Maine Invitational Scratch Tournament (M.I.S.T.)

Final M.I.S.T. Bowler of the Year Points 2011 – 2012 Season:

Here is the final 2011 – 2012 M.I.S.T. Bowler of the Year point standings following the last tournament held at Spare Time Recreation in Lewiston, ME. on March 18th, 2012.. This was tournament 7 of 7 scheduled for the 2011 – 2012 M.I.S.T. bowling season. The BOY race was already locked up, with Joe Colcord clinching it in the next to last tournament of the season. This is Joe’s 2nd consecutive BOY title, and he is the 1st M.I.S.T. bowler to win (2) titles, and the only back to back winner in M.I.S.T. history. Well done Joe, you have done a great job all season long, cashing in 5 of the first 6 tournaments, with (2) victories along the way. There was still plenty of room to move around and get into the top 10 at the last tournament, so check out the final results here:

1) Joe Colcord – 325
2) James Ward – 235
3) Jimmy Clark – 200
4) James Goulding III – 185
5) Roger Sorrells – 170
6) Jason Ward – 150
7) James Goulding Jr. – 145
8.) Zachary Kay – 130
t-9) Rick Campbell – 125
t-9) Sarah Pelletier – 125
11) Dave Perry – 110
12) Justin Quinones – 105
13) Bob Nile – 90
14) Cory Lagner – 80
15) Hurley Oliver – 75
t-16) Jay Joslyn – 70
t-16) Stanley Trombley – 70
18.) Adam Michaud – 65
19) Derek Webb – 60
20) Steve Closuit – 50
t-21) Mile Coplan – 45
t-21) Josh Greenlaw – 45
t-23) Curt Knightly – 40
t-23) Scott Moore – 40
25) Emily Brigham – 30
26) Bob Violette – 25
t-27) Chris George – 20
t-27) Adam Jordan – 20
t-27) Brett Mason – 20
t-27) Art Meether – 20
t-27) Timothy Schneider – 20
t-32) John Archer – 15
t-32) Joe Kenney – 15
t-32) Dean Lagner – 15
t-32) Bennett Meyers – 15
t-32) Troy Trombley – 15
t-37) Jeremy Allen – 10
t-37) Jerry Donna – 10
t-37) Jason Duryea – 10
t-37) Dennis George – 10
t-37) Bob Grasse – 10
t-37) Alan Harzewski – 10
t-37) Chuck Jewell – 10
t-37) Ron Looman – 10
t-37) Kenney Sweet – 10
t-46) Andrew Blais – 5
t-46) Justin Brawn – 5
t-46) Tyler Coplan – 5
t-46) Josh Corum – 5
t-46) Nick Dalfonso III – 5
t-46) Tony Fernandez – 5
t-46) Rodney Haney – 5
t-46) Steve Hardy – 5
t-46) Matthew Harzewski – 5
t-46) Nate Harzewski – 5
t-46) Rich Hicks – 5
t-46) Andrew Hinkley – 5
t-46) Andrew Hopkins – 5
t-46) Matt Knightly – 5
t-46) Roman Latno – 5
t-46) Bob Lorrain – 5
t-46) Brandon Marcotte – 5
t-46) Audra Mercier – 5
t-46) Josh Mercier – 5
t-46) Jim Morin – 5
t-46) Jeff Moul – 5
t-46) Scott Pomroy – 5
t-46) Jason Spaulding – 5
t-46) Mike Thibault – 5
t-46) Bruce Thompson – 5
t-46) Dave Wilson – 5

Thank you so much for all of your support this season bowlers, and I am looking forward to bigger and better things for the M.I.S.T. in the 2012 – 2013 bowling season. I listen to bowlers wants and needs and I want to hear from you about what you want to see going forward, from lane conditions, to format, or anything in between, please feel free to share your ideas on the group page on Facebook and I will go through each one and respond accordingly. The M.I.S.T. is only as strong as its members support, so please spread the word so we can grow and become even bigger than we are now. Once again, thank you to Moore’s Pro Shop for sponsoring the Bowler of the Year contest, and congrats to Joe Colcord for winning this seasons Bowler of the Year title, which is the 2nd straight one for Joe. A big thank you to Brian Graham and DV8 / Brunswick for donating the Hellraiser Revenge bowling ball which was won by Dave Wilson at the final tournament. I will let you know ASAP when I have a schedule hammered out for next season. Thank you bowlers for your support, and I look forward to seeing you all at other tournaments and throughout the summer. Good luck and good bowling everyone!

M.I.S.T. Tournament #7 Recap: Spare Time Recreation, Lewiston, ME.:

Hello bowlers, and welcome to the season ending recap for the last M.I.S.T. tournament of the 2011 – 2012 bowling season, which was held on March 18th, 2012 at Spare Time Recreation in Lewiston, ME. I would first like to thank Scott Moore and all of his staff for making the M.I.S.T. feel welcome and helping everything run very smooth. Also, we would like to thank Moore’s Pro Shop for once again sponsoring the Bowler of the Year competition, which was won by Joe Colcord. Congrats Joe on a great season, and Joe will get his choice of ball drilled by Moore’s Pro Shop. Moore’s Pro Shop is THE premier pro shop in Maine and the ONLY place to get your next bowling ball, bag, or accessory purchase. Ask for Scott, James, or Ken and they can help you with all of your bowling needs. We competed on a tough 2008 Team USA oil pattern, which was very flat and 44ft. in length. This meant that spare shooting and a direct line to the pocket would both be keys to success. We had (23) entries, which meant that we would have (6) cashers, of which the top (4) would roll off for the title in our step ladder finals. Here are the qualifying scores with the cash line separated by a “—“:

