Season Finale 

We have finished our seventh season of high school bowling in the Panhandle.  There have been several changes since we started in 2003 with three boys and three girls teams.  We sent two boys and two girls teams to the state tournament and none of them made the finals.  We have come a long way since that year. 

Every year we graduate some outstanding seniors and it seems like we won’t be able to replace them, but every year we have students step up and take their place.  The one area of concern to those of us who coach these teams is getting bowlers to fill up the girls teams.  It’s easy to see that the best two teams this year were the two teams that always had a full roster.  The othe teams had weeks when they did not have a full team and you can’t win against a team that does have a full team.  We hope that the girls we have coming back will get their friends involved in the program and we can get the girls teams back to full strength.

Week 12 Results 

All the post season spots were settled before the last week and only the final standings were in question.  In the girl’s division., Canyon beat Bushland 13.5 – 1.5, Tascosa beat Amarillo 13-2, and Caprock beat Randall 14-1.  In the boy’s division, Canyon beat Bushland 12-3,Amarillo High beat Tascosa 14-1, Caprock beat Randall 11-4, andWest Texas beat Borger 13-2.    

High Scores

Boys

Team Game – Amarillo – 937

Team Series – Amarillo – 1857

Baker Game – Amarillo – 211

Baker Series – Amarillo – 587

 Individual Game

Caleb Goehring – Amarillo – 268

Tyler Sharp – Caprock – 233

Wes Baker – Amarillo – 227

Luke Penza – Canyon – 215

Travis Turner – Amarillo – 209

Tanner Palmer – Tascosa – 208

Darren Aikens – West Texas – 204

Kendall Cobb – West Texas - 200 

Individual Series

Caleb Goehring – Amarillo – 505

Tyler Sharp – Caprock – 466

Tanner Palmer – Tascosa – 416

Wes Baker – Amarillo – 411

Darren Aikens – West Texas – 407 

High Average

Travis Turner – Amarillo – 220

Caleb Goehring – Amarillo – 196

Wes Baker – Amarillo – 192

Jeremy Larance – Tascosa – 186

Laef Pendergraft – Amarillo – 181

Tyler Sharp – Caprock – 186

Luke Penza – Canyon – 181

Tanner Palmer – Tascosa – 179 

Girls

Team Game – Caprock – 720

Team Series – Caprock – 1367

Baker Game – Tascosa – 185

Baker Series – Tascosa – 440

Individual Game

Brittany Mansel – Caprock – 193

Erin Kelley – Tascosa – 182

Tuesdy Sillivent – Tascosa – 181

Donisha Landes – Amarillo – 168

Shannon Osborne – Canyon – 162

Kaitlyn Dielen – West Texas – 161

Aimee Hermasillo – Tascosa – 158

Brenda Enriquez – Caprock – 157

Madison Martin – Amarillo – 156

Vivian Nguyen – Amarillo – 156

Veronica Trowbridge – Canyon – 155 

Individual Series

Brittany Mansel – Caprock – 369

Kaitlyn Dielen – West Texas – 328

Erin Kelley – Tascosa – 357

Tess Bynum – Bushland – 295

Donisha Landes – Amarillo - 290

High Average

Brittany Mansel – Caprock – 176

Tuesdy Sillivent – Tascosa – 161

Kaitlyn Dielen – West Texas – 157

Erin Kelley – Tascosa – 153

Madison Martin – Amarillo – 145

Shannon Osborn – Canyon – 143

Michelle Ludiker – Borger – 137

Team Standings

Boys

Amarillo                       14 – 0

Canyon                        11 – 3

Tascosa                        10 – 4

Bushland                      8 – 6

Caprock                       6 – 8

West Texas                  4 – 10

Borger                          3 – 11

Randall                        1 – 13 

Girls

Caprock                       9 – 1

Tascosa                        8 – 2

Canyon                        6 – 4

Amarillo High               5 – 5

Bushland                      2 – 8

Randall                     0 – 10

Season High Scores

Boys

Team Game – Amarillo – 1154

Team Series – Amarillo – 2242

Baker Game – Amarillo – 279

Baker Series – Amarillo – 689

Individual Game

Travis Turner – Amarillo – 279

Tyler Sharp – Caprock – 277

Tanner Palmer – Tascosa - 269

Wes Baker – Amarillo – 269

Caleb Goehring – Amarillo - 268

Laef Pendergraft – Amarillo - 260

Devin Witt – Borger – 256

Jimmy Buckner – Caprock – 245

Logan James – Randall – 244

Jeremy Larance – Tascosa – 239

Cullen McFadden – Canyon -236

Josh Waggoner – Bushland – 236

Laramie Davis – Bushland – 231

Luke Penza – Canyon – 230

Collin Acciaioli – Bushland – 225

Alex Clark – Amarillo - 225

Individual Series

Travis Turner – Amarillo – 545

Tanner Palmer – Tascosa - 515

Caleb Goehring – Amarillo - 505

Tyler Sharp – Caprock – 488

Jeremy Larance – Tascosa - 466

Wes Baker – Amarillo – 462

Laef Pendergraft – Amarillo – 456

Girls

Team Game – Caprock - 759

Team Series – Caprock - 1443

Baker Game – Tascosa – 185

Baker Series – Amarillo – 443

Individual Game

Brittany Mansel – Caprock – 216

Madison Martin – Amarillo – 215

Kaitlyn Dielen – West Texas – 195

Tuesdy Sillivent – Tascosa – 191

Brittany Garcia – Randall – 187

Erin Kelley – Tascosa – 187

Michelle Ludiker – Borger - 180

Tracy Enriquez – Caprock - 176

Vivian Nguyen – Amarillo – 176

Individual Series

Brittany Mansel – Caprock – 396

Tuesdy Sillivent – Tascosa - 349

Madison Martin – Amarillo – 348

Tracy Enriquez – Caprock – 329

Brittany Garcia – Randall – 328

Kaitlyn Dielen – West Texas - 342

Michelle Ludiker – Borger - 316

Erin Kelley – Tascosa – 322

Shannon Osborn – Canyon – 309

Standings 

With one week to go, all the playoff spots are settled.  In the boy’s  division Amarillo High has won the district and Canyon Tascosa and Bushland have made the playoffs.  In the girl’s division, Caprock has a one match lead over Tascosa but can’t advance to the playoffs because they have a bowler that goes to Highland Park.  Tascosa is second and Amarillo High and Canyon are tied for third and those three teams will advance to the playoffs.   

The post season will start with the Regional Tournament which will be held at Western Bowl on March 6^th.  Teams from the Ft Worth North and North Texas (Denton) districts will join the teams from the Panhandle district to battle for spots in the State Tournament in San Antonio. 

The Matches 

There are two parts to each match.  First the individual members of the two teams bowl a two game match and the winner will be the individual with the highest total for the two game series.  The winner gets one point for the team.  The coach of the visiting team puts their line up in first and the home team coach can match up in any order against the visiting team.  This allows the home team to use some strategy to try to win more points.  The team with the highest team series will get 2 points.  There are five individual matches and 2 points for team series for a total of seven points. 

In the second part of the match, the two teams bowl three Baker games.  In a Baker game, the first bowler bowls the 1^st and 6^th frame, the second bowler bowls the 2^nd and 7^th frames, and so forth.  Each Baker game is worth 2 points and the Baker series is worth 2 points for a total of eight points.  It’s possible for a team to lose all the individual matches and win all the Baker games and win the match 8 to 7.

Week 11 Results 

There were more matches than usual because of a make up that was postponed because of the weather. 

On Monday, Canyon and Tascosa met at Western Bowl.  In the girls match, Tascosa won four of the five individual matches and swept the Baker games and won the match 14-1.  In the boys match Tascosa took a 4-3 lead after the individual matches and swept the Baker games to win the match 12-3. 

On Wednesday, Borger and West Texas went to Eastridge Lanes to bowl Caprock and Tascosa.  Caprock beat Borger in a close match 8-7, and then beat West Texas 11-4.  Tascosa beat West Texas 12-3 and then beat Borger 10-5. 

Also on Wednesday, Amarillo High and Randall met at Western Bowl.  In the girls match Amarillo High beat Randall14-1, and the Amarillo High boys beat Randall 15-0. 

On Thursday Bushland went to Eastridge to bowl against Caprock.  The Caprock girls won the match 10-5 and the Caprock boys won 9-6.

