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RENO INVITATIONAL - WEEK #30

Blockheads: 0 - Most Hated: 4

It was another rough night as we were swept by Most Hated. Olivia wasn't able to bowl but Stephanie came out to sub again. By doing so, Stephanie qualified for our league's sweeper which requires a minimum of 20 games bowled.

The only other good news to report is Sharon's ongoing hot streak. Sharon's 570 series raised her average another point to 171. Perhaps we can give Sharon some support next week when we battle the Barbarians on lanes 33-34.

  Blockheads       Most Hated
  PINS HCP TOTAL   PINS HCP TOTAL
1  568  31   599    619   0   619
2  604  31   635    701   0   701
3  581  31   612    653   0   653
T 1753  93  1846   1973   0  1973

WEEK 30    01  02  03  SER   G  PINS   AVG  HG   HS 200 500 600 700
Olivia                      65 10266 157.9 205  573   4   6   0   0
Sharon    187 186 197  570  87 15391 171.0 233  584   8  18   0   0
Mark      129 156 160  445  87 16164 185.8 279  656  27  19   4   1
Gary      133 154 138  425  83 12809 154.3 220  515   2   5   0   0
Stephanie 119 108  86  313  21  2388 113.7 166  378   0   0   0   0
Total     568 604 581 1753 346 58189 168.2 757 2074  41  48   4   1

RENO INVITATIONAL - WEEK #29

Blockheads: 0 - Alley Cats: 4

Once again, we faced an opponent having a hot night. Cecil's 720 series for the Alley Cats sent us to our second consecutive 0-4 sweep despite fine performances by Sharon and Olivia. Sharon's 542 series boosted her average to 170.4. (It was 165.2 as we flipped the calendar over to 2014 so that's a pretty good climb.)

Our opponents' propensity for piling up their high games and high series against us the past few weeks has knocked from the fringe of contention to a sub .500 record. We'll be on lanes 31-32 against Most Hated next week. Our first meeting with them early in season was the point at which our season started spiraling downward. Perhaps we can pull everything back together in the rematch. After facing three 700 series the past two weeks, it would be nice to have a solid, competitive series.

LEAGUE STAT SHEET

  Blockheads       Alley Cats
  PINS HCP TOTAL   PINS HCP TOTAL
1  640   9   649    737   0   737
2  664   9   673    723   0   723
3  721   9   730    773   0   773
T 2025  27  2052   2233   0  2233

WEEK 29    01  02  03  SER   G  PINS   AVG  HG   HS 200 500 600 700
Olivia    179 134 201  514  65 10266 157.9 205  573   4   6   0   0
Sharon    173 164 205  542  87 14821 170.4 233  584   8  17   0   0
Mark      157 193 172  522  84 15719 187.1 279  656  27  19   4   1
Gary      131 173 143  447  80 12384 154.8 220  515   2   5   0   0
Stephanie                   15  1746 116.4 166  378   0   0   0   0
Total     640 664 721 2025 334 56436 169.0 757 2074  41  47   4   1

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RENO INVITATIONAL - WEEK #28

Tyche, Greek Goddess of Fortune

The Coach answered the call of the goddess, Tyche, so he will be in Reno for some March Madness. Stephanie is subbing for The Coach tonight as we take on BOSS (Team 15).  

BOSS is six ponts ahead of us in second place. We can narrow that gap considerably with a good night. It looks like we'll be getting a handicap of about 122 pins. Next week we have the Alley Cats on the schedule. They're in third place, four points ahead of us. If we're going to make a move, this is the time to do it.

RENO INVITATIONAL - WEEK #27



Blockheads: 2 - Gutter Gals: 2



We had a chaotic start with Olivia and The Coach arriving late. Olivia was ready before the end of the third frame so she was able to enter in the first game and catch up. The Coach missed the first game. Despite the distractions, we won the first two games, though just barely. We fell apart in the third game and the Gutter Gals jumped on the opportunity. Their margin of victory was enough to earn the point for total pinfall and a split series. The Gutter Gals deserve credit for hitting a string of spares and strikes in the final frames to dash our hopes of earning a second consecutive sweep.

