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My Week 2 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet) My big problem was not stringing strikes together tonight, but, where I only missed one spare that wasn’t a split or washout, my spare game mostly saved me. Particularly, I left seven 10 pins tonight, and didn’t miss (the easy miss was a single 7). Result: 179-184-167=530 Average (6 games): 170 Next week’s AVG+1 score: 516 Mike joined us tonight, but two of us couldn’t repeat last week, so we were crushed in two of the games, winning only the second.

Here's the first of many videos from this weekend... will Jamison shoot his first 300? Check all our videos out at YouTube today! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw3RHubzjCQJBT at Texas 5-18-13 Jamison Peyton front 10 (junior pro bowwww.youtube.comWill Jamison shoot his first 300?

Ever-evolving technology continues to provide new-and-improved ways for bowling fans to follow the Professional Bowlers Association, live in real time. One of the special features that more and more fans are discovering is the live frame-by-frame coverage of PBA Tour events on pba.com, the PBA’s official website. A function of the live scoring includes mapping of pin leaves, which provides fans with a way to follow the action as it happens in a way never before available. It’s more comprehensive than even television or radio could possibly provide. To experience the depth of detail, visit pba.com during the next live round of coverage (especially during match play rounds), click on the “live scoring” link and then open the “live links” to specific players or matches. Live scoring on pba.com is free, and provides a great supplement to the live online video coverage and commentary provided by the PBA’s subscription-based bowling channel, Xtra Frame. The next rounds of PBA Tour competition on pba.com will include the GEICO PBA Summer Swing’s Lucas Oil Wolf Open qualifying rounds Thursday at noon and 6 p.m. ET followed by round-robin match play rounds Friday at 11 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. ET. NEW MULTI-PLAYER VERSION OF PBA BOWLING CHALLENGE NOW AVAILABLE Concrete Software, developers of PBA Bowling Challenge, one of the most popular electronic games for mobile device users, has launched a new multi-player version on Google Play that allows users to play against each other. The new multi-player version was announced at Google’s annual developers’ conference, Google I/O. Following an outstanding initial release in 2012, leading to over 2.8 million downloads and a rating of 4.7 out of 5 stars on the Google Play store, the long-awaited multi-player update to PBA Bowling Challenge has arrived. "Multi-player was the obvious next step for the title," said Keith Pichelman, CEO of Concrete Software. "It was by far the most user-requested feature and something we had intended to include from the beginning, but finding a multi-player service that would meet our needs proved to be difficult. We were very fortunate that the release of Google Play game services happened to coincide with our plans for the game. We were able to integrate quickly and easily with their services to give our users the ability to bowl in one-on-one, real-time matches against their friends." In addition to multiplayer functionality, the integration of Google Play game services will provide Concrete Software with other features, such as cloud saving, that will be incorporated into future updates to PBA Bowling Challenge, Pichelman said. The new version is available at Google Play. BARNES, WEBER TO PARTICIPATE IN CHRIS PAUL CELEBRITY EVENTS PBA stars Chris Barnes and Pete Weber have been invited to participate in Chris Paul's Celebrity Poker Tournament at Club Nokia/LA on July 7 and the Chris Paul Celebrity Golf Classic benefitting CP3 Foundation at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, Calif., on July 8. Both events are fundraisers for the NBA all-star point guard’s charitable foundation, which he founded in 2005 in memory of his late grandfather. Paul, the owner of the L.A. X team in the new PBA League and host of the annual Chris Paul Celebrity All-Stars bowling event, is a two-time winner of the National Basketball Association’s Community Assist Award for his numerous charitable programs. For more information on his community efforts, as well as the upcoming golf and poker events, visit cp3foundation.org. NO 900 FOR BILL O’NEILL Bill O’Neill admitted visions of duplicating Joe Scarborough’s 900 series danced into his head, but not until after the fact. The four-time PBA Tour titlist from Langhorne, Pa., kicked off the PBA Lucas Oil Badger Open, the first event in the GEICO PBA Summer Swing presented by Lucas Oil, with 21 consecutive strikes before leaving a solid 8 pin on the new, untested 52-foot Badger lane conditioning pattern on natural wood l

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Pac NW points are now updated through Sunset. There are some incredibly close races for Bowler of The Year, Invite byes, Invite eligibility, and TPC eligibility. The season finale at Kenmore and Pac NW Invitational the day after at Kenmore will be awesome- you have a month to make plans to bring your 25 closest bowling friends and you there! Thoughts / predictions on the point races? http://www.juniorbowlerstour.com/013_pnw_points.htm013 PNW Pointswww.juniorbowlerstour.comThe top 32 point scorers after the last regular season event qualify for the 2013 Pacific Northwest Invitational tournament, featuring a $1,000 top scholarship prize.

