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by Curt Backa
Great Falls Tribune
February 16, 2010
The women, indeed, took over last week.
No more so than Joleen Martinich.
Martinich, bowling in the Great Falls USBC City Bowling Championships at Little's Lanes, opened with games of 269, 244 and 230 for a 743 series in the team event.
The 743 was high series of the week for both the men and women.
By Niles Kruger
April 7th, 2008
John Leroux has taken on the best in the state as a member of Flat Rock's high school bowling team.
Sunday, he turned his attention to Monroe County.
Leroux was one of 120 bowlers to take part in the first Youth Friendship Tournament at Monroe Sport Center.
"This is pretty cool," Laroux said. "You've got good people from all the different houses. I've never bowled against them before."
The event was open to bowlers from all four Monroe County bowling centers - Flat Rock Lanes, Sport Center, Nortel Lanes and Forest View Lanes.
It was the first time the entire county has been brought together. Sport Center and Nortel are members of the Monroe association, Flat Rock has its own association and Forest View is part of the Toledo association.
"The history goes back a long time how the kids have been separated by associations and houses," said Monroe youth association secretary Kevin Greer. "We want to at least once a year bring them all together."
By Michael Cooper
February 10th, 2008
SPRINGFIELD -- Northridge Lanes General Manager Chuck Kearney already missed the boat on high school bowling once.
As the manager at Spring Bowl in St. Bernard 40 years ago, Kearney had bus loads of high school students from all over Cincinnati bowling after school.
But when expenses became too high -- particularly with transportation -- the schools stopped bringing the kids.
"We were never really smart enough to develop leagues," Kearney said. "We should've. We had a lot of kids in there. We should've tried to develop some competition between them.
"It was right there, and we let it slip right by us."
If they had, bowling may not have taken so long to become Ohio's fastest growing high school sport.
In 2006, high school bowling officially became an Ohio High School Athletic Association-sanctioned varsity sport.
By Steve T. Gorches
February 7th, 2008
HEBRON -- Matt Gorby threw a six-count on his first ball of practice on Tuesday at Hebron Lanes.
He got an open frame, but still had a smile on his face.
The next frame resulted in a nine-count and simple spare.
Another smile was displayed on the countenance of the 17-year-old Hebron High junior.
The third frame brought a strike. The smile was a little bigger, but not much.
Gorby has plenty of reason to smile lately and it has little to do with strikes or spares or even open frames.
Yes, he did finish sixth in the Suburban Sectional last week to advance to Saturday's regional at Stardust Bowl I in Hammond. But the fact that he's bowling at all could be considered a miracle.
There is some excitement brewing within the young athletic world, especially at Chetek High School. This time, it's not about the basketball team, the football team, the volleyball team or even the wrestling team.
It's coming from bowlers.
By Rachel Westberg
February 6th, 2008
Over the last month, John Law, owner of Chetek Bowling & Billiards and Mad Jack's Pizza Shack, and Gene Schoenfuss, the high school girls golf coach, have been busy initiating a Chetek squad for the Wisconsin High School Bowling Club.
Back in late December, Law was contacted from the president of the Bowling Centers Association of Wisconsin about beginning a Chetek team. Law agreed and soon recruited Schoenfuss to help out. Law donated practice time at the bowling alley, and many other people donated extra equipment for the team. It did not take long to get a team together. In fact, there were enough students interested that two teams were established from the high school.
By Christopher Nagy
January 28th, 2008
Their record isn't going to make it into any headlines.
As of last week, only the boys junior varsity team had chalked up a win -- and team members say that was primarily due to a forfeit. However, the final scores and the records don't seem to matter much this year for the bowling teams at Pinckney Community High School, because this year is about something more to players, coaches and, to a certain extent, the entire school community.
"They throw gutters and they throw strikes -- it doesn't really matter too much," explained Jim Paradise, the assistant coach of Pinckney's bowling teams. "Either way, we have just as much fun out there. I've had two coaches -- and many parents -- come up to me and say, 'I wish our kids had as much fun as your kids are having.' "
What makes this year special is that the high school has bowling teams at all -- filling a sports void in the school district that has lasted well over a decade.
By John PerezSaipan Tribune
Newly crowned Princess of the Lanes winner Jamie Vales hopes to follow in the footsteps of older sister Jerrie.
Jerrie, who is a former CNMI National Bowling Team member and a consistent fixture in women's bowling events on Saipan, is currently in her freshman year at the University of Guam where she is taking nursing.
Though she believes she has bigger shoes to fill, the younger Vales said she will take it slowly. "Following my sister's footsteps is always a challenge. Hopefully I will be as successful as her in the sport and win more titles in the future."
The 16-year-old Jamie, who will turn 17 on March 17, began her quest of accomplishing her sister's past triumphs by emerging on top of a boys-dominated Prince/Princess of the Lanes.
Jamie said advancing into the stepladder finals was somewhat a challenge and surprise for her since she is expected to go up against two bowlers who are knocking down an average score like the one's in the King of the Lanes.
By Patrick Brettingen
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