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Walt Steinsiek: Velardo's 756 tops Superplay

Chris Velardo led the with the top series of 756, featuring a near-perfect 280 high game in the Wednesday Classic league at Superplay USA.
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Chris Velardo led the with the top series of 756, featuring a near-perfect 280 high game in the Wednesday Classic league at Superplay USA. Ernie Woschnik in the Spanish Lakes league and Vinnie Chasmer in the Thursday Trios each rolled 11 strikes in a row, missing perfection by one pin and tying for the high game of the week with 299.

Sally Dunn once again topped the women's scores with a 655 series and 236 in the Wednesday Classic.

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D.J. Eidem was tops with a near-perfect 299 game on his way to the top series of 755 in the Sebastian Classic.

Jean Dawson topped the women's scoring with a 555 series and 226 game in the Thursday Mixed league.

NOTEBOOK

• Jenny Brown, 17, of Deland and Adam Martinez of San Antonio, Texas, won the United States Bowling Congress 2007 Junior Gold Championships in Buffalo, N.Y., on Friday.

Brown totaled 6,078, an average of 202.6 per game and finished ahead of Michelle Carcagente of Palm Harbor who had 5,928.

Martinez, a right-handed bowler who throws a back-up ball, rolled a 30-game total of 6,189 for an average of 206.3.

A total of 1,600 youth players from across the country vied for $100,000 in scholarships and a spot on the Junior Team USA 2008.

T.J. Baral of Stuart, who bowls at Stuart Lanes, made the semi-finals and finished 45th with a total of 4,714 for 24 games.

• Norm Duke of Clermont won his third Bowler of the Year award in the 2007 ESPYs Wednesday in Los Angeles. Duke also won in 1994 and 1995.

Note scores are in this order: Men's high game and series,women's high game and series, boys' high game and series, and girls' high game and series (where applicable).

|Vero Bowl

No scores were reported this week.

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|THURSDAY MIXED

Jason Catron 234; Jason Catron 646. Jean Dawson 226; Jean Dawson 555.

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