Adult Golf
Vineyards Golf Course
Gene Andolina League - Low scratch scores: John Bongiovanni 33, Len Sumera 35, Jim Sedota 36, Chuck Cowen 36, Frank Sevola 36, Bill Hart 37, Pete Criscione 37, Joe Favata 37, Smokey Gloss 37, Dave DeJoe 38, Dave Criscione 38. Low handicap scores: Chuck Cowen 30, Frank Sevola 31, Jim DeJoe 31, John Bongiovanni 31, Len Sumera 33, Pete Criscione 33, Sam Conti 33, Jim Sedota 34, Ed Wilson 34, Smokey Gloss 34, Bill Hart 35, Dave DeJoe 35, Joe Favata 35. Skins: Chuck Cowen (No. 1), Don Cotton (No. 3), Jim DeJoe (Nos. 6 & 8). Closest to the pin: Pete Criscione (No. 3), Mike Rosario (No. 9).
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Brenton Wilcox is the 2012 Club Champion for the Cassadaga Country Club. Wilcox led wire to wire in the two-day tournament held Aug. 17-18. He finished with a 142 total for 36 holes. Tim Bulger won second place due to a sterling 5-under 65 on the second day. Bulger’s 143 total finished ahead of 14-time champion Scott Johnson at 144. Johnson took the position in a scorecard match over Rod Lind. Matt Wallace won the First Flight with a 160 total. Allen Chase and Paul Edson rounded out the top three. Jeff Cook won Second Flight honors with Greg Wise winning second place. In the Senior Championship, Dan Butts won the title with Dick Mangine in second place. In the new Super Senior Division Harry Eppinger took the title with Ron Juzdowski runner up. Pictured are Wallace, Wilcox, Cook and Butts. Absent was Eppinger.
Monday Night Ladies League - Individual low net: Cindy Chimera 34. Individual low gross: Chimera 38. Team low net: Brenda Swanson/Kathy Krauza 71. Team low gross: Chimera/Annita Luce 84. Closest to the pin: Chimera (No. 1), Anita Lancor (No. 5). Fewest putts: Marcia Casella 12. Birdies: Chimera (No. 1).
Shorewood
Country Club
Thursday Men's League - Untied skins: Derek Dawson (No. 3), Larry Lundin (No. 4), Dave Dawson (No. 9), Dan Astry (No. 10), Scott Harley (No. 11), Bob Cerrie (No. 13), Pete Sinden (No. 14), John Sliwa (No. 15), Raja Gopalan (No. 18). Closest to the pin: Joe Askar (No. 4), Kaine Kelly (No. 6), John Sliwa (No. 15), Bob Manzella (No. 17). Low gross scores: Titleist Flight: Dave Dawson 33, Kevin Kaszuba 35. Slazenger Flight: Chad Bongiovanni 38, Terry Redmon 38, Larry Spacc 40. Maxfli Flight: John Sliwa 43, Bob Cerrie 45. Nike Flight: Dave Maternowski 47, Scott Harley 50.
Cassadaga
Country Club
Wednesday Night Ladies League - Low scores: Julie Fenton 45, Michelle Helmer 46, Pat Kaus 47, Jodi Hoffman 47, Sheila Whitford 47, Kathy Bradshaw 48.
Best ball: DeDe DuBois and Mary Kelley 26, Lois Hart and Nancy Snyder 26, Hoffman and Melissa Kelly 27, Kaus and Pam Allessi 28, Helmer and Donna Frost 29, Whitford and Gayle McKinney 30, Fenton and Danielle Conroe 30, Bev Cross and Terry Blizzard 31, Jan Wintersteen and Cam Lawton 31, Judy Dale and Nancy Phillips 31, Linnea Nichols and Barb Swan 32.
Thursday Night Men's League - Fred Chamberlin 37, Paul Edson 37, Kerry Murphy 37, Mike Lawhead 38, Harry Eppinger 40,Matt Wallace 40.
Closest to the pin: Chamberlin (No. 6). Skins: Tom Gauronski (No. 1, birdie), Mike Schwertfager (No. 3, birdie).
Pinehurst Golf Course
Brocton American Legion Post 434 Wednesday Evening Men's League - Low gross: Lenny Truby 39, Gary Arnold 39, Mike Sheehan 40, Jon Coe 40, Mike Manzella 40, Jon Esperson 40, Jared Ehmke 41 and Roger Miller 41.
Low net: Manzella 30, Tim Wagner 31, Dan Metts 32, Ben Miller 32, Dave Travis 32 and Coe 32.
Closest to the pin: Sparkey Musso (No. 13), Roger Miller (No. 16). Closest to the pin with the 2nd shot: Scott Jagoda (No. 11). Skins: Jagoda (No. 11) and Jason Remington (No. 15).
Most team points won: Jagoda and Roger Miller 13.5, Ben Miller and Dan Metts 12.5 and Al Brumagin and Jeff Thomas 12.0.
The Vineyards
Golf Course
Wednesday Ladies League - Low team gross: Darleen Kawski and Bina Loftus 98. Low team net: Kawski and Loftus 70. Low individual gross: Loftus 46, Barb VanDette 46. Low individual net: Kawski 35, Loftus 35. Least putts: Mimi Smith 14.
