http://www.11thframe.com/page/blog en-us 2013 11thFrame.com Jeff Richgels' 11th Frame blog. 5875 http://www.11thFrame.com/page/blog_id_5875 The bowling geek in me was fascinated by what happened to our 11thFrame.com teams in the USBC Open Championships team event Friday night, even if the competitor in me was frustrated. The thing that... Sat, 18 May 2013 09:30:00 -0600 5874 http://www.11thFrame.com/page/blog_id_5874 Today is the best bowling day of my year: team event day at the United States Bowling Congress Open Championships. A close second is minor events day. I know there are many bowlers from across... Fri, 17 May 2013 10:00:00 -0600 5873 http://www.11thFrame.com/page/blog_id_5873 For all those folks who think Randy Pedersen is just that guy who announces bowling on TV, this week’s PBA50 Dayton Classic presented by Roto Grip provided a reminder that the guy is a pretty... Fri, 17 May 2013 08:33:00 -0600 5872 http://www.11thFrame.com/page/blog_id_5872 The most important two bowling days of my year are almost here. We bowl in the USBC Open Championships on Friday at 7 p.m. with team event on lanes 15 and 16 at the National Bowling Stadium and... Thu, 16 May 2013 10:00:00 -0600 5871 http://www.11thFrame.com/page/blog_id_5871 PBA on Wednesday released details on how the new GEICO Summer King of the Swing special event will work. The five-player stepladder finals event that will conclude the Summer Swing will feature a... Thu, 16 May 2013 06:00:00 -0600 5870 http://www.11thFrame.com/page/blog_id_5870 Skyn to win again? Fresh off winning last week’s PBA50 Miller High Life Classic, Kenosha’s Lennie Boresch Jr. — aka “Skyn” — emerged as the qualifying... Wed, 15 May 2013 22:00:00 -0600 5869 http://www.11thFrame.com/page/blog_id_5869 Kenosha’s Lennie Boresch Jr. is fourth and Cedarburg’s Dale Traber 19th as Darryl Bower leads after Tuesday’s first round of the PBA50 Dayton Classic presented by Roto Grip, PBA... Tue, 14 May 2013 20:00:00 -0600 5868 http://www.11thFrame.com/page/blog_id_5868 The U.S. Open will be THE U.S. Open after all, and the Women's U.S. Open will be the toughest test it's ever been. After considering a slightly softer lane pattern of about 1.5-1, as I detailed in... Tue, 14 May 2013 17:00:00 -0600 5866 http://www.11thFrame.com/page/blog_id_5866 This one was as predictable as it’s likely to be entertaining: this year’s combined U.S. Opens will conclude with a “Battle of the Sexes” exhibition match, the Bowling... Mon, 13 May 2013 09:00:00 -0600 5865 http://www.11thFrame.com/page/blog_id_5865 In a perfect world, 11thFrame.com and competitive bowling would be enough to be my job(s), which would allow me to attend and cover all of the major bowling events. I love my actual real... Mon, 13 May 2013 05:00:00 -0600 5864 http://www.11thFrame.com/page/blog_id_5864 Dean Billings isn’t likely to forget the 169 game he opened doubles with Thursday at the United States Bowling Congress Open Championships since it may end up costing him the all-events... Fri, 10 May 2013 05:00:00 -0600 5863 http://www.11thFrame.com/page/blog_id_5863 Chad Kloss won the all-events and led Red Carpet Lanes to the team all-events title as the 2013 Wisconsin State USBC Bowling Association Championships — aka the State Tournament — ended... Fri, 10 May 2013 04:00:00 -0600 5862 http://www.11thFrame.com/page/blog_id_5862 Bowl-A-Vard Lanes again will host a fundraising tournament for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. The second annual Whop-Pin Tap Tournament starts at 7 p.m. on May 18. The fee is $60 for a... Thu, 9 May 2013 04:00:00 -0600 5860 http://www.11thFrame.com/page/blog_id_5860 Please indulge me again in bragging on my good buddy Lennie “Skyn” Boresch Jr. — and my own predicting skills. In my preview of the 2012 PBA Senior Tour (now PBA50 Tour) I wrote... Wed, 8 May 2013 22:00:00 -0600 5859 http://www.11thFrame.com/page/blog_id_5859 The only thing keeping Joe Scarborough's 900 series in the PBA50 Sun Bowl in The Villages tournament from being a Sport Bowling score is the tournament’s lack of Sport... Wed, 8 May 2013 09:30:00 -0600 5858 http://www.11thFrame.com/page/blog_id_5858 Kenosha’s Lennie Boresch Jr. and Cedarburg’s Dale Traber advanced to match play as Bryan Goebel led qualifying at the PBA50 Miller High Life Classic presented by Columbia 300, PBA... Tue, 7 May 2013 22:00:00 -0600 5854 http://www.11thFrame.com/page/blog_id_5854 Update: PBA has released details on the new lane patterns. The Badger actually is 52 feet, not 48 feet as PBA Commissioner Tom Clark told me last week in Reno. He posted on Facebook that "I didn't... Tue, 7 May 2013 04:00:00 -0600 5857 http://www.11thFrame.com/page/blog_id_5857 Lennie Boresch Jr. of Kenosha was fourth and Dale Traber of Cedarburg 25th as Bob Learn Jr. led after Monday’s first round of the PBA50 Miller High Life Classic presented by Columbia 300, PBA... Mon, 6 May 2013 22:00:00 -0600 5856 http://www.11thFrame.com/page/blog_id_5856 With increased sponsorship and success in the satellite events, the second annual Proprietors Cup the second week of July already has exceeded last year’s entries with the same or a higher... Mon, 6 May 2013 04:00:00 -0600 5861 http://www.11thFrame.com/page/blog_id_5861 Rochelle Blake, Natalie Cortese and Terysa Wojnar won the inaugural Ladies Scratch Trio tourney at New Berlin Bowl on Sunday, Phil Brylow of Essential Bowling Concepts reported. Blake, Cortese and... Sun, 5 May 2013 20:00:00 -0600 5855 http://www.11thFrame.com/page/blog_id_5855 Alex Aguiar and Brian LeClair fired 1,422 on Saturday to take the doubles lead at the United States Bowling Congress Open Championships at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nev. Aguiar blasted... Sun, 5 May 2013 08:00:00 -0600 5853 http://www.11thFrame.com/page/blog_id_5853 Earlier this year, the United States Bowling Congress announced that it was planning big changes in much of its awards program, making all but the top awards the responsibility of local associations... Sat, 4 May 2013 04:00:00 -0600 5852 http://www.11thFrame.com/page/blog_id_5852 I will never understand those who are inducted into a Hall of Fame and then don’t go to future Hall of Fame induction ceremonies. So long as I am healthy, can afford it and don’t have... Fri, 3 May 2013 10:00:00 -0600 5851 http://www.11thFrame.com/page/blog_id_5851 One of the coolest and most popular offerings at the National Bowling Hall of Fame and Museum at bowling headquarters in Arlington, Texas is “Hometown Heroes.” The interactive system... Fri, 3 May 2013 08:00:00 -0600 5850 http://www.11thFrame.com/page/blog_id_5850 After a tough — by his high standards — team event Tuesday night in which he had 612 as his Linds Lakers 1 team totaled 3,436, Matt McNiel had plenty of incentive for doubles... Thu, 2 May 2013 04:00:00 -0600