Shane Nickleson scored a perfect game in his 764 set at White Oak Lanes on Dec. 17. He also rolled a 300 game two weeks earlier in the same Industrial League. This latest game is the fourth on consecutive weeks.
The top score for the week was Bob Greene’s 780/289 at Wilson Lanes. Joe Buff was next at that center rolling a big 280 game in his 765 set.
Nickleson’s 764 was the high at White Oaks followed by Troy Smith who bowled 760/279.
Brad Burr was highest at The Bowler for the week, rolling 725/266. A.J. Bishop was two pins back at 723/254.
Shawn Opel bowled 697/247 at Sherwood Lanes followed by Derek Monahan’s 641/221.
C.P. Sines also rolled a 697 set with a high game of 245 at Rainbow Lanes. Phil Whetstone was next, scoring 682/247.
In the PBA Experience League at White Oaks, Mike Brobst had the top mark bowling 754/265. Adam Blackburn and Mike Sipple were next, rolling 669/226 and 653/225, respectively.
Crystal Uhl was the area’s top lady bowler for the week scoring 582/205 at The Bowler. Debbie Mohler was just one pin back at 581/235.
Olive Thompson was Rainbow’s top lady, scoring 572/229 in the Powder Puff League. Fran Cuthbertson was next, rolling 545/191.
Alice Monahan also bowled a 572 set at Sherwood Lanes. Her high game in that set was a 212. Gail Warnick rolled 445/173 for next high.
Julie Greene’s 548/201 was the ladies’ high at Wilson Lanes. Pat Guizdale was next scoring 525/191.
At White Oaks, Deb Grove was the top lady bowling 543/204. Autumn Gable was next rolling 530/192.
The area’s top senior for the week was Ray Ross, who scored 622/224 at The Bowler. Brad Deter, White Oaks senior, rolled 545/211. Helen Uncapher scored 498/202 at White Oaks.
Amanda Greene bowled 638/234 at Wilson Lanes and was the youth high for the week. Charles Abernathy bowled 614/225 at Rainbow Lanes and Caitlin Weems rolled 562/191 at White Oak Lanes.
A high speed delivery and an aggressive ball may be all you need to throw a lot of strikes in most bowling centers where the house shot usually has a dry area outside of the ten board. The key to bowling at a higher level is being accurate especially at spare shooting. In my opinion, accuracy is a result of keeping your game as simple as possible and committing yourself to practice on the weaker parts of your game.
An important part of keeping your game simple is to let the ball do most of the work. The ball doesn’t get tired or have spurts of energy or memory lapses. The preferred delivery is to pushaway from a near shoulder high starting point (aim) then, to relax the arm muscles so that gravity guides the ball into a smooth straight backswing. The final release must be well timed with the body balanced during the follow through.
Muscling the ball during the critical downswing actually slows down the swing and leads to a lower height and lower delivery speed. In addition, muscling the ball adds side forces to the straight directed delivery of the ball and obviously hurts accuracy. With gravity controlling the direction, there is no disturbance to the straight delivery. Get serious about practice and you will certainly improve your game.
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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Another perfect game for Nickleson
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Lucien Paxton near perfect
Rainbow’s Lucien Paxton rolled a near perfect game scoring 695/299 in Tuesday’s Mixed League. He also bowled a 727/247 in the Men’s Civic League.
The area’s top bowler for the week was Rafael Clifford who posted 792/279. Clifford’s average is 178 and he missed an 800 set by only eight pins. Next high at White Oaks was Jack Hendershot’s 730/267. -
Shirey misses 800 set by a pin
Alex Shirey rolled big numbers for the week’s high in the area. Shirey scored 799/277 in White Oak’s Industrial League. A.J. Rice was next rolling 783/269. Rice is one of the best local two-handed bowlers that I know of.
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Rob Shroyer near perfect at 707/299
Rob Shroyer bowled a near perfect 299 game and 707 set in White Oaks’ Tuesday Night Mixed League.
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Kaylor rolls 289 game, 759 series
Keefe Kaylor rolled a big 289 game and 759 set at The Bowler to lead all area bowlers for the week. Kaylor’s score topped the list of eight 700’s at that center. Chad Taylor’s 733/251 was next high.
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Sines & Simpson perfect at Rainbow
C.P. Sines and Todd Simpson both bowled perfect games in Rainbow’s Men’s Civic League. Sines was Rainbow’s top bowler for the week with a 766 set. Simpson scored 720/300. Rich Baker with a big score rolling 744/666.
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Bob Greene’s 816 leads area
Bob Greene bowled a near-perfect 299 game and an 816 set at Wilson Lanes and was highest of the local area bowlers for the week. Scott Hixenbaugh was next high at Wilson, scoring 746/267. Clay Corbin rolled a big 290 game in his 707 set.
At The Bowler, Dave Yates set the week’s top mark, scoring 766/278. Tim Yutzy was next, rolling 715/269. -
Dudley rolls perfect game at Rainbow Lanes
Sinclair Dudley III rolled a perfect game and 781 set in Rainbow’s Men’s Civic League. Another perfect game scored at that center after skipping a week.
Chad Gable continues his hot streak at White Oaks. This week he had the area’s top score, bowling 821/279. Bobby Benton was next high at White Oaks rolling 727/279. -
Gable rolls another 300
Chad Gable rolled another perfect game. This week it was in the Industrial League at White Oaks.
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Shirey, Yates both 785/300
Corey Shirey rolled a perfect game and a set total of 785 at The Bowler in the Friday Night County League. Derek Yates scored exactly the same 785/300 in Rainbow’s Civic League. Both of these bowlers have rolled previous 300’s.
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Corbin rolls highest set, game of week
Clay Corbin was close to a perfect game, scoring 777/298 at Wilson Lanes, which was the week’s high for area bowlers. Craig Davis was next high at that center, rolling 768/279. Tommy McDonald bowled a 290 game in his 691 set.
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Lucien Paxton near perfect
