The postseason for Indiana high school bowlers is already underway.

Terre Haute North, Terre Haute South, South Vermillion and Sullivan boys and girls teams — comprising the Blue Chip North Conference — had sectional competition on Tuesday (individual) at Clinton’s Paradise Bowl and Wednesday (team) at Sullivan Bowl.

With the individual competition staged at the “smaller” schools home venues, the individual competition was up for grabs, including an upset in the girls final.

In the sectional, the four teams bowled two regular games and five Baker games, while individuals bowled three regular games across three different pairs of lanes, to determine who advanced to Southwest Regional competition at the Terre Haute Bowling Center on Saturday.

One boys team, one girls team, plus five male individuals and five female individuals advanced.

With the same result as last year, the North boys and South girls teams earned the titles of sectional champion.

For the boys, North edged South by just 53 pins (2,913-2,860) followed by Sullivan (2,506) and South Vermillion (2,103). For the girls, South easily topped North (2,722-2,452), trailed by South Vermillion (2,373) and Sullivan (1259).

In the individual girls competition, advancing to the regional were Kara Bunting of South (638), Chelsea Maloney (611) and Tara VanBuskirk (570) of South Vermillion, Heather Breshears of North (549) and Brittany Gambill of South (541).

In the individual boys competition, advancing to the regional were Jared Norris of South (637), Allen Breshears of North (628), Jordan Stone of South (617), Caleb Unger of Sullivan (582) and Trevor Monroney of North (570).

Being the top seed, whether boy or girl, was not the position of preference in the stepladder finals utilized to determine the sectional champions.

For the girls, Breshears eliminated VanBuskirk 163-131, Maloney ousted Breshears 176-170, before Maloney topped Bunting, top seed and state singles champion in 2004, 208-202.

In the boys stepladder finals, Unger sidelined Stone 195-185, Breshears eliminated Unger in a high-scoring semifinal match, 256-233, before Breshears easily defeated top seed Norris 198-151 in the championship match.

This is the seventh regular high school bowling season and it attracted 319 boys and girls teams and represented students from 167 Indiana high schools. The program is sponsored by the Indiana Bowling Centers Association and bowling centers throughout the state. This season, 95 bowling centers financially supported the High School Bowling program including coaches, uniforms, fees and awards.



Huebner perfect twice — Long-time Vincennes University bowling coach Gary Sparks needs to conduct a recount. Sparks is in the junior college Hall of Fame and has led the Blazers to six NJCAA national titles in his stellar 15-year career at VU.

But still.

Surely, freshman Dayton Huebner is talented enough to be on the school’s 15-man bowling team roster.

First off, Huebner — as a senior at Terre Haute South in 2005 — was last year’s local individual boys sectional champion with a 738 series.

Second off, Huebner returned to his junior roots to bowl 300 games each of the past two weeks (Jan. 21 and Jan. 28) at Vigo Bowl. He entered those two weeks with a 202 average, recording three-game series of 729, then 750.

All I can deduce? Those 15 bowlers at VU must be awfully good.

Men’s Association tournament — The following are results from the Greater Terre Haute Men’s Association local tournament:

The winners of the Association Tournament were:

Team handicapped — 1. Tingley Builders 3,272, 2. Wet Kollege Nights 3,251, 3. Mandy Wilkins Team 3,233, 4. Wayne's World 3,202, 5. Crystal's Team 3,162, 6. Eddie's Hamburgers 3,155, 7. Bowler's Ball Resurfacing 3,139, 8. Brooklyn Bombers 3,138, 9. VNA 3,123.

Team scratch — 1. Legends Continue 3,236.

Doubles handicapped — 1. Bryan Barton-Brian Taylor 1,425, 2. Ryan Nichols-Darrell Shouse 1,413, 3. Steve Kerr-Bob Rittman 1,412, 4. Danny Nevins-Scott Buchanan 1,385, 5. Dennis Griffin-Joe Hoffman 1,378, 6. Joe Toney-Steve Runyan 1,367, 7. Charles Judy III-Charles Judy 1,357, 8. Jason Hinton-Chad Schopmeyer 1,327, 9. Ralph Collings-Carl Howard 1,317.

