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Defeats Olympia IAA,
Kofoids Pro Shop in Match Play Finals
| Individual
Scores | Standings
| Second Chance Results
| Finals |
 Ray's Lanes evolved bruised and battered from the match play
finals as champions of the tenth annual IAA World Team Challenge qualifier held at Hebron
Lanes. Ray's, the 2002 Champions, defeated Olympia IAA, the 2003 Champions, in the
semi-finals, before defeating Kofoids Pro Shop, the 2000 and 2001 champions, in the
championship match, in what proved to be one of the most talented and prolific final fours
in the event's history. The fourth finalist, The Green Machine, was making it's fifth
appearance in the finals which have resulted in two runnersup finishes.
Ray's lead the qualifying block of the tournament with a score of 5,491 on the difficult
sport conditions presented to the field of sixteen teams. Olympia IAA, which led the event
most of the day, qualifed as the second seed with a 5,441 total, easily outdistancing
third place finisher Kofoids Pro Shop at 5,222. The Green Machine used a big final
baker-match to slide into the fourth and final match-play position with a 5,064 total. The
Green Machine jumped over Hobart Lanes (5,032), three-time champions Inland Athletic
(5,033), and held off a surging I/N Tek squad (5,038) to secure fourth position.
The finals began with Kofoids Pro Shop dismantling the Green Machine 244 - 174 in a match
decided early. Kofoids then took out their revenge on Olympia IAA , the team who defeated
them in the 2003 finals, with a convincing 228 - 202 victory, setting up the championship
match with Ray's. In the two game final, Kofoids jumped out to a 12-pin lead after one
game but was unable to hold it's lead as Ray's finished with a 244 for a 456 - 433
victory. Team members for Ray's included Mark Millsap, Don Draia, Scott Golden, Steve
Kender, and Jay Bridges, while Kofoids was comprised of Mark Kofoid, Tim Woloszyn, Rick
Woloszyn, Bob Kammer Jr, Gary Younkers, and Willie Rivera.
Scoring proved difficult as only nine bowlers in the field of 80 managed to shot 600 or
better. John Riffle's 662 led the attack with Gary Purcell (626), Keith Betts (617), Ron
Jonas (613), and John Vasas (611) rounding out the the top five. The tournament's high
game was shared by Riffle and Purcell at 248, while Inland Athletic's 1,058 was the high
team regular game. Hobart Lane's 243 was the tournament's top baker game.
The consolation event was won in dramatic fashion as Hobart Lanes (Gordy Baer, Jeff
Snuffer, Paul Mewes, Harold Mewes, and Scott Dzierba) defeated I/N Tek-Kote (Rick Podkul,
Rod Rosenbaum, Jeff Greenwall, Robert Kindig, and Ron Jonas) 358 - 352.
Both Ray's Lanes and Kofoids Pro Shop will compete in the ABC World Team Challenge
Regional championships in Indianapolis in March.
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