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April 26, 2005 |
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YABA honors three; four local bowlers win YBC titles |
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The local Youth America Bowling
Association (YABA) has announced it will add three more to its
hall of fame in ceremonies May 13 at Black Eagle Community
Center.
Jerry Depping, Barb Lankford and Frankie Matchett will be honored in induction ceremonies, which will be held in conjunction with the GFBA and GFWBA induction ceremonies. Depping was a coach at Pin & Cue from 1971 until 1985, helping many bowlers make it into the Coca-Cola national tournament. Depping, known primarily as the man behind the scenes, always coached with his humor and preached to always have fun. For Lankford, it will be a dual induction. She will also be one of five inducted the same night into the GFWBA hall of fame. Most noteworthy of Lankford's junior efforts was a 1986 appearance in the national Coke tournament. She held the high girls' average in the state between 1985-1987 and in 1987 won the YABA Outstanding Junior Bowler Scholarship. Matchett, who is already a member of both the Montana State YABA Hall of Fame as well as the Great Falls WIBC Hall of Fame, began working with junior bowlers in 1970. She organized youth leagues and coached at Skyway and Pin & Cue until 1992 when she retired. Lankford along with Guyla Streit, Georgia Beaulieu, Pin & Cue's Norma Miller and the late Kit Blue will be honored by the GFWBA. The GFBA inductees include Don Jordan, Little's manager Mel Willey and Dom Fontana. The banquet begins at 6 with no-host cocktails followed by dinner and ceremonies, beginning at 7. Tickets, $16, are available from your favorite lanes or from any GFBA, GFWBA or YABA board member. Yours truly will cheerfully serve as master of ceremonies. Vernon won the girls' 11 and under handicap event, while Kylio was the girls' 12 and over handicap winner. Reiter took the boys' 12-and-over handicap division while Turrin, who averaged over 200 in four games of qualifying, won the girls' scratch event. Vernon's effort was worth a $350 scholarship. Kylio and Reiter earned $300 and $450 stipends, respectively, and also won expense-paid trips to the International Finals to be held in July in Indianapolis. Turrin won a $250 scholarship and a paid-berth into the Junior Gold Tournament, which will also be held in Indianapolis in July. Other winners included Helena's Jacob Liston, who was the boys 11-and-under handicap winner, and Kalispell's Zac Wooten, who was the boys' scratch winner. Great Falls' Shawnee LaPier finished fourth in the girls' 12-and-over handicap division. The tourney drew 1,011 bowlers into the regional tournaments with 225 qualifying for this past weekend's state finals. Once again it has been my pleasure to keep you up to date on the events of the past bowling season and this will be the last column of the season. I will try to keep you abreast with the happenings from both state tournaments as well as anything else that may happen in the bowling world during the summer. Don't forget about the May Hall of Fame banquet. I hope to see you there. Curt Backa, who has been fortunate enough to be included on some juicy e-mails during the past week, is a Tribune sports and news copy editor and resident bowling junkie. Backa, when not working on his tan, can be reached at 791-6569, (800) 438-6600 or e-mailed at cbacka@greatfal.gannett.com Scores continue to dribble in toward the end of the season. Here are last week's honor scores: Glacier Lanes/Cut Bank Women's scores Wednesday Night Ladies— Gae Gerard 181(+58), Debbie Higgins 205, Shirley Meznarich 182(+54), Stacey Roush 212 Sunday Night Mixed— Deb Shachtel 138(+57), Miki Suta 209 Men's scores Sunday Mixed — J.W. Eaton 257 Friday Mixed— Darren Arensmeyer 223(+54), Paul Augare 222(+53), Austin Carlson 206(+65)-527(+104), J.W. Eaton 238-676, James Jordan 192(+53) Jack's Lanes/Fort Benton Thursday Men— Cameron Tuss 242-266-704, Jack Willson 232, Tom Willson 236, Randy Kerbs 246 Snowy Lanes/Fort Benton Women's scores Tuesday Trio— Linda Johnson 193(+51) Tuesday Skyliners— Karin Longshore 210 Wednesday Ladies— Bobetta Newton 213, ShirleyDegele 202, Linda Frazier 189(+51) Pinetoppers— Karin Longshore 223, Arvadel Bodvig 201, Annette McNary 200, Linda Danielson 182(+51) Thursday Money— Cherie Errecart 205, Norma Monfils 156(+56) Men's scores Monday Commercial— Dean Pearson 246, Scott Petersen 231 Monday Doubles— Wade Stewart 218(+71)-556(+115), Rex Coleman 237-670 Tuesday Trio— Jamie Fadness 192(+50) Tuesday Skyliners— Jim Rolfness 225 Thursday Seniors— Chuck Sifert 190(+46) Thursday Money— Tim Anthony 234-604(+148), Rex Coleman 278-710 Thursday Merchant— Dewey Rosman 244 |
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