Brett Stenberg joined the list of bowlers rolling perfect games this season posting a score of 713/300 at Wilson Lanes in the Thursday Night Men’s Doubles League.
A.J. Bishop was near perfect, scoring 664/299 in the Tuesday Night Mixed League at White Oak Lanes.
Troy Cubbage was the area’s leading bowler for the week rolling 738/275 at The Bowler. Travis Walters followed, scoring 694/253.
Mike Brobst’s 731/268 was highest score at White Oaks for the week followed by J.M. Sites’ 729/267.
Stenberg’s 713/300 was the third-highest area score during the week and Craig Davis was next high at Wilson Lanes.
Joe Shoemaker and Steve Capaldi were the leaders at Rainbow Lanes bowling 701/253 and 677/256, respectively.
At Sherwood Lanes, Gary Monahan’s 655/226 was the top score followed by Eric Dudley’s 652/233.
The PBA Experience League results show Bishop leading the list scoring 619/211. Joe Mullenax rolled 616/231, Mike Sipple 606/214 and Felicia Deremer 562/231.
Stephanie Edwards was the area’s top lady for the week scoring 657/233 at The Bowler. Dawn House followed rolling 616/237.
Sandy Hott and Pam Brinkman were Rainbow’s top ladies. Hott bowled 615/225 and Brinkman rolled 585/204.
Alice Monahan scored 599/214 at Sherwood followed by Pam Braskey’s 527/199.
Pat Gwizdale bowled the Wilson ladies’ high scoring 568/205. Sandy Smith was next rolling 565/199.
Michele Hitchens’ 563/211 was the White Oaks high for the ladies followed by Jessica Patch’s 561/196.
Darrell Boatman’s 621/241 at The Bowler was the area’s senior high for the week. Senior Helen Uncapher scored 512/177 at White Oak Lanes.
Danny Walch was the top youth bowler scoring 675/248 at the Bowler. Tanner Smith rolled 607/222 at White Oaks and Tyler Mansfield scored 551/212 at Rainbow Lanes. Nick Ward rolled 512/202 at Wilson Lanes
I got a fair (?) amount of feedback on last week’s discussion of how to grip a bowling ball. I still stand by my comments in that the grip I recommended would produce a much cleaner and more repeatable release for most league bowlers.
Another release that is used by high average bowlers is to insert the thumb all the way into the thumb hole (with the fingers already inserted) then apply even pressure with the thumb straight and the thumbnail touching the backside of the thumb hole. The release is then completed by pushing the thumbnail against the back of the thumbhole. With this release the idea is that it takes minimal finger pressure to grip the ball since the ball weight carried by the thumb is distributed evenly across a large surface of the thumb.
The problem that I have with this release is that it is very sensitive to hole size and how well the thumb fits. Bowlers using this release seem to be constantly inserting or removing bowlers’ tape to get the right fit. A fairly tight fit is usually preferred when bowling several games.
An effective clean and repeatable release is worth the practice time to develop. The bent thumb or the knuckle release usually results in thumb problems.
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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Stenberg rolls 300; Bishop falls one pin shy
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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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John Ellifritz week’s top bowler
John Ellifritz bowled 765/275 at Wilson Lanes and was the area’s top bowler for the week. Bob Greene was next high at that center, rolling 760/279.
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Ron Fatkin perfect again
Ron Fatkin rolled another perfect game, his second in as many weeks and his third of this season.
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Fatkin perfect: 685/300
Ron Fatkin rolled another perfect game at The Bowler on March 30 in the Wednesday Night Men’s League.
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Dale Jones’ 750/265 area high
Dale Jones scored 750/265 in The Bowler’s County League to lead local area bowlers for the week.
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