WAUKESHA, Wis. – Former Wichita State University teammates Josh Blanchard of Gilbert, Ariz., and Jake Peters of Decatur, Ill., claimed the top two positions for the Professional Bowlers Association Badger stepladder finals Tuesday night at AMF Waukesha. Blanchard, the 2011-12 PBA Rookie of the Year, won seven of his eight matches Tuesday night to post a 26-game total of 6,426 pins, clinching the top berth in the June 1 Badger Open stepladder finals by 10 pins over Peters. Peters, who started the day in first place, plunged to 18th after the morning match play round, but surged back into contention by also winning seven of his final eight matches for a 6,416 total. Blanchard and Peters, who won a pair of Intercollegiate Men’s Team Championships with Wichita State in 2009 and 2010, are both trying for their first PBA Tour titles. Saginaw (Mich.) Valley State collegiate bowler Aaron Lorincz of Belleville, Mich., the 2013 Intercollegiate Singles Champion, qualified third with 6,327 pins. Rounding out the stepladder finals in the first of four GEICO PBA Summer Swing tournaments will be Michael Haugen Jr. of Phoenix and Kurt Pilon of Warren, Mich. “I told my wife last week I thought I could be really strong on this pattern,” Blanchard said of the 52-foot Badger lane condition, the longest oil pattern the PBA Tour has ever used. “I really felt like I could win on it. I haven’t won yet, but… The longer we went tonight, the stronger I got. I could have gone another eight games.” Blanchard said the most valuable lesson he has learned in his first full year as a PBA Tour player has been “creating loft in my game. It worked tonight. I was able to keep my ball straighter and carry better, and that was the difference.” Peters, also a second-year PBA Tour player, had never finished higher than 19th place, but despite his roller coaster performance, he was elated. His plunge in the standings “was really exhausting,” he said, “but it might have really helped because after the way I bowled in the morning, I had nothing to lose and I made some really aggressive moves I probably wouldn’t have made had I not bowled so bad. “As bad as I bowled in the morning, I was only 160 pins out of the TV show, and my fiancé and ball reps told me to just hang in there and see what happens. So I never gave up.” Lorincz. 23, was surprised to make the TV finals, but said, “You practice and practice to get to this moment and to get here is awesome. I’ve been running out shots with these guys since I was 10 years old.” Making the CBS Sports Network finals on June 1, however, will disrupt his plans. “I’m scheduled to bowl (the United States Bowling Congress Open Championships in Reno, Nev.) on June 1,” he said. “I think I’m going to have nine unhappy teammates.” The GEICO PBA Summer Swing now moves to AMF West in Milwaukee for the Wolf Open with practice and pro-ams scheduled for Wednesday, two five-game qualifying rounds Thursday and two eight-game match play rounds Friday The Bear Open follows Sunday through Tuesday at AMF Bowlero, followed by the Milwaukee Open May 29-30, also at AMF Bowlero. The Milwaukee Open will feature the top 28 qualifiers based on total pinfall after 30 qualifying games from the three animal pattern events. Stepladder finals for all four tournaments, plus the GEICO Summer King of the Swing special event, will be taped over two days by the CBS Sports Network June 1-2 at Bowlero for airing on five consecutive Tuesdays at 7 p.m. ET beginning June 11. The GEICO Summer King of the Swing will include the four Summer Swing event champions plus the next highest points leader who hasn’t won a title. Those five will compete in a $25,000 stepladder final for a $10,000 first prize, concluding the summer series on June 2. PBA BADGER OPEN AMF Waukesha, Waukesha, Wis., Tuesday Final Match Play Standings (after 26 games, including match play bonus pins; top five advance to stepladder finals on June 1 at AMF Bowlero) 1, Josh Blanch

Josh Blanchard sits in the top spot for the Badger Open Finals, edging his former Wichita State teammate Jake Peters by 10 pins through 10 games of qualifying, 15 games of match play and a position round....Read Full Post

