NEWSLINE STORY
published November – December 2016
RESULTS: Individual State Tournaments
as reported by a Chapter Representative
>> Illinois State Championship Tournament
Mens Class Wins Losses Ringer %
Austin Bailey 10 1 65.79
Gary Urish 9 2 61.18
Jim Spidle Jr. 7 3 57.01
Collin Korte 7 3 55.48
Michael Knop 6 4 53.24
Lester Dumstroff 5 5 47.90
Dennis Griesbaum 4 6 46.90
Steve Marshall 3 7 50.60
Daniel Broeckling 2 8 48.45
Jeffrey Baldwin 2 8 37.56
Robert Donjon 1 9 42.92
Wins Losses Ringer %
30’ Mens Class A Kenneth Schaver 8 1 67.44
30’ Mens Class B Paul Littlefield 6 0 51.25
30’ Mens Class C Tom Wilke 6 1 49.64
30’ Mens Class D Gene Glazik 6 1 37.86
30’ Mens Class E Kenneth Hopp 10 0 28.75
Mens Class B Steve Denault 9 2 53.64
Mens Class C Harold Brown 8 2 36.00
Mens Class D Roger Kitner 10 2 35.00
Mens Class E Tim Fisher 9 2 31.59
Mens Class F Nick Cocquit 6 1 21.43
Mens Class G Robbie Donjon 8 1 26.94
Mens Class H Alan Phelps 7 1 18.44
Womens Championships Wins Losses Ringer %
Denise Daly 4 0 67.37
Womens Class A-1 Denise Daly 4 0 63.13
Womens Class A-2 Jill Moallankamp 3.5 0.5 40.63
Womens Class B Melissa Holden 7 2 37.50
Womens Class C Donna Severit 5 1 24.58
Womens A Kelly Haxton 4 1 30.00
Womens B Linda Hycnar
Junior Mixed Championship Wins Losses Ringer %
Brody Fisher 3 1 30.00
>> Wisconsin State Championship Tournament
Mens Class Wins Losses Ringer %
Ken Heinritz 7 1 51.63
Jeff Gustafson 6 2 46.29
Lonny Transgrud 4 3 50.84
Randy Rein 3 4 49.71
Jeff Mauthe 3 4 41.52
Tory Jeske 2 5 45.24
Dean Chaffee 2 5 43.92
John Meyer 2 5 43.53
Wins Losses Ringer %
Mens Class A Jeff Mauthe 6 1 52.50
Mens Class B Rick Weller 6 1 38.57
Mens Class C Gary Wegner 6 2 34.38
Mens Class D Russ Heinritz 7 0 38.21
Mens Class E Joel Ramsdell 7 0 31.79
Mens Class F Eddie Wisniewski 7 0 30.36
Mens Class G Fred Lane 6 1 17.96
Mens Class H Kevin Aarstad 6 1 15.71
Womens Class Wins Losses Ringer %
Aleena Lepak 5 0 65.65
Penny Steinke 4 1 68.47
Toni Sloper 2 3 44.00
Glenda Lawver 3 2 41.15
Cindy Castellano 1 4 39.72
Jane Smith 1 4 31.25
Wins Losses Ringer %
Womens Class A Jane Smith 7 0 43.21
Womens Class B Elaine Troullier 6 1 31.07
Womens Class C Lori Lazaris 4 1 30.71
Elders Class Wins Losses Ringer %
Larry Grabowski 7 0 62.50
Jim Bilderback 6 1 64.81
Ron Button 4 3 53.90
Glenn Bogenschneider 3 4 54.41
Bruce Mclinn 3 4 46.37
Bernard Carley 3 4 45.32
Leo Richter 1 6 45.00
John Brophy 1 6 43.29
Wins Losses Ringer %
Elders Class A Bernard Carley 6 1 49.29