High Scores

Boys

Team Game – Amarillo – 1081

Team Series – Amarillo – 2039

Baker Game – Amarillo – 242

Baker Series – Amarillo – 627

Individual Game

Wes Baker – Amarillo – 269

Jimmy Buckner – Caprock – 245

Jeremy Larance – Tascosa – 239

Travis Turner – Amarillo – 237

Caleb Goehring – Amarillo – 235

Jacob Shehan – Canyon - 226

Cullen McFadden – Canyon – 211

Tyler Sharp – Caprock – 209

Josh Waggoner – Bushland – 205

Alex Clark – Amarillo – 203

Darren Witt – West Texas – 202

Matt Synnette – Tascosa – 202

Tanner Palmer – Tascosa – 201

James Bayless – Canyon – 201 

Individual Series

Jeremy Larance – Tascosa - 466

Wes Baker – Amarillo – 462

Travis Turner – Amarillo – 450

Jimmy Buckner – Caprock – 439

Caleb Goehring – Amarillo – 406

Tyler Sharp – Caprock – 406

High Average

Travis Turner – Amarillo – 223

Caleb Goehring – Amarillo – 192

Wes Baker – Amarillo – 191

Jeremy Larance – Tascosa – 188

Laef Pendergraft – Amarillo – 183

Tyler Sharp – Caprock – 182

Alex Clark – Amarillo – 180.6

Luke Penza – Canyon – 180

Girls

Team Game – Tascosa – 671

Team Series – Tascosa – 1286

Baker Game – Amarillo – 167

Baker Series – Amarillo – 443

Individual Game

Brittany Mansel – Caprock – 193

Erin Kelley – Tascosa – 187

Kaitlyn Dielen – West Texas – 174

Madison Martin – Amarillo – 156

Vivian Nguyen – Amarillo – 161

Shannon Osborne – Canyon – 155

Aimee Hermasillo – Tascosa – 161

Tess Bynum – Bushland - 172

Individual Series

Brittany Mansel – Caprock – 369

Kaitlyn Dielen – West Texas – 328

Erin Kelley – Tascosa – 357

Tess Bynum – Bushland – 295

Donisha Landes – Amarillo - 290

High Average

Brittany Mansel – Caprock – 174

Tuesdy Sillivent – Tascosa – 160

Kaitlyn Dielen – West Texas – 157

Erin Kelley – Tascosa – 152

Madison Martin – Amarillo – 145

Shannon Osborn – Canyon – 143

Michelle Ludiker – Borger – 138 

Team Standings

Boys

Amarillo                       13 – 0

Canyon                        10 – 3

Tascosa                        9 – 4

Bushland                      8 – 5

Caprock                       5 – 8 

West Texas                  3 – 10 

Borger                          3 – 10

Randall                         1 – 12  

Girls

Caprock                       8 – 1

Tascosa                        7 – 2  

Canyon                        5 – 4

Amarillo High               5 – 4

Bushland                      2 – 7

Randall                        0 – 9

Season High Scores

Boys

Team Game – Amarillo – 1154

Team Series – Amarillo – 2242

Baker Game – Amarillo – 279

Baker Series – Amarillo – 689

Individual Game

Travis Turner – Amarillo – 279

Tyler Sharp – Caprock – 277

Tanner Palmer – Tascosa - 269

Wes Baker – Amarillo – 269

Laef Pendergraft – Amarillo - 260

Devin Witt – Borger – 256

Jimmy Buckner – Caprock – 245

Caleb Goehring – Amarillo - 244

Logan James – Randall – 244

Jeremy Larance – Tascosa – 239

Cullen McFadden – Canyon -236

Josh Waggoner – Bushland – 236

Laramie Davis – Bushland – 231

Luke Penza – Canyon – 230

Collin Acciaioli – Bushland – 225

Alex Clark – Amarillo - 225

Individual Series

Travis Turner – Amarillo – 545

Tanner Palmer – Tascosa - 515

Tyler Sharp – Caprock – 488

Jeremy Larance – Tascosa - 466

Wes Baker – Amarillo – 462

Caleb Goehring – Amarillo - 460

Laef Pendergraft – Amarillo – 456

Girls

Team Game – Caprock - 759

Team Series – Caprock - 1443

Baker Game – Amarillo – 167

Baker Series – Amarillo – 443

Individual Game

Brittany Mansel – Caprock – 216

Madison Martin – Amarillo – 215

Kaitlyn Dielen – West Texas – 195

Tuesdy Sillivent – Tascosa – 191

Brittany Garcia – Randall – 187

Erin Kelley – Tascosa – 187

Michelle Ludiker – Borger - 180

Tracy Enriquez – Caprock - 176

Vivian Nguyen – Amarillo – 176

Individual Series

Brittany Mansel – Caprock – 396

Tuesdy Sillivent – Tascosa - 349

Madison Martin – Amarillo – 348

Tracy Enriquez – Caprock – 329

Brittany Garcia – Randall – 328

Kaitlyn Dielen – West Texas - 342

Michelle Ludiker – Borger - 316

Erin Kelley – Tascosa – 322

Shannon Osborn – Canyon – 309

Post Your Finish Position 

When you hear someone talk about posting the finish, they mean to get to your finish position in a balanced position and hold it while the ball rolls down the lane.  It’s hard to be consistent if you are balanced on one shot and then fall to the right after the next shot.  We have all seen bowlers who look good from the start, straight swing, good timing, and then they break down at the finish and the ball goes left on one shot and right on the next shot.  The bad thing is when they bowl on a house shot they could get a good result from those bad shots and not know they need to improve.  If you try to post your finish position, you will know right away if you need better balance at the end.  If you improve your balance, the other parts of your game will improve also. 

The Matches

There are two parts to each match.  First the individual members of the two teams bowl a two game match and the winner will be the individual with the highest total for the two game series.  The winner gets one point for the team.  The coach of the visiting team puts their line up in first and the home team coach can match up in any order against the visiting team.  This allows the home team to use some strategy to try to win more points.  The team with the highest team series will get 2 points.  There are five individual matches and 2 points for team series for a total of seven points.

In the second part of the match, the two teams bowl three Baker games.  In a Baker game, the first bowler bowls the 1^st and 6^th frame, the second bowler bowls the 2^nd and 7^th frames, and so forth.  Each Baker game is worth 2 points and the Baker series is worth 2 points for a total of eight points.  It’s possible for a team to lose all the individual matches and win all the Baker games and win the match 8 to 7.

Week Ten Results

Amarillo High and Bushland bowled on Monday.  The Amarillo High boys  won four of the individual matches and swept the Baker games and won the match 14-1.  The Bushland girls took a 5-2 lead after the individual matches and won the first Baker game to move to 7-2, but the Amarillo High girls won the last two Baker games and won the match 8-7.

On Tuesday, Canyon went to Borger to meet Borger and West Texas. Canyon beat Borger in the first match 14-1 and then came up with a good third Baker game and edged out West Texas 8-7.  Randall did not make the trip to Borger so Borger and West Texas both won by forfeit.

On Wednesday, Caprock went to Western Bowl to meet Tascosa.  The Tascosa boys won four of the individual matches and two of the Baker games to win the match 12-3.  The Caprock girls won four of the individual matches to take a 6-1 lead, but Tascosa won the first two Baker games and had the lead in the last game, but Caprock came back at the end to win the game and the match 8-7.