Our record of 23-17 leaves us on the fringe of the title chase. There's enough of the season left for us to make a push to the top but we can't afford many more missed opportunities if we're to pull it off.

LEAGUE STAT SHEET

  Blockheads       Gutter Gals
  PINS HCP TOTAL   PINS HCP TOTAL
1  647   0   647    400 235   635
2  692   0   692    448 235   683
3  593   0   593    389 235   624
T 1932   0  1932   1237 705  1942

WEEK 27    01  02  03  SER   G  PINS   AVG  HG   HS 200 500 600 700
Olivia    124 167 128  419  59  9315 157.9 205  573   3   5   0   0
Sharon    182 153 165  500  81 13736 169.6 233  584   6  15   0   0
Mark      187 180 176  543  78 14641 187.7 279  656  27  17   4   1
Gary      154 192 124  316  77 11937 155.0 220  515   2   5   0   0
Stephanie                   15  1746 116.4 166  378   0   0   0   0
Total     647 692 593 1932 310 52546 169.5 757 2174  38  42   4   1

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RENO INVITATIONAL - WEEK #26

Blockheads: 4 - Team 26: 0

Sharon and Olivia carried us to a sweep without much help from The Coach and I. The sweep improved our record to 21-15. This puts us in ninth place but we're only four points out of third place and headed in the right direction.

LEAGUE STAT SHEET

  Blockheads       Team 26
  PINS HCP TOTAL   PINS HCP TOTAL
1  718   0   718    575  59   634
2  745   0   745    676  59   735
3  681   0   681    532  59   591
T 2144   0  2144   1783 177  1960

WEEK 26    01  02  03  SER   G  PINS   AVG  HG   HS 200 500 600 700
Olivia    185 188 184  557  59  8896 158.9 205  573   3   5   0   0
Sharon    201 181 202  584  78 13236 169.7 233  584   6  14   0   0
Mark      181 191 158  530  75 14098 188.0 279  656  27  16   4   1
Gary      151 185 137  473  75 11621 154.9 220  515   2   5   0   0
Stephanie                   15  1746 116.4 166  378   0   0   0   0
Total     718 745 681 2144 299 50614 169.3 757 2174  38  40   4   1

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Saturday & Sunday, March 8th & 9th
Squad times - 12pm, 2pm, & 4pm both days

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RENO INVITATIONAL - WEEK #25

Blockheads: 3 - Thick 'N' Sexy: 1

Olivia was out of action again this week but Stephanie was standing by to fill in. I was back after the passing of my Mom last week. I was back physically but I certainly didn't have anything going on the lanes. Luckily, Sharon and Stephanie had it together and they were able to carry us to a 3-1 record for the night. That got us back above .500 with a second half record of 17-15.

LEAGUE STAT SHEET

  Blockheads       Thick 'N' Sexy
  PINS HCP TOTAL   PINS HCP TOTAL
1  537   0   537    517  66   583
2  675   0   675    546  66   612
3  647   0   647    540  66   606
T 1859   0  1859   1603 198  1801

WEEK 25    01  02  03  SER   G  PINS   AVG  HG   HS 200 500 600 700
Olivia                      53  8339 157.3 205  573   3   4   0   0
Sharon    164 210 172  546  75 12652 168.7 233  580   4  13   0   0
Mark      140 187 169  496  72 13568 188.4 279  707  27  15   4   1
Gary      116 141 182  439  72 11148 154.8 220  515   2   5   0   0
Stephanie 117 137 124  378  15  1746 116.4 166  378   0   0   0   0
Total     537 675 647 1859 290 48470 167.1 757 2174  36  37   4   1

RENO INVITATIONAL - WEEK #24

Blockheads: 1 - Who Give A Sh*t: 3

Olivia and I were unavailable this week. Stephanie was able to sub for Olivia and my average was used in my absence. As I wasn't present I don't much to add to the scores. The team was certainly consistent with a high of 744 and a low of 737. Unfortunately, our opponents shot better than that in the first and third games.

