By Staten Island Advance Sports Desk
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Mickey Endress, bowling scratch, rolled games of 267, 241 and 243 en route to a 751 pinfall and the early qualifying lead in the 44th Staten Island Singles Classic — A Donnie Walters Tradition — Saturday at Rab’s Country Lanes.

“I think the shot was very fair and it gave an emphasis on shot making and leaving makable spares,” said Endress. “I bowled on tough stuff before so I’m confident on those types of shots especially when I leave makable spares on my misses… I had only three opens today so that was key for me.”

Melissa Kammerer currently sits in second place with a 734 set and is followed by Steve Chiarella (724) and CJ Cariffe (724), who are tied for third, and Sal Fabozzi (717), who is currently fifth.

Chiarella (1991) was one of seven past champions who competed on the opening day of the event. The others are three-time winner Jeff Scire (’95, ‘18′, 19), Sean McAuliffe (’07), Alan Liu (’10), Bill Salvatore (’12), Michele Dash (’15) and Todd David (’17)

The current cut is only 607, but that will change for sure

Qualifying continues next weekend for six more squads slated for Saturday and Sunday at 1, 3 and 5 p.m. each day.

For the full standings click here.

Standings after first weekend

Name Scratch W/Hcp

1 Mickey Endress* 751 751

2 Melissa Kammerer** 710 734

3 Steve Chiarella** 721 724

3 CJ Cariffe* 679 724

5 Sal Fabozzi 687 717

6 Tim McAuliffe 714 714

7 Steve Miglino 686 686

8 Joe Lampariello 665 665

9 Josh Warner 599 635

10 Joe Scianna 634 634

11 Rob Butler 630 630

11 Joseph Vann 606 630

13 Tom Hollywood Jr. 629 629

14 Sean McAuliffe 626 626

14 Steve Miglino 626 626

16 Michelle Dash 552 624

17 Anthony Everts 615 618

17 Jeff Scire 618 618

19 Robert Devito 584 617

20 Russell Moran 547 616

21 Alan Liu 614 614

22 Jeff Martin 611 611

23 John Schnellbacher 574 610

24 Adam Abdelaziz 595 607

Unofficial: Pending 4/3/2022 Average Verification

* Denotes Squad Leader

** Denotes High Female / Senior