High Scores

Boys

Team Game – Amarillo – 962

Team Series – Amarillo – 1921

Baker Game – Amarillo – 257

Baker Series – Amarillo – 666

Individual Game

Wes Baker – Amarillo – 244

Travis Turner – Amarillo – 225

Darren Aikens – West Texas - 222

Cullen McFadden – Canyon – 220

Caleb Goehring – Amarillo – 219

Collin Acciaioli – Bushland - 205

Jared DuBois – Canyon – 204

Jeremy Larance – Tascosa - 202

Individual Series

Wes Baker – Amarillo – 438

Travis Turner – Amarillo – 431

Caleb Goehring – Amarillo – 411

Darren Aikens – West Texas - 399

Cullen McFadden – Canyon – 394

Jeremy Larance – Tascosa - 394

High Average

Travis Turner – Amarillo – 223

Caleb Goehring – Amarillo – 191

Wes Baker – Amarillo – 187

Jeremy Larance – Tascosa – 186

Laef Pendergraft – Amarillo – 184

Tyler Sharp – Caprock – 181

Cullen McFadden – Canyon - 180

Luke Penza – Canyon – 179.5

Alex Clark – Amarillo – 179.5

Girls

Team Game – Caprock - 700

Team Series – Caprock - 1380

Baker Game – Tascosa – 166

Baker Series – Tascosa – 419

Individual Game

Brittany Mansel – Caprock – 200

Tuesdy Sillivent – Tascosa – 188

Erin Kelley – Tascosa – 175

Kaitlyn Dielen – West Texas – 173

Michelle Ludiker – Borger – 147

Individual Series

Brittany Mansel – Caprock – 384

Tuesdy Sillivent – Tascosa – 343

Kaitlyn Dielen – West Texas – 342

Erin Kelley – Tascosa – 322

Michelle Ludiker – Borger – 261

High Average

Brittany Mansel – Caprock – 173

Tuesdy Sillivent – Tascosa – 163

Kaitlyn Dielen – West Texas – 156

Erin Kelley – Tascosa – 149

Madison Martin – Amarillo – 145

Shannon Osborn – Canyon – 143

Michelle Ludiker – Borger – 139 

Team Standings

Boys

Amarillo                       121 – 0

Canyon                        10 – 2

Bushland                      8 – 4

Tascosa                        6 – 4

West Texas                  3 – 8 

Caprock                       2 – 8 

Borger                          3 – 8

Randall                       1 – 11

Girls

Caprock                       7 – 1

Tascosa                        6 – 2  

Canyon                        5 – 3

Amarillo High               4 – 4

Bushland                      2 – 6  

Randall                         0 – 8

Season High Scores

Boys

Team Game – Amarillo – 1154

Team Series – Amarillo – 2242

Baker Game – Amarillo – 279

Baker Series – Amarillo – 689

Individual Game

Travis Turner – Amarillo – 279

Tyler Sharp – Caprock – 277

Tanner Palmer – Tascosa - 269

Laef Pendergraft – Amarillo - 260

Devin Witt – Borger – 256

Caleb Goehring – Amarillo - 244

Logan James – Randall – 244

Wes Baker – Amarillo – 244

Cullen McFadden – Canyon -236

Josh Waggoner – Bushland – 236

Jeremy Larance – Tascosa - 232

Laramie Davis – Bushland – 231

Luke Penza – Canyon – 230

Collin Acciaioli – Bushland – 225

Alex Clark – Amarillo - 225

Individual Series

Travis Turner – Amarillo – 545

Tanner Palmer – Tascosa - 515

Tyler Sharp – Caprock – 488

Caleb Goehring – Amarillo - 460

Laef Pendergraft – Amarillo – 456

Wes Baker – Amarillo – 438

Jeremy Larance – Tascosa - 436

Girls

Team Game – Caprock - 759

Team Series – Caprock - 1443

Baker Game – Amarillo - 159

Baker Series – Amarillo - 431

Individual Game

Brittany Mansel – Caprock – 216

Madison Martin – Amarillo – 215

Kaitlyn Dielen – West Texas – 195

Tuesdy Sillivent – Tascosa – 191

Brittany Garcia – Randall – 187

Erin Kelley – Tascosa – 183

Michelle Ludiker – Borger - 180

Tracy Enriquez – Caprock - 176

Vivian Nguyen – Amarillo – 176

Individual Series

Brittany Mansel – Caprock – 396

Tuesdy Sillivent – Tascosa - 349

Madison Martin – Amarillo – 348

Tracy Enriquez – Caprock – 329

Brittany Garcia – Randall – 328

Kaitlyn Dielen – West Texas - 342

Michelle Ludiker – Borger - 316

Erin Kelley – Tascosa – 322

Shannon Osborn – Canyon – 309

Timing

 Timing is the relationship of your armswing to the steps in your approach.  Good timing can make your approach seem effortless and your release will be smooth and powerful.  Poor timing can cause your approach to seem out of control and out of balance and your release can weak and off target.  There are five elements that affect timing.   

1. When the ball is put in motion.

2. The length of the pushaway.

3. The length of the backswing.

4. The length of the steps.

5.  The rhythm and cadence of the steps.    

All these elements combine to get the bowler to the line in the correct position to deliver the ball as effectively as possible.  In general, the ball is put in motion with the first step of a four step approach (second step of a five step approach.  The motion should start with both hands and the non bowling hand should release the ball so that it passes by your body while the foot on the opposite side is moving forward.  The armswing should be free of muscle control and the weight of the ball should pull the arm back and up into the backswing.  When the ball reaches the top of the backswing, it will start to fall into the forward swing.  Your arm should still be free of muscle force.  The ball should reach top speed at the bottom of the swing where your thumb should come out and your fingers will put rotation on the ball.  This should happen at the end of your slide. 

This is traditional timing.  Modern timing might look a little different.  To create more speed and faster revolutions, modern timing might start the ball later in order to create later timing and more power in the release.  There is no one correct way and you should experiment by putting the ball in motion at different times to see how it affects the release.  Your coach can help you if you are having problems deciding what works best.

The Matches

There are two parts to each match.  First the individual members of the two teams bowl a two game match and the winner will be the individual with the highest total for the two game series.  The winner gets one point for the team.  The coach of the visiting team puts their line up in first and the home team coach can match up in any order against the visiting team.  This allows the home team to use some strategy to try to win more points.  The team with the highest team series will get 2 points.  There are five individual matches and 2 points for team series for a total of seven points. 

In the second part of the match, the two teams bowl three Baker games.  In a Baker game, the first bowler bowls the 1^st and 6^th frame, the second bowler bowls the 2^nd and 7^th frames, and so forth.  Each Baker game is worth 2 points and the Baker series is worth 2 points for a total of eight points.  It’s possible for a team to lose all the individual matches and win all the Baker games and win the match 8 to 7.

Week Nine Results 

Because of the weather, there were only two matches this week.  Randle and Bushland bowled each other on Monday at Western Bowl.  In the boys match, Bushland took a 4-3 lead after the individual matches and swept the Baker games to win the match 12-3.  The Bushland girls won three of the individual matches and swept the Baker games and won the match 13-2. 

The Amarillo High boys took a 5-2 lead after the individual matches and won the first Baker game to move to 7-2.  Canyon won the second Baker game to make it 7-4.  If Canyon could win the last game by enough pins to win the Baker series, they would win the match.  Canyon had a 225 game, but Amarillo High had the highest Baker game of the season, 279, to win the match 11-4.  In the girls match Canyon had a 5-2 lead after the individual matches, but Amarillo High won the first Baker game to make it 5-4.  Canyon won the second game to move to 7-4, but Amarillo had a slight lead in the Baker series.  That meant that the winner of the last game would win the match.  Canyon got the early lead and won  the game and the match 11-4.   

