JOHN BASSETTI | Bowling Boardman Center Middle School repeats in Challenge Cup at Camelot

For the second time in a row, Boardman Center Middle School won the Challenge Cup, an event in which top bowlers from Camelot's after-school program compete.
With a score of 1,939, the BCMS quartet of Devin Tedrow, Ron Ilich, Steve Vrabel and Joey Cullen prevailed in the field of 12 elementary and middle schools.
Ilich's 577 set led Boardman Center and was followed by Tedrow's 512, Vrabel's 489 and Cullen's 361.
The Canfield Middle School team of Jared Turocy, Robert Slipkovich, Courtney Angelo and Jimmy Jarvis placed second with 1,692.
On the basis of average, Cup bowlers are selected from Camelot's after-school program that is held weekly in two sessions: September-December and January-April.
In the upcoming winter session, teams will be divided into divisions with two award cups given -- one to elementary winners and one to middle school winners.
The latchkey program was initiated by Camelot to provide a wholesome after-school activity and to increase the number of young people developing the lifetime sport of bowling.
Camelot's purple bus transports the kids from school to the bowling center.
Top performers: Brad Schertzer blasted an 847 set to lead Home League men at Kay Lanes on Dec. 28. Schertzer's high game was 299.
Ed Sekula rolled 300 in Dr. John's Auto/KTRE at Boardman, but the league's high set of 792 belonged to Mike Kifer.
Steve Harper Jr. had 299 in Outdoorsmen at Camelot on Dec. 19 and was a member of the Excalibur Pro Shop that won the second quarter. Excalibur teammates were Rob Vukovich Sr., Rob Vukovich Jr., Gary Tucci, Ed Alexander and Jason Wem.
Also at Boardman, behind 11 in a row, Ron Burk's 295 was tops in Sunday School.
John Cashbaugh posted 298 in Thursday Night Sportsman at Wedgewood on Dec. 26.
Also at Kay, Henry Hurst knocked down the Big Four of 4-7-6-10 in Southern Tavern Mixed.
At A-Plus on Dec. 20, Teri Haefke's 703 led Triple A of which the second-quarter champion was the DePizzo Sausage team of Guy DePizzo, Jim Shopinsky, Gary Bretz, Bill Steiner, Steve Saborse and Joe Steiner.
Al's Gang of Albert Nickel, Cliff Hollister, Gordon Shaffer and Joe Guerrieri won second quarter in Prime Timers at A-Plus.
Strikettes of Carol Croyle, Geri Carroll and Betty Kana took first half in Ladies Senior Trio at A-Plus Family Bowl.
At the conclusion of the Good Times League's first half at Bell-Wick, Roll-Ups of Nancy Rogers, Rhonda Gaborko and Vivian Fell were in first place.
Burgan Real Estate won first half in King Arthur Ladies at Camelot and Bulldog Uniforms did the same in Kay's Home League.
National: Pete Weber of St. Ann, Mo., and Norm Duke of Clermont, Fla., have been selected to the American Bowling Congress Hall of Fame for superior performance.
Weber, the son of ABC and PBA Hall of Famer Dick Weber, received 110 of 130 votes cast by ABC's HOF panel, while Duke received 103 votes.
Weber, a 39-year-old right-hander, is one of three bowlers who have earned $2 million during his pro career (Walter Ray Williams, Jr. and Mike Aulby are the others).
He won his 26th and 27th PBA titles earlier in 2001 to move past his father's total of 26 career titles. Only the late Earl Anthony (41), Mark Roth (34) and Williams (34) have won more.
He is the youngest player ever to complete the PBA's "Triple Crown" (U.S. Open, PBA National Championship and PBA Tournament of Champions). He is also one of two people to bowl a 300 game in his first game as an ABC member, a feat he accomplished at age 15 in St. Louis in 1978.
Pete Weber joins his father as only the second father/son team elected to the ABC Hall of Fame in the performance category. The late Nelson Burton Sr. (1964) and Nelson Burton Jr. (1981), also from St. Louis, were the first F/S tandem inducted. Dick Weber was inducted in 1970.
Duke, another PBA superstar, is a 19-time PBA champion. He's a member of the PBA career "Millionaire Club" and has three major titles, including the 1993 ABC Masters, 1994 Tournament of Champions and 2000 PBA National Championship. In 1983, he became the youngest player in history to win a PBA title when he won the Cleveland Open at age 18.
Weber and Duke will be inducted during ceremonies on the ABC Tournament lanes on March 14 at the MetraPark Convention Center in Billings, Mont.
They will be joined by Fred Borden of Akron (meritorious service), Max Skelton of Okla. (meritorious) and Mark Jensen of Wichita, Kan. (veterans).
The ABC Hall of Fame, founded in 1941, is the third-oldest sports hall of fame in the U.S., after baseball (1936) and golf (1940). It is permanently housed in the International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame in St. Louis.
Polls: The results of the inaugural National Collegiate Bowling Coaches Association top 20 polls feature the women's squad of Indiana State and the men's team of Western Illinois.
Results are based on voting by collegiate bowling coaches from across the country. It is the first of five polls that will be released for the 2001-2002 season.
Indiana State was followed by Morehead State, Arizona State, Central Missouri State and defending collegiate champion Nebraska.
Western Illinois' men edged out Saginaw Valley State, St. John's, Arizona State and West Texas A & amp;M.
College: The North Carolina A & amp;T women's bowling team took home the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference title for the second time in three years in Dover, Del., recently.
The Lady Aggies also won the inaugural event in 1999. Maryland-Eastern Shore won it last season. The MEAC includes 10 of the 39 schools currently competing at the NCAA level for women's bowling.
Melissa Comfort, Courtney Stith and Audrey McIntyre helped North Carolina A & amp;T total 10,111 pins for the tournament. Morgan State and 2001 MEAC Outstanding Performer Lee Ann Lewis placed second with 9,990. Maryland-ES was third, Howard fourth and Hampton fifth.
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