Garden City, NY: Less than a year ago Lisa LaGuarino was having surgery on her shoulder. Today she is holding her second LIGBT trophy by winning LIGBT’s sport shot event at AMF Garden City. Lisa, who is a medical billing supervisor from N. Bellmore, NY, won the $1,000 top prize with a 230 to defeat second place finisher Ferrill McNeill, Bronx, NY who shot a 201 and earned $500. Rounding out the top 4 was third place finisher Jimmy Walsh, Glen Cove, NY with a 186 worth $300 and fourth went to Lloyd Gregory, Jamaica, NY with 178 worth $250.
The final shootout was a low scoring event as there were many opens throughout the 10 frames. Lisa stayed clean for the first 6 frames which gave her a slight lead. But when she doubled in the last 2 frames she secured her second LIGBT title. Ferrill stayed close but couldn’t figure out the right lane. When he opened in the 9th frame his title hopes were dashed and he settled for second place. Jimmy stayed close early but had too many late opens to finish third. Lloyd started with 4 opens and could never recover and had to settle for fourth place.
The AMF Garden City event drew a nice fall crowd of 101 entries (up 10% from last year), advanced 17 bowlers to the finals and paid out $4,460. The cut score in both squads was 705 on the “Autobahn” pattern. High series of the tournament was shot by our champion Lisa with a 787 in the second squad. The wildcard winner was Tony Jimenez, Massapequa Park, NY with a 1385 series. No one hit the no-tap jackpot and it is now worth $586.
LIGBT’s next tournament is a house shot event at Astoria Bowl on Sunday, September 24th. Top prizes are guaranteed at $1,000-$500-$300-$250 with 1 in 6 each squad advancing to the finals and guaranteed a minimum of $100. Entry fees are $80 & $70. To view the final results of the AMF Garden City event please visit www.ligbtour.com. The LIGBT is sponsored by Kegel, Randi Siegel Law Offices, Torch Bowling, Knockout Ball Cleaner and CLS Custom Upholsterers.