After winning two points from Spare Us, Let’s MixEm up is in a tie with Striking Gentlemen for 12th, 12 points behind Last Empire, who lead Creeden’s Mustangs by two points, with Stacked and Sweet Rolls tied for 3rd, four points behind the leaders. 10th Frame Magic will be the team we cross with tomorrow night.

The last quarter of the Pepsi league starts tomorrow night, and the lane condition will be Middle Road (link on name will load the pattern graph).

As an aside, Bill Briggs once told me that his team, now Eklund Electric, has never lost a Coke/Pepsi league segment on Route 66, and that continued, as they won the third quarter this season on the lane condition.

Good luck & good bowling!

After failing to win points from Great Balls of Fire, Let’s MixEm Up is in a tie for 12th with Striking Gentlemen, 11 points behind Last Empire, who lead three teams (Sweet Rolls, Stacked, and Creeden’s Mustangs) by two points. Spare Us are tonight’s opposition.

My Week 27 bowling, frame-by-frame

Multi-pin spares, particularly splits and washouts, doomed this night, with the prime example being the back-to-back 4-5-7s, which told me I could no longer swing it. I missed two single pins, but neither was a 10.

Result: 169-138-166=473
Average (75 games): 169
Average for last 9 games: 163
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 538

Composite average (81 games): 171

Eric couldn’t make it (car trouble) and Si missed the first game; team won no points.

After winning four points from Striking Gentlemen, Let’s MixEm Up is in a four-way tie for 10th with Party of Six, Spare Us, and Great Balls of Fire, the last team which will be our position round opponents tomorrow night. The tie is eight points behind a tie for the lead between Last Empire and Sweet Rolls, with Stacked and Creeden’s Mustangs tied for third, a point behind the lead.

Eric had the high scratch and handicap game in men’s “A”, and Si swept the board in men’s “E”.

My team got good news when Eric Healy, who is on the Sunday night team I sub for, messaged me on Facebook asking if I had room on my Wednesday night team and asked if he could join us after I affirmed that fact. Eric carries a 213 average on Sunday night, so he became our new anchor bowler, with me moving to set-up.

My Week 26 bowling, frame-by-frame

Other than the splits and the washout in the third game, my night was pretty good. The real issue, however, was carrying my 7 pin, all but one of the solid variety.

Result: 174-202-136=512
Average (72 games): 170
Average for last 9 games: 163
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 576

Composite average (78 games): 172

Si was really the one who stole the show, with a second game 267 that was just one pin from a 300 game, and had a 604 total. Eric shot a slightly bigger 600, and even Steve got into the act with a 134 third game. Needless to say, team won all four.

After winning one point from 5 Spares, Let’s MixEm up is in a tie for 12th with that team and Striking Gentlemen (tomorrow night’s opponents), 10 points behind a three-way tie for the lead between Last Empire, Sweet Rolls, and Stacked, with Creeden’s Mustangs two points behind the tie in 4th.

A position round looms next week.

My Week 25 bowling, frame-by-frame

Very inconsistent (moves would have the opposite effect) as well as being unfortunate (all of the stone 7s). This is probably part of a February slump I think I get into.

Result: 160-156-171=487
Average (69 games): 170
Average for last 9 games: 162
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 575

Composite average (75 games): 172

Si had a bad night for the first time in a while, so the team only won one (first game).

After splitting 2-2 with The Fun Team, Let’s MixEm Up is tied for 11th with Party of Six and Striking Gentlemen, eight points behind a three-way tie for the lead between Stacked, Sweet Rolls, and Lost & Found, with Last Empire one point behind. 5 Spares are tomorrow night’s opponents.

Si was high in his division in every category except for handicap game last week (Brad Doten had 244 with handicap).

My Week 24 bowling, frame-by-frame

Found out that my Hy-Road is still useful for down & in shots, but not carrying and missing the spares is still not going to cut it. The missed 10s were particularly frustrating, as I’d thought I’d found a way to cut the hook and the ball still went left.

Result: 150-174-151=475
Average (66 games): 170
Average for last 9 games: 163
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 549

Composite average (72 games): 172

Si had a clean 195-ish game second game, and, where that was my better game, we won it and hung on for total. All three games could have been won, really.

After forfeiting to Last Empire, Let’s MixEm Up is in a tie for 11th with Spare Us, 10 points behind Sweet Rolls, who lead Lost & Found by two points, Stacked by three points, and Last Empire by four points. The Fun Team are tomorrow night’s opponents.

My Week 23 bowling, frame-by-frame

We were moved at the start because a mess was made near the bowling area, and the pocket was mostly elusive on the new pair. I just made enough spares to get to 500.

Result: 190-155-158=503
Average (63 games): 171
Average for last 9 games: 169
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 577

Composite average (69 games): 173

Because I didn’t have Si (sick) or Steve (left before bowling started), my team had to forfeit, and I’m not sure of the future of the team going forward.