First College Tournament of the year

Well, last weekend was the first tournament of my college bowling season. It was the Midwest Collegiate Classic held in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Yes, there are other states with funny city names. We bowled on a 40ft sport pattern. The center had the AMF HPL lanes, Brunswick A-2 pinsetters, AMF pins, and wood approaches. Now for the details.

The week before the tournament, i decided to drill up two new bowling balls. The brunswick Versa-Max, and a Victory Road Pearl. Ive been having a lot of success and really really like the way the versa max rolls, so i decided to drill another one with a pin down layout. This is a little stronger roll with a more hook-set motion. The victory road pearl was laid out exactly like the one i drilled last year. It was one of two balls i was able to throw all year and had confidence in getting another. I was able to throw both balls. I threw the Versa max the most. about 4 games on Saturday and 1-2 games on Sunday. It was good when we still werent deep yet as the ball was able to get down to the breakpoint with little to no help. The victory road pearl gave me a beast look when the lanes started to burn up and the shot was far left. Towards the end of the day sunday, i was lofting the gutter. This is the pattern in college bowling. Especially since we were bowling on a very high friction lane surface.

Our team ended up winning by around 500 pins. That is a lot, even for a team like this which people tout as "stacked." There were still teams like Lindenwood, defending champs Webber, Midland, William Penn, etc. So it is a big deal to win a tier 1 by that much. I bowled all 9 games and made the final spot on the all tournament team with a +213 total. Teammates Kyle King and Marshall Kent finished 1st and 2nd respectively. The next tournament on my schedule is tomorrow, the 13th, in Indianapolis. RMU won this tournament last year. I believe Perry is heading to Wichita for their next tournament.

A quick note about this weekend, Western Bowl sucks. It usually plays slick and especially outside the 5 board area. Send something out there, it is gone. I expect scores to be exceptionally lower. I did recently drill an IQ Tour to fit above my versa max but below my Freight Train, so hopefully that helps out.

A quick update. Im hoping to get some information about my trip overseas soon. Thanks for keeping up with us.

-Cameron