LOCAL BOWLING NOTEBOOK
Sandelin Dedicates Title To Coach
Published: May 10, 2007
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While most of her mind was concentrating on winning, Lucy Sandelin had to be thinking about her longtime bowling coach during her climb to the top in the USBC Senior Queens last week in Huntersville, N.C.
Sandelin, coming out of the contender's bracket after losing her second match, won six straight, then beat unbeaten Virginia Norton in the finals twice.
"I was so excited about winning," Sandelin said, "but what made it even better was I dedicated this victory to my coach, Dee Alvarez."
Alvarez, who coached Sandelin in 1976 when she won the World Cup as Lucy Giovinco, has been suffering with cancer for several years and was undergoing chemotherapy during Sandelin's first senior tournament.
Sandelin qualified for the seniors when she turned 50 on March 15.
After scoring the first of two 700s in her opening match, Sandelin lost her second match. She then blew past Doris Nettleman of Michigan, 704-482; Christine Drew of California, 577-542; Bessie Walker of North Carolina, 578-531; Cathy Smith of Virginia, 540-495; Melody Felton of Iowa, 582-520; and Roseanne Allen of Texas, 582-581 after being down by 31 pins in the final game.
She then beat Norton, 680-563 and 645-546.
BRANDON CROSSROADS: Perfection was again the name of the game with Willie Sherman, Steve Barnard and Jarrod McComas firing in 300s.
Other scores for the men were Devron Jackson 287, David Fredman 279, Kurt Heubusch 279-726 and Floyd Burns 246.
JoAnn Jackson topped the women with 279, while Karen Leonard had 245-673 and Any Thiel 244.
AMF UNIVERSITY LANES: Andrew Adler and Cavin Wills led the men's scoring. Adler went 274-647, and Wills had 267-686.
Other good scores for the men were Pat Kay 251-670 and James Drinket 649.
Women leaders were Vicky Barnard 222-549, Cassie Soderstrom 212-537, Nezetta Page 202-554 and Carrie Humphries 194-526.
OAKFIELD LANES: Victor Rowe's 269-710 paced a shortened session as winter leagues have ended.
Other good scores for the men were Tony Jones 266-691 and Brandon Yates 268-676. Margie Wilkerson led the women with 223-594, and Lisa Perrone had 223-573.
FLORIDA LANES: Corey Pidgeon's 300-759 led a quartet of perfect game shooters. Also firing in 300s were Bill Brown, Chris Saturno and Tommy Arnao. Other good scores for the men were Wesley Dison 698, Travis Clement 676, Keith Patterson 268-656, Randy Morris 267, Vic Pettit 266 and Troy Thomas 261.
Patricia Howsman led the women with 200, and Terry Broyles had 196-539.
PIN POINTS: Chuck Paramore and Jim Clayborne were the stars on the final week of the Pinarama Lanes Base Exchange League. Clayborne rolled 267-745, and Paramore went 277-708. Other good men's scores were Bobby Cupp 247-656 and Alan Mai 654. Women's leaders were Lonnie Shilling 211-528 and Betty Lewis 523.
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