Doubles scratch — 1. Josh McCarty-Allen Fagg 1,319.

Singles handicapped — 1. Ryan Nichols 746, 2. Matt Pflueger 734, 3. Guy Greenlee Jr. 727, 4. Ronnie Cooper 707, 5. Charles Judy III 706, 6. Robert White 705, 7. Jason Hinton 698, 8. (tie) Darrell Shouse and Ralph Collings 697, 10. (tie) Wayne Stout, Heath Bonacorsi and Jason Hiddle 689, 13. Bob Rittman 688, 14. Danny Nevins 687, 15. Tony Leturgez 683, 16. Chris Swaner 678, 17. Tyler Hoffman 672, 18. Dennis Griffin 666.

Singles scratch — 1. Howard Maxwell 700.

All Events handicapped — 1. Bob Rittman 2,130, 2. Dave Elder 2,096, 3. Brian Taylor 2,058, 4. Wayne Phillips 2,040, 5. Matt Pflueger 2,039, 6. Jason Hinton 2,035, 7. Wayne Stout 2,021, 8. Steve Runyan 1,970.

All Events scratch — 1. Jason Hiddle 1,974 (219.3)



Sell ex-sells on the lanes — J.D. Sell, a former high school classmate of mine and an avid bowler, sent me a nice e-mail recently.

Note: I knew him in high school as Dave Sell before he became a famous radio broadcaster.

Note II: I know what you are thinking. Both of us were in the first graduating class at Terre Haute North in 1972 … so if you’re interested, you can do the math.

Instead of rewriting what Dave, er, J.D., related to me, with the magic of cut and paste I’ll let him describe his night of bowling in his own inimitable style:

“Thought I’d let you know about the evening I had back in December at Imperial. My first game stunk, only had one strike through the first nine frames, so made a move in the tenth, nine spare, then shot the next 24 out of 25 strikes. Game two was a 300 and carried the string to the ninth frame of the last game, (left 3, spare) then off the sheet for 277. Series was only 760 (sob), but what a fun ending.”

Couldn’t have possibly said it better myself.

700 Club — The local 700 Club has indeed been active this season. The following are their two most recent tournaments:

In the 22nd Floyd Morgan 700-YABA Tournament, division winners for YABA (youth) bowlers were Jordan Stone (A), Shawn Henneman (B), C.J. Brooks (C), Cecilia Gray (D) and Troy Wright (E).

Overall 700 Club division winner was Chris Drake with a three-game series of 792.

Brian Taylor defeated Gary Figg in the championship game of the most recent scratch singles tournament at Vigo Bowl.

The next 700 Club event is the Trio Tournament at Brazilian Lanes at 11 a.m. on Feb. 26.

Fisher (Sr.) a finalist — Mike Fisher Sr. finished fourth in the Ohio Valley Bowlers Tour stop at Henderson, Ky. on Jan. 29.

In the stepladder finals, Fisher topped Max Miller of Olney, Ill. 193-181, but was eliminated 248-228 by Kevin Westerfield of Paducah, Ky. John Buchanan of Evansville was the eventual winner, defeating Westerfield 266-192, then Willie Masterson of Owensboro, Ky. 245-211 in the championship match.

Other Wabash Valley competitors included John McWilliams of Brazil in 11th while Dave Paulin and Gary Busiere placed 17th and 19th, respectively.

Jack Bauer, Willie Mays and Brian Voss — The first two aforementioned names are synonymous with the number “24.” But Brian Voss?

For Voss, a PBA Hall of Famer, “24” has become his lucky number.

Voss, in his 24th season on the Denny’s PBA Tour, snapped a 24-event winless streak to earn his 24th career title with his 237-190 win over Steve Wilson in the title match of last Sunday’s Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Classic in Trussville, Ala.

This week, the PBA Tour is in Norcross, Ga., for the Bayer Atlanta Classic. The finals take place today at 2 p.m., with the tape-delayed ESPN telecast beginning at 5 p.m, just prior to Super Bowl XL.



