Welcome to the Ten Spot Lanes USBC Team Page Next Year is our 35th Year Bowling the ABC/USBC Tournament Plus 18 years before I took over

First 10 Years Of Bowling

 

Host Cities for USBC Tournaments by Year

Reno 1984

 

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17 Years of bowling before I joined the team some of the previous members

Marvin Hofer currently is the team manager

Jerry Schneider
Harley Hoff
Al Sorenson
Grady Porter 1st yr
Marvin Hofer 17 yr
Jim Stokke
This is the team the year before I joined the team

Team originally started by Jim Lusk former State Secretary around 196? - Marvin Hofer took over the team in the late 70's

I will try to dig up some more information about the early years if any one has any information it would be appreciated

 

 

 

I will add pictures from all the previous years as they become available. If you have any previous years information please email to this address

 Le Roy

 

 

We have a lot of Pictures already and are available on cdrom up to 2013 if you would like one contact the team captain of this team and he will provide you with the CD ROM.
or we can zip them and email them to you.
Jim Lusk as far as I can tell originally started this team in the early 1960's approximately

 

 

Shift times for the team Tues 10:00 pm. We did not get done until 1:30am or 2am Wednesday at 4:30pm Sgls - Dbls.      Dates were March 11, and 12, 1984

 

This Team Originally started out as Jim Lusk's ABC team estimated in 1969 any further information would be appreciated, Jim did not ever bowl on the team, from the time I started with Marvin, and his first year of bowling the ABC was in the early 1960's according to him, he also did not bowl every year consecutively.

 

 

1985 Tulsa Oklahoma

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Shift times for the team 10:00 pm and 4:30 pm   next day Wednesday, dates are March 11, and 12, 1985

 

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1 Years

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Le Roy Krein   1yr
Grady Porter  2yr
Marvin Hofer  18 yr
Al Sorenson 2yr
Willie Wiesenberger 1yr

Team Existence 18 Years
Le Roy's First Year

Jerry Fercho did not show up we picked up a bowler don't remember the name

Grady Bowled with another Bis team the yr before

 

 This is Le Roy's first year on the team the same for Grady, we are the new boys on the team, our wives went along we stayed at the Union Plaza motel we are sitting on the beds talking in our room Grady Leroy were against the wall, Janette and Joy sat on the foot end, the door was open they

Nubs and  News of Events that have happened during our journey to all the different cities that have hosted the ABC Tournament

Grady - Leroy Partners Marvin - Al Partners        

While we were waiting for Marvin and Clarice, Grady and Janette were in our room waiting, we were just talking, the girls at the foot end of the bed by the door hallway, some guy walks into the room, when he sees Grady and I he runs out, we go out in the hall to check and there is a knife laying on the floor of the hall way that was not there before, so what do you think the guy was going to do with two women? and a knife!!!  Needless to say we closed the door and locked it. While we waited for Marvin and Clarice.

 

1986  Las Vegas Nevada

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Shift times for the team Tuesday 10:00 pm and Wednesday 4:30 pm  

Dates are March 11, and 12, 1986

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2 Years

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Grady Porter  3 yr
Le Roy Krein  2 yr
Marvin Hofer  19 yr
Al Sorenson  2 yr
Elmer Strobel  1 yr
Willie Wisenberger  2 yr

Team Existence 19 Years
Le Roy Krein- Grady Porter

Marvin Hoffer- Al Sorenson

Elmer's Strobel First year

Willies Wisenberger First Year

 

 

Willie drives with joy and I and sings and plays guitar all the way it was a blast. Except for the snow storm we had to drive through to get there. We could not see the hood of the car most of the trip.

Grady - Leroy  Dbls partners

Marvin - Al Sorenson partners

Elmer - Willie partners

 

 

1987  Niagara Falls NY

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Shift times for the team Tuesday 10:00 pm and Wednesday 4:30 pm  

Dates are March 11, and 12, 1987

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3 Years

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Daryl Bugner  1 yr
Grady Porter  4 yr
Le Roy Krein  3 yr
Marvin Hofer  20 yr
Al Rohde  1 yr
Willie Wisenberger  2 yr

Team Existence 20 Years
Daryl First Year

Marvin Hoffer- Daryl Bugner

Le Roy Krein - Grady Porter

Al Rhode - Willie Wisenberger

Al's Rohde First Year

 

 

Al Rohde and I fly this year Niagara has a snow storm we get rerouted out of buffalo our luggage gets sent some where else, and  doesn't show up until the next day and to top it all off we bowled at 10:30 that evening, luckily some of our equipment makes it in that evening before we bowl.

Grady drove and picked us up at the airport with only minutes to spare as we bowled in 1/2 hr from the arrival.

Grady and I are Dbls Partners

 

1988 Jacksonville Florida

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Shift times for the team Tuesday 10:00 pm and Wednesday 4:30 pm  

Dates are March 11, and 12, 1988

 

 

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4 Years

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Grady Porter  5 yr
Le Roy Krein  4 yr
Marvin Hofer  21 yr
Eric Engler  2 yr
Al Rohde  2 yr    Bismarck

Team Existence 21 Years
All Yrs are consecutive

Grady Porter- Le Roy Krein

Eric Engler - Al Rhode

Marvin Hoffer -Al Sorenson

 

 

We all flew into Orlando and drove up to Jacksonville it rained every morning like clock work at 8am til 9am just when we wanted to go for breakfast, on our way back from Jacksonville we get rerouted by the Highway patrol because of a forest fire inland and it was thick so we had to take a coastal road back to Orlando, and the traffic was terrible thank goodness we left early that morning,. after we made it past the fire zone we had to drive 100 miles per hr to make it to the airport because we were flying out at 10am that morning, when everyone woke up they couldn't believe that I was driving that fast speed limit was 75 at the time, but I said to them we don't have to worry 5 mins before a highway patrol men past me at a 100 + because he went by me like a bullet.

