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PIN POINTS
TO PONDER
By CHUCK PEZZANO
Many a parent worries
when a youngster becomes too
interested in sport, any sport.
They feel that at times a
sport can have a distracting
influence on youthful participants
when he or she should
be concentrating more on the
basics of education.
If the sport is bowling,
there’s little need for concern.
Bowling enthusiasts must
learn scoring and the math
necessary. The numbers always
need close attention and when
a youngster becomes involved
with averages, high games,
high series, point systems
and the many other statistics
connected with bowling, they
learn to figure quickly and
accurately, just to keep things
honest. They also are exposed
to various computer systems.
They want to be able to
decipher entry blanks, rule
books, to understand them, to
read accounts of leagues and
tournaments and the exploits of
their bowling heroes in newspapers,
bowling publications
and magazines. Whether they
know it or not, they read more,
become better readers and
more acquainted with words.
They learn how to win,
to lose, to organize, and how
important team efforts are and
how it is just as important to
foster individual goals and they
learn about pressure without
undue pressure on them.
Boys and girls interested
in bowling can’t bowl all they
want because most allowances
won’t stretch that far. Many
become a little more eager to
do some extra chores around
the house to earn some extra
money to bowl some extra
games. Some take on a parttime
job and some pick up
pin money by keeping score
or helping at various bowling
tournaments. They learn more
of the value of money when
they want that new ball or bag
or shoes.
Youngsters interested in
bowling can’t help but have
their competitive juices and
spirit aroused. And if they’re
not good bowlers they can
become involved with the organizational
structure, creating
and conducting and publicizing
events. In all ways the sport
offers a social outlet and an
education, because bowling is
a mirror of life’s success and
failure, and youngsters can
relate much of what they do in
bowling to other experiences.
Few young bowlers get
into trouble, a tribute to the
juniors who bowl, the people
who teach and guide them and
the bowling centers in which
they bowl. Ask any judge.
Most bowling centers welcome
juniors with open arms, but
don’t baby them, and insist
upon proper dress and actions.
Young people learn about rules,
respect for other people’s property
and also about discipline.
But even more should and
could be done to attract and
keep more young bowlers.
One of the great beauties
of bowling for youngsters is
that it will always be there.
Some bowl the rest of their
lives. Many go through gaps,
absences from bowling because
of schooling, jobs, marriage
or family obligations. But
most come back at one time or
another, the fun and lessons
they learned in bowling taken
out of storage.
Books and bowling do get
together. Math, history, finance,
competition, satisfaction
and an atmosphere answering
a social need with a physical
outlet are combined.
Mothers and fathers always
will worry. Those fears are cut
to a minimum when boys and
girls from tots to teens discover
bowling as an outlet.
And you never have to look
very far to find a bowling
center.
FLEMING
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Carter and Chris Lucas who
beat Blain Weninger and Richie
Rylant, 404-390. Carter and
Lucas then faced the eventual
champs and lost a one-sided
affair 484-367.
Fleming and Johnson then
beat Rick Lawrence and Casey
Powell, 450-351, to reach the
championship match.
“Harper commented to us
that he did not move in fast
enough in the final match and
that was key,” Fleming added.
The tournament condition
was a variation of the new
“Blue” USBC oil pattern, and
by the end of the tournament
all of the players were playing
inside the sixth arrow.
Johnson had this to say,
“The last pair hooked 10
boards more than the other
pairs we bowled on. I hate to
say it but once we got going, I
knew we would be very tough
to beat. With the way Flem
bowled all day I knew we were
good.”
CJ has always been one of
the strongest players around
from that deep inside line, so
the finals conditions certainly
played into his hands and allowed
him to “make the Tahoe”
payment as he said, with the
$2,700 the winners split for
first place.
Harper and Maldonado
received $1,200 each.
The other event at AMF
Showplace Euless on Saturday,
was the QueenPin Doubles won
WAXAHACHIE IS
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If anyone can kill you with
kindness, it is Sharion. She
stresses customer service. And
always with a smile.
She knows a great percentage
of her bowlers by their first
names.
“Bowlers don’t want to feel
like they are just numbers,”
said Harwell. “They want to be
treated like they are special,
which they are.
