1998 Youth/Adult League on June 15th, 1998:
Games/Series of Week 4:118, 160, 144: 422
Total Score:1,895
Average:157.917 (-5.75)
Rating:Not Good
Team Rating, Wins-Losses:Below Average, 2-2
Team Total Wins-Losses, Place:9-7, 9th/21, 4 gms. behind 1st

Game 1: Game 1 in 3 words: I did bad. But I didn't miss 100. Mainly, it was
about CONFUSION. Confusion everywhere. In the 8th frame, I thought I was
bowling on the wrong side, so I tried to stop, but I couldn't hold on to the
ball. Looks like I'll have to wait until March to have a season where none
of my first balls go into the gutter. It was tough. More info about confusion
is in the summary.

Game 2: Game 2 was more reminiscent of what happened in my good games in
the State Tournament. I started off real good, but then fell apart late in
the game. This time, it resulted in a 160. My team did win Game 2.

Game 3: Game 3 wasn't too bad, but then again, It wasn't good enough. In
the 10th frame, I thought that I needed 2 strikes to win, when I really
needed just a spare. I missed the EASY spare attempt and lost, but my team
still won the 4th point.

Summary: The confusion was over the team schedule, which changed for the
3rd time in 4 weeks. When new teams are added, the schedule needs to be
changed in order to reflect the additions of new teams. As a result for
my team, I play 3 different teams and play Team 15 again in Week 6. The
schedule may be slightly easier, because I don't have to play 3 really
good teams.

What good things that can still happen: I can still go an entire season without
a foul. In the 1997 YAL, there was a "Phantom-foul" problem on Lanes 17-18.
I was bowling on those in the first week, and I got nailed with it.
1998 could be the first year of my career in the fact that I won't miss a 400
Series. I'm about halfway there in trying to accomplish that goal.