Well, dont ask me why this took a while to post. I dont know. Been kind of concentrating on finals. On an off note, my political science professor who is like 80 is retiring, so i got to see him one final time today. It's rough at the end of quarters. I spend time with people, professors and then it ends up where i will probably never see them again in my life. But i move on. Never really develop relationships with people i meet at school. Probably because of this. I dont know. Whatever, not enough bowling in that story.
Past weekend was an exciting success. We ended up winning the whole thing. Overall a pretty exhilerating weekend. There were definite times when i felt i let my team down which i will get into a little later. Id like to thank my team mates for their support the whole time, as well as Coach Ty, who kept us focused and on target the whole time. My teammates were great and couldnt have done anything more to impress me. There were a lot of solid teams out there, and that made for some interesting matches.
So, ill first discuss saturday. On the whole, i felt i bowled much better on Sunday then on saturday. I feel like i did not make the right ball choices throughout the first 5 games of match play. (Yes, i ended up changing balls about 4 times in 4 games. something i need to work on.) I guess i fell into that trap where on a house shot, if im not carrying, i switch balls instead of changing anything else first. As a team, we did great. Only losing 3 of the possible 30 to start is very very good. In the baker, we took all but one team point, which resulted in 4 or 5 points in 8/9 matches. Overall as a team, we did outstanding on saturday.
On sunday, i felt like i was personally bowling much better. I did not change balls unitl a few matches into baker. However, our team results did not follow suit. We ended taking around 17 or so of the possible 24. In the baker, i think we were close to a split for the day. Ended up getting swept once and lost the total point 4 times. However, teams behind us also struggled and in the end no one really lost or gained ground on anyone. We ended up winning by about 10 points which is two baker matches. One thing is i didnt even know we had won until after it was all done. What i mean is i never looked at the standings as, honetly, i didnt care. I wanted to have a good time and keep my head on whats in front of me.
One thing that stood out to me was that i crumbled under pressure more times than overcoming it. The reason i make a point of this is that those are precious points which we needed. I remember specically on sunday starting +100 after two and not winning either points. Both games i had the oppurtunity to strike out to win. One time was a flat-10 and another was a 9-pin. Some would argue that they were good shots and i didnt get the breaks. Well, obviously they were not good shots if i didnt strike. Another time i went up there needing a mark to win and 7-10. Once again i got close but didnt get enough to leave something easy. I guess ill just not worrry about it. It is what it is and ill just keep doing what i need to in those situations.
Other than that, this win is very special. It was my last association tournament after bowling it for the last 9 years. It is also my first win as the team captain. I also very happy that Perry was able to be a part of this as well, seeing this was his only oppurtunity to do so. Now, if you want to talk about clutch, we can talk all day about Perry.
The seattle girls team also won. A very cool feat, meaning a clean sweep of the youth portion. (suck on it, tacoma.) Leea Haworth ended up taking high game and high 3 game series, shooting some monster numbers. i myself ended up getting high 9-game total. Marshall kent recieved High three-game and Matt lewis high game. Makyala Douglas got high 7-game for the girls, also with a monster number.
I think thats all there is to cover for this recap. Check back soon for this weekends "Weekend Preview" as it is JBT invitational weekend. Lots of bowling and lots of fuschia. Im pretty sure Perry will have his weekend recap up soon as well.
***EDIT***
Just wanted to add a little tidbit of what balls i used the weekend. (In order)
Saturday:
505t
TR2
Outburst
718A
Midnight Vibe
Sunday:
Mission 2.0
Midnight Vibe
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-Cameron
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I have been waiting for this all week just to let you know. And I hear you about the ball switching thing I have been doing that a lot as well. Good job to the seattle Allstars for winning. I know the feeling of winning that last Association tournament and it feels really good.
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