Howard Peterson - Bowling
Joe Mullenax rolls perfect game
Joe Mullenax rolled a 300 game in his 703 set at White Oak Lanes, turning in the fourth perfect game of this season and the third at White Oak Lanes.
J.M. Sites bowled the top score at White Oaks scoring, 774/278. Troy Cubbage was next high, rolling 741/258.
Corey Shirey’s 758/275 was the top mark at The Bowler for the week. Ron King’s 710/268 was next high on their scoring list.
At Wilson Lanes, Joe Buff and Bob Greene led the scoring during the week. Buff bowled 743/249 and Greene rolled 734/249.
Rodney Helsley bowled 709/247 for the high at Rainbow Lanes. C.P. Sines followed, scoring 651/236.
Shawn Opel was highest at Sherwood Lanes, bowling 697/247. Derek Monahan’s 641/221 was next high.
In the PBA Experience League at White Oaks, Mike Brobst was highest, rolling 711/267. Chad Gable and Derek Yates were next, rolling 697/256 and 622/245 respectively.
Crystal Uhl was the area’s top lady bowler for the week rolling 698/265 at The Bowler. Missy Yates was next, scoring 656/236.
Alice Monahan scored 572/212 at Sherwood Lanes for that center’s ladies’ high.
Dee Self also rolled a 572 set with a high game of 237 for the ladies’ high at Rainbow Lanes. Lou Dille’s 560/198 was next high at that center.
Autumn Gable rolled 568/217 as the top lady bowler at White Oaks. Michele Hitchens was next, scoring 551/215.
Julie Greene’s 546/187 was the ladies’ high at Wilson Lanes. Robbin Watts was next, rolling 525/181.
Glenn Bell rolled 642/241 at The Bowler and was the area’s top senior bowler for the week. Senior, Pat Logsdon bowled 529/210 at White Oak Lanes.
The top youth bowler in the local area for the week was Amanda Greene. She rolled 748/279 in the Friday Adult/Junior League at Wilson Lanes. Danny Walch’s 630/244 was the youth high at The Bowler and Charles Abernathy’s 606/225 was Rainbow’s youth high. Tanner Smith bowled 559/222 at White Oak Lanes.
I am always wondering when bowlers will finally realize how destructive missing spares can be on your scoring and, of course, reflected in your current average. Especially those bowlers who throw a hooking ball at the 10-pin (right-handed bowlers) don’t give themselves any chance at all of making it. The ball either goes in the channel or else it passes by the 10-pin on the inside.
Try keeping a full record of a few of your games listing all the spare chances and the pins involved. Then recalculate the scores when half of the spares are converted and also when all of the spares are made. You will be surprised at the differences. Maybe it will convince you to get serious about practicing or even buying a plastic ball just for converting 10-pin spares.
Good luck bowling and have fun striking out!
Howard “Pete” Peterson is the bowling columnist for the Times-News. He can be reached at petesbowling@atlanticbb.net
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Lease’s 792/269 week’s high
Buck Lease scored a pair of 700’s during the week including the area high of 792/269 at The Bowler. Travis Walters scored a big 289 game and 736 set and was next high.
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Smith rolls 300 game, Coughlin 700 set
Troy Smith rolled another perfect game scoring 695/300 in the Thursday Night Mixed League at White Oak Lanes.
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Greene’s 788/299 week’s top score
Bob Greene rolled a near perfect 299 game and 788 set for the week’s top score in the local area. Greene also scored a 747 set that same evening.
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Evans, Williams roll 300
Shawn Evans in the County League at The Bowler rolled a perfect game in his 698 set. In the AARP Seniors League, Paul Williams also scored a perfect game in his 705 set. Too bad that league in not sanctioned, missing out on national recognition plus personal awards.
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Davis perfect, Gable leads area, Richards top senior
No scores from The Bowler this week. Snow kept me from picking them up. (Should have gotten them early on Tuesday.) I will include them in next week’s column.
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Walters area’s top roller
Peyton Hartman put together a triple-double Thursday evening in leading Keyser to a 12-point, 61-49, win over hosting Hampshire.
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Yates’ 813/300 best of blockbuster week
Some kind of a record was set for the week in local area bowling centers. An 800 and four 300s plus five scores of 280-plus were bowled in the local area. A very large number of games with 10 or more strikes.
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Brobst near perfect with 298
Mike Brobst, close to adding another perfect game to his 30-plus list, scored 755/298 at White Oak Lanes.
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Bishop rolls area high 298 game
AJ Bishop bowled an honor score 298 game and 737 set in the Tuesday Night Mixed League at White Oak Lanes.
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Wolford bowls week’s best set
John Wolford rolled 756/276 in The Bowler’s County League and was the area’s top bowler for the week. Tom Fairgrieve was next scoring 721/278. Steve Shook in the Tuesday Strikers League bowled a 284 game in his 702 set.
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