The Crew Wins 2nd Round of Industrial League
KEGLER’S CORNER
By Jeff Olson
Congratulations to The Crew (JD BLACKFORD, RYAN HINKLEY, and FRED BERGREN) who won the 2nd round of the Monday night Industrial bowling league at Hood River’s Orchard Lanes.
Monday Night Industrial league:
In the decisive match for all the marbles last week, featuring the top two teams, The Crew thrashed Clear Cutters, 18-7. Court Barker was stellar for his Cutters trio with big 245,242 games and a 644 series but it simply wasn’t enough. The Crew won the 1st game 733 to 705 for 6 points and they swept the 2nd game 624 to 546 for 7 more points. Clear Cutters won the 3rd game 688 to 675 for 6 points. The Crew took total pins, 2032 to 1939 for an additional 4 points, giving The Crew the big 18-7 point win, vaulting them into first place, winning the 2nd round with a total of 136 points. Decavo finished second with 128.5 points, The Rollers got third with 127.5 points, Hood River Supply took fourth with 126.5 points, Clear Cutters sank to fifth place with 125.5 points and Mt. Hood BBQ got sixth with 124 points. With so many teams in the thick of things it shows how well balanced the Industrial league is. That equates to more fun for more teams, helping to keep a high level of interest for everyone right up to the last ball!
Other match results from last week: Decavo waxed Randy’s Painting, 23-2; Hood River Supply trounced MTS, 22-3 thanks to the powerful high rev game of Aaron Troxel for Supply; OL’7-10 was wiped by Pat’s Pro Shop, 21-4; The Rollers beat Triple T’s, 18-7 as Paul Dethman crunched the sticks for Rollers, offsetting the sharp shooting by Jordan Trout for the T’s; and Mt. Hood BBQ beat Orchard Lanes, 18-7 behind the pocket pounding of Washington orchardist John Riggleman who was unfazed by big numbers from opponent Nancy Asai who is definitely in mid-season form, flashing her all-star game for the Lanes team.
High Scores: John Riggleman for Mt. Hood BBQ, 247,237 games & 667 series; Nancy Asai for Orchard Lanes, 221,205 games & 610 series; Aaron Troxel for Hood River Supply, 247 game; Court Barker for Clear Cutters, 245,242 games; Paul Dethman for The Rollers, 243 game; and Jordan Trout for Triple T’s, 235 game.
Bowler of the Week, John Riggleman, 124 pins over average.
Tuesday Nite Mixed league:
Here are the current standings after only 4 weeks into the second half of the league:
- C.P.R. 14 wins
- Split Faced 11.5 wins
- Hood River Supply 11 wins
- Take Ten 10 wins
Match results on 1-14-2025: C.P.R. blanked Gutter Dawgs, 4-0 as Sandy Holmes starred for the resuscitators; Take Ten beat Are You Splitting Me, 3-1; Double A Orchards beat Mad Skilz, 3-1 as the Asai twins went off for the Orchard gang countering opponent Jeremy Bloom’s typical bowling mastery for the Skilz squad; Taco Tuesday beat Split Faced, 3-1; and Hood River Supply split with the generous and giving Who Gives a Split, 2-2.
High Scores: Jeremy Bloom for Bloom Auto Body, 247,235 games and 693 series; Nancy Asai for Double A Orchards, 218,215 games and 616 series; Joey Sheirbon for Team Nishi, 278 game; Aaron Asai for Double A Orchards, 240 game; and Sandy Holmes for C.P.R., 215 game.
Bowler of the week: Aaron Asai, 125 pins over average.
Wednesday afternoon Senior Colts & Fillies league:
We’re just into the 3rd week of the 2nd half so virtually every team in the league is still in it to win it.
Match results on 1-15-2025: Rice Krispies beat Cousins, 3-1 thanks as usual to Lynn Spellman’s strike-a-lot style for the Snap, Crackle & Pop threesome; Rolling Pins beat Jessie’s Team, 3-1; and Awesome 3 split with We Tried, 2-2.
High Scores: Lynn Spellman for Rice Krispies, 206,204 games.
Wednesday night Fraternal league:
Current standings with just 2 weeks to go in round 2:
1. Mt. Hood BBQ 130.5 points
2. Hood River Athletic Club 115.5 points
3. Tres Psicos 115 points
4. The Bowling Stones 108.5 points
5. Ten in the Pit 105.5 points
6. Bloom Auto Body 105.5 points
Things are getting tense in the Fraternal league, look at the tight standings. Next week will feature regularly scheduled matches but the following week will be a position round. That’s when the first place team bowls the second place team, the third place team bowls the fourth place team and so on. Position rounds can change everything, they are pressure packed!
The feature match next week pits 2nd place Hood River Athletic Club against the not so crazy 3rd place Tres Psicos. It would really benefit one of these teams to bowl lights out since the current league leader, Mt. Hood BBQ has a big advantage next week because they bowl the last place team, The Red Rockets. These key matches are pretty even on paper, so it all boils down to who is hot and who is not.
Match results on 1-15-2025: Tres Psicos swamped Ten in the Pit, 23-2 thanks to the awesome pin busting of Skip Whitley and Mac Proffitt for the Psicos trio; Get Hu’sum BBQ beat The Bowling Stones 17-8 as fireballer Stan Pratnicki blasted the biggest series in the house last week for the BBQ squad that nullified the big numbers marked up by Stones stars Chad Mason and Ciena Brittle; Hood River Athletic Club beat The Red Rockets, 16-9 behind the talented slants of Jesse Orr for the Clubbers; and Mt. Hood BBQ edged Bloom Auto Body, 13-12.
High scores: Stan Pratnicki for Get Hu’sum BBQ, 270,265 games & 718 series; Chad Mason for The Bowling Stones, 258,238 games & 677 series; Skip Whitley for Tres Psicos, 248 game; AJ Perdue for Ten in the Pit, 245 game; Mac Proffitt for Tres Psicos, 236 game; Jesse Orr for Hood River Athletic Club, 238 game; and Ciena Brittle for The Bowling Stones, 233 game.
Bowlers of the week, Mac Proffitt, 125 pins over average and Stan Pratnicki, 106 pins over average.
Thursday afternoon County league:
We’re just at the 2nd week of the 2nd half so all 12 teams are still in it to win it.
Match results from 1-16-2025: first half winners, the almost Lady Ballers swept Save the Pins, 4-0 thanks to sub Jay Slack’s dominating performance for the Ballers; The Incredibowls beat The Gutter Balls, 3-1 as stars Yoyo Cervantes and Rod Pratt plastered the pins for Incredibowls; Stop, Drop & Bowl tripped up the Blind Bowlers, 3-1; Holy Rollers beat Over the Line, 3-1; The Unbowlievables beat The Munsons, 3-1; and The Flu Fighters split with BS-ers, 2-2.
High Scores: Yoyo Cervantes for The Incredibowls, 234 game; Rod Pratt for The Incredibowls, 226 game; and Jay Slack for Lady Ballers, 213,212 games.
Let’s GO BOWLING everyone!