Max Scherzer Makes Second Rehab Start with Binghamton, Ponies with Timely Hitting Late to Knock off Yard Goats HARTFORD, CT – Max Scherzer pitched four and two thirds innings, allowing four hits, three runs, two earned, with one walk and eight strikeouts on 80 pitches in his second rehab start with the Binghamton Rumble Ponies Wednesday night at Dunkin’ Donuts Park. The Ponies scored five unanswered runs, two in the seventh and three in the eighth, to knock off the Hartford Yard Goats 7-3 and earn their first win of the second half. Binghamton (1-1) got on the board first in the top of the third inning as Francisco Alvarez crushed a two-run homer to left, his team-leading 18th homer of the year. Alvarez is now tied with Ronny Mauricio for the team lead in RBI with 47. Mauricio finished the game 3-4 with a run scored. Hartford (1-1) scored three in the bottom of the fourth via a two-run double from Aaron Schunk and an RBI single from Brenton Doyle to take a 3-2 lead. In the seventh, the Ponies scored two on an RBI groundout from Jeremy Vasquez and an RBI triple from Matt Winaker to go back on top 4-3. In the eighth, Binghamton tacked on three more with a two-run double from Hayden Senger and an RBI single from Wyatt Young to make it 7-3. Josh Hejka (4-1) earned the win in relief allowing two hits over one and a third scoreless frames with one walk and four strikeouts. Yeizo Campos, Antonio Santos, and Dedniel Nunez combined for three innings of scoreless relief over the final three innings. The two teams have split the first two games and continue the series Thursday night with first pitch at 7:05 PM and pregame coverage getting underway at 6:50 PM on the WNBF Rumble Ponies Radio Network. Postgame Notes: Young had his third straight multi-hit game and third straight game with at least one RBI…The Rumble Ponies have now won five of their last six games.

Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America, Strike Ten Entertainment and Creative Realities enter Marketing Partnership Creative Realities, Inc. to serve as the Official Digital Signage Provider for the BPAA and Strike Ten LOUISVILLE, Ky. and ARLINGTON, Texas – Creative Realities, Inc. ("Creative Realities," "CRI," or the "Company") (NASDAQ: CREX, CREXW), a leading provider of digital signage solutions, and Strike Ten Entertainment (“STE”), the marketing arm of the bowling industry, announced a marketing partnership designed to help bowling centers grow their revenues via the role digital signage will play in transforming the food and beverage experience across bowling centers nationwide for proprietors and consumers. The marketing partnership provides a robust, continuous platform for Creative Realities to showcase how its offering can help revolutionize the business of traditional bowling centers for proprietors and enhance the customer experience with modern digital displays. “Food and beverage service are significant revenue drivers for our member proprietors. Creative Realities’ credibility and leadership position in the digital menu board space, in delivering digital signage solutions for entertainment spaces, and specifically digital menu boards makes them a perfect partner for Strike Ten and the bowling industry,” said John Harbuck, president of Strike Ten Entertainment. “We believe this a compelling enough reason to amplify the marketing story behind the relevance of these digital platforms to our member proprietors, not only as a way to keep the consumer experience fresh, but as an asset that can generate increased revenue.” “We know from our work across Quick Service Restaurants that activating food and beverage with digital menu boards have proven to drive transaction value and customer through put,” cites Rick Mills. “Improved customer experience and realizing additional sales and margin will be a focal point of our marketing message to owners and operators,” continues Mr. Mills. The partnership features two exclusive designations for Creative Realities as the Official Digital Signage and Digital Menu Board Provider of the BPAA, beginning with Bowl Expo, the bowling industry’s preeminent event in Las Vegas, followed by four regional shows that will pop up in strategic territories around the country. “These shows provide industry members, owners and operators with a way to experience the power of digital menu boards, so they are reassured of its fit and value for their locations,” continues John Harbuck. As a show sponsor, Creative Realities will receive marquee brand visibility, display space, and various opportunities to educate audiences on the benefits of digital menu boards, as well as the ease of use and automation from the software that controls it. All efforts will drive home the key message that Creative Realities is a formidable partner not only for the bowling industry at large, but for each individual owner operating on the ground level – providing quality hardware, technical expertise, content support and ongoing maintenance. “This end-to-end story is anticipated to be an important proof-point for this crowd, so they understand the benefit of a turnkey solution that reduces risk and takes the burden off owners to execute it themselves,” furthers Rick Mills. As the largest participatory sport in America, bowling represents a massive opportunity to entertain and influence people at enormous scale. “Our partners at Strike Ten and BPAA understand this market better than any of its competitors and investing in a marketing engine to galvanize support across the membership network of BPAA will help unleash the power of these digital platforms to reimagine growth,” concludes Rick Mills. To learn more about Creative Realities, visit cri.com. About Creative Realities, Inc. Creative Realities helps clients use the latest omnichannel technologies to inspire better customer experiences. CRI designs, develops, and deploys consumer experiences for high-end enterprise-level networks, and is actively providing recurring SaaS and support services across diverse vertical markets, including but not limited to automotive, advertising networks, apparel & accessories, convenience stores, food service/QSR, gaming, theater, and stadium venues. The company has operations across North America with active installations in more than 10 countries. Cautionary Note on Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and includes, among other things, discussions of our business strategies, product releases, future operations and capital resources. Words such as "estimates," "projected," "expects," "anticipates," "forecasts," "plans," "intends," "believes," "seeks," "may," "will," "should," "future," "propose" and variations of these words or similar expressions (or the negative versions of such words or expressions) are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, conditions, or results. They are based on the opinions, estimates and beliefs of management as of the date such statements are made, and they are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and other factors, many of which are outside of our control, that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Some of these risks are discussed in the “Risk Factors” section contained in Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and the Company’s subsequent filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. About BPAA Founded in 1932, the mission of Bowling Proprietors' Association of America (BPAA) is to enhance the profitability of all its members. Headquartered in Arlington, Texas at the International Bowling Campus, the BPAA provides it's over 3,500 member centers with group purchasing programs, business and educational seminars, legislative representation and proactively promotes the association and bowling industry. For additional information please visit www.BPAA.com or call 1-800-343-1329. About Strike Ten Entertainment Headquartered in Arlington, Texas, Strike Ten Entertainment is the centralized sponsor-activation and casual bowling marketing arm of the International Bowling Campus (IBC) which includes USBC and BPAA. Strike Ten Entertainment serves the entire IBC by coordinating the sponsorship sales and casual bowling marketing efforts. Strike Ten Entertainment's mission is to increase national awareness of bowling and to assist the bowling industry in developing new bowlers and increasing the frequency of existing bowlers each year through promotions, publicity, and industry-wide marketing initiatives. For additional information, please visit www.stemarketing.com.

TEAM USA ACCEPTING RESUMES FOR PARA BOWLING AT 2022 IBF WORLD CUP ARLINGTON, Texas – The Team USA program is accepting resumes for para bowlers interested in representing the red, white and blue at the 2022 International Bowling Federation Para Bowling World Cup in November. The event will be heading to Australia in 2022, with the IBF World Cup scheduled to take place Nov. 3-16, and the IBF Para Bowling World Cup following from Nov. 16-23. A location for the events will be announced at a later date. Team members for the Para Bowling World Cup will be selected by the National Selection Committee from the submitted applications, which will be accepted through July 31. The committee is planning to select four men and four women to compete in the W1 category of the Para Bowling World Cup. The W1 Para/Amputee Classification incorporates all wheelchair classifications. It includes leg amputees, cerebral palsy (with functional hands) and Les Autres athletes with mobility disfunction. All must compete from a wheelchair and follow the rules of play and modified rules established for this discipline. Those selected will receive a paid entry into the events, airfare, lodging and official uniforms. Use the following link to apply: Para Bowling application For more information on Team USA, visit BOWL.com/TeamUSA. United States Bowling Congress The United States Bowling Congress serves as the national governing body of bowling as recognized by the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC). USBC conducts championship events nationwide including the largest participation sporting events in the world – the USBC Open and Women's Championships – and professional events such as the USBC Masters and USBC Queens. Founded in 1895, today USBC and its 1,519 state and local associations proudly serve more than a million members. USBC is headquartered in Arlington, Texas, working toward a future for the sport. The online home for USBC is BOWL.com.

