Jeff Austreng, Masters champion; Libbi Fletcher, MDUSBC President; Chuck Morris, Masters runner-up

JEFF AUSTRENG WINS $3,000 FIRST PRIZE IN MDUSBC MASTERS AT THUNDERBOWL LANES

Jeff Austreng of Clarkston won the Metro Detroit USBC Association Masters Tournament at Thunderbowl Lanes in Allen Park Sunday when he defeated Charles Morris of Redford 592-534 and 672-596 to win the $3,000 first prize and the title. Morris settled for the second place check of $1,500.

Austreng, a 36-year-old bowling center manager at 300 Bowl in Waterford Township, was the 15^th qualifier with eight-game total of 1,623. He had the top average of the event with 216.2 for the entire tournament and 219.8 in match play. He remained in the winner’s bracket by defeating Jerome Jaracz of Clinton Township 607-553 and Edward Grace of Howell 718-577 before falling to Paul Szumny of Commerce Township 607-554. Once he fell into the lower bracket he caught fire with wins over Richard Wayne of Westland 671-547, Keith Kingston of Farmington Hills 621-559, Ken Wyatt of Sterling Heights 722-666 which included a perfect 300 game, John Nolen of Waterford Township 632-559 and Paul Hutchinson of Dearborn 803-597 to advance to the final match where he had to defeat Morris twice to win the title.

Austreng’s series against Hutchinson included games of 246, 278 and 279. He won the event in 2005 and was runner-up in 2000 to Chris Sand.

“I’m ecstatic about the win,” said Austreng. “It’s pretty cool to shoot 300 and 803 in this type of environment which places a premium on good shot making.”

Morris averaged 207.9. He qualified eighth with 1,653 and averaged 208.4 in match play. He remained in the winner’s bracket with triumphs over Jason Battishill of Clarkston 666-589, defending champion David Ewald of Macomb 707-565, Gary Wodowski of Harrison Township 597-557, Ken Wyatt 629-550 and Hutchinson 647-614. This was  Morris’ highest finish in the Masters.

Paul Hutchinson of Dearborn qualified 30^th with 1,579, averaged 205.2 and took home $1,000 for his third place finish. He remained in the winner’s bracket with victories over Mike Lee of Dearborn Heights 652-539, Fred Bauss of Eastpointe 652-649, Keith Kingston 583-577, Paul Szumny 659-542 before suffering his first loss to Morris 647-614 and falling to the lower bracket and losing to Austreng 803-597.

Nolen placed fourth averaging 204.5 and winning $650. After qualifying 22^nd with 1,601 he beat Eric Tulley of Southfield 687-644 before losing to Keith Kingston 593-489. In the lower bracket he beat Jason Battishill 656-619, Edward Grace 718-577, Gary Wodowski 638-520, Ryan Wilson of Garden City 617-571 and Paul Szumny 659-636 before being knocked out of the tournament by Austreng 632-559.

Wyatt and Szumny each earned $450 for their efforts. Wilson and Kingston took home $350 each for seventh and eighth respectively.

Defending champion David Ewald of Macomb finished 10^th for $275 and former champion Dave Tulak of Taylor (1988) finished 27^th for $200.

Sponsors of the MDUSBC Masters were Turbo 2-N-1 Grips, Red Robin Restaurants of Michigan and Ansara's Big Boy Restaurants.

The MDUSBC Masters Tournament was contested on the PBA Viper pattern and is an USBC Sport Bowling certified event operated by the Metro Detroit USBC Association, the largest local association of the United States Bowling Congress with more than 80,000 members.

MASTERS TOURNAMENT AT THUNDERBOWL LANES

CO-SPONSORED BY:

TURBO 2-N-1 GRIPS

RED ROBIN RESTAURANTS OF MICHIGAN

ANSARA'S BIG BOY RESTAURANTS

ALTERNATE FOR MATCH PLAY

     33   Clint Miller                              Sterling Heights                          196.50                $150

PL       NAME                                                CITY                           SCORE                      WINNINGS

34.       Mason Brantley                                 Detroit                        1572               $     100.00

35.       Donald McClain                                Allen Park                  1571               $     100.00

36.       Daniel Kelsey                                    Novi                            1570               $     100.00

37.       Christopher Simonson                     Howell                         1569               $     100.00

38t.      Rick Capaldi                                     Canton                        1568               $     100.00

38t.      Richard Rathburn                              New Baltimore           1568               $     100.00

HIGH QUALIFIER

            Jay Lang                                            Sterling Heights         1789               $    125.00

