U.S. bowlers take on the world Sunday

January 05, 2011 Last Updated: January 05, 2011 02:18 PM Sports

The sixth and final World Series of Bowling telecast will be a special United States vs. the World team competition, wrapping up a six-week run of the popular PBA event at 1 p.m. Sunday on ESPN.

Competing for the United States will be Michael Haugen Jr., Ronnie Russell, Wes Malott, Sean Rash, Chris Barnes and Bill O'Neill.

International team members include Oksu Palermaa, Kimmo Lehtonnen, Mika Koivuniemi, Dan MacLelland, Jason Belmonte and Amleto Monacelli.

No one hates the 10-pin more than Junior Suchonic, and who can blame him?Suchonic tossed a 299 game Dec. 22 in Buckhorn League play at Bon Aire Bowl, but that troublesome pin denied him his first perfect gameSuchonic has another 299 game on his resume, and I will give you one guess what pin remained standing on that final ball.For the night, Suchonic finished with a good 719 series.

Joe Bowler smashes the pocket so hard that the head pin bounces off the back of the pit and rebounds onto the lane, where it remains standing.The pin actually comes out in front of the pin sweep to an area where it could not be cleared from the lane.Is this a strike, or should the pin be respotted? Answer at the end of the column.

It's good to see the Butler High bowling teams continue to be a force in the WPIBL. The Tornado boys and girls each are off to 3-0 starts, thanks to a 3-0 win over Mars.Nicole Balk rolled an outstanding 673 series for the girls, while Autumn Hepler added a 580.Brandt Fleming's 278 game and 654 series led the Butler boys. Braedyn Troyan chipped in a 602 set, while Josh Bartley tossed a 244 for Mars. The Butler JV teams are 3-0 as well.

Eagle sports editor John Enrietto recently wrote an article highlighting the Butler City Tenpin League. It was in 1957 that the Ufner's team broke two all-time records in the league, rolling a 1,129 team single and a 3,153 team triple.Milo Serventi tossed a 660 series to lead Ufner's. Joe Rosenberg tossed a 646, while Harley Mathews (629), Chuck Souzer (632) and Ray Kinney (586) completed the record-breaking night.For comparison's sake, thus far this season in the City League, the top team game is 1,243, rolled by Petra's Painting, while the Route 8 Marine team owns the high team triple score of 3,436.

• Armco C League: Bill Fragale just missed a perfect game, rolling a 297 en route to a 747 series. Jack Elliot Jr. paced the league with a 772 set• Butler County Men's Travel League: Shawn Reges rolled a 295 game on the way to an 851 four-game series. Eric Hagen led the league with a 936 quad.

• The Butler County Bowling Association county tournament is set for Sherwood Lanes Feb 13 and 20.• The BCBA mixed tournament will be held at Bruin Lanes March 20 and 27.

The pin must be respotted in the head pin position, according to rule 7a in the pin fall section of the USBC rule book.Ron Willison is the bowling columnist for the Butler Eagle.