League recaps
Big scores are becoming commonplace on Tuesday night at Westgate for Aaron Major, as he had another 300 inside a 792 last night, per the week’s high scores. For those tracking average at home, it’s now 251.09.
Nice bowling also to Manny Silva, with a 278 game last night.
I’d never seen him throw a 300, and he came close last Thursday night in the Patriots league, but congrats to Rob Young, with a 299 game in the middle of a 773 set, referenced in the weekly high scores.
Nice bowling also to Jayme Silva Jr., with a 279 game.
Current standings (after Week 6 of 2nd half)
Team 6 is in a tie for 11th with Great Ball of Fire, seven points behind the lead, which is shared by Sweet Rolls, Party of Six, and Last Empire. Four teams, Still Stacked, Creedens Mustangs, 4 Spares, and Move To Strike, are only a point behind the leaders. Team 6 is opposed by Team 14 tonight, with a position round looming next week.
Friday night in the TNBA league produced a notable woman’s score: Sandi Litchfield’s 674 set, per the league’s weekly highs. Great bowling! 🙂
I didn’t see these until today: Nice bowling to Alex Major and Kevin Thibeault, with a 289 game and a 279 game, respectively, as noted in last week’s high scores.
As “Mr. 900’s” anniversary was approaching, he threatened another 300 game last Friday night in the TNBA league, evidenced in the weekly highs. However, Kris Higgins had a great night, with a 279 game in a 778 series, and Devon McGregor also checked in with a 275 game.
Nice bowling everyone! 🙂
Aaron Major had his best league night yet, according to his mother, Debbie, when he went 289-300-257 for an 846 the other night in the His & Hers league, noted also in the league’s weekly highs. Debbie messaged me asking if I was aware; I was, not having posted yesterday due to dealing with Hakim’s 5th anniversary. However, I did put it up on the association’s new Instagram, which I’ll embed here if I can figure out how to do it.
WTG Aaron! 🙂
Note: Aaron’s average in the league is currently 250.50. The highest average in the state that I’m aware of is Alex Aguiar’s 250 for 96 games in the old Westport Match Play Classic league at Holiday Lanes in the 2009-10 season. Henry Verdini, president of the state association, along with his wife, Barbara, are helping me try to find other state record candidates.
UPDATE: Attempting to embed the Instagram about Aaron’s night here:
My Week 23 bowling, frame-by-frame
I ground out an over-average first game, in which I didn’t strike until the 10th frame double, but I wasn’t able to keep that up the rest of the night. The 10 pin I made in the first game was dead-on perfect, but I wasn’t able to repeat that the other three times I had that pin. The time I lined up on the 10 at the end, I had the 3 standing with it, and then chopped the 3-6 twice bookending a double. I’ll probably have a few of these nights the rest of the season, but I’m counting this as semi-competitive practice for next season, anyway.
Result: 172-126-148=446
Average (15 games): 159
9-game moving average: 159
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 492
We lost the first game by 20 and didn’t get any closer the rest of the night, so we won no points.
Current standings (after Week 5 of 2nd half)
Team 6 is tied for 9th with 10th Frame Magic and Spare Us (Team 6’s opponents tomorrow night), six points behind Last Empire. The leaders are a point ahead of a three-way tie for 2nd between Still Stacked, 4 Spares, and Sweet Rolls and two points ahead of Party of Six and Creedens Mustangs.
Going oldest to youngest by age division, here are the notable youth league scores from last week:
Nice bowling, everyone! 🙂
A great Pepsi league night should be 700 for the set, and Kevin Thibeault hit that on the button last week, per the league’s weekly highs. Nice bowling! 🙂
I don’t know if he’s had an 800 in this league yet, but Aaron Major got fairly close to one in the Thursday Night Mixed league at Ryan’s Amusements in Raynham last night with a 755 set, per the league’s weekly high scores. Note: If I haven’t mentioned it here already, Aaron bowls in this league with two of my former Brunswick Mixed teammates, Barry & Donald Wood.
Nice bowling, Aaron! 🙂
Per the league’s recap sheet, Aaron Major Tuesday night went 300-268-248 for an 816 set in the His & Hers league. I’m not sure what the state record average is, but I want to say it belongs to Alex Aguiar with something in the 250s. If Aaron’s heater is extended, that record could be threatened.
I also need to mention Ray Fischer’s 279 game, which is on the same page of recap sheets. Nice bowling everyone! 🙂
Per the league’s weekly high scores, Tasheka Douglas had a 266 high game in a nice 713 series Sunday night in the Rhythm & Bowling league. WTG! 🙂
My Week 22 bowling, frame-by-frame
A little bit of a setback with my spare game last night, but I was also not helping myself with the pins I was leaving. For what it’s worth, I did get it together somewhat in the second game, so I guess I can take what I can out of that.
