Westland Bowl Grand Finals – December 6, 2025

By Ken Wyatt | December 8, 2025

Congratulations to Craig Bosco on winning his 1st SSO title as he defeated Hall of Famer Ken Wyatt 236-214 at Westland Bowl in Westland. In the championship match, both players couldn’t get strings of strikes going, however, the 5th frame proved to be the downfall for Wyatt as he went high and left the 4-6-7 split. Bosco struggled a little on the left lane, but managed to in the 8th, 9th, and 10th frame to close out the match. Bosco received the first-place check of $1,800, while Wyatt, looking for his 16th title, collected $1,400 for second. The stepladder finals began with Craig Johnson defeating Bill Bruce 230-185. Johnson went on beat the number three seed Jay Lang 198-183. In the semi-final match, Bosco defeated Johnson 233-175.

With the 2nd place finish, Wyatt received 10 Bowler of the Year points, which pulled him into a tie with Hall of Famer Mike Calvin, both accumulating 44 points during the year. This is the first year Bowler of the Year will be shared. There haven’t been very many Bowler of the Year winners in the SSO history not named Gerald Johnson, Gerald leads the way with an amazing 9 awards, Wyatt now with 4, Larry Walker 1 and Mike Calvin 1.

During qualifying, Jerry Sikora led the way with an impressive 6 game block of 1466, followed closely by Don Nyenhuis with 1445. There were no award scores during the tournament, high game was 289 by Vern Peterson and Bo Goergen.

The cut to make the top 45 was 1303 (Joe Ciach). Our extras out of the cut to move on in the elimination rounds: In the Senior division (50+) Dennis Johnson (1302) and Tony Campagna (1301); In the Super Senior division (60+) John Talon (1295), Joey Hickey (1291), Gary Marshall (1288), Keith Engling (1288), Steve Kenyon (1283), Dennis Hansen (1282), and Lamont Neal (1281); In the super-super senior division (70+) Mike Lucente (1295), Ron Burgess (1271), and Mark Fagenson (1268).

Thank you to Mark Brooks and the rest of the great staff at Westland Bowl for hosting the SSO. The SSO would also like to thank our staff and our sponsors; Brunswick Bowling Products, Red Robin, Beyond Borders, Turbo 2 in 1 Grips, Hamtramck Singles Classic, A.M. Total Being Fitness and Dilaura Brothers Bowling Supply for their continued support of our tournaments.

Out next tournament will be our 2026 opener on January 3rd at Thunderbowl Lanes in Allen Park, start time is 10:00 a.m. From our president Lew Ansara, myself and the rest of the staff at the Senior Singles Open, we wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Hope to see you in 2026!