2025 NEW YEAR’S DAY TOURNAMENT
The 11th annual Kingpin’s Alley New Year’s Day Tournament took place on Wednesday, January1, 2025. This year’s event featured a field of 77 bowlers. The tournament competitors bowled 8 games, moving pairs after each game.
We had four previous champions in the event this year. Steve Wagoner (2017), Matt Fazzone (2022), Brian LeClair (2019, 2020, 2021), and defending champion, JP Harrell.
The tournament pattern this year was Kegel Plutonium. This is a 39’ long pattern with a 2.21:1 ratio and 26.66ml of Kegel Ice oil. This pattern proved to be quite challenging as only 11 bowlers ended on the plus side after their 8 games. The overall tournament average for the day was 182.5.
This year Eddie Torres was our winner. Eddie, who had reservations about even bowling in this event, was the only bowler to shoot over 200 all eight games. Once Eddie got to the top spot, he never relinquished it. He did have to show up for the final game as his lead over Matt Fazzone going into game eight was just 30 pins. Fazzone finished in second place as he made a run for his second NYD title.
The top 12 bowlers cashed
|
PLACE |
BOWLER |
SCORE |
AVERAGE |
PRIZE |
|
1 |
Eddie Torres |
1812 |
226.50 |
$2000 |
|
2 |
Matt Fazzone |
1744 |
218.00 |
$1000 |
|
3 |
Ethan Crouse |
1704 |
213.00 |
$600 |
|
4 |
Nick Galusha |
1677 |
209.63 |
$500 |
|
5 |
Nick Wells |
1674 |
209.25 |
$460 |
|
6 |
Connor LeClair |
1661 |
207.63 |
$380 |
|
7 |
Steve Wagoner |
1651 |
206.38 |
$380 |
|
8 |
Billy McGaffin |
1636 |
204.50 |
$360 |
|
9 |
Steve Rock |
1625 |
203.13 |
$340 |
|
10 |
Brandon Boyer |
1605 |
200.63 |
$320 |
|
11 |
Donald Guest |
1600 |
200.00 |
$310 |
|
12 |
Zach Bogholtz |
1597 |
199.63 |
$300 |
In addition to the high game pots, there were also 270 brackets. Back again this year was the optional 16 game doubles in which bowlers could pair up with any number of partners to combine their scores for a 16-game total. The entry fee for this was $50 per team. There were 84 teams this year with 10 teams making money. Below are the results of the doubles event.
|
TEAM |
BOWLER 1 SCORE |
BOWLER 2 SCORE |
TOTAL |
|
Matt Fazzone / Nick Galusha |
1744 |
1677 |
3421 |
|
Nick Wells / Matt Fazzone |
1674 |
1744 |
3418 |
|
Connor LeClair / Matt Fazzone |
1661 |
1744 |
3405 |
|
Nick Wells / Nick Galusha |
1674 |
1677 |
3351 |
|
Connor LeClair / Nick Galusha |
1661 |
1677 |
3338 |
|
Steve Wagoner / Nick Galusha |
1677 |
1677 |
3328 |
|
Nick Wells / Steve Wagoner |
1674 |
1651 |
3325 |
|
Matt Fazzone / Taylor LeClair |
1744 |
1578 |
3322 |
|
Connor LeClair / Steve Wagoner |
1661 |
1651 |
3312 |
|
Eddie Torres / Dave Handlowich |
1812 |
1499 |
3311 |
Kingpin’s Alley says “Thank you” to all the bowlers who came out and bowled. We also thank the spectators who took the time to come to watch these great bowlers.
We also extend our appreciation to our great staff and the volunteers including “Dangerous” Dan and Maryanne.
Eddie Torres is holding his championship trophy and ceremonial prize check after he won the 2025 New Year’s Day Tournament. KPA Proprietor, Doug Bohannon pictured on the left presenting Eddie’s awards