It took a bit of sleuthing, but the mystery of the Maltese Falcon… er, the Jefferson Falcon Frenzee bowling tournament has been solved. Only a handful of local teams made the trek up to Sparta Lanes for last Saturday’s event, but judging from the scores, the trip appears to have been worth it (especially if they got to stop into the Italian bakery located next door to the lanes).
Mahwah and Northern Highlands brought both their boys and girls teams, and Bergen Catholic sent up its JV squad. Congratulations to Mahwah senior Allison Homler for winning high game (246) and high series (629) on the girls side. The top series among North Jersey bowlers in the boys field came from her T-Bird teammate, Thomas “TJ” Hannon, who rolled a 660 series and earns the unofficial Taglines “Alliteration of the Month” award.
In a show of Bergen County solidarity, the T-Birds and Highlanders stuck close to each other in the team standings, too. It was Highlands 7th, Mahwah 8th for the boys, and Mahwah 2nd, Highlands 3rd for the girls. The Highlanders’ Shannon Rossi had the second-high girls game (225) and fifth-high series (558), Jennifer Rios had the third-high girls series (566) and Phil Hubelbank had the ninth-high boys series (586).
One of the most unusual things I noticed from looking at the standings was that the host team, Jefferson, did not appear to have competed in its own tournament. But, we’ll leave the folks in Morris County to solve that one. I do wish the Aces’ coverage area still included Montville (as it did way back when), the Mustangs won the boys title and are looking very impressive for just a second-year program. Here are the final results…
INAUGURAL JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP FALCON FRENZEE TOURNAMENT
(Jan. 4 at Sparta Lanes, Sparta)
Boys Team Results
1. Montville 920-1,008-1,069—2,997
2. Warren Hills 1,087-963-902—2,952
3. Morris Hills 1,004-934-857—2,795
4. Sussex Tech 2,758
5. Wallkill Valley 2,740
6. Morris Knolls 2,704
7. Northern Highlands 2,556
8. Mahwah 2,515
9. Bridgewater-Raritan 2,505
10. Livingston 2,501
11. Elizabeth 2,435
12. Morris Tech 2,415
13. Summit 2,358
14. Lenape Valley 2,309
15. High Point 2,277
16. Vernon 2,112
Boys High Series
1. Jack Cook (Morris Knolls), 695
2. Tommy Slate (Sussex Tech), 684
3. Justin Puchalski (Montville), 673
4. Thomas “TJ” Hannon (Mahwah), 660
5. Karl Kattermann (Montville), 641
6. Brian Duke (Warren Hills), 638
7. Ben Laws (Warren Hills), 613
8. Ryan Scholz (Wallkill Valley), 590
9. Phillp Hubelbank (Northern Highlands), 586
10. Phil Hazen (Warren Hills), 583
Boys High Game
1. Jack Cook (Morris Knolls), 279
2. Karl Kattermann (Montville), 270
3. Justin Puchalski (Montville), 266
Girls Team Results
1. Warren Hills 863-860-828—2,551
2. Mahwah 743-911-782—2,436
3. Northern Highlands 800-773-789—2,362
Girls High Series
1. Allison Homler (Mahwah), 629
2. Brianna Boze (Summit), 625
3. Jennifer Rios (Northern Highlands), 566
4. Jenna Henderson (Warren Hills), 559
5. Shannon Rossi (Northern Highlands), 558
6. Abby Laws (Warren Hills), 545
7. Sapna Gera (Mahwah), 513
8. Kat DePack (Warren Hills), 490
9. Jessica Yearance (Warren Hills), 468
10. Lauren Scholes (Warren Hills), 449
Girls High Game
1. Allison Homler (Mahwah), 246
2. Shannon Rossi (Northern Highlands), 225
3. Jenna Henderson (Warren Hills), 214
Junior Varsity Team Results
1. Montville 2,449
2. Sussex Tech 2,166
3. Morris Knolls 2,109
4. Morris Hills 2,105
5. Elizabeth 1,802
6. Bergen Catholic 1,799
7. Morris Tech 1,486
—GT