High Scores

Boys

Team Game – Amarillo – 991

Team Series – Amarillo – 1889

Baker Game – Amarillo – 279

Baker Series – Amarillo – 655

Individual Game

Logan James – Randall – 244

Alex Clark – Amarillo – 213

Luke Penza – Canyon – 213

Jacob Shehan – Canyon – 213

Laef Pendergraft – Amarillo – 212

Wes Baker – Amarillo – 202

Travis Turner – Amarillo – 200

Individual Series

Logan James – Randall – 429

Luke Penza – Canyon – 415

Jacob Shehan – Canyon – 401

Laef Pendergraft – Amarillo – 387

Wes Baker – Amarillo – 383

High Average

Travis Turner – Amarillo – 223

Caleb Goehring – Amarillo – 189

Laef Pendergraft – Amarillo – 188

Jeremy Larance – Tascosa – 185.3

Wes Baker – Amarillo – 185

Tyler Sharp – Caprock – 184

Tanner Palmer – Tascosa – 181.8

Luke Penza – Canyon – 181.3

Girls

Team Game – Amarillo – 557

Team Series – Canyon - 1049

Baker Game – Canyon – 130

Baker Series – Bushland – 349

Individual Game

Madison Martin – Amarillo – 177

Vivian Nguyen – Amarillo – 176

Shannon Osborn – Canyon – 154

Cara Acciaioli – Bushland – 143

Veronica Trowbeidge – Canyon – 127

Individual Series

Madison Martin – Amarillo – 339

Shannon Osborn – Canyon – 291

Cara Acciaioli – Bushland – 240

Veronica Trowbeidge – Canyon – 236

Donisha Landes - 222

High Average

Brittany Mansel – Caprock – 171

Tuesdy Sillivent – Tascosa – 162

Kaitlyn Dielen – West Texas – 155

Madison Martin – Amarillo – 148.7

Erin Kelley – Tascosa – 148.1

Shannon Osborn – Canyon – 143

Michelle Ludiker – Borger – 141 

Team Standings

Boys

Amarillo                       11 – 0

Canyon                        8 – 2

Bushland                      8 – 3

Tascosa                        5 – 4

West Texas                  2 – 7 

Caprock                       2 – 7 

Borger                          2 – 7

Randall                         1 – 9

Girls

Tascosa                        6 – 1  

Caprock                       6 – 1

Canyon                        5 – 3

Amarillo High               3 – 4

Bushland                      2 – 5  

Randall             0 – 8

Season High Scores

Boys

Team Game – Amarillo – 1154

Team Series – Amarillo – 2242

Baker Game – Amarillo – 279

Baker Series – Amarillo – 689

Individual Game

Travis Turner – Amarillo – 279

Tyler Sharp – Caprock – 277

Tanner Palmer – Tascosa - 269

Laef Pendergraft – Amarillo - 260

Devin Witt – Borger – 256

Caleb Goehring – Amarillo - 244

Logan James – Randall – 244

Cullen McFadden – Canyon -236

Josh Waggoner – Bushland – 236

Jeremy Larance – Tascosa - 232

Laramie Davis – Bushland – 231

Wes Baker – Amarillo – 230

Luke Penza – Canyon – 230

Collin Acciaioli – Bushland – 225

Alex Clark – Amarillo - 225

Individual Series

Travis Turner – Amarillo – 545

Tanner Palmer – Tascosa - 515

Tyler Sharp – Caprock – 488

Caleb Goehring – Amarillo - 460

Laef Pendergraft – Amarillo – 456

Jeremy Larance – Tascosa - 436

Girls

Team Game – Caprock - 759

Team Series – Caprock - 1443

Baker Game – Amarillo - 159

Baker Series – Amarillo - 431

Individual Game

Brittany Mansel – Caprock – 216

Madison Martin – Amarillo – 215

Kaitlyn Dielen – West Texas – 195

Tuesdy Sillivent – Tascosa – 191

Brittany Garcia – Randall – 187

Erin Kelley – Tascosa – 183

Michelle Ludiker – Borger - 180

Tracy Enriquez – Caprock - 176

Individual Series

Brittany Mansel – Caprock – 396

Tuesdy Sillivent – Tascosa - 349

Madison Martin – Amarillo – 348

Tracy Enriquez – Caprock – 329

Brittany Garcia – Randall – 328

Kaitlyn Dielen – West Texas - 324

Michelle Ludiker – Borger - 316

Erin Kelley – Tascosa – 312

Shannon Osborn – Canyon – 309

Pin Carry

I was reading an article in the current issue of Bowling This Month magazine and it reminded me of some things I noticed recently.  I was bowling league and I started the last game with two missed spares, an 8-10 split, a strike and a 4-5-7 split to open four of the first five frames.  At the same time, another member of my team had a long string of strikes, a 10 pin and then more strikes.  Another member of my team asked why I was bowling so bad and I answered that I had not missed the pocket yet and with a little luck I would have as many strikes as the other bowler.  I was joking about the strikes, but I did not miss the pocket the entire game.  I was hitting the pocket light and leaving buckets and pocket splits.  After I adjusted my feet and my target I did get a double, but left two 10 pins and a 4 pin, all pocket hits.  My teammate shot a 276 game and I had a high 160 game. 

The article was about watching the ball reaction all the way down the lane and adjusting to what you see.  This works well if you are accurate enough to hit the same target every time and if you know how to adjust to changing lane conditions. 

The article also was about leaving 10 pins on pocket hits and what to watch for.  Most 10 pin leaves are caused by the ball hitting the headpin light and the ball deflecting too much, causing the 6 pin to go in front of the 10 pin.  This brings up another thing I have observed recently.  A bowler hits the head pin light causing a “weak 10” and he turns around in frustration as if to ask why that didn’t strike.  Then the next shot he leaves the same “weak 10” but the 6 bounces out of the gutter and knocks it over.  Then the next shot and the same ”weak 10” but a pin bounces off the opposite wall and across the lane and knocks the 10 pin down.  The same “weak 10” shot three times but with different results.  It’s great when you get lucky on weak hits, but you can’t count on that happening all the time.  If you see a “weak 10”, make some kind of adjustment.  Use a stronger ball, slow the speed, change your hand position, or adjust your target line.  Your coach will have some good ideas about how to do this.  Ask questions, you will get some good advice.

The Matches

There are two parts to each match.  First the individual members of the two teams bowl a two game match and the winner will be the individual with the highest total for the two game series.  The winner gets one point for the team.  The coach of the visiting team puts their line up in first and the home team coach can match up in any order against the visiting team.  This allows the home team to use some strategy to try to win more points.  The team with the highest team series will get 2 points.  There are five individual matches and 2 points for team series for a total of seven points.

In the second part of the match, the two teams bowl three Baker games.  In a Baker game, the first bowler bowls the 1^st and 6^th frame, the second bowler bowls the 2^nd and 7^th frames, and so forth.  Each Baker game is worth 2 points and the Baker series is worth 2 points for a total of eight points.  It’s possible for a team to lose all the individual matches and win all the Baker games and win the match 8 to 7.

Week Eight Results

Bushland and Amarillo High went to Wildcatters to bowl against Borger and West Texas.  Bushland won four of the individual matches and two of the Baker games from West Texas and won the match 10-5.  Against Borger, Bushland fell behind 5-2.  Each team won a Baker game meaning the winner of the last game would win the match.  Bushland won by 3 pins and won the match 8-7.  Amarillo High won three of the individual matches and and swept the Baker games to beat Borger 13-2.  In the match against West Texas, Amarillo High swept the individual matche and won the first Baker game to win the match 9-6.

The Caprock girls won three individual matches and swept the Baker games and beat Canyon 13-2.  The Canyon boys won four of the individual matches and one Baker game to beat Caprock 8-7.

The Tascosa girls won three individual matches and swept the Baker games to beat the Randall girls 13-2.  In the boy’s match, Tascosa swept the individual matches and won two of the Baker games to beat Randall 13-2.     