LEAGUE STAT SHEET

  Blockheads       Who Give A Sh*t
  PINS HCP TOTAL   PINS HCP TOTAL
1  631 106   737    797   0   797
2  637 106   743    739   0   739
3  638 106   744    785   0   785
T 1906 318  2224   2281   0  2281

WEEK 24    01  02  03  SER   G  PINS   AVG  HG   HS 200 500 600 700
Olivia                      53  8339 157.3 205  573   3   4   0   0
Sharon    164 179 179  522  72 12106 168.1 233  580   3  12   0   0
Mark      189 189 189  567  69 13072 189.4 279  707  27  15   4   1
Gary      156 188 145  489  69 10709 155.2 220  515   2   5   0   0
Stephanie 122  81 125  328  12  1388 114.0 166  366   0   0   0   0
Total     631 637 638 1906 275 46611 169.5 757 2147  35  36   4   1

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RENO INVITATIONAL - WEEK #23

Blockheads: 1 - Bowl Movements: 3

This could have been a big night for us but a couple of things stopped us short. First, I showed up with nothing. I couldn't make anything work from beginning to end. Second, our opponents got hot after the first game and put up two scores that would have been tough for us to beat on any night. Had I not been deep in a funk, we might have pulled out the second game and earned a split. But it happened the way it happened and we won only the first game.

On the positive side, Olivia shot her highest series ever and raised her average two pins. We're still on the right side of .500 with a record of 13-11.

     Blockheads       Bowl Movements
  PINS HCP TOTAL   PINS HCP TOTAL
1  689  33   722    685   0   685
2  726  33   759    798   0   798
3  673  33   706    801   0   801
T 2088  99  2187   2284   0  2284

WEEK 23    01  02  03  SER   G  PINS   AVG  HG   HS 200 500 600 700
Olivia    205 203 165  573  53  8339 157.3 205  573   3   4   0   0
Sharon    184 193 157  534  69 11584 167.9 233  580   3  11   0   0
Mark      155 156 175  486  69 13072 189.4 279  707  27  15   4   1
Gary      145 174 176  495  66 10220 154.8 220  515   2   5   0   0
Stephanie                    9  1040 115.6 166  366   0   0   0   0
Total     689 726 673 2088 266 44705 168.1 757 2147  35  35   4   1

RENO INVITATIONAL - WEEK #22



Blockheads: 3 - Jeff Van Bowling: 1

Sunday's practice session appears to have paid off as we had our strongest night of the season. Our series score of 2147 topped our previous high by 73 and we took 3 of 4 from Jeff Van Bowling. We had a solid shot at a sweep but we tailed off in the third game. Adam (224) and Matt (232) got hot down the stretch and that combination left us 28 pins short.

Despite losing the third game, we had a good night and we improved our second half record to 12-8. We entered the night in a three-way tie for eighth place so I expect we moved up at least a couple of spots in the standings.

We'll have another tough match next week as we take on Bowl Movements. I estimate we will receive about 32 pins in handicap. Perhaps we should have another practice session next weekend.

  Blockheads       Jeff Van Bowling
  PINS HCP TOTAL   PINS HCP TOTAL
1  743   0   743    646   5   651
2  726   0   726    635   5   640
3  678   0   678    700   5   705
T 2147   0  2147   1981  15  1996

WEEK 22    01  02  03  SER   G  PINS   AVG  HG   HS 200 500 600 700
Olivia    160 166 155  481  50  7766 155.3 201  521   1   3   0   0
Sharon    183 192 154  529  66 11050 167.4 233  580   3  10   0   0
Mark      244 215 248  707  66 12586 190.7 279  707  27  15   4   1
Gary      156 153 121  430  63  9725 154.4 220  515   2   5   0   0
Stephanie                    9  1040 115.6 166  366   0   0   0   0
Total     743 726 678 2147 254 42617 167.8 757 2147  33  33   4   1

