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Jeff Davis
Do you need to warm up before bowling? It’s not like you are preparing to run a marathon, but bowling is a whole-body sport that requires coordination, skill, and strength. Swinging your arm around with heavy weight is a great way to pull a muscle if you’re not properly prepared.
Trying a few of these stretches before rolling warms up the muscles to keep you limber, helps avoid strains and might just improve your scoring. Remember to stretch both sides of your body; always maintain symmetry. Can’t hurt, right? Might even help. Obviously, this is not intended to be medical advice; use your common sense and listen to your body.
Stretch your hamstrings by bending forward at the waist as far as you can.
Stand on one foot while bending the other backward. Grasp your lifted foot with your hand to stretch your quad muscle.
Stretch your calf muscles by lunging forward with one leg while keeping the other foot flat.
Extend your arm straight out and slowly swing it in a full circle to the left, then to the right.
Put one arm across your chest and use your other arm to gently pull it toward you.
Interlace your fingers and hold your arms above your body, palms toward the ceiling.
The results below begin with the Thursday Commercial League’s Jan. 11 session and go through the Senior League’s Jan. 17 bowling. Old Man Winter scrubbed Sunday’s This Ain’t Yo Momma’s Bowling League and the Monday Trio League. The various leagues divide the season into quarters or halves. The standings reported below reflect the current marks, not the overall season.
Four teams started the reset unblemished in the Thursday Commercial League. Wilson’s Proformance, Keeping It PG, Alley Gators and Dirty Hands E all sport perfect 4-0 records. Money B! and Donnie’s Heat & Air are close behind at 3-1. Check out this brother act: JP’s Classic Lanes’ proprietor Justin Parmer, rolling for Money B!, bested his average by 100 pins, scorching a 279 high game and Graham International’s Jason Parmer took men’s high series with a 718. Money B!’s Brooke McClure paced the ladies with a 223 game and 580 series. The high averages for the men at this point are Tristen Painter – 227.91, Jason Parmer – 224.56, and center manager Tarry Davison – 221.65. Leading the ladies are Kyra Jenkins – 193.41, Amanda Gunnels – 169.04, and Brooke Mc-Clure – 167.02.
Four teams lead the Tuesday Mixed League with reset marks of 6-2: Cletus’s High Rollers, Dunahoo & Friends, 3 Men & A Lady, and the Odd Ones. Money B! is well within striking distance, showing a 5-3 record. The Strikers’ Tina Phillips lived up to the team’s name, firing a 232 high game to lead the ladies and the Odd Ones’ Kyra Jenkins garnered high ladies’ series with a consistent 613. Money B!’s Doug Eitler had the hot hand for the men, scoring a 247 game and 640 series. Kyra Jenkins leads the ladies’ high average at 187.53, the center’s Katelynn Shields is close behind sporting a 185.38 and Carrie Shields is carrying a 177.23.
The Wednesday Senior League defers to no one for competitive squads. Mine’s In The Gutter is off to a reset record of 6 ½ -1 ½. They are closely followed by Pin Pals at 6-2 and Strike Force with a 5 ½-2 ½ mark. Four more teams – The Men Folk, Lurch & Friends, We Usta, and Livin’ On A Spare – post 5-3 standings. Nine of the thirteen quartets sport reset records of .500 or better. Lori Guffey was the class of the ladies, rocking a 235 game and 567 series. The Men Folk’s Larry Stovall blasted a 246 game to lead the men and Strike Force’s Robert Smith rolled a 578 for men’s high series. High averages for the men are all above 190 – Robert Smith 194.56, Larry Stovall 191.09, and Billy Painter 190.16. Lori Guffey tops the ladies with an average of 160.36, Kathy Price comes in at 159.10, and Linda Senter is rolling at a 155.44 pace.
Until next week, good luck, good bowling and stay warm.