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What an amazing year for our Classic bowlers, namely, Clarence “Boots” Kass, Palatine, Illinois, who rolled games of 212, 201, 206, 212, 199, 178, 229 and 191 to tally 1,628 and earn his second Championship. Nine years earlier, in 2002 (92 nd Classic), he rolled an awesome 1,665 to claim his first victory. “Boots” now joins an elite group who have won the “Pete” two or more times in Classic History, there are only four….Three-time Champion Dominick DeVito, 2 nd , 5 th and 12 th , Ben Bernichhi, 14 th & 15 th , Buddy Bomar, both in 1947, one in Chicago and the other one in Buffalo, and lets not forget our All Time Prize Money Winner…Buddy DeLuca, 66 th and 77 th Classics. 

                                                                                                                               
This years closest contender with 1,611 was past Champion, 86 th Classic, Dave Armstrong, Naperville, Illinois, who came in just 17 pins behind for second place. “Boots” has bowled in an amazing 40 Classics and has cashed in 39 of them! He is second on the All Time Prize Money Winners list and will add $24,187.00 to his prize winnings total. Only three bowlers managed a 1,600 or better 8-game total, besides “Boots” and Dave, Mark Johnson rolled 1,607 to earn 3 rd place. There was a three way tie with 1,490 for the top 100 finishers in the Singles Major Division.


Other winners include David Meyer, Wells, Minnesota, who rolled the Classic’s Highest individual Game with 279. Adam Schillie, Waverly, Iowa, crushed the pins-over-average division with a plus 263. Lady luck was definitely on his side that day!Cindy Briner, Creston, Iowa, picks up the win for the ladies only pins-over-average division by rolling 145 pins over her entering average. Wayne Hutchinson, Franklin Park, Illinois, edged out Leslie Gidcumb, Sr., Waterford, Michigan, by just three pins to win the Seniors division.


Besides winning second in the Singles Major Division, Dave Armstrong, Naperville, Illinois, pick up the top Squad Sponsors prize with his 1,611 total. Third place winner, Mark Johnson, Normal, Illinois, along with partner Lennie Boresch, Jr., Kenosha, Wisconsin, take top honors in the Doubles Major Division with a combined total or 1,308. Mark had an amazing 660 and Lennie contributed  648, another amazing score. Remember this is determined by using your best three of  four games bowled on lanes 1 to 8.

 

Richard Hall, Minneapols, Minnesota, also had an amazing year, he rolled his highest ever 8-game total of 1,379. His best three of four games on lanes 1 to 8 gave him 108 pins over his entering average for the Doubles POA event. And along with partner Robert Pfeifer, Coon Rapids, Minnesota, who contributed 71 pins over his entering average win this Division with plus 179. Rick Hara, Skokie, Illinois, put together the winning Team for this years event. Team members included Dave Armstrong, Naperville, Illinois, “Boots” Kass, Palatine, Illinois Vernon Peterson, Lake Wales, Florida, and Norm Duke, Clermont, Florida. Using their best 3 of 4 games bowled on lanes 9 to 16 tallied the winning total of 3,114.

 

In the Team Pins-Over-Average division Gayle Sjoberg’s, Mora, Minnesota, included team members Jacke Nordstrom, Grantsburg, Wisconsin, Nancy Andresen, Zimmerman, Minnesota, Connie Stewart, Elk River, Minnesota, and Janna Ginter, Princeton, Minnesota, together bowled a total of 157 pins-over their combined entering average for the win. Dave Armstong, Naperville, Illinois, there he is again, is also have an amazing year, besides winning second place in the Singles Major event, he’s was first in the Sponsors only division, was part of the winning Team and takes top honors for the “ADDED” Actual Pinfall Event with his best four of eight games total of 891.

 

Once again we have Dave Armstrong, Naperville, Illinois, who tops the All Events Prize list with his ten game total of 2,146. Remember you need an entry in each one of the following events, Doubles, Team, one of the “ADDED” to qualify for this event.

 

With the 101 st Edition of the Classic in the history books, there were 4,036 bowlers who passed through the “Famous Golden Gates”. Congratulations to all our prize winners. A special thanks to all our hard working sponsors who keeps the most unique tournament in the world going year after year. Plus we’d like to extend the thank you to all the bowlers who helped their sponsors fill their squads and bowl in the 101 st Edition of the Classic.

 

On the other side…..Our companion tournament the Lumberjack Challenge…four games across eight lanes bowled on heavy wood using a 9 pin no tap format had 584 entries this year. Scott Pohl, Burnsville, Minnesota, edged out Timothy Becker, Cortland, New York, by just 11 pins with 1,075 for first place honors. Ashley Cox, Godrey, Illinois, was first in the ladies only division with a very nice four game set of 956.

 

Lumberjack of the year honors go to second place winner Timothy Becker, Cortland, New York, with a 20-game tally of 4,928.


        Re”Pete” At The “Pete”        
Kass Wins Second Championship

Did You Know......

There were three bowlers who competed in their 50 th Petersen Classic this year! Jack Brown, Oak Lawn, IL, Gene Harchelroad, Sr., Greensburg, PA and Gene Kessler, St. Louis, MO.


Dave Armstrong’s squad was the highest averaging squad this year with 180.301.


Al Runkel, Cincinnati, OH, had the highest low game with 185.


Lanes (3-4) were the highest averaging pair in this years tournament (160) while Lanes (5-6) were the lowest (140).


The average score for this years tournament was 1,194.


86.24% of the bowlers in this years Classic were Men and 13.76% were Women.

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