LEAGUE STAT SHEET

PRACTICE ON SUPER BOWL SUNDAY

All we can bowl for $10

We'll be practicing at AMF Pinole Valley Lanes at 11:00 AM on Sunday. This will be the first time in awhile that all of us have gotten together to work on skills. Please put together a list of things you'd like to work on. I'm sure there will be a fair amount of overlapping between us. (Did I hear someone say "10-pin?") Since this is a bowling buffet with all we can bowl for $10, we might as well exploit it for all we can.  

At 1:00, which may be right around the time we finish, ESPN will be broadcasting the PBA Super Clash between Jason Belmonte and Sean Rash. They're bowling a head-to-head three game series with a $2,000.00 prize for each game and $10,000.00 for the winner of the series. You can read the details about the match here. I'll stick around to watch it if anyone else feels like it.



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RENO INVITATIONAL - WEEK #21

Blockheads: 3 - Newbies: 1

It was a good night for us Blockheads. Sharon had some concerns that The Coach and I might be troubled by a pair of mountainous distractions but her fears were unfounded. We came close to topping our previous high game and high series and we won a very close match by a score of 3-1. The Newbies didn't make it easy for us as each game went down to the wire. The final score in the second game may give the impression it wasn't close but the outcome was very much in doubt as we entered the 10th frame. Fortunately, we fired a salvo of strikes just as the Newbies encountered a string of splits. This allowed us to boost the gap at the end. We had a shot at a sweep and once again, the outcome came down to the final shots. This time it was Jerry of the Newbies who came up with the strikes to put them just beyond our reach.

Our second half record improved to 9-7 and we moved up to 10th place. We'll have a huge challenge next week as we take on Matt Kish and Jeff Van Bowling (Team 20).

     Blockheads       Newbies
  PINS HCP TOTAL   PINS HCP TOTAL
1  675   0   675    604  55   659
2  742   0   742    628  55   683
3  652   0   652    610  55   665
T 2069   0  2069   1842 165  2007

WEEK 21    01  02  03  SER   G  PINS   AVG  HG   HS 200 500 600
Olivia    176 161 184  521  47  7285 155.0 201  521   1   3   0
Sharon    169 166 154  489  63 10521 167.0 233  580   3   9   0
Mark      204 204 190  598  63 11879 188.6 279  656  24  15   4
Gary      126 211 124  461  60  9295 154.9 220  515   2   5   0
Stephanie                    9  1040 115.6 166  366   0   0   0
Total     675 742 652 2069 242 40470 167.2 757 2074  30  32   4

RENO INVITATIONAL - WEEK #20

Blockheads: 1 - Rolling Thunder: 3

Rolling Thunder certainly rolled plenty of thunder and we were beaten 3-1. Michael Shankar came out striking and finished with an excellent 705 series as Rolling Thunder won the first two games by 69 and 114. We fought back to claim the final game and narrowly avoid a sweep. 

Our second half record of 6-6 puts us in ninth place. We'll have to bowl better than this is we're going to wrestle the title away from this very competitive league. There's plenty of time left and there's no doubt we can improve our scores. We averaged 169.9 in Over The Wall last season. We're at 167 so far in this league. Let's push it up to 170 and grab the brass ring.

  Blockheads       Rolling Thunder
  PINS HCP TOTAL   PINS HCP TOTAL
1  634   2   636    705   0   705
2  631   2   633    747   0   747
3  726   2   728    698   0   698
T 1991   6  1997   2150   0  2150

WEEK 20    01  02  03  SER   G  PINS   AVG  HG   HS 200 500 600
Olivia    133 142 188  463  44  6764 153.7 201  511   1   2   0
Sharon    177 174 165  516  60 10032 167.2 233  580   3   9   0
Mark      188 206 216  610  60 11281 188.0 279  656  22  14   4
Gary      136 109 157  402  57  8834 155.0 220  515   1   5   0
Stephanie                    9  1040 115.6 166  366   0   0   0
Total     634 631 726 1991 230 38401 167.0 757 2074  27  30   4