Blankenhorn's four hits lead Mets to 3-2 comeback victory over Red Wings on Friday nightnbox Rochester, NY – Travis Blankenhorn had four hits to help lead the Syracuse Mets to a comeback win over the Rochester Red Wings, 3-2, on Friday night at Frontier Field. The Mets and Red Wings have now split the first four games of the six-game series, with each game being decided by two runs or less. Three of the games have been decided by just one run. Rochester (39-31) struck first in the bottom of the first inning thanks to a Syracuse error. With Ildemaro Vargas at second base and Joey Meneses at first, Josh Palacios hit an infield single. During the play, Syracuse first baseman Mark Vientos made an errant flip to first base, allowing Vargas to score on the play for a 1-0 Rochester lead. In the second, the Red Wings had runners at second and third with two outs when Palacios had another infield single. This ball scored Matt Lipka from third to give Rochester a 2-0 edge. Palacios finished the game 2-for-3 at the plate with two singles, two walks, and an RBI. The 26-year-old has had remarkable success against Syracuse this season, sporting a .442 batting average with 13 RBIs in 11 games versus the Mets. On this night, the Mets weren’t going to let a slow start get in their way. Syracuse (27-42) got to work in the top of the fourth, tying up the game with two runs in different fashions. First, Travis Blankenhorn launched a solo home run over the wall in right-center field to lead off the inning and cut the deficit to one, 2-1. The home was Blankenhorn’s eighth of the season. Later in the inning, with runners on first and second and two outs, Warren Saunders slapped an opposite-field single into right field to plate Meyer from third to tie the game up, 2-2. Saunders is making his Triple-A debut this week. In his first four games in the top level of Minor League Baseball, Saunders has three hits and a pair of RBIs. The game remained knotted at two until the top of the eighth inning, as neither team could crack the other’s bullpen. Syracuse finally did the trick in the top of the eighth inning, as their shining star on this night took his turn once again in the spotlight. Blankenhorn smacked a single into center field to lead off the inning, putting a capper on a 4-for-4 night at the plate. Blankenhorn promptly swiped second base, standing in scoring position and representing the potential go-ahead run. Luke Ritter followed with a strikeout for the first out of the frame. Then, with Nick Meyer standing at the plate, Blankenhorn took off for third, stealing the base and forcing a bad throw that sailed into left field and allowed Blankenhorn to run the final 90 feet home to give Syracuse a 3-2 lead and the eventual game-winning run. The Mets had their dancing shoes on the basepaths tonight, swiping a season-high six bases in the game. Blankenhorn’s 4-for-4 night only underlines how consistently excellent he has been at the plate as of late. The 25-year-old has reached base in 28 of his last 32 games, batting .339 since May 12th with four home runs, ten doubles, and 16 RBIs. Syracuse’s bullpen was the other shining star in the game, as Bryce Montes de Oca, Alex Claudio, R.J. Alvarez, and Stephen Nogosek tossed the final five innings in scoreless fashion, striking out nine Red Wings batters in the process. Nogosek earned the save in a nail-biting ninth inning. After a strikeout to start the frame, Andrew Stevenson reached base with an infield single, and Vargas got on base via a sharp single into center field to put runners on first and second with one out. Another strikeout briefly assuaged the Syracuse nerves, but then a Palacios walk loaded up the bases. With the bases loaded, two outs, and the Mets protecting a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the ninth inning, Nogosek got the job done, inducing a game-ending groundout to allow Syracuse to hold on with a 3-2 win that evens up the series at two games apiece. Syracuse plays the penultimate game in its 12-game, two-week road trip on Saturday against the Rochester Red Wings with first pitch scheduled for 7:05 p.m. The Mets have won six of the first ten games on their current journey away from NBT Bank Stadium.

Syracuse Mets Homestand Highlights: June 28th – July 3rd Bark in the Park #2, Juneteenth Celebration, & 4th of July Weekend Celebration SYRACUSE, NY – The Syracuse Mets return home this week for a 6-game homestand against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs (Triple-A Phillies). The homestand will feature weekly favorites like Dollar Thursday, Craft Beer & Fireworks Friday, & Kids Eat Free Family Sunday, as well as special promotions like Bark in the Park #2, Juneteenth Celebration, Saranac Pint Glass Giveaway, four fireworks shows, & a 4th of July Weekend celebration! Tuesday, June 28th (6:35 p.m., gates open 5:30 p.m.) – The Syracuse Mets kick off the week with Taco Tuesday featuring (3) tacos for just $10 (beef, chicken & vegetarian options available) at the taco carts on the concourse. After the game, enjoy a special post-game fireworks extravaganza to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Cathedral Candle Co.! Wednesday, June 29th (6:35 p.m., gates open 5:30 p.m.) – Bring your best friend to the game with you for Bark in the Park #2! The first 500 dogs in attendance will receive a collapsible dog bowl, courtesy of Aloft Hotel & Peaceful Pets. Humans, make sure your dog has a ticket to the game for just $5, proceeds of dog tickets are donated to local animal rescue organizations. Humans with dogs should be sure to purchase tickets in our dog-friendly sections, visit syracusemets.com for more information or call 315-474-7833. Dogs can participate in the pre-game dog parade & the Mets-minster Pet Show, judged by Laura Hand. Winners of the Pet Show will win glamorous prizes! All-You-Can-Eat Wednesday will take place on the Salt City Deck. The all-you-can-eat buffet will begin at 6:35 p.m. and last for 90 minutes. Fans should purchase a special All-You-Can Eat Wednesday ticket package, starting at $30, which includes a ticket to the game & access to the buffet. All You Can Eat Wednesday packages can be purchased online, over-the-phone, or in-person. Thursday, June 30th (6:35 p.m., gates open 5:30 p.m.) – Dollar Thursday is back for $1 Hofmann hot dogs (4 per transaction), $1 Coca-Cola fountain drinks, $1 souvenir in the Team Store, & $2 12 oz. Labatt, Coors, Budweiser, Saranac, & 1911 hard ciders. Thursday is the Syracuse Mets Juneteenth Celebration with a commemorative baseball giveaway for the first 1,000 fans through the gates, courtesy of Loretto. Don’t miss a special pre-game Juneteenth celebration ceremony on the field. In addition, fans can hang out with DJ Bella at the 315 Bullpen Bar throughout the game! Friday, July 1st (6:35 p.m., gates open 5:30 p.m.) – Calling all craft beer lovers, it’s Craft Beer & Fireworks Friday, presented by the Hops Spot. Fans 21 & older can purchase a special ticket package for $25, including a 200-level ticket to the game and (2) vouchers for craft beers at the Hops Spot at NBT Bank Stadium ($27 for a 100-level ticket). There will be a Saranac tap takeover in the Hops Spot with unique beers not available to the public in stores. In addition, the first 1,000 fans 21 & older will receive a 4th of July Saranac Pint Glass upon arrival. After the game, all fans can enjoy a post-game fireworks show, courtesy of Saranac. Saturday, July 2nd (6:35 p.m., gates open 5:30 p.m.) – It’s Salt City Saturday at NBT Bank Stadium on National Grid Night. The first 3,000 fans will receive a light up American flag baton upon entry. After the game, enjoy a patriotic fireworks show, presented by National Grid. Sunday, July 3rd (6:05 p.m., gates open 4 p.m.) – Sunday is a great day to be a kid at NBT Bank Stadium. Every Sunday is Kids Eat Free Family Sunday, presented by NBT Bank, and kids 12 & under will receive vouchers upon entry for a free kids Hofmann hot dog, a bag of chips, a 12 oz. Coca-Cola fountain drink, & a kids ice cream. This is a special Sunday, as we celebrate 4th of July, presented by Coors Light & Vizzy! Fans can enjoy the antics of the world-famous ZOOperstars!, and after the game, the largest fireworks show in the history of Onondaga County! Fans should be aware that gates are opening early at 4 p.m. on Sunday to cut down on lines and congestion at the gates. There will also not be a post-game running of the bases due to fireworks. Tickets for this homestand and all Syracuse Mets home games are on sale at the Onondaga Coach Ticket Office at NBT Bank Stadium during regular hours (Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.), over the phone (315-474-7833) or online anytime at syracusemets.com. For any additional questions, please call the Syracuse Mets at 315-474-7833 or contact Michael Tricarico at mtricarico@syracusemets.com.

Furious Syracuse rally in ninth comes up just short in 10-9 loss to Rochester on Thursday night Rochester, NY – The Syracuse Salt Potatoes scored four runs in the ninth and had the tying run at third base, but the comeback fell short as the Rochester Plates beat the Salt Potatoes, 10-9, in the second game of the Duel of the Dishes. The win means the Plates win the Duel of the Dishes series in 2022 and the eight-foot Golden Fork. The Plates smashed 15 hits on their way to victory. Syracuse (26-42) trailed Rochester, 10-5, going into the top of the ninth inning. Khalil Lee led off with a walk, Mark Vientos singled, and Travis Blankenhorn walked to load the bases. Nick Dini followed with a single that scored Lee to make it a 10-6 ballgame. After a Fargas strikeout, a red-hot Quinn Brodey came to the plate and kept the magic going, lining a triple all the way to the wall in right-center field that cleared the bases and cut the deficit to one, 10-9, in the blink of an eye. The Stanford baseball alum has hits in each of the last four games, going a combined 5-for-16 with a double, two triples, a home run, and five RBIs. So, Brodey was standing at third base with one out, 90 feet away from dramatically tying the game at ten in the ninth inning. Then, disaster happened. Cody Bohanek struck out swinging on a ball in the dirt, and as he did so, Brodey took off for home, got caught up in a run down in the process, and was tagged out to end the game with Rochester escaping with a 10-9 win by the skin of its teeth. Rochester (39-30) wasted no time getting the scoring going in what would turn out to be a slugfest of a baseball game. In the bottom of the first, two singles plus an error scored Joey Meneses for a 1-0 Plates lead In the second, three singles, including an RBI hit from Andrew Stevenson, plated Nick Banks in the second to make it a 2-0 ballgame. A four-run fourth inning for the Red Wings pushed them to a seemingly insurmountable 6-0 lead as five hits brought all the tallies home. With two outs, Ildemaro Vargas had an RBI single, Meneses had an RBI double, Josh Palacios had an RBI single, and Jake Noll had an RBI single all in a row to give Rochester the 6-0 edge. Meneses has played brilliantly against Syracuse this season, batting .321 (18-for-56) with nine extra-base hits and 16 RBIs. The Salt Potatoes change the trajectory of the game quickly in the top of the fifth. Syracuse loaded the bases with one out via walks by Lee and Vientos plus a single from Travis Blankenhorn. Then, Nick Dini brought everyone home, lining a laser-beam drive over the left-field wall for a grand slam that pulled the Salt Potatoes within two, 6-4. Dini now has six home runs in 25 games played with Syracuse this season. In the next three innings, the Plates scored another bunch of runs to apparently put the game away. Single runs in the fifth and sixth plus two more runs in the seventh ballooned the lead back to six runs at 10-4. Andrew Stevenson drove in three of the runs, first with an RBI single in the fifth followed by a two-run home run over the right-field wall in seventh. Stevenson finished the game 3-for-5 at the plate with four RBIs. The former LSU Tiger is now batting .304 (14-for-46) against the Mets this season. Syracuse cut into the six-run Rochester lead with one swing of the bat in the eighth. Johneshwy Fargas led off with a solo home run over the left-field wall to make it a five-run hill to climb for the Mets going into the game’s final frame trailing, 10-5, before Syracuse’s late rally came up just short. Syracuse continues its 12-game, two-week road trip on Friday against the Rochester Red Wings. Right-hander Trevor Cahill is slated to start for the Mets, opposed by right-hander Jefry Rodriguez for the Red Wings. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.