Hillview Golf Course
Thursday Morning Open Golf League - A Flight: Joe Piwowarski 36, Tony Nicosia 37, Ron Szach 39, Dennis Gawronski 40, Jim Sedota 41, Paul Olkowski 42, Brian Manning 42, Joe Bifaro 42.
B Flight: Ken Kaus 43, John Waterman 43, John Bogiovanni 43, Domenico LaMattina 43, Dan Griffin 43, Walt Koba 44, Charlie Riehart 44.
Closest to the pin: Sedota (No. 5). Skins: A Flight: Bifaro (No. 3). B Flight: Dan Griffin (No. 1), LaMattina (No. 4), Waterman (No. 7). C Flight: Tony Nasca (No. 3), Rich Cieslewicz (No. 6), Lou Polichetti (No. 9). D Flight: Al Muck (No. 1), Bunk Stuczynski (No. 9), Bob Adams (No. 6), Jack Hood (No. 9).
Top points: Bifaro 32, Sedota 32, Doug Newman 11, Pat Mackowiak 11, Waterman 10, Nasca 10, Cieslewicz 10, Polichetti 10, Muck 10, Stuczynski 8, Adams 8, Hood 8.
The league will begin play at 8:30 a.m., next Thursday.
Downing Golf Course
Wednesday Travel League - The league held its third Grand Slam event of the season, The Frank Borowski Invitational, named for league founder Frank Borowski, at Downing Golf Course in Harborcreek, Pa.
John Bongiovanni was the overall winner, beating out Kerry Murphy on a tiebreaker after both shot the low round of 78. The victory was the first of Bongiovanni's career. Joe Michalski finished third with a 79. Murphy was low on the front nine with a 39 while Bongiovanni and Michalski each shot a 38 for the low back nine.
Joe Woloszyn won the B Flight on a tiebreaker over Mike Willoughby. Rudi Adamczak won the C Flight on a tiebreaker over Bob Manning. Doug Keith won the D Flight on a tiebreaker over John Tofil and Bill Aldrich. Winner of the Commissioner's Award was Lee Titus.
Untied birdies were recorded by: A Flight: Bob Thompson (No. 4), Hector Alverio (Nos. 6 & 17), Bill Merryweather (Nos. 7 & 8) and Gary Richardson (Nos. 11 & 15). B Flight: Mick Dunning (No. 2), Pete Gawron (No. 8), Jack Griswold (No. 9) and Willoughby (No. 11). C Flight: Jim Szalkowski (No. 3), Dave Franklin (No. 4), Ed Tofil (No. 5), Jim Ellman Sr. (No. 6) and Adamczak (No. 11). D Flight: Aldrich (Nos. 3 & 16), John Tofil (Nos. 4 & 14), Pat Weaver (No. 12), and Keith (No. 13).
Closest to the pin were: Gary Haase (No. 5), Merryweather (No. 8), Richardson (No. 11) and Murphy (No. 15). Winners of the Par-3 Contest were: A Flight: Richardson (-1), B Flight: Dunning (+1), C Flight: Ed Tofil (+3), D Flight: Bruce Chrabasz and Gary Haase(+2). Both Bongiovanni and Dan Kaszuba (86) shot personal-best rounds in league play.
Top point winners were Richardson (113), Merryweather (77), Gawron (41) and Willoughby (41). Season points leaders: Bongiovanni (317.5), Richardson (316), Ron Rys (275), Ed Tofil (267), Thompson (239), John Waterman (238.5), Franklin(237), Gawron (217.5), Dunning (210), Butch Mackowiak (206).
Following golf, dinner and festivities were held at Mackowiak's Grove. Special thanks go out to Butch, Lisa and the entire staff.
Next week, the league will travel to Union City Country Club in Union City, Pa. Tee-off is at 9:30 a.m. Players need to sign up with Butch Mackowiak by Monday. He can be reached at 679-4027.
Announcements
Lou Nocek
Captains' Meeting
The annual captains' meeting for the Lou Nocek Classic League will be at 8 p.m., at Lucky Lanes, in Fredonia, on Monday, Aug 27. All team captains and any new individual bowlers or new teams are urged to attend. It is a five-man scratch league, with a team average limit of 990. The first week of bowling will be Monday, Sept 10, beginning at 6:55 p.m. For more information, call Lucky Lanes at 673-1375 or Ben Montague at 785-0363.
Wednesday Nite
4-Man League
The annual captains meeting for the Wednesday Nite 4-Man League will be at 7:30 p.m., at Lucky Lanes, in Fredonia, on Wednesday, Aug 29. All team captains and any new individual bowlers or new teams are urged to attend. For more information call Lucky Lanes at 673-1375.
Hammerhead
Swim Club
The Hammerhead Swim Club is a sanctioned member of the Niagara District of USA Swimming. The 2012-2013 season will begin Sept. 17 at 6:15 p.m. at the Fredonia State University pool in Steele Hall. The club is designed to instruct youth age 6-18 in the four basic stroke techniques and condition them for competitive swimming.
Registration forms and club information can be found at www.hammerheadswimclub.org.
For more information email hammerheadswimclub2012@gmail.com or call 679-6240.
Gary Tripp Golf Tournament
Registartion is now open for The Gary Tripp Memorial Golf Tournament being held Sunday, Sept. 9 at Shorewood Country Club.
The cost is $90 per golfer with dinner to follow at the Kosciuszko Club.
Registration is held at the Kosciuszko Club or by emailing gtbenefit@gmail.com.
