Hello everyone,

Just to let you know there is a King/Queen of the Hill tonight (July 16, 2008) at 7:00 pm in Union, NJ.

King/Queen of the Hill

Hy-Way Bowl in Union, NJ

Wednesdays starting 7pm

Cost $25 + side and brackets

Handicap 80% of 230

Well, the Hurt Squad monthly shoot-out for April has come and gone.  And while on its way out, it left me a few dollars.  I started the day with my Cell shooting a 9 spare, 7 count split (leaving the 2-8-10) taking 2, and then a repeat split; for 2 opens in a row.  Then another split in the 10th (leaving the 6-7) for a 177 game.  Good job!  Move lanes and a ball change to my Gamebreaker...let's see what happens now.  How about a carbon copy of the first game?  9 spare followed 2...count 'em...2 identical splits as the first game.  Thinking I am completely out of the money and brackets, I made a monster move and start throwing about 16-18 board swinging out to the 4-6.  What do you know a strike, then another one...how about a third?  Yep!  I ended up punching out for a 244!  Wow!  A couple more of these and I am back in it.  Yeah right.  I have never thrown back to back 240+ games.  But wouldn't you know another 244.  WOW!  I am now sitting +59 after 3 game with one more to go.  I finish the 4th game with a 206 for a 4 game total of 865; placing myself in the 9th position of a 16 person bracket final.

Won the next 2 rounds, which put me in the semi-finals round; and that's where I meet my match.  But it came down to the second ball in the 10th in order to find a winner.  We were tied going in to the 5th then he opened.  I couldn't capitalize on that, but was able to spare.  From there the lead grew and it looks as though I was going win this one, then the shots that everybody dreads happened to me.  I beautiful release, hit my mark, the ball in coming in and BOOM!!!  A 7-10 in the 9th!  OUCH!!  Then another beautiful shot for my  first ball in the 10th, and I leave a wiggling 10 pin.  Well, like I said I finished out but couldn't shut him out.  He punched out the 10th to beat me by 9 pins.  Great match!

I went in 10 brackets, won 1 and placed 2nd in 7 of them.  That was a lot of bowling for a couple of bucks.  But it was much better then a punch in the face, and I will take a little win over no win at all.

On to the next tourney on my agenda, the PBA Experience at Ocean Lanes on May 4th.