MIKE ROCHA TRIOS - WEEK #2 RESULTS

Will To Win: 5 - Team 8: 2

Our opponent was Team 8 (yet unnamed) who possessed a team average of 588 compared to our 566. Thus, they had to spot us 22 pins per game in handicap. 

The handicap wasn't needed in the first game as we beat them scratch by a score of 581-577. We needed the boost in the second game as we were short 580-595. Thankfully, the handicap gave us a 602-595 victory. We needed more than 22 pins in the third game as Kenny Thompson's 279 game buried us by a score of 632-609. We outscored them in the series 1816-1804 to earn the point for total pinfall.

With scratch team scores of 583-580-587, we were nearly as consistent as team can be. It was good enough  to win 5 of the 7 points and improve our record for the season to 9-5. Next week we'll be taking on Team 5 who will be spotting us 20 pins.

WEEK 2  01  02  03  SER  G   AVG  HG   HS 200 550 600
WILL   238 175 169  582  6 187.7 238  582   2   1   0
MARK   155 234 207  596  6 197.5 234  596   3   2   0
ELI    190 171 211  572  6 190.2 214  572   2   2   0
TOTAL  583 580 587 1750 18 191.8 603 1750   7   5   0

PRACTICE TONIGHT

I'll be at Castro Village Bowl tonight at 7:00 for some practice. Feel free to join me if you're interested.

BOWL BAY AREA'S ONE-BALL TOURNAMENT

Tournament Flier

Are you interested in an unusual test of your bowling skills? Pete Hagin's Bowl Bay Area is hosting an eight-gamer on June 2nd (Sunday) that allows each bowler to use only one ball. That's right -- only a single ball for all eight games. No plastic ball for shooting spares. No changing balls when the lanes break down. The ball with which you start the tournament will have to be used for every shot.

Making it even more of a challenge, the regular house shot will not be used. The oil pattern will not be announced in advance. The bowlers will have to figure it out for themselves during the practice session. Choose your ball wisely. An aggressive ball for heavy oil that plays well in the first few games may be uncontrollable in the later games. A ball for light oil may work well in the later games but will it be too weak on fresh oil? Can a ball for medium oil be manipulated to one's advantage at both ends of the tournament? Hmmmm..... There's one way to find out -- answer the challenge and enter this tournament. To ensure your entry, send an email to Pete Hagin which you can do by clicking here. Count me in for this one.

SUMMER LEAGUE BOWLING -- MIKE ROCHA'S TRIOS

Will To Win: 4 - Team 3: 3

With the Friday Night Trios league concluded and a championship under our belts, Eli and I were looking for a summer league to stay sharp for next season. To fill out our roster, we've teamed up with Will Jackson of Movin' On Up to bowl in the Mike Rocha's Trios league on Thursday nights.

We got started on Thursday, May 23rd and we'll bowl for fourteen weeks, concluding with our league sweeper on August 29th. Here are our scores from our opening night of the season:

WEEK 1  01  02  03  SER  G   AVG  HG   HS 200 550 600
WILL   155 182 207  544  3 181.3 207  544   1   0   0
MARK   181 231 177  589  3 196.3 231  589   1   1   0
ELI    214 190 165  569  3 189.7 214  569   1   1   0
TOTAL  550 603 549 1702  9 189.1 603 1702   3   2   0

The handicap for Mike Rocha's Trios is 100% of the difference between the team's collective averages. The league uses our highest USBC book average as of April 15th with priority given to leagues at Castro Village Bowl. That means it's 191 for Eli and I and 182 for Will which gives us a team total of 564. We use the same 7-point scoring system employed by the Friday Night Trios.

After doing some research on our opponents at the USBC's website, it looks like we were spotting them 36 pins per game. If I'm right about that, we won the first two games 550-526 and 603-591 before losing the third game 549-663. The lopsided score in the third game left us short for the total pinfall point, 1702-1780. I suspect next week's stat sheet will show we opened the season with a record of 4-3.