Professional Bowlers Association To Launch League Bowler Certification Program A new era in league bowling is coming. Richmond, VA – The Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) will be launching its League Bowler Certification program this fall across more than 300 bowling centers in the United States with over 180,000 league bowlers enrolled. This will be a new national membership program offering a multitude of exciting benefits for league bowlers. The program will start with Bowlero Corp.’s footprint, and soon after the PBA will work to expand to all U.S. bowling centers. The PBA, which has featured the greatest bowlers in the world since 1958 coupled with the sport’s largest media reach, and parent company Bowlero Corp., owners of the biggest chain of bowling centers in the world, are combining their resources and expertise to create the PBA League Bowler Certification program in order to enhance the league bowler experience. “It's exciting that league bowlers of all skill levels will be able to gain real value from this new PBA-certified membership program," said Tom Clark, PBA Commissioner. "The competition and camaraderie of league bowling creates a strong community and the fresh opportunities ahead will make it even stronger." As the program rolls out for the 2022 fall league season, there will be new benefits under four key pillars that bowlers will have access to, in addition to their current league benefits. Starting with statistics: League bowlers will have access to official averages, full league standings, leaderboards, and special accomplishments. These statistics will be accessible in real-time through PBA LeaguePals, a robust technology platform. The second pillar will include exclusive new tournaments for all skill levels. The tournaments included in the PBA League Bowler Certification program will be highlighted by a new national tournament that will feature unprecedented prize money, national TV exposure and digital coverage. The third pillar will be awards. League bowlers of all skill levels will be recognized for their accomplishments, stamped with PBA approval, through a creative and engaging digital awards program. Finally, there will be new rules and an equipment specifications department, led by a world-renowned expert Neil Stremmel, former Vice President of Rules and Equipment Specifications at the United States Bowling Congress and for World Bowling. The regulations in PBA League Bowler Certification program and tournament competition will be supremely transparent and work toward the betterment of the game and its bowlers. “I am truly honored to work with the PBA,” said Neil Stremmel, incoming PBA Rules and Equipment Director. “In this new role I am looking forward to launching such an incredible program to support the bowling community starting this fall.” Stay informed about the PBA League Bowler Certification by visiting pba.com or following @PBAtour for more updates. About the Professional Bowlers Association The Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) is the world’s preeminent organization dedicated to the sport of bowling and its professional competition, with thousands of members and millions of fans throughout the world. The PBA plays host to bowling’s biggest tournaments from the PBA Tour, PBA Regional Tour, and PBA50 Tour. In 2020, the PBA launched PBA Jr., a club for elite youth bowlers under the age of 17 and the PBA Pinsiders, a membership for fans of the sport. For more information, please visit PBA.com. About Bowlero Corp. Bowlero Corp. is the worldwide leader in bowling entertainment, media, and events. With more than 300 bowling centers across North America, Bowlero Corp. serves more than 26 million guests each year through a family of brands that includes Bowlero, Bowlmor Lanes, and AMF. In 2019, Bowlero Corp. acquired the Professional Bowlers Association, the major league of bowling, which boasts thousands of members and millions of fans across the globe. For more information on Bowlero Corp., please visit BowleroCorp.com.

Max Scherzer Makes Rehab Start in Binghamton in Front of Record-Setting Crowd, Fightins Rally Past Ponies BINGHAMTON, NY – New York Mets pitcher Max Scherzer made a rehab start Tuesday night for the Binghamton Rumble Ponies in front of a record-setting crowd of 7,491 at Mirabito Stadium against the Reading Fightin Phils. Scherzer, throwing to Mets Catcher James McCann, went three and a third innings, allowing three hits and two runs, with one walk and six strikeouts on 65 pitches. The Ponies fell to the Fightins 7-6 in the opening game of the series. Binghamton (24-40) fell behind 1-0 in the third but roared back scoring six runs in the bottom of the frame with a three-run homer from Francisco Alvarez which put the Ponies ahead 3-1. It was Alvarez’s 16th homer of the season and he now leads the team in RBI with 44. Later in the frame, Zach Ashford’s three-run double scored Carlos Cortes, Brandon McIlwain and Jeremy Vasquez to increase the Binghamton lead to 6-1. Down 6-2 in the fifth, Reading (28-36) clawed back as Ali Castillo’s RBI single and Josh Ockimey’s RBI triple cut the Ponies lead to 6-4. The Fightins equaled the score at six in the sixth with a two-run blast from Wendell Rijo to left centerfield. On the very next pitch, Jonathan Guzman hit the go-ahead homer off Ponies pitcher Jose Butto (4-5) to give Reading a 7-6 lead. McCann was 1-4 with a run scored and a walk in his fourth game with the Rumble Ponies on a rehab assignment. The Ponies will continue their six-game homestand against Reading on Wednesday evening. First pitch is scheduled for 6:35 PM with pregame coverage beginning at 6:20 PM on NewsRadio 1290 WNBF and 92.1 FM. Postgame Notes: Scherzer struck out all three batters he retired in the first inning…Alvarez has hit eight home runs in the month of June and has now reached base safely in 16 straight games…Brett Baty extended his hitting streak to 12 games.

New Pro At Lochmor The Town of Fallsburg Municipal Lochmor Golf Course has a new head golf professional. Geoffrey "TAYLOR" Walsh, he goes by the name of Taylor, accepted the job at Lochmor in March of 2022 as the Head Golf Professional and a major program he already has started at Lochmor will be Junior Golf with a Camp program every Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Taylor commented, "I look forward to the opportunity to work with the Sullivan County community to grow the game of golf in the place of my residence......I take great pride in being part of Sullivan County golf as it's been very good to me through the years." Born in a golf family, Taylor, 42, was born February 8, 1980, the son of Geoff and Betty Walsh who make their home in Napanoch. Geoff, for the past four years is the PGA golf professional at the Town of Fallsburg Municipal Tarry Brae golf course. Geoff this year also assumed the duties of Town of Fallsburg Director of Golf. Taylor attended and graduated from Ellenville Central High School and graduated in 1998. He attended the University of Florida from 1998-2000 majoring in Business Administration. At the University of Florida Taylor was a member of the college golf team. In 2002 at the age of 22 Walsh turned professional and played professionally in the Mini Tour level which Taylor noted was just below the third tier of the Professional Golf Association. Taylor has been teaching golf since 2002 at various golf facilities in Florida and New York. Since 2019 Walsh became a full time resident and makes his home in Wurtsboro. Taylor noted that one of the major problems of playing golf professionally is successfully obtaining a full time sponsor. As the head golf professional at Lochmor Taylor offers golf lessons with rates ranging from $40 for half an hour and $70 for one hour both on and off the golf course. Lochmor offers a golf range and a full service golf shop to the public. The Lochmor golf facility offers terrific views and challenging play for golfers at every skill level. They have well groomed fairways and greens. There are four sets of tees which from the black tees has a total length of 6,550 for a par 71 and a rating slope of 120, from the green tees is 6,305 yards with a 118 slope, the senior tees total length is 5,356 and a rating slope of 118 and from the red tees (womens) a total length of 5,230 yards with a rating slope of 116. Lochmor was built in the prime of the economic boom during the 50's. At that time many local hotels offered golf courses, so it only made sense for the Town of Fallsburg to design a golf course as well. The 18-hole Lochmor golf course was designed by William F. Mitchell and opened in 1962. From the black tees the shortest hole is the 165 yard par 3 ninth hole and the longest hole is the 580 yard par 5 twelfth hole. Several of the tougher holes are located near Morningside lake and errant shoots find watery graves. An interesting hole if golfers play it safe is the 501 yard par 5 fifteenth hole which is almost totally surrounded by water...careful and accurate approach shots will keep you dry. Rory Wins Takes Shots At LIV There perhaps hasn't been a stronger critic of the LIV Golf Invitational Golf Series than Rory McIlroy. Even after picking up his second consecutive win at the RBC Canadian Open last Sunday afternoon in Toronto, McIlroy couldn't help but take another shot at the controversial Saudi Arabian golf league. Rory, like so many others, has ripped the LIV Golf series at seemingly every turn. The new league drew plenty of backlash and controversy throughout its opening weekend, too. Critics called for LIV golfers to be banned from major championships for what some have called "supporting murderers," and a group of families and survivors of the 9/11 terrorist attacks wrote letters to several golfers in the new venture criticizing them for their involvement. PGA Commissioner Jay Monahan "asked any players that has left or any players that would consider leaving......have you ever had to apologise for being a member of the PGA Tour?" McIlroy continued his criticism of the LIV after posting his 8-under 62 to grab the two-shot win in Toronto. Steingart Memorial Supports Hospice The Town of Fallsburg Lions Club Alan Steingart Memorial Golf Tournament will be held Sunday with a portion of the proceeds going to support Hospice of Sullivan County. The event will be held at the Tarry Brae golf course. The scramble tournament will feature two divisions, Smackers and Hackers. Tournament golfers will enjoy lunch, green and cart fees and dinner. The Golf Tip By Bob Menges There is always a lot of talk around the golf course about pitching and distance control. You know a lot of people stand up here with a good setup and pitch and they're just not sure how to perform. These golfers are not sure if they should take a longer club and if you're faster or slower over the club selection. There are a million ways to control the distance. I always tell golfers when you're pitching we want to go shorter first. A good tip to remember when pitching is make sure that your rear shoulder is moving through the golf ball as the rear shoulder continues to move the hands won't take over. Important....when you are setting up, put the ball in the center for a normal chip shot. Speed is a factor in controlling the distance. Robert Menges is the head golf professional at the Swan Lake Golf & Country Club on Mt. Hope Road in Swan Lake. He is available for private lessons and if you have a question or subject you would like covered, he can be reached at 845-292-0323 or 845-866-5567 or via email at bobmenges22@gmail.com ------------------------ Ed Townsend is a Public Relations Consultant to the sport of golf and brings over 65 years of photojournalism experience in writing and compiling the information for this column and our Web page, http://bght.blogspot.com If you have league or tournament information, shoot a hole-in-one or score your age, call Ed at 845-439-8177 or email to bght75@gmail.com

