Some Great Scores, Hall of Fame Inductees Revealed Feb 18, 2016

      5 area bowlers inducted into this year’s Hall of Fame, a near miss for another perfect game, and 3 high games rolled on 1 team in 1 game. More on those coming up.

    After going over the reports a couple of weeks ago for the Lutheran League, I missed some scores for one of the women bowlers.  She sent me an e-mail about it, but I forgot to write it down. Guess what happens when you forget to write something down? Yes, you forget it.  My apologies to Dorothy McFarland. She rolled 50 or more pins above her average with a 218. She also rolled a 202 and a 183 for a 603 series. Congratulations, and again, my apologies.     

   This year’s Hall of Fame banquet will be Saturday, Feb 27, 2016, at the Beef House. This year’s inductees are for Achievement, Jerry Simms, and Carla Roseman, In the Senior Division, Dr. Dom Martin, and in the Service Division, Kim Cotton and Tuck Miller. Tickets are just $12 for this buffet style meal. Get you tickets by contacting President Darren VanDuyn. Come on out and congratulate the new members.

      Last week, I mentioned that 20 year old Dillon Turner shot a perfect game. It was his first. This past Friday night, Parker Winlead captured the King of the Hill Tourney. The King of the Hill Tourney is every Friday Night at 10 PM. They will be taking the top 24 to the brackets. The top 8 seeds will get first round byes! You will get at least 2 games, and it only costs $10.

    Mark your calendars for another tourney on Feb 25, though the 28th. The 3rd annual Lincoln Lanes open where you will have a chance to win $1,000. It is a handicap tournament, so don’t miss out. Stop down at Lincoln Lanes, or while you are bowling in League play, ask for a flyer from one of the very courteous employees.

     A team recently rolled a 1260 series in the Mutual League, with 3 bowlers shooting some high scores. Steve Skimehorn shot a 298, Kyle Sirratt, a 299, and Byron Miller, topped out with a 290.  Of course with those high scores, each bowler rolled 11 strikes in a row.

This week’s Bowler Reports:

Games above 250: (Friday Mixed League) 299 Scottie Reinken, 268 Terrence Cloyd, 267 and 279 Dillon Turner, 265 Dustin Dolbee, 254 Josh Troxtell, 257 Billy Morgan,  263 Ruben Villareal and 253 Steve Skimehorn. (Lutheran League) 265 and  299 Terrence Cloyd,268 and 269 Rich McFarland, 256 Dillon Turner, 266 Ruben Villereal, 256 and 266 Bryan Lawson, and 288 for Jason Woodworth.(Senior League) 257 Ron Candido. (Go Getters) 264 Bryan Lawson and 256 Jim Miller.

Games above 225 (Women): (Friday Night Mixed) 245 Nicole Brown, 267 Alicia Hinners. (Lutheran League) 229 Kaitlyn Hankey, 235 and 244 Robin Turner.

Series above 675: (Friday Mixed League) 747 Scottie Reinken, 738 Terrence Cloyd, 793 Dillon Turner, and 720 Josh Troxtell. (Lutheran League) 756 Terrence Cloyd, 761 Rich McFarland, 704 Don Miller, 718 Dillon Turner, 765 Bryan Lawson, and 687 Jason Woodworth. (Go Getters) 728 Jim Miller, and 701 Bryan Lawson.

Series above 650 (Women) (Friday Night Mixed): 653 Nicole Brown

50 or more pins over average: (Lutheran League) 215 Misty Moore, 207 Jolene Kraut (Friday Night Mixed): 189 Ed Drake, and 232 Gabe Garza. (Seniors) 185 Margo Johnson, 234 and 233 Marvin Brandon, and 209 Gerald Arnett. (Go Getters) 216 Charlie Tiffin and 216 Jim Thomas.

   Other reports from around the area: MS Nail Salon reports that Sherry Pickering bowled a 222 to earn her 200 game patch. Sue Strong a 631 series to earn her 600 series award and her 140 pins over average series award. She also earned her 225 game award.  Series included 214, 185, & 232. Marilyn Ruffner picked up the 9-10.

