Before I get to what I did last night, I wanted to mention that the Westgate Mixed League’s payouts were last night, and when it was announced that Harry Thibeault Sr. won the sportsmanship award (posthumously), a good ovation went up from those present, so that, indeed was a tribute.
I seem to have gotten off to a consistent start to this summer league, as I was only one pin under last week’s series last night. There were only four open frames on the night, two of them on splits, but three of them were in the second game, with two coming on missed 10 pins. Had I made both 10s, it would’ve been worth two points for my team, as the first two games were close enough that missed spares could have been the difference. On the bright side, the third game was clean, and a clean game is always good.
Result: 195-181-207=583
Average (6 games): 194
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 588
I alluded to the close first two games earlier, but we lost the last game by 90, so “T N T” failed to win a point last night. I knew going in we could have trouble with “Hocus Pocus,” as the middle of their lineup is usually consistent, but everyone on that team was “on” at some point last night, and a bad first night for Ed Godino (the elder one, not the one in the Brunswick Mixed League) inflated their handicap (Ed bowled quite well last night, with, if I remember, two games in the 200s).
We also received the full league schedule last night, and two dates I’m personally circling on the calendar are June 24 (Brian and Ralph’s team) and August 5 (my cousins, the “Lounge Lizards”). My team as a group will also have July 15 circled (for the “Wild Samoans,” the Boermans’ team, which none of us like because they’re all New York Yankees fans, but not liking them may be stretching it for me, as I do get along with them).
EDIT: Ed Godino had a 587 series against us last night, with a high game of 216 in the second game.
The Tenth Board 