As the month of May progresses, league action in the Fall & Winter season continues to wind down. This week will see the final week of regular season action in the Senior Citizens, Hucklebuck and Wednesday Night Mixed leagues. Each of these leagues will be holding their championship roll offs next week. Other leagues will be finishing up over the next few weeks.
It is rare enough for a bowler to earn the coveted Century Award for bowing at least 100 pins over their average, but last week, not one, but two local bowlers busted out for big games and copped this award. Ann Roberts’s 233 in the Dixie Belles league earned her the award while Dave Taylor fired off a whopping 279 in the Wednesday Night Mixed league to capture his. Also last week, first year Tiffany Bishop bagged her first 200 Game with a nice 204, also in the Wednesday Night Mixed. Congratulations go out to these bowlers for their achievements.
Despite the fact that the ranks of the ladies have already been diminished by one league with the conclusion of the Bowlerettes league, a number of ladies stepped forward with big scores of their own. The list included Denise Rutledge with a 216 and the week’s high series of 616 and Johnnie Johnson, who pounded out a pair of deuces including a 212 in the Dixie Belles league. Martha Bates an Adrienne Watkins each chipped in with games of 211. Other ladies crossing the magic line included Matar McClinton, Taneezia Cook, Paula Wooten, Karen Harrison, Christine McNeil, Eunice Dillard and Rhonda Covington.
Jason Pierce fired off a 279 to help pace the men while Mac McClain pounded out his biggest set ever to take the high series for the week with a 743. Alan Hand has been hot lately and used a pair of 250s to record his second straight 700 in the Hucklebuck league with a 719. Other notable games were rolled by Roy Sibless and M.A. Copeland.
With the season winding down, it is time to turn our attention to summer action. We invite you to pick up a schedule at Dixie Bowl and find a league to participate in over the summer. Summer leagues will begin the week of May 29. Included in this year’s schedule are two new No-Tap events including a No-Tap league with 3-person teams on Wednesday night and a weekly Colored Pin No-Tap Tournament sponsored by Stan’s Classic Tournaments each Friday night beginning June 2. To expedite check-in each week Stan will have sign-up sheets for each week posted at the counter. The more people who sign up ahead of time, the quicker and easier it will be to get started on time.
That’s all for this week. Until next week, good luck and good bowling.
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