Elders Class B John Brugger 6 1 42.50
Elders Class C Dennis Wegner 5 1 38.16
Junior Boys Wins Losses Ringer %
Gunnar David 7 0 61.61
Blake Lazaris 6 1 45.65
Mason Bisch 5 2 37.35
Steven Lazaris 4 3 28.26
Cole Transgsrud 3 4 23.12
Gabe Burgin 2 5 19.06
Nicholas Prasalowicz 1 6 16.55
Isaac Wegner 0 7 20.00
Cadet Boys Wins Losses Ringer %
Kane Kuester 7 0 18.57
Brandon Benzing 5 2 18.57
Black Benzing 5 2 15.38
Carter Poppe 5 2 6.67
Jedidiah Sowatzke 3 4 8.57
Bradley Benzing 2 5 0.94
Connor Kildahl 1 6 0.47
Junior Girls Wins Losses Ringer %
Sarah Chaffee 5 0 64.58
Brooke Lazaris 4 1 49.14
Krystal Lazaris 3 2 18.38
Eliza Volz 2 3 2.54
Lillyan Kildahl 1 4 6.72
Ella Volz 0 5 0.83
>> Missouri State Championship Tournament
Mens Class Wins Losses Ringer %
Stan Griggs 10 1 62.8
Randy Grady 9 2 64.6
Steve Johnson 9 2 63.7
Larry McAfee 8 3 57.6
James Driver 7 4 59.2
Michael Bowman 7 4 56.3
Andrew Foulds 4 7 50.2
Jim Renfro 4 7 47.0
Gary Roehrig 3 8 51.1
Pete Ploss 3 8 48.2
Virgle McCown 2 9 45.3
David Schneider 0 11 40.0
Wins Losses Ringer %
Mens Class A Joei Welker 7 1 45.3
Mens Class B Ron Highley 6 1 37.1
Mens Class C Kevin Chambers 6 1 24.6
Mens Class D John Steele 7 1 31.1
Mens Class E Gary Norment 7 1 33.6
Mens Class F Bret Heimsness 6 1 28.6
Mens Class G Robert Riley 7 2 26.8
Mens Class H Bob Hembrock 7 0 16.7
Mens Class I Andrew Tucker 7 0 19.8
Mens Class J Louis Schmidt 6 1 15.9
Mens Class K Johnathan Griffith 7 0 17.1
Womens Class Wins Losses Ringer %
Lachelle Cook 7 0 74.1
Gina Baker 5 2 54.6
Donra McCown 5 2 50.3
Cori Stoverink 4 3 50.0
Melanie Zerr 3 4 57.1
Terrie Rose 2 5 50.7
Audra Craven 2 5 49.3
Karen Goldizen 0 7 35.1
Wins Losses Ringer %
Womens Class A Laura Johnson 6 1 38.9
Womens Class B Kelcee Davault 6 2 34.1
Womens Class C Megan Riley 7 2 20.0
30’ Mens Class Wins Losses Ringer %
Rich Altis 7 0 81.7
Edward Pashia 5 2 73.8
Edward Griffith 4 3 65.4
Gregg Craven 3 4 67.5
Jerry Weller 3 4 65.3
Ray Plute 3 4 64.4
Mick Gillette 3 4 63.9
Jim Howard 0 7 50.3
Wins Losses Ringer %
30’ Mens Class A George Lawler 7 0 57.5
30’ Mens Class B Al Constance 7 1 41.8
30’ Mens Class C Gary Null 6 1 37.1
30’ Mens Class D Dan Hobbs 7 0 44.2
30’ Mens Class E Dick Byersdorfer 5 0 35.6
30’ Mens Class F Darrell Plowman 7 0 28.8
Junior Boys Class Wins Losses Ringer %
Devin Wetzel 5 1 48.0
Nathan Evers 4 2 48.4
Dalton Reeves 1 4 44.4
Junior Girls Class Wins Losses Ringer %
Savanna Johnson 2 3 48.6
*Girls State Champion pitched with Boy’s and Cadet’s Championship Class.
