Post by: FCbowler12 on March 18, 2006, 07:44:43 AM
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Post by: a_ak57 on March 18, 2006, 03:45:26 PM
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- Andy
Post by: killswitch66 on March 18, 2006, 03:48:29 PM
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VIVA LA METAL MILITIA!
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member of the FOS, LANE 1 OWNS
Edited on 3/18/2006 4:48 PM
Post by: FCbowler12 on March 18, 2006, 03:52:25 PM
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Post by: themagician on March 18, 2006, 03:55:23 PM
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Current Average 158 high school team, and 163 Saturday Morning League (I'm a sophmore been bowling for 6months now)
Current Balls: Ebonite Tornado 14lb (red/orange/black) and the Storm Hot Rod Hybrid 15lb
Post by: FCbowler12 on March 18, 2006, 04:10:21 PM
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Post by: Smash49 on March 18, 2006, 05:29:41 PM
Smash49
Smash49
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Smash49
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Edited on 3/18/2006 6:30 PM
Post by: fins4ever88 on March 18, 2006, 05:40:04 PM
quote:
At least you *have* high school bowling, so be happy.
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- Andy
I agree. We don't have anything close to resembling High School bowling here. We don't even have a youth Travel League...
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www.bowlingballexchange.com
Saturday Youth League
http://bowlingtracker.no-ip.org:2222/personalstats/ViewStats.asp?PS_LeagueID=6610
Post by: TheAxeEffect415 on March 18, 2006, 05:46:59 PM
Jess
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Proud Member of the Revolution
Know your worth... Expect nothing less
Post by: BrunsMike on March 18, 2006, 11:03:34 PM
For those of you who have H.S. Bowling and Travel Leauges, be happy you have em as many never had that in their past.
As for no recognition, you have to display yourself in order to get recognized. Tell local papers (they will print it because I report all the weeks high scores from the past Sat. and they put it in the paper on teusday usually), call the local news TV station, tell your High school reporter (if you have a high school paper).........get out there and tell the world, then you'll get peoples attention.
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Mike Zadler
NE Lake County IL
Sanctioned Highs:
775 Series/288 Game
Sanct. Ave. (2004/2005)194
Tweener by day, Stroker by night
Post by: Smash49 on March 19, 2006, 08:12:15 AM
Smash49
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Post by: ChrispyBrownies on March 19, 2006, 02:58:22 PM
By the way, nice bowling on sat FCbowler
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Its hard to play with an inferno and not get burned. Last time I threw my inferno, the opposing bowler definitely got burned.
COME TO THE DARK SIDE. WE HAVE COOKIES!
Arsenal
Scout Reactive(Blue/Gold)
V2 Sweet
Original Inferno
Intense Inferno
Smokin' Inferno
Scorchin Inferno
Maxim(spare)
Post by: TeNPiNsAreEasy on March 19, 2006, 03:23:31 PM
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I Dont have a mark juss throw the ball in an area BUT I STILL STRIKE
Arsenal: Storm Diablo, Storm Hot Rod Super Sport Pearl, lStorm Paradigm,Morich Seek & Destroy
Post by: Tugger on March 19, 2006, 03:35:38 PM
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my home alley...
http://www.shawneelanes.com/
Post by: Smash49 on March 19, 2006, 07:13:41 PM
You must have read my BIO! At one time I did have a TEA exemption to teach adults CIS. I was a corporate instructor for a major electronics firm and taught many school districts staff members to use their computer software. Along with the school districts I have taught the Internal Revenue Service, Emery World Wide, The First State Bank of Texas and the City of Dallas Utilies Dept and other organizations. Being accredited myself has nothing to do with anything. Our internal school sponsor is accredited and he deals with the school district affairs and the students at school. I am a bowling coach and a volunteer. It is the combination of the two of us that make it work. You need to go to the Texas State High School Bowling Championships in Houston and take a look around. Why would a college bowling coach go to a high school??? The athletic director is clueless in many school districts. There are very few high coaches of any sport that are able to coach bowling properly. Ok here is a few things for you!
http://www.slsmdesigns.com/irvinghighbowling/DallasNews2.pdf
http://www.slsmdesigns.com/irvinghighbowling/DallasNews1.pdf
http://www.slsmdesigns.com/irvinghighbowling/Printed%20from%20dallasnews.pdf
My bio for those interested...
