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Jeff Davis
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All the leagues at Classic Lanes are sanctioned by the United States Bowling Congress (USBC) and all league bowlers pay a membership fee to join. USBC is the national governing body for bowling providing standardized rules, regulations and benefits for members. You may have noticed, for example, that your bowling ball has a USBC logo and number imprinted on it. USBC ensures all bowling balls, pins and more are inspected and certified, ensuring a fair and competitive game for all USBC members. Your certified average is your ticket to local, state and national bowling tournaments. No matter your skill level, USBC has a tournament for you.
The USBC recognizes your accomplishments in certified league and tournament play through its lifetime national awards program. The plaques, rings and trophies awarded by USBC offer you a wide variety of ways to commemorate the pinnacles of your success for your first 300 game, 800 series or 900 series. USBC can be found at bowl.com.
The results below begin with the Thursday Commercial league’s Oct. 26 session and go through the Wednesday Senior league’s Nov. 1 bowling. Results from the Tuesday Mixed league’s Oct. 31 competition fell victim to a Hallowe’en goblin and are not available at this time.
Wilson’s Proformance and Graham International continue to battle for top standing in the Thursday Commercial League. Currently Wilson’s Proformance tops the league with a 28 – 8 record, but Graham International is close behind with a mark of 26 – 10. Three teams come in with 20 or more points: Keeping it PG (23 – 13), and Grip-N-Rip and Tierra Del Sol at 20 – 16. Amanda Gunnels, bowling for The Shredders, paced the women with a 257 game and Kyra Jenkins of Tierra Del Sol took the ladies' high series at 614. Robert Meyers rolling for Hooten’s Hardware took men’s honors with a big 279 game and DeWayne Roach on the Wilson’s Proformance foursome rolled a 713 series.
Sunday’s This Ain’t Yo Momma’s Bowling League maintains its stiff competition, with 9 of the 14 teams sporting at least a .500 record. Knotted at the top with 20 – 12 records are Split Happens and Full Throttle. Close behind are Team 10, Team 7, Team 13, and Classic Crazies with 18 – 14 tallies. Kyra Jenkins, rolling for Team 9, again gets the honors for the ladies with a 223 game and 575 series. Sisco Zarco, bowling on the Team 7 foursome, crashed a 236 game and 661 series to top the men’s honor scores.
WWM continues to dominate in the Monday Trio league, fashioning a 29 – 7 record. Stone & Gang and Fall Goldies are battling for second place with 22 – 14 scores. Amanda Gunnels, bowling for the Fun Bunch threesome, rolled a 248 for ladies’ high game and Debbie Essary of the Spare Me trio captured high honors for the ladies with a 587 series. Stone & Gang’s Russ Boyd was on target for the men’s honors with a 214 game and 592 series.
The leaderboard is being shaken up but remains competitive in Wednesday’s Senior League, with 10 of the 13 teams showing .500 or better records for the season. Ten Down and Pin Pals are in the lead with 23 – 13 scores, and The Men Folk, Jerry Joe’s Ladies, S & P, and Lurch & Friends all have 21 – 15 marks. Strike Force and Mighty Mo’s Bunch are close behind, standing at 20 – 16. Billy Painter on the S & P team paced the men with a 237 game and 621 series. Pam Parmer, on the Mine’s In The Gutter squad, bowled a 194 for ladies’ high game All In The Family’s Tricia Attaway had high series for the women with a 543.
Until next week, good luck and good bowling.