While the late American sprinter Wilma Rudolph was running to three gold medals in the 1960 Rome Olympics, Nora Petrosky laid her plans to join her first bowling league.
On Sunday, 64 years later, as the Paris Olympics were getting underway, the Leola resident was inducted into the Lancaster United States Bowling Congress Association’s Hall of Fame for meritorious service to the sport.
More than 220 attendees at the LUSBCA annual awards banquet, held at the Eden Resort & Suites on Sunday, applauded the inductee and the many Lancaster County junior and adult bowler awardees.
LUSBCA director Neal Vital, who introduced Petrosky, said, “Nora loves helping young bowlers, which she did during her coaching time with the Lancaster McCaskey bowling team.”
Vital is also a LUSBCA and Pennsylvania State Hall of Fame member.
Petrosky’s interest in the sport began with her parents, Melvin and Kathryn Hoekstra.
“I watched bowlers like Dick Weber on TV with my father and was encouraged to join league competition by my parents,” she said.
Petrosky, 75, has held “every league office through the years” and currently, is a LUSBCA board member.
With a high game of 290 and a high series of 689, Petrosky continues to compete in the Mixed Nuts and Leisure Lanes Thursday Senior leagues, notching a “steady” 175 average.
The Lancaster 600-club member said she has enjoyed meeting lifelong friends in the sport and is “honored to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.”
She was in attendance with her husband, Pete, and a dozen supportive family members.
“We honor our Hall of Fame inductee and the many adult and junior bowlers tonight,” LUSBCA director Brian Hess said.
After awarding a series of tournament winners, the season’s county high score champs were recognized.
Ryan Graham earned the high average (239), and Kerry Smith notched her 13th high average title with a 237. Ashley Sham rolled the top women’s series (815), while Robert Bryan and Jason Defragesco tied with a high series of 867.
The Kathryn Shultz Most Improved Average was earned by Bethany Kennedy, who increased by 37 pins; and Thomas Hammerstone won the Thomas Long award for an improvement of 40 pins.
Hess said that this season there were a 120 perfect games and 54 800 series rolled.
Awards and scholarships
Donna Gribble, the LUSBCA assistant junior program manager, presented the junior awards, including the Edie Miller Award for the most improved average, earned by Manheim Township eighth-grader Luke Shank, son of Jason and Lena Shank, who pushed his score by 63 pins to 172.
“Our goal is to give our junior bowlers a sense of accomplishment and belonging through the sport,” Gribble said.
For the third year, the Gary Brooks Triple Crown Awards winners were recognized for having the highest average, single and triple in their division. The recipients were: Manheim Central fourth-grader Parker Hossler, son of Matt and Alicia Hossler; Ephrata third-grader Rylee Miller, daughter of Ryan and Maggie Miller; and Lebanon fifth-grader Ariana Althouse, daughter of Mike and Alysha Althouse.
The Glen Montgomery $1,000 Scholarship was earned by Morgan Kline. After capturing championships from Florida to Wichita Kansas, while in high school, the 2024 Elco graduate plans to enter Wichita State University in Kansas this fall.
The Marty Summers $1,000 Scholarship was presented to Warwick senior Taylor Miller, who plans to pursue a career in nursing when she graduates. Miller also received a Don Schwartz $500 Scholarship for her commitment to the sport.
Conestoga Valley senior Josiah Casler earned the Star of Tomorrow $4,000 Scholarship Award for his commitment to the sport and community service. Casler also captured a Don Schwartz $500 Scholarship.
2023-24 JUNIOR AWARDS
• Average: Major Division — Derek Deardorff, 223; Morgan Kline, 221. Junior Division — Tristin Lenhart, 202; Jordan Ile, 167. Prep Division — Wyatt Miller, 171; Ariana Althouse, 116. Bantam Division — Parker Hossler, 122; Rylee Miller, 84.
• Series: Major Division — Derek Deardorff, 799; Ryan Muckle, 793; Bethany Jaquith, 791. Junior Division — Daniel Subers, 736, Emily Dunlap, 667. Prep Division —Josh Worley, 686; Ariana Althouse, 428; Lily Johns, 420. Bantam Division— Parker Hossler, 478: Brogan Orr, 434; Rylee Miller, 338; Madison Martin, 332.
• High Game: Major Division — Derick Keller, Cameron Getz, Landen Kahler, Morgan Kline, 300; Bethany Jaquith, 299; Taylor Miller, 287. Junior Division —Jacob Spayd, 299; Emily Dunlap, 258; Jordan Ile, 247; Charlye Nye, 220. Prep Division —Josh Worley, 277; Wyatt Miller, 257; Joseph Shank, 252; Ariana Althouse, 196; Lily Johns, 166; Clarissa Bleecher, 130. Bantam Division — Parker Hossler, 189; John Shank, 168; Rylee Miller, 133; Madison Martin, 124; Hannah Miranda, 122.