HIGH 4 GAME BLOCK OUT OF THE MONEY

            Randy Warnken                                Clinton Township       871                 $      75.00

            Dave Eatmon                                    Ferndale                     843                 $      75.00

            Joshua Daniels                                 Garden City               839                 $      75.00

Richard Pribula                                 Macomb                     833                 $      75.00

QUALIFYING RESULTS:

ALL TIME RECORDS FOR THE TOURNAMENT:

                                                                                                300 Games in Head to Head Matches

300 games:                                Tony Loiacano (1964), Mitch Jabczenski (1982), Bob Castle (1987), Gary Fraser (1988),

                                Paul Hutchinson (1987), Ken Kossick (1988), Dave Tulak (1988), Randy Pierce (1988),

                                Larry Walker (2-1988), Mike Byrd (1989), John Bennett (1989), Jerry Penxa (1989),

                                Mike Lucente (1991), Doug Spicer (1991), Scott Weston (1993), Kurt Pilon (2-1994),

                                Ken Wyatt (1994), Gene Stus (1994), Ralph LeBlanc (1995), Dave Bernhardt (1995),

                                Mark Moore (1996), Fred McClain (1997), Jeffrey Austreng (2007)

Highest Scoring Match:                                2165 Larry Walker 1106 def. Randy Pierce 1059 (1988)

      (4 Games)                                      2119 Gene Stus 1104 def. Mark Moore 1015 (1994)

                                                                2054 Ken Lang l049 def. Curt Aemisegger 1005 (1987)

                                                                2040 Dave Tulak 1025 def. Mike Torchia 1015 (1987)

                                                                2024 Ken Wyatt 1054 def. Mike Lee 970 (1988)

Highest Scoring Match:                                1470 Fred McClain 748 def. Randy Warnken 722 (1997)

      (3 Games)                                      1455 Jim Burton 735 def. Mark Moore 720 (1997)

                                                                1420 Kerry Kreft 722 def. Larry Walker 698 (1997)

                                                                1402 Michael Calvin 748 def. Mitchell Jabczenski Sr. 654 (2005)

                                                                1400 Jeff Austreng 803 def. Paul Hutchinson 597 (2007)

Highest Low Game:                                John Bennett 269-279-267-278 = 1093 (1979)

                                                                Larry Walker 300-259-268-279 = 1106 (1988)                                        

Highest Winning Margin:                                402 Randy Pierce 958 def. George Fineran 556 (1985)

                                                                336 Mike Lucente 998 def. Ron LeChevalier 662 (1989)

                                                                282 Doug Spicer 1056 def. Steve Roberts 774 (1991)

                                                                282 Terry Dockery 961 def. Terry Ritivoy 679 (1993)

                                                                                                MOST MATCHES IN ONE TOURNAMENT:

11 Terry Dockery (won 10, lost 1 - 1993), 11 Kerry Kreft (won 9, lost 2 - 1997), 10 Mike Clemence (won 9, lost 1 - 1985),

10 Mark Moore (won 8, lost 2 - 1994), 10 Chris Sand (won 8, lost 2 – 2001), 10 Travis Raskey (won 8, lost 2 – 2003),

10 Jeff Austreng (won 9, lost 1 – 2005), 10 Jeff Austreng (won 9, lost 1 – 2007), 9 Dale Seavoy (won 7, lost 2 - 1964)

9 Ron O'Dell (won 7, lost 2 - 1971), 9 Tony Loiacano (won 7, lost 2 - 1972), 9 Ted Bakatselos (won 7, lost 2 - 1975)

9 Fred McClain (won 7, lost 2 - 1979), 9 Joe Buffa (won 7, lost 2 - 1984), 9 Bob Stempien (won 7, lost 2 - 1986)

9 Mark Hammel (won 7, lost 2 - 1987), 9 Quintin Greene (won 7, lost 2 - 1990), 9 Quintin Greene (won 8, lost 1 - 1992)

9 Mark Moore (won 7, lost 2 - 1998), 9 Harold Sullins (won 7, lost 2 - 1999), 9 Harold Sullins (won 7, lost 2 – 2002)

9 Chris Sand (won 7, lost 2 – 2006).

                                                                                                LOWEST WINNING MARGIN OF 1 PIN

J.  Foster 850 def.  R Skillin 849 (1965), D. Marquardt 869 def . R. Skillin 868 (1965),          

Bob Chamberlain 833 def. Larry Kellogg 832 (1970), Bob Kwolek 851 def. Harry Campbell 850 (1970),

