September 21, 2008 12:11 am
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Greg Walker rode a 300 game to a 768 series (tops in the city last week) at Fourth Street Bowl as Joplin’s male bowlers combined for 15 series over 700 and 14 games over 270.
Candy Brown produced three series of 600 or better, but Renee Lisle topped the women’s charts with a 679 series at Bowl East. Renee’s best set was produced on games of 212, 237 and 230. Carol Dutton rolled 224-243-663 at Fourth Street and Candy logged sets of 639 and 601 at East and 616 at Fourth Street.
In addition to Walker’s big game and series, young Justin Brisco had 278-749 at Bowl East and Art Lara shot 279-750 at Fourth Street Bowl.
Cade Higginbotham, bowling at East, paced the youth with 671 on games of 223, 237 and 211. Zack Calton had 630 with a high game of 232.
Highlights
Other highlights last week included:
Crown Lanes — Dave Lightle 246-670, Cindy Goheen 246-620,
Fourth Street Bowl — Zevin Betts 279-716, Skip Curtis 274, Joe Johnson 277-725, Chris Misner 278, Brian Moorhead 287, John Richey 279-749, Johnnie Short 703, Kenny Snow 279-699, John White 700.
Women—Heidi Burggraf 240-606.
Senior men—Charlie Kemp 233-600.
Senior women—Bernice Cooke 522, Barb Eppard 210-517, Bev Zerkel 202-544, Lorraine Elledge 521.
Youth—Zack Calton 232-586, Zach Fort 232-560, Chris Gregory 202-577, Tyler Meyer 210-516, Katie Phillips 213-513, Jeffrey Walker 514.
Bowl East—Dale Bailey 701, Chad Browning 278, David Freis 707, Mark Howerton 728, Ron Nichols 278-734, Kenny Snow 726, B.J. Strickling 278-718, Bill Townsend 276, Frank Wiesler 727.
Women—Crystal Beeson 231-601, Andrea Manning 615.
Senior men—Bill Byrd 233, Buryl Clingan 230, Tom Fortson 599, Lloyd York 575.
Senior women—Sandy Billman 512, Bev Cochran 503, Carolyn Fortson 191.
Youth—Darrell Brisco 214-595, Kenny Phillips 200.
Bowling Week record
According to a recent USBC release, National Bowling Week concluded on August 30 with the establishment of a world record for the most games bowled in a day.
Thanks to 808 participating centers, 548,721 games were played in the 24-hour period that concluded the eight-day celebration.
“This new world record is a great milestone for the sport of bowling and an exciting day for our industry,” said Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America President and United States Bowling Congress Director Jim Sturm. “The hundreds of thousands of people who visited bowling centers to help set this record is a testament to the incredible popularity that bowling is enjoying and the continued resurgence of our sport.
“This follows a trend that has seen bowling participation continue to increase every year, with more than 67 million people having bowled in 2007 alone. We’re already looking forward to setting new records in 2009 and beyond.”
The bowling world record is recognized by the BPAA, USBC, Strike Ten Entertainment, the International Bowling Pro Shop and Instructors Association and Professional Bowlers Association. This was the third year of the bowling industry’s rededication to National Bowling Week.
In addition to the world record effort, bowling centers hosted a variety of events, games and parties. These included free coaching clinics, free game passes, community days, special tournaments, Bowling Blast-Off youth events and quick and easy league sign-ups.
Carl Richard Bowl East was one of the participating bowling centers and manager Chris Higginbotham reported that 695 games were recorded during the day.
Address correspondence to Wendell Redden, c/o The Joplin Globe, P.O. Box 7, Joplin, Mo. 64802, or e-mail sports@joplinglobe.com.
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