McDowell gut-check a key to possible back-to-back double team titles at State

When Marc McDowell threw his first practice ball on Sunday, I thought our chances of successfully defending our State Tournament team and team all-events titles were fairly slim. Mac, who had left shoulder surgery in December, had a brutal knot in his back shoulder muscle under the blade. He barely got the ball down the lane and at that point I figured he was good for maybe 570 at best. It was not looking good for our Turbo 2-N-1 Grips team. Because USBC Hall of Famer Todd Savoy’s team ...