Category: Leagues

League recaps

Chris Zalewski posts 300/777, Devon McGregor 298/770, Jessica Lowe 258 in TNBA league

The TNBA league last Friday night saw two big nights, with Chris Zalewski getting the front 22, finishing 300-287-190 for a 777 (recap, Lane 54), and Devon McGregor going 225-298-247 for a 770 (Lane 48 on linked recap). For the women, Jessica Lowe also had a 258 game (see high scores).

Nice bowliing, all! 🎳🙂

Sean Richard 278/791, Keith Kaestner 289 highlight Apr. 1 Patriots league scoring

There was plenty to go with last week in the Patriots league, starting with “Ka$h” posting 278-245-268 for a 791 (see recap, Lane 45) and Jon Hester bowling 279-257-217 for a 753 (same recap, Lane 46; Note: Match actually took place on 53-54 due to breakdown). Keith Kaestner provided the other big highlight of the league’s week, with a 289 game (see high scores), with Mike Major and Stan Lewis also having 279 games, and Mike Trent Jr. a 276.

Nice bowling, all around! 🎳😎

Mar. 31 Brunswick Mixed recap

My Week 25 bowling, frame-by-frame

To my credit, I had my best game of the season (the second game) after a nearly two week layoff due to my feared (but unfounded) COVID exposure. However, with the single-pin spare misses, it was also a missed opportunity, as the fill from making all of my single pins would have given me a 600 series. The detox and polish of the Tropical is still proving to be a good call, however, as it’s giving me my best look, by far.

Result: 181-226-147=554
Average (69 games): 168
Average for last 9 games: 176
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 509

Team had two members absent, but still won the second game against the second half leaders.

Ray Fischer tosses 300/761, Brian Egan 289, Jon Hester 279 in Patriots league

Ray Fischer has been a great competitor at Westgate for many years, and continues to be one even today, proving it last Thursday night in the Patriots league, capping off a night in which he started 215-246 with a 300 for a 761 set (see recap, Lane 49). Brian Egan also had a 289 game that night, and Jon Hester a 279 (see high scores).

Stephen Major, Ray’s grandson, recorded and sent me the video shown below:

Congrats Ray, and nice bowling Brian & Jon! 🎳👏

Ed Grossett rolls 763, Ethan Reyes 278 in Patriots league

Ed Grossett is probably the best back-up bowler (back-up = right-handed, but ball moves left-to-right) in Massachusetts, and maybe in New England. This will be my first mention of him here (at least for a score) since his first 300 game, which came here at Westgate six years ago at the state tournament, as he turned in a fine 255-253-255 for a 763 set Thursday night in the Patriots league (see recap, Lane 41). Also, Ethan Reyes posted a 279 game last week (see high scores).

WTG guys! 🎳👏

Mar. 23 Brunswick Mixed update

For various reasons, I’ve missed posting my own bowling the last couple of weeks, along with updating my league’s standings, so I’ll post my last two BowlSK sheets first:

My bowling on Mar. 10

My bowling on Mar. 17

My bowling was markedly better last Wednesday, particularly the first game, which was my best in quite a while, as it was clean (and you know how I treasure my clean games)! Some of the difference last Wednesday was biting the bullet and getting the Tropical Breeze detoxed and polished, but my spare game was also a bit better than the previous week, particularly where I didn’t miss any single-pin spares. A reset of my averages (overall and moving) and tomorrow night’s +1 score target follow:

Average (66 games): 168
Average for last 9 games: 170
Tomorrow night’s AVG+1 score: 556

Interactive standings after Week 23 (Week 7 of 2nd half)

The team only won one point in the last two weeks, the first game last week, so we remain in 11th (virtual last place). As tomorrow night is a position night, we’ll be bowling the vacant. BBOB have assumed the league lead by a half-point over Last Empire and Never Lucky, with 4 On 9 Man a point behind in 4th place.

Aaron Major 300/807, Brian Egan, Jon Hester 300s lead Mar. 11 Patriots scoring

If you thought Chris Zalewski’s 809 series last Wednesday night was something, the Patriots league wasn’t going to be outdone, as Aaron Major had 300-268-239 for an 807 of his own (Lane 47). While this wasn’t a bigger set than Zalewski’s, it was the scoring by the other bowlers that was the outdoing, as Brian Egan and Jon Hester both threw 300 games in the first game as teammates (see recap on Lane 50), with only Mark Zimmerman’s 224 preventing it from being a team award game (by a pin). All of this made Jim Ferguson’s 278/762 night look paltry by comparison (recap linked on Lane 47 above; see Lane 40).

Great night guys! 🎳😎👏

Peter Colombo throws first 700 in Patriots league

I wanted to call attention to the above recap because another notable Patriots league bowler, joining the league for the first time this season, now has a higher series than me. While not notable as a bowler, this bowler is Peter Colombo (on Lane 37), the head football coach at Brockton High School, who, last week, bowled his first 700 series with a 710, beating my high series ever by three sticks. Peter used to only be able to bowl in the summer because of his fall football commitment. With the football season in some doubt this year due to the COVID pandemic, however, he could join a fall league, and chose the Patriots league because he’d bowled the Monday doubles league and many of the Monday doubles league bowlers were Patriots league bowlers.

As it turned out, Brockton High School will start a football season Saturday with a trip to Durfee in Fall River, and I want to wish Peter and his Boxers the best this season. 🎳🏈❤🖤

Keith Kaestner rolls 299, Joe Bourhill 287/781, Sean Richard, Jim Ferguson 279 in Patriots league

Recapping a big Patriots league night last week, Keith Kaestner had the biggest game of all, with a 299 (see high scores, but Joe Bourhill the biggest night, going 257-237-287 for a 781 (see recap, Lane 33). Wrapping it up, Hall of Famers Sean Richard and Jim Ferguson also had a 279 each as teammates in the first game (see recap, Lane 47). Nice bowling guys! 🎳👏

Brian Egan shoots 290/782, Danny Khuu 756, Omar Butcher 277 in Patriots league

Two of these names will be familiar, but one not so much: Congrats to Brian Egan, who ran the back 11 in the first game, and followed by games of 260 and 232 for a 782 set last week in the Patriots league (see recap, Lane 46). Danny Khuu also went 251-247-258 for a 756 (recap, Lane 34), and Omar Butcher threw a 277 game (see week’s high scores).

Nice bowling guys! 🎳🔥👌

Feb. 24 Brunswick Mixed recap

Wednesday night’s bowling, frame-by-frame

Things could have been better in the second game, with the two missed 10s and a couple of other bad shots, but it was mostly another good night, otherwise. Five of my last six bowling nights have been over 500, and I’m getting comfortable with my new teammates, so I feel I’m in a good place.

Result: 188-151-200=539
Average (57 games): 167
Average for last 9 games: 175
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 506

Although all three games were close against a good team, we failed to come away with points to show for it. This was more because of three scratch bowlers on the other team, however.

Dan Esdale bowls 267/728, Kevin Thibeault 263/716 in Pepsi league

By Kevin Thibeault’s recent standards, he had an off night last night in the Pepsi league, “only” putting up a 263 high game in a 716 series (reporting threshold adjusted for the lane condition). It was his teammate, Dan Esdale, giving him margin for error, however, with a 267 high game in a 728 set of his own (check the recap, Lane 59). Nice bowling, guys! 🎳👍