Roger Sorrells – 883
Sarah Pelletier – 852
James Goulding III – 832
James Ward – 832
Miles Coplan – 793
Scott Moore – 791
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Rick Campbell – 779
Jerry Donna – 750
Justin Brawn – 749
Bob Nile – 742
Jimmy Clark – 742
Adam Jordan – 742
Cory Lagner – 740
Bennett Meyers – 729
Tyler Coplan – 717
Steve Closuit – 715
Bob Violette – 711
Jeremy Allen – 696
Jay Joslyn – 678
Art Meether – 670
Brandon Marcotte – 666
Jason Ward – 633
Troy Trombley – 619

As you can see, scores were lower on a tough shot, but that is what it should take when you bowl in a scratch tournament. Our 6th place finisher was Scott Moore, and Scott shot 791, earning 40 BOY points for his effort. The 5th place finisher was Miles Coplan, coming to us all the way from Manchester, NH. Miles grabbed 40 BOY points, shooting 793, and I would like to say thank you him for spreading the word into NH about the M.I.S.T.

Here is the result of our first step ladder match between 3rd seeded James Goulding III and 4th seeded James Ward:

James Goulding III – 167
James Ward – 152

This was a battle of attrition between two fierce competitors, as the shot played super tough on our championship pair of lanes 29 and 30. This match featured ZERO strikes total between the two bowlers, which is a M.I.S.T. first. But, the match came down to the 10th frame where so many matches often do. James Goulding marked to force James Ward to double for the win, and James Ward got an 8 count on his first ball in the 10th, giving the match to James Goulding. James Ward had a great day, though, and picked up 50 BOY points on the day. James Goulding advanced to face 2nd seeded Sarah Pelletier, who shot a fine 852 during qualifying. Here is the result of that match:

Sarah Pelletier – 216
James Goulding III – 200

This match was one sided from the first frame on. Sarah took control with a huge four bagger to start, and James was playing catch up the rest of the way. James had a chance to pounce on an open by Sarah in the 8th frame, but when he left a 7 pin on a pocket hit in the 9th, it sealed the match for Sarah. James struck out in the 10th, but it was too little too late as Sarah bowled a great match on a tough oil pattern and earned the win. James had a fine day, picking up a 3rd place finish and 60 BOY points for his effort. Sarah would become our first ever female bowler to compete in a title match as she would move on to face top seeded Roger Sorrells. Roger lapped the field with a fantastic 883 during qualifying, so here is the result of our title match:

Roger Sorrells – 200
Sarah Pelletier – 226

Once again, we had a situation where a bowler had to try and play catch up with red hot Sarah Pelletier. Roger got behind early and tried to mount a furious comeback in the last three frames, but he leaked one a little wide in the 9th and could not get the carry, which meant that Sarah Pelletier would go on to become the first ever female bowler to win a M.I.S.T. tournament with her 226-200 victory over Roger Sorrells. Roger did a great job today, showing his experience and talent with a 2nd place finish and nabbing 70 BOY points on the day. Good job Roger!

The story of the day was Sarah Pelletier and her mastery of this tough Team USA 44ft. oil pattern. She downed two very tough competitors in the step ladder finals, and earned her place as a M.I.S.T. tournament champion. Very well done Sarah, and congrats on being our first ever female champion! Sarah picks up 100 BOY points for the victory, well done!
Here are the Bowler of the Year points earned from the M.I.S.T. tournament held on March 18th, 2012 held at Spare Time Recreation in Lewiston, ME.:

Sarah Pelletier – 100
Roger Sorrells – 70
James Goulding III – 60
James Ward – 50
Miles Coplan – 40
Scott Moore – 35
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Rick Campbell – 5
Jerry Donna – 5
Justin Brawn – 5
Bob Nile – 5
Jimmy Clark – 5
Adam Jordan – 5
Cory Lagner – 5
Bennett Meyers – 5
Tyler Coplan – 5
Steve Closuit – 5
Bob Violette – 5
Jeremy Allen – 5
Jay Joslyn – 5
Art Meether – 5
Brandon Marcotte – 5
Jason Ward – 5
Troy Trombley – 5

Thank you so much for all of your support this season bowlers, and I am looking forward to bigger and better things for the M.I.S.T. in the 2012 – 2013 bowling season. I listen to bowlers wants and needs and I want to hear from you about what you want to see going forward, from lane conditions, to format, or anything in between, please feel free to share your ideas on the group page on Facebook and I will go through each one and respond accordingly. The M.I.S.T. is only as strong as its members support, so please spread the word so we can grow and become even bigger than we are now. Once again, thank you to Moore’s Pro Shop for sponsoring the Bowler of the Year contest, and congrats to Joe Colcord for winning this seasons Bowler of the Year title, which is the 2nd straight one for Joe. A big thank you to Brian Graham and DV8 / Brunswick for donating the Hellraiser Revenge bowling ball which was won by Dave Wilson at the final tournament. I will have the season ending Bowler of the Year points standings on a separate report, and will also let you know ASAP when I have a schedule hammered out for next season. Thank you bowlers for your support, and I look forward to seeing you all at other tournaments and throughout the summer. Good luck and good bowling everyone!