About The Coach
Robert C. Maxfield II, Director of Coaching and Development Striking Cat Bowling
Robert Maxfield currently has over 40 years of bowling experience. He turned his interest to coaching in the summer of 2003 obtaining his first certification the USA Bowling Bronze from Gold Level Coach Susie Minshew. That year Maxfield joined The Irving High School Bowling Club as Head Coach leading both boys and girls varsity teams to the state tournament. The Irving High School Boys team also won the Dallas West District Championship and Tournament. The Lady Tigers placed second in the district. During the spring of 2004 Coach Maxfield went to Fairview Heights Illinois to study under PBA Hall of Famer and Coaching Legend Dick Ritger. He acquired both the Ritger level 1 and 2 certifications. That same year in August, Coach Maxfield received his USA Bowling / USBC Coaching Silver level from Rod Ross, USA Bowling Gold Certified Coach, Master Instructor for USA Bowling, Head Coach of Junior Team USA and a member of the IBPSIA Board of Directors. Once again the Irving High School Bowling Club was State Tournament bound. Coach Maxfield led the undefeated in district play Lady Tigers past the Central Texas Regional and straight to the State Championship Tournament placing 33rd. The Irving Boys also had a fine finish to the season placing 30th with junior Hector Arellano winning the Texas State High School Bowling Boys Singles Championship and the Dallas Morning News All Area Boys Bowler of the year! Coach Maxfield continues to coach beyond the high school ranks. January of 2006 he received his Level I and Level II certifications In Rogers Arkansas from Instructor Bob Shumate. Robert Maxfield is currently working to become a Level I coaching instructor and continue teaching, he has focused on the bowling youth.
Coaching Statistics
USBC/USA Bowling Silver Certified Coach 2004
Instructor: Rod Ross
USBC/USA Bowling Bronze Certified Coach 2003
Instructor: Susie Minshew
Dick Ritger Certified Level 1 & 2 Instructor 2004
Instructor: Dick Ritger
ASEP Coaching Principles
Instructors: Rich Grogan & Jeanne Klescewski
Classic Products Fitting and Ball Drilling Seminar 2005
Instructor: Mike Riggins
USBC Level 1 & 2 Certified Coach 2006
Instructor: Bob Shumate
Irving High School Bowling Club Record
2005 33rd Place Texas State High School Bowling Girls Championship
2005 Fifth Place Texas Central Region Tournament
2005 Dallas West District Girls Champions (undefeated)
2004 Dallas West District Girls Runner Up
2005 Texas State High School Bowling Boys Singles Champion Hector Arellano
Dallas Morning News 2004-05 All Area Boys Bowler of the Year Hector Arellano
2005 30th Place Texas State High School Bowling Boys Championship
2005 Third Place Texas Central Region Tournament
2005 Dallas West District Boys Runner Up
2004 4th Place Finish Texas State High School Bowling Championships Hector Arellano
2004 Dallas West District Boys Champions
2004 Dallas West District Tournament Boys Champ
2005 USBC Youth Dallas City Tournament
SINGLE RANK by HANDICAP SCORES - DIVISION 1
15th Place Hector Arellano
SINGLE RANK by HANDICAP SCORES - DIVISION 2
1st Place Alex Hammer
20th Place Seth Franklin
SINGLE RANK by HANDICAP SCORES - DIVISION 3
5th Place Caleb (Keebs) Keele
DOUBLES RANK by HANDICAP SCORES - DIVISION 2
1st Place Alex Hammer / Seth Franklin
7th Place Hector Arellano / Caleb (Keebs) Keele
TEAM RANK by HANDICAP SCORES - DIVISION 2
3rd Place Irving High Bowlers + 1*
Team consist of 4 Irving High Bowlers and Red Oak 8th grader Courtney Stevenson
ALL EVENTS RANK by HANDICAP SCORES - DIVISION 1
8th Place Hector Arellano
ALL EVENTS RANK by HANDICAP SCORES - DIVISION 2
4th Place Seth Franklin
5th Place Alex Hammer
ALL EVENTS RANK by HANDICAP SCORES - DIVISION 3
12th Place Caleb (Keebs) Keele
Private Students 2005 USBC Youth Dallas City Tournament
ALL EVENTS RANK by SCRATCH SCORES - DIVISION 4 Girls
1st Place Courtney Stevenson Red Oak, Texas
HIGH SERIES by SCRATCH SCORES - DIVISION 4 Girls
1st Place Courtney Stevenson Red Oak, Texas
SINGLE RANK by HANDICAP SCORES - DIVISION 4 Girls
6th Place Courtney Stevenson Red Oak, Texas
DOUBLES RANK by HANDICAP SCORES - DIVISION 4 Girls
4th Place Courtney Stevenson Red Oak, Texas
ALL EVENTS RANK by HANDICAP SCORES - DIVISION 4 Girls
3rd Place Courtney Stevenson Red Oak, Texas
Personal Record
Traveling Classic Bowling Association National Team Champion 1988
Dallas City B Division Doubles Champion 1993
Texas State C Division Doubles 2nd Place 1983
The reason that high school bowling does not get the recognition it deserves in many cases lies with the schools themselves and the athletic directors. It is true that it is on the bottom of the food chain but if no one will fight for it, it will die there. As you can see some people would rather see it die than support it and that is a shame. The only way to get people to know who you are is to take the ball to their court. BTW I send letters to colleges and recruit them for my athletes!
