Coquina Juniors 2 on March 28, 1998:
Games/Series of Week 23:128, 142, 176: 446
Total Score:10,352
Average:150.029 (-.062)
Rating:Barely below average
Team Rating, Wins/Losses:"It's about time", 3-1
Team Total Wins/Losses, Place:46.5-45.5, 4th, 15 gms. behind 1st

Game 1: I've been "mirror-imaging" Game 1 the whole time in March, and I did
the exact same thing here, bowling a 128. My team won Game 1 by around 30-35,
not bad considering that my team started 170 behind, because my team has the
lowest handicap and my Week 23 opponents (Team 6) had the highest.

Game 2: I missed 150 for the first time in Game 2 in March. I got off to a
much slower start, and I couldn't recover. I had trouble getting the 6 and/
or the 10 pin in spare attempts in the first 2 games. My team lost by 20-25.

Game 3: Since I wasn't going to get the huge Series that I wanted, I wanted
to average no less than 150. I needed a 174 game, and I said to myself that
I was going to do it. I bowled 3 strikes in a row in the early stages, and
almost bowled 3 more late. This would have marked the first time in my
career that I've bowled 3 strikes in a row twice in a game. I ended up with
a 176, which was good. My team won by 2 points, and won 3-1 for the first
time since December 6th, 1997, a drought of 4 months and 22 days.

Summary: I think I was paying attention more to maintaining my 150 average
than going for a 540 Series. At least I felt that I did what I needed to do.
Between December 13th and March 21st, my team won 9 games (22.5%).
The 3-1 win was a very rare occurance. I feel much better now.

Quick look into next season: I have joined the Youth/Adult League, and I'm
waiting for it to start on May 18th.

I expected myself to do too much in CJ2 (160-165 avg., 560+ Series). In
Youth/Adult, I'm looking to average at least 157 and bowl a 540+ Series. Also
I'm looking for my team to win at least 33-35 games and finish in the Top-3.