M.I.S.T. Bowler of the Year Points 2011 – 2012
 
Here are the current 2011 – 2012 M.I.S.T. Bowler of the Year point standings following the tournament held at Spare Time in Brunswick, ME. on February 19th, 2012.. This was tournament 6 of 7 scheduled for the 2011 – 2012 M.I.S.T. bowling season. The BOY race has been locked up, with Joe Colcord clinching it with his 6th place finish in this past month’s tournament.  This is Joe’s 2nd consecutive BOY title, and he is the 1st MIST bowler to win (2) titles, and the only back to back winner in MIST history.  Well done Joe, you have done a great job all season long, cashing in 5 of the first 6 tournaments, with (2) victories along the way. There was still plenty of room to move around and get into the top 10, so check out all the results here:
 
1) Joe Colcord – 325

2) Jimmy Clark – 195

3) James Ward – 185

t-4) James Goulding Jr. – 145

t-4) Jason Ward – 145

6) Zachary Kay – 130

7) James Goulding III – 125

8.) Rick Campbell – 120

9) Dave Perry – 110

10) Justin Quinones – 105

11) Roger Sorrells – 100

12) Bob Nile – 85

t-13) Cory Lagner – 75

t-13) Hurley Oliver – 75

15) Stanley Trombley – 70

t-16) Jay Joslyn – 65

t-16) Adam Michaud – 65

17) Derek Webb – 60

t-18.)  Steve Closuit – 45

t-18.) Josh Greenlaw – 45

20) Curt Knightly – 40

21) Emily Brigham – 30

22) Sarah Pelletier – 25

t-23) Chris George – 20

t-23) Brett Mason – 20

t-23) Timothy Schneider – 20

t-23) Bob Violette – 20

t-27) John Archer – 15

t-27) Adam Jordan – 15

t-27) Joe Kenney – 15

t-27) Dean Lagner – 15

t-27) Art Meether – 15

t-32) Jason Duryea – 10

t-32) Dennis George – 10

t-32) Bob Grasse – 10

t-32) Alan Harzewski – 10

t-32) Chuck Jewell – 10

t-32) Ron Looman – 10

t-32) Bennett Meyers – 10

t-32) Kenney Sweet – 10

t-32) Troy Trombley – 10

t-41) Jeremy Allen – 5

t-41) Andrew Blais – 5

t-41) Mile Coplan – 5

t-41) Josh Corum – 5

t-41) Nick Dalfonso III – 5

t-41) Jerry Donna – 5

t-41) Tony Fernandez – 5

t-41) Rodney Haney – 5

t-41) Steve Hardy – 5

t-41) Matthew Harzewski – 5

t-41) Nate Harzewski – 5

t-41) Rich Hicks – 5

t-41) Andrew Hinkley – 5

t-41) Andrew Hopkins – 5

t-41) Matt Knightly – 5

t-41) Roman Latno – 5

t-41) Bob Lorrain – 5

t-41) Audra Mercier – 5

t-41) Josh Mercier – 5

t-41) Scott Moore – 5

t-41) Jim Morin – 5

t-41) Jeff Moul – 5

t-41) Scott Pomroy – 5

t-41) Jason Spaulding – 5

t-41) Mike Thibault – 5

t-41) Bruce Thompson – 5

t-41) Dave Wilson – 5

 
The MIST would like to welcome DV8 Bowling into the fold as one of our tournament sponsors.  DV8 / Brunswick has been kind enough to donate a brand new Hellraiser Revenge bowling ball, the top of the line ball in DV8’s lineup, to the MIST to be given away at the last tournament being held on March 18th, 2012 at Spare Time Recreation in Lewiston, ME.  I have decided to do the drawing the most fair way possible, bowlers will receive (1) entry for the ball for every MIST tournament entry this season.  So, if you bowled in (2) tournaments this year, you have (2) chances to win.  If you bowled all (7) tournaments, you get (7) chances to win.  The more you support the MIST, the better your odds of winning.  The ball will be drawn at the conclusion of the tournament next month, so good luck everyone, and check out all of the wonderful bowling products DV8 has to offer at their website:  www.dv8bowling.com.  Thank you DV8 for stepping up and supporting some grass roots scratch tournament bowling!
 
I hope you can join us for the season ending MIST tournament next month being held at Spare Time Recreation in Lewiston, ME.  This is sure to be one great event, as we will crown this years Bowler of the Year, as well as give away the DV8 Hellraiser Revenge bowling ball from DV8 bowling.  Don’t forget, Moore’s Pro Shop is our official sponsor and they will be giving this seasons BOY their choice of bowling ball, including drilling, to be selected by the BOY.  Moore’s Pro Shop is located right within Spare Time Recreation in Lewiston, and they are your full service pro shop that can take care of all of your bowling needs.  Just see Scott Moore, shop owner, or call (207) 754-9395 to set up your next appointment!  Check in time for the MIST is 9:15 AM, with tournament bowling commencing at 10:00 AM.  Cost is only $45, with $5 brackets and a $10 high game pot available for side action.  Thank you everyone for your support of the MIST this season, and hopefully I will see all of you in Lewiston for the season ending tournament on March 18th.

M.I.S.T. RECAP: TOURNAMENT #6 2011 – 2012 SEASON

SPARE TIME, BRUNSWICK, ME.

Hello bowlers, and welcome to the score recap for the MIST tournament held on Sunday, February 19th, 2012 at Spare Time in Brunswick, ME.  First off, I would like to thank Dave Frye and all of his staff at Spare Time Brunswick for their hard work making the MIST feel welcome and always helping things run smoothly.  This is truly one of our favorite stops every season.  

Also, the MIST would like to welcome DV8 Bowling into the fold as one of our tournament sponsors.  DV8 / Brunswick has been kind enough to donate a brand new Hellraiser Revenge bowling ball, the top of the line ball in DV8’s lineup, to the MIST to be given away at the last tournament being held on March 18th, 2012 at Spare Time Recreation in Lewiston, ME.  I have decided to do the drawing the most fair way possible, bowlers will receive (1) entry for the ball for every MIST tournament entry this season.  So, if you bowled in (2) tournaments this year, you have (2) chances to win.  If you bowled all (7) tournaments, you get (7) chances to win.  The more you support the MIST, the better your odds of winning.  The ball will be drawn at the conclusion of the tournament next month, sogood luck everyone, and check out all of the wonderfulbowling products DV8 has to offer at their website:  www.dv8bowling.com.  Thank you DV8 for stepping up and supporting some grass roots scratch tournament bowling!

