The boys roll-offs actually began right after lunch, while girls qualifying was still going on. Good job by Mike LoPresti and his FDU girls team by keeping things moving. Although I think only 1 of his bowlers was actually able to make it out to help because of the weather, and on top of that, the poor girl's computer crashed, so they had to do everything by hand. Yikes. But I thank them for all their help.
As you can tell by the scores, the boys Round of 16 was insane. The two top qualifiers from the morning, Pompton Lakes' Billy Jack (234-252-254—740) and North Arlington's Matt Priore (279-212-245—736), both rolled monster games and missed the final four, mainly because the snow forced them to shorten the playoffs by one round. I suspect both will be heard from again in their respective county tournaments.
In the boys finals, Jose Cruz of Union City beat Wood-Ridge lefty Alex Prell, 204-183. Prell looked smooth all day, rolling solid deuces up until his very last game. Cruz was one of 4 Soaring Eagles (I love that nickname, BTW) to reach the roll-offs, and even though I don't really cover much of Hudson County, I've now seen UC twice, between the Holiday Challenge in December and the Singles Classic. If they can score down at Carolier like they do up here, they'll be dangerous come February.
The top girls in the Round of 16 put up some great numbers as well. North Arlington's Ashley Johnson opened with 6 straight strikes before convertine a 7-9 spare in the 7th, and Ridgewood's Kim Burdi started off with a 5-bagger. IHA sophomore Nicole Linder was one of the last to finish up and just edged out her teammate Vicki Grimshaw for the last semifinal spot -- otherwise, we would have had three southpaws in the semis (Burdi, Grimshaw and High Tech's Jolisa Aquino), and as a fellow left-hander, I always make a point of pointing out such things.
Anyway, Aquino opened the semis with a 5X to move into the finals. Linder had some big finishes all afternoon, striking out in the 10th at least once or twice (wish I had written it down). Linder wound up winning, 218-204, and according her coach Lynn Gansey, it was only the second time she'd ever bowled at Parkway. Good stuff.
I'd have to say it was worth it for those who braved the snow, which was barely up to an inch at the end of the tournament - not nearly enough to prevent a stop at Hank's Franks on my way home. Next up: the Bergen County Girls Tournament, Saturday at Bowler City. Will try to get a preview up before Friday's end.
BOYS - ROLL-OFF QUALIFIERS
1. Billy Jack, Pompton Lakes 740; 2. Matt Priore, North Arlington 736; 3. Chris Auld, Fair Lawn 736; 4. Alex Prell, Wood-Ridge 734; 5. Omar Espinal, Union City 732; 6. Jose Cruz, Union City 725; 7. Rob Andresen, Ramapo 699; 8. Ryan Cauwels, Fair Lawn 696; 9. Sean Carmody, Ridgefield Park 692; 10. Justin Hussong, Old Tappan 669; 11. Pavel Brutman, Fair Lawn 665; 12. Vincent Buono, Passaic 663; 13. Steven Patchen, Bergen Tech 661; 14. Joe Farinelli, Pascack Valley 657; 15. Nick Corvelli, Bergen Catholic 656; 16. Dylan Caruso, Secaucus 655; 17. Mike Carr, Ramapo 653; 18. Adam Sanchez, Union City 648; 19. Jake Romba, Fort Lee 634; 20. Pat Kiernan, Old Tappan 629; 21. Joe Burgos, Union City 625; 22. DJ Adderly, North Bergen 625; 23. Richard Ortiz, High Tech 624; 24. Brian Galbraith, Pascack Hills 623; 25. Nick Keim, Ridgefield Park 623; 26. Mike Parsons, Bergen Catholic 621; 27. Jean Baez, Union City 621; 28. Mark Robinson, Leonia 617; 29. John Sandberg, Fair Lawn 616; 30. Robinson Rodriguez, Passaic 613; 31. Matt Lajoie, New Milford 613; 32. Andrew Schrenzel, New Milford 611; 33. David Rodenzo, Leonia 609; 34. Brian Perez, High Tech 608; 35. Kyle Orr, Pascack Valley 608; 36. Nick Roman, Wood-Ridge 595.
