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The BAC congratulates Carey Sczepucha on winning the World Duckpin Classic and earning his first Star at Southside Bowl in Maryland!

Hagerstown, Maryland - The BAC would like to congratulate Carey Sczepucha on winning his first star and the World Duckpin Classic by throwing an incredible 204 (which included a four timer) in the final match to defeat Scott Dumoulin, who had 164. More information and complete results to be posted on the DPBA website.

Chris Ganoe wins the BAC Series Final at Lucky Strike Lanes!

Mansfield, Connecticut- The BAC would like to congratulate Chris Ganoe on winning the 2011-2012 BAC Series Finals that were held at Lucky Strike Lanes. Chris was seeded #1 on the ladder and defeated Steve Korik Jr. in an exciting final match. The Top 5 included, Chris, Steve Korik Jr., Brian Ewing, Stacy Kelley and Tony Quinn. Final results are posted below.

2012 BAC SERIES FINALS RESULTS

2012 BAC SERIES FINALS SCORES

The BAC would like to especially thank all of the bowlers that came out and participated in this event and for their particiapation in our series events during the season. We would like to thank Lucky Strike Lanes and their staff for hosting this event. Also, a special thank you to Mary Ann Cochefski for directing the tournament.

All BAC Series Stops have been completed and the Top 36 are set for Finals

Connecticut- Brian Ewing puts together a great 2011/2012 season of bowling and is the overall leader in the BAC Series Standings. Brian ended his season with a total of 349 points. In second place, with two tournament wins this season, is Erik Pellett with an overall total of 311 points. Collin Dunnack finishes in third place with an overall total of 308 points and rounding out the top five are Chris Ganoe in fourth place with 300 points and Paul Tobin in fifth place with 287 points. Complete standings are posted below.

Congratulations to everyone that qualified for the BAC Series Finals which will take place at Lucky Strike Lanes on May 12, 2012 starting at 10:30 a.m.. The BAC would like to thank all the bowlers who showed their support and participated in the Series Stops this year. More details on the Series Finals will be posted soon.

Final BAC Series Standings

Todd Turcotte wins Wilda Guerrette Good Friday Tournament - Final BAC Series Stop!

Stratford, Connecticut - The BAC would like to congratulate Todd Turcotte on winning the BAC Series Stop #8 at Barnum Lanes. His final score with handicap was 905. Todd's scores were 181-139-177-169-164 for 830 scratch. Congratulations and great bowling to Todd!

Second place went to Paul Tobin who had scores of 172-139-129-130-144 for 714 scratch plus 183 handicap pins for a total score of 897. Third place went to Kevin Martin with games of 165-193-192-136-126 for 812 scratch plus 82 handicap pins for a total score of 894. Also, the top three scratch scores of the weekend belonged to Todd with 830, Kevin with 812 and John T. Zikis with 755.

The tournament drew 55 total entries. Complete results are posted below. The BAC would like to thank Barnum Lanes and their staff for hosting this event again, Mary Ann Cochefski for running the tournament, and all of the bowlers that came out to bowl.

Wilda Guerrette results

Erik Pellett wins the Dan Lopardo BAC Series Stop No. 7 at Highland Bowl!

Cheshire, Connecticut - The BAC would like to congratulate Erik Pellett on winning the BAC Series Stop #7 at Highland Bowl. His final score with handicap was 902. Erik's scores were 163-173-130-180-185 for 831 scratch. This was Erik's second tournament win of the year. Congratulations and great bowling Erik.

Second place went to Pete Signore who had scores of 153-207-150-149-144 for 803 scratch plus 86 handicap pins for a total score of 889. Third place went to Chris Ganoe with games of 99-124-177-133-174 for 707 scratch plus 142 handicap pins for a total score of 849.

The tournament drew 68 total entries. Complete results are posted below. The BAC would like to thank Highland Bowl and their staff for hosting this event again, Mary Ann Cochefski for running the tournament, and all of the bowlers that came out to bowl.

Dan Lopardo Results

MEN

1.Jason Smith 149.68 6.Steve Korik Jr. 142.05

2.Erik Loteczka 145.04 7. Roy Cochefski Jr. 141.97

3.Tony Quinn 144.44 8. Erik Pellett 141.42

4.Luke Robustelli143.85 9.John T Zikis 141.38

5.Dave Marsh II 142.89 10.Mike Drotar 140.84

Top 20 Men 2010 -2011 Season

Top 20 Men 2010 - 2011 Touraments

WOMEN

1.Krystal Ritchie 127.44 4. Amanda Nicholas 105.99

2.Kristen Robustelli 125.86 5.Gina Scarpa 101.15

3. Peggy Grava 114.44

Top 20 Women 2010-2011 Season

Top 20 Women 2010 - 2011 Tournaments

Men's eligibility requires 150 sanctioned games (90 league) and 40 sanctioned tournament games: Women's eligibility requires130 sanctioned games (90 league) and 30 sanctioned tournament games

Duckpin News Articles:

Oct. 4, 2008 - Articleon"T-Bowl Lanes"10/4/08

Nov. 25, 2008 - Article on Amy Bisson 8/25/08

Nov.25, 2008 - Article on Johnson's 10/7/08

Feb. 9, 1992 - Article with Swede Lavers

June 17, 2010 - Zikis wins 2nd Star at Southside

Erik Loteczka wins Pro Tour Stop at Highland Bowl this weekend to earn First Star!