That being said, this month’s tournament welcomed a new and unique challenge for the MIST bowlers.  We were bowling on (2) different oil patterns for the first time in MIST history, on one pair would be the 33ft. Sydney pattern, and on every other pair would be the 47ft. Paris oil pattern.  Each bowler got to see each oil pattern twice, making for some interesting game to game adjustments.  But, at the MIST we are looking for the best of the best in scratch bowling and scratch bowlers, and this new challenge meant you had to focus completely on every shot for all (4) games of qualifying.  The scores reflected the tough scoring pace, as the field average was only 185.7, with it taking a 798 to cash and an 841 for match play.  Those kinds of scores always mean spare shooting is critical, as it should be in scratch competition.  We had 34 entries, which meant that we would take (8) cashers and the top (4) rolled off in our step ladder finals.  Here are the qualifying scores, with the cash line separated by a “—–“:

Justin Quinones – 867

Derek Webb – 854

Jimmy Clark – 848

Zachary Kay – 841

Jason Ward – 838

Joe Colcord – 815

James Ward – 812

Emily Brigham – 798

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Audra Mercier – 795

Scott Moore – 795

Rick Campbell – 794

Andrew Hopkins – 792

Dave Perry – 787

Dean Lagner – 776

Sarah Pelletier – 774

Brett Mason – 750

James Goulding Jr. – 749

Troy Trombley – 748

Art Meether – 747

Cory Lagner – 746

Bob Nile – 746

Chris George – 724

Adam Jordan – 716

Alan Harzewski – 684

Joe Kenney – 683

Steve Closuit – 681

Mike Thibault – 677

Bob Violette – 674

James Goulding III – 669

Matthew Harzewski – 666

Nate Harzewski – 665

Josh Mercier – 637

Jay Joslyn – 628

Dave Wilson – 484

All of the bowlers who cashed did an outstanding job on a tough pair of oil patterns.  Here is the Bowler of the Year points earned by each bowler who cashed but missed the championship round, along with their finishing position:

8th)​Emily Brigham – 30

7th)​James Ward – 30

6th)​Joe Colcord – 35

5th)​Jason Ward – 40

Our first match featured 3rd seeded Jimmy Clark facing 4thseeded Zachary Kay.  Jimmy posted an 848 total during qualifying while Zachary fired an 841 total.  On this unique format, the higher seeded bowler got choice of oil pattern for each match, and Jimmy chose the shorter 33ft. Sydney oil pattern for this match.  This was an up and down battle, with both players keeping the ball in play on this tough broken down oil pattern.  But, Jimmy was able to find his groove late, as Zachary had a key miss in the 8th frame, and that was enough to give Jimmy a 201 – 178 victory.  Zachary had a good day of bowling, coming up just short in this match, but still able to pick up 50 BOY points on the day.  Well done Zachary!

Our next match featured 2nd seeded Derek Webb against Jimmy Clark.  Derek posted an impressive 854 during qualifying, and chose to bowl against Jimmy on the 47ft. Paris oil pattern.  Again, this was another tight match heading into the later frames, but Jimmy took a gamble making a huge move inside almost pointing the ball back toward the pocket and the move paid off as he found some carry and was able to string a couple of strikes together to pull out a 202 – 167 victory over Derek.  Derek had a fine day in his first MIST of the season, finishing in 3rd and grabbing 60 BOY points for his effort.  Nice going Derek.

Our championship match featured top seeded (and first time MIST finalist) Justin Quinones, against the buzz saw Jimmy Clark.  Justin led the field with an 867 qualifying total, doing his damage on the short 33ft. Sydney oil pattern.  He put up games of 258 and 258 on that pattern already and he knew that was the pattern he was going to live or die with in this final match.  Both players started with the front 4, a drastic change from the previous two matches scoring pace, and Justin split in the 5th for an open frame.  This gave Jimmy the chance to pounce, but he couldn’t keep the strikes coming, rather marking frames instead, which allowed Justin the time he needed to catch up.  Justin never looked back after the 5th frame open, striking out the final five frames for an impressive 264 – 220 win to pick up his first career MIST title.  Jimmy fought valiantly all day, and in any other match 220 would have been good enough, but Justin was just too much in this match today.  Jimmy had a great day, posting a 2ndplace finish and nabbing 70 BOY points for his effort.

What a story, though, for Justin Quinones.  He travels over 5 hours to come to the tournament from Aroostook county, and then goes on to win the tournament. It’s these types of feel good stories why I love running the MIST, and you never know when a hidden talent may come out and surprise you like Justin did on Sunday.  Justin picks up the victory and 100 BOY points as well.  We hope that Justin can make it to more MIST tournaments in the future, well done!  Here are the final standings from the MISTtournament held at Spare Time in Brunswick, ME. with the BOY points next to each bowlers name. I will have the season long BOY points race on a separate report:

Justin Quinones – 100

Jimmy Clark – 70

Derek Webb – 60

Zachary Kay – 50

Jason Ward – 40

Joe Colcord – 35

James Ward – 30

Emily Brigham – 30

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Audra Mercier – 5

Scott Moore – 5

Rick Campbell – 5

Andrew Hopkins – 5

Dave Perry – 5

Dean Lagner – 5

Sarah Pelletier – 5

Brett Mason – 5

James Goulding Jr. – 5

Troy Trombley – 5

Art Meether – 5

Cory Lagner – 5

Bob Nile – 5

Chris George – 5

Adam Jordan – 5

Alan Harzewski – 5

Joe Kenney – 5

Steve Closuit – 5

Mike Thibault – 5

Bob Violette – 5

James Goulding III – 5

Matthew Harzewski – 5

Nate Harzewski – 5

Josh Mercier – 5

Jay Joslyn – 5

Dave Wilson – 5

I hope you can join us for the season ending MIST tournament next month being held at Spare Time Recreation in Lewiston, ME.  This is sure to be one great event, as we will crown this years Bowler of the Year, as well as give away the DV8 Hellraiser Revenge bowling ball from DV8 bowling.  Don’t forget, Moore’s Pro Shop is our official sponsor and they will be giving this seasons BOY their choice of bowling ball, including drilling, to be selected by the BOY.  Moore’s Pro Shop is located right within Spare Time Recreation in Lewiston, and they are your full service pro shop that can take care of all of your bowling needs.  Just see Scott Moore, shop owner, or call(207) 754-9395 to set up your next appointment!  Check in time for the MIST is 9:15 AM, with tournament bowling commencing at 10:00 AM.  Cost is only $45, with $5 brackets and a $10 high game pot available for side action.  Thank you everyone for your support of the MIST this season, and hopefully I will see all of you in Lewiston for the season ending tournament on March 18th.