“The people in Waxahachie
are just great. They are more
laid back than bowlers in the
city.”
Harwell likes to bowl
leagues in her house, so she
can keep abreast of things. But
she has been battling injuries.
A broken arm made her
attempt to bowl left-handed.
She averaged about 145. In
her heydays, she carried a 197
average.
“That’s when I called myself
a bowler,” she said.
She has bowled most of her
life.
Her whole family, husband
Mack, daughter Sabrina and
son Bubba bowl.
Bubba is the star. Sharion
said he has had some 63
sanctioned 300s.
The Harwells still reside
near Mesquite. She travels 31
miles to work each way. She
says it is worth it.
Waxahachie is her town.
“I could not be happier,” she
said.
by Heather Jones and Anita
Manns.
In the first stepladder
match, Jones and Manns
defeated April Ellis and Olivia
Sandham, 472-463.
They then moved on to bowl
Marcia Kloempken and Tenelle
Milligan in the championship
match and won big, 492-399.
Surprisingly this was the
first time that Jones and Manns
have bowled doubles together
considering they are very good
friends, or “bestie’s” as Manns
put it.
“We communicate very
well when we are bowling, we
share information, and we even
threw the same balls at the
same time today. We started
with the Virtual Energy,
changed to the Tantrum and
whacked them,” Jones added.
Heather averaged 272 in
the finals and the champs
won $700 for the title. while
Kloempken and Milligan
claimed $350 and Ellis and
Sandham received $200.
“I knew that Heather had
a great look so I just needed
to keep it close and we would
do well, we make a great team
and will continue to bowl
together,” Manns said.
The KingPin tournament
had 35 entries and the Queen-
Pin had 11 entries.
Tournament director, Paul
Henderson had this to say, “We
would like to thank everyone
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THE BOWLING NEWS | Thursday, January 21, 2010 | Page 9
TRAVELING CLASSIC BOWLING
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
As of Jan. 10
Men — Dallas I-II
#1
BBB Enclosures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 47
Holiday Glass & Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50.5 53.5
The Usual Suspects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47.5 56.5
Bowling Nomads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 57
Bridgerock Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 58
National Wholesale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33.5 70.5
#2
Advanced Financial Strategy . . . . . . . . 57 47
Big Town Bowlanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51.5 52.5
AMF Garland Lanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 53
Compass Couriers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 56
Plano Super Bowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41.5 62.5
Spare Time Red Door Lounge . . . . . . . 40 64
#3
Classic Lanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 43
AMF Lewisville Lanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 44
Allen Bowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 48
Texas Truxx Outfitters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 49
USA Bowl Lounge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54.5 49.5
Forum Bowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 56
#4
AMF Showplace Euless Sharks . . . . . . . 67 37
Jupiter Billiard Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 37
Winston Water Cooler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 48
AMF Irving Lanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 53
AMF Richardson Cafe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 54
Red Bird Lanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 56
#5
AMF Showplace Euless Lanes . . . . . . . . 56 48
The Bowling Shop-Garland . . . . . . . . . . 55 49
AMF Spare Time Lanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 49
AMF Irving Lounge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 58
AMF DeSoto Lanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 60
Plano Super Bowl Lounge . . . . . . . . . . . 40 64
#6
On the Border . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 41
AMF Garland Lounge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 43
Forum Bowl Lounge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 45
Red Bird Grill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58.5 45.5
AMF Lewisville Pro Shop . . . . . . . . . . .50.5 53.5
Rich’s Pro Shop Forum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 56
The Yeeksters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 57
Bowling Distributors Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 90
#7
Splitsville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66.5 37.5
B.A.D.D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59.5 44.5
Wolfpack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 45
The Storms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 45