High Scores

Boys

Team Game – Amarillo – 1011

Team Series – Amarillo – 1852

Baker Game – Tascosa – 214  

Baker Series – Tascosa – 529

Individual Game

Travis Turner – Amarillo – 279

Josh Waggoner – Bushland – 236

Jared DuBois – Canyon – 228

Jacob Shehan – Canyon – 217

Josh Ludiker – West Texas – 211

Laramie Davis – Bushland – 206

Collin Acciaioli – Bushland – 204

James Bayless – Canyon – 203

Wes Baker – Amarillo – 202

Caleb Goehring – Amarillo – 200

Kendall Cobb – West Texas – 200

Individual Series

Travis Turner – Amarillo – 468

Josh Waggoner – Bushland – 402

Caleb Goehring – Amarillo – 386

Wes Baker – Amarillo – 384

Jared DuBois – Canyon – 384

High Average

Travis Turner – Amarillo – 227

Caleb Goehring – Amarillo – 190

Laef Pendergraft – Amarillo – 187

Jeremy Larance – Tascosa – 185

Tyler Sharp – Caprock – 184.4

Wes Baker – Amarillo – 184.3

Tanner Palmer – Tascosa – 181

Laramie Davis – Bushland – 179.6

Girls

Team Game – Caprock – 701

Team Series – Caprock – 1240

Baker Game – Canyon – 142

Baker Series – Caprock – 341

Individual Game

Brittany Mansel – Caprock – 216

Michelle Ludiker – Borger – 179

Tuesdy Sillivent – Tascosa – 177

Kaitlyn Dielen – West Texas - 163

Shannon Osborn – Canyon - 153

Erin Kelley – Tascosa – 151

Individual Series

Brittany Mansel – Caprock – 374

Tuesdy Sillivent – Tascosa – 342

Michelle Ludiker – Borger – 316

Kaitlyn Dielen – West Texas - 295

Erin Kelley – Tascosa – 294

High Average

Brittany Mansel – Caprock – 171

Tuesdy Sillivent – Tascosa – 162

Kaitlyn Dielen – West Texas – 155

Erin Kelley – Tascosa – 148

Madison Martin – Amarillo – 145

Shannon Osborn – Canyon – 143

Michelle Ludiker – Borger – 141

Team Standings

Boys

Amarillo                       10 – 0

Canyon                        8 – 1

Bushland                      7 – 3

Tascosa                        5 – 4

West Texas                  2 – 7 

Caprock                       2 – 7 

Borger                          2 – 7

Randall                         1 – 8

Girls

Tascosa                        6 – 1  

Caprock                       6 – 1

Canyon                        4 – 3

Amarillo High               3 – 3

Bushland                      1 – 5  

Randall                       0 – 7

Season High Scores

Boys

Team Game – Amarillo – 1154

Team Series – Amarillo – 2242

Baker Game – Amarillo – 245

                        Canyon – 245

Baker Series – Amarillo – 689

Individual Game

Travis Turner – Amarillo – 279

Tyler Sharp – Caprock – 277

Tanner Palmer – Tascosa - 269

Laef Pendergraft – Amarillo - 260

Caleb Goehring – Amarillo - 244

Cullen McFadden – Canyon -236

Josh Waggoner – Bushland – 236

Jeremy Larance – Tascosa - 232

Laramie Davis – Bushland – 231

Wes Baker – Amarillo – 230

Luke Penza – Canyon – 230

Collin Acciaioli – Bushland – 225

Alex Clark – Amarillo - 225

Individual Series

Travis Turner – Amarillo – 545

Tanner Palmer – Tascosa - 515

Tyler Sharp – Caprock – 488

Caleb Goehring – Amarillo - 460

Laef Pendergraft – Amarillo – 456

Jeremy Larance – Tascosa - 436

Girls

Team Game – Caprock - 759

Team Series – Caprock - 1443

Baker Game – Amarillo - 159

Baker Series – Amarillo - 431

Individual Game

Brittany Mansel – Caprock – 216

Madison Martin – Amarillo – 215

Kaitlyn Dielen – West Texas – 195

Tuesdy Sillivent – Tascosa – 191

Brittany Garcia – Randall – 187

Erin Kelley – Tascosa – 183

Michelle Ludiker – Borger - 180

Tracy Enriquez – Caprock - 176

Individual Series

Brittany Mansel – Caprock – 396

Tuesdy Sillivent – Tascosa - 349

Madison Martin – Amarillo – 348

Tracy Enriquez – Caprock – 329

Brittany Garcia – Randall – 328

Kaitlyn Dielen – West Texas - 324

Michelle Ludiker – Borger - 316

Erin Kelley – Tascosa – 312

Shannon Osborn – Canyon – 309

District Schedule 

February

1 - Randall at Bushland  4:15 - Western Bowl

3 - Borger at Caprock     

     WTHS at Tascosa  

     WTHS at Caprock    

     Borger at Tascosa    4:15-Eastridge Lanes 

     Canyon at Amarillo     4:15 - Western Bowl

8 - Amarillo at Bushland  4:15 Western Bowl

9 - Randall at Borger   

     Canyon at WTHS       

     Randall at WTHS     

     Canyon at Borger     4:15 - Wildcatters

10 - Caprock at Tascosa  4:15-Western Bowl

15 - Bushland at Caprock 4:15-Eastridge Lanes               

       Canyon at Tascosa      4:15 - Western Bow

17 - Amarillo at Randall  4:15-Western Bowl

22 - Bushland at Canyon  4:15 - Western Bowl

23 - Caprock at Randall    4:15 - Western Bowl   

       WTHS at Borger    4:15 – Wildcatters

24 - Tascosa at Amarillo  4:15 - Western Bowl

March

6 – Regional Tournament – Amarillo – Western Bowl

27-28 - State Tournament – Bandera Bowl – San Antonio

Comfort Zone 

This was one of the lowest scoring weeks ever recorded in our district.  There were only two 200 games this week and no one averaged 200 for two games.  Brittany Mansel had the high series for the week with a 394.  There were several games in the 190’s, but the overall average for both boys and girls was lower this week than usual.  What caused all these low scores? 

One reason is getting out of your comfort zone.  We discussed the THS (typical house shot) causing high scores because the oil pattern is designed to steer the ball toward the pocket.  Any THS will do this, but all THS’s are not the same.  When you bowl on the same shot all the time, you develop a comfort zone for that condition and when that condition changes it can cause you problems.  This can happen as the condition changes as you bowl, or it can happen if the condition is slightly different than normal.  Being able to adjust to changing lane conditions is something you need to be able to do in order to bowl high scores.  It would be easy if we could stand in the same place for every shot and aim at the same target every time, and have the same ball reaction on every shot, but that doesn’t happen very often.  The condition is constantly changing and you must change with it. 

Recently we made a change and now bowl all our games on the west side of Western Bowl.  We made that change because of the Regional Tournament.  The tournament will be on that side of the bowling center and we wanted the teams that get to bowl in the tournament to have a house advantage.  If we switched for the tournament it would cancel the home advantage our teams would have.  Western Bowl uses a different lane oiling machine for that side of the center, and the condition is a little different than the other lanes so you must make the adjustment to score high.  Another factor was the match at Eastridge this week.  Something was different and the lanes hooked more than usual causing scoring problems for both teams.  When this happens, you must use all your skill to adjust to the condition.  There were some frustrated and angry bowlers which made the problem worse.  You need to be able to adjust and stay in control of your emotions when you bowl.  Bad conditions are going to happen and you need to know how to handle the situation and adjust.   

It’s likely that we will have multiple teams make it to the State Tournament.  There will be a lot of teams bowling a lot of games and the condition will change drastically.  If you want to do well, you have to adjust to these changing conditions.  One way to make this adjustment is to go to the bowling center after a five member league has bowled and practice on those lanes.  You will have to get away from your comfort zone in order to bowl well.  After some practice, maybe you will develop skills that the best bowlers have and you won’t need a comfort zone in order to bowl well.

The Matches

There are two parts to each match.  First the individual members of the two teams bowl a two game match and the winner will be the individual with the highest total for the two game series.  The winner gets one point for the team.  The coach of the visiting team puts their line up in first and the home team coach can match up in any order against the visiting team.  This allows the home team to use some strategy to try to win more points.  The team with the highest team series will get 2 points.  There are five individual matches and 2 points for team series for a total of seven points. 

In the second part of the match, the two teams bowl three Baker games.  In a Baker game, the first bowler bowls the 1^st and 6^th frame, the second bowler bowls the 2^nd and 7^th frames, and so forth.  Each Baker game is worth 2 points and the Baker series is worth 2 points for a total of eight points.  It’s possible for a team to lose all the individual matches and win all the Baker games and win the match 8 to 7. 

Week Seven Results

Borger and West Texas bowled at Wildcatters this week.  West Texas won three of the individual matches to take the early lead, but Borger swept the Baker games and won the match 10-5 

Tascosa and Bushland started the second half of the season on Monday.  Tascosa boys took a 4-3 lead after the individual matches and won two of the Baker games to win the match 10-5.  The Tascosa girls won four of the individual matches and two of the Baker games to win the match 12-3. 

Randall and Canyon bowled at Western Bowl on Wednesday.  In the boy’s match, Canyon won four of the individual matches and swept the Baker games to win the match 14-1.  The Canyon girls took a 4-3 lead after the individual matches and won two of the Baker games to win the match 10-5. 

Amarillo High went to Eastridge to take on Caprock on Wednesday.  The Amarillo boyswon four of the individual matches and two of the Baker games and won the match 12-3.  The Caprock girls won three of the individual matches and swept the Baker games and won the match 13-2.    

High Scores

Boys

Team Game – Tascosa – 846

Team Series – Tascosa – 1677

Baker Game – Caprock – 197

Baker Series – Borger – 553 

Individual Game

Travis Turner – Amarillo – 209

Jeremy Larance – Tascosa - 204

Alex Clark – Amarillo – 195

Laramie Davis – Bushland – 192

Kendall Cobb – West Texas – 192

Individual Series

Jeremy Larance – Tascosa - 360

Brady Wertz – Tascosa – 369

Laramie Davis – Bushland – 352

Kendall Cobb – West Texas – 352

Travis Turner – Amarillo – 351

High Average

Travis Turner – Amarillo – 231

Caleb Goehring – Amarillo – 192.4

Laef Pendergraft – Amarillo – 192.1

Tyler Sharp – Caprock – 186.8

Jeremy Larance – Tascosa – 186.1

Alex Clark – Amarillo – 184.8

Wes Baker – Amarillo – 184.6

Tanner Palmer – Tascosa – 184.2

Girls

Team Game – Caprock – 759

Team Series – Caprock – 1443

Baker Game – Canyon – 150

Baker Series – Caprock – 354

Individual Game

Brittany Mansel – Caprock – 199

Erin Kelley – Tascosa – 183

Tuesdy Sillivent – Tascosa – 181

Kaitlyn Dielen – West Texas - 178

Mary Woods – Caprock – 170  

Individual Series

Brittany Mansel – Caprock – 394

Tuesdy Sillivent – Tascosa – 349

Erin Kelley – Tascosa – 312

Kaitlyn Dielen – West Texas - 300

Cassie Craine – Caprock – 281

High Average

Brittany Mansel – Caprock – 168

Tuesdy Sillivent – Tascosa – 161

Kaitlyn Dielen – West Texas – 158

Erin Kelley – Tascosa – 148

Madison Martin – Amarillo – 145

Shannon Osborn – Canyon – 144

Michelle Ludiker – Borger – 138 

Team Standings

Boys

Amarillo                       8 – 0

Canyon                        7 – 1

Bushland                      5 – 3

Tascosa                        4 – 4

West Texas                  2 – 5 

Caprock                       2 – 6 

Borger                          5 – 5

Randall                         1 – 7  

Girls

Tascosa                        5 – 1  

Caprock                       5 – 1

Canyon                        4 – 2

Amarillo High               3 – 3

Bushland                      1 – 5  

Randall             0 – 6

Season High Scores

Boys

Team Game – Amarillo – 1154

Team Series – Amarillo – 2242

Baker Game – Amarillo – 245

                        Canyon – 245

Baker Series – Amarillo – 689 

Individual Game

Travis Turner – Amarillo – 279

Tyler Sharp – Caprock – 277

Tanner Palmer – Tascosa - 269

Laef Pendergraft – Amarillo - 260

Caleb Goehring – Amarillo - 244

Cullen McFadden – Canyon -236

Jeremy Larance – Tascosa - 232

Laramie Davis – Bushland – 231

Wes Baker – Amarillo – 230

Luke Penza – Canyon – 230

Collin Acciaioli – Bushland – 225

Alex Clark – Amarillo - 225

Josh Waggoner – Bushland – 225

Individual Series

Travis Turner – Amarillo – 545

Tanner Palmer – Tascosa - 515

Tyler Sharp – Caprock – 488

Caleb Goehring – Amarillo - 460

Laef Pendergraft – Amarillo – 456

Jeremy Larance – Tascosa - 436

Girls

Team Game – Caprock - 759

Team Series – Caprock - 1443

Baker Game – Amarillo - 159

Baker Series – Amarillo - 431

Individual Game

Madison Martin – Amarillo – 215

Brittany Mansel – Caprock – 202

Kaitlyn Dielen – West Texas – 195

Tuesdy Sillivent – Tascosa – 191

Brittany Garcia – Randall – 187

Erin Kelley – Tascosa – 183

Michelle Ludiker – Borger - 180

Tracy Enriquez – Caprock - 176

Individual Series

Brittany Mansel – Caprock – 396

Tuesdy Sillivent – Tascosa - 349

Madison Martin – Amarillo – 348

Tracy Enriquez – Caprock – 329

Brittany Garcia – Randall – 328

Kaitlyn Dielen – West Texas - 324

Michelle Ludiker – Borger - 312

Erin Kelley – Tascosa – 312

Shannon Osborn – Canyon – 309 

January 17th 2010 - Newsletter #6

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Respect

For those of us who have been involved in high school bowling since we started in 2003, one of the things that makes it worth it to us is the respect the students have for the sport, for their opponents, and for their coaches.  We have had a few instances of disrespect in the last 6 years, but most of those have been settled easily.  We don’t have a lot of rules because we haven’t needed them.  We do get rules from the state office but we have not had to supplement those with local rules.  We have let the coaches set the policies for their teams.

