Oct 9th, 2014

    Mixed Doubles, 7-8-9 tournament is Saturday, October 11th starting at 7:00 and is open to anyone at Fast Lanes in Hoopeston.

    On the Sunday night mixed league, on the ladies side, it was Karen Porth with a 246 -660 series. On the men’ side, Doug Wagoner had a 256-684 . On the Monday Ladies it was Porth again with a 247- 598 series followed by Jennifer Crawley & Holly Silvers 200 games.  Hoppy was 50 pins over her average. On the Wednesday Night Ladies it was Ali Eilers with a 234-with a 156 average followed by Patty Lowes 211 game. The Thursday Night Men’s were led by the father son duo of Bob and Brandon Hamilton. Bob took high game with a 289 to Brandons 266and Dean Kregel's 258. Brandon had high series with a 718, followed by dads 715. What a combination they are.    

     In the MS Nail Salon League, Sue Strong rolled a 205 game. Pam Jeffers earned her 175 game award, as did Sally Reed. Reed also achieved her 400 series award.

    At Sycamore Lanes in Covington, it was an easy night, where Linda Cates bowled a 169-213-148 for a 530 series. The 213 game was 57 pins over average, while Chad Edmiston picked up 3-7.

    In Senior League action, Harlie Huckleby was 85 pins over his average with a 211 game. Ed Reed rolled a 632 series which was 101 pins above his series average. Need some pointers on converting splits, well, you might ask some of these seniors, as they did not seem to have any problems with them. Dorothy Hesler, with the 5-7, and 3-6-7-9. Bub Tiffin knocked out the 5-7, while Darlene Edwards picked up the5-8-10. Laura Baird was working the left side, picking up the 4-5, while Terry Koebrich was on the right, hitting the 5-6. Jack Ball demonstrated how easy it was to pick up the 3-9-10, while Clarence Martin gave demonstrations on the 3-5-10.

   The Tuesday Nite Go Getter’s Dot Tiffin was at it again, rolling 47 pins average with a 165.  Other high games included Harlie Huckleby, 47 over with a 173. Newcomer Jamie Brown rolled a 162 game, 45 over. Jordyn Castle, rolled 75 pins over game average with a 194.  High rollers Ron Blagg and Stan Harvey were both over their averages this week.  Blagg was 50 over with a 22 game, while Harvey shot a 236, 60 over, and a 225, 47 over. Houston Key closed out the night with 63 over, with a 209 game.

      Several bowlers picked up splits. They were Martha Elliott, the 7-8. Ray Rogers, the 6-7-10, and Sandy West, the 2-4-6. Russ Puzey, the 5-7, Sherry Castongue, 5-6, and Linda Engle, the 4-10.
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      You can get all the columns by checking out Tuck’s Bowling for Fun blog at: http://tucksbowlingforfun.blogspot.com

    . If you are a league secretary, we would love to have your league reports. Drop me an e-mail message to illianabowling@gmail.com and I will contact you with what I would like to have to make your reports complete. Help me to recognize your league bowlers for their achievements.

   You can get all the columns by checking out Tuck’s Bowling for Fun blog at: http://tucksbowlingforfun.blogspot.com

       Until next time, let’s have fun, and knock ‘em down..