After winning three points from Stacked, Let’s MixEm Up is in a three-way tie for 9th with Party of Six and Great Balls of Fire, seven points behind Lost & Found, who lead Sweet Rolls by a point and four teams by four points, including Last Empire, tomorrow night’s opponents.

Si swept his divisional honors last week, and Steve had high handicap game and series in his.

My Week 22 bowling, frame-by-frame

I was happy with my first game, but I needed to finish better, as I frittered away pins with four single-pin misses.

Result: 201-160-128-489
Average (60 games): 171
Average for last 9 games: 177
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 564

Composite average (66 games): 173

Other than me for a game, we got good efforts from Si (612) and Steve (consistent 120s) to win the first two games and total.

After winning one point vs. Lost & Found, Let’s MixEm Up is tied with four teams for 9th place, six points behind Sweet Rolls and Lost & Found, who are a point ahead of Stacked (tomorrow night’s opponents) and three ahead of Livin on a Spare.

Si took all of his division’s honors except for handicap series (Joe Sullivan had 649).

My Week 21 bowling, frame-by-frame

My third game may have been my strangest clean game yet. It started with a three-count (making the spare, of course), and, in the 7th, I managed to pick the 10 clean out of the rack and made that spare. The only strike in the game was the one that made the game officially clean, in the 10th frame.

Result: 192-166-173=531
Average (57 games): 171
Average for last 9 games: 183
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 537

Composite average (63 games): 174;

Si bowled the best game I’d ever seen him bowl in the first game, a 276 that should have been a 278 but for the 8 fill. We ran out of gas after that, however, as the first game was our only point.

After winning one point from Sweet Rolls, Let’s MixEm Up is tied for 7th with four other teams, with my team sorting to 8th on pinfall. Lost & Found are the leaders, having won all eight available points, with Sweet Rolls and Stacked a point behind, and Great Balls of Fire two behind. We bowl the leaders tomorrow night.

I tied Steve Geddes for divisional high scratch game.

My Week 20 bowling, frame-by-frame

After being absent in consecutive weeks with the flu and an infected left ankle, I got clearance for bowling from the local wound care clinic. I had a slow start, but making most of my spares, before going clean in the second game with a 232, my second-best game of the season in this league. I ran out of gas a bit in the last one, but doubled late to save a 186 and make this my best set of the season in this league.

Result: 156-232-186=574
Average (54 games): 171
Average for last 9 games: 186
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 552

Composite average (60 games): 174

Si was absent, and I got a 130-ish game from Steve in the first game for our only point.

Despite taking three points from Party of Six, Let’s MixEm Up find ourselves behind five teams that won all four, Sweet Rolls, Striking Gentlemen, Livin on a Spare, Lost & Found, and Spare Us, and behind three-point winner Stacked in pinfall. Sweet Rolls are Wednesday night’s opponents, and I’m hoping I can bowl.

Si was high in his division for everything except handicap game last week.

Per the reverse order of last year’s patterns, and as posted on the master lane schedule, Route 66 will be the lane condition for this (3rd) quarter of the Pepsi league (of course, a top graph is linked on the pattern name).

No bowling for me last night, but I did observe Si post a 527 and Steve have one of his better nights to win second & third games and total against the first-half winners, which is certainly a good way to start the second half.

I missed position round with the flu, and Let’s MixEm Up won no points from The Fun Team. We finished the first half in 8th place, 9.5 points behind Party of Six, who won by 3.5 points over Stacked. We start the second half tomorrow against Party of Six. I’ll be there, but not bowling with a left ankle infection.

Si did sweep his division honors last week.

My Week 17 bowling, frame-by-frame

Really, the only things I wanted back from last night were the five splits I left, including the 4-5-7 three times. The ball change after the first two was good, but I probably could’ve just kept the Tropical Breeze and moved, too.

Result: 199-157-189=545
Average (51 games): 170
Average for last 9 games: 186
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 556

Composite average (57 games): 173

Si had a strong 576 night, and team won second and third games and total after losing the first by under 30 pins.

For an aside, it was kind of “reunion night” last night, with not only Junior & Marcia, the former owners, paying a visit, but also Mike & Liz DiBenedetto, who were on the Coles’ team the first few years I was in the league. Nice seeing everyone! 🙂

After winning three points from Livin on a Spare, Let’s MixEm Up is tied for 6th with Lost & Found, 5.5 points behind Party of Six, who lead Last Empire and Spare Us by 1.5 points, and Stacked by three points. We face Creeden’s Mustangs tonight, and, as the last position round of the first half is next week, I’ll run down the leaders’ matches below:

• Party of Six vs. vacant
• Last Empire vs. Great Balls of Fire
• Spare Us vs. The Fun Team
• Stacked vs. Livin on a Spare