    Other split conversions included, (Senior): 5-10 Bob Maxwell and Gerald Arnett, 4-10 Ron Candido and the 4-8-10 Barb Walls. (Go Getters) Paula Beatty 4-5-7, Harl Miller 7-8,Sandy West 3-6-7-10, Billy McDaniel 9-10, Cheryl Evans 3-9-10, Jan Frank 5-10, Ella Miller 4-5, and Raschelle Carpenter 5-7-8-9.

      As we end this report, let’s remember Ernie Harvey, one of our Senior bowlers who recently passed on. Ernie, we will miss you.

      That’s it for this week. Thanks to all who submitted info for this week’s column. Remember, 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.

Feb 12th, 2016 Two Perfect Games...............Another Close, But No Cigar....

    Two perfect games bowled, and another, close, but no cigar. Perfect games seem to be no stranger to Terrence Cloyd as he recently rolled another one in the Lutheran League.  In the Saturday Night Happy Go Lucky league, was Dillon Turner. Getting, oh so close, was Jim Miller with a 299. Congrats guys.

      First off, we would like to announce that this year’s Hall of Fame banquet will be on Saturday, Feb 27, 2016, at the Beef House. Come out and see who will be inducted into this year's DBA Hall of Fame. Tickets are just $12 for this buffet style meal and those awesome Beef House rolls. Get you tickets by contacting President Darren VanDuyn.

      This past Friday night, Scottie Reinken and Jarvis Brown, captured the King of the Hill Tourney. The King of the Hill Tourney is every Friday Night at 10 PM. They will be taking the top 24 to the brackets. The top 8 seeds will get first round byes! You will get at least 2 games, and it only costs $10.

    Mark your calendars for another tourney coming up on Feb 25, and going though the 28th. The 3rd annual Lincoln Lanes open where you will have a chance to win $1,000. It is a handicap tournament, so don’t miss out. Stop down at Lincoln Lanes, or while you are bowling in League play, ask for a flyer from one of the very courteous employees.

     Fast Lanes is having a VALENTINES 7-8-9 pin tournament on February 13 at 7:00. Music will be provided by John Boblett DJ service. 

This week’s Bowler Reports:

Games above 250: (Friday Mixed League) 275 and 268 Scottie Reinken, 266 Terrence Cloyd, 257 Jarvis Brown, and 279 Josh Troxtell.

(Lutheran League) 268 Paul Woodworth, 268 Shawn Peterson, 257 Don Miller, 259 Parker Winlead, 270 Rich McFarland, 256, and 266 Bryan Lawson   (Senior League) 258 Terry Bell.

Games above 225 (Women): (Friday Night Mixed) 237 and 229 Nicole Brown, 227 Deneesha Brown.

Series above 675: (Friday Mixed League) 791 Scottie Reinken, 728 Terrence Cloyd, 720Dustin Dolbee, 688 Josh Troxtell, and 678 Bryan Spickard. (Lutheran League) 697 and 724 Shawn Peterson, 693 Don Miller, 688 Parker Winlead, 745 Rich McFarland, and 725 Bryan Lawson. (Go Getters) 760 Jim Miller, and 704 Ray Rogers.

Series above 650 (Women) (Friday Night Mixed): 690 Nicole Brown

50 or more pins over average: (Lutheran League) 228 Parker Winlead, 235and 222 Gabe Garza, 246 Steve Skimehorn, 244 Cal Richards, and 192 Ester Harrell. (Friday Night Mixed): Chad Ziegler, 233 Greg Miller, and 204 Dabo Worthington. (Seniors) 206 Jim Thomas, 235 Marvin Brandon, and 190 Jan Frank. (Go Getters) 209 Margaret Birge, 237 Ron Blagg, 208 Chris Brookins, 229 Kaitlyn Hankey,222 Gary Holycross,193 Dick Lamb, 238 Bryan Lawson, 223 John Mikel, 186 Tuck Miller, 246 Ray Rogers, and 178 Sandy West.

   Other reports from around the area. MS Nail Salon reports that Sue Broderick earned her 175 game award when she bowled a 180 game. Sharon Craft picked up the 5-10 split, and Donna Rayhel bowled a 213.

