Howard Peterson - Bowling
Wolford near perfect with 299; Yates leads area with 764 set
John Wolford scored a 299 game in his 758 set in The Bowler’s County League. Dave Yates in the Wednesday Night Men’s League bowled 764/259 and was the area’s leading bowler for the week.
Shane Nickleson rolled 746/253 for the top mark at White Oak Lanes. Butch Young was next high scoring 744/277.
At Wilson Lanes, Tommy McDonald bowled 725/256 for that center’s top score. Crag Davis was next with 715/246.
Kevin Mansfield’s 647/238 was highest at Rainbow Lanes. One pin back, J.R. Braithwaite rolled 646/265.
Jim Russell’s 646/255 was highest at Sherwood Lanes followed by John Leptic Jr. rolling 645/233.
In the PBA Experience League at White Oaks, Don Parsons was highest rolling 680/255. Mike Brobst and Chad Gable were next, rolling 665/224 and 648/276 respectively.
Crystal Uhl and Stephanie Sevy each rolled 604 sets at The Bowler for the area’s top weekly ladies’ score.
Samantha King bowled 588/242 for White Oaks top lady followed by Donna Willison’s 585/235.
Julie Greene and Pat Gwizdale were the top ladies for the week at Wilson Lanes. Greene bowled 581/206 and Gwizdale rolled 577/195.
Lou Dille bowled 555/189 at Rainbow Lanes followed by Dee Self who scored 553/198.
Alice Monahan rolled 501/211 at Sherwood Lanes.
Ray Foster scored 586/209 at The Bowler and was the area’s top senior bowler for the week. Senior Bill Middleton rolled 533/189 at White Oak Lanes.
White Oak’s Larissa Blizzard was the area’s top youth bowler for the week scoring a big 256 game and 633 set. Amanda Greene also rolled a big game scoring 628/257 at Wilson Lanes. Charles Abernathy bowled 613/226 at Rainbow Lanes and Jeremy Kunis rolled 592/230 at The Bowler.
A few comments on recent touranments:
High School Showcase at White Oak Lanes: A great tournament involving high school age students who are also members of various youth programs at the local bowling centers. Nine schools participated, with four-member teams that included boy and girl divisions. The tournament held last Saturday had fantastic support with an estimated 300 to 400 people in attendance. Next year I would like to invite state and national officials to show them how high school bowling should be run.
Scotch Doubles at The Bowler: A well-attended tournament where walk-ins were permitted. My only concern was that there should be a cap on the amount of handicap permitted. There is no way that the top four or five winners should have handicapped scores totaling above 800. The bowler’s current average should be used with certification by their league secretary.
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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