Christina Daniello had the right idea at the Section 1 sectional of Beat the Champions Saturday at Brunswick Zone-Hawthorn in Vernon Hills.
“Relaxing,’’ said the young woman from Addison, who works in billing for Flash Cab.’’Before every ball, I take one deep breath.’’
It worked as Daniello, who advanced from River Rand Bowl and was bowling her first tournament of any kind, topped the women’s side with a 636, including 186 pins in handicap.
(This is the extended online version of the Sun-Times story, including scores and a photo from the Illinois State BPA.)
Tom Hays and Tony Menard(front in photo) tied to lead the men’s side with 688. Hays, a Volo man who works in sales, is a scratch bowler who advanced from Lakes Bowl; while Menard, a mechanic for Midas from Morton Grove who advanced from Classic Bowl, had 105 pins of handicap.
The heavy oil did not bother either man.
“Tighter than I expected,’’ Hays said. “But I play a little straighter ball.’’
Henry Nilsen, the final men’s qualifier whose final game of 279 was high for the day, put the oil and the shot in perspective.
“It was pretty tight,’’ said Nilsen, a painter from Chicago. “`The shot was definitely outside. I didn’t adjust right away. I am more of a cranker than a stroker.’’
Four men and three women advanced to the finals, where a 2015 Ford Fiesta from Local Ford Stores is the top prize for both the men’s and woman’s champion. Also advancing were Ken Miles, a United pilot from Inverness, May Ann Palermo, a nurse manager at St. Joseph Hospital from Addison, and Mary Schatz, an RN from Des Plaines.
Sectionals continue today and next weekend for BTC, the charity bowling event cosponsored for 54 years by the Sun-Times and the Chicagoland Bowling Proprietors Association. League bowlers advancing to sectionals should have been notified by the CBPA.
The big number has nothing to do with oil or the shot. It is the $2,793,600.36 raised for charity by more than 5.7 million entries in the first 53 years of BTC. That includes $34,451.32 in 2013-14.
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Saturday’sresults
Section1sectional
BrunswickZone-Hawthorn
(Topfourmenandthreewomen,pendingverificiation,advancetothefinals.)
Women
ChristinaDaniello,RiverRand157-130-163-186–636
MaryAnnPalermo,Beverly128-212-156-135–631
MarySchatz,RiverRand219-141-122-145–627
ChristineBennington,Mt.Prospect185-202-169-67–623
GloriaSexton,Classic143-231-171-78–623
KathleenSatllar,Mt.Prospect161-149-140-172–622
LillianMunoz,Arlington131-160-197-126–614
JenniferHarris,Beverly113-158-150-191–612
JanLepinski,Classic106-122-143-240–611
FeliciaCardin,Lakes107-125-145-226–603
JanPage,Classic131-157-173-140–601
MarybellPerez ,Classic151-143-158-140–592
RobinStewart,Raymond’s199-192-183-18–592
LisaBoucher,Beverly108-131-125-226–590
AmyJakubiak,Classic172-146-146-124–588
JulieMontalbano,Hawthorn133-142-138-164–577
SueClemens,Lakes162-153-188-67–570
LyndiNolan,DeerPark177-172-166-51–566
ChristyAntunez,Lakes175-197-172-0–544
JulieannDorenzo,Classic155-158-91-132–536
AmandaFinder,Lakeside161-187-179-8–535
SamanthaBiegel,Classic144-155-118-113–530
EttaRobinson,Sunset103-139-127-153–522
KristyOtterbeim,Arlington126-123-142-121–512
HollyKafka,Mt.Prospect134-161-142-59–496
TinaKeena,DeerPark140-132-113-102–487
RobinPetit,Lakeside102-155-116-108–482
LauriVoight,Sunset133-149-140-8–430
Men
TomHays ,Lakes268-199-221-0–688
TonyMenard,Classic170-231-182-105–688
KenMiles,DeerPark224-204-230-24–682
HenryNilsen,Classic172-203-279-0–654
RyanReitmayer,Lakes207-236-196-0–639
ThomasVongklasen,Classic144-208-160-121–633
AlMarkle ,Sunset184-211-235-0–630
JonTurnbull,RiverRand182-157-116-175–630
JasonTanner,Lakes169-214-245-0–628
KevinKidder,Sunset182-185-173-81–621
DominicTrunzo,Classic215-192-211-0–618
BobLamontagine,Sunset149-162-206-99–616
JoeyFleischer,DeerPark154-257-204-0–615
PatKeyorian,Arlington149-159-170-137–615
ThomasStanek,Lakeside161-212-242-0–615
RichardPtack,Beverly165-217-160-56–598
GlenKurisu,Mt.Prospect231-150-215-0–596
BobHill,Arlington176-189-214-8–587
WalterCrnich,Beverly197-148-149-89–583
RussKinka,Beverly152-156-192-81–581
JeremyDavenport,Classic157-178-160-83–578
BobWozny,Beverly154-161-146-118-575
EugeneZielinski,Hawthorn178-181-154-56–569
LennyFloom,Classic138-137-174-118–567
RichFlood,Classic159-215-190-0–564
RayFlemming,Arlington132-178-138-110-558
EdMurphy,Classic189-143-186-32–550
DanSchwellenbach,Beverly168-172-134-67–541
IvanEddy ,Lakeside142-155-157-86–540
SteveCetnarowicz,Lakes142-179-142-72–535
JosephCole,Sunset141-188-151-54–534
PaulHolzmeister,Classic171-160-178-24–533
DonaldDavis,Sunset140-215-158-13–526
MattTusinski,Beverly135-146-162-67–510
JimPaschke,Arlington179-195-134-0–508
JonRobinson,Mt.Prospect128-105-138-132–503
GilbertVolling,Lakes125-131-144-91–491
PaulJust,RiverRand128-146-137-78–489
KeithWoods,Lakeside109-150-156-70–485
JimWilliams,Arlington121-113-153-97–484
MichaelZadler,Sunset138-155-171-0–464
DaveWalker,Classic119-116-132-48–415
Remainingsectionals
Feb.13:Section3,BluebirdLanes,Chicago,11a.m.
Feb.14:Section4/Willcounty,CentennialLanes,TinleyPark(women10a.m.,men1:30p.m.)
Finals
Men:MardiGrasLanes,DeKalb,noonMarch1
Women:ElkGroveBowl,ElkGroveVillage,noonMarch8
