Published: October 23, 2008 10:09 am      

Bobby Lannon’s 792/279 is a season high

Bobby Lannon bowled 792/279 in the Industrial League at White Oak Lanes and earned the area’s high mark so far in this early part of the season. Chad Gable was next high at that center rolling a big 289 game and 761 set.

At Wilson Lanes the high rollers were Chuck Parsons and Craig Davis bowling 748/257 and 744/257, respectively.

Bill Metz bowled 729/267 for the high at The Bowler. Buck Lease Jr. and Troy Cubbage were next high each scoring 696 sets.

Kevin Mansfield bowled 680/235 for the Rainbow Lanes’ high followed by C.P. Sines rolling 647/247.

Sherwood Lanes reported Derek Monahan’s 612/222 was the week’s high and Bill Atkinson scoring 608/223 placed second.

The White Oak PBA Experience League’s top scores for the week were: Derek Yates’ 628/230, J.M. Sites’ 622/240 and Chad Gable’s 610/243.

Candi Dolly scored 612/239 at the Bowler and was the top lady bowler for the week. Crystal Uhl was next high rolling 591/223.

Michele Hitchens bowled 581/244 for the high at White Oak Lanes. Betty Gable was next high scoring 553/214.

At Rainbow Lanes, Sandy Hott rolled the ladies’ high of 570/214. Dee Self was next scoring 531/180.

Pat Gwizdale bowled 538/199 for the ladies’ high at Wilson Lanes. Melissa Snyder rolled 500/216.

Alice Monahan scored 483/174 at Sherwood Lanes.

Jack Klosterman was the area’s top senior bowler for the week rolling 646/257 at The Bowler. Dolly Sharpless was the top senior at Rainbow Lanes scoring 572/213. At White Oak Lanes, Helen Uncapher bowled 501/180 for that center’s senior high for the week.

The Youth bowler high for the week was Seth Friend’s 612/211 at The Bowler. Amanda Green rolled 590/258 at Wilson Lanes and Cody Morton bowled a big 276 game and 589 set for the youth high at Rainbow Lanes. Caitlin Weems was the top youth at White Oaks rolling 566/211.

I will continue the discussion I started last week on muscling the ball by pointing out the advantages of a loose straight armswing. One outstanding feature of high average bowlers is that their delivery is smooth and makes bowling look easy. They let the ball do most of the work with minimal side forces to disturb straight, forward motion. When a bowler swings the ball behind his back the timing of his release is critical and destroys accuracy.

To develop that straight armswing bowlers need to practice deliberately directing a pushaway towards their target from a mid chest high position then relax the arm muscles so that the ball drops with the force of gravity into a rapid smooth backswing. A short hesitation at the highest point of the backswing should then be followed by applying force to the downward movement of the ball. Much like releasing a compressed spring. Then the release and straight line upward follow through to complete the delivery. I will discuss releases in future columns.

Good luck bowling and have fun striking out!

Howard “Pete” Peterson is the bowling columnist for the Times-News.

Contact him at petesbowling@atlanticbb.net.