11thframe.com
Bowling's digital daily newspaper delivering news, analysis and opinion.

Grit — literal and figurative — and daring change to 5-step approach helps Shannon Pluhowsky to Masters gold at 2016 PABCON Adult Championships

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Friday, September 23, 2016 11:00 pm
Grit — literal and figurative — and daring change to 5-step approach helps Shannon Pluhowsky to Masters gold at 2016 PABCON Adult Championships
Shannon Pluhowsky was all smiles after winning Masters gold at the 2016 PABCON Adult Championships. Photo by United States Bowling Congress.
Shannon Pluhowsky got off to a tough start at the 2016 Pan American Bowling Confederation Adult Championships at Bolera Departamental in Cali, Colombia. The 34-year-old lefty and EBI staffer struggled to 1,227 in singles and 1,202 in doubles on the 36-foot Beijing lane pattern, but some grit — literal and figurative — and a daring change from a 4- to 5-step approach helped her rally and ultimately on Friday she won the Masters gold medal.   Pluhowsky, a 16-time Team USA...