M.I.S.T. Bowler of the Year Points 2011 – 2012

Here are the current 2011 – 2012 M.I.S.T. Bowler of the Year point standings following the tournament held at Family Fun Lanes in Bangor, ME. on January 22^nd, 2012. This was tournament 5 of 7 scheduled for the 2011 – 2012 M.I.S.T. bowling season. The BOY race is heating up, with some big jumps after this past month’s tournament. Check it out:

1) Joe Colcord – 290

2) James Ward – 155

3) James Goulding Jr. – 140

4) Jimmy Clark – 125

5) James Goulding III – 120

6) Rick Campbell – 115

t-7) Dave Perry – 105

t-7) Jason Ward – 105

9) Roger Sorrells – 100

t-10) Zachary Kay – 80

t-10) Bob Nile – 80

12) Hurley Oliver – 75

t-13) Cory Lagner – 70

t-13) Stanley Trombley – 70

15) Adam Michaud – 65

16) Jay Joslyn – 60

17) Josh Greenlaw – 45

t-18.) Curt Knightly – 40

t-18.)  Steve Closuit – 40

t-20) Sarah Pelletier – 20

t-20) Timothy Schneider – 20

t-22) John Archer – 15

t-22) Chris George – 15

t-22) Brett Mason – 15

t-22) Bob Violette – 15

t-26) Jason Duryea – 10

t-26) Dennis George – 10

t-26) Bob Grasse – 10

t-26) Chuck Jewell – 10

t-26) Adam Jordan – 10

t-26) Joe Kenney – 10

t-26) Dean Lagner – 10

t-26) Ron Looman – 10

t-26) Art Meether – 10

t-26) Bennett Meyers – 10

t-26) Kenney Sweet – 10

t-37) Jeremy Allen – 5

t-37) Andrew Blais – 5

t-37) Mile Coplan – 5

t-37) Josh Corum – 5

t-37) Nick Dalfonso III – 5

t-37) Jerry Donna – 5

t-37) Tony Fernandez – 5

t-37) Rodney Haney – 5

t-37) Steve Hardy – 5

t-37) Alan Harzewski – 5

t-37) Rich Hicks – 5

t-37) Andrew Hinkley – 5

t-37) Matt Knightly – 5

t-37) Roman Latno – 5

t-37) Bob Lorrain – 5

t-37) Jim Morin – 5

t-37) Jeff Moul – 5

t-37) Scott Pomroy – 5

t-37) Justin Quinones – 5

t-37) Jason Spaulding – 5

t-37) Bruce Thompson – 5

t-37) Troy Trombley – 5

The next M.I.S.T. tournament will be held on February 19^th, 2012 at Spare Time in Brunswick, ME. Check in time is 9:15 AM, with tournament bowling commencing at 10:00 AM sharp. The cost is only $45, with a $10 high game pot available and plenty of $5 brackets to wet your scratch bowling appetite. We will be bowling on a unique set of oil patterns at the next M.I.S.T. tournament, as we will have (2) different patterns to play on. On every left hand lane we will put out the Team USA Sydney oil pattern, which is 33 ft. in length, and on every right hand lane we will be bowling on the Team USA Paris oil pattern, which is 47 ft. in length. This is a first time we will be using two different types of oil pattern for a M.I.S.T. tournament, but we are always looking for new challenges for our scratch bowlers, and this promises to be one of those for sure. Thank you everyone who has supported the M.I.S.T. these last three seasons, and I hope you all enjoy the product we put out, and any comments and suggestions are always welcome. Please feel free to address those to James Goulding III, M.I.S.T. Tournament Director at any tournament, or e-mail me at bosoxfans1918@hotmail.com. I hope to see you all in Brunswick next month, good luck and good bowling everyone!

M.I.S.T. Tournament #5 Recap: Family Fun Lanes, Bangor, ME.:

Hello again bowlers, and welcome to the recap of the M.I.S.T. tournament held on January 22^nd, 2011 at Family Fun Lanes in Bangor, ME.  This is the 5^th of our (7) tournament rotation of the 2011 – 2012 bowling season, and the action is really heating up, especially for the Bowler of the Year title.  Joe Colcord came into the tournament leading the race, and looked to put further distance between him and the rest of the field for the coveted title.  I would like to say a big thank you to Andy at Family Fun and all of his staff for once again providing an excellent venue for the M.I.S.T., and we are already looking forward to coming back next season.  The M.I.S.T. has always been about bringing together the best group of scratch bowlers in northern New England, and challenging them on the lanes to not only compete with each other, but have to compete against a variety of equally challenging lane oil patterns.  This month we bowled on the Stockholm Team USA oil pattern.  This is a challenging, very short, 34ft. oil pattern that promotes rapid adjustments and good spare shooting to score well on it.  Our bowlers found out just how challenging this pattern is just by looking at the qualifying scores.  Tournament leader Zachary Kay shot an 810 series for four games, and it took 787 to make match play, and 783 to make the cash cut.  So, if you think you are going to come to a M.I.S.T. tournament and have it be a carry contest, think again, we provide some of the toughest shots around for any tournament, and we are always looking to new and exciting oil patterns for our bowlers to compete on.  We had 22 entries this month, which meant that we would have (5) cashers, with the top (4) advancing to the match play finals, here are the scores with the cut line denoted by a “—-“:

