Furious Five won all seven from VEGBAGS, and we can now win the league outright with five points from them this week; the potential exists for a three-way tie if we win four and Team 8 wins all seven.

Individually, Fin09 of Sphere Chuckers made his first entry into our 290-299 honor score category last week with a 299 game.

My Week 14 bowling, frame-by-frame

The night started promisingly enough, but the lanes became very squirrely for both myself and Lee and both of us ended up having “off” nights.

Result: 177-171-139=487
Average (39 games): 171
Average for last 9 games: 162
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 551

Composite average (81 games): 169

Team won the first game, but that was it. We ended up losing the third game by an even 100 pins.

My Week 14 bowling, frame-by-frame

Although I didn’t put anything together until the end of the night, my spare shooting mostly held me in good stead, missing my only single pin in the third game and converting a couple of the easier splits. It was good enough for my +1 on the button.

Result: 172-167-170
Average (42 games): 168
Average for last 9 games: 155
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 549

Composite average (78 games): 169

For our opponents, Shawn, and Harry Thibeault, subbing for Kris Higgins, had good nights, but Si bowled a 201 third game to help us win our one point.

After winning six points from The 3 Stooges, Pin Pals stand in 4th place, 11 points behind Macs, who lead High Rollers by two points and Where is B? by eight points. Pinknockers will be the opponents Sunday night.

Both Lee and I made the high score list for the week, but Lee’s was neither high game or series for the week.

After failing to win points from SR Spares, Seven Deadly Pins stands in 19th, only a half point ahead of Bi Polar Bowlers, and 22 points behind Lost Empire 2, who lead Team 14 by five points. Our opponents tomorrow night will be Sweet Rolls.

Furious Five won only two points from Team 8, but the leaders, VEGBAGS, only won four points, so we’re still within eight points “hailing distance” with two weeks left. Team 8 is nine points off of the lead in third.

My Week 13 bowling, frame-by-frame

After struggling to break 400 in this league last week, this was a big rebound night, keyed by my five-bagger in the middle of the third game, the middle three of which were the best shots I’ve thrown in a while.

Result: 199-150-223=572
Average (36 games): 171
Average for last 9 games: 168
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 522

Composite average (75 games): 169

Team won the third game easily after splitting two close games. Lee had another mid-six-ish night, with his 245 joining my 223 in the third game.

My Week 13 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

Well, I’m officially in a slump, as I haven’t been over 500 since before Thanksgiving, and struggled again tonight. This time, I had the right ball in my hand from the outset, but couldn’t do anything with it. If I had at least been leaving single pins, I wouldn’t have minded tonight as much, but I only had two of those, and only seven strikes on the night, two of which were on strikes.

Result: 157-124-162=443
Average (39 games): 167
Average for last 9 games: 157
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 509

Composite average (72 games): 168

Si had the best resemblance of us of a good night, but the team didn’t win points.

Junior has decided on the 2007 Weber Cup Day 3 pattern as the 2nd third pattern for the Coke league. It is a 41′ pattern with a 5:1 ratio, with the top graph linked above.

After winning four points from Bowling Stones, Pin Pals stand in 4th place, 11 points behind Macs, who are two points ahead of High Rollers and three ahead of Where is B? We bowl against The 3 Stooges Sunday night.

Lee had both the best game (268) and series (the previously mentioned 738) last week.

Furious Five won four points from The Lion Killers, but, more importantly, VEGBAGS were swept by Team 8, the third place team going in, so we’re now six points behind the lead with three weeks left, followed in third by Team 8, four points behind us.

The league had its best week of the season last week, averaging 206+. 🙂

My Week 12 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

Except for a couple of frames in each of the second two games, I couldn’t get out of my own way tonight, as I seemed to be dropping everything.

Result: 117-156-134=407
Average (33 games): 170
Average for last 9 games: 155
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 542

Composite average (69 games): 169

Lee tried picking me up with a 738, but we only managed four points, which really should have been six if I got any count filling the 10th first frame.

After failing to win points from Steak and Lettuce, Seven Deadly Pins slipped into a tie for 17th with Sr. Spares (our opponents in the coming week) and Has Beens, 18 points behind Lost Empire 2, who lead Mixed Nuts and Team 14 by three points.

