Published: February 01, 2009 11:46 pm      

Bobby Lannon’s 787/296 week’s high

Bobby Lannon rolled a big 296 game and 787 set for the area’s top score for the week. A.J. Bishop and Jeremiah Howsare also scored well, posting 755/280 and 740/268, respectively.

Bob Greene bowled 757/266 for Wilson’s weekly high. Dave Greene was next rolling 689/277. Shane Nickleson bowled an honor score game of 298 in his 686 set.

At Rainbow Lanes, C.P. Sines was highest, scoring 730/279. Kevin Mansfield was next, rolling 709/252.

Dave Yates’ 725/256 was highest at The Bowler during the week, followed by Derrick Bridges, scoring 705/255.

Ralph Knieriem bowled 722/279 for the week’s high at Sherwood Lanes. Charlie Wamsley’s 640/224 was next high at that center.

In the PBA Experience League at White Oaks, Bobby Benton was highest, bowling 668/255. J.M. Sites and Chad Gable were next, Sites rolling 651/231 and Gable scoring 650/246.

Crystal Uhl was the area’s top lady bowler for the week, rolling 630/267. Dawn House was next at that center, scoring 613/227.

Kim Hannas bowled 607/211, the ladies’ high at Wilson Lanes. Diane Williams was next, rolling 500/188.

Alice Monahan bowled 590/235 at Sherwood Lanes.

Autumn Gable’s 588/224 was the ladies high at White Oak Lanes. Michele Hitchens was next, rolling 583/223.

Lou Dille and Sandy Hott were the top ladies for the week at Rainbow Lanes. Dille bowled 569/204 and Hott scored 560/193.

Ray Ross bowled 609/211 at the Bowler for the top senior score for the week. Senior Brad Deter bowled 550/189 at White Oak Lanes.

The top Youth bowler for the week was Amanda Greene, who rolled 716/246 at Wilson Lanes. Charles Abernathy bowled 641/247 at Rainbow Lanes and Corey Lease rolled 634/233 at White Oak Lanes. Youth bowler Matt Riley scored 602/238 at The Bowler and Seth Baer rolled 584/226 at Sherwood Lanes.

I was recently reminded that a few bowlers refused to heed a warning that I gave about taking your bowling ball into the warmer home rather than leave it in the auto over night. The result of that failure was a ball that cracked into two large pieces.

The worst conditions leading to serious damage are the following: 1) A time of at least 10 or more hours in a warm temperature, room temperature of 70 degrees F or higher; 2) Exposure to unprotected cold temperatures for several hours.

Plastic expands with heat and contracts with colder temperatures. If you start with a warm bowling ball, the ball has grown in size depending on the temperature throughout the ball’s material. When it is then exposed to a cold temperature the plastic starts to shrink from the outside towards the middle. Plastic is a fair insulator so it takes a significant time for the temperature to rise in the center of the ball.

If the shell of the ball is 1.5 inches thick, the temperature difference between the inside surface and the outside surface determines if cracking will occur. The point of this discussion is that when a warm ball is exposed to the cold, it depends on how low the temperature is that determines the rate at which the inside of the ball cools. If the ball cools at a temperature of 10 or 15 degrees, it would probably not crack, however if exposed to zero or minus-10 degrees it probably would crack.

Good luck bowling and have fun striking out!

Howard “Pete” Peterson is the bowling columnist for the Times-News. He can be reached at petesbowling@atlanticbb.net.