 

1989  Wichita Kansas

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Shift times for the team Tuesday 10:00 pm and Wednesday 4:30 pm  

Dates are March 11, and 12, 1989

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5 Years

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Grady Porter  6 yr
Marvin Hofer  22 yr
Al Rohde  3 yr
Le Roy Krein  5 yr
Eric Engler  3 yr

Team Existence 22 Years
Eric and LeRoy both bowl 700 in the Bowlers Journal Dbls Event Leave in the top Ten Listing End up in Twentieth

Grady Porter - Leroy Krein

Eric Engler - Al Rohde

Marvin Hoffer- Al Sorenson

 

 

Al and Leroy fly to Wichita and while we were there it was so windy it almost tore the doors off of the center we bowled at and lots of time the doors would blow open, they had a sand storm there so bad that the interstate was closed because it was impassable, plugged with sand.

 

 

1990  Reno Nevada

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Shift times for the team Tuesday 10:00 pm and Wednesday 4:30 pm  

Dates are March 11, and 12, 1990

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6 Years

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Le Roy Krein  6 yr
Marvin Hofer  23 yr
Al Rohde 4 yr
Eric Engler  4 yr
Jose Hernandez  1 yr TX

Team Existence 23 Years
1990 Companion Team
 Jim Bender1Year

The first year this team added a companion Team so someone did not have to sit out for team

Grady doesn't make it this year for some reason or another, so we end up picking up a sub for the tournament, Jose Hernandez, out of Texas and a very good bowler, bowls well with us and we cash in the team

 

Doubles Partners

We struggle to get a team together but manage

Marvin Hoffer - Leroy Krein

Al Rohde- Eric Engler

90 Scores for all team Members

 

1991  Toledo Ohio

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Shift times for the team Tuesday 10:00 pm and Wednesday 4:30 pm  

Dates are March 11, and 12, 1991

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7 Years

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Clarence Moch 1 yr
Daryl Lauer 1 yr
Al Rohde  5 yr
Le Roy Krein   7 yr
Engler Eric  5 yr
Marvin Hofer  24 yr

Team Existence 24 Years
1991 Companion Team
 Jim Bender2 Year

We didn't bowl so good as expected but several of us placed high in the side tournaments running in the other houses, Clarence and Darrell bowled the 10 game marathon the day we left for Toledo and drove all night so they could bowl with us the next evening, we bowled at 10:30pm so it gave them a little more time to make it to the team event, but not to much to spare, they made it in about 2 hours to spare we were all worried, but they finally showed up.

Doubles Partners

Clarence Moch 1st yr

Daryl's First Year

Clarence Moch - Daryl Lauer

Al Rhode - Eric Engler

Le Roy  Krein- Marvin Hofer

91 Scores for all team Members

 

1992 Corpus Christy  TX

 


Marvins,25th,Year,Plaque.

Marvin's 25 Year Plaque Congrats


25th Year Patch.

Marvins 25 year chevron

 

Shift times for the team Tuesday 10:00 pm and Wednesday 4:30 pm  

Dates are March 11, and 12, 1992

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8 Years

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Clarence Moch   2 yr
Le Roy Krein  8 yr
Al Rohde  6 yr
Marvin Hofer 25 yr
Eric Engler 6 yr

Team Existence 25 Years
1992 Companion Team
 Jim Bender3 Year

LeRoy Bowls 700 in team and two big 600's in Sgls and Dbls ends up leading all events in ABC for almost two weeks 1963 Total

 

 

 

Doubles Partners

Le Roy Krein- Marvin Hoffer

Al Rohde- Eric Engler

Clarence Moch - Mechanic from Capitol Lanes

 

 

1993 Tulsa Oklahoma

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Shift times for the team Tuesday 10:00 pm and Wednesday 4:30 pm  

Dates are March 11, and 12, 1993

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9 Years

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Clarence Moch  3 yr
Le Roy Krein  9 yr
Al Rohde  7 yr
Marvin Hofer  26 yr
Eric Engler  7 yr

Team Existence 26 Years
1993 Companion Team
 Jim Bender4 Year

 

LeRoy Bowls 300 game 700 Series in Bowlers Journal Dbls with Clarence Moch in the Doubles Place top 100

 

Doubles Partners

Marvin Hoffer - Le Roy Krein

Al Rohde - Eric Engler

Clarence Moch - Companion

93 Scores for all team Members

 

 

1994  Mobile Alabama

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Shift times for the team Tuesday 10:00 pm and Wednesday 4:30 pm  

Dates are March 11, and 12, 1994

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10 Years

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Clarence Moch   4 yr
Al Rohde   8 yr
Le Roy Krein   10 yr
Eric Engler   8 yr
Marvin Hofer  27 yr

Team Existence 27 Years
Companion Team
 Jim Bender5 Year

 

 

 

 

 

Doubles Partners

Marvin did not get a 25 yr plaque because they quit the 25 yr thing then started it again the next year Sorry Marvin you deserve the plaque.

Marvin Hoffer - Le Roy Krein

Al Rohde - Eric Engler

Clarence Moch - Companion