Shultz wins 2024 Warren Senior Masters tournament

Submitted photo Warren Senior Masters Tournament Director Ted Snyder, right, presents the winner’s check to the 2025 champion, Bobby Shultz.
The finals of the 2024 Joe Scarnecchia Warren Senior Masters Bowling Tournament were held at Freeway Lanes, Sunday, with Bobby Shultz earning his first Senior Masters title.
Shultz rolled a 695 series in the 3-game qualifying round to earn the top seed in the stepladder finals.
The first stepladder match featured third seed Brad Huey defeating fourth seed Shawn Ruddy, 225-202. In the second match, Huey lost to second seed Jeff Czerniak, 269-179, with Czerniak advancing to face Shultz for the championship. Shultz defeated Czerniak, 208-185, to earn his first Warren Senior Masters title.
Rounding out the top-eight finishers were Jim Valentine (fifth place), Rick Adams (sixth place), Bud Hatfield (seventh place) and Bill Bahny (eighth place).