Smash49
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Smash49
robert@bowlersslidesock.com
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Post by: JessN16 on March 20, 2006, 12:07:57 AM
In the Tennessee state championships, which were held in Smyrna, the Daily News Journal out of Murfreesboro dedicated two writers and a photographer daily to the event, and when Smyrna High School won the tournament, the picture and story ran on the front page of the paper -- not just the sports section. But it ran there, too.
In the weeks leading up to it, Smyrna won its substate round in Smyrna (made the front page of sports), and won the District a month before in Columbia (made sports front then, too).
A large part of why this happened is that the DNJ makes local high school sports coverage a priority. And any newspaper smaller than the largest metro dailies that want to survive another 20 years in this business WILL start doing it if they haven't already.
A smaller part of why it happened is one member of the DNJ editorial staff (and that would be me)is a league bowler, familiar with the terminology and offered advice to the sports staff on how to cover it. The more comfortable the staff of a paper is, the more likely they are to get out there and write.
But the DNJ also had competition from our larger cousin in Nashville, The Tennessean, who also had a writer and photographer dedicated to coverage.
So if you're looking for an "insider" tip on how to get this stuff in your local paper, here's how you do it:
1) Get a face-to-face meeting with the paper's sports editor, and the editor, too, if you can swing it.
2) Be nice. VERY nice. Going in there with a "Why don't you cover this?" attitude isn't going to cut it.
3) Point out the local angles of coverage.
4) Get the staff of the bowling center to work with the paper -- access to prime viewing spots, permission for the photographer to get downlane in practice to get action shots, WHATEVER.
5) Volunteer to provide someone patient to work with the writer on bowling terminology, so he doesn't feel like Donny Dumb*** when he's writing the article. If a writer thinks he's going to embarrass himself, he'll communicate that to his editor and they'll bury the story far inside the section.
6) And by all means, get the mamas and daddies to hold off on calling the paper the day after a story runs to complain that their specific kid wasn't featured.
Jess
Post by: justanotherlefty805 on March 20, 2006, 03:39:13 AM
Post by: Smash49 on March 20, 2006, 05:18:43 AM
These kids looking for recognition wonder what the problem is and all they have to do is look at you. GIVE these kids some respect for what they do. If you've got kids that want to participate in any organized sport support them. If it keeps them off the streets, out of trouble and off drugs, help them. Instead they get the opposite message from people like this.
"I will match my teaching/coaching background against
yours any day. MS + 32 in Physical Education,30
years of teaching in a high school of 3,000 + students,
18 years of coaching experience, 12 years as an athletic
director. In that time I never heard of one college
bowling coach ask about a student. THERE IS NO INTEREST.
If there were, better athletes would push your students
into the background. You either have a license to teach
in your state or you don't."
No interest???
Prairie View A & M University-W NCAA I
Alicia Pete
P.O. Box 97, Room 31, Franklin Health Center Bldg.
Prairie View , TX 77446
alicia_pete@pvamu.edu
Sam Houston State University-M
Adam Marsh
2750 Lake Road Apt 6
Huntsville , TX 77340
littlecrunch2000@yahoo.com
Texas A & M University-M
Eric Manthei
Bowling Club
Sikirat Kazeem, 4250 TAMU
College Station , TX 77843
eric_manthei@yahoo.com
Texas State University-MW
Matt Phillips
3608 William Scarbrough
Schertz , TX 78154
matthewphillips34@hotmail.com
Texas Tech University-M
Sam Cuevas
3103 NCR 1640
Lubbock , TX 79416
samuel.cuevas@ttu.edu
University of Houston-MW
Bill Schwehr
274 University Center, Room 46B
Houston , TX 77204-3029
wwschwehr@central.uh.edu