Ponies Rout Baysox in Game One, Fall in Game Two to Split Doubleheader in Bowie BOWIE, MD – The Binghamton Rumble Ponies (22-37) split their third straight doubleheader, routing the Bowie Baysox 13-1 in Game One and falling to Bowie 4-0 in Game Two at Prince George’s Stadium. Game One: Rumble Ponies 13, Baysox 1 The Rumble Ponies bats were working early and often as they hit four home runs and tied their season-high in runs scored. Carlos Cortes, Ronny Mauricio, and Matt Winaker each hit two-run home runs while Quinn Brodey hit a three-run blast, his first with Binghamton this season. Brodey finished 2-4 with four RBI while Cortes finished with 2-3 with 3 RBI. Francisco Alvarez finished 3-5 with a two-run double and extended his on-base streak to 13 games. Brett Baty was 2-5 with two runs scored extending his hitting streak to seven games. Jose Butto (3-5) allowed one run on five hits over six innings earning his third straight win. Game Two: Baysox 4, Rumble Ponies 0 Bowie’s four-run first inning against Jose Chacin (0-2) was too much to overcome. In the opening frame, Maverick Handley hit a two-run homer and later in the inning Andrew Daschbach and Zach Watson hit consecutive RBI doubles to account for the scoring. Bowie (23-36) RHP Adam Stauffer (1-1) did not allow a hit over five innings in his first start of the year. Quinn Brodey broke up the no-hit bid with a leadoff single in the sixth. The Rumble Ponies continue their series with the Baysox on Thursday evening with first pitch at 6:35 PM and pregame coverage getting underway at 6:20 PM on Newsradio 1290 WNBF and 92.1 FM. Postgame Notes: The Rumble Ponies are now 0-1-3 this year in doubleheaders, though this was their first twimbill away from Mirabito Stadium this season…In the first game, five Rumble Ponies finished with multi-hit games and each member of the starting lineup reached base at least once.

Vientos homers, Syracuse wins third straight game with 5-4 victory over Norfolk Norfolk, VA – Mark Vientos homered for the third consecutive game as the Syracuse Mets won their third consecutive game, beating the Norfolk Tides, 5-4, on Wednesday night at Harbor Park. Syracuse had ten hits in the win, marking the third consecutive game the Mets have had double-digit hits. Syracuse (23-38) scored the game’s first run in the top of the fourth inning. JT Riddle led off with a double. Two batters later, Luke Ritter doubled, scoring Riddle to give the Mets a 1-0 lead. Ritter is 8-for-17 in his last four games with four RBIs. The Mets added to their edge in the top of the fifth. With two outs, Vientos launched a solo home run over the left-field wall, extending the Syracuse advantage to 2-0. Vientos has four home runs in his last three games with at least one homer in all three contests. Norfolk (30-32) struck back in the bottom of the fifth. Cody Roberts led off with a home run that trimmed the Syracuse lead to one, 2-1. Then, Dylan Harris walked, Terrin Vavra singled, and Rylan Bannon singled to load the bases. Gunnar Henderson followed with a groundball to second base that Ritter misplayed for an error that brought home a run and kept the bases loaded as the game became knotted, 2-2. The Mets caught a break when Jacob Nottingham grounded into a double play back to the mound where Vavra was out at home, and Bannon was out at third for the first two outs of the frame. A walk to Shed Long Jr. reloaded the bases, which was costly because a wild pitch brought home Henderson from third to give the Tides a 3-2 advantage before a groundout ended the inning. Syracuse responded in the sixth though. Riddle led off with another double. Two batters later, with one out, Ritter grounded a ball to third, but Norfolk third baseman Rylan Bannon made an errant throw that allowed Ritter to reach base and Riddle to score from second, tying the game up, 3-3. The Mets regained the lead for good in the eighth. Daniel Palka led off with a single and advanced to second on a Riddle groundout. Travis Blankenhorn then singled into right field, scoring Palka from second to give Syracuse a 4-3 edge. After Ritter walked and Nick Meyer walked, the bases were loaded for Johneshwy Fargas, who was hit by a pitch, scoring Blankenhorn to push the Mets advantage to two, 5-3. The Tides pulled closer in the ninth. With one out, Gunnar Henderson homered to right-center field to cut the Syracuse lead to one, 5-4. Mets reliever R.J. Alvarez retired the next two batters, though, securing the win for Syracuse. The Mets continue their six-game series against the Tides on Thursday afternoon with the third game of the series. Left-hander Nate Fisher is slated to start on the mound for Syracuse opposite Norfolk left-hander DL Hall. First pitch is scheduled for 12:05 p.m.

BARNES PREPARED FOR RETURN AT THE 2022 U.S. WOMEN’S OPEN SOUTH GLENS FALLS, N.Y. - Nearly 10 months ago, Josie Barnes of Hermitage, Tennessee, made history when she won the 2021 U.S. Women’s Open, claiming the coveted green jacket and, in the process, earning $100,000, the richest prize in the history of women’s bowling. Barnes is back in the field this week looking to make another long and grueling run to the stepladder finals. Last year, she earned the top seed and defeated Singapore’s Cherie Tan, 198-194, to win her first major title. The 2022 event kicks off Wednesday at Kingpin’s Alley Family Fun Center with the tournament’s official practice sessions, and the season’s second major will conclude June 21 at 7 p.m. Eastern, live on CBS Sports Network. This year’s winner will receive $60,000, with the event’s overall prize fund at nearly $255,000. The allure of defending a title would be prominent for any player, but Barnes is focusing her energy in a different way. She tries not to use the word “defend” or the phrase “defend your title,” because whether the feat is accomplished or not, she’s always going to be the 2021 U.S. Women’s Open. It’s a layer of additional pressure she’s going to try and stay away from as the week begins and gives her an opportunity to “practice what she preaches” to her student-athletes as the associate head coach at Vanderbilt. The most recent player to successfully defend a title at the U.S. Women’s Open was Liz Johnson, who won four straight editions of the tournament from 2013-2017. There was no event held in 2014. Marion Ladewig and Dorothy Fothergill are the only other players to have successfully defended a U.S. Women’s Open title, and each accomplished the feat when the event still was known as the Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America All-Star. The name of the event was changed to the U.S. Women’s Open in 1971. “I really try not to see it that way because at the end of the day, I could finish dead last this week, and I'm still going to be the 2021 U.S. Women’s Open champion,” Barnes said. “I'm really trying to not put that kind of pressure on myself, because it's not like there's been many people to do it. It's not an easy event to win. In a lot of ways, I'm trying to keep my perspective very similar to last year in the sense that I just want to go out and control what I'm doing. And, at the end of the day, if that puts me in a position to win again, I'm going to be really freaking happy. But, if I start thinking about defending, it’s not going to be a very good week.” Barnes entered last year’s event in the midst of what she called “not a good season,” and the first day “started really poorly.” The event looked like it might be a continuation of her season to that point, but the 33-year-old right-hander turned things around, which was a lasting memory of understanding what she was capable of along with her belief in her abilities during a season and tournament that could’ve been lost. What also stood out to Barnes in retrospect was her performance down the stretch in match play, specifically during the position round. Barnes made some pivotal shots against Tan on a pair that provided her numerous problems just a couple of games prior to securing the No. 1 seed. “I had bowled on that pair a couple games before and it tricked me,” Barnes said. “I didn’t know what was going on. I didn’t feel like I executed that poorly, but my score was not very high. And, to be able to throw two (strikes) in the 10th (frame) to take the top seed, on a pair that I wasn’t comfortable on … I don’t know if I have great words to describe it. It was a pretty remarkable feeling.” The 2022 event will feature three eight-game qualifying rounds, starting Thursday at 8 a.m. Eastern, to determine the 30 players advancing to a fourth eight-game block. Each of the four rounds will feature a different oil pattern. After 32 games, 24 athletes will begin round-robin match play, starting Sunday, with the fourth oil pattern being used for the remainder of the event. Match play will consist of three eight-game rounds, with total pinfall and bonus pins for each victory determining the five players advancing to the stepladder finals. All rounds leading up to the CBS Sports Network broadcast will be livestreamed at BowlTV.com. As a young girl growing up in Vandalia, Illinois, the nine-time Team USA member grew up watching U.S. Women’s Open champions like Johnson, Kelly Kulick and Kim Terrell-Kearney just to name a few. All three are United States Bowling Congress Hall of Famers, while Terrell-Kearney was recently inducted into the Professional Women’s Bowling Association Hall of Fame last May. Johnson and Kulick certainly are shoe-ins for future induction once eligible. It’s every athlete’s dream to win the U.S. Women’s Open, and even now, it’s something Barnes still is in awe about, because she now shares the historical stage with many of her childhood idols. As much as the win means to Barnes, she’s hoping to become an inspiration to future U.S. Women’s Open champions, much like the previous champions have inspired her. “It’s honestly hard to imagine, because I’m still that little girl,” said Barnes, who is seeking her fifth PWBA Tour title this week. “Sometimes, I have to pinch myself, because I can’t believe one of the people I’m closest to (Kim) is really my friend. They’ve inspired me and so many young girls. I just hope I can do a minute amount to future generations of what they did for me.” Along with Barnes and Johnson, additional past U.S. Women’s Open champions competing this week include the Capital Region’s own Liz Kuhlkin of Schenectady, New York, and Danielle McEwan of Stony Point, New York. Kuhlkin climbed the stepladder during her victory in 2018 for her first major championship. Last week, she won her third career PWBA Tour title at the PWBA Long Island Classic at Maple Lanes in Rockville Centre, New York. McEwan captured her win at the U.S. Women’s Open at the 2019 event. It was her second career major championship. For more information about the U.S. Women’s Open, visit BOWL.com/USWomensOpen. About International Bowling Campus The International Bowling Campus (IBC) is the headquarters for the bowling industry and directly serves the more than 67 million bowlers in the United States. The IBC houses the resources of the United States Bowling Congress, the governing body and membership organization for the sport; the Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America, representing the business interests of bowling centers; IBC Youth Development; Strike Ten Entertainment, the marketing arm for the industry; the International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame; the International Bowling Pro Shop and Instructors Association; the International Bowling Media Association; the Bowling News Network; the Billiard and Bowling Institute of America; Bowlers Journal International and Bowling Center Management, the industry’s premier magazines; and the International Training and Research Center.

