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- APRIL 2015
SERVING THE BOWLING INDUSTRY SINCE 1967
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The Billiard and Bowling Institute of America presented PBA Hall of
Famer
Johnny Petraglia
with its Industry Service Award Tuesday night at
the organization’s annual meeting in Hilton Head, S.C.
Petraglia, the only player ever to win PBA national titles in six different dec-
ades, is currently competing on the PBA50 Tour – 50 years after making his
debut in 1965. The 67-year-old lefthander from Jackson, N.J., has won 14
PBA Tour and eight PBA50 Tour titles; is one of six PBA Triple Crown win-
ners; ranks 31st on the all-time PBA earnings list with $1,249,250, and his a
member of the PBA (1982) and USBC (2003) Halls of Fame. He also was the
recipient of the 2010 BPAA Dick Weber Bowling Ambassador Award.
In addition to his sterling record as a competitor, Petraglia has been active
for decades off the lanes in BVL and other charitable programs in support of
United States military veterans. Petraglia served a tour of duty with the U.S.
armed forces during the Vietnam War.
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The PBA will jump into a big day in the world of sports with a ―Clash of the Legends‖
special event in conjunction with the PBA50 Johnny Petraglia BVL Open at Farming-
dale Lanes in Farmingdale, N.Y. A special competition involving PBA Hall of Fam-
ers
Parker Bohn III
,
Walter Ray Williams Jr., Pete Weber
and
Amleto Mona-
celli
will be part of a unique contest that invites sports fans to pick the winners of the
Kentucky Derby, Clash of Legends and the
Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pac-
quiao
championship boxing match.
The Clash of Legends, presented by BVL and emceed by tournament name-
sake
Johnny Petraglia
, will air live on Xtra Frame in the window between the Ken-
tucky Derby (6:24 p.m. ET) and the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight (10 p.m. ET). Begin-
ning 6:45 p.m. – prior to the start of the Johnny Petraglia BVL Open pro-am – the
Clash will involve each player throwing one ball with the lowest count eliminated in
each round. In case of ties, the tied players will have a head-to-head roll-off to deter-
mine who is eliminated in that round. The remaining players will bowl the next round
on the other lane, repeating the format until one man remains to claim the winner-take
-all cash prize.
The fan contest associated with the Clash of Legends will invite PBA fans to pick the
winner of the Kentucky Derby, Clash of PBA Legends and Mayweather-Pacquiao fight
on PBA’s Facebook page. Picks must be posted in the following format between noon
and 3 p.m. ET on Saturday, May 2 (Derby: horse’s name. Clash: player’s name: Fight:
winning boxer’s name).
Women’s Championships Weekly Glance
(For April 11 - April 17, 2015)
Past USBC Queens champion leads four events at USBC Women's Champion-
ships A day after helping her team into the lead at the 2015 United States Bowl-
ing Congress Women's Championships, Diana Zavjalova of Beavercreek, Ohio,
maintained her momentum and finished her tournament debut as the leader in
four events.
The 23-year-old right-hander teamed with Team USA member Danielle McEwan
of Stony Point, New York, to set the number to beat in Diamond Doubles with a
1,356 total April 12 at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nevada. McEwan, a
two-time USBC Team USA Trials champion, led the duo with 687, while Zavja-
lova added 669.
Zavjalova, the 2013 USBC Queens champion, continued strong in singles, re-
cording games of 228, 258 and 248 for a Diamond Singles-leading 734 series.
The effort also catapulted her into the lead in Diamond All-Events with 2,102.
McEwan moved into second place with 2,079 after sets of 760 in team and 632 in
singles.
At the NBS on April 11, the duo helped East Coast of Palm Harbor, Florida, to the
early lead in Diamond Team with 2,588. Zavjalova contributed a 699 series.
No bowler in tournament's 96-year history has won four titles in a single tourna-
ment. Six bowlers have captured three crowns during the same year, with the
most recent being Lindsay Boomershine of Brigham City, Utah, who won Scratch
Doubles and Scratch All-Events, and claimed a co-championship in Diamond
Doubles, at the NBS in 2012.
Michigan bowler celebrates 50 years at Women's Championships
Vivian Harasim of Portage, Michigan, a 92-year-old great-grandmother, made a
memorable march down Center Aisle at the National Bowling Stadium on April 12
to celebrate 50 years of participation at the USBC Women's Championships.
Harasim is the first of eight bowlers scheduled to reach the 50-year plateau in
Reno this year.
After receiving a plaque and pendant to commemorate the big day, Harasim hit
the lanes at the NBS for her team event, rolling games of 115, 87 and 109 for a
311 series.
"I just wish, when I look at all those girls out there, that they could enjoy some-
thing like that in their lifetimes," Harasim said.
Her journey at the Women's Championships began at the 1953 event in Detroit,
but it took her nearly a decade to return. Her second tournament appearance
came in 1961, and she has been to all but one event since 1969, missing the
2009 tournament in Reno because of a bout with pneumonia.
Harasim rolled a 313 series in doubles April 13 and teamed with Cheri
McCaffrey of Plainwell, Michigan, who added a 475 set for a 788 total, which is
22nd in Amethyst Doubles. Harasim added a 322 singles series for a 946.
2015 USBC WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIPS
At National Bowling Stadium, Reno, Nev.
(Top 5 division leaders with hometown and pinfall)
TEAM Diamond
(For bowlers with combined averages of 725 and above)
1, East Coast (Ashly Galante, Alyssa Harper, Diana Zavjalova, Danielle McE-
wan), Palm Harbor, Fla., 2,588. 2, Don't Mess With Texas, Friendswood, Texas,
1,927. 3, Bowling.com, Sunnyvale, Texas, 1,872.
Ruby
(For bowlers with combined averages of 650-724)
1, Deb's Flakes (Julia Halve, Gail Lynch, Sharon Holt, Janet Faulkner), Sunny-
vale, Texas, 1,990. 2, Downey Construction, Mesa, Ariz., 1,980. 3, Should O
Beens, Newport News, Va., 1,966. 4, Friendship Squad 2, Arlington, Texas,
1,917. 5, Mix and Match, Greeley, Colo., 1,915.
Emerald
(For bowlers with combined averages of 575-649)
1, Friendship Squad 5 (Dana Lewis, Elizabeth Mowery, Shelley Gill, Holley Allen),
Arlington, Texas, 1,885. 2, Lightning Strikes, Petaluma, Calif., 1,857. 3, Creative
Catering, Petaluma, Calif., 1,847. 4, God's Angels, Harrington, Del., 1,842. 5,
That's How We Roll, Roseburg, Ore., 1,833
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