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

By BILL RYAN Bobcat girls and Panther boys claim NLL bowling titles Saturday Pancha Melendrez scorches out a 736 series in the Eagles League NLL news The Bowling Green Bobcat girls bowling team won the Northern Lakes League title on Saturday at Al-Mar Lanes as the center hosted the conference year-ending tournament. The girls tied

By BILL RYAN NLL season winding down, Michael Wachter bowls 300 in the Eagles League The Northern Lakes League season is winding down with the annual NLL tournament slated to roll at noon on Saturday at Al-Mar Lanes in Bowling Green. For the girls, Napoleon is undefeated at 4-0, with BG in second at 3-2

By BILL RYAN A strong focus on leagues this week. The middle of winter is usually a fairly quiet time for special events in bowling, but Spring Madness at Al-Mar Lanes began this week with bowlers completing in a single-elimination bracket ala the NCAA basketball tournaments. Bowlers in various leagues match their scores, usually over