By Joe D’Amodio | damodio@siadvance.com
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Pete Labella’s 813 held up after the final weekend of qualifying in the 46th New Year Singles Classic at Rab’s Country Lanes.
Labella, who fired his big set on the tourney’s opening weekend nine days ago, will lead a star-studded 24-man field into Saturday’s finals set for 1 p.m. at Country.
Defending champ Steve Soss, who won in 2020, is second with an 812 followed by Chris McNichol (811) and Mike McNichol (790).
Joining them will be Island stalwarts Tim McAuliffe and his brother, Sean, Dan Dunleavy, Jeff Scire, Mike Endress and George Cretella, who has won this tournament six times. There’s also a handful of other scratch bowlers in the scratch finals capable of winning.
The cut to crack into the Top 24 was Mike Vignola’s 693.
46th NEW YEAR SINGLES CLASSIC
FINALISTS
BOWLER NET HCP GROSS
- Pete Labella Jr. 813 0 813 *
- Steve Soss 812 0 812 *
- Chris McNichol 811 0 811 *
- Mike McNichol 790 0 790*
- Tim McAuliffe 786 0 786 *
- Najee Mayers 768 0 768*
- Anthony Arias 760 0 760*
- Pierce Field 760 0 760*
- Robert Butler 753 0 753 *
- Jeff Martin 751 0 751
- Sean McAuliffe 743 0 743 *
- Dan Dunleavy 743 0 743 *
- Mike Gordon 714 27 741
- Jeff Scire 740 0 740 *
- Alby Pezzella 735 0 735 *
- John Drybznk 720 10 730
- George Cretella 726 0 726 *
- Frank Maloney 688 35 723
- Scott Walsh 699 21 720
- Mike Endress 719 0 719
- Don Pendelton 695 18 713
- Mike Vlassenko 699 12 711
- Russ Moran 617 84 701 *
- Mike Vignola 656 37 693 *
* denotes squad leader
Averages will be verified for accurate handicaps