Waste-Tech wins Businessmen’s bowling title

The Boardman Businessmen’s League concluded its 49th season with Waste-Tech, Ltd. crowned as the 2010-2011 bowling champions.

The Waste-Tech team comprised of Bill Artz, Sean Flanagan, Dave Kiraly, Dick Marlowe, Glenn Milton, Jr. and Jim Mitchell narrowly edged Midwest Money Center by a single pin at the league rolloffs.

The Midwest Money team was made up of Al Dohar, John Dohar, Mike Dohar, Ricky Martin, George Rohan, Jr. and George Rohan, III.

Kiraly led the West-Tech five with a 644 set, which included a 266 game. Midwest’s John Dohar paced his team with a 267 game and a 649 set. To secure the 3 to 1 victory, Marlowe, Waste-Tech’s anchor, rolled two clutch strikes followed by a nine count in the 10th frame of the third game, which gave the team a one-pin win.

The outcome of the first two games were not determined until the final frame with Waste-Tech outdueling the Midwest team by 15 and 18 pins. Midwest won the final game by 32, but it wasn’t enough.

Placing third after losing the semifinal match to Midwest was Cat Racing. By virtue of having the most wins, but without winning a quarterly title, the Atty. Knickerbocker team finished fourth.

The Cat Racing team included Jeff Cohen, Harry Jones, Tom Panagopoulos, Tom Seefried, Dave Stanko and Boardman Lanes co-proprietor Rich Wilson. Mark Beil, Dave Bernat, Ron Knickerbocker, Dale Kushma, Dave Perarcik and Mike Piccoli made up the Atty. Knickerbocker team.

Waste-Techs Arts won the high average award with a 209, narrowly outpacing Rich Evan’s 208.9, Marlowe’s 208.7 and Mike Dohar’s 208.2. Others with averages above 195 included John Dohar (207), Shane Yesovich (205), William Smith (203), Floyd Barron (202) Wilson (201), Jim Wellington (200.5), Panagopoulos (200.3), Anthony Mastrangelo (199), Angelo Bianco (197), Russ Turner (196) and Milton (195).

The season was highlighted by Mike Dohar’s 300 game and 773 set. High actual games were also rolled by Yesovich (290), Marlowe (289), Stanko (289), Norm Dibky (288), Barron (279), John Bohar (279), Wilson (279) and Wellington (279). High sets were rolled by Barron (746), Stanko (740), John Dohar (738), Wilson (728), Marlowe (727) and Panagopoulos (727).

The Businessmen’s League was formed in 1962, two years after Ed Theis and the late Dick Wilson established Boardman Lanes.