WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS WEEKLY GLANCE
(For May 22 – 29, 2019)
 

New team leaders in Emerald, Sapphire divisions at 2019 USBC Women’s Championships
The number to beat in Emerald Team at the 2019 United States Bowling Congress Women’s Championships jumped May 24 at Northrock Lanes, while the lead changed hands in Sapphire Team on May 29.

RAI off NE of Ravenna, Nebraska, was consistent on the way to the top spot in Emerald Team, rolling games of 676, 675 and 676 for a 2,027 total, while the members of 4 for Fun of Bloomfield, New Mexico, used games of 614, 658 and 587 for a 1,859 effort in Wichita, Kansas.

For 7 of Bozeman, Montana, previously held the Emerald lead with 1,998, while Starlites of Alexandria, Minnesota, sat atop the Sapphire standings with 1,829.

Lynn Bedke led the way for RAI off NE with a 555 series and was joined by Laurie Johnson (515), Lisa Paitz (482) and Elaine Behrendt (475).

Rosie Martinez paced 4 for Fun on the way to the top of the leaderboard with a 511 set. She was joined by Beth Gillitzer (490), Sheri Sexton (472) and Nelita Wilson (386).

Emerald Team consists of bowlers with combined entering averages of 575-649, and Sapphire Team includes bowlers with combined entering averages of 574 and below.

Washington bowlers take Emerald Doubles lead at Northrock Lanes
Sonjia Shoemaker of Battle Ground, Washington, and Debie Watkins of Vancouver, Washington, edged their way into the Emerald Doubles lead May 24 at the 2019 USBC Women’s Championships.

The pair posted a 1,118 total to surpass the 1,114 score posted by Margaret Randall of Pine Valley, New York, and Vickie Tobias of Bath, New York, on April 22.

Watkins led the way with games of 203, 167 and 199 for a 569 series, and Shoemaker added 157, 169 and 223 for a 549 set.

Emerald Doubles features bowlers with combined entering averages of 320-349.

A look ahead
Marcie Baker of Fredericktown, Missouri, will celebrate her 50th USBC Women’s Championships appearance June 3 at 6:30 p.m. Eastern at Northrock Lanes.

The 87-year-old right-hander made her tournament debut at the 1968 event in San Antonio and has visited 33 cities and 23 states throughout her journey to 50 appearances.

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2019 USBC WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS
Northrock Lanes
Wichita, Kan.
 

(Division leaders with hometown and pinfall)

As of May 29, 2019
 

TEAM

Diamond
(For bowlers with combined averages of 725 and above)
1, Golden Approach Pro Shop (Rebecca Whiting, Rebekah, Martin, Ann Coleman, Shannon Pluhowsky), Dayton, Ohio, 2,682. 2, Husker Shox, Las Vegas, 2,675. 3, Ballard vs. the Big C, Keller, Texas, 2,663. 4, The Bowling Stones, Savannah, Ga., 2,608. 5, UCanBowl2, Newhall, Calif., 2,602.

Ruby
(For bowlers with combined averages of 650-724)
1, Rookies (Diane Weeks, Vi Frye, Briana Hooper, Trenetta, Alford), Shawnee, Kan., 2,215. 2, Garden Center Lanes 2, Alexandria, Minn., 2,175. 3, Tex-Cal Gals, Plainview, Texas, 2,133. 4(tie), Dream Team, Nevada City, Calif., and Generation XXX, Elgin, Ill., 2,116.

Emerald
(For bowlers with combined averages of 575-649)
1, RAI off NE (Elaine Behrendt, Laurie Johnson, Lynn Bedke, Lisa Paitz), Ravenna, Neb., 2,027. 2, For 7, Bozeman, Mont., 1,998. 3, When Bally Met Alley, San Jose, Calif., 1,990. 4, Mixed Up Nuts, Helena, Mont., 1,946. 5, Lane Lizards, Meriden, Kan., 1,939.

Sapphire
(For bowlers with combined averages of 574 and below)
1, 4 for Fun (Rosie Martinez, Nelita Wilson, Beth Gillitzer, Sheri Sexton), Bloomfield, N.M., 1,859. 2, Starlites, Alexandria, Minn., 1,829. 3, Memory Lanes No. 2, Osseo, Minn., 1,819. 4, Almost Here, Sioux Falls, S.D., 1,815. 5, Docu-Shred No. 1, Gering, Neb., 1,798.

