Woodland Lanes – June 28, 2025
Congratulations to Norm Smith on his 2nd SSO Title as he defeated Dan Gennety 242-222 at Woodland Lanes in Livonia. In the championship match, Gennety was able to pull out to an early lead with a triple in frames 2-4, but a big split in the 5th frame (3-4-6-7-10) turned out to be his undoing. That open frame opened the door for Smith who promptly threw a 5 bagger in frames 6-10 to close out the match. Smith received $1,000 for his first-place finish while Gennety, looking for his first title, collected $500 for second. We had another great turnout of 84 bowlers at Woodland Lanes.
During qualifying, Dale Hofmeister led the way with an impressive 6 game block of 1488, followed by Brian Newcomb (1472) and Keith McDonald (1466). Hall of famer Gerald Johnson posted the only 300 of the event in game 3 of qualifying.
The cut to make the top 21 was 1312 (Gary Duarard). Our extras out of the cut to move on in the elimination rounds were Mark Abraham (1311), Victor Dye (1309), James Moore (1295), and Jim DePlanche (1289) from the super senior division (60+); Jeff Suma (1303), Anthony King (1288) and Lester Lewis (1286) via the super-super senior division (70+); and our ladies out of the cut included Kimeyata Hollowell (1266) and Cheryl Helms (1235).
Thank you to Jim Maddi and the rest of the staff at Woodland Lanes for hosting the SSO. The SSO would also like to thank our staff and our sponsors; Brunswick 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 July 19th at Lodge Lanes. This is our annual Match-Up doubles that has turned out to be a fun event. After 6 games of normal qualifying, we will “Match-Up” the top Seniors (50+) with the top Super Seniors (60+), Super Super Seniors (70+) and Ladies. The #1 50+ will team up with the #1 bowler from the other 3 divisions, #2 senior teams up with the #2 from the other 3 divisions and so on. Elimination rounds will be conducted similar to singles events. Hope to see you there!