Zachary Kay – 810

Joe Colcord – 808

Jay Joslyn – 800

Dave Perry – 787

James Goulding Jr. – 783

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Jason Ward – 768

Rick Campbell – 767

Jimmy Clark – 754

Cory Lagner – 739

James Goulding III – 734

James Ward – 725

Dean Lagner – 715

Roger Sorrells – 714

Jason Spaulding – 706

Scott Pomroy – 690

Bob Nile – 683

Justin Quinones – 680

Tim Schneider – 646

Brett Mason – 630

Steve Closuit – 630

John Archer – 627

Arthur Meether – 602

Our 5^th place finisher, missing the top (4) by only (4) pins was last month’s champion, James Goulding Jr.  He shot a nice 783 series and picked up (40) BOY points on the day.  Nice bowling James!

Here is the result from our quarter final match between 3^rd seeded Jay Joslyn and 4^th seeded Dave Perry.  Jay posted an impressive 800 series during qualifying and Dave shot a 787 to grab the last match play spot.  Here are their match scores:

Dave Perry – 184

Jay Joslyn – 195

Dave did a nice job today, but in a match that was decided by spares and not strikes, Jay was just a little better on this day.  Dave had a fantastic day, taking home a fine 4^th place finish, and picking up 50 BOY points for his effort.  Nice job Dave!  Our next match would feature the 2^nd seeded Joe Colcord and Jay Joslyn.  Joe qualified 2^nd with an 808 total, one of only (2) bowlers on the day to finish above 800.  Here are the results of our semi-final match:

Jay Joslyn – 145

Joe Colcord – 210

Jay did a good job of keeping the match close during the first 5 frames, but Joe once again proved his mettle as he has done all season by pulling away the final 5 frames for the victory.  Jay has nothing to hang his head about, though, as he picked up not only a fine 3^rd place finish, but 60 BOY points on the day.  Superb bowling today Jay!  This set up a great final match between our top seeded bowler Zachary Kay and Joe Colcord.  Zach edged Joe out by only (2) pins to earn the top seed with an 810 score, which marks Zach’s first ever M.I.S.T. finals appearance.  It was a classic power vs. tactician match, and here are our results:

Joe Colcord – 211

Zachary Kay – 177

This match lived up to the hype, as both bowlers went toe to toe and shot for shot, and Joe kept a slight lead throughout, making every shot he needed to keep Zach in his rear view mirror.  Zach made a valiant charge in the 6^th and 7^th frames, setting up for a good final few frames.  The 9^th frame was the key, as Zach had a crucial open and Joe capitalized, finishing off the 10^th frame for the tournament victory.  Zach did a great job in his first ever title match in the M.I.S.T., battling hard all day long, and coming up just a few pins short of his first ever M.I.S.T. title.  But, he will be back, and he has a nice 2^nd place finish and 70 Boy points to help console him along the way.  Well done Zach!

Today’s story, once again, was Joe Colcord, and his proof that he can truly bowl well across multiple types of oil patterns.  This was Joe’s 2^nd title of the season, as he lengthens his lead in the Bowler of the Year race.  He picks up 100 BOY points for the victory, and will try and salt away the title next month when we travel to Brunswick, but there are still many out there who may have something to say about that!  Congratulations Joe on your fine day of bowling, and I look forward to seeing you in Brunswick next month.  Here is the list of Bowler of the Year points earned from the M.I.S.T. tournament at Family Fun Lanes in Bangor, ME.  I will have an updated year long BOY points standings on a separate report:

1) Joe Colcord – 100

2) Zachary Kay – 70

3) Jay Joslyn – 60

4) Dave Perry – 50

5) James Goulding Jr. – 40

6) Jason Ward – 5

7) Rick Campbell – 5

8.) Jimmy Clark – 5

9) Cory Lagner – 5

10) James Goulding III – 5

11) James Ward – 5

12) Dean Lagner – 5

13) Roger Sorrells – 5

14) Jason Spaulding – 5

15) Scott Pomroy – 5

16) Bob Nile – 5

17) Justin Quinones – 5

18.) Tim Schneider – 5

19) Brett Mason – 5

20) Steve Closuit – 5

21) John Archer – 5

22) Arthur Meether – 5

The next M.I.S.T. tournament will be held on February 19^th, 2012 at Spare Time in Brunswick, ME.  Check in time is 9:15 AM, with tournament bowling commencing at 10:00 AM sharp.  The cost is only $45, with a $10 high game pot available and plenty of $5 brackets to wet your scratch bowling appetite.  We will be bowling on a unique set of oil patterns at the next M.I.S.T. tournament, as we will have (2) different patterns to play on.  On every left hand lane we will put out the Team USA Sydney oil pattern, which is 33ft. in length, and on every right hand lane we will be bowling on the Team USA Paris oil pattern, which is 47ft. in length.  This is a first time we will be using two different types of oil pattern for a M.I.S.T. tournament, but we are always looking for new challenges for our scratch bowlers, and this promises to be one of those for sure.  Thank you everyone who has supported the M.I.S.T. these last three seasons, and I hope you all enjoy the product we put out, and any comments and suggestions are always welcome.  Please feel free to address those to James Goulding III, M.I.S.T. Tournament Director at any tournament, or e-mail me at bosoxfans1918@hotmail.com.  I hope to see you all in Brunswick next month, good luck and good bowling everyone!