Result: 150-197-134=481
Average (12 games): 161
9-game moving average: 161
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 488
All the team won was the first game, with Ed Godino III absent.
Last Thursday in the Patriots league, it was Mark Zimmerman leading the way with a 278 game and a 765 series, per the weekly high scores. Jim Ferguson (279) and Dan Esdale (278) both also had games in the 270s that night. Nice bowling everyone. 🙂
Congrats to Sean Richard, who had the back 11 in a game last Wednesday night in the Westgate Mixed league, per the league’s weekly high scores. 🙂
Last week (Feb. 1) in the Seniors youth league, Chris Zalewski (206 avg.) put up a high 288 game in a 767 set. Those scores would have been good enough for me to post as adult scores. Nice bowling Chris! 🙂
Current standings (after Week 4 of 2nd half)
Team 6 is in 9th place, four points behind a tie for 1st between Last Empire and Creedens Mustangs. The tie is a point ahead of a 3rd place tie between Still Stacked and 4 Spares, and three teams are two points behind the lead in a tie for 5th. Note: Last Empire was the first half winner. Team 6 bowls against 10th Frame Magic Wednesday night.
Ed Godino Jr. was high scratch game and series, and high handicap series in his average division, shooting “the number” with his handicap.
I’ve been hanging around the Patriots league more because you never know what will happen. To wit, last night, Samantha Gustin, carrying a 134 average, threw off a century (100 over average) 235 last game, her very first game over 200, closing a 545 effort, also her first series over 500. And she even beat her fiance and teammate, Alex Major, by a couple of sticks in that last game. To be fair, Samantha has been taking lessons from one of Alex’s cousins, Stephen.
Nice bowling Sammi! 🙂
Aaron Major, still in pursuit of breaking his own association record average, helped his cause with a 256-279-279 performance Tuesday night for an 814 set in the His & Hers league, per the recap sheet. Also that night, Chris Galarza posted a 299 game, also evidenced on the linked recap sheet.
Congrats to both! 🙂
My Week 21 bowling, frame-by-frame
This was a hard-won 500 because of my spare game, which may have been my best spare game night ever. I was definitely struggling first ball, but something John Zawalick told my table at the NEBA awards dinner last month (to take as much care on spares as you do first ball) clicked. Pretty much every spare I made felt good off my hand, and I made most of what I was supposed to. I suppose if I get my spare game back first, the strikes should follow soon enough. 🙂
Result: 162-167-176=505
Average (9 games): 162
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 495
Team won three of four, largely on Ed Godino Jr.’s first two games.
Current league standings (after Week 3 of 2nd half)
Team 6 is tied for 12th with 10th Frame Magic and Team 14. The tie is 7 points behind Creedens Mustangs, who lead Sweet Rolls (Team 6’s opponents tonight) by three points and Last Empire by four points.
Ed Godino III and Dana Gomes, both teammates of mine, swept the weekly high scores in their average class.
Sean Richard had the one notable game last week in the Westgate Mixed league, a 279, as evidenced by the high scores. Nice bowling!
I often forget to peek in on the travel league, but Ethan Reyes brought to my attention that he shot 289/791 Sunday at Westgate, and I also found in the high scores that Craig Souza of Wonder Bowl had a 270 game and Janie Hillman of North Bowl a 267 game. Nice bowling everyone! 🙂
Great bowling last week in the Senior youth league by Ashley Major, with a 245 game (168 avg.), and Aiden Delehoy, with a 236 game (171 avg.). WTG! 🙂
Nice bowling to the His & Hers league’s Chris Galarza, who had a 278 game Tuesday, night, per the weekly high scores. 🙂
My Week 20 bowling, frame-by-frame
I felt better than I did last week, although my scores didn’t necessarily show it. My last game was better when I focused on being better at the foul line, something I need to concentrate more on overall. The couple of times I actually made the 10 were just better executed shots, something I need to keep consistent with my first-ball shots.
Result: 167-124-173=464
Average (6 games): 159
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 484
Team won the first game, but the other two were both cases of too little, too late, also losing the point for total in the process.
The bonus note here is that Shawn Coles, after leaving it many times in his years of bowling, finally converted a 7-10 split in the 3rd frame of the first game. WTG! 🙂
The improved LeagueSecretary.com allows me to do different things with the standings presentation, so I’ll get to it:
Current standings (after Week 2 of 2nd half)
Team 6 is in a three-way tie for 9th, five points behind Creeeden’s Mustangs. Spare Us is two off the lead in 2nd place, with three teams each three and four points behind the lead.
Ed Godino III swept the high scores in his division last week.
Move to Strike will oppose Team 6 tomorrow night.
Friday night in the TNBA league saw Tyrell Thompson shoot a 279 game in the TNBA league, as noted in the weekly high scores. WTG! 🙂
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