This week we had an incident where someone (not one of our bowlers) who was watching a match took a cell phone video of one of the bowlers and was going to post in on You Tube.  There is a big difference between the recreational bowler and the sport bowler and sometimes the parents and the spectators don’t seem to know the difference.  Sometimes even the bowlers don’t always know the difference.  However one thing we would like to instill in everyone is the competition between schools might get heated, but that should never carry over to the individual team members.  Every one should have respect for the effort the bowlers put forth in search of victory.  No one should be held up to ridicule by other bowlers or by spectators.  The coaches  and the bowlers should try to inform the people who come to watch that we are in competition and they should respect our efforts.

Release

 If you want high scores you must have a release that creates a ball motion that gives the ball a high percentage chance to knock all the pins down.  The position of your hand at the bottom of the swing will determine the direction of the rotation.  If the rotation is more forward, the ball will go straighter.  If the rotation is more to the side, the ball will curve more.

Experiment with these different hand positions and they can help you deliver the ball with a stronger roll.  A word of caution, overturning the ball can cause the ball to miss the target to the left and can reduce the speed of the rotation and cause a weak hit. 

The Matches

There are two parts to each match.  First the individual members of the two teams bowl a two game match and the winner will be the individual with the highest total for the two game series.  The winner gets one point for the team.  The coach of the visiting team puts their line up in first and the home team coach can match up in any order against the visiting team.  This allows the home team to use some strategy to try to win more points.  The team with the highest team series will get 2 points.  There are five individual matches and 2 points for team series for a total of seven points.

In the second part of the match, the two teams bowl three Baker games.  In a Baker game, the first bowler bowls the 1^st and 6^th frame, the second bowler bowls the 2^nd and 7^th frames, and so forth.  Each Baker game is worth 2 points and the Baker series is worth 2 points for a total of eight points.  It’s possible for a team to lose all the individual matches and win all the Baker games and win the match 8 to 7.

Week Five Results

The week started with a matchup of unbeaten teams.  The Bushland and Amarillo boys had won all their matches.  Amarillo High swept all the points and won the match 15-0.  The Amarillo High girls won four of the individual matches and swept the Baker to beat the Bushland girls 14-1.

Borger and West Texas had a dual match at Western Bowl against Canyon and Randall.  Canyon won both their matches, beating Borger 13-2 and West Texas 14-1.  West Texas beat Randall 9-6 and Randall beat Borger 11-4. 

Tascosa went to Eastridge where the boys beat Caprock 11-4.  In the girl’s match Caprock handed Tascosa their first loss 11-4. 

High Scores

Boys

Team Game – Amarillo – 1036

Team Series – Amarillo – 1979

Baker Game – West Texas – 225

Baker Series – Amarillo – 584

Individual Game

Travis Turner – Amarillo – 234

Cullen McFadden – Canyon – 234

Wes Baker – Amarillo – 230

Luke Penza – Canyon – 230

Laef Pendergraft – Amarillo – 226

Alex Clark – Amarillo – 225

Jared DuBois – Canyon – 224

James Bayless – Canyon - 200

Individual Series

Travis Turner – Amarillo – 464

Luke Penza – Canyon – 434

Jared DuBois – Canyon – 421

Laef Pendergraft – Amarillo – 402

Wes Baker – Amarillo – 400

High Average

Travis Turner – Amarillo – 243

Laef Pendergraft – Amarillo – 201

Caleb Goehring – Amarillo – 195

Tyler Sharp – Caprock – 193

Jeremy Larance – Tascosa – 192

Jimmy Buckner – Caprock – 188.9

Alex Clark – Amarillo – 188.8

Luke Penza – Canyon – 188

Girls

Team Game – Caprock – 670

Team Series – Caprock – 1285

Baker Game – Caprock – 137

Baker Series – Caprock – 371

Individual Game

Sara Quintero – Caprock – 194

Kaitlyn Dielyn – West Texas – 184

Tuesdy Sillivent – Tascosa – 169

Morgan Pratt – Bushland – 167

Erin Kelley – Tascosa – 161

Vivian Nguyen – Amarillo – 158

Brenda Enriquez – Caprock – 158

Donisha Landes – Amarillo – 158

Michelle Ludiker – Borger – 158 

Individual Series

Sara Quintero – Caprock – 324

Tuesdy Sillivent – Tascosa – 321

Kaitlyn Dielyn – West Texas – 319

Morgan Pratt – Bushland – 318

Donisha Landes – Amarillo – 297

High Average

Kaitlyn Dielen – West Texas – 160.6

Tuesdy Sillivent – Tascosa – 160.5

Brittany Mansel – Caprock – 155

Shannon Osborn – Canyon – 148

Erin Kelley – Tascosa – 147

Madison Martin – Amarillo – 144

Michelle Ludiker – Borger – 141 

Team Standings

Boys

Amarillo                       6 – 0

Bushland                      5 – 1

Canyon                        5 – 1

Tascosa                        3 – 3

West Texas                  2 – 4 

Borger                          1 – 5

Caprock                       1 – 5  

Randall                        1 – 5

Girls

Tascosa                        3 – 1  

Caprock                       3 – 1

Amarillo High               3 – 1

Canyon                        2 – 2

Bushland                      1 – 3  

Randall                        0 – 4

Season High Scores

Boys

Team Game – Amarillo – 1154

Team Series – Amarillo – 2242

Baker Game – Amarillo – 245

                        Canyon – 245

Baker Series – Amarillo – 689 

Individual Game

Travis Turner – Amarillo – 279

Tyler Sharp – Caprock – 277

Tanner Palmer – Tascosa - 269

Laef Pendergraft – Amarillo - 260

Caleb Goehring – Amarillo - 244

Cullen McFadden – Canyon -236

Jeremy Larance – Tascosa - 232

Laramie Davis – Bushland – 231

Wes Baker – Amarillo – 230

Luke Penza – Canyon – 230

Collin Acciaioli – Bushland – 225

Alex Clark – Amarillo - 225

Josh Waggoner – Bushland – 225 

Individual Series

Travis Turner – Amarillo – 545

Tanner Palmer – Tascosa - 515

Tyler Sharp – Caprock – 488

Caleb Goehring – Amarillo - 460

Laef Pendergraft – Amarillo – 456

Jeremy Larance – Tascosa - 436

Girls

Team Game – Caprock - 735

Team Series – Caprock - 1314

Baker Game – Amarillo - 159 

Individual Game

Madison Martin – Amarillo – 215

Brittany Mansel – Caprock – 202

Kaitlyn Dielen – West Texas – 195

Tuesdy Sillivent – Tascosa – 191

Michelle Ludiker – Borger - 180

Tracy Enriquez – Caprock - 176

Individual Series

Brittany Mansel – Caprock – 396

Madison Martin – Amarillo – 348

Tuesdy Sillivent – Tascosa - 347

Tracy Enriquez – Caprock – 329

Kaitlyn Dielen – West Texas - 324

Michelle Ludiker – Borger - 312

Erin Kelley – Tascosa – 312

Shannon Osborn – Canyon – 309

Arm Swing and Release

We have discussed lane conditions, but lane conditions don’t matter if you can’t release the ball in a manner that takes advantage of the lane condition.  Every high average bowler has a release that projects the ball onto the lane in a manner that gets the ball to the pocket with enough power to create a high strike percentage.  The best bowlers can change the release to create the proper ball path that creates the high strike percentage.  The question is,  why can some bowlers have consistently high scores while some have high a high score one game and then seem to fall apart the next game?  What causes a bowler to shoot 200 the first game and 150 the second game?  How do you achieve the kind of consistency that allows you to maintain high scores?

