The South team, receiving contributions up and down its 12-man roster, defeated the North, 66 1/2 to 56 1/2, on Saturday afternoon to win the 23rd annual Karl Marth Cup Match at Medina Lanes.
The South's victory ended a five-year winning streak for the North squad, which now leads the series 13-10. The match is named for the late Karl Marth, a Hall of Famer who bowled at Oak Orchard Bowl in Albion when it was part of the former Batavia Bowling Association.
Teams are divided by location, with most of the North bowlers residing in the Medina/Albion areas and most of the South bowlers residing in the Batavia/Pavilion areas.
Competition -- all scratch -- took place in Doubles, Singles, Baker Doubles and Baker 4-Person Team events, with points awarded for game and match victories in the four categories.
Trailing by three points entering the final event, Baker Team, the South swept two of the three matches en route to a 20-7 margin. The winning teams were Brett Van Duser, Matt Slocum, Ed Doody and Dean Cadieux Jr, who posted 664 for three games, and Joe Trigilio, Fred Gravanda, Mike Pettinella and Paul Spiotta, who totaled 662 for three games.
The North opened the match by taking 13 of 24 points in Doubles, with victories by Rob Sease and Jason Mahnke (892 for two games), Jim Foss and Scott Shields (904) and Aaron Verheyn and Scott Gibson (880) leading the way. VanDuser/Slocum (975), Trigilio/Gravanda (941) and Rick Saunders/Jim Pursel (924) won their matches for the South.
The South rallied in Baker Doubles to even the match, with VanDuser/Slocum, Doody/Cadieux Jr. and Geoff Harloff/Gregg Wolff posting victories for the South, before the North bounced back to win the Singles event by three points.
Singles winners for the North were Mike Allis (486 for two games), Foss (471), Rich Culver (458), Gibson (441), Tom Allis (419) and Sease (411). Singles winners for the South were Spiotta (471), Gravanda (467), Trigilio (459), Saunders (429), Pettinella (424) and Cadieux Jr. (412).
Gravanda averaged 247 for his four matches to earn the Scott Wright Memorial Outstanding Bowler Award. He posted 521 for his two Doubles games to go with his 467 in Singles.
Gibson rolled a 290 game, stringing 11 strikes after an opening spare, and Sease and Culver combined for a Baker-style 300 game (where bowlers alternate each frame).
Doody was the captain of the South squad, which gets to hold on to the Karl Marth Cup for a year, and Tom Allis captained the North team.
Photo at top -- South team members, from left, Brett Van Duser, Matt Slocum, Joe Trigilio, Dean Cadieux Jr., Geoff Harloff, Paul Spiotta, Ed Doody, Fred Gravanda, Rick Saunders, Jim Pursel, Gregg Wolff and Mike Pettinella.
