12 year old girl bowls two honor scores in two days
03/09/10
Ashley N. Dunn, Palmdale, CA, is no stranger to having success on the lanes at an early age. She has been racking up accomplishments well ahead of her age group since she began bowling at 8 years old. Ashley has now turned 13, but was determined to accomplish as much as possible while she was still 12.
On February 8th while bowling in the final round of the Adult/Youth league, "Monday Family Fun" at Brunswick Vista Lanes in Palmdale Ashley's team needed just one win to secure the league championship.
The evening didn't begin as well as hoped, all the members of her team had imagined winning the first game and getting the pressure off so they could just enjoy the rest of the evening.
Neither Ashley nor any of her team members bowled very well, with Ashley only managing a 179 in the loss of game 1 with splits in the 9th and 10th frames. Ashley began game 2 by leaving a 4 pin on the first ball which she covered to start the game with a spare.
Flash forward to the 10th frame of the third game of the match and Ashley now had 20 strikes in a row behind her, had set a new personal best single game of 290, her team had secured the league championship and she was starring down a possible 300 if she could take it off the sheet.
The perfect game was not to be that night, a solid 10 pin put an end to that, but she moved one step closer having been at the edge yet once more and gaining the experience of the moment. It was a nice end to a league with a 179-290-279 for a new personal best series of 748 and an ending league average of 201. Not bad for a 12 year old girl.
The next day, it's February 9th and this time she is bowling for her Youth league "Pinslayers", also at Brunswick Vista Lanes in Palmdale. Still excited by how well she had bowled the night before she began by throwing the same ball in practice.
She wasn't quite confident with the look she was getting from it now so she tried another. Just a bit better, she liked the move it made at the backend so the change was made. Game 1 was nothing special at 193 with a couple of opens, one due to a nasty 6-7-10 split, the other a missed 10 pin conversion.
Game 2 began with a 10 pin standing, but this time a conversion to open with a spare. The 8th frame saw yet another 10 pin and a conversion, but all the other frames had been solid strikes for a nice 269.
Game 3 began following the solid 4 in a row that had ended game 2, first ball…..strike. Flash forward to the third ball in the 10th frame and Ashley now had 15 strikes in a row behind her and was just 1 ball away from that elusive perfect game.
Again the perfect game was not to be had, as she tugged the ball ever so slightly and left a 3-10 for a new personal best single game of 298 and series of 760.
Two days, two games of 11 in a row, a 748 and 760 series, a 290 and 298 game, a book average of 201 and a league average in session of 205. Not bad for a 12 year old girl!
USBC Youth
Republished courtesy of The California Bowling News
Ashley N. Dunn, Palmdale, CA, is no stranger to having success on the lanes at an early age. She has been racking up accomplishments well ahead of her age group since she began bowling at 8 years old. Ashley has now turned 13, but was determined to accomplish as much as possible while she was still 12.On February 8th while bowling in the final round of the Adult/Youth league, "Monday Family Fun" at Brunswick Vista Lanes in Palmdale Ashley's team needed just one win to secure the league championship.
The evening didn't begin as well as hoped, all the members of her team had imagined winning the first game and getting the pressure off so they could just enjoy the rest of the evening.
Neither Ashley nor any of her team members bowled very well, with Ashley only managing a 179 in the loss of game 1 with splits in the 9th and 10th frames. Ashley began game 2 by leaving a 4 pin on the first ball which she covered to start the game with a spare.
Flash forward to the 10th frame of the third game of the match and Ashley now had 20 strikes in a row behind her, had set a new personal best single game of 290, her team had secured the league championship and she was starring down a possible 300 if she could take it off the sheet.
The perfect game was not to be that night, a solid 10 pin put an end to that, but she moved one step closer having been at the edge yet once more and gaining the experience of the moment. It was a nice end to a league with a 179-290-279 for a new personal best series of 748 and an ending league average of 201. Not bad for a 12 year old girl.
The next day, it's February 9th and this time she is bowling for her Youth league "Pinslayers", also at Brunswick Vista Lanes in Palmdale. Still excited by how well she had bowled the night before she began by throwing the same ball in practice.
She wasn't quite confident with the look she was getting from it now so she tried another. Just a bit better, she liked the move it made at the backend so the change was made. Game 1 was nothing special at 193 with a couple of opens, one due to a nasty 6-7-10 split, the other a missed 10 pin conversion.
Game 2 began with a 10 pin standing, but this time a conversion to open with a spare. The 8th frame saw yet another 10 pin and a conversion, but all the other frames had been solid strikes for a nice 269.
Game 3 began following the solid 4 in a row that had ended game 2, first ball…..strike. Flash forward to the third ball in the 10th frame and Ashley now had 15 strikes in a row behind her and was just 1 ball away from that elusive perfect game.
Again the perfect game was not to be had, as she tugged the ball ever so slightly and left a 3-10 for a new personal best single game of 298 and series of 760.
Two days, two games of 11 in a row, a 748 and 760 series, a 290 and 298 game, a book average of 201 and a league average in session of 205. Not bad for a 12 year old girl!
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