Cheshire, Connecticut-The BAC would like to congratulate Erik Loteczka on winning his first Pro Tour tournament by defeating the #1 seeded bowler on Sunday, Bill Fox 135-128 in an exciting final match at Highland Bowl Sunday. Erik won his division late Sunday morning going 5-0 with 784 and was seeded 2nd. He then defeated John Beiderman 149-123 and then Fox. Great bowling by Erik as we congratulate him on his first Tour win.

John T Zikis and Chris Ganoe also bowled very well. Zikis was 5-0 with 750 in his division play early Sunday and was seeded 4th. He defeated John Deantoniis 143-122, but fell to John Beiderman 153-131 in his next match.

Ganoe made his first cut and had a super Sunday making the ladder in his first try. He was seeded 6th after winning his division, going 4-1 with 750. He was defeated in his first match by John Deantoniis 151-132. All in all, great bowling by both.

Complete results are posted on the DPBA website.

The 5th annual Adult Challenge Matches to be held at Fun Squared (T-Bowl)this July

Newington, Connecticut - Fun Squared (T-Bowl) Lanes will be hosting the 5th annual Adult Challenge Matches again on July 21-23. This is a great event held every year. Last year it was attended by twenty-four 5-person teams representing Connecticut, Rhode Island and Maryland.

This year the event will be capped at 24 teams. The tournament was full last year so an early entree fee will reserve your spot.The preliminary flyer is attached below.

2012 Adult Challenge Matches Flyer

Pete Signore's record still stands in the record books 20 years after his 279 at T-Bowl...

Connecticut-March 5th, 1992 represented a great day in the history of duckpin bowling specifically for the State of Connecticut. 20 years ago, Connecticut's very own Pete (Champ Ole Boy) Signore rolled what is still the worlds best game in our sport. We have come far in the game of duckpins and we have Pete to thank for a portion of that. Pete's 279 game is a record that may never be touched by any bowler.

The BAC proudly remembers back to March 5, 1992 for Pete's historic 279 game...A small writeupcan be foundon our Tournament Page

Article on Duckpin Bowling and it's future featured by local writer in New York

Connecticut -A recent article was written by Newsday's Patrick Whittle of New York on the state of the game of duckpins and its future. The article can be read from the link below.

"One Last Game of Duckpins" Article(02.27.12)

Ron Pelletier of Massachusetts wins the 82nd Eastern Classic at Lucky Strike with 1877!

Mansfield, Connecticut- The BAC would like to congratulate Ron Pelletier of New Bedford, Massachusetts on winning the 82nd Frank Barber Memorial Eastern Duckpin Classic Tournament. He finished the 12 game tournament with a total score of 1877.

The next three finishers included John Deantoniis - 2nd with 1828, Mark Berends - 3rd with 1822 andfirst weekend leader,Luke Robustelli -4th with 1812.

The results are official and have been verified by the tournament director. The BAC would like to thank all of the bowlers that attended this amazing event this year. The results from this year's tournament are below.

82ND EASTERN CLASSIC RESULTS

CT Youth Bowlers participatedin Baltimore, MDfor North/South Challenge Matches

Baltimore, MD- Recently15 of Connecticut's youth bowlers went down south to Baltimoreto compete in the annual Youth North/South Challenge matches. The BAC would like to commend all 15 of the talented young bowlers who participated and would like to congratulate the following bowlers for their outstanding achievements in the tournament:

3rd Place went to one of our own Connecticut teams: CT #2 which included: Tom Lebel (Lucky Strike Lanes), Brandon Dominque (Lucky Strike Lanes), Tyler Nguyen (T-Bowl Lanes), Marc Volza (Lucky Strike Lanes) and Becky Airhart (Johnson's Lanes).

The BAC wants to also congratulate the following individual bowlers for their outstanding performances: Becky Airhart from Johnson's Lanes was the high average female for the weekend with a outstanding 133.25 average andKyle Shaw from Lucky Strike Lanes was the high male average bowler on the weekend with an incredible 141.66 average. That is some great bowling!

The results from the recent North/South event are posted below.

2012 Youth North/South Challenge Matches Results