Winners of the National Junior Bowling Championship Baltimore West and East Regional tournaments last month will bowl Sunday in the statefinals at the Crofton Bowling Centre.
The West Regional winners were:
* Grades 3 to 5 Girls, April Watts, Greenway Odenton.
* Grades6 to 8 Boys, Jackson Steele, Greenway Odenton.
* Grades 9-and-up Handicap Division -- Girls, Katara Jones, Bowl America Odenton; Boys,John Herren, Greenway Odenton.
* Grades 9-and-up Scratch Division-- Girls, Jennifer Robinson, Greenway Odenton, with a 515 set; Boys,Mike Dixon, Bowl American Odenton, with a 651 set. Both Katara Jonesand John Herren threw 261 games.
The East Regionals winners were:
* Grades 2 and under Boys, Jonathan Grail, Fair Lanes Southdale.
* Grades 3 to 5 Boys, Chris Moore, Fair Lanes Southdale.
* Grades 6 to 8 -- Girls, Carrie Richards, Fair Lanes Southdale; Boys, JohnSwitala Jr., Bowl America Glen Burnie.
* Grades 9-and-up HandicapGirls, Tanya Gilcrist, Bowl America Glen Burnie.
* Grades 9-and-up Scratch Boys, Jason Fick, Bowl America Glen Burnie, with a 544 set.
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Lou Lester, golf pro shop manager at Fort Meade, has a 14 handicap and carries a 207 bowling average. That's a real double threat.
Lester, a Severn resident, bowls in the Thursday Capitol Men's League at Greenway Odenton and the Friday Mixed at Fort Meade lanes.
A couple of months ago, he bowled his career-high set of 769, a series that started with his career-high game, a 299.
"That last ballwas an ugly shot," Lester said. "I let up on the ball and it went high, left the six pin."
Maybe it was an ugly shot, but it followed 11 pocket hits and gave Lester his career-high game and career-high set on the same night.
Lester, who throws a 16-pound Bud II bowlingball, likes everything about bowling, except "the parents who let their children run wild in the bowling center."
Parents, are you listening? Your children are your responsibility. If your children are seated they're not interferring with other bowlers -- and they're safe.
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Jim Hodak, a communications technician, lives in Odenton and bowls at Greenway Odenton, Saturday nights in the Weekenders Mixed and in a Thursday-night league. He carries a 208 average, and in the Weekenders league on March 28, he threw his career-high game and set on the same night.
And he did it with a new bowling ball.
Hodak, who has been bowling since he was 6, said, "I just love the game. Ilove the competition, and I'm always trying to improve, so I had a new ball drilled.
"I hadn't even thrown a dozen games with the new ball before I had the shot at my first 300 game. I just eased up a little with the final ball and left the two pin standing."
Irene Jones, secretary of the Weekenders League, said, "All of the shot lookedgreat to me. I don't know why the two pin didn't fall."
Donald G.Vitek's Bowling column appears every Thursday in the Anne Arundel County Sun. Bowlers are urged to give Don a call with scores and tidbits at 247-0850.
Duckpins
* Greenway Bowl Glen Burnie
Pin & Ball Wizards 3/18
George Feeley 184/411
Mike Mulcahy 153/385
Cathy Krauss 135/402
Jim Fream 147/383
Kevin Lear 165/388
Kathy Taylor 131/390
Pin & Ball Wizards 3/11
Tom Hudson 166/456
Charles Crompton 148/374
Barbara Thompson 144/364
Cathy Krauss154/399
George Feeley 142/385
Tom Davis 154/384
Larry Meyer149/367
Eric Fleishman 148/357
Pin & Ball Wizards 3/25
Tom Schmidt 175/467
Tom Hudson 164/409
Eric Fleishman 163/414
Lane Schuster 171/398
Larry Meyer 159/422
Cathy Krauss 150/382
Bob Thompson 171/405
Kevin Lear 154/377
Wednesday Carefree Ladies
Carol Miller 138/392
Nellie Bentz 147/489
Mary Bavis 125/355
Carol Miller 159/396
Joyce Scheibe 131/373
Mary Bavis 139/369
Monday Morning Ladies 3/16
Joyce Scheibe 140/396
Beverly Norris 371 set
Lizabeth Pence 146/363
Carol Miller 154/362
Annette Galante 358 set
Monday Morning Ladies 3/23
Shirley Robinson 163/437
Charley Fritts 150/426
Nellie Bentz 360 set
Kathy Beck 357 set
Hits & Misses 3/11
Vera Decoursey 154/370
Marie Ziffiro 137/345
Gerry Falls 132 game
Carol Schuster 127/342
Irene Chrzanowski 117 game
Barb Thompson 129 game
Diane Luhman 115 game
Bea Spencer 114 game
Joann Delandy 122 game
Denise Carrick 116
Dawn Ward 126/337
Carr Lowrey Mixed 3/13
Gary Shaw 148/428
Marion Dillworth 152/389
Tom Sparenberg 147/384
Janice Sparenberg 142/396
Bonnie Wolf 141/395
Michele Schreper 122/361
Fair Lanes Southwest
Louis Blackert 194/445
John Chilcote 195 game
Bob Van Kirk 199 game
Sherry Quinlan 489 set
Kathy Livingston 182/459
Dee Ireland 182/401
Betty Harris405 set
Eleanor Cookerly 414 set
Rose Zelinkas 400 set
Carol Manger 406 set
Aggie Bieman 403 set
Norma Gunkel 172/439
John Crouse 187 game