Woodland Lanes – May 2, 2026

By Ken Wyatt | May 6, 2026

Congratulations to Hall of Famer Ken Wyatt on his 16th SSO title as he defeated Brian Thompson 238-192 at Woodland Lanes in Livonia. In the championship match, Wyatt started fast with a spare 4-bagger, while Thompson had carry issues most of the game, failing to put a double together finishing with a clean 192 game. Wyatt had a late double in the 9th & 10th frame to seal the victory. Wyatt received the first-place check of $1,000, while Thompson, looking for his first title, collected $500 for second. We had a full house of 96 bowlers at Woodland Lanes, thank you to everyone for your continued support of the SSO!

During qualifying, Dale Hofmeister led the way with an impressive 6 game block of 1466, followed closely by Justin Jeffery with 1459 and Bill Bruce with 1438. High game of the day was 300, shot by Scot Woodard in game three of qualifying.

The cut to make the top 24 was 1344 (Steve Kenyon, Rick Haist). Our extras out of the cut to move on in the elimination rounds: In the Super Senior division (60+) Terry Dockery (1334), Larry Salvati (1326), Dave Tulak (1325), John Jones II (1313) and Don Nyenhuis (1312); In the super-super senior division (70+) Jeff Suma (1343), Ron Burgess (1317, and John Ruggiero III (1305); In the women’s division was Pam Wilson (1297).

Thank you to Jim Matti and the rest of the great 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 at Spins Super Bowl in Canton on May 16th. If you would like to bowl, please sign up on our website (ssopen.org), text me at 586-871-7651, or send me a Facebook message.