Kingpins crowned at City Bowling Tournament

By John Burbridge sports@charlescitypress.com

CHARLES CITY — Bowling teams are similar to basketball teams in makeup and turn-around tendencies.

Both generally consist of five starters. And unlike other sports where there are 22 spots to be filled, bowling and basketball teams can go from middling to championship calibre with just a few changes.

The Charles City Press bowling team took a page out of the Miami Heat and Golden State Warriors’ playbook when publisher and anchorman Chris Hall recently surrounded himself with some reliable high rollers.

During the City Bowling Tournament that took course over a week before concluding Feb. 18 at Comet Bowl, the Charles City Press — consisting of Hall, Nick Kellogg, Zach Mitchell, Bernie Solomon and Brody Stone — won the team event with a score of 3,611, a few marks ahead of Hot Shots (3,574).

Hall and Kellogg also won the Doubles “B” Division title with a combined score of 1,288.

Jerry Mitchell and Charles City assistant bowling coach Tyler Mitchell won the Doubles “A” Division Doubles title (1,444).

Brad Cline won the Singles “A” Division title (773); Doug Chesnut won the Singles “B” Division title (698).

In All-Events, Dave Diercks won the “A” Division with a combined score of 2,174; Josh Althoff won the “B” Division (2,039).

In All-Events scratch, Tony “Doc” Slinger averaged 702 in his three series for a combined score of 2,106. Aaron Garden was 100 pins behind in second place.

Both bowlers have a history of high-rolling at Comet Bowl.

Slinger’s 841 series that he bowled nearly 20 years ago remains an all-time high at the house.

Last bowling season, Garden rolled three perfect 300 games in league play at Comet Bowl.

City Bowling Tournament

AT COMET BOWL

TEAM EVENT

1. Charles City Press 3,611, 2. Hot Shots 3,578, 3. Hawkeye Plastic Products 3,574, 4. Comet Bowl (Thursday) 3,488, 5. Bayou Bend 3,447, 6. Comet Bowl (Wednesday) 3,446, 7. L&J Industries 3,405, 8. MTE 3,385, 9. DFS 3,382, 10. Snap Fitness 3,381.

SINGLES “A” DIVISION

1. Brad Cline 773, 2. Scott Girkin 752, 3. Mike Witham 724, 4. Jim Hunn 717, 5. Aaron Garden 708, 6. Tyler Mitchell 706, 7. Darin Crooks 701, 8. Tony Slinger 694, 9. Brent Gerleman 687, 10. Dave Diercks 687.

SINGLES “B” DIVISION

1. Doug Chesnut 698, 2. Josh Althoff 691, 3. David Hoffman 652, 4. Joel Brunner 641, 5. Brian Ross 633, 6. Troy Chukker 625, 7. Nick Kellogg 619, 8. Dennis Chesnut 611, 9. Ryan Idler 601, 10. Bernie Solomon 600.

DOUBLES “A” DIVISION

1. Jerry Mitchell/Tyler Mitchell 1,444, 2. John Schwartzkopf/Jack Prigge 1,411, 3. Dave Diercks/Darin Crooks 1,390, 4. Brandon Prichard/Joe Eyanson 1,379, 5. Zach Mitchell/Brody Stone 1,362, 6. John Ayers/Jeff Wink 1346, 7. Tony Slinger/Aaron Garden 1,325, 8. Bernie Solomon/Brent Gerleman 1,309, 9. Brady Girkin/Scott Girkin 1,309, 10. Joel Brunner/Cory Andregg 1,285.

DOUBLES “B” DIVISION

1. Nick Kellogg/Chris Hall 1,288, 2. Josh Althoff/Rex Schilling 1,247, 3. Tom Bock/Bubbles Bruess 1,226, 4. Denny Carr/Rick Burcham 1,218, 5. Jess Griffin/Jim Hunn 1,205, 6. Dennis Chesnut/Doug Chesnut 1,200, 7. Rory Streich/Brian Ross 1,195, 8. Joe Becker/Alex George 1,187, 9. Troy Chukker/Gary Finger 1,178, 10. Scott Cline/Ron Buhr 1,141.

ALL-EVENTS “A” DIVISION

1. Dave Diercks 2,174, 2. Tony Slinger 2,161, 3. Tyler Mitchell, 4. Joe Eyanson, 5. Rick Burcham, 6. Brad Cline, 7. Zach Mitchell, 8. Jim Hunn, 9. Chris Hall, 10. Brady Girkin.

ALL-EVENTS “B” DIVISION

1. Josh Althoff 2,039, 2. Doug Chesnut 1,985, 3. Nick Kellogg 1,897, 4. Ryan Idler 1,831, 5. David Hoffman 1,811, 6. Brian Ross 1,809, 7. Bernie Solomon 1,804, 8. Jess Griffin 1,799, 9. Dennis Chesnut 1,795, 10. Don Bohlman 1,776.

ALL-EVENTS SCRATCH

1. Tony Slinger 2,106, 2. Aaron Garden 2,006, 3. Darin Crooks 1,998, 4. Dave Diercks 1,976, 5. Scott Girkin 1,964.