The Butler County Women's Bowling Association recently held its championship tournament at Family Bowlaway.

Here are the results:

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Team event: 1. Kamikaze (2,738), 2. Schnitzki, (2658) 3. Freedom No. 4 (2,558), 4. Kahlua Queens (2,556), 5. Piece of Cake (2,555)•

Doubles: 1. Carey Checkan-Rhonda Schnitzki (1,434), 2. Joyce Fennell-Denise Heist (1,408), 3. Barbara Morgan-Dorothy Casey, (1,382), 4. Lezlee Spink-Susan Hazenstab (1,362), 5. Linda Massucci-Michelle Gilbert (1,359)•

Singles: 1. Holly Dixon (709), 2. Sandra Zendron (694), 3. Peg Brown (690), 4. Nancy Goas (689), 5. Kelly Keene, Linda Massucci (687)•

All events, Class A: Peggy Seydel (1,818);

Class B: Barbara Morgan (1,696);

Class C: Peg Brown (1,437)The tournament committee wishes to thank Family Bowlaway and the members of the board of directors who helped to make the tournament successful.

Linda Massucci has had quite a year in the Women's Major League at Family Bowlaway. Massucci rolled games of 249, 206 and 244 for a 699 series. Massucci has rolled eight -600-plus series and owns a league-high average of 191.

The USBC National Championships continue in Albuquerque, N.M. The regular division team leaders have a Butler connection. Adam Ishman, a Butler native who moved to Nevada, is a part of the K&K Bowling Services team that leads the regular division with a 3,208 series.Ishman grew up in Butler and excelled in junior bowling leagues and tournaments, as well as in adult events.Here are the rest of the top scores. Regular division, singles: 817; doubles: 1,444; all-events: 2,141. Classified division, singles: 669; doubles: 1,196; team: 2,799; All-events: 1,887. There have been six 300 games rolled and two 298 games.

The PBA will wrap up the season with the $150,000 winner-take-all Rags to Riches show. ESPN will televise the event via tape delay at 1 p.m. Sunday.Participating are Doug Kent, Sean Rash, Michael Haugen, Norm Duke, Parker Bohn III and Chris Barnes. The initial rounds of the event will stay consistent with the format from the previous three seasons.The first-round features a "Challenge Round" in which all six bowlers will participate in one ball rolloffs. The lowest score after each round will drop into the first elimination round.The two bowlers left standing will earn byes into the second elimination round. Both elimination rounds will feature six-frame matches with a max score of 180.The winners of the first elimination-round matches will move on to face the two bowlers waiting in the second elimination round. The winners of those matches will meet in the Race to Six Strikes to determine the winner.

• <B>Armco A:</B> Bob McCandless 633 series, Larry Wagner 245 game• <B>Coins:</B> Jan Hoover 195 game, Eleanor Hackett 523 game• <B>Buckhorn:</B> Mike Fair 257 (709), Jeff Suchonic 269 (681)• <B>Fox's Pizza Den:</B> Marty Gilliland 247 (683), Jim Hepler 238 (667)• <B>Firearms</B>: Mike Hilliard 626 series, Kristi Erkens 212 (524)• <B>Armco C:</B> Dave Fischer 277 (654), Chuck Lorenzini 246 (645).Ron Willison is the bowling columnist for the Butler Eagle.