stewart 228 (212+16)
Matt and Matt receive $220

Semi-Finals
Landon Wegand 247 defeated Les Washington 239 (236+3)
Les receives $275

Championship Match
James Mason III 231 defeated Landon Wiegand 184 (182+2)
Landon receives $300, runner-up plaque and is now eligible for the Masters.
Jim receives $600, championship plaque and a free entry.



Items of Note:
Dave Matheny 277, 289
Joe Hutchings 278
Jeff Odynski 279
Don Torok 289
Todd Brown 280
Mark Pullins 276
Rick Haase 278
David Lange 279
Jay Johnston 279, converted 7-10
Landon Wiegand 277
Jam Mason III 278
Jeremy Delcamp 274
Ron Jonas 278
TJ Yoder 276
Greg Spinner 278
Neil Vitale 270

Re-Rates:
John Buck (220 avg) D to C
Kris Rudolph (197 avg) G to F

Upcoming Tournaments:
Oct 14: Michigan City: One shift at 9:00 CDT. Entries will be limited to 144. To get to City Lanes from the South Bend area, take Highway 20 all the way to Michigan City. One half mile past the I94 exchange, Highway 20 takes a left turn at the "cloverleaf”. Using the cloverleaf to stay on 20, go to the 2nd traffic light (Woodland Avenue). Turn left on Woodland, City Lanes/Mug Shots is located on the right side.

Nov 4: Blind Draw Doubles at Maple City Lanes, Goshen, IN. 9:30 ET

Chris Robben