August 21st, 2000: Week 12 of the Youth/Adult League (Pre-bowl)
Games/Series 158, 186, 236: 580
Total Score: 6,069
Rating: Excellent
Average: 168.583 (+2.25)
Team Rating, Wins-Losses: Good, 3-1
Team Total Wins-Losses, Place: 33-15, 3rd/20
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Just after my team bowled Week 11, they (my team) pre-bowled Week 12. The
reason was because otherwise my teammates would not show up for the big
position round matchup. I had a feeling that I was going to wear out as
the games wore on, but it ended up being exactly the opposite. My team's
scores that were established were good, but were they good enough?

Game 1: Mid-way through Game 1, my eyes weren't responding to light
changes as quickly as usual, and that was part of the reason why I shot
only 158 in Game 1. My team bowled slightly below average, but was able
to win by a good margin.

Game 2: My team's best performance of Week 12 was all-around. I nailed
down a 186 after getting 3 strikes in a row and my team shot 808 pins
scratch. The big win in Game 2 put my team 199 pins ahead after 2 games.

Game 3: This game was more or less like the 233 I shot in 1997. I
started a huge striking streak in the 5th frame. From then to the 9th
frame, four of my five strikes were "no-doubters." In the 10th, luck
wasn't on my side even though I threw a perfect shot. The 4-7 leave
didn't allow me to set a new career High Game (258 max), but the 236
(a clean game, by the way) was the huge exclamation mark to end
the season.

The other team put the exclamation mark on their season by bowling
over 850 pins handicap, their best of the season. But they would have
had to nearly shoot 1,000 pins handicap in order to salvage a 2-2 split.

Summary: My second 236 was the big exclamation mark at season's end.
It was my best single season ever, averaging a 500+ Series per week.
Even though I didn't break 600, this season proved to be all smiles,
even though my team didn't place first. That will probably happen
in Coquina Juniors 2 2000-2001.

My Youth/Adult League Highs:
High Game: 236 (twice)
High Series: 580
High Hdcp. Game: 268
High Hdcp. Series: 665
Number of 500+ Series: 7
Low Game: 136
Low Series: 445
Average Series: 505+