{"id":86133,"date":"2026-01-01T01:24:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T01:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/86133\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T01:24:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T01:24:07","slug":"staten-island-bowling-farrell-alums-claim-new-years-eve-battle-of-the-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/86133\/","title":{"rendered":"Staten Island bowling: Farrell alums claim New Year\u2019s Eve Battle of the Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"BE667TYKDBBSDH4LRQEVGL656I\">STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. &#8212; The Monsignor Farrell alumni team captured the annual New Year\u2019s Eve Battle of the Schools Wednesday at Rab\u2019s Country Lanes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"7KZE3J4BY5EI5EMBRHNCMCF6OA\">The winning quintet, consisting of Rob D\u2019Onofrio, Nick Siggia, Dan Dunleavy, Steve McNichol and Scott Porto, toppled Susan Wagner, 457-441, during a two-game Baker format (alternating shots) in the title game of the tourney, which has been become of the most popular events on the bowling calendar. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"WXUH4OW43NCOLAUX4YYFCEQI5E\">The Lions were seeded second after 10 games of qualifying, while SW was fourth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"5H4OXIGUKJGZRJHWYHMLTETJEA\">Top-seeded McKee\/Staten Island Tech 2 fell to SW, 477-419 in the semifinals, while Farrell beat No. 3 seed St. Peter\u2019s, 457-373, in the other semifinal. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"C62NQRBUZNAR7O35FG4TTGEGOM\">As in the past, this tourney is not just about competition, it\u2019s about giving back. Bowlers not only compete for bragging rights, but their winnings are donated back to their alma maters\u2019 bowling programs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"JCWMEDQN3ZAQ5DANSCTODHHAFY\">&#8220;In conjunction with the Rab\u2019s Wilkinson foundation and the participating bowlers, we were able to award $2000 to local high school bowling,&#8221; said tournament director Michael Ruffe. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"TB6BL3IDDRCWVIBYX24T7XILAI\">The winning squad earned $1,000 for the Farrell bowling program, while Susan Wagner earned $500 for the Falcons\u2019 bowlers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"IBWKF5WL2FHDDLQOIPO5RFO3TA\">MSIT 2 and St. Peter\u2019s split $500 to go to their respective high school programs. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"3VMR2RYABJECDBCVQUMFMDE3WA\">***<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"X3DGVDV4RNFHVMIYRTOW67XRJM\">NOTES: In all, Ruffe reported that the tourney attracted 78 bowlers, comprising 16 teams across 11 participating schools &#8230; Full results can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/bowlatrabs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">bowlatrabs.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Standings after qualifyingMckee \/ Tech 22202Farrell2194St Peters 12172Wagner 12157<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. &#8212; The Monsignor Farrell alumni team captured the annual New Year\u2019s Eve Battle of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86134,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-86133","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-staten-island","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-staten-island","12":"tag-staten-island-headlines","13":"tag-staten-island-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}