Astro Lanes Grand Final
Congratulations to Troy Stus on his 5th SSO title held at Astro Lanes in Madison Heights. This was our SSO Grand Final which drew 115 bowlers looking to bring home the winner’s share of $2,000! Stus defeated Bob DeCheney Jr. 247-241 in the championship match to bring home the title. Ironically Troy’s last win was right here at Astro Lanes, also in the Grand Finals. The 5-man stepladder featured top seed Stus, 2nd seed DeCheney, 3rd seed Jeff Austreng, 4th seed Eddie Mintz and 5th seed, last year’s Grand Finals winner Jerry Sikora.
In the first match, Sikora beat Mintz 214-204 in a tight match. Sikora cruised past Austreng 227-166 as Jeff couldn’t figure out the championship pair. Sikora then ran into DeCheney who figured out the pair early and often for a hard fought 259-235 victory. DeCheney then met Stus in the championship match. Bob started slow in the match, with two spares and an open in the first 3 frames while Stus struck in 6 of the first 7 frames. DeCheney made it a match, throwing a 7-bagger before leaving the 3-6-10 in the second ball in the 10th for 241. Stus then struck in the first ball in the 10th to seal the victory.
During qualifying, Gerald Johnson led the way with an impressive 1472, followed by Joe Ciach with 1463, and Joe Krajenke with 1454. The only honor score was 300 in game 5 of qualifying by Steve Boos. The field averaged 214 during the 6 came qualifying.
The cut to make the top 46 was 1318 (John Jones II). Our extras out of the cut to move on in the elimination rounds were Marty Sanders (1315) and Jim Grant (1309) in the senior division (50+); Mike Bosco (1309), Terry Dockery (1305), Mike McCleskey (1296), Ron Bettin (1291), Mostafa Nejatabakhsh (1285), and Keith Engling (1280) from the super senior division (60+), and Larry Wilson (1307), Alan Tone (1301), Mike Lucente (1288) and Tony Stipcak (1284) via the super-super senior division (70+). Our additional lady out of the cut was Amy Stolz with 1280.
Thank you to Penny Breen and the awesome staff at Astro 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.
Thank you, bowlers, for all of your support in 2024! Our next tournament will be held at Thunderbowl Lanes in Allen Park on January 4th. We hope you and your families have a Happy and Safe holiday season. See you 2025!!
