With all of the winter leagues having wrapped up, I now devote my annual post to the final high scores of the winter league season. As a refresher, average is based on a minimum of 72 games in the league, and youth bowlers are included with their gender, where applicable. I am doing something different with one category this time:

Men

Average: 240.60; Tom Hedding (Thursday Night Patriots, 102 games)
Series: 837; Harry Thibeault, Tom Hedding (Thursday Night Patriots)
Game: 300; 65 total during season

Women

Average: 194.69; Tasheka Douglas (Boston Rhythm & Bowling, 96 games)
Series: 711; Tasheka Douglas (Boston Rhythm & Bowling)
Game: 290; Debbie Major (His & Hers)

I don’t recall seeing as many 300 games during a league season as there were this season, so I didn’t want to attempt to list all of the bowlers who had one.

Congrats to all! 🙂

My Facebook coverage of my Wednesday league’s roll-off is below, including the “live recap”, which, hopefully, actually gets updated after saves:

This has been “live blogging” in the past, but I decided to link a spreadsheet with the recap on Facebook and embed the Facebook post, so we’ll see how it goes. Facebook post, with comments as we go along, below:

My Week 35 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

I was over average all three games tonight, but not enough over average to raise either my league or my composite average one more time for the season. The highlight of my night might have been my conversion of the 6-7, which some of my readers may remember I converted when my brother put money against me doing so one time.

Result: 198-177-178=553
Final average (102 games): 174
Average for last 9 games: 188

Final composite average (192 games): 175

My 553 was 84 pins better than the next highest on the pair (Barry), and, with Jeff also having a decent night, we won all four points. I didn’t know where this put us, because the next higher match had to be moved because of a breakdown. Update: We did move ahead of Striking Gentlemen for 14th place, as Solid 10 won three of the four.

Eileen On Me did win three points, so there will be a roll-off next week with Sweet Rolls, who won the first half.

Sunday Niters note: I did mean to mention that Here For Beer won the second half of that league, so the roll-off Sunday will be between them and first-half winners Suzy’s Crew.

Only updating my active league…

After winning three points from Livin’ on a Spare, Lane Ducks are in 15th place and will bowl against Spare Us tomorrow night in the position round. Eileen On Me and Sweet Rolls are tied for the lead with Creeden’s Mustangs three behind, so the former two teams are bowling for first place, with the possibility of a tie and a one-game roll-off for the second half. I could be wrong, but there would be no roll-off next week if Sweet Rolls win, as they won the first half.

I am planning on giving my leagues’ roll-offs “live recap” coverage on the Facebook page, similar to what I did for the Cambridge Credit group’s team event at the USBC Open, but I would also embed the pertinent Facebook posts here.

My Week 30 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

I feel like I left some pins out there with spare misses, including the 10 pin miss to end my season. It does still feel good to not only hit my +1 again to end the season, but to also improve on last week as my high series in over three years.

Result: 206-199-234=639
Final average (90 games): 177
Average for last 9 games: 198

Composite average (189 games): 175

Team needed to just win one game to secure 3rd place in the second half, but we won all eight, and I was high man on the pair, even with Ed bowling a 255 second game (and a 616 series).

In this league, I improved my average by 13 pins season-to-season, and it might be enough for league most improved. 🙂

My Week 34 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

Except for a bit of a “crash & burn” third game, it was another good night. Starting that third game with three open frames was tough to recover from, but I still put myself in position to get my 600 with two strikes in the 10th, but I didn’t get one. Second game was clean, and only one open frame in the first.

Result: 192-232-167=591
Average (99 games): 174
Average for last 9 games: 184
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 574

Composite average (186 games): 175

Team won second and third games and total, with Barry and Jeff over average, and Donald nearly shooting 400 (390).

Updating my leagues after Week 33 of the season (including the final virtual league week):

• Brunswick Mixed: After winning a point from Creeden’s Mustangs, Lane Ducks are in 15th place, 17.5 points behind Eileen On Me, who lead Sweet Rolls and Creeden’s Mustangs by three points, and Livin’ on a Spare by 3.5 points. We bowl Livin’ on a Spare tomorrow night, and, since the last week of the second half is next week, I’ll note the other leaders’ opponents: Eileen On Me vs. Spare Us, Sweet Rolls vs. Spear the 10 Pin, and Creeden’s Mustangs vs. Knock em Down.
• Sunday Niters: After winning two points from Here For Beer, The 3 Stooges are in third place, 15 points behind Here For Beer, and will bowl Adam & Steve, who are seven points behind us, in Sunday’s position round. Here For Beer are four points ahead of We Found “B”, so the second half is still in doubt.
• Virtual league: Lane Rangers needed to just win a game to lock up the championship, and did it in the first game vs. Splits & Washouts. Fin09 once again was the league’s high average, with a 237.16 for 45 games.

My Week 29 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

This late in the season, it’s a great night when you can raise your average by two pins, and that’s what happened tonight. I mentioned my night on 9/18/2013 when I shot the 244 game in Brunswick Mixed a few weeks ago, and this is now my high game and series since then, as well as, of course, my highest game and series in this league. The kicker was that I only missed a couple of multi-pin spares in the first game, and was clean after the 9th frame in that game.

Result: 183-207-248=638
Average (87 games): 176
Average for last 9 games: 189
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 615

Composite average (183 games): 174

Unfortunately, Peter had a bad night, but recovered with a 201 third game, which we won by enough to only miss total by four pins.

My Week 33 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

I’m mostly happy with how I bowled tonight, but my third game was punctuated by my inability to hit the left lane. I had at least a double four times, counting the four-bagger in the first game.

Result: 205-176-169=550
Average (96 games): 173
Average for last 9 games: 178
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 541

Composite average (180 games): 174

In my real league, team won the first game; I’m hoping the 205 is enough to win the virtual league first game.

Updating my leagues (including virtual) after Week 32:

• Brunswick Mixed: After failing to win points from Spear the 10 Pin, Lane Ducks are in 14th, 17.5 points behind Eileen On Me, who are four ahead of Sweet Rolls, five ahead of Creeden’s Mustangs (tomorrow night’s opponents), and six ahead of Livin’ on a Spare.
• Sunday Niters: After winning six points from Ten Is Enough, The 3 Stooges are in 3rd, 11 points behind Here For Beer, who lead We Found “B” by six points, with Suzy’s Crew 20 points behind in 4th. We bowl the leaders Sunday night, with We Found “B” bowling against Suzy’s Crew; with just a position night left afterward, this week is important at the top of the standings.
• Virtual league: Lane Rangers failed to win points from The Unbowlieveables; with Splits & Washouts winning two, that puts Splits & Washouts four behind, The Unbowlieveables six behind, and Big Guns 2.0 eight behind. Our scenario for the championship is two points against Splits & Washouts this week.