M.I.S.T. Bowler of the Year Points 2011 – 2012
 
Here are the current 2011 – 2012 M.I.S.T. Bowler of the Year point standings following the tournament held at Yankee Lanes in Portland, ME. on December 11th, 2011.  This was tournament 4 of 7 scheduled for the 2011 – 2012 M.I.S.T. bowling season.  The BOY race is heating up, with some big jumps after this past month’s tournament.  Check it out:
 
1)  Joe Colcord – 190
2)  James Ward – 150
3)  Jimmy Clark – 120
4)  James Goulding III – 115
5)  Rick Campbell – 110
t-6)  James Goulding Jr. – 100
t-6)  Jason Ward – 100
8.) Roger Sorrells – 95
t-9)  Bob Nile – 75
t-9)  Hurley Oliver – 75
11)  Stanley Trombley – 70
t-12)  Cory Lagner – 65
t-12)  Adam Michaud – 65
14)  Dave Perry – 55
15)  Josh Greenlaw – 45
16)  Curt Knightly – 40
17)  Steve Closuit – 35
18.)  Sarah Pelletier – 20
t-19)  Chris George – 15
t-19)  Timothy Schneider – 15
t-19)  Bob Violette – 15
t-22)  John Archer – 10
t-22)  Jason Duryea – 10
t-22)  Dennis George – 10
t-22)  Bob Grasse – 10
t-22)  Chuck Jewell – 10
t-22)  Adam Jordan – 10
t-22)  Zachary Kay – 10
t-22)  Joe Kenney – 10
t-22)  Ron Looman – 10
t-22)  Brett Mason – 10
t-22)  Bennett Meyers – 10
t-22)  Kenney Sweet – 10
t-34)  Jeremy Allen – 5
t-34)  Andrew Blais – 5
t-34)  Mile Coplan – 5
t-34)  Josh Corum – 5
t-34)  Nick Dalfonso III – 5
t-34)  Jerry Donna – 5
t-34)  Tony Fernandez – 5
t-34)  Rodney Haney – 5
t-34)  Steve Hardy – 5
t-34)  Alan Harzewski – 5
t-34)  Rich Hicks – 5
t-34)  Andrew Hinkley – 5
t-34)  Matt Knightly – 5
t-34)  Dean Lagner – 5
t-34)  Roman Latno – 5
t-34)  Bob Lorrain – 5
t-34)  Art Meether – 5
t-34)  Jim Morin – 5
t-34)  Jeff Moul – 5
t-34)  Bruce Thompson – 5
t-34)  Troy Trombley – 5
 
Come join us for the next M.I.S.T. tournament to be held on January 22, 2012 at Family Fun Lanes in Bangor, ME.  Check-in time is 9:15 AM, with tournament bowling commencing at 10:00 AM sharp.  Cost is only $45, with a $10 high game pot and $5 brackets available at every tournament.  Thank you once again to all the bowlers who continue to support scratch bowling, and support the M.I.S.T.  I hope to see you all next month in Bangor, Happy Holidays everyone!!!

M.I.S.T. Tournament #4 Recap: Yankee Lanes, Portland, ME.
 
Hello bowlers and here is the recap from the M.I.S.T. Tournament held on December 11th, 2011 at Yankee Lanes in Portland, ME.  I would like to first personally thank Scott Bodlovick and all of his staff at Yankee Lanes for making our experience a great one as usual.  Also, a special thank you goes out to Nick Dalfonso Jr. for helping out and for the first time ever running a blind draw doubles for the 2nd game of qualifying, so thanks again for your efforts Nick!  The M.I.S.T. Tournament strives to find the toughest, fairest, and all around most challenging lane conditions for our scratch bowlers to compete on each month, and this month’s challenge was the USBC National oil pattern.  This is a fairly flat pattern, and makes you rely solely on speed control and accuracy to stay around the pocket and leave makeable spares.  This was our lowest scoring average of the 4 tournaments this season thus far.  The average for the field of (28) scratch bowlers was only 177.6, and the average to qualify for cash prizes in the top (7) was 185.5.  The high qualifier was 814, and let me tell you folks, that is a very fine score on this tough oil pattern.  So, with our (28) entries, we took (7) cashers and the top (4) rolled off for the title.  Here are the scores from highest to lowest from the (4) game qualifying round, the cut line denoted by a “—-“:
 
James Goulding Jr. – 814
Bob Nile – 806
Jimmy Clark – 793
Joe Colcord – 792
James Ward – 771
Steve Closuit – 755
Jason Ward – 742
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Miles Coplan – 733
Zach Kay – 732
Sarah Pelletier – 727
Andrew Blais – 726
Dean Lagner – 726
Bob Lorrain – 713
Nick Dalfonso III – 711
James Goulding III – 706
John Archer – 701
Rick Campbell – 693
Rich Hicks – 691
Chris George – 679
Josh Greenlaw – 677
Tim Schneider – 677
Adam Jordan – 665
Cory Lagner – 662
Kenny Sweet – 661
Bob Violette – 645
Tony Fernandez – 636
Roman Latno – 634
Jeff Moul – 623
 
Here is the 7th thru 5th place cashers with the Bowler of the Year points earned in ( ):
 
7th Place:  Jason Ward (30)
6th Place:  James Ward (35)
5th Place:  Steve Closuit (40)
 
Great bowling by our 5th thru 7th place finishers, and they picked up some valuable BOY points for their effort, along with cash prizes.  Well done.  Here is the result from the first match play quarter final between 4th seeded Joe Colcord, who qualified with a 792, and 3rd seeded Jimmy Clark, who qualified with a 793 total:
 
Joe Colcord – 212
Jimmy Clark – 224
 
Joe bowler well all day, but in a rare high scoring match, he was just bested by 12 pins by Jimmy.  Joe finishes in 4th place and picks up a crucial 50 BOY points on the day, nice bowling Joe!  Here is the result of the semi-final match between Jimmy Clark and 2nd seeded Bob Nile, who shot a very nice 806 during qualifying:
 
