Plaza Lanes – October 18, 2025

By Ken Wyatt | November 6, 2025

Congratulations to Hall of Famer Dave Schumacher on his 2nd SSO title as he defeated Larry Salvati, one of current inductees into the SSO Hall of Fame, 246-229 at Plaza Lanes in Plymouth. In the championship match, both players came out of the gate striking, however, the 7th frame proved to be the downfall for Salvati as he left the 2-4-10 split and missed all 3 pins for an open frame. Schumacher filled frames and coasted to his second victory and the first-place check of $1,000, while Salvati, also looking for his second title, collected $500 for second. We had another great turnout of 91 bowlers at Plaza. During qualifying, Hall of Famer Ken Wyatt led the way with an impressive 6 game block of 1532, followed closely by Dale Hofmeister (1531), another current inductee to the SSO Hall of Fame. Dwayne Anderson shot the only 300 during the qualifying round, while Hofmeister started the day with games of 239, 279, 289 for an impressive 807 series.

The cut to make the top 22 was 1363 (Rick Wayne). Our extras out of the cut to move on in the elimination rounds: In the Super Senior division (60+) Bob DeCheney (1359), Larry Salvati (1354), Pete Kaczmarczyk (1343), Dave Schumacher (1340), John Talon (1332) and Norm Smith (1325); In the super-super senior division (70+) Dave Eatmon (1356), Mark Fagenson (1310), and Ron Burgess (1297); In the women’s division was Stacey Timmer (1323).

Thank you to Hayman Matti, Andrew and the rest of the staff at Plaza 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.

Out next tournament will be November 15th at 5 Star Lanes in Sterling Heights. Remember bowlers, you need to bowl in 4 tournaments to qualify for our big season ending tournament December 6th at Westland Bowl in Westland. If you are not sure how many tournaments you have bowled, please message me on Facebook or give me a call and I’ll give you that information. Thank you!