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Sunday, February 24, 2002

By Phil Axelrod, Post-Gazette Sports Writer

Repeat after me: Community College of Allegheny County-North defeated Stanford.

Only in bowling could that sentence be written.

CCAC-North picked up the victory in the Coca-Cola Brunswick Collegiate Classic tournament in Las Vegas that was sanctioned by College Bowling USA, ABC and WIBC. CCAC-North was one of a handful of junior-college teams competing against NCAA Division I opponents in the scratch invitational event.

The CCAC-North team, coached by Jeff Leya, was comprised of Jeremy Supinski (West Allegheny), Josh Brackman (Moniteau), Mike Michalski (Shaler), Christie Jewell (North Hills), Jessica Cowan (North Hills) and Ollie Honkamaki (formerly from Finland).

CCAC-North, whose only victory was against Stanford, finished 35th in the 41-team field that included junior-college and all-division NCAA teams.

Scholastic stars

The regular-season section champions for the boys in the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Bowling League are Hempfield (East), Baldwin (Southeast), Our Lady of Sacred Heart (North) and Montour (Southwest); for the girls Greensburg Central Catholic (East), Baldwin (Southeast), OLSH and North Hills (North) and Chartiers Valley (Southwest).

Greensburg Central's Aaron Yuhouse led the boys with a 206 average and Baldwin's Ashley Kessler's 191 paced the girls.

Chartiers Valley's Mike Lambros posted the high boys' game of 286 and Kessler led the girls with a 247. Woodland Hills' Kris Carlisle had high series of 750 for the boys and Baldwin's Jessie Philage a 648 for the girls.

The tournament trail

Jeff Germann (Wheeling, W.Va.) defeated Bill Laughlin (Midland) in the final, 279-216, to win Week 21 of the weekly head-to-head tournament at All American Lanes in Steubenville, Ohio. Germann averaged 254 for the event.

•Shannon Wolf defeated Dave Schultz, 222-197, to capture first place in Week 17 of the Miller Lite Head-to-Head tournament at AMF Mt. Lebanon Lanes.

Mixing it up

Angela Hepler (Verona) and Doug Urick (Apollo) picked up $800 by winning the Greater Pittsburgh Mixed Doubles tournament at New Great Valley Lanes in North Versailles with a 1,588 total. Chris Wilson and Chuck Beno were second at 1,573. There were 364 teams entered and 51 cashed.

Everything's ducky

Sam Reich defeated Don Heinecke, 167-166, to win the regular tournament and then defeated Chet Fosse, the seasonal points leader, 182-156, to win $750 in the Grand Finals of the Western Pennsylvania Duckpin Association tournament series at the Pittsburgh Athletic Association. Heinecke had high game of 203 and Reich had the high three-game series of 482.

Fosse defeated Bill Dlugos to retain his "King of the Hill" title.

Traveling along

Harley Schultz of Lokay Lanes, who has averaged 237 the past four sessions at four different houses, had games of 279, 228, 227 and 288 for a 1,022 series to lead the way in the Pittsburgh Area Scratch Travel League at Brunswick Playmor Bowl in West Mifflin.

On a roll

Griff Williams' 279/762 was the headliner in the Coors Light $10,000 Classic League at South Hills Bowl.

Trifecta

Debbie Pompilo tossed games of 164, 164 and 164 for a triplicate 492 series in the Bud Light Trio League at North Versailles Bowling Center.

Perfecto

Mike Pofi tossed a 300 in the Monday Night Classic League at Sharpsburg Lanes.

Brian Reddy rolled a 300/723 in the Budweiser Quads League at New Great Valley Lanes in North Versailles.

Mark Mares had a 300/737 in the Eagle North League at Fun Fest Entertainment Center in Harmarville.

Never too young dept:

Rob Pofi, 13, had a 257/673 to take honors in the Thursday Juniors League at Sharpsburg Lanes.