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Iowa’s Troy Fuller threatening Jeff Carter’s record season average of 261.74

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Wednesday, December 3, 2025 4:00 pm
Iowa’s Troy Fuller threatening Jeff Carter’s record season average of 261.74
Troy Fuller, left, and Joe Engelkes, right, in a Greater Iowa Bowling Association file photo.
PBA Tour champion Jeff Carter owns a league bowling record that still makes me shake my head in wonder: his 261.74 average for the 2000-01 season. Arguably the most impressive facet of the record is that his league at Kingpin Lanes in Springfield, Illinois alternated between first and second shift, with no re-oil on the weeks it was on the second shift. If anyone was ever going to threaten his record, I figured it would be a talented left-hander known for big scores like A.J. Rice. I figured no...