DOUBLES

Diamond
(For bowlers with combined averages of 380 and above)
1, Jordan Newham, Aurora, Ill./Lauren Pate, Inver Grove Heights, Minn., 1,417. 2, Jessica Aiezza, Mechanicville, N.Y./Liz Kuhlkin, Schenectady, N.Y., 1,411. 3, Blair Blumenscheid, Columbus, Ohio/Leanne Hulsenberg, Brigham City, Utah, 1,409. 4, Ricki Ellison/Georgia Drewes, Wichita, Kan., 1,385. 5, Carina Grasso, Fort Collins, Colo./Carrie Endres, Windsor, Colo., 1,384.

Ruby
(For bowlers with combined averages of 350-379)
1. Rebecca Hernandez, Leander, Texas/Robin Holton, Omaha, Neb., 1,223. 2, Sharon Beckett, St. Joseph, Mo./Angela Edwards, Savannah, Mo., 1,203. 3, Christina Barber, Corpus Christi, Texas/ Mary Carnes, Portland, Texas, 1,197. 4, Baileigh Swanson, Eldridge, Iowa/Lesley Carter, Donahue, Iowa, 1,175. 5, Renee Byers, Eureka, Calif./Darah Nolan, McKinleyville, Calif., 1,169.

Emerald
(For bowlers with combined averages of 320-349)
1, Sonjia Shoemaker, Battle Ground, Wash./Debie Watkins, Vancouver, Wash., 1,118. 2, Margaret Randall, Pine Valley, N.Y./Vickie Tobias, Bath, N.Y., 1,114. 3, Diann Copeland/Pam Shumaker, Paducah, Ky., 1,110. 4, Karen Flora, Center Line, Mich./ Kimberly Casbar, Warren, Mich., 1,102. 5, Peggy Gibbons, Rice, Minn./Gail Corbett, Brooklyn Park, Minn., 1,087.

Sapphire
(For bowlers with combined averages of 290-319)
1, Tiffany Friars/Brittany Friars, Greencastle, Ind., 1,090. 2, Jennifer Gonzalez, Coloma, Mich./Karyn Fricke, St. Joseph, Mich., 1,040. 3, Carol O’Neil/Nancy Gensemer, Bozeman, Mont., 1,039. 4, Nona Peterson, Sauk Rapids, Minn./Stacey Schoenberg, Saint Stephen, Minn., 1,037. 5, Jill Behnke, Center City, Minn./Connie Sederberg, Harris, Minn., 1,033.

Amethyst
(For bowlers with combined averages of 260-289)
1, June Reed, Cloverdale, Ind./Jamie Bunten, Fillmore, Ind., 983. 2, Kaye Breon, Laverne, Okla./Susan Terry, Gate, Okla., 954. 3, Carol Carr, Scottville, Mich./Susan Hansen, Ludington, Mich., 946. 4, Devon Rosenquist/Yolanda Bittner, Center, N.D., 942. 5, Kalicia Strassburg, Hanska, Minn./Jacqueline Derner, Cleveland, Minn., 939.

Topaz
(For bowlers with combined averages of 259 and below)
1, April Smith/ Linda Hartman, Sayre, Okla., 854. 2, Evie Schoepp, Novato, Calif./Barbara Tarkington, San Rafael, Calif., 828. 3, Judy Sayers, Austin, Texas/Gladys Herrera, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 823. 4, Patricia Hall/Barbara Broadous, Portland, Ore., 819. 5, Kari Steuck/Yvette Driver-Nehring, Annandale, Minn., 813.

SINGLES

Diamond
(For bowlers with averages of 190 and above)
1, Beverly Gonzalez, Sierra Vista, Ariz., 798. 2, Amanda Flood, Brandon, Fla., 789. 3, Emily Eckhoff, Wheat Ridge, Colo., 784. 4, Maria Rodriguez, Austin, Texas, 773. 5, Erin McCarthy, Omaha, Neb., 761.

