Yonkers Bocce Club Winter Open - photos & captions by Jeff O'Heir. "Gabe Franco's pinpoint shooting helped his team take first place."

The tourney was one of the first USBF sanctioned tournaments in southern New York. Above = "Bill Bica's dead-on pointing propelled his crew to second place."

"Maybe the team calisthenics helped. Bob Bohdan lines up for one of his killer points."

"Gaetano Taormina, Robert Azzari and Frank DeSantis follow the lag."

"Teammates Frank and Guy DeSantis and Chris Giordano look for a winning frame." {Entry fee included a USBF membership card and an all-you-could-eat buffet catered by PIEzano's Pizza and Pasta of Yonkers.}

"Dino Vitti reads the court and plays the angle for one of his many tight points, which eventually helped his team capture first."

"Andy Hart and Dan Piselli plot a course that led them to fourth place. "

"Art and Rasheed Tyson take the offense."

"Jack Bilancia swept the courts right to first place."

"Dino Vitti plans his strategy."

"Members of the third place Lunch Bunch - J.T. Puryear, Gregor Sayet-Bone, (second-place winner Bob Bohdan center) and Peter Sayet - show importance of that first cup of coffee."

Guy DeSantis, Mount Vernon Mayor Clinton Young and USBF vice president Pete Rabito.