Perry Crowell Intro

Welcome to the crazy mind that i own. My name is Perry Crowell IV and I, with the amazing bowler Cameron Weier, will be writing pretty much everything related to bowling. as Cameron stated before we will talk about "Anything from tournament recaps to discussion on balls, accessories, layouts. and anything that happens to do with bowling."

So here is a little bit about me. I live in the state of Washington in a small town called Hoquiam. Hoquiam is near the coast, about 45 minutes from I-5 and about 2 hrs away from seattle and portland. Ive been bowling since i was 2 years old (due to the fact that my family owns a little 16 lane center). Through bowling I've also met people and friends that mean the world to me, without them I honestly don't know where i would be today. Living in a small town and owning a business in a small town is rathering unfortunate due to business related issues and not as big of a market as Seattle or Portland. I travel everywhere for tournaments, I rarely have a tournament within an hour of a drive, that means I have a lot of alone time on the road. which isn't a bad thing sometimes because I can discuss what my goals are for that particular day.

My award winnings, rather pathetic compared to my buddy Cameron, are around $4,000 which isn't that bad since I busted out on the scene of youth scholarship tournaments only 3 years ago. I never knew that scholarship tournaments were out there and due to the fact that I was a small fish in the ocean, my success rate was very very small. It was hard for me to make it to every tournament since I was just starting to drive and it's only my parents running the business. Now that I am older now and can stay at hotels, I am a regular at tournaments and improving every tournament.

In January, I signed a scholarship letter to bowl for Midland University, in Fremont, NE next fall. This is an absolutely amazing accomplishment for myself, because after all the years of tournament struggles, my hard work had finally paid off. I have a great bunch of guys over there, and its always nice to have some people such as Tyler Cruz and Makenzie Cherne from WA ST. going also.

Welcome to the blog, hope you look forward to checking out "The Torched Lane"

. Ill leave below my tournament Resume so you can get a feel of what ive done over my career. (Not nearly as impressive as Cameron, i know)

2 JBTNW titles (both 2010-2011season)
2 time WA state youth bowling all events champion (i believe its 2 time)
2 time WA state youth bowling doubles champion (1 scratch, other with my little brother Kolby.)
1 Year on the Greater Seattle Youth All-Star team.
Part of the 2010 JWTC (limited) championship team
142nd place finish at 2010 junior gold in Indianapolis.
45th place finish at 2011 USBC Team USA Trials in Las Vegas