Ponies Blanked by Baysox in Series Opener in Bowie BOWIE, MD – The Binghamton Rumble Ponies (21-36) fell to the Bowie Baysox 9-0 in the series opener at Prince George’s Stadium on Tuesday night. Bowie (22-35) scored two in the second inning, four in the sixth, and three in the eighth to account for the scoring. In the second, Bowie got on the board with consecutive RBI doubles from Andrew Dashbach and Chris Givin against Ponies starter David Griffin (0-4). Griffin suffered the loss despite allowing just two runs on six hits over five innings. Bowie tacked on four in the sixth with a pair of two out two-run homers from Givin and AJ Graffanino. Givin finished 3-4 with two runs scored and three RBI. Graffanino ended his night 2-4 with three RBI. Bowie held the Ponies to just four hits on the night led by starter Chris Vallimont (1-0) who allowed two hits over five innings. The two teams continue their series with a doubleheader on Wednesday with the first game getting underway at 5:35PM and pregame coverage beginning at 5:20 PM on Newsradio 1290 WNBF and 92.1 FM. The second game will begin approximately 30 minutes after the conclusion of the first game Postgame Notes: Francisco Alvarez 12-game hitting streak was snapped as he went 0-3 with a walk…Brett Baty extended his hitting streak to six games with a single in the fourth inning.

Syracuse launches six home runs, offense erupts in 18-6 win at Norfolk Norfolk, VA – The Syracuse Mets hit six home runs, six doubles, and racked up a season-high 18 hits en route to an 18-6 victory over the Norfolk Tides on Tuesday night at Harbor Park. The Mets scored runs in seven of the game’s nine innings, Daniel Palka had a career-high five hits, Mark Vientos had five RBIs and two home runs, and JT Riddle also had two homers in the win. Syracuse (22-38) struck first three batters into the game. With one out, Dominic Smith doubled. Vientos followed with a two-run home run down the right-field line to give Syracuse a 2-0 lead. The Mets continued their power hitting in the top of the second inning when Luke Ritter hit an opposite-field homer to right field to make it a 3-0 game. The hit marked Ritter’s first-career Triple-A home run. Syracuse broke the game open in the third. Smith walked, Vientos was hit by a pitch, and Palka singled to load the bases. Nick Dini followed with a bases-clearing double to push the Syracuse edge to 6-0. Riddle walked to put runners at first and second base before Ritter doubled home Dini to give the Mets a 7-0 advantage. Three batters later, with two outs, Johneshwy Fargas brought home both Riddle and Ritter with a single, extending the Syracuse lead to 9-0, completing a six-run inning. The Mets scored in the fourth thanks to one swing of the bat. With one out, Palka hit a solo home run to give Syracuse a double-digit advantage, 10-0. The homer was Palka’s team-leading 14th of the season. The 30-year-old has reached base in 15 consecutive games, including with hits in 14 of those 15 contests. Syracuse utilized the long ball again, this time in the top of the fifth. Fargas and Smith both walked, putting runners at first and second for Vientos who launched a three-run, opposite-field home run to make it a 13-0 ballgame. This is the second time this season that Vientos has hit two home runs in a game. The 22-year-old now has ten homers this season, including nine long balls in 20 games played since May 8th. The frame continued with a Palka double. Then, two batters later, Riddle pummeled a two-run homer over the right-field wall for a 15-0 Syracuse lead. Norfolk (30-31) finally got on the board in the bottom of the fifth. With two outs and runners at first and second, Dylan Harris hit a two-run double. Terrin Vavra followed with an RBI single to trim the deficit to 15-3. Those were the only runs allowed by Syracuse starting pitcher Thomas Szapucki. The left-hander struck out eight batters in five innings with just one walk. Syracuse responded in the sixth. Smith singled, Vientos walked, and Palka brought home both Smith and Vientos with an opposite-field double to left-center field to push the lead back to 14, 17-3. The Mets were finally held off the board in the seventh but added a final run in the top of the eighth with a Riddle homer, his second of the game, pushing Syracuse up 18-3. This was Riddle’s second two-home run game of his career. The Tides brought across three runs in the bottom of the eighth when Rylan Bannon hit a two-out, three-run home run to make it 18-6, but that’s as close as Norfolk would get. Palka finished the game 5-for-6 with three RBIs, a home run, two doubles, and a triple shy of hitting for the cycle. Ritter also came a triple short of hitting for the cycle as he went 3-for-4 with a home run, double, single, walk, and a hit by pitch. Syracuse’s six home runs, six doubles, 18 hits, and 18 runs were all season highs. The Mets continue their six-game series against the Tides on Wednesday night with the second game of the series. Left-hander Mike Montgomery is slated to start for Syracuse opposite Norfolk right-hander Denyi Reyes. First pitch is set for 6:35 p.m.

Syracuse drops doubleheader to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Friday Syracuse, NY – The Syracuse Mets lost both halves of a doubleheader to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders on Friday night, falling in game one, 3-0, and in the second game, 6-4. The RailRiders, the Triple-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, have now won three of the first five games in the seven-game series. Game one of the doubleheader was marked by excellent pitching for both sides early on. Mets starting pitcher Nate Fisher held the RailRiders off the board in the game’s initial stages, tossing a three-inning scoreless start. It took some work to make it that way, however. Fisher loaded up the bases with nobody out in the bottom of the third as Ryan LaMarre and Armando Alvarez singled followed by a walk for Miguel Andujar. After that, Fisher commenced his magic trick. First, Oswald Peraza lined into a double play out to shortstop, a hard-hit drive that allowed the Mets to double off Alvarez at second base. That made it runners on first and third with two outs, and Fisher officially got out of the mess by inducing a Greg Bird popout to end the frame. The game remained scoreless until the top of the fifth, when Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (22-36) finally put some runs on the board. Ender Inciarte singled leading off the inning, moving up to second on a groundout by LaMarre. Armando Alvarez then drove home Inciarte by punching a groundball through the right side of the infield and into right field, making it a 1-0 game. After an Andujar single made it two on and one out, Oswald Peraza struck out to give Syracuse hope of escaping the inning somewhat unscathed. It wasn’t meant to be, as Greg Bird lined a sharp double into the gap in right-center field that scored Alvarez and Andujar to make it 3-0 RailRiders. From there, RailRiders starter Jhony Brito stole the show. The right-hander put in quite the performance on the mound, tossing six and one-third scoreless innings with just four hits, one walk, and five strikeouts. Brito has been outstanding in all of his minor league stops this season. The 24-year-old from the Dominican Republic began the season with Double-A Somerset, posting a 2.36 ERA in 42 innings with 38 strikeouts. In two Triple-A starts, Brito has now gone a combined 11 and one-third innings of one-run ball. Syracuse (20-37) did make it interesting in the bottom of the seventh, mounting a brief rally in the game’s final inning. JT Riddle walked, and Travis Blankenhorn singled starting the frame, bringing the potential tying run to the plate in the form of Luke Ritter. Ritter lined out hard to right field, causing the removal of Brito with one out in the seventh inning. The RailRiders brought in their closer, Greg Weissert, and he shut the door. The right-hander struck out the next two batters in order to earn his fifth save of the season and the second straight win for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. In game two of the doubleheader, the RailRiders pulled away early, scoring four runs on five hits in the first inning as their first four batters all reached and scored. Estevan Florial singled to begin the game and then scored on an RBI double from Tim Locastro. Locastro promptly scored on a double from Derek Dietrich, and then Dietrich scored on a two-run home run from Jose Peraza to give Scranton/Wilkes-Barre a 4-0 lead. The RailRiders tacked on insurance runs in the third and sixth innings. Ronald Guzmán swatted a solo home run leading off the top of the third, and Derek Dietrich provided an RBI via a sacrifice fly in the sixth to take a 6-0 advantage. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre has brought the thunder at the plate during their three-game win streak, scoring a combined 21 runs on 34 hits in 23 innings. The RailRiders scored just two runs on nine hits in the first two games of this week’s series. The Mets, to their credit, went down swinging in the second game of the doubleheader. Syracuse scored twice in the sixth when Daniel Palka launched a two-run shot over the fence in right-center field. Palka has homered twice in the series and leads the team with 12 homers this season. In the seventh, the last inning in a doubleheader in the minor leagues, the Mets made some noise again. Syracuse loaded the bases with one out as Johneshwy Fargas walked, and both Cody Bohanek and Matt Rudick were plunked by pitches. Travis Blankenhorn then plated Fargas and Bohanek with a two-run single into center field. Blankenhorn has been rolling at the plate over nearly the past month, reaching base in 19 of his last 22 games, batting .342 (26-for-76) during that time with an on-base percentage near .400. That put runners on first and third with one out, as the Mets were dreaming of a late-game winner. However, it wasn’t to be. Daniel Palka struck out and JT Riddle flew out, ensuring the RailRiders would survive and win their third straight game, this one by a 6-4 margin. Syracuse has had some heartbreakers recently. Four of the Mets’ last six losses have been by two runs or less. Three of those losses were by just one run at the Worcester Red Sox last week. Syracuse continues a stretch of seven games in five days against the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, the Triple-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, on Saturday night. First pitch is set for 6:35 p.m. Connor Grey is scheduled to make the start for the Mets, opposed by Ken Waldichuk for the RailRiders.

