Apr. 26 league standings update

After winning two points from “Striking Gentlemen”, “Turkey Hunters” are in a four-way tie for 13th and will bowl against “Bowl Pack” in Wednesday’s position round. The tie is 13 points behind “The 508 Boys”, who will bowl against “Bowling Stones”, who need 2.5 points out of the match to move into first place. “No Names” have a chance to tie for first if they sweep and the points in the first place match break favorably.

Individually, Barry had the high scratch game and series in the men’s “B” division of the league last week.

2015 Mass. state tournament Day 2

I need to tie up a couple of loose ends from yesterday, because I missed a couple of honor scores in the singles event of the 3:30 squad yesterday. They were shot by doubles teammates, as Mike Schrems put up games of 255, 290, and 268 for an 813 series, and Troy Bouchard ended the event with a 300 game.

All of today’s honor scores were shot in the doubles event, starting with Chris Bourdon with a 300 game in the 9 AM squad. In the 3:30 squad, Brian Egan and Sean Richard started their doubles event with games of 278 and 300 respectively for a team honor game of 578.

As an aside, Matt Richard bowled the minors both days, and, while they were not quite the same game scores, he had identical 780 series in singles for the two days.

Good bowling this weekend, everyone! 🙂

2015 Mass. state tournament Day 1

The first day of state tournament began with some scores in the minor events, with Brian Gaskill putting up a 299 game in doubles, and Sean Richard throwing a 290 in singles.

As a local board member, I participated in the opening ceremony before the noon squad, with Bob Young being inducted to the state Hall of Fame posthumously for Meritorious Service, along with Jim Harger for Bowling Achievement. Hakim Emmanuel was also presented several gifts from Westgate Lanes and the local and state associations for his 900 series, along with his 300 and 900 rings.

Although the 3:30 squad later was relatively tame for scores, Brian Boghosian, the 1999 USBC Masters champion, had a flirtation with a 900 series of his own in the noon squad (team event), putting up back-to-back 300 games before ringing a 10 pin to start the third game and finishing up with a 258 for an 858 series that would have been the Westgate Lanes house record up until two months ago. Team event was also special for Ed Grossett, who picked the state tournament to throw his very first 300 game.

The tournament continues tomorrow.

Youth doubles league to run Friday nights in summer

For the older youth bowlers, a Friday night doubles league will begin on June 5 and run for 12 weeks. The league will bowl four games per night on three Kegel (Recreation series) patterns (changing every four weeks) and use a modified match point system, as follows:

  • 1 point for individual game
  • 2 points for individual total
  • 2 points for team game
  • 5 points for team total

Note: The above means 25 possible points/night

Cost is $15/week for each bowler, with $7.50 going each for lineage and prizes (gift cards or sweatshirts, to be voted on).

Anyone with questions may see Stephen Major when he is at Westgate Lanes.

Apr. 22 league night recap

My Week 32 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

This started out like a copy of the week before last, with my teammates both having had to pre-bowl again, and I was struggling with some physical game issues early. However, unlike last time, I rallied late to save a 152, and bowled better the remainder of the night.

Result: 152-185-181=518
Average (96 games): 167
Average for last 9 games: 169
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 551

My late rally in the first game was more or less needed for the point, but, though we won two games, our opponents got hot in the third game to steal total.

Apr. 20 league standings update

After winning one point from “The Incredibowls”, “Turkey Hunters” are tied for 15th with “Lickety Splits”, 14.5 points behind “Bowling Stones”, who lead “The 508 Boys” by 2.5 points and “No Names” by 4.5 points. In the last week before the second position week for the second half, we bowl against “Striking Gentlemen”; at the top, “Bowling Stones” bowl against Team 16, “The 508 Boys against “Spare Change”, and “No Names” against “Knock Em Down”

Mike Litchfield wins NAT one-ball tournament; Tom Hedding throws perfecto

Congrats to Mike Litchfield for winning the Northeast Amateur Tournament’s special one-ball tournament today at Westgate Lanes. The concept was simple: One ball, and only one ball, of the bowler’s choice was to be used for the whole tournament, including for first ball and all spares. At the end, Mike defeated DJ Jones by a score of 500-445 (with handicap) in the two-game final match. Henry Webber, Shawn Hagan, Matt Richard, John Hayes Jr., Tom Hedding, Hakim Emmanuel, and AJ Voisine were the other Westgate bowlers cashing.

