New Hyde Park, NY: Archie Nabas, a 50-year-old left-hander from Queens Village, NY, won LIGBT’s latest sport shot tournament at Herrill Lanes. This was Archie’s fifth LIGBT title but first one in three years. Archie won the $1,000 top prize by defeating 2nd place finisher Curtis Hetmeyer, Brooklyn, NY 240-226. While Curtis earned $650 for his runner-up position, finishing in third place, with a 215, was Denis Mendelson, Levittown, NY earning $450. Rounding out the top 4 was Charles Ko, Palisades, NJ with a 214 earning him $350.
The final shootout was an exciting match as all 4 competitors had a shot at the title going into the last 2 frames. Denis made a late run by finishing with 4 strikes but fell just short. Curtis would have put a lot of pressure on Archie, since he went first, if he doubled in the final frame. But a stubborn 7-pin allowed Archie to claim his victory by just filling his final frame. Charles threw a ton of strikes but had 3 open frames which cost him a chance at the title.
The LIGBT 2-squad sport shot tournament drew a wonderful crowd of 110 entries, paid out $5,550 in prize money, and had 29 bowlers go to the cashing window. The side action awarded an additional $7,655 bringing the total event payout to $13,205. Cut scores to cash on the 42-foot Autobahn pattern were 689 at 1pm and 692 at 3pm. The wildcard winner, which is the highest 6-game series by a non-finalist, was 4th place finisher Charles Ko with a 1393.
LIGBT’s next tournament is a 4-game house shot event at AMF Wantagh on Sunday, March 20th. To view the results of the Herrill Lanes event please visit www.ligbtour.com. The LIGBT is sponsored by Storm, Kegel, Knockout Ball Cleaner, Torch Bowling, Billvee Electric, Vietri Associates, and Turbo 2-n-1 Grips.