Category: Midwestern Sector

Congratulations to The Alliance team for their 1st Place finish in the 2024 US Bocce Nationals in the Open A Tournament. Team Alliance is a combination of players from New York and Michigan. Brad Thayer, from Long Island and a staple of the American Bocce Club and Methuen Sons of Italy, is not a stranger […]

Tom Holleman, President of the Highwood Bocce Club, can now add Gold Medalist to his list of bocce accomplishments. Holleman won first place today out of a field of 22 who are from New York to California and all across the USA. With another fascinating display of bocce expertise during the past 5 days, Anthony […]

What a remarkable feat! Between Monday June 24th and today, Friday June 28th, Courtney Strickland won a hat trick of Gold Medals. Today she won the Gold Medal in the 2024 Women’s Precision Raffa Shooting Championship in addition to top place in the Mixed Doubles PRV and Women’s Doubles PRV events. Lauren McDermott, another great […]

Courtney Strickland. Wow! Incredible! Congratulations for winning the 2024 Women’s Singles PRV Bocce National Championship. Courtney also won Gold this week with Anthony LaBarbera in the Mixed Doubles Championship, and they finished 2nd together in 2023. Both hail from Greater Chicago and play at Mazzini Verdi and Highwood Bocce Club. In addition, Courtney was the […]

The 2024 US Bocce Men’s PRV Champion is none other than, Jose Botto. Botto has been a multiple time national champion over the last 20 years after moving to the USA from Argentina. For the past 12 years, in other tournaments, he has been teammates with runner up, Hunter Gallero. Gallero is also an exceptional […]

Anthony LaBarbera and Courtney Strickland are the Champions of the 2024 US Bocce Mixed Doubles Punto Raffa Volo Tournament at the IABC in St. Louis, MO. Congratulations to the duo who are from the Greater Chicago area. They often play at the Highwood Bocce Club. This is Anthony’s 2nd Gold Medal this week. Yesterday he […]

This year’s Men’s Doubles Punto Raffa Volo Gold Medal goes to the Anthony LaBabera and Maurizo Perrelli of Team Mazzini Verdi. They are from the Chicago area and play at the Mazzini Verdi Bocce Club as well as the Highwood Bocce Club. Congratulations, guys, on your top place finish in the US Bocce National Championships! […]

Congratulations to Gina Imo and Teresa Passaglia of the St. Louis Dreamers for winning the Gold Medal in the Women’s Doubles PRV bocce tournament. The event is the first event of the 2024 US Bocce Nationals this summer in St. Louis, MO at the Italia America Bocce Club. Gina is a local to the host […]

(Check back with the blog and Nationals Results Page for updates during the week) The opening ceremonies of the 2024 US Bocce Nationals kick off on Sunday, June 23, 2024 at 6:00 PM with a welcoming party as well. On Saturday, June 29, the games will wrap up and the Awards Ceremony will be held […]