We bowl all our games on a house shot that will allow you to shoot high scores without being very accurate.  The oil in the middle and the friction by the gutter will tend to steer errant shots back to the pocket.  If you pull one shot left, hit your target with the second shot and swing the ball to the right on your third shot and get three strikes, you didn’t get those strikes with skill, the lane condition got them.  On the other hand, that inconsistency can also cause you to have a bad score after a good score. 

These are areas you must improve to gain the kind of consistency that leads to higher scores.

1. Starting Position (Stance)

2. Footwork (Approach)

3. Armswing

4. Timing

5. Finish Position

6. Release

7. Targeting

We will try to cover the fundamentals involved in all these skills.  If you watch good bowlers, you will notice that they all have individual styles, but there are some basic fundamentals common to all of them. 

The Matches

There are two parts to each match.  First the individual members of the two teams bowl a two game match and the winner will be the individual with the highest total for the two game series.  The winner gets one point for the team.  The coach of the visiting team puts their line up in first and the home team coach can match up in any order against the visiting team.  This allows the home team to use some strategy to try to win more points.  The team with the highest team series will get 2 points.  There are five individual matches and 2 points for team series for a total of seven points.

In the second part of the match, the two teams bowl three Baker games.  In a Baker game, the first bowler bowls the 1^st and 6^th frame, the second bowler bowls the 2^nd and 7^th frames, and so forth.  Each Baker game is worth 2 points and the Baker series is worth 2 points for a total of eight points.  It’s possible for a team to lose all the individual matches and win all the Baker games and win the match 8 to 7.

Week Four Results

The week started with Caprock coming to Western Bowl to take on Bushland.  In the girl’s match Caprock won four of the individual matches and seven of the Baker points and won the match 13-2.  In the boy’s match Caprock took the early lead after the individual matches 5-2.  Bushland won the first Baker game and Caprock won the second meaning the winner of the last Baker game would win the match.  Bushland won a close game by 2 pins and won the match 8-7. 

The Tascosa girls took a slight 4-3 lead over Canyon after the individual matches, but Tascosa won 6 of the 8 Baker points and won the match 10-5.  In the boy’s match, Canyon took a 5-2 lead after the individual matches and the won 4 Baker points to beat Tascosa 9-6.

Amarillo High and Randall had the last match before the holiday break.  The Amarillo girls won 6 ½ points in the individual matches and swept the Baker games to win the match 14 ½  to ½ .  TheAmarillo High Boys swept all the individual and Baker points and won the match 15-0.                      

High Scores

Boys

Team Game – Amarillo – 910

Team Series – Amarillo – 1893

Baker Game – Amarillo – 197

Baker Series – Amarillo – 576

Individual Game

Tyler Sharp – Caprock – 277

Travis Turner – Amarillo – 268

Caleb Goehring – Amarillo – 225

Jeremy Larance – Tascosa – 224

Gabriel Salcido – Caprock – 216

Cullen McFadden – Canyon – 213

Tanner Palmer – Tascosa – 210

Alex Clark – Amarillo – 203

Jimmy Buckner – Caprock – 202

Individual Series

Tyler Sharp – Caprock – 488

Travis Turner – Amarillo – 468

Gabriel Salcido – Caprock – 411

Jeremy Larance – Tascosa – 409

Cullen McFadden – Canyon – 398

Caleb Goehring – Amarillo – 396

High Average

Travis Turner – Amarillo – 245

Jeremy Larance – Tascosa – 207

Laef Pendergraft – Amarillo – 201

Tyler Sharp – Caprock – 198.9

Caleb Goehring – Amarillo – 198.5

Jimmy Buckner – Caprock – 194

Cullen McFadden – Canyon – 191

Alex Clark – Amarillo – 190

Girls

Team Game – Caprock – 656

Team Series – Caprock – 1293

Baker Game – Caprock – 143

Baker Series – Tascosa – 385  

Individual Game

Madison Martin – Amarillo – 215

Brittany Mansel – Caprock – 202

Tuesdy Sillivent – Tascosa – 183

Erin Kelley – Tascosa – 166

Shannon Osborn – Canyon – 166

Donisha Landes – Amarillo – 165

 Individual Series

Brittany Mansel – Caprock – 396

Madison Martin – Amarillo – 348

Erin Kelley – Tascosa – 312

Shannon Osborn – Canyon – 309

Tuesdy Sillivent – Tascosa – 301

High Average

Brittany Mansel – Caprock – 161

Tuesdy Sillivent – Tascosa – 160.5

Kaitlyn Dielen – West Texas – 160.6

Shannon Osborn – Canyon – 148

Erin Kelley – Tascosa - 148

Madison Martin – Amarillo - 147

Michelle Ludiker – Borger – 146

Team Standings

Boys

Amarillo                       5 – 0

Bushland                      5 – 0

Canyon                        3 – 1

Tascosa                        2 – 3

Borger                          1 – 3

West Texas                  1 – 3  

Caprock                       1 – 4  

Randall                        0 – 4

Girls

Tascosa                        3 – 0  

Canyon                        2 – 2

Amarillo High               2 – 1

Caprock                       2 – 1

Bushland                      1 – 2  

Randall                       0 – 4

Season High Scores

Boys

Team Game – Amarillo – 1154

Team Series – Amarillo – 2242

Baker Game – Amarillo – 245

                        Canyon – 245

Baker Series – Amarillo – 689

Individual Game

Travis Turner – Amarillo – 279

Tyler Sharp – Caprock – 277

Tanner Palmer – Tascosa - 269

Laef Pendergraft – Amarillo - 260

Caleb Goehring – Amarillo - 244

Cullen McFadden – Canyon -236

Jeremy Larance – Tascosa - 232

Laramie Davis – Bushland – 231

Wes Baker – Amarillo – 225

Collin Acciaioli – Bushland – 225

Alex Clark – Amarillo - 225

Josh Waggoner – Bushland – 225

Individual Series

Travis Turner – Amarillo – 545

Tanner Palmer – Tascosa - 515

Tyler Sharp – Caprock – 488

Caleb Goehring – Amarillo - 460

Laef Pendergraft – Amarillo – 456

Jeremy Larance – Tascosa - 436

Girls

Team Game – Caprock - 735

Team Series – Caprock - 1314

Baker Game – Amarillo - 159

Baker Series – Amarillo - 431

Individual Game

Madison Martin – Amarillo – 215

Brittany Mansel – Caprock – 202

Kaitlyn Dielen – West Texas – 195

Tuesdy Sillivent – Tascosa – 191

Michelle Ludiker – Borger - 180

Tracy Enriquez – Caprock - 176

Individual Series

Brittany Mansel – Caprock – 396

Madison Martin – Amarillo – 348

Tuesdy Sillivent – Tascosa - 347

Tracy Enriquez – Caprock – 329

Kaitlyn Dielen – West Texas - 324

Michelle Ludiker – Borger - 312

The Matches

 There are two parts to each match.  First the individual members of the two teams bowl a two game match and the winner will be the individual with the highest total for the two game series.  The winner gets one point for the team.  The coach of the visiting team puts their line up in first and the home team coach can match up in any order against the visiting team.  This allows the home team to use some strategy to try to win more points.  The team with the highest team series will get 2 points.  There are five individual matches and 2 points for team series for a total of seven points. 

In the second part of the match, the two teams bowl three Baker games.  In a Baker game, the first bowler bowls the 1^st and 6^th frame, the second bowler bowls the 2^nd and 7^th frames, and so forth.  Each Baker game is worth 2 points and the Baker series is worth 2 points for a total of eight points.  It’s possible for a team to lose all the individual matches and win all the Baker games and win the match 8 to 7.

Week Three Results

Bushland and Randall met this week at Western Bowl.  In the girls match Bushland won four of the five individual matches and swept the Baker and won the match 14-1.  The Bushland boys won all the indivisual matches and two of the Baker games and won the match 12-3. 

Tascosa and Caprock went to Borger to meet the Borger and West Texas Teams Each team won one match and lost one match.  Caprock had two close matches.  They won four individual matches and one Baker game to beat West Texas 8-7, and then won three individual matches and one Baker game to lose to Borger by the same score, 8-7.  Tascosa won two individual matches and one Baker game to lose to West Texas 11-4 and then swept the individual and Baker games to beat Borger 15-0. 

Amarillo High and Canyon met at Western Bowl.  In the girls match Canyon won three of the individual matches and two Baker games and won the match 9-6.  The Amarillo High boys won all the individual matches and one Baker game to win the match 9-6. 