Syracuse sweeps doubleheader with walk-off win and one-hitter against Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Wednesday Syracuse, NY – The Syracuse Mets swept Wednesday’s doubleheader over the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders on at NBT Bank Stadium with a 3-2 Syracuse walk-off win in nine innings in game one and a 3-0 Mets win in game two where the pitching staff one-hit the RailRiders. After a rainout on Tuesday, the Mets are playing seven games in five days this week. Syracuse also will play a doubleheader on Friday to make up for Tuesday’s rainout. Wednesday’s doubleheader was to make up a postponed game from April 10th. In game one, Syracuse (20-34) trailed, 2-1, going to the bottom of the seventh inning, which is scheduled to be the final inning in doubleheader games. JT Riddle led off the frame with a walk, and Travis Blankenhorn followed with a single to put runners at first and second base. A fielder’s choice groundout by Nick Meyer put Riddle on third with one out with Daniel Johnson coming to the plate. Johnson got the job done, lofting a fly ball deep enough into right field for a sacrifice fly that scored Riddle from third to knot the game up, 2-2, and send the contest to extra innings. Johnson has driven in five runs in the last four games. Good defense from both sides prevented either team from scoring in the eighth, and the Mets held the RailRiders scoreless in the top of the ninth. Carlos Rincon was the free runner starting the frame at second base for Syracuse with nobody out. Riddle popped out for the first out of the frame, bringing Blankenhorn to the plate. Blankenhorn lined a single into right-center field, scoring Rincon and giving the Mets their fourth win in the last five games for a 3-2 Syracuse walk-off win. Blankenhorn is in the midst of his hottest stretch of the season offensively. Last week, the 25-year-old went 9-18 in five games at the Worcester Red Sox with two doubles, two home runs, and five RBIs. On Wednesday, Blankenhorn had two hits in game one and a double in game two. Game one of the doubleheader was marked by strong pitching for much of the contest. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (19-36) received another strong start from JP Sears, who pitched five innings of one-run ball, allowing just two hits while walking one and striking out three batters. Sears has allowed just three earned runs in 31 and one-third innings during eight appearances, including six starts, in Triple-A. On the other side, Syracuse’s pitching staff kept the Mets in the ballgame. Thomas Szapucki and Yoan López combined to allow just two runs on six hits in the game’s first six innings with four strikeouts. López was particularly solid out of the bullpen, going two scoreless frames with two strikeouts. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre scored a run in the top of the second inning on a José Peraza single after Phillip Evans doubled, taking a 1-0 lead. Then, the RailRiders added a run in the top of the third thanks to a two-out RBI double from Andujar to lead, 2-0. The Mets scored their first run in the bottom of the third on a two-out RBI single from Dominic Smith, trimming the deficit to 2-1 before Syracuse’s comeback in the seventh. Much like the first game of the doubleheader, the second game was also marked by quality pitching on both sides. RailRiders starter Hayden Wesneski held the Mets in check early, beginning the game with two scoreless innings. The right-hander entered the evening with a 3.52 ERA in ten starts and 46 innings with 45 strikeouts. In the third, the start unraveled for Wesneski. After he recorded the first two outs of the inning in order, Luke Ritter walked, and Dominic Smith singled to put two runners on base. Daniel Palka brought both players home, pounding the first pitch he saw over the wall in right-center field to make it 3-0 Mets in the blink of an eye. Palka leads Syracuse with 11 home runs and 36 RBIs this season. That was all the run support the Mets pitching staff would need, as they confused the RailRiders batters throughout the second game of the doubleheader. Tim Adleman started the game for Syracuse and pitched four no-hit innings. The only player to reach base against Adleman did so because of a fielding error. Tommy Hunter retired the first five batters he faced out of the bullpen before an Estevan Florial two-out double in the top of the sixth broke up Syracuse’s no-hitter. Hunter proceeded to strike out Oswald Peraza to complete two scoreless innings. Finally, Bryce Montes de Oca came out of the bullpen to pitch a 1-2-3 ninth to secure his first save of the season. Only two batters reached for the RailRiders in a truly excellent, one-hit performance by the Syracuse pitching staff. Syracuse continues its jam-packed stretch of seven games in five days against the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, the Triple-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, on Thursday evening. Left-hander Mike Montgomery is scheduled to make the start for the Mets, opposed by right-hander Ryan Weber for the RailRiders. First pitch is set for 6:35 p.m.

BRUMMETT LEADS AFTER FIRST DAY OF 2022 PWBA LONG ISLAND CLASSIC ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. - Sydney Brummett of Fort Wayne, Indiana, claimed the lead after the opening rounds of competition at the 2022 Professional Women’s Bowling Association Long Island Classic. Brummett fired a 1,323 six-game total Tuesday morning to claim the lead, and she managed to maintain it when she added a six-game block of 1,233 for a 12-game total of 2,556 (213 average). Stefanie Johnson of McKinney, Texas, is second with 2,542, while Justyne Vukovich of New Stanton, Pennsylvania, is third with a 2,535 total. Latvia’s Diana Zavjalova (2,533) and Shannon O’Keefe of Shiloh, Illinois (2,498), round out the top five. The 81-player field was cut to the top 12 players after Tuesday’s second round, with Liz Kuhlkin of Schenectady, New York, claiming the final spot for Wednesday’s match-play rounds with a total of 2,433, an average of 202.75. Despite a difficult and sometimes grueling 38-foot lane condition, Brummett simply tried to keep things as simple as possible, and as she described it, “play catch with her target.” “They were hard,” said Brummett, a five-time Team USA member. “I tried to find a place where I felt like I was deep enough through the front part of the lane where I had hold. Then, I kept telling myself, ‘Just play catch with your target and see what happens.’ They were so hard that you couldn't control anything. I just wanted to hit what I was looking at, and if I did that, I would move based on what I saw. But really, it was play catch with the target, hit the 1-3 (pocket) and make the spare.” Wednesday’s match-play rounds will consist of six games starting at 9 a.m. Eastern, and an additional six games of match play at 2 p.m. Eastern. Players will earn 30 bonus pins for each win, 15 bonus pins for a tie and zero bonus pins for a loss. The top five players, based on total pinfall for 24 games and bonus pins, will advance to the stepladder finals. The stepladder will be Wednesday at 7 p.m. Eastern and broadcast live at BowlTV.com. The champion will earn $10,000. The same format also will be used for the BowlTV Classic, which takes place Thursday and Friday. The BVL Classic, the final tournament in the season’s first Classic Series event, will feature the top 24 players from the Long Island Classic and BowlTV Classic, based on their 24-game qualifying totals. Total pinfall will drop at the start of the BVL Classic, and the 24 advancers will bowl 24 games of round-robin match play to determine the five bowlers for the stepladder finals, based on total pinfall and bonus pins. All qualifying and match-play rounds, along with the finals for the BowlTV Classic will be streamed live at BowlTV.com. The finals will take place at 7 p.m. Eastern on June 10. Match play for the BVL Classic also will be streamed live on BowlTV, while the finals will be broadcast live June 12 at 5 p.m. Eastern on CBS Sports Network. For more information on the PWBA, visit PWBA.com. About the PWBA The Professional Women’s Bowling Association (PWBA) originally was formed in 1960. The PWBA Tour has events throughout the country, offering high-level competition and top prize money for women bowlers. The PWBA is supported by the Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America (BPAA) and the United States Bowling Congress (USBC).

Syracuse snaps skid with 8-4 wire-to-wire win at Worcester on Thursday Night Worcester, MA – The Syracuse Mets used a six-run, six-hit inning to propel itself to an 8-4 victory over the Worcester Red Sox at Polar Park on Thursday night. The Mets have won six of the nine games they have played against the WooSox. The second inning was the pivotal inning in the game for Syracuse (16-33). The Mets scored six runs on six hits, sending 11 men to the plate in the process. Nick Meyer, Cody Bohanek, Jake Mangum, Mark Vientos, and Daniel Palka all provided RBI hits in the inning. Bohanek had the biggest blow of the frame, pounding a two-run double down the left-field line. Meyer, Vientos, and Palka chipped in RBI singles in the second-inning offensive explosion for Syracuse, giving the Mets a 6-0 advantage. Félix Peña took it from there, tossing an excellent start on the mound for Syracuse. In the first five innings, the right-hander was nearly unhittable, allowing just three hits and four total baserunners in five shutout innings with six strikeouts. Peña also induced a pair of groundball double plays to limit any potential damage. In the sixth, the Worcester (25-26) closed the gap. Peña left his start with two runners on base and two outs as Trey Cobb entered with the score still at 6-0. Rob Refsnyder then chopped a groundball to third base that appeared like it would end the inning, but Vientos threw poorly to first base for an error, loading the bases in the process. Christin Stewart proved the error to be costly, lining a double to left-center field that cleared the bases and made it a 6-3 game. Stewart has six runs driven in during the first three games of the series. Ronaldo Hernandez then came to the plate and hit a slow roller in front of home plate. Nick Meyer threw accurately to first base, but Carlos Rincon dropped the throw while covering the bag, allowing another run to score, trimming the Syracuse lead to two, 6-4. Mercifully, Jaylin Davis flied out to end the inning and keep the Mets in front. Syracuse would hold the lead the rest of the way as the bullpen shut the door. Trey Cobb pitched a 1-2-3 seventh, Alex Claudio did the same in the eighth, and Eric Orze equaled the feat in the ninth to clinch a Mets win. Orze finished the game with a flourish, striking out two WooSox batters on the way to victory. A pair of insurance runs in the eighth and ninth for Syracuse made the road to a win a little less bumpy down the stretch. JT Riddle tripled leading off the eighth and later scored on a wild pitch to make it a 7-4 game, followed by a two-out RBI single in the ninth from Palka that brought home Khalil Lee for an 8-4 Mets edge. Palka finished the game 3-for-4 with two runs driven in. Lee also scored twice in the game and doubled. The 23-year-old has four runs scored and three extra-base hits in the first three games of the series. Syracuse plays game four of the six-game series against the Worcester Red Sox on Friday night with first pitch set for 6:45 p.m. Mike Montgomery is scheduled to start for the Mets, opposed by Josh Winckowski for the WooSox.

