Price begins 2025 with 300, 810 series

Well, that didn’t take very long!

Day two of 2025 and we have our first 300 game and our first 800 series taken care of in one successful swoop.

Leading bowlers into the New Year was none other than Tyler Price who has a distinguished record of big games and high sets so it was no surprise to hear of him demolishing the pins in the TNT league at Thunderbird Lanes, the first night of league play for 2025.

Price came out of the gate with a 267 game before adding what is believed to be his 20th career 300 score for game two.

Price stayed in check and added 243 to the take, walking out with an 810 for series.

USBC records are showing that this makes the 16th career 800 series for the young man that has a lot of bowling skills.

It was reported that Price was throwing the new Physix Blackout by Storm.

A couple of other TNT bowlers in the know, Richard Jacoby and Mark Hill, followed on the series list as Jacoby went 248, 257 and 235 for a 740 and Hill rolled 246, 266 and 225 for a 737.

Getting back to the week’s Honors, Craig Fain was doing a pre bowl for the Goodyear league at Thun-derbird Lanes on Jan. 5th when he put his fifth career 300 game in the books.

Fain didn’t waste any time with the strikes and put the first twelve shots of the set in the hole for the perfect score.

It was nearly seven years since Fain’s last 300 so he might have been a little shaken up through game two which was only a 214, but he was back on track for game three and posted a 244 for a 758 for series.

David Fishbeck was on hand to cheer his teammate along with good vibes, scoring 247, 206 and 262 for a 715.

The final Honor of the week was posted last Tuesday at Twin Oaks Bowling Center where High School Bowling Coach Bill Kaplan found the line early and put his fourth career 300 game in his bowling memoirs.

Kaplan, who is struggling with some knee problems lately and has had to change quite a bit to con-tinue to compete, must have lost his carry in games two and three (198-188) and did not bust 700, but was happy with the outcome nonetheless.

Just about every league had good news last week, in one way or another.

The His and Hers star player was secretary Jeff Janssen who led his troops with games of 258, 234 and 233 for a 725 series, followed by Troy Hardin who rolled 708 on games of 208, 280 and 220.

It is not always the big numbers as Janssen reported that Nolana Franklin, a novice league bowler with a 114 average, was very happy to beat teammates Clarence Weber and Joe Haywood with a 194 career high in game three.

Troy Hardin also made the high scores list from the Suburban league where he led with a 716 on games of 238, 256 and 222.

Paul Davis followed with a 707 on games of 258, 221 and 228 and Ryan Reiter rounded out the top three with a 706 that went 235, 203 and 268.

Lewis Bailey Jr. had the high series in the Early Birds of 709 with games of 225, 233 and 251 and Jeff Janssen was the senior league bowler of the week with a 701 in the Entertainers, scoring 245, 237 and 219.

Every once in a while we see a stepladder series but I must say, I believe this to be the first 200, 201, 202 that I’ve ever reported. Shout out to Selena Rittenhouse for making this happen while bowl-ing in Entertainers as well.

Tim Sprawling saved all of his strikes for game two of the Friday Nite Mixed Rollers and posted a 280 game and Herbert Scott rolled a career best 662 series in the Socialites on games of 226, 296 and 240.

Youth League Highlights

Gabe Rush put together the youth high series of 649 on games of 216, 199 and 234 while bowling in the TOBC Oak Trees league.

Little brother Sage Rush finished third with 604 from the same league, thanks to a 230 middle game.

Coming in between was Peyton Smith of the TBird Legends with a 645 that included games of 236, 227 and 182.

Pins over average honors go to Davyn Jenkins for a 543 series off a 163 average and a 248 career high game score.

And DJ Scott led in the U12 TBird HotShots with a 477 on games of 143, 164 and 170.

No-Tap News

A record 41 bowlers were on hand for the Jan. 3rd Senior No-Tap Colorama at Thunderbird Lanes.

The men’s division paid four places with Ken Knoff taking first place with an 888 handicap series. Knoff had one of those afore mention stepladder series’ but his went 242, 244, and 243.

Gary Webster finished with an 879 that included games of 264, 278 and 256 for second and Jeff Tucker rolled 298, 250 and 175 for third with an 849.

David Baver got the fourth spot with an 809 after starting the day with a no-tap 300.

Kitty Wilhelmi won first place in the women’s division with an 888 handicap series, another first that both the men’s and women’s high series’ of the day were the same total.

Following Wilhelmi was Teri Jester who shot 276, 300 and 276 for an 873 final score.

Jester took the Scratch Singles side pot with 852 followed by Shawn Thomas, 730, Jim Bomboy, 726 and Sam Bowman, 724.

As a side note, Bomboy, exercising his rights as a 50 year old, also posted a no-tap 300.

Mystery Doubles winners were David Baver with Fred Bessette, 600, Ken Knoff with Gary Webster, 602 and Elaine Henderson with Sue Avis, 587.

Strike pot winners were Dennis Latham, Kathy Zerbe, David Baver, Cleo Travis, Shawn Thomas, Fred Bessette, Vanda Edmondson and James Halstead.

No winners were reported for the Challenge Shots.

This event is held every Friday afternoon at 1 PM at Thunderbird Lanes and is open to all senior bow-lers aged 50 and above with a verifiable average.