Other split conversions included, (Senior): 5-10 Bob Maxwell and Gerald Arnett, 4-10 Ron Candido and the 4-8-10 Barb Walls. (Go Getters) 5-7 Chris Brookins, 8-10 John Mikel, 5-6 Laura Baird, and Don Miller, and the 4-5-7, Fred Fultz.

      That’s it for this week. Thanks to all who submitted info for this week’s column. Remember, 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.

5 Bowlers Roll 700 series......February 4, 2016

      We have 5 bowlers this week that shot over 700.  Some really great scores.

      If you have not noticed, we have picked up 2 additional leagues the past few weeks that, we are reporting on, so, that increases your odds of your name being in the paper.  A big welcome to the Lutheran League, and Friday Might Mixed leagues.

      This past Friday night, Kyle Sirratt, and Byron Miller captured the King of the Hill Tourney. The King of the Hill Tourney is every Friday Night at 10 PM. They will be taking the top 24 to the brackets. The top 8 seeds will get first round byes! You will get at least 2 games, and it only costs $10.

    Mark your calendars for another tourney coming up on Feb 25, and going though the 28^th. The 3^rd annual Lincoln Lanes open where you will have a chance to win $1,000. It is a handicap tournament, so don’t miss out. Stop down at Lincoln Lanes, or while you are bowling in League play, ask for a flyer from one of the very courteous employees.

     Fast Lanes Bowling Center in Hoopeston is now going on, and the scores are high so far. They have one more day left, this coming Sunday. You might want to give them a call at 217-283-6505, and see if the have any openings. We hope to have results for next week’s report. Fast Lanes is having a VALENTINES 7-8-9 pin tournament on February 13 at 7:00. Music will be provided by John Boblett DJ service. 

This week’s Bowler Reports:

Games above 250: (Friday Mixed League) 258 Devin Varner, 267 Byron Miller, 251, 275 Dillon Turner, 268 Scottie Reinken, 254 Donnie Cheeseman, 255 Dustin Dolbee, 257 & 277 Joe Lewis, and 264 Steven Jones, (Lutheran League) 256 Cliff Dupree, 254 Ron Candido, 255 Dillon Turner, 256 Ruben Villeral  (Go Getters) 266 & 257 Don Miller, and 258 Ray Rogers. (Senior League) 257 Wayne Brown.

Series above 675: (Friday Mixed League) 735 Devin Varner, 753 Dillon Turner, 715 Byron Miller, 689, Terrence Cloyd, 724 Scottie Reinken, 738 Joe Lewis, and 679 John Strawser. (Lutheran League) 721 Jason Woodworth, 714 Devin Varner, 700 Dillon Turner, and 690 Ruben Villereal. (Go Getters) 698 Jim Miller, and 727 Don Miller.

50 or more pins over average: (Lutheran League) 193 Rob Black, , 182 Frank Blair

(Go Getters) 247 Tony Dompe, 213 Bub Tiffin, 202 Charlie Tiffin and 196 Josh Wakeland. (Senior League) 185 Barb Smith, 208 Georgia Seward, 204 John Gebhart, 203 Keith Carter, and 249 Ed Reed.

   Other reports from around the area. From Fast Lanes in Hoopeston: On the Sunday night league Todd Rush led the way with a 279 game followed by John Lowe's 278. Geoffery Berlin followed with a 258. Lowe had high series with a 678 followed by Berlins 677 and Doug Wagoner's 667. Linda Van Burk paced the ladies with a 221-599 series followed by Leslie Hardcastle 211-540 and Dianna Judy's 204 game. On the Monday night ladies it was Karen Porth's 217, 574 leading the way.  The Will Bruens mens league was led by Chad Bruens 258, 732 series and Duane Rasher 256 game. Darrin Eighner had a 698.At the Friday Night League in Covington: Ron Cates rolled a 239 (56)-196-195 and a 630 series. Linda Smith shot a 218(59), and other games of 168-130, for a 515 series.. Tony Sowers rolled games of 172-152-215, for a 539 series. MS Nail Salon reports that Pat Dokey picked up a 5-7 split!

Mary Seaman earned her 175 game award when she bowled a 185 game.

      That’s it for this week. Thanks to all who submitted info for this week’s column. Remember, 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.