PBA Player of the Year Sean Rash compiled a 5-3 match play record and averaged 231 to take the lead after the first match play round in the GEICO PBA Summer Swing Badger Open at AMF Waukesha Lanes today. Rash leads with a 4,391 18-game overall pinfall (including bonus pins) bowling games of 247, 216, 217, 235, 245, 226, 247 and 216 in today’s first round. Rash has won one title this season winning the Kuwait Open for his sixth career title. He also has six other top five finishes including thirds in the Tournament of Champions and World Championship. Rash has adapted well to the new 52-foot PBA Badger lane condition on AMF Waukesha’s wood lane surface which he says hasn’t offered many surprises. “You still have to play the pattern, win matches, make the right ball choices and adjustments like you would anywhere else,” Rash said. “The patterns that play long force you to move left on the lane and you just have to be prepared for that.” To get ready for the Summer Swing, Rash took some time off before some intense practice just before heading for Milwaukee. “I took a two week vacation and then practiced every day for about five days before the tournament so I feel about as ready as I can be to do well here,” he added. Rash holds an eight-pin lead over PBA titlist Kurt Pilon who also had a 4,383 pinfall and 5-3 match play record. Rounding out the top five are Tommy Jones, 4,361 (5-2-1), Josh Blanchard, 4,334 (5-3) and Chris Barnes, 4,333 (5-3). The 24-player field will return at 5:30 p.m. this afternoon for another eight-game match play round to determine the top five for the stepladder finals. The top five players will advance to the stepladder finals on Saturday, June 1, at AMF Bowlero in nearby Wauwatosa. After the Badger Open concludes, the Summer Swing moves to AMF West in Milwaukee for the Wolf Open May 22-24. The Bear Open is next, May 26-28 at AMF Bowlero, followed by the Milwaukee Open May 29-30, also at AMF Bowlero. The Milwaukee Open will feature the top 28 qualifiers based on total pinfall after 30 qualifying games from the three animal pattern events. Stepladder finals for all four tournaments, plus the GEICO Summer King of the Swing special event, will be taped over two days by the CBS Sports Network June 1-2 at Bowlero for airing on five consecutive Tuesdays at 7 p.m. ET beginning June 11. The GEICO Summer King of the Swing will include the four Summer Swing event champions plus the next highest points leader who hasn’t won a title. Those five will compete in a $25,000 stepladder final for a $10,000 first prize, concluding the summer series on June 2. GEICO PBA SUMMER SWING BADGER OPEN RESULTS AFTER ROUND 3 1, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., 5-3, 4,391. 2, Kurt Pilon, Warren, Mich., 5-3, 4,383. 3, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 5-2-1, 4,361. 4, Josh Blanchard, Gilbert, Ariz., 5-3, 4,334. 5, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 5-3, 4,333. 6, Aaron Lorincz, Belleville, Mich., 5-3, 4,319. 7, Andres Gomez, Colombia, 4-4, 4,310. 8, Michael Haugen Jr., Phoenix, 4-4, 4,306. 9, Michael Machuga, Erie, Pa., 5-3, 4,301. 10, Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 4-4, 4,300. 11, Anthony LaCaze, Melrose Park, Ill., 4-4, 4,253. 12, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 5-3, 4,246. 13, Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind., 3-4-1, 4,236. 14, Jason Sterner, McDonough, Ga., 6-2, 4,235. 15, Nathan Bohr, Wichita, Kan., 5-3, 4,207. 16, Mika Koivuniemi, Hartland, Mich., 5-3, 4,200. 17, Bill O'Neill, Langhorne, Pa., 3-5, 4,175, 18, Jake Peters, Decatur, Ill., 3-5, 4,170. 19, Mike Fagan, Dallas, 2-6, 4,157. 20, Patrick Girard, Canada, 2-6, 4,088. 21, Jon VanHees, Charlestown, R.I., 3-5, 4,037. 22, Dino Castillo, Carrollton, Texas, 2-6, 4,028. 23, Mike Dole, Loves Park, Ill., 2-6, 3,987. 24, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 3-5, 3,962.

571 series (190 ppg)Team Just Bowl Better entered the final week of the season with a share of 4th place.A quick glance at the standings sheet confirmed that we needed to take all four points from the 3rd placed team to leapfrog them.Sometimes all the motivation in the world isn't enough to get the job done. Sometimes things just don't go your way, no matter how hard you try. It didn't end pretty. All four of us struggled and finished off the season with one of our worst team performances of the year. We all lost one pin of average, not an easy feat, given the number of games played, but we found a way.Our win-loss record over the last five weeks? A dismal 3 wins and 17 losses! I wish that was a typo but it isn't. We essentially gave this league away in the final month.I'm shaking my head in disbelief as I write this. I don't want to even guess where we'll end up. To add insult to injury, our payout, which we thought was next week, has been postponed to June 6th.At least my last fall season is over, that's the good news. For the next 13 weeks, I will only be bowling once a week, on Wednesdays. I've been bowling three times a week, every week, for the last two years straight. The wheels have started to come off, I need to diversify a little bit this summer, pick up golf again or something. As long as it isn't bowling, I should be ready to go by the time next season rolls around.Well, that's the plan, anyway.

Please help us spread the word to our alumni about the T of C, Sunday June 9 in Phoenix. The T of C is open to anyone who EVER finished first or second in any JBT event ever. Contact us to check eligibility. This is always a terrific 'reunion' event, but there are literally thousands of JBT champs I don't have the ability to contact that don't know about this date. Please help us keep this event great and spread the word. See you there.