Jimmy Clark – 175
Bob Nile – 186
 
This match was a slugfest from the 1st frame, as the lanes started to break down, and the transition was rough.  But, both bowlers gutted out a tough match, and in the end, it was Bob who made enough key shots down the stretch to secure the victory, and move on to the title match, the first one of his M.I.S.T. career.  Jimmy did a great job today, picking up a 3rd place finish, and 60 BOY points on the day.  Great shooting Jimmy!  Here is the result of the title match between Bob Nile, and our top seed, James Goulding Jr.  James was making his first career M.I.S.T. finals appearance, but has been around the Maine bowling scene for the better part of 4 decades.  This match was oozing with experience, so let’s get to the results:
 
Bob Nile – 195
James Goulding Jr. – 202
 
Once again, this was a hotly contested match, coming right down to the 10th frame.  Bob struck out in the 10th to force James to mark, and he left the 4-7 pare to convert for the win, which was a spare he missed earlier in the match, so this was no gimmie.  James got up, converted the spare and fired a ball down the middle for the count to win the match, and take home his first ever M.I.S.T. scratch tournament title.  Bob came up short, but has nothing to hang his head about, as in his first M.I.S.T. finals also, he won a match to advance to the finals, and came within 7 pins of a victory, so congratulations Bob on a fine day of bowling.  Bob picks up (70) BOY points, and a healthy dose of respect from those who were there watching the finals unfold.
 
Today’s story was James Goulding Jr., and his mastery of this tough USBC Nationals oil pattern.  Sometimes it is not easy being the top seed, as you have to wait for (2) matches to complete before your chance to shine, but James did just that, taking all of his experience and knowledge of lane play and using those tools to win the tournament.  James picks up a huge 100 BOY points, and throws his hat in the ring for our Bowler of the Year with only (3) tournaments to go in the 2011 – 2012 M.I.S.T. season!  Here are the final standings, and BOY points earned, from the M.I.S.T. tournament held at Yankee Lanes in Portland, ME. on December 11th, 2011:
 
James Goulding Jr. – 100
Bob Nile – 70
Jimmy Clark – 60
Joe Colcord – 50
James Ward – 40
Steve Closuit – 35
Jason Ward – 30
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Miles Coplan – 5
Zach Kay – 5
Sarah Pelletier – 5
Andrew Blais – 5
Dean Lagner – 5
Bob Lorrain – 5
Nick Dalfonso III – 5
James Goulding III – 5
John Archer – 5
Rick Campbell – 5
Rich Hicks – 5
Chris George – 5
Josh Greenlaw – 5
Tim Schneider – 5
Adam Jordan – 5
Cory Lagner – 5
Kenny Sweet – 5
Bob Violette – 5
Tony Fernandez – 5
Roman Latno – 5
Jeff Moul – 5
 
Come join us for the next M.I.S.T. tournament to be held on January 22, 2012 at Family Fun Lanes in Bangor, ME.  Check-in time is 9:15 AM, with tournament bowling commencing at 10:00 AM sharp.  Cost is only $45, with a $10 high game pot and $5 brackets available at every tournament.  The updated Bowler of the Year standings will be published on a separate report, thank you once again to all the bowlers who continue to support scratch bowling, and support the M.I.S.T.  I hope to see you all next month in Bangor, Happy Holidays everyone!!!

Here are the current 2011 – 2012 M.I.S.T. Bowler of the Year point standings following the tournament held at Meadow Lanes in East Wilton, ME. on November 13th, 2011.  This was tournament 3 of 7 scheduled for the 2011 – 2012 M.I.S.T. bowling season.  The BOY race is heating up, with some big jumps after this past month’s tournament.  Check it out:
 
1)  Joe Colcord – 140
t-2)  James Goulding III – 110
t-2)  James Ward – 110
4)  Rick Campbell – 105
5)  Roger Sorrells – 95
6)  Hurley Oliver – 75
t-7)  Stanley Trombley – 70
t-7)  Jason Ward – 70
9)  Adam Michaud – 65
t-10)  Jimmy Clark – 60
t-10)  Cory Lagner – 60
12)  Dave Perry – 55
t-13)  Josh Greenlaw – 40
t-13)  Curt Knightly – 40
15)  Sarah Pelletier – 15
t-16)  Jason Duryea – 10
t-16)  Chris George – 10
t-16)  Dennis George – 10
t-16)  Bob Grasse – 10
t-16)  Chuck Jewell – 10
t-16)  Joe Kenney – 10
t-16)  Ron Looman – 10
t-16)  Brett Mason – 10
t-16)  Bennett Meyers – 10
t-16)  Timothy Schneider – 10
t-16)  Bob Violette – 10
t-27)  Jeremy Allen – 5
t-27)  John Archer – 5
t-27)  Josh Corum – 5
t-27)  Jerry Donna – 5
t-27)  Steve Hardy – 5
t-27)  Alan Harzewski – 5
t-27)  Rodney Haney – 5
t-27)  Andrew Hinkley – 5
t-27)  Adam Jordan – 5
t-27)  Zachary Kay – 5
t-27)  Matt Knightly – 5
t-27)  Art Meether – 5
t-27)  Jim Morin – 5
t-27)  Bob Nile – 5
t-27)  Kenney Sweet – 5
t-27)  Bruce Thompson – 5
t-27)  Troy Trombley – 5
 
The next M.I.S.T. tournament will be held on December 11th, 2011 at Yankee Lanes in Portland, ME.  Check-in time is 9:15 AM, with tournament bowling commencing at 10:00 AM sharp.  Cost is only $45, with $5 brackets and a $10 high game pot also available.  We hope to see you next month in Portland, good luck and good bowling everyone!