Dorko’s Cafe

or, “too much time on your hands”.  one or the other . . . .  

there are two teams going up to States (in Tresckow PA) this weekend. they are:

Doug Troutman

Damien Zigler

Chrissy Schu

Dave Wolfgang

and the team of

Young Joe Zaharik

Nate Dobeck

Dennis Conti

we wish the the best of luck in the efforts to advance to the finals!!!

draft day is behind us, and next Tuesday night marks the beginning of the Spring Dart Season.  here are the teams . . .

S.W.A.T.

Joe Swatski

Joe Remash

Pete Dowkus

Jon Jon

Aaron

Team Trout

Douggie Trout

Dave Wolfgang

Young Joe Zaharik

Josh Mall

Mikey Z.

Andy Dowkus 

Team Dobek

Nate Dobek

S. Sinko

Lukie

Joel Hampton

Varano

Joe Dowkus

Team Zig

D. Zigler

John Polites

Gary Kozak

Reedy

Mutzy

John Gilbert

once again, we start Tuesday, and the schedule will be posted by then at the front dartboard.

over the past weekend two dart teams from Dorko’s went down to Emmaus to shoot in a preQualifier for the National Dart Tournament of American Darts.  Teams the place in the top positions in these preQualifying events earn a seeded position when the quaifiers for Nationals begin later in the year.  they also earn byes should exist when the final tournament brackets are drawn up.

Shooting this past week were . . .

 Dorko’s I:

Corey Hepler

Doug Trouman

Damien Zigler

and Dorko’s II

Nate Dobek

Young Joe Zaharik

Dennis Conti

i’m happy to say that both teams finished in the top 4, and qualify for seeded entry into the next level of the event!  in fact, Nate/Joe/Dennis WON the EVENT, so a big round of congratulations goes out to Dorko’s II for taking First Place over the weekend!!

got this from the email box of Rich Persing . . .

This past season was a tale of two teams.  In the first half, Doug Trout and his team jumped out to a strong lead and never looked back, finishing at 15-3.  In the second half, Team Dormer put up a 16-2 record.  Obviously the big dogs were going to be out tonight as the two teams squared off in the Championship.

Before the first dart was thrown, two things were already decided.

High Average of the Season went to Ed Dormer as he shot a 41.2

High Game of the Season went to Chrissy Schu for a 56 game.

Tonight’s action began with Team Trout taking down the first game.  In the second game, Team Dormer came roaring back shooting a season high team score of 254. 

In the bully game, Team Trout jumped out to a lead that they never relinquished.  So, I present to you our reigning Champions . . .

 (top) Chrissy Schu, Doug Trout, Nate Dobek, Mike Zanella (bottom) Pat M., Josh Mall, Gary Kozak

Congratulations to everyone who shot tonight (unpictured: Aaron, Randy K, Joe Remash, Joe Zaharik).  it was a great effort by both teams, and a fitting end to a season filled with fun.

Cheers!!!!

Yesterday was the inaugural running of the Dorko’s Winter Classic dart tournament.  The tournament featured 3-man teams with an average cap of 110.  During the course of the afternoon, several players were able to elevate their game while the lights were shining. 

Ed Dormer led individual shooters with an average of 47.7 on the afternoon.  That includes a day-high 57 game.  Not far behind was Joe Swatski, who averaged 46.5 with a high game of 56.

Mark Rohlfling also had a good day, averaging 43.8 with a high game of 51.  

Individual performances aside, in the end, two teams seemed destined to meet in the finals.  And when the dust settled, here’s how things ended.

1st Place - Dennis Conti, Joe Swatski, Young Joe Zaharik

2nd Place - Nate Dobek, Douggie Troutman, Damien Zigler

A big round of congratulations to everyone who was able to make it out and spend the day competing, and a special round of applause the winners!  Way to go guys!

For the spreadsheet with all of the days scores - click here.

i saw this online this afternoon, and it took a while to make it stop moving!

i came across this old picture recently, and realized it never made it to the site, so i’m adding a snapshot of the Dorko’s Softball team, circa 1997.  if anyone wants a full scale copy of the pict for printing, let me know.