Bob Garrett 827 def. Leo Scantamburlo 826 (1974), Doug Evans 782 def. Bob Goike 781 (1980),

Fred McClain 881 def. Ed Marzka 880 (1981), John Ruggiero 741 def. Dan Ottman 740 (1981),

Terry Smith 761 def. Ron Byrd 760 (1981), D. Jackson 908 def. Dave Chappell 907 (1982),

Ron Bettin 730 def. Ken Kossick 729 (1990), Chuck Morris 801 def. Rick Faber 800 (1991),

Paul Hutchinson 812 def. Gerald Brown 811 (1993), Paul Hutchinson 852 def. Doug Spicer 851 (1993),

Dan Ottman 869 def. Bob Jawor 868 (1995), Dan Ottman 875 def. Larry Franz 874 (1995),

Dan Ottman 609 def. Mark Moore 608 (1997), Trey Edwards 589 def. Rick Schultz 588 (1997)

Tom Cary 574 def. Joe Krajenke 573 (2000), John Bennett 531 def. Jay Lang 530 (2001)

Tony Dadeppo 596 def. Lee Snow 595 (2003), Bill Stephenson 617 def. Joe Jozwik 616 (2004)

HIGHEST LOSING TOTAL:                                  1059 Randy Pierce (1988), 1015 Mike Torchia (1988), 1015 Mark Moore (1994),

       (4 Game Matches)                                               1005 Curt Aemisegger (1987), 983 Bob Bittner (1988), 982 Steve Vargo (1968)

HIGHEST LOSING TOTAL:                                  722 Randy Warnken (1997), 720 Mark Moore (1997), 698 Larry Walker (1997)   

       (3 Game Matches)                                              

Consecutive Victories:                                               9 Terry Dockery (1993), 9 Kerry Kreft (1997), 8 Mark Moore (1994), 7 Dave Seavoy (1964)

                                                                                                7 Mike Clemence (1985), 7 Bob Stempien (1986), 7 Harry Sullins (1999), 7 Chris Sand (2001)

                                                                                                7 Harry Sullins (2002)

Consecutive 800 Series:                                                   9 Mark Hammel (1987), 9 Quintin Greene (1992), 8 Dick Lang (1968), 8 Fred Vitali (1968),

        (4 Game Matches)                                               8 Ted Bakatselos (1975), 8 Reggie Denard (1987), 8 Mike Torchia (1988),                                                                                                                                                                                   8 Doug Spicer (1991), 8 Dan Ottman (1995), 8 Tony DaDeppo (1995)

Most 800 in Tournament:                                        12 Mark Moore (1994), 11 Mark Hammel (1987), 11 Quintin Greene (1992),

         (4 Game Matches)                                               10 Dick Lang (1968), 10 Fred Vitali (1968), 10 Mike Samardzija (1974),

                                                                                                10 Ted Bakatselos (1975), 10 Fred McClain (1979), 10 Reggie Denard (1987),

                                                                                                10 Mike Torchia (1988), 10 Doug Spicer (1991), 10 Dan Ottman (1995),

                                                                                                10 Tony DaDeppo (1995)

Consecutive 600 Series:                                                   11 Kerry Kreft (1997), 9 Harry Sullins (2002), 8 Chris Sand (2001), 7 Ken Kossick (1997)

       (3 Game Matches)                                               7 Larry Walker (1997), 7 Chris Sand (2006).

Most 600 in Tournament:                                        11 Kerry Kreft (1997), 10 Jeff Austreng (2005), 9 Chris Sand (2001), 9 Harry Sullins (2002),

       (3 Game Matches)                                               7 Ken Kossick (1997), 7 Larry Walker (1997), 7 Chris Sand (2006).

Most Match Play Appearances:                                      20 Fred McClain, 15 Ken Kossick, 15 John Bennett, 14 Dick Beattie, 14 Bob Chamberlain,

                                                                                                12 Mark Moore

MOST 200 GAMES:                                                   42 Mark Moore (1994), 40 Mark Hammel (1987), 39 Fred McClain (1979)

Drop Series to Series:                                                   345 Mike Byrd 1065-720 (1987), 323 Ron LeChevalier 985-662 (1989)

Increase Series to Series:                                              266 Ken Lang 798-1064 (1987), 264 Terry Dockery 743-1006 (1993)

Lowest Scoring Match (4 Games):                                                1280 Bob Stempien 690 def. Fred McClain 590 (1986)

Lowest Scoring Match (3 Games):                                                967 Nicky Hammons 495 def. Scot Woodward 472 (2001)

 MASTERS CHAMPIONS AND STATISTICS