The Tri-City Americans Booster Club held its annual Bowl with the Americans event Sunday at Spare Time Lanes in Kennewick.
It's always a pretty well-attended event and a chance for the players in interact with the fans in a relaxed setting.
Some players were bowling for the first time -- or the first time with 10 pins instead of 5. But for veterans like Jarrett Toll, he was right at home on the lanes, rolling a 174 in his three-game total of 475. Mason Wilgosh had the top game with a 178.
My hubby, who spent many years of his life at bowling lanes in Medford, Ore., and Ontario, Ore., but now only bowls in this event, finished with a three-game total of 547 and a high game of 192. Not his best, but it's all in the name of fun.
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Bowling with the Americans (w/ gallery)
Bowling with the Americans (w/ gallery)
None of the Tri-City Americans players will claim to be a good bowler, but that doesn't keep them from making side bets when they hit the lanes for the Tri-City Americans Booster Club's annual Bowl with the Americans event.
Sunday's event at Spare Time Lanes in Kennewick also had a family twist to it as Wes and Janet Wilgosh made the trip from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Mrs. Wilgosh put her son and a few other players to shame. Mason was glad to only have to play against her in one game.
Angie Hughesman and Maureen Shinnimin also made the trek from Winnipeg to watch their sons play. In fact, all the Winnipeg parents will be here through the Thanksgiving weekend.
On this date in Mid-Columbia sports history
On this date in Mid-Columbia sports history
On Nov. 19 in:
* 2000 -- Playing their fifth game in six nights, the road-weary Tri-City Americans fell 5-2 to the Saskatoon Blades in Saskatchewan. The Americans fell 10-1 to host Moose Jaw the night before, but Tri-City still finished its East swing with a 3-2 record.
* 1977 -- Mike Payne, a senior at Columbia High in Richland, strung together 11 perfect shots until denied by a stubborn 7-pin in the 12th frame to roll an American Bowling Congress-sanctioned 299 in the Senior Atomic Teens league at Atomic Lanes. Payne also bowled games of 190 and 191 for a 680 series.
Bowling tournament moved to Friday
Bowling tournament moved to Friday
The District 5/6 girls bowling championship will take place at 12:45 p.m. Friday at Spare Time Lanes in Kennewick.
The championship was originally scheduled for Wednesday, but was postponed because of unsafe driving conditions that closed schools in Wenatchee and delayed the opening of several schools in the Yakima area.
And with state finals scheduled for next Thursday at Narrows Plaza Bowl in Tacoma, there is little to no room for more weather-related interference.
Sital bowls 243 as Pasco outpins Chiawana
Sital bowls 243 as Pasco outpins Chiawana
PASCO -- Pasco's Mariko Sital rolled a 243 and 138, and the Bulldogs girls edged Chiawana in two baker games to emerge triumphant at Go Bowl Lanes.
At Go Bowl Lanes
Team scores--Pasco 1,846, Chiawana 1,798. Scratch -- Game 1: Chiawana 791 (Megan Carpenter 163, Carina Garcia 209, Adriana Galvan 130, Valerie Bela 123, Echo Kane 166), Pasco 779 (Mariko Sital 243, Maddy Serrano 165, Patty Zavala 155, Tania Martinez 91, Karla Garcia 125). Game 2: Chiawana 737 (Carpenter 157, Garcia 162, Galvan 134, Bela 147, Kane 137), Pasco 726 (Sital 138, Serrano 156, Zavala 173, Martinez 126, Garcia 133).
Shiflet leads Kennewick bowlers over Pasco
Shiflet leads Kennewick bowlers over Pasco
KENNEWICK -- Karissa Shiflet rolled games of 195 and 188 to lead the Kennewick girls 4-0 over visiting Pasco in a 3A-2A girls bowling match.
At Spare Time Lanes
Scratch -- Game 1: Kennewick 742 (Evelyn Arroyo 174, Blair Westerman 123, Megan Weir 125, Danielle Gonzales 125, Karissa Shiflet 195), Pasco 660 (Karla Garcia 159, Neydeen Martinez 109, Tania Martinez 106, Maddy Sarrano 151, Mariko Sital 135). Game 2: Kennewick 785 (Arroyo 144, Westerman 126, Weir 167, Gonzales 160, Shiflet 188), Pasco 776 (Garcia 130, N.Martinez 168, T.Martinez 149, Sarrano 152, Sital 177).
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