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Brian Hoffman sets MBA record with 289 triplicate for near-record 867 series

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Thursday, November 19, 2015 8:00 am
Brian Hoffman sets MBA record with 289 triplicate for near-record 867 series
The Dream Lanes scoreboard with Brian Hoffman's record 289 triplicate. Photo by Rory Holland.
Brian Hoffman set a Madison Bowling Association record with a 289 triplicate on Wednesday night. Hoffman fired his 867 series in the Dream Lanes Major League, falling just 11 pins shy of Dan Swenson’s MBA record 878 on March 26, 2009 at Viking Lanes in Stoughton. Hoffman, a lefty, used a Storm IQ TOUR SOLID in his record-setting effort, which soared past the prior MBA season-high 836 series rolled by Jim Fosdick on Sept. 23 in the Dream Lanes MARBA League and Terry Dunn Nov. 10 in the...