Cadets Class Wins Losses Ringer %
Leon Wolken 3 3 44.6
Ryan Schepers 2 4 43.9
>> Hawaii State Championship Tournament
Mens Class Melvin Eli (48.05)
Womens Class Tiffany Lastimosa (48.50)
Senior Men Howard Kamoku, Sr. (23.00)
Elders Class Joseph Koko (33.00)
Junior Class Kaohu Guiterrez-Kelly (19.00)
Individual Class Results
Wins Losses Ringer %
A Class Wyatt Kamoku 7 2 41.67
Linda Taketa 6 3 54.72
Melvin Eli 6 3 49.17
Wins Losses Ringer %
B Class John Kaua 8 2 27.78
Joseph Koko 7 3 24.17
Kimo Zablan 6 2 1875
*Playoff for 1st place
Wins Losses Ringer %
C Class Lopaka Kamoku 7 2 19.17
Cindy Lund 6 3 20.56
Howard Kamoku 5 2 21.57
Wins Losses Ringer %
D Class Keoki Fernandez 7 2 13.57
Elijah Taguchi 6 3 8.57
>> California State Championship Tournament
Mens Class Wins Losses Ringer %
Marcus Santillana 10 1 58.58
Rick Bermingham 9 2 58.03
Donald George 9 2 49.63
Artura Rodriguez 8 3 48.13
Dave Lane 6 5 47.19
Hoss Moreno 5 6 45.35
Rick Thompson 5 6 43.82
Gary Nakamoto 5 6 42.88
Salvador Delgado 4 7 43.99
Jeff Merrill 2 9 40.41
Eddie Montoya 2 9 36.13
Charles Valdepena 1 10 33.85
Wins Losses Ringer %
Mens Class B Mike Hammer 8 3 43.86
Mens Class C Jorge Romero 8 1 38.33
Mens Class D Israel Wingate 9 1 37.00
Mens Class E Kevon Cornejo 9 1 32.75
Mens Class F Frank Romero 11 2 31.36
Mens Class G Dave Nelson 10 2 28.96
Mens Class H Trevor Hinkle 9 2 25.23
Mens Class I Morgan Phillips 10 3 26.35
Mens Class J Daniel Ramos 9 2 17.27
Mens Class K Dean Robinson 9 1 19.75
Womens Class Wins Losses Ringer %
Sandra Johnson 10 0 61.01
Sheila Garner 6 4 34.76
Debra Belvail 5 5 33.07
Marisela Mauricio 5 5 32.36
Cathy Kauffman 4 6 29.49
Joey Nelson 0 10 22.62
Wins Losses Ringer %
Womens Class B Mona Snodgrass 9 1 19.25
Elders Class Wins Losses Ringer %
Mike Oberlander 6 1 53.78
John Garcia 5 2 57.22
Joe Sciarra 4 3 57.41
Roger Slaughter 4 3 49.46
Terry Farrell 3 4 53.93
Marlin Jay 3 4 50.00
Robert Baum 2 5 40.11
Brian Harris 1 6 41.98
Wins Losses Ringer %
Elders Class B John Bettencourt 5 1 45.42
Elders Class C Anthony Lombardi 6 0 40.00
Elders Class D Joe Aldana 7 1 36.25
Elders Class E Robert Schiller 4.5 0.5 21.67
Sr. Mens Class Wins Losses Ringer %
Paul Hopkins 11 1 47.06
Robert Mullins 9 3 45.73
Donald Henry 9 3 42.09
John Barney 7 5 32.24
Dave Koch 3 9 31.74
Charles Castelo 2 10 33.39
Roy West 1 11 25.88
Jr. Boys Class Wins Losses Ringer %
Joseph Valedepena 10 1 50.73
Jimmy Phillips 9 3 50.25
Kevin Kyle 6 4 24.45
Luke Zepponi 4 6 25.11
Nicholas Campoy 2 8 8.65
Anthony Valenzuela 0 10 12.13
Jr. Girls Class Wins Losses Ringer %
Elissa Bishop 2 8 9.50
Cadets Class Wins Losses Ringer %
Dillon Kyle 6 2 36.88
Zeke Merrill 2 6 31.56
>> Colorado State Championship Tournament
Mens Champion Bryan Wilson (42.33)
Mens Class A Danner Bartlett (33.06)
Mens Class B Alan Desjardins (34.17)
Mens Class C Joe Martinez (20.71)
Mixed Class D Philip Timberma (23.13)
Mixed Class E Matt Brickell (18.13)
Womens Champion Sheila Shepard (57.89)
Womens Class A Jeanette Gonzales (34.29)
Womens Class B Lisa Fernandez (30.50)
Elders Champion Rich Pintor (66.50)
Elders Class A Mel Yockstick (53.21)
Elders Class B Isidore Garcia (35.00)
Jr. Boys Champion Matthew Medina (36.88)
Cadets Champion Amylynn Medina (12.50)
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