Written by: Steve Richter While this is the first sentence you’ll read in this blog post, it’s the last one I write while finishing it up. I had to do that to emotionally get through one of the top 5 life events I’ve ever experienced and to give you proper perspective on great acts of […]
Continue readingZak Becker of West Bend rolled his first-ever clean game in the first game of the tournament; a 235, and never looked back as he lead from wire-to-wire winning the inaugural ELITE Pro Shop VIP Tournament. In his first-ever tournament, Zak defeated Storm / Roto Grip Regional Sales Manager Chris Sand 211 to 210. Chris […]
Continue readingDrew Kriesa was kind enough to pull together a team from the Tuesday GFL league at Odyssey for a last-minute drop-out in the Fab 5 tournament in February. Team chemistry matured immediately as they won the final 5-Star Tournament of the year; the Fab 5 team tournament. The #6 seeded Team Kriesa (Tim Olszewski, Randy […]
Continue readingLakeland College Athletics to add women's bowling program Athletics – posted on 3/11/2013 http://lakeland.edu/AboutUs/news.asp?article=9816 Lakeland College will add women's bowling as a varsity sport beginning with the 2013-14 school year, Vice President of Athletics and Wellness Kellen Winslow announced today. It brings Lakeland's total number of varsity sports to 19. Women's bowling is the […]
Continue readingKAILUA, OAHU (HawaiiNewsNow) – President Obama spent time with his daughters Thursday, taking them bowling at Marine Corps Base Hawaii at Kaneohe and then heading for shave ice at their regular spot, Island Snow in Kailua. Hawaii News Now – KGMB and KHNL The president began his day as he usually does, going to the […]
Continue readingAfter qualifying in 7th position and getting 2 “byes” into the 4th round, Adam Kellner only got stronger as the night went on; eventually finishing with a 9-pin 300 game to top #5 seed Mike Heling for the championship. The win was worth $140, second was $125. The defending Champion, Jeff Shircel, was bidding to […]
Continue readingLike last year’s winners Ben Cleveland, Tyler Atkinson and Don Suckow, who broke through with their first Holiday Classic victory, Pete, Kyle and Jason are seemingly always in the hunt year after year. Their best finish to date was in 2008 losing to Josh Gulig, Nicole Burt and Jesse Burt. In 2012, they finally broke […]
Continue readingAnytime you place a risk/reward proposition outside of most people’s comfort zones, crazy things can and do happen. Such is the case especially when you look at how people of all skill levels attack the extremes: Shark (45’) and Cheetah (35’). Despite Kegel’s successful formula of Pattern Length – 31 = Breakpoint Range to […]
Continue readingWhen the year-ending Fab 5 tournament begins on February 23, 2013, Team Alfson will enter it as the ONLY three-time defending champion of that event. Team Alfson easily defeated Team Richter for the championship by a score of 467-411 in the two-game finals. Team Alfson is Sara Alfson, Shannon Alfson, Sherry Alfson, Josh Bowen and […]
Continue readingThe Kegel Middle Road segment of the ELITE Pro Shop Challenge League ended this Wednesday evening and still no one has won the Big Strike Jackpot that approaching $200. In scoring action Steve Richter led the way with an 859 series followed by Paul Gloede (837), Ralph Champeau (828) and Ben Cleveland […]
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