Howard "Pete" Peterson, Columnist
Chuck Parsons bowled a perfect game and a 748 set in the Monday Men’s League at Wilson Lanes.
Darren Durbin was the area’s top bowler for the week, rolling 760/258 in the Tuesday Men’s League at The Bowler. Travis Walters was next at that center scoring 735/268.
Tommy McDonald was the leading scorer at White Oaks, rolling 753/278. Troy Cubbage was a few pins back, bowling 749/265. Bobby Benton rolled a 287 game in his 717 set.
Parsons’ 748/300 was the high at Wilson Lanes, followed by Bill Kyle, rolling 741/279.
At Rainbow Lanes, C.P. Sines was the leader, scoring 739/264. Chance Jones was next, bowling 708/268.
Ryan Knieriem was the leader for the week at Sherwood, scoring 668/267. J.R. Monahan was next, rolling 657/234 and John Leptic Jr. bowled a 289 game in his 643 set.
At White Oak Lanes the PBA Experience League leaders were Mike Sipple’s 638/276, followed by A.J. Bishop’s 636/212 and Derek Yates’ 624/224.
Betty Gable was the area’s top lady bowler, rolling a big 246 game and 634 set. Autumn Gable was next high at that center, rolling 577/203.
At Rainbow Lanes, Pam Brinkman’s 624/235 was tops and Caryl Becker was next, rolling 533/184.
Vicki Coughlin’s 606/214 was the high of The Bowler ladies. Susan Pryor and Dawn House were next, rolling 594/221 and 590/227, respectively.
Melissa Snyder was the top lady at Wilson Lanes for the week, scoring 596/213. Julie Greene followed rolling 571/218.
Pam Brasky bowled 503/174 for the top lady at Sherwood Lanes.
Rick High was the area’s top senior bowler, rolling 642/244 at The Bowler. Brad Deter scored 560/206 at White Oaks and Jean Coleman bowled 443/178 at Sherwood Lanes.
Matt Riley was the area’s top youth scoring 623/257 at The Bowler. Tanner Smith rolled 591/230 at White Oaks and Danny Walch scored 586/231 at Sherwood. Jeff Hixenbaugh bowled 579/213 at Wilson and Charles Abernathy rolled 577/201 at Rainbow Lanes.
Most of the area bowling centers are showing very high scoring and as much as I would like to believe that it is because area bowlers are getting much better, I believe it is primarily the dry lane conditions and blocked oil patterns that are more repeatable lane to lane.
When the right ball drilling is combined with enough speed, a very wide target area is opened up for the strike zone. Accuracy should still be the goal of serious bowlers and consistently making single-pin spares is a fair measure of that performance.
Practice, practice, practice is still the way to improve in all areas of your game.
Good luck bowling and have fun striking out!
Howard “Pete” Peterson covers bowling for the Cumberland Times-News. He can be reached at petesbowling@atlanticbb.net.
