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Thirty Two Fifty

Last post for summer bowling league. Winter league starts Monday!


We went into the final night in 3rd place, 7 points over the 4th place team whom we played.

The hard partying college girls, that team that gets the huge handicaps from everyone, was in 2nd place, 2 points over us. The previous week they had been in 1st, but the “PITAs”, a team made up of young folks who work at the bowling alley (there were 2 of those teams on this little league), beat them 5-2 last week to take the lead. So we had a chance to take 2nd - if the girls got shut out and we won at least one game, then we would take 2nd because our Total Pins count was higher. If they won one (2 points) and we won two or more (4 - 7 points) then we would beat them just on points.

The team we played last week, the one made up of semi-pro ringers (who all also work at the bowling alley), dropped all the way to 5th place because of the beat down we delivered then. hahaha!

So we were slotted to play team Just Us. We have a lot of fun with those guys, and it’s usually just about a heads up, no handicap competition. We got 12 pins in handicap last night, and both teams were out to win.

We bowled really well the first team. I started off with 5 strikes in a row, left an open in the 6th, then struck again in the 7th, and finished with a 211, nearly 40 pins over average. Our anchor, Rex, started game 1 with 6 strikes in a row and finished with a 238. Our ladies did well too, coming in a bit over average. But the old guys and Air Doug, the team we were playing, had their game on. They also bowled really well. So it went back and forth the whole game. At one point they were up 40. At another point we were up 64. But in the end we won. By 6 pins.

The college girls won their first game too. The Pressure!! We had to win another game and they had to lose from that point forward if our team was going to take 2nd. But there was no collusion at all from our competition. Which is as it should be. There were on fire. Well, as on fire as you can be when it’s Old Guy Bowling. Which is a really slow approach, a soft swing, no bending, no super strong releases that rip the cover off the ball and rev it up like a dynamo. Just walk forward, give the ball a flick and drop it. But drop it in the right spot, and flick it just so every time. And that gets the job done.

Our ladies did even better in game 2. My wife threw in the 170s, a 30 over game for her. I was very tired; I’d been up since 5am moving our stuff all day. But I still managed to roll a 185, a decent 10 over game. And Rex threw a 247. But the old guys were cooking, and for once Air Doug was NOT caving in to pressure, or having a fit about his thumb fit, or even losing his marbles because the hand dryer wasn’t working. And he was still high on his 687 series from last week, so he was confident. The best we could do was pace them. They took the lead after the 5th frame, and as hard as we tried to close the gap, they wound up winning by 43 pins.

The college girls got smeared. They were bowling really well, throwing their best games of the season, but the PITAs rolled an 800 game. So we still had a chance. But we had to trample in game 3 so we would finish with 4 or 5 points for the night.

We did what we could. At one point in game 3, maybe around the 4th frame, we were up 47 pins. Then our ladies faltered. And I wasn’t having a great game in the early frames either, and Rex kept leaving 10 pins. Changing lane conditions; time to make an adjustment. Improvise, adapt, overcome! But our attempt at a rally didn’t happen, and the old guys were charging. They were striking left and right, and getting spares when given the chance, while we were leaving open frames. We did manage to get all strikes in the 5th frame, which won us the Beer Frame, and that was actually the only Beer Frame won on this league all season. Nice for us. Miller Lite for me ("free" only covers the cheap beer) and ice cream for the rest of my team. I finished with a 176, only a couple pins over average. Rex threw a 188, which is a bad game for him. Icky low scores from our ladies. And the old guys pulled a 700 game. So we got beat. And we wound up 2-5 for the night.

The college girls lost their third game as well. I didn’t notice the score.

So in the end, the final standings were exactly the same as they were going into the night. PITAs took the win, the party chicks held onto 2nd, we finished 3rd, and team Just Us was in 4th. Plus all the other lower finishing teams, who cares?

And our big prize money?

$32.50 per person. Woo hoo.

Summer league is just for fun. Winter league is where the big money is.


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Posted by Drew458   United States  on 08/26/2009 at 07:45 AM   
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