The Bowling Shop-Richardson . . . . . . . 58 46
USA Bowl Lanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53.5 50.5
AMF Richardson Pro Shop . . . . . . . . . .46.5 57.5
Otis Pillow Pro Shop Hurst. . . . . . . . . . . 42 62
Men — Fort Worth South
#1
Scores have not been reported since Nov. 8
As of Jan. 3
Dallas Women
B-1
Ron Williams Pro Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 28
The Bowling Shop/Rowlett . . . . . . . . .65.5 30.5
Forum Bowl Double Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 54
Allen Bowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 56
B-2
The Bowling Shop/Richardson. . . . . .59.5 36.5
Advanced Financial Strategies . . . . . .55.5 40.5
Richardson Lightning Strikes . . . . . . .43.5 52.5
DeSoto Sophisticated Ladies . . . . . . .29.5 66.5
B-3
AMF Richardson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 40
USA Bowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 49
Red Bird Lanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 47
AMF DeSoto Lanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 51
B-4
AMF Showplace Euless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 39
Lewisville Travelin’ Trouble. . . . . . . . . . . 54 42
AMF Irving Lanes/TNBA . . . . . . . . . . . .53.5 42.5
Plano Super Bowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0 0
B-5
The Bowling Shop/Garland . . . . . . . . .67.5 28.5
Dallas Indian Bowling Tourn. . . . . . . . . 50 46
Candles Make Scents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 51
Lakeview Apparel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 63
B-6
Terrell Bowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 44
Showplace Deuces Wild . . . . . . . . . . . .51.5 44.5
Pride and Joy Day Care . . . . . . . . . . . . .49.5 46.5
A A & G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 63
B-7
Spare Time 2 D Xtreme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 40
Jupiter Lanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 42
Forum Bowl/Rich’s Pro Shop . . . . . . . . . 44 52
USA Bowl - Elite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 60
B-8
TBC Pro Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 39
Big Town Bowlanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 40
AMF Lewisville Lounge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 41
Cityview Lanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 84
B-9
All Star Bowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59.5 36.5
Rowlett Bowl-a-Rama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 38
The Cirrus Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 51
Wick’s Performance Centers . . . . . . . . . 44 52
As of Jan. 10
Fort Worth Women
District #1
Westcreek Lanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 38
Forum Fivem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 50
Cowtown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 52
AMF Euless Wings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 58
Lone Star Spares & Strikes . . . . . . . . . .28.5 67.5
District #2
Lewisville Nine & A Wiggle . . . . . . . . . . 64 32
Cityview Traveling Ladies . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 37
AMF Spare Time Lanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 45
Hurst Otis’ Pro Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 50
Lone Star Lanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45.5 50.5
At Brunswick Westcreek
Smith Jr. topples 766,
Sikora produces 708
Avery lands 298 game
Vernon Smith Jr. compiled
a top flight 267-235-264 = 766
Classic High Pot league series
to gain the lead on the honor
roll for the week at Brunswick
Westcreek Lanes.
Greg Avery earned high-game
honors with a 298 single.
Lea Anne Sikora, Smith’s
leaguemate, paced the ladies
with a sky-high 267-205-236 =
708 set.
HONOR ROLL
Chris Lucas 266-748, Pearl
Tucker 265-640, Chris Morgan
275-734, Heather Jones 224-614,
Russell Corwin 280-707, Jerimi
Thomas 256-702, John Cobb 277,
Chris Argo 233-547.
Coty Carter 267-655, Bernard
Tate 257-697, Gloria Llagas 247-
660, Don Jordon 223-607, Iva
Morris 495, John Holtzapple 279,
Nita Stein 266-674, Laughton
Smith 264-683, April Shelton
234-626.
Greg Kennon 234-653, Arthur
Warren Jr. 226-576, Alice Rogers 401,
Charles Avant 279, Gloria Llagas 215-
570, Dudley Seals 257-711, Matthew
Moore 226-557, Jennifer Reynolds
111-333, Lea Anne Sikora 234-682.
Carolyn Ingram 224-544, Danny
Hudgins 247-612, Lita Schmid 524,
Greg Avery 298-730, Audrey Wallace
247, Kecia Andries 215-602, Ron
Waller 230-671, Karen Holder 193-555,
Matthew Moore 185-448.
Jennifer Reynolds 125-337, Brian
Grange 279-762, Beverly Rogers 247-
682, Ed Tanner Jr. 278-762, Danielle
Sharpe 226-641, Rodney Black 269-749,
Pat Shelton 255-620, Garland Campbell
255-734.
Nita Stein 206-613, Mike Moscato
247-729, Cassandra Norris 205-611,
Heather Jones 213-609, Willlie Jackson
Jr. 257-714, John Anderson 267-713,
Richard Lewis 279-704, Ron Coggins
279-701