Ruby
(For bowlers with averages from 175-189)
1, Renzie Kintzler, Cheyenne, Wyo., 725. 2, Annette Miller, Roseville, Calif., 663. 3, Rachel Thielen, Richmond, Minn., 656. 4, Rhonda Theobald, Mankato, Minn., 652. 5, Karen Jost, Tumwater, Wash., 639.

Emerald
(For bowlers with averages from 160-174)
1, Sheila Bussler, Brownton, Minn., 622. 2, Susie Chapin, Huntington, Ind., 619. 3, Debbie Etheredge, Satsuma, Ala., 616. 4(tie), Teri Fish, Cantonment, Fla., and Judy Wagner, Salina, Kan., 613.

Sapphire
(For bowlers with averages from 145-159)
1, Glenyce Klaers, St. Michael, Minn., 597. 2, Linda Ronning, Dent, Minn., 581. 3, Kellie Bowes, Eagan, Minn., 579. 4, Margaret Randall, Pine Valley, N.Y., 566. 5, Metchel McCamey, Indian Trail, N.C., 559.

Amethyst
(For bowlers with averages from 130-144)
1, Julie Holloway, Reeseville, Wis., 559. 2, Mildred Coleman, Novi, Mich., 550. 3, Sandra Freitag, Muscatine, Iowa, 542. 4, Lori Schmitt, Olathe, Kan., 538. 5, Sarah Barnhill, Lexington Park, Md., 537.

Topaz
(For bowlers with averages of 129 and below)
1, Carol Sharp, Albuquerque N.M., 505. 2, Lorraine Gearig, Montpelier, Ohio, 502. 3, Danielle Bassett, Greencastle, Ind., 497. 4, Dawn Smith, Tyler, Texas, 477. 5, Diana Byerly, Ingalls, Kan., 470.

ALL-EVENTS

Diamond
(For bowlers with averages of 190 and above)
1, Kelly Kulick, Union, N.J., 2,211. 2, Maria Rodriguez, Austin, Texas, 2,196. 3, Leanne Hulsenberg, Brigham City, Utah, 2,143. 4, Karsyn Lukosius, Brick, N.J., 2,127. 5, Amanda Vermilyea, Apple Valley, Minn., 2,116.

Ruby
(For bowlers with averages from 175-189)
1, Renzie Kintzler, Cheyenne, Wyo., 1,824. 2, Elainea Myers, Bowie, Md., 1,802. 3, Annette Miller, Roseville, Calif., 1,776. 4, Eugenia McDonald, Capitol Heights, Md., 1,775. 5, Jodi Ragazzo, Apopka, Fla., 1,756.

Emerald
(For bowlers with averages from 160-174)
1, Jennifer Henn, Norfolk, Neb., 1,751. 2, Jacqueline Herndon, Los Angeles, 1,676. 3, Sara Collum, Flagstaff, Ariz., 1,671. 4, Debbie Etheredge, Satsuma, Ala., 1,646. 5, Connie Purifoy, Mobile, Ala., 1,644.

Sapphire
(For bowlers with averages from 145-159)
1, Kellie Bowes, Eagan, Minn., 1,630. 2, Dawne Byers, Bella Vista, Ark., 1,629. 3, Bernadette Vancleave, Hillsville, Va., 1,570. 4, Nancy Gensemer, Bozeman, Mont., 1,561. 5, Tiffany Friars, Greencastle, Ind., 1,560.

Amethyst
(For bowlers with averages from 130-144)
1, Nicole Sparks, Cottage Grove, Minn., 1,506. 2, Shelbi Dobie, Bozeman, Mont., 1,487. 3, Christina Westerberg, North Vancouver, British Columbia, 1,479. 4, Susan Hansen, Ludington, Mich., 1,471. 5, Sarah Barnhill, Lexington Park, Md., 1,446.

Topaz
(For bowlers with averages of 129 and below)
1, Danielle Bassett, Greencastle, Ind., 1,334. 2, Carol Sharp, Albuquerque, N.M., 1,324. 3, Rita Murphy, Toronto, 1,321. 4, Karin Prellwitz, Red Cloud, Neb., 1,301. 5, Patricia O’Connell, Spring Valley, Minn., 1,298.