Vigo County bowling leagues

Vigo Bowl

Bush Restaurant Senior — High games: Gary Morgan 298, Sandra Wills 220, The Bush Restaurant 824. High series: Dave Paulin 696, Barb Terrell 611, The Bush Restaurant 2,335.

Affordable Awards — High games: Melinda Clark 265, Terre Haute Ford/Kia 1,011. High series: Clark 648, Grizzly, Inc. 2,638.

Great American Car Wash — High games: Patty Smith 201, Lami Craft 843. High series: Lois Hollingsworth 538, Lami Craft 2,411.

Layton Refrigeration Mixed — High games: Paul Dudley 247, Jan Garzolini 221, Wild Things 822. High series: Dudley 665, Marion Torrence 499, Layton Refrigeration no score.

Thursday Senior Mixed — High games: Pat Stewart 233, Woody Ferris 214, Wrecking Crew 736. High series: Ferris 610, Stewart 576, Wrecking Crew 2,108.

Wolfe’s Auto Auction — High games: Janis Cooprider 226, Affordable Awards 895. High series: Cooprider 615, Affordable Awards 2,665.

Vigo Bowl Bantams — High games; Jacob Bean 86, Lacey Cooksey 102, Bad Boys 340. High series: Bean 152, Cooksey 193, Bad Boys 671.

Vigo Bowl Preps — High games: C.J. Brooks 179, Brittani Chamberlain 373, Rock Star Pins 631. High series: Brooks 458, Chamberlain 373, Rock Star Pins 1,600.

Vigo Bowl Juniors — High games: Nicholas Fields 196, Alyssa Bedwell 185, Team 11 775. High series: Fields 546, Jennifer Barnhill 475, Team 11 2,267.

Vigo Bowl Seniors — High games: Dayton Huebner 300, Brittany Foster 213, Smooth Operators 1,074. High series: Huebner 750, Foster 595, Smooth Operators 3,054.

School Staff — High games: Matt Lugar 279, Marilyn Daniel 202, Union Hospital 716. High series: Lugar 700, Daniel 546, Union Hospital 1,998.

Church — High games: Ken Smith 222, Robin Fry 201, Foursquare No. 1 784. High series: David Buckallew 592, Fry 521, Foursquare No. 1 2,109.

Distributor’s Terminal — High games: Suzanne Finn 228, Steve Burris State Farm Insurance 634. High series: Finn 557, Steve Burris State Farm Insurance 1,796.

Mic’s Pics — High games: Barb Foxworthy 190, Bowling Belles 494. High series: Shirley Pounds 531, Stoffers Greenhouse 1,348.

Springhill Wholesale — High games: Norma Loudermilk 188, Jim’s Cleaners 685. High series: Jackie Webster 505, Jim’s Cleaners 1,950.

Eagles Mixed — High games: Ron Lee Pharris 258, Belva Morris 224, 3 N 1 792. High series: Pharris 676, Dawn Rayhel 600, 3 N 1 2,237.

Terre Haute Bowling Center

Affordable Awards Mixed — High games: Jeff Alford 269, Janie Martin 238, Becky’s Cafe 799. High series: Bryan Barton 732, Martin 639, Becky’s Cafe 2,221.

Chandler Construction — High games: H.G. Williams 212, Pat Stewart 214, Feisty Four 701. High series: Williams 567. Stewart 549, Wasnidge Racing 1,959.

THBC Prime Timers — High games: Dale Liggett 265, Jean Liggett 223. High series: Ed Beasley 641, Laura Hayworth 533.

Ang Mixed — High games: John McWilliams 257, Jodi Moan 205, Big Dogs 755. High series: McWilliams 719, Moan 554, Big Dogs 2,195.

C&E; Environmental — High games: Doug Weaver 280, Brazil Auto Plex 1,066. High series: Weaver 748, Brazil Auto Plex 3,162.

Prime Timers — High games: David Shirley 250, Judy Meng 201. High series: Bill Meng 620, Dorothy McIntyre 507.

Guarantee Roofing — High games: John McWilliams 279, Top Dawgs 1,184. High series: McWilliams 793, Top Dawgs 3,291.