Tom Hedding also had a perfect game in the tournament, thrown using his plastic skull ball (trust me, it moves left when he throws it for a strike). Henry Webber added a 299 game, and Anthony Allen a 297. There was also a score of note thrown by a woman, that being Linda Dembro with a 280 game; the game was the second game and had the last 10 strikes, which won her the tournament’s strike jackpot worth around $700.

Congrats to all! 🙂

Stephen Major 300 erratum

I previously reported that Stephen Major’s recent 300 game in the Saturday youth league was his second in the league and third of his career. However, that was in error: It was still his third 300, but his second one, which I erroneously thought was in the Saturday youth league, was actually thrown in Westport for travel league.

Apr. 15 league night recap

My Week 31 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

I definitely found it tough to carry tonight (18 single pins), but neither did I help myself by missing single pins (five out of those 18). My spare game was at least better in the first game, and my only double of the night was in the 10th of that game to help me get to 190.

Result: 193-137-159=489
Average (93 games): 167
Average for last 9 games: 169
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 565

Barry and I had the two best nights on the pair, but that could only net one point (the first game).

Winter 2015 Week 13 virtual league results

“Diamond Flush 2.0” won just two points from “Seven Wonders” and are now tied for 5th with Team 5, 16 points behind Team 3, who lead “The Big Red One” by seven points and can wrap the championship up in the coming week with enough points.

Individually, “Fin09”, one of the members of Team 3, posted games of 270, 269, and 263 for an 802 series, becoming the first bowler in the virtual league with two 800 series in the same league season. It was his third overall, also leading all-time.

Apr. 12 league standings update

After a point-less night against “The 508 Boys”, “Turkey Hunters” are in 15th place, 12.5 points behind “Bowling Stones”, who lead “The 508 Boys” by 2.5 points and “Y Not Us” by five points. “The Incredibowls” will be our opponents Wednesday night; at the top, “Bowling Stones” will bowl against “Knock em Down”, “The 508 Boys” against “Creeks Mustangs”, and “Y Not Us” against Team 6.

Chad Brown, a member of “Creeks Mustangs”, had a notable individual game last week, with a 289.

Apr. 8 league night recap

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

This was one of the weirdest league nights of my second bowling life. First, I was basically bowling alone because Barry couldn’t get out of a meeting and he and Donald had to pre-bowl for tonight on Sunday. Second, we were assigned to 29-30 for tonight, but had to be moved to 39-40 because of an issue with the scorer on 30 (the scorers are touchscreens, and the touchscreen at that lane wasn’t responding even after three reboots). As a creature of habit, my first game suffered with all of the non-routine stuff. Thankfully, I was able to settle in, and my other two games were better, saving a 514 after a 131 first game.

Result: 131-201-182=514
Average (90 games): 167
Average for last 9 games: 178
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 550

Bowling my average first game still meant we would have lost by two pins, so I’m not going to blame myself too much for that one. Our opponents were mostly over average in the other two games, so that yielded a point-less night.

Apr. 7 league standings update

After winning three points from “Anger Management”, “Turkey Hunters” are in 13th place, 8.5 points behind “Bowling Stones”, who lead “No Names” and “Sweet Rolls” by a point and a half, and “Knock em Down” and “The 508 Boys” (our opponents tomorrow night) by 2.5 points.

Individually, Barry had the high scratch series (570) in the men’s “B” division last week.

2015 Westgate scholarship tournament results

The results of this year’s Westgate Memorial Scholarship Tournament, held on Saturday (scores are with handicap):

Boys

  1. William Gerraughty 818 ($500)
  2. Jonathan Gerraughty 794 ($250)
  3. Glenn Rucker 736 ($125)

Girls

  1. Sarah Kendall 744 ($250)

Congrats to all of the scholarship winners. Of course, this is about the only time I list prizes won by bowlers, as I wish to demonstrate to the parents of prospective youth bowlers that they have the opportunity to win scholarship money in bowling. 🙂

Apr. 1 league night recap

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

The lanes seemed a bit tighter tonight than they have been, and I found my best success when I was able to slow my feet down. A couple of splits in the first game cost me a chance to have all three games over average.

Result: 164-169-190=523
Average (87 games): 167
Average for last 9 games: 177
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 560

Barry had a good night, but as Donald went tonight, so did we; fortunately, Donald had two games over average, and the game under his average was the only point we lost.

Last week in brackets, I made it to two finals, beating Barry in one bracket and Jim Andersen in the other to double my money on the night.