July 3rd, 2000: Week 5 of the Youth/Adult League
Games/Series 188, 236, 145: 569
Total Score: 2,494
Rating: Excellent
Average: 166.267 (+5.850)
Team Rating, Wins-Losses: Good, 3-1
Team Total Wins-Losses, Place: 15-5, 4th/20, 4 gms. behind 1st
Line
Before the series started, I was talking to my teammates that if we don't
sweep tonight that we might lose touch of the leaders.

Well, in Game 1, that's exactly what I thought. My team might lose touch
of the leaders.

But, after my team lost the first game by 80, my team bounced back in a
big way and layed the smackdown on Team 12 in Game 2, winning by a huge
margin. 210 points to be exact, while bowling over 850 pins scratch in
the process. I also did something I've never done before. More on that
in a moment. Game 3 wasn't as spectacular as Game 2, but my team did
get the job done and managed to escape with a 3-1 win, but my team might
be losing touch of the leaders, and may have dropped to 5th place.

The good news is that my team is part of a 5-team breakaway, so my team
won't be dropping any more spots anytime soon, unless my team gets massacred.

As for my Game 2 performance, it was just absolutely superb. I was getting
strikes as if there were no tomorrow. With at least 7 strikes, including
getting 3 in a row twice, I really showed what I could do, and I did it in
impressive fashion. I never missed a beat and wound up with a clean 236.
This was my best game ever, and one the very few times that I shot a clean
game. I also set a career-high by bowling 18 clean frames in a row.

In Game 3, I thought I had the momentum on my side. I started with a strike
and a split conversion, but after missing the 4-pin in the 3rd by 1/32 of an
inch, momentum turned from me and I shot ONLY a 145. I only got strikes on
the first and last balls of Game 3.

Still, the 236 is very impressive, and I'll take it anyday.