High Scores

Boys

Team Game – Amarillo – 1100

Team Series – Amarillo – 2136

Baker Game – Canyon - 245

Baker Series – Canyon - 614

Individual Game

Travis Turner – Amarillo – 267

Jeremy Larance – Tascosa - 232

Laramie Davis – Bushland – 231

Wes Baker – Amarillo – 225

Tyler Sharp – Caprock - 225

Caleb Goehring – Amarillo - 223

Laef Pendergraft – Amarillo - 213

Jimmy Buckner – 211

Don Greiner, Jr. – Tascosa – 208

Alex Clark – Amarillo - 204

Chris Davidson – Randall – 203

Cullen McFadden – Canyon – 202

Luke Penza – Canyon – 202

Gabriel Salcido – Caprock – 202 

Individual Series

Travis Turner – Amarillo – 458

Caleb Goehring – Amarillo - 444

Jeremy Larance – Tascosa - 436

Laramie Davis – Bushland – 423

Laef Pendergraft – Amarillo – 413

Tyler Sharp – Caprock - 412

Wes Baker – Amarillo – 406

Alex Clark – Amarillo - 405

High Average

Travis Turner – Amarillo – 248

Laef Pendergraft – Amarillo – 208.9

Jeremy Larance – Tascosa – 208.5

Caleb Goehring – Amarillo – 198

Jimmy Buckner – 198

Alex Clark – Amarillo – 193

Wes Baker – Amarillo – 191

Cullen McFadden – Canyon -188

Girls

Team Game – Amarillo – 625

Team Series – Amarillo – 1085

Baker Game – Canyon – 135

                        Bushland – 135

Baker Series – Canyon – 354

Individual Game

Kaitlyn Dielen – West Texas – 195

Shannon Osborn – Canyon – 169

Donisha Landes – Amarillo – 160

Lindsey Stoope – Bushland – 154

Michelle Ludiker – Borger – 148

Individual Series

Kaitlyn Dielen – West Texas – 381

Shannon Osborn – Canyon – 298

Michelle Ludiker – Borger – 272

Madison Martin – Amarillo – 266

Donisha Landes – Amarillo – 260

High Average

Tuesdy Sillivent – Tascosa - 165

Kaitlyn Dielen – West Texas - 160

Michelle Ludiker – Borger – 146.6

Shannon Osborn – Canyon – 146.5

Erin Kelley – Tascosa - 144

Brittany Mansel – Caprock – 143

Tracy Enquirez – Caprock - 138 

Team Standings

Boys

Amarillo                       4 – 0

Bushland                      4 – 0

Canyon                        2 – 1

Tascosa                        2 – 2

Borger                          1 – 3

West Texas                  1 – 3  

Caprock                       1 – 3  

Randall             0 – 3  

Girls

Tascosa                        2 – 0  

Canyon                        2 – 1

Amarillo High               1 – 1

Caprock                       1 – 1

Bushland                      1 – 1  

Randall             0 – 3

Season High Scores

Boys

Team Game – Amarillo – 1154

Team Series – Amarillo – 2242

Baker Game – Amarillo – 245

                        Canyon – 245

Baker Series – Amarillo – 689

Individual Game

Travis Turner – Amarillo – 279

Tanner Palmer – Tascosa - 269

Laef Pendergraft – Amarillo - 260

Caleb Goehring – Amarillo - 244

Cullen McFadden – Canyon -236

Jeremy Larance – Tascosa - 232

Laramie Davis – Bushland – 231

Wes Baker – Amarillo – 225

Tyler Sharp – Caprock - 225

Collin Acciaioli – Bushland – 225

Alex Clark – Amarillo - 225

Josh Waggoner – Bushland – 225

Individual Series

Travis Turner – Amarillo – 545

Tanner Palmer – Tascosa - 515

Caleb Goehring – Amarillo - 460

Laef Pendergraft – Amarillo – 456

Jeremy Larance – Tascosa - 436

Girls

Team Game – Caprock - 735

Team Series – Caprock - 1314

Baker Game – Amarillo - 159

Baker Series – Amarillo - 431

Individual Game

Kaitlyn Dielen – West Texas – 195

Tuesdy Sillivent – Tascosa - 191

Michelle Ludiker – Borger - 180

Brittany Mansel – Caprock - 180

Tracy Enriquez – Caprock - 176

Madison Martin – Amarillo – 176

Individual Series

Tuesdy Sillivent – Tascosa - 347

Tracy Enriquez – Caprock – 329

Kaitlyn Dielen – West Texas - 324

Michelle Ludiker – Borger - 312

Erin Kelley – Tascosa – 312

The Matches

There are two parts to each match.  First the individual members of the two teams bowl a two game match and the winner will be the individual with the highest total for the two game series.  The winner gets one point for the team.  The coach of the visiting team puts their line up in first and the home team coach can match up in any order against the visiting team.  This allows the home team to use some strategy to try to win more points.  The team with the highest team series will get 2 points.  There are five individual matches and 2 points for team series for a total of seven points.

In the second part of the match, the two teams bowl three Baker games.  In a Baker game, the first bowler bowls the 1^st and 6^th frame, the second bowler bowls the 2^nd and 7^th frames, and so forth.  Each Baker game is worth 2 points and the Baker series is worth 2 points for a total of eight points.  It’s possible for a team to lose all the individual matches and win all the Baker games and win the match 8 to 7.

Week Two Results

We started the week with Randall against Tascosa.  The Tascosa boys and girls won four of the five individual matches and swept the Baker games to beat the Randall teams with identical 14-1 scores. 

Canyon went to Eastridge Lanes to take on Caprock.  In the boy’s match, Canyon won three of the individual matches and two of the Baker games to beat Caprock 11-4.  The Caprock girls won four of the individual games to take a 6-1 lead after the individual matches.  The two teams each won a Baker game and tied one game and Caprock won the match 11-4.

The Borger and West Texas boys came to Western Bowl to meet Amarillo High and Bushland.  The Amarillo High and Bushland girls got the week off because Borger and West Texas don’t have girl’s teams.  Amarillo High won four of the individual matches and swept the Baker games to beat borger 14-1.  Amarillo then swept the individual matches and Baker games to beat West Texas 15-0

Bushland won four of the individual matches and one of the Baker games and beat West Texas 8-7.  Then Bushland won three individual matches and two of the Baker games to beat Borger 11-4.

There were more high scores this week.  Travis Turner had games of  213 and 254 for a 467 series against West Texas and the had 266 and 279 for a 545 series against Borger.  This is his second 500 series this year.  Tanner Palmer also had a 500 series against Randall.  He had 269 and 246 for a 515 series.  Amarillo High had a team game of 1154 and a team series of 2242.  They also had Baker games of 221, 232 and 236 for a Baker series of 689.  There were other high scores this week.  Look at the next section to see who bowled well this week.

High Scores

Boys

Team Game – Amarillo – 1154

Team Series – Amarillo – 2242

Baker Game – Amarillo – 236

Baker Series – Amarillo – 689

Individual Game

Travis Turner – Amarillo – 279

Tanner Palmer – Tascosa - 269

Laef Pendergraft – Amarillo - 260

Caleb Goehring – Amarillo - 244

Alex Clark – Amarillo - 225

Josh Waggoner – Bushland – 225

Jordan Robertson – Borger – 217

Laramie Davis – Bushland – 214

Darren Aikens – West Texas – 214

Kendall Cobb – West Texas – 211

Wes Baker – Amarillo – 206

Matt Synnette – Tascosa – 206

Devan Witt – Borger - 201

Individual Series

Travis Turner – Amarillo – 545

Tanner Palmer – Tascosa - 515

Caleb Goehring – Amarillo - 460

Laef Pendergraft – Amarillo – 456

Alex Clark – Amarillo - 403

High Average

Travis Turner – Amarillo – 255

Tanner Palmer – Tascosa - 210

Laef Pendergraft – Amarillo - 209

Devan Witt – Borger - 191

Cullen McFadden – Canyon -190.8

Caleb Goehring – Amarillo – 190.7

Alex Clark – Amarillo – 190.5

Wes Baker – Amarillo – 187

Girls

Team Game – Caprock - 735

Team Series – Caprock - 1314

Baker Game – Tascosa - 153

Baker Series – Tascosa - 381

Individual Game

Michelle Ludiker – Borger - 180

Tuesdy Sillivent – Tascosa - 191

Brittany Mansel – Caprock - 180

Tracy Enriquez – Caprock - 176

Kaitlyn Dielen – West Texas - 173 

Individual Series

Tuesdy Sillivent – Tascosa - 347

Tracy Enriquez – Caprock - 329

Kaitlyn Dielen – West Texas - 324

Michelle Ludiker – Borger - 312

Erin Kelley – Tascosa - 312

High Average

Tuesdy Sillivent – Tascosa - 165

Kaitlyn Dielen – West Texas - 158

Michelle Ludiker – Borger - 155

Shannon Osborn – Canyon - 145

Erin Kelley – Tascosa - 144

Brittany Mansel – Caprock – 143

Team Standings

Boys

Amarillo                       3 – 0

Bushland                      3 - 0

Canyon                        2 - 0

Tascosa                        1 - 1

Borger                          0 – 2

West Texas                  0 – 2

Caprock                       0 - 2

Randall                        0 - 2

Girls

Tascosa                        2 - 0

Amarillo High               1 – 0

Caprock                       1 - 1

Canyon                        1 – 1

Bushland                      0 - 1

Randall                       0 –  2