Affordable Awards Ladies — High games: Kim Peabody 226, The Pro Shop 1,007. High series: Peabody 586, The Pro Shop 2,746.

THBC Minors — High games: Cole Walker 135, Maria Walton 138. High series: Walker 389, Walton 313.

THBC Majors — High games: Sean Pepper 257, Mackenzie Pepper 229. High series: S.Pepper 720, Eryn Remley 671.

Toyota of Terre Haute — High games: Mysti Fisher 300, Team 6 1,059. High series: George Meiners 790, Team 6 3,099.

Gartland Foundry — High games: Ronald Crosley 247, Elnora Murrell 226, Shadows 777. High series: Matt Lugar 654, Murrell 627, Shadows 2,181.

THBC Bantams — High games: Cory Keller 123, Emily Hazelrigg 120. High series: Ben Dillion 288, Hazelrigg 338.

THBC Preps — High games: Bobby Bennett 178, Brittany Wence 152. High series: Tanner Tuberosa 409, Wence 364.

THBC Juniors — High games: Caleb Talpas 226, Brooke McMullen 178. High series: Ian Bartlett 521, Brogan Myers and Madison Peabody 396.

THBC Seniors — High games: Sean Pepper 258, Danielle Overholser 191. High series: Pepper 674, Overholser 493.

Imperial Lanes

Saturday Youth — High games: Allen Breshears 267, Heather Breshears 194, Big Dummies 627. High series: A.Breshears 738, H.Breshears 520, Big Dummies 1,734.

Wabash Valley Speed and Performance — High games: Phil Cooper 269, WIMS 1,103. High series: Cooper 744, Al’s Sports Bar 3,213.

Sunday Mixed — High games: Vicki Rich 258, Steve Greene 256, Stuckey’s 861. High series: Rich 716, Phil Cooper 684, Stuckey’s 2,529.

Austins Bar Thursday Mixed — High games: Joshua Norris 267, Mandy Klopfenstein 191, Spaghetti Sub Shop 1,007. High series: Tod Harris 645, Klopfenstein 522, Fitzpatrick Pearce 2,814.

Tuesday Morning Ladies — High games: Angela French 211, 2 Plus 1 476. High series: French 509, We Try Harder 1,292.

WIMS Lounge Monday Mixed — High games: Keith Frey 276, Ann Barnes 207, Frontiersmen Seed 856. High series: Frey 746, Angi King 551, Frontiersmen Seed 2,333.

Archie’s Sports Bar — High games: Jerry Norris 279, Stuckeys 1,097. High series: Norris 772, Stuckeys 3,146.

ISU Monday Coed — High games: Brittany R 193, The Bowler Ramas 559. High series: Mindy Miller 336, The Bowler Ramas 1,046.

ISU Mens Frat Monday — High games: Jeff Stinson 210, ATO 664. High series: Ross Montgomery 386, ATO 1,272.

ISU Mens Frat Tuesday — High games: Bryan Schbush 243, Munsoned in Terre Haute 664. High series: Schbush 475, Munsoned in Terre Haute 1,282.

ISU Mens Frat Wednesday — High games: Anthony Dubbs 268, Davenport King Good 739. High series: Dubbs 457, Davenport King Good 1,458.

ISU Women Wednesday — High games: Candace Hiatt 214, The Girls 615. Highs series: Hiatt 398, The Girls 1,085.

ISU Fraternity Thursday — High games: Randy Mote 179, PIKE 578. Highs eries: Mote 351, PIKE 1,081.

John Curry Lanes (Elks)

Monday Mens — High games: Chris Burns 258, Williams Plumbing and Heating 1,047. High series: Bill Chance 691, Curry Apts. 2,869.

Tuesday Mens — High games: Wayne Loudermilk 258, Joseph Realtors Inc. 1,012. High series: Phil Cooper and Loudermilk 691, Greenleaf 2,853.

Thursday Mens — High games: Dae Jozwiak 229, Pro Finish 1,040. High series: Jeremy Jackson 623, Pro Finish 2,822.