PAUL REED'S AMAZING OCTOBER

Paul Reed

You've seen Paul Reed around and you might be inclined to think of him as that nice guy who works at Albany Bowl. If you've bowled against him in tournaments or read the December 2013 issue of Bowling World, you probably think of him as that guy who bowls a lot of 300 games and 800 series. Here's a link to the December 2013 issue of Bowling World in case you missed their report on Paul's stretch of amazing games and series in October. (I see it was written by Weldon Miles. Is that the Weldon Miles who works at our office?)

Bowling World - December 2013, Page 20

BOWLING ON THE MLK JR. HOLIDAY

Our league is not taking the night off for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Since we're not working that day, The Coach and I decided to go in early at 4:00 for a little spare shooting practice. Sharon says she will be there, too. We won't overdo it and wear ourselves out for our league games. We'll shoot spares for about an hour then take a break and get something to eat before our league bowling starts.

RENO INVITATIONAL - WEEK #19



Blockheads:         4

Belles of the Bowl: 0

 The Coach was back in action this week and we leaned on him like he was Bill Withers. Our opponents were Belles of the Bowl to whom we had to spot a handicap of 270 pins per game. That's right, 270!

The first two games went down to the wire with each requiring the Coach to mark in the 10th frame to pull out a win. Thankfully, he was up to the task and we pulled out wins by 2 and 8 pins. The third game was pretty tight also but we gave The Coach a little cushion in a 20-pin victory. It was our first sweep in a long, long time. Well, on the winning side anyway.

Our record in the second half of the season is 5-3. Let's keep it going! 

  Blockheads       Belles of the Bowl      
  PINS HCP TOTAL   PINS HCP TOTAL
1  709   0   709    437 270   707
2  661   0   661    383 270   653
3  711   0   711    421 270   691
T 2081   0  2081   1241 810  2051

WEEK 19    01  02  03  SER   G  PINS   AVG  HG   HS 200 500 600
Olivia    170 129 169  469  41  6301 153.7 201  511   1   2   0
Sharon    186 161 160  507  57  9516 166.9 233  584   3   8   0
Mark      209 204 201  614  57 10671 187.2 279  656  20  14   3
Gary      144 167 181  492  54  8432 156.1 220  515   1   5   0
Stephanie                    9  1040 115.6 166  366   0   0   0
Total     709 661 711 2081 218 36410 167.0 757 2096  25  29   3

RENO INVITATIONAL - WEEK #18

Blockheads: 1 - Ball Breakers: 3

The Coach was home with the flu but Stephanie came out to sub in his place. Our opponents were the Ball Breakers and we received a handicap of 23 pins. 

We had a good shot at taking this series 3-1 but I was buried in a deep funk through most of the first game. It was enough to cost us the game and the point for total pinfall. Sharon came very close to popping a 600 series while Stephanie was a spare shooting mahcine in the final game. We could have fared much better if I didn't wait six frames to start bowling.

  Blockheads       Ball Breakers      
  PINS HCP TOTAL   PINS HCP TOTAL
1  585  23   608    659   0   659
2  679  23   702    629   0   629
3  695  23   718    764   0   764
T 1959  69  2028   2052   0  2052

WEEK 18    01  02  03  SER   G  PINS   AVG  HG   HS 200 500 600
Olivia    154 182 139  475  38  5833 153.5 201  511   1   2   0
Sharon    199 187 198  584  54  9009 166.8 233  584   3   7   0
Mark      139 203 192  534  54 10057 186.2 279  656  17  14   2
Gary                        51  7940 155.7 220  515   1   5   0
Stephanie  93 107 166  366   9  1040 115.6 166  366   0   0   0
Total     585 679 695 1959 206 14329 166.6 757 2096  22  28   2