The tournament started on Saturday with an 8 game qualifying round on a custom 44 foot pattern. As the talented field of bowlers progressed across the 40 lane center, it was pretty clear that some decent scores were going to be recorded. When the dust settled, 5 players turned in scores north of 200 over. Leading the way was 2016 USBC Open Eagle Winner, Chris Hill, with a 1872 total. The cut to the top 30 was Daniel Kimmer at 1637.
Saturday evening featured the traditional gathering at North Hill Bowl where bowlers enjoyed a meal served by Wurst Case Scenario while the NHB staff announced the top 30, gave out side pot money, and conducted the calcutta .
The top 30 bowlers returned on Sunday morning for match play. The top 30 were separated into 3 groups of 10 for round robin matches within their groups. Winner of each match recieved 30 bonus pins. Following the position round in game 10, the top 5 bowlers would advance to the stepladder finals on NDBowlTV.
While some bowlers approached the match play round with a different gameplan, scores remained relatively high. Dustin Herold turned in a 9-1 match play record and at one point lead the field by nearly 200 pins averaging over 224 for the 10 games. Herold claimed the number 1 overall seed on NDBowlTV and would be joined by Ryan Savoy, Chris Hill, Josh Kennedy and Brent Neumann. Neumann shot 235 in the position round to vault himself into the show from the 9-10 match.
NDBowlTV Results:
Kennedy def. Neumann, 235-175
Hill def. Kennedy, 192-169
Savoy def. Hill, 234-204
Savoy def. Herold, 279-242
You can watch the match play round and stepladder finals on NDBowlTV HERE
Ryan Savoy got his day going with a 290 in game 4 of match play. Savoy would then reel off a 269 in game 9 and a 244 in position round to settle into the 2 seed on NDBowlTV.
In the finals, Savoy didnt blink. Savoy put up 234 to take down qualifying leader Chris Hill in the semifinal match. Savoy would then record the front 9 en route to a 279 in the championship match vs. Dustin Herold. Savoy averaged over 256 in his final 4 games on Sunday to claim the title and the $4,000 top prize. Nice bowling, Ryan!
The win gives Savoy his first NDBowling.com Major Title which joins him with his father, Todd, as a Major champion. The two join Duane and Ryan Sandvick, and Russ and Dillon Meyer as the third father/son combo to have each won a NDBowling.com Major Title.
Huge shout out to Rory, Jeff, Renee, and everyone at North Hill Bowl who helped put on this event and make it what it is each season. During our broadcast, Rory joined us to highlight the following changes for the tournament next season:
– Tournament name will change to the Morris and Bette Anderson Memorial Shootout to honor Morris’ wife, Bette, who passed away last Fall
– North Hill Bowl will be celebrating 70 years in business next season and will add $7000 directly to the prize fund
– Top prize of $5000 will be gauranteed for next seasons tournament
– Tournament will feature a Youth and Womens division with added prize fund in those divisions from North Hill Bowl
– North Hill Bowl will also feature new Brunswick Boost ST pinsetters which are scheduled to be installed later this Spring
– Tournament will be held January 30-31, 2027
You can listen to Rory talk about these changes on our show starting at the 2:52:50 mark. NDBowlTV