BOYS ROUND OF 36: 1. Prell, 258; 2. Caruso, 249; 3. Cauwels, 238; 4. Priore, 236; 5. Carmody, 233; 6. Buono, 232; 7. Espinal, 213; 8. Roman, 212; 9. Corvelli, 211; 10. Cruz, 210; 11. Kiernan, 209; 12. Jack, 204; 13. Parsons, 202; 14. Romba, 199; 15. Brutman, 190; 16. Perez, 184; 17. Auld, 180; 18. Patchen, 179; 19. Robinson, 179; 20. Andresen, 178; 21. Galbraith, 178; 22. Adderly, 176; 23. Ortiz, 168; 24. Hussong, 167; 25. Schrenzel, 167; 26. Sanchez, 165; 27. Rodenzo, 165; 28. Burgos, 164; 29. Baez, 161; 30. Sandberg, 158; 31. Carr, 156; 32. Keim, 156; 33. Lajoie, 153; 34. Orr, 151; 35. Farinelli, 141; 36. Rodriguez, 130.
BOYS ROUND OF 16: 1. Carmody, 267; 2. Caruso, 246; 3. Prell, 236; 4. Cruz, 236; 5. Priore, 234; 6. Jack, 230; 7. Buono, 227; 8. Roman, 225; 9. Romba, 219; 10. Kiernan, 216; 11. Espinal, 215; 12. Cauwels, 199; 13. Parsons, 190; 14. Perez, 190; 15. Corvelli, 188; 16. Brutman, 144. BOYS SEMIFINALS: 1. Prell, 239; 2. Cruz, 226; 3. Caruso, 196; 4. Carmody, 160. BOYS FINALS: Jose Cruz 204, Alex Prell 183.
GIRLS - ROLL-OFF QUALIFIERS
1. Lauren Rhein, IHA 683; 2. Jen Houseward, Manchester 665; 3. Brianna Carlo, Dumont 637; 4. Sonja Shirak, Clifton 631; 5. Celine O'Shea, Leonia 626; 6. Brittany Kniesler, Bergenfield 626; 7. Victoria Grimshaw, IHA 621; 8. Nicole Linder, IHA 610; 9. Colleen Blake, IHA 603; 10. Erika Nedwell, High Tech 589; 11. Ashley Johnson, North Arlington 589; 12. Jolisa Aquino, High Tech 570; 13. Jessica Ragone, Leonia 562; 14. Danielle Gelok, Pompton Lakes 560; 15. Olivia Yang, Holy Angels 559; 16. Kim Burdi, Ridgewood 545.
GIRLS ROUND OF 16: 1. Johnson, 242; 2. Aquino, 225; 3. Linder, 214; 4. Burdi, 211; 5. Grimshaw, 206; 6. Kniesler, 192; 7. Gelok, 192; 8. Carlo, 190; 9. Shirak, 187; 10. Rhein, 181; 11. Nedwell, 162; 12. O'Shea, 150; 13. Yang, 149; 14. Ragone, 147; 15. Blake, 139; 16. Houseward, 130. GIRLS SEMIFINALS: 1. Aquino, 234; 2. Linder, 198; 3. Johnson, 157; 4. Burdi, 157. GIRLS FINALS: Nicole Linder 218, Jolisa Aquino 204.
HIGH GAMES (BOYS): Matt Priore, Rob Andresen and Vincent Buono, 279; Chris Auld, 278; Robinson Rodriguez, 276; Joe Farinelli, 275; Alex Prell, 269. HIGH GAMES (GIRLS): Lauren Rhein, 279; Jen Houseward, 277; Celine O'Shea, 257; Jolisa Aquino, 252; Colleen Blake and Brittany Kniesler, 243.
Cheers,
--North Jersey Bowling... Reporter... Guy
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