By Bill Ryan Following the old adage of “Better late than never” this first 11th Frame column of the 2018-19 bowling season is definitely better. Most of the bowling leagues have begun for the season, however there are still openings available for people who wish to bowl. There are at least one or two leagues

11th Frame  05.02.18   By BILL RYAN PBA conditions tested bowlers with Bagrowski crowned champs Huffman wins 9-Pot tourney In the leagues The season is now over for all the winter leagues at Al-Mar Lanes with the year-end tournaments ongoing this week. The Bagrowski team claimed the league championship of the ASD I Remodeling Tour

11th Frame  04.24.18 By BILL RYAN Pam West is champion survivor; Wood County Insurance & Easy Street win league titles Surviving the Game Pam West of the Ladies Major League was crowned the champion survivor as the season-long inter-league competition at Al-Mar Lanes ended last week. West was among the five finalists from the original

11th Frame  04/19/18 By BILL RYAN Youth find success on the lanes This week we will look at both the recent Adult-child tournament held at Al-Mar Lanes as well as announce successful qualifiers for the annual youth Pepsi tournament. Adult-Child In the adult-child event, the winner in the bantam division was Blair Baldonaldo with his

11th Frame  04.10.18 By BILL RYAN Time to register youth for Kids Bowl Free Mixed Up Guys and Gals crowns champions —– KIDS BOWL FREE Hey parents, do your kids need something to do for a bit of time each day during the summer? — Or better yet do you need a rest from your

11thFrame By BILL RYAN  03.21.18 Truman rolls 15th career 300 This week, we start with league bowling news including a 300 game by Matt Truman in the Elk’s League last Tuesday. He ended with a 770 for the high series for the week. Kyle Waynick shot 277 for 725. Bill Wammes had a 254  for a

11th Frame  03.07.18 By BILL RYAN High school bowling over for season locally Wood County high school bowling teams have concluded their season. Eastwood’s boys team finished eighth in the Division II state bowling tournament last Friday at Wayne Webb Lanes in Columbus. The Eagles bowled team games of 848, 905 and 830, then added a

11th Frame  02.27.18 By BILL RYAN   Eastwood boys win district advance to state, BG girls third in sectional, advance to district District bowling The Eastwood Eagles boys team won the Division II district tournament last Friday at Interstate Lanes in Rossford. The team had both the high three-game total and the high six-game Baker

11th Frame  02.21.18 By BILL RYAN Local bowlers do well in tournaments, Pancha Melendrez shoots 300 and leads all Inter-City bowlers in singles Congratulations to Bowling Green High School graduate Alicia Noon who last weekend bowled well enough to make the All-Tournament Team at the prestigious Hoosier Classic for collegiate bowlers held in Indianapolis. She

11th Frame  02.14.18 By BILL RYAN He only needed one hand Did you catch Sunday’s broadcast of the PBA Tournament of Champions? Matt O’Grady, one of the three regional champions who qualified for the T of C through a pre-tournament qualifier climbed the ladder from the fifth seed to claim his first national title, and