• All-Events Winners: Major — Darren Zombro, 2021; Taylor Miller, 2014. Junior — Tyler Eckert, 1742; Anna Mincemoyer, 1478. Prep — Josh Worley, 1607; Zoey Petrosky, 694. Bantam — Parker Hossler, 1098; Rylee Miller, 847.
USBC YOUTH SINGLES TOURNAMENT
• Boys: Class A — Hunter Heinsey, 775; Toby Zombro, 755. Class B — Ashton Fritz, 668; Parker Hershey, 644. Class C — Jake Martin, 634; Luke Shank, 591. Class D — Zach Petrosky, 430; Parker Hossler, 421. Bumpers — Pierce Krall, 279; Nic Mottillo, 271.
• Girls: Class A — Eva Brubaker, 695. Class B — Jordan Ile, 586. Class C — Anna Mincemoyer, 559. Class D — Paxton Horner, 636.
TEAM TOURNAMENT
• Class A: Me & Double D — Derek Deardorff, Declan Lentz, Evan Kimble, Mason Moore, 3002.
• Class B: Teletubbies — Brentin Sherman, Hunter Heinsey, Navada D’Andrea, Bryce Shaud, 2461.
• Class C: Donegal-Freed — Violet Bacci, Rowan Bacci, Mason Cusack, Blaine Freed, 2160.
• Class D: Leisure Rug Rats — Zoey Petrosky, Issac Richardson, Andrew Richardson, Garrett McKnight, 1804.
DOUBLES TOURNAMENT
• Class A: Kayla Wasche/Eva Brubaker, 1571.
• Class B: Bailey Boltz/Ashton Fritz, 1363.
• Class C: Priest McKenzie/Ayden Wright, 1237.
• Class D: Hunter Martin/Isaac Richardson, 1054.
• Bumpers: Stella Bailey/Allen Wolgemuth, 562.
2023-24 ADULT AWARDS
“FIRST EVER” CRYSTAL AWARDS
• Perfect games: Phil Boozer, Joe Brown, Cameron Brichta, Jason DeFrangesco, William Devine, Thomas Eckman, Joey Funck, Jamie Fultz, Brandon Hewitt, David Keshel, Chris Metanchuk, Norman Miller, Neil Miller, Alexander Nieves, Mark Powell, Kennan Price, Chris Quadarella, Mark Rissler, Daniel Secord, Travis Tatem, Rodney Tennant, Brad Thomas, Victor Villanvueva, Ronald Wilson, Bob Young.
• 800 series: Jeff Ault (824), Alex Bortz (866), Robert Bryan (867), Matt Buckwalter (800), Scott Carper (802), Jason DeFrangesco (867), John Gravely (802), Corey Hanna (819), Robin Heiney (814), Drew Jaquith (817), Brad Pohlmann (800), Mat Rigney (823), Zaccary Samuels (800), Ashley Sham (815), Zachary Sweigart (807), Travis Tatem (815), Jordan Wakefield (815), Clifton Wolfe (803), Daniel Yocum (805).
• 700 series: Jose Medina III (724), Anthony Richardson (713), Abraham Santiago (731), John Savoca (706).
LANCASTER USBC OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
• Handicap Team: Dyadic Bowling — Russell Dempsey Jr., Steven Arni, Chris Metanchuk, William Hemling, 3010.
• Doubles Handicap: Russell Dempsey Jr., William Hemling, 1523.
• Singles Handicap: Walt Goedkoop, 796.
• All Events Handicap: Russell Dempsey Jr., 2391.
• Scratch Team: #YCA — Jarred Poff, Christopher Green, Paul Wolfman, Eric Smith, 2996.
• Scratch Doubles: Kurtis Stidd, Scott Kinkaid; 1509.
• Scratch Singles: Eric Smith; 788.
• All Events: Eric Smith, 2303.
LANCASTER USBC WOMEN’S CCHAMPIONSHIPS
• Handicap Team: Oxford Scatterpins — Sandra Duvall-Wolfe, Kay Hoover, Lisa Dosenbach, Sharon Kulp, 2906.
• Handicap Doubles: Michell Savidge, Kay Hoover, 1415.
• Handicap Singles: Kay Hoover, Lisa Dosenbach, 761.
• Handicap All Events: Lisa Dosenbach, 2291.
• Scratch Team: Pure it Ladies — Jill Moore, Sherry Margucci, Christina Harti, Kerry Smith, 2553.
• Scratch Doubles: Jill Moore, Kerry Smith, 1384.
• Scratch Singles: Jill Moore, 696.
• Scratch All Events: Kerry Smith, 2115.
