5 Star Lanes
Welcome to the winner’s circle Larry Salvati! Larry won his first SSO title at 5 Star Lanes in Sterling Heights by defeating Todd Pawlak (also looking for his first title) 249-237. The championship match was neck and neck the whole way. Pawlak missed a 10 pin late, while Salvati struck out from the 9th frame on to finish with 249. Pawlak still had a chance to win getting up in the 10th, however, a pesky 7 pin stood on his first shot allowing Salvati to earn the victory. Salvati received $1,100 for his win, while Pawlak settled for $600 with his 2nd place finish.
Thank you bowlers for all of your support in 2024! We were moving close to a record with 130 bowlers vying for the title at 5 Star.
During qualifying, Jeff Austreng attempted to set a twelve-year-old qualifying record with games of 228, 300, 299, 289, 234, 243 for 1593. That is 15 pins short of the astounding score of 1608 set by our all-time title holder Gerald Johnson (26) back at Merri Bowl Lanes in September of 2012. Unbelievably, Austreng was not the leader after 3 games – Pete Kaczmarczyk came out of the gate with games of 290, 279, 268 for an impressive 837 series. Other 300 games include Amy Stolz, Steve Sharp, Jerry Sikora, and Todd Baker.
The cut to make the top 32 was 1358 (Amy Stolz). Our extras out of the cut to move on in the elimination rounds were Edd Smith (1356) in the senior division (50+); Jim Magolan (1357), tournament winner Larry Salvati (1351), Rick Wayne (1341), Peter Senf (1340), Eddie Mintz (1332), Rick Bertrand (1331) and Gary Marshall (1315) from the super senior division (60+), and Dan Mayer (1345), Ron Burgess (1318), Anthony King (1298) and Dave Bernhardt (1270) via the super-super senior division (70+). Our two additional ladies were Sandy Schultz (1274) and Sekeithia Walters-Wright (1238).
Thank you to Rick Moceri, Pat Cusick and the rest of the staff at 5 Star Lanes for hosting the SSO. The SSO would also like to thank our staff and our sponsors; Ebonite Bowling Products, Red Robin, Beyond Boarders, Turbo 2 in 1 Grips, Hamtramck Singles Classic, A.M. Total Being Fitness and Dilaura Brothers Bowling Supply for their support of our tournaments.
Our next tournament will be our Grand Final on December 7th at Astro Lanes in Madison Heights. Remember you must have bowled at least 4 tournaments in 2024 to be eligible for this event. Hope to see you there!
