1998 Youth/Adult League on June 22nd, 1998:
Games/Series of Week 5:208, 150, 169: 527
Total Score:2,422
Average:161.467 (+3.55)
Rating:Great
Team Rating, Wins-Losses:Above Average, 3.5-0.5
Team Total Wins-Losses, Place:12.5-7.5, 6th/21, 4.5 gms. behind 1st.
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I practiced 7 games on June 20th. I started off slow with 140+ and 130+
games, then I strung together four 150+ games, then I shot a 180+ game.

Game 1: Game 1 started off a little slow, but then from frame 4 on, I did
awesome. I got 2 strikes, 2 spares, and 4 more strikes, and almost a fifth
in the 3rd ball of the 10th frame. I got the spares and strikes when I
NEEDED them. I actually did something right for a change.

Game 2: The 150 in Game 2 wasn't unexpected. I still remember on October
18th, 1997, when I shot a 233, but couldn't make 150 the rest of the way.
Not here. I couldn't seem to bowl good on Lane 21 until the 9th frame when
I got a spare. I was doing good enough on Lane 22, and I was able to salvage
a 150 out of it.

Game 3: I started to do better in Game 3, and I got 2 strikes in a row early
on. Later in the game, I had a possibility at bowling my best Series ever.
I needed a 176. I got a strike in the 7th frame, but I couldn't make it
happen in the 8th, so I would need 2 strikes in a row, but I wasn't able to
do it, but a 169 was still very good.

Summary: If I had to choose which 527 Series was better, I would pick this
one because of consistency, although the Handicap doesn't really show.
However, if I was going for Handicap, the 527 Series from October 18th, 1997
would my choice.

My team won the first two games, but then tied the third one, but took the
series, so my team won 3.5 games. It was kind of a mystery, because my
opponents pre-bowled and I didn't know what they bowled until my team
finished. If the numbers are right, then 3.5 wins wouldn't be too bad.