The Arizona Cardinals reported that head coach Ken Whisenhunt took the team out yesterday for one of those bowling OTAs that seem to be popular with both the coaches and the players.
Archive for June, 2010
Cross-training #140
June 5, 2010Cross-training #139
June 4, 2010The Examiner notes that New York Giants wide receiver Steve Smith will hold his “All-Pro Charity Bowl” at Chelsea Piers on June 14, and will be joined by former members of his team, as well as former members of the Jets, Mets, Rangers, and Yankees.
Cross-training #138
June 4, 2010OTAs in the NFL are in full swing, usually meaning that some teams have bowling outings as one of the OTAs for team-building, and the Pittsburgh Steelers will have one of those on Tuesday, as the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette notes.
Cross-training #137
June 4, 2010The Houston Chronicle notes that Texans fans will have an opportunity to bowl with their team’s players at the second annual “Pins and Pigskins Bowling Challenge” on June 9 at 300 Houston.
Cross-training #136
June 4, 2010I normally reserve “Cross-training” mentions for active players, but since this has to do with one of my personal favorite former players, and the event being fairly local, I’m bending the “rules” for this…
On Tuesday, during open bowling, former Patriots linebacker Tedy Bruschi threw a 300 game at North Bowl in N. Attleboro, MA. A post to the ESPN.com Patriots blog includes video of a segment from Wednesday’s “NFL Live” program (on which Bruschi is now an analyst) which includes, among other things, cellphone video of the three-time Super Bowl champion throwing the last strike.
Could #54 be contemplating a bowling career now? 
June 2 league night recap
June 3, 2010Before I continue with the normal post, I need to note that the “Vacant For Now” was filled by my friends Ralph and Brian, who are bowling with their wives this summer.
My Week 2 bowling, frame-by-frame (Link to series on BowlSK)
I just didn’t feel like myself last night, for whatever reason; I sort of got it together the last game, but that was only the “got one lane but not the other” variety. On the bright side, I only missed one of my nine single pins.
Result: 133-166-163=462
Average (6 games): 165
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 502
Team took one game, but, ironically, that was my lousy game, and we lost the second game by 5 pins despite a 193 from John. Also on the plus side, Eileen had another decent night, and could’ve broken 400 again if her second game had been a bit better.
Cross-training #135
June 3, 2010This Ohio River valley area TV station report notes that New York Jets wide receiver Brad Smith will hold a “Bowling With The Stars” benefit in conjunction with his youth camp on June 25 at Camelot Lanes in Boardman, OH to benefit his True Foundation youth charity.
Jonathan Van Hees cashes in 2010 PBA Regional Players Championship
June 2, 2010The PBA reported that Jonathan Van Hees of Charlestown, RI was one of the cashers in the 2010 Regional Players Championship, held on Memorial Day weekend at Thunderbowl Lanes in Allen Park, MI. Van Hees was the top qualifier for match play, but lost in 4 games of a best-of-5 match to Chris Hibbitts of Ft. Worth, TX in the match play round of 32. The tournament was eventually won by Riga Kalfas of Florence, KY, who defeated Chris Collins of Savannah, GA 236-216 in the championship match.
2009-10 Westgate Lanes league season recap
June 2, 2010I meant to do this post yesterday, but got distracted by other things.
With the winter leagues all having wound down, it’s time to recap the season and acknowledge those who posted the high scores during the 2009-10 league season (average leaders are based on a minimum of 72 games in the league in which the average was posted):
Men
Average: 224.8 Harry Thibeault Jr. (Westgate Mixed)
Series: 810 Dan Esdale (Thursday Night Patriots)
Game: 300 Ed Godino III (Brockton Ten Pin), Bill Major (2, Coke Classic), Rich Fulton (2, Coke Classic), Troy LaBrie (Coke Classic), Tat Tatnall (Coke Classic), Matt Yandek (Coke Classic), Jewel Brown (Saturday Seniors {youth}), Tom Hedding (Saturday Seniors {youth}), Ken Norris (Sunday Niters), Alex Aguiar (Tuesday Scratch Sportsmen), Grant Henderson III (TNBA), Carl Nordstrom (Thursday Handicap Doubles), Dan Esdale (Thursday Night Patriots), Jay Krushas (Thursday Night Patriots), Ed Alfieri (Westgate Mixed), Jim Alfieri (Westgate Mixed), Derick Thibeault (2, Westgate Mixed)
Women
Average: 212.9 Sandi Litchfield (Westgate Mixed)
Series: 754 Tina Gannon (Coke Classic)
Game: 300 Tina Gannon (Coke Classic)
Congrats again to all those mentioned in this post. Note: The 300 games for the men were listed in no order other than alphabetically by league name, and where the bowler had more than one 300 game in the league, that was noted before the league name.
May 2010 People’s Tournament results
June 1, 2010The People’s Tournament reported Al Brown (Town Line Ten Pin, 200 avg.) as the winner of the event held on May 22 and 23 at Westgate Lanes. Al Brown won an all-Town Line final match in which he defeated Ryan Oreste (184 avg.) by a score of 266-205 (with handicaps). Representing Westgate Lanes, Kris Higgins (203 avg.) and Philip Spera (157 avg.) were in the semifinals, and Albert Rue (171 avg.) and Zach Leverant (164 avg.) were also in the final eight.