Syracuse drops wild series opener at Worcester, 9-8, in ten innings Worcester, MA – The Syracuse Mets fell in their series opener at the Worcester Red Sox on Tuesday night, losing a hotly contested, back-and-forth game, 9-8, in ten innings at Polar Park. The weeklong, six-game series is the Mets first trip to the home of the Boston Red Sox Triple-A affiliate this season. Syracuse is now 0-8 on Tuesday nights during the 2022 campaign. Syracuse (15-32) jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the top of the second when three straight singles from Mark Vientos, JT Riddle, and Nick Dini brought home the game’s initial run. Worcester (24-25) bounced right back and tied the game with a run themselves in the bottom of the second as Ronaldo Hernandez plated Rob Refsnyder via a sacrifice fly. Refsnyder had started the inning with a single, moved to second on a Christin Stewart single, advanced to third on a wild pitch, and then scored on the sacrifice fly. Both teams scored again in the third inning. In the top half of the frame, Khalil Lee launched a booming home run over the 22-foot-high right-field wall at Polar Park, surging Syracuse to a 2-1 lead. Worcester promptly scored twice in the bottom half of the third to take its first lead at 3-2. Ryan Fitzgerald and Stewart each had RBI singles in the inning. The roller-coaster of early runs kept right on rolling in the top of the fourth as the Mets brought three more runs across the home plate to take another lead, this time at 5-3. All nine Syracuse batters came to the plate in a top of the fourth that featured three hits and three walks. One of the walks was with the bases loaded by Vientos, scoring Daniel Johnson and completing the inning’s scoring. Dini and Gosuke Katoh had raced home earlier in the inning on RBI singles by Johnson and Jake Mangum respectively. This teeter-totter of a baseball game leveled off once again in the fifth when Stewart crushed a two-run home run that knotted the contest back up, 5-5. Stewart, a former first-round pick by the Detroit Tigers, had an excellent evening at the plate. The former Tennessee Volunteer went 3-for-5 with three runs driven in. The WooSox seemed to surge ahead for good when they scored three more times and took an 8-5 lead in the bottom of the sixth. Jarren Duran singled home a run and later scored in the pivotal sixth inning for the Red Sox. The Californian finished the game 2-for-5 at the plate with two runs scored. Duran is 7-for-19 in five games against Syracuse this season, including at least one hit in each of the games. On this night, a win for the WooSox wouldn’t be that easy. Syracuse tied the game right back up in the top of the eighth, plating three runs all with two outs. First, the Mets loaded up the bags with two outs via a Katoh walk, a Mangum single, and a Lee walk. Carlos Rincon then stepped to the plate and chopped a high hopper to shortstop, but with Jeter Downs throwing poorly to first base, Katoh and Mangum dashed home and made it 8-7. Daniel Palka was the next batter due up, and he made it count, slicing a single into shallow right field to score Lee and tie the game up again, 8-8. The game remained tied at eight all until the bottom of the tenth, when Worcester finally ended the competitive and slightly wacky game. As custom, Yolmer Sánchez started the frame at second base with nobody out. An intentional walk to Duran made it runners on first and second base with nobody out, and then Connor Wong ended the evening. The former Houston Cougar sliced a double down the left-field line, plating Sánchez and handing Worcester a 9-8 win. It was just the second win for the Red Sox in seven tries against the Mets so far this season. To summarize: the game featured four ties, three lead changes, and 27 combined hits. The Mets and WooSox combined to use 11 pitchers and left a total of 22 runners on base. The game took more than three and a half hours, clocking in officially at three hours and 32 minutes. Syracuse played just one game that took longer than three hours last week against Rochester, a three hour and three minute affair in a 9-7 loss on Thursday night. Syracuse has a very quick turnaround, playing game two of the six-game series against the Worcester Red Sox on Wednesday afternoon with first pitch set for 12:15 p.m. Thomas Szapucki is scheduled to start for the Mets, opposed by Thomas Pannone for the WooSox.

OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS WEEKLY GLANCE (For May 25 – 31, 2022) Anderson and Via return to USBC Open Championships to defend titles Andrew Anderson of Chesterfield Township, Michigan, and Chris Via of Blacklick, Ohio, returned to the United States Bowling Congress Open Championships this week to defend the titles they captured at the 2021 event. Anderson entered the 2022 tournament as the defending champion in Regular Singles after rolling games of 269, 277 and 256 for an 802 series last year at the South Point Bowling Center. Via rolled the only other 800 series of the 2021 event (825) during his team event and added sets of 768 in singles and 710 in doubles to win Regular All-Events with 2,303 – the third highest nine-game total in the 118-year history of the USBC Open Championships. Although neither Anderson or Via were able to return to the top of the standings at the 2022 event, each provided their share of excitement during their appearance at the South Point Bowling Plaza. Anderson now has rolled an honor score in each of last three appearances at the Open Championships after posting a 300 game during his team event May 27 on the way to a 718 series. He started his set with 214 before connecting for 12 consecutive strikes in Game 2, and finished team with 204. The 27-year-old right-hander became the 37th bowler to roll multiple 300s on the championship lanes after firing his first perfect game during singles at the 2019 event, also contested at the Bowling Plaza. Anderson also became the 37th bowler to own both a 300 game and 800 series at the Open Championships in 2021 when he took the lead in Regular Singles. There now are 38 bowlers who have achieved the feat. His title defense in singles started with 243 in the opening game, but the momentum did not continue as he finished with 195 and 181 for a 619 series. Scott Patke of Lansing, Michigan, leads Regular Singles at the 2022 event with an 835 series. Via started his run at a second consecutive Regular All-Events title with a 724 series in team May 29. The 30-year-old two-hander needed to average nearly 253 the next day during doubles and singles to catch the leading total of 2,241 by three-time Eagle winner Brian Waliczek of Frankenmuth, Michigan. He posted 682 in doubles and finished with 750 in singles to get to 2,156 for his nine games this year at the Bowling Plaza to move into 20th place in Regular All-Events. Regular Singles and Regular All-Events features bowlers with entering averages of 176 and above. Collegiate bowler connects for 300 in tournament debut at South Point Tyler Betz of Roseville, California, made his first appearance at the USBC Open Championships this week, and the 20-year-old college student at Tennessee Southern rolled a 300 game during his doubles set May 30. The two-handed right-hander started doubles at the South Point Bowling Plaza with games of 225 and 194 before connecting for 300 in Game 3 for a 719 series. He paired with James Yannaras of Waukesha, Wisconsin, for a 1,275 total in Regular Doubles. Betz competes on the bowling team at Tennessee Southern, which qualified for the 2022 Intercollegiate Team Championships in April. The Firehawks are coached USBC Hall of Famer Bob Learn Jr., who also was competing on the squad. The perfect performance is the second for Betz on the national stage in 2022. He also fired a 300 game in January across town at the Gold Coast Hotel and Casino during the USBC Team USA Trials. New leaders emerge in Classified Doubles at 2022 USBC Open Championships The husband-and-wife duo of Dennis and Melissa Burnham of White River Junction, Vermont, took over the top spot in Classified Doubles on May 31 at the 2022 USBC Open Championships with a 1,188 total. Dennis put together games of 197, 229 and 265 for a 691 series at the South Point Bowling Plaza, and Melissa added 156, 152 and 189 for a 497 set. Ronald Jackson of Stone Ridge, New York, and Terri Donahue of Ulster Park, New York, previously held the lead with 1,165. Classified Doubles features bowlers with combined entering averages of 310 and below. Three bowlers celebrate 50 years of participation at Open Championships Three ceremonies were held this week at the South Point Bowling Plaza to recognize bowlers for 50 years of participation at the USBC Open Championships. Fred McClain of Allen Park, Michigan, made his milestone appearance May 28. The 1987 Team All-Events champion started his career at the 1971 in Detroit, and he has made his annual visit each year since 1973. Through 50 appearances, he has knocked over 87,958 pins for a lifetime average of 198.1. Joe Greer of Muncie, Indiana, and Ed Duer of New Port Richey, Florida, each made their 50th appearance May 30 at South Point. Greer’s run to 50 consecutive years at the Open Championships started at the 1972 event in Long Beach, California. He has toppled 59,545 pins for a 167.7 average. Duer’s debut was at the 1967 tournament in Miami, and he has a career pinfall of 82,845 for 50 years and a 186.5 average. A look ahead Bob Martin of San Antonio is scheduled to become the final bowler to join the 60-Year Club at the 2022 USBC Open Championships on June 6 at 9:30 p.m. Pacific. Martin, who made his debut at the 1962 tournament in Des Moines, Iowa, will become the 32nd bowler to reach the milestone. Gene Kirkham of Loves Park, Illinois, and Mike Schmid of Minneapolis each made their 60th appearance earlier this year. Martin has knocked over 95,905 pins in his first 59 appearances at the Open Championships for a 180.6 career average. For more information on the Open Championships, visit BOWL.com/OpenChamp. Visit us on Facebook at the official USBC Open Championships page. United States Bowling Congress The United States Bowling Congress serves as the national governing body of bowling as recognized by the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC). USBC conducts championship events nationwide including the largest participation sporting events in the world – the USBC Open and Women's Championships – and professional events such as the USBC Masters and USBC Queens. Founded in 1895, today USBC and its 1,519 state and local associations proudly serve more than a million members. USBC is headquartered in Arlington, Texas, working toward a future for the sport. The online home for USBC is BOWL.com. 2022 USBC OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS South Point Bowling Plaza Las Vegas (Division leaders with hometown and pinfall) As of May 31, 2022 REGULAR DIVISION Team (Combined averages of 876 and above) 1, Storm Products Inc. 1 (Matthew McNiel, Jon Rakoski, Justin Veitch, David Langer, Ronald Mohr), Alva, Fla., 3,486. 2, DiLaura Brothers 1, Clinton Township, Mich., 3,468. 3, Ballard’s Bowling Academy 3, Keller, Texas, 3,426. 4, Holly Lanes 3, Sanford, Mich., 3,404. 5, Ten Pin Alley 300, Fitchburg, Wis., 3,403. 6, Team NABR, Fairport, N.Y., 3,398. 7, Supreme Deck, Grand Haven, Mich., 3,372. 8, Next Gen Pro Shop 1, Chillicothe, Ohio, 3,358. 9, S.W.O.R.D., Rochester, N.Y., 3,357. 10, Frost Memorial Team 45, Piscataway, N.J., 3,356. Doubles (Combined averages of 351 and above) 1, Nick Powanda, San Diego/Tony Odom, Palm Springs, Calif., 1,518. 2, David Jecko, Whitesboro, N.Y./Steven Arehart, Holland Patent, N.Y., 1,485. 3(tie), Chris Barnes, Denton, Texas/Billy Rogers, Denison, Texas, and Gregory Young Jr., East Dundee, Ill./Aaron Ruiz, Nashville, Tenn., 1,479. 5, Christopher Lamb, Rochester, N.Y./Brian Waliczek, Frankenmuth, Mich., 1,471. 6, Chad Meyer/Antonio Tejeda, Alexandria, Minn., 1,465. 7, Jay Lang, Sterling Heights, Mich./Ronnie Sparks Jr., Redford, Mich., 1,455. 8, Stephen Dale Jr., Windham, N.H./ Jonathan Van Hees, Hope Valley, R.I., 1,450. 9, Brett Cunningham, Clay, N.Y./Michael Tryniski, Fulton, N.Y., 1,440. 10(tie), Andrew Carson, York, Pa./Scott Kinkaid, Elizabethtown, Pa., and Brandon St. Onge/Drew Markwardt, Zephyrhills, Fla., 1,433. Singles (Averages of 176 and above) 1, Scott Patke, Lansing, Mich., 835. 2, Jeff Nimke, Appleton, Wis., 796. 3, Lennie Boresch Jr., Kenosha, Wis., 791. 4, Adam Barta, Girard, Ohio, 790. 5, David Jecko, Whitesboro, N.Y., 788. 6, Steven Arehart, Holland Patent, N.Y., 787. 7(tie), Brandon St. Onge, Zephyrhills, Fla., and Justin Knowles, Okemos, Mich., 781. 9, DJ Archer, Simpsonville, S.C., 778. 10, Sam Cantrell, Roseville, Calif., 777. All-Events (Averages of 176 and above) 1, Brian Waliczek, Frankenmuth, Mich., 2,241. 2, Justin Knowles, Okemos, Mich., 2,222. 3, Brett Cunningham, Clay, N.Y., 2,220. 4, Lennie Boresch Jr., Kenosha, Wis., 2,219. 5, David Jecko, Whitesboro, N.Y., 2,212. 6, Ronnie Sparks Jr., Redford, Mich., 2,201. 7(tie), Perry Crowell IV, St. Clair Shores, Mich., and Chris Barnes, Denton, Texas, 2,197. 9, Adam Barta, Girard, Ohio, 2,188. 10, Ryan Volcko, Liverpool, N.Y., 2,181. Team All-Events 1, DiLaura Brothers 1, (Jay Lang, John Buffa, Ryan VanHecke, John Kelley, Ronnie Sparks Jr.), Clinton Township, Mich., 10,585. 2, Team NABR, Fairport, N.Y., 10,538. 3, Mento Produce, Baldwinsville, N.Y., 10,444. 4, Maximum Potential Pro Shop, Baldwinsville, N.Y., 10,140. 5, K and J Finishing 1, Carpentersville, Ill., 10,118. 6, Lightning Strikes Pro Shop, Rochester, N.Y., 10,116. 7, Him Bowling Team 14, Chula Vista, Calif., 10,057. 8, Vi Jines Bar, Ingleside, Ill., 9,982. 9, Big O Tires, Oakley, Calif., 9,981. 10, Red Carpet Lanes, Ocala, Fla., 9,976. STANDARD DIVISION Team (Combined averages of 776-875) 1, Lemont Bandits (Jason Surges, Steve Sereyka, Ronald Sereyka, Stephen Lewis, Ronald Demco), Oak Lawn, Ill., 3,097. 2, Dale Diamond Team 2, Chatham, Ill., 3,079. 3, Cinderella Shoes, Bradley, Ill., 3,005. 4, Imperial Lanes, Clinton, Iowa, 2,977. 5, Sweetheart Tenpin Bowling, Loveland, Colo., 2,970. 6(tie), Merrill-2, Mondovi, Wis., and Bowlers Pro Shop 3, Denham Springs, La., 2,967. 8, Kneel for the Cross, Villa Park, Ill., 2,966. 9, Ampro, New Haven, Ind., 2,958. 10, Five Guys 1, Sioux Falls, S.D., 2,948. Doubles (Combined Averages of 311-350) 1, Richard Oakes, Jr., Fresno Calif./Joe Loper, Cottonwood, Ariz., 1,362. 2, Douglas Becht, San Tan Valley, Ariz./Lee Rottman, Sherrard, Ill., 1,360. 3, Michael Schaal, Slinger, Wis./Wade Bisick, Oconto Falls, Wis., 1,320. 4, Michael Steppert, Weston, Wis./Dan Cherek, Wausau, Wis., 1,312. 5, Anthony Dann, Dayton, Ohio/Sheldon Short, Huber Heights, Ohio, 1,291. 6, Eric Davis, Fall Creek, Wis./Michael Holzhueter, Menomonie, Wis., 1,287. 7, Raffy Stodomingo, Torrance, Calif./Hermie LaBaquin, Cerritos, Calif., 1,267. 8, Brad Suttorp/Ron Morrison, Columbus, Ohio, 1,258. 9, Keith Betts/Bryan Miloshoff, Griffith, Ind., 1,257. 10, Michael Wilcox, Decatur, Ill./Michael Parnell, Springfield, Ill., 1,254. Singles (Averages of 156-175) 1, Sky Gettys, Thronville, Ohio, 763. 2, Mike Paulsen, Myrtle Beach, S.C., 718. 3, Edward Zurawski, Woodstock, Ill., 716. 4(tie), William Kolstad, Mendota Heights, Minn., and Richard Zaitonia, Chesterfield, Mich., 714. 6, Chuck Herman, Broken Bow, Neb., 711. 7(tie), Daryl Stephens, Gilbert, Ariz., and Chris Walcher, Springfield, Ill., 705. 9, Monte Steenson, Lincoln, Neb., 703. 10(tie), Richard Howerton, University Place, Wash., and Gregory Box, Waukesha, Wis., 701. All-Events (Averages of 156-175) 1, Dustin Sword, Rittman, Ohio, 1,994. 2, Gregory Witt, Phoenix, 1,982. 3, William Bradford, Plano, Ill., 1,972. 4, Dean Bruinsma, Clear Lake, S.D., 1,959. 5, Sky Gettys, Thornville, Ohio, 1,947. 6, David Lee, South Bound Brook, N.J., 1,944. 7, James Lamb, Rock Hill, S.C., 1,935. 8, Joe Loper, Cottonwood, Ariz., 1,930. 9, James Hamrick, Springfield, Ill., 1,927. 10, Kurtis Baird, Meadville, Pa., 1,914. CLASSIFIED DIVISION Team (Combined averages of 775 and below) 1, Alamo City PINs (Miguel Villarreal, Frances Villarreal, Ruben Rodriguez, Luis Ramirez, Robert Rosas), Helotes, Texas, 2,788. 2, Witt’s Classified Family Affair, Phoenix, 2,681. 3, Rocky Mountain Insurance Group, Clancy, Mont., 2,677. 4, Wildcards, Aurora, Colo., 2,673. 5, BG Pizza Hut, Fostoria, Ohio, 2,669. 6, Farmers Grain, Greenville, Miss., 2,668. 7, Halos, Bloomington, Ill., 2,662. 8, Walker Farms, Portales, N.M., 2,648. 9, King Pin Lanes Team 3, Campbellsport, Wis., 2,629. 10, HGNB 3, Chicago, 2,616. Doubles (Combined averages of 310 and below) 1, Dennis Burnham/Melissa Burnham, White River Junction, Vt., 1,188. 2, Terri Donahue, Ulster Park, N.Y./Ronald Jackson, Stone Ridge, N.Y., 1,165. 3, John Brazzillo, Los Banos, Calif./Anthony Carvalho, Morgan Hill, Calif., 1,153. 4, Brenden Hutchinson/Robert Schuller Same, Ore., 1,146. 5, Betsy Nigh/Nathan Nigh, Rushville, Ind., 1,138. 6, Arick Shibata, Hilo, Hawaii/Ricky Torres Jr., Kea’au, Hawaii, 1,132. 7, Ryan Thebarge, Windham, Maine/Dan Boothby, Buxton, Maine, 1,125. 8, Linda Carlson/Vernon Carlson, Slaughter, La., 1,115. 9, Kurtis Weber, Carrollton, Ill./James Weder, Winchester, Ill., 1,113. 10, Vernon Taylor, Cave Springs, Ark./Tommy Taylor, Bentonville, Ark., 1,111. Singles (Averages of 155 and below) 1, Ronald Hilliard, Lancaster, Calif., 665. 2, Hunter Reber, Cedar City, Utah, 657. 3, John Lesner, Cave Creek, Ariz., 653. 4, Edwin Humbert, Strasburg, Colo., 644. 5, Bruce Cody, Salem, Ohio, 643. 6(tie), Dean Crick, Waddell, Ariz., and Benjamin Tingue, Stafford, Va., 636. 8, Billy Duvall, Bloomington, Ind., 633. 9, David Granados, El Centro, Calif., 632. 10, Chad Clapp, Casa Grande, Ariz., 630. All-Events (Averages of 155 and below) 1, Ronald Hilliard, Lancaster, Calif., 1,824. 2, Tyler O’Neill, Mount Vernon, Iowa, 1,783. 3, Wayne Eaves, Boynton Beach, Fla.,1,774. 4, Clarence Waller, Machesney Park, Ill., 1,767. 5, Warren Wannamaker, Vancouver, Wash., 1,756. 6, Bruce Heekin, Jamestown, Tenn., 1,744. 7, Mitch Jones, Costa Mesa, Calif., 1,734. 8, Daxdon Marrott, Santaquin, Utah, 1,732. 9, Carl Schwabe, Waynetown, Ind., 1,730. 10, Zachary Watson, Thornton, Colo., 1,728.