My Week 12 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

Probably the best that can be said about my night tonight was that it was over quick (only one bowler on the other team on the lanes), as I had a bad case of the chops on spares tonight. I couldn’t even blame splits for the open frames, as I left none.

Result: 164-126-156=446
Average (36 games): 169
Average for last 9 games: 164
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 526

Composite average (66 games): 171

The bright spot of the night was Jeff, as he had what he told me was his first league 200 (214) tonight. The other team had three vacancies, so we weren’t bowling for forfeit points, but still lost all four.

After winning four points from Suzy’s Crew, Pin Pals are tied for 5th with OSIMAS, 11 points behind Where Is B?, who lead Macs by three points and High Rollers by four points. We bowl against Bowling Stones Sunday night.

Of course, I made the high score list last week with my 202. Lee, while he didn’t have the high game of the week (Ken Norris had a 244), did have the high series with a 667.

Furious Five won five points from Sphere Chuckers, but VEGBAGS won all seven, so they’re now 10 points ahead of us with four weeks left. Team 8 is seven points behind us in third.

We did get the high team game of the week (1,170), which my 233 second game was involved in, thanks to a 278 from sk8shorty01 and a 251 from Lumpytire, with the former being the high individual game of the week. The team game is listed in third in the year-to-date highs.

My Week 11 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

Another night, more focus on keeping my shoulders leveler, and I didn’t miss my mark outside as much. My 202 puts me back on the high score list for the week, anyway.

Result: 202-164-167=533
Average (30 games): 173
Average for last 9 games: 172
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 535

Composite average (63 games): 172

I sealed the points in the first two games in the 10th, but our opponents won the third game by enough for total. Lee was once again in the mid 6s.

After winning three points from Knock Em Down, Seven Deadly Pins are in 15th place, 14 points behind a tie for the lead between Lost Empire 2 and Team 14. The leaders are two points ahead of Mixed Nuts. Wednesday night’s opponents will be Steak and Lettuce.

I’ll comment when I’ve seen whether my 233 game was involved in a high for the week in my average division.

After winning seven points from The Minions 2, Pin Pals are in 5th place, 11 points behind Where is B?, who are seven points ahead of Macs and eight points ahead of High Rollers and Ten Is Enough. Tonight’s opponents will be Suzy’s Crew, notable for having Sue Sutter, the first woman to bowl a perfect game at Westgate Lanes (albeit in an unsanctioned league), on it. This will be, of course, my first time crossing with her.

My Week 11 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

I managed the “century” in the positive direction between first and second games tonight. My improvement came after I focused on keeping my shoulders more level, as Lee has told me often is happening when I miss outside. Two things I’m also happy about: My second game was clean, and I didn’t miss any single pins all night. 🙂

Result: 132-233-167=532
Average (33 games): 171
Average for last 9 games: 161
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 534

Composite average (60 games): 172

Jeff had his high game in this league tonight, as well, adding a 172 (134 average) to my 233 en route to winning the second game by over 200 pins. We also won the first game for three points tonight.

Last week in brackets, I beat Tim Dann in my one final to get my $5 back.

After winning two points from Lickety Splits, Seven Deadly Pins are tied for 14th with Sweet Rolls and Knock Em Down, 15 points behind the leading Lost Empire 2, who lead Team 14 by a point, Mixed Nuts by two points, and Creeden’s Mustangs by 3.5 points. We bowl against Knock Em Down tomorrow night, and it will be the league’s annual “Turkey Bowl” night, with a prize going to the bowler with the most pins over average for the night in each division.

Furious Five won just two points from 4th and Roll, but VEGBAGS also only won two from their opponents, so we remain eight points out of the lead, with All 7’s four behind us in third.

Fin09 of Sphere Chuckers submitted his 4th virtual league 300 game last week, and those four are now the most for one bowler in league history.

My Week 10 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

Strikes were just too hard to come by tonight, with my only one other than a double in the first game coming on my last shot of the night.

Result: 156-151-155=462
Average (27 games): 173
Average for last 9 games: 172
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 546

Composite average (57 games): 171

Tonight was really about making enough spares to win points, and I mostly did that, with my bad shot filling the 10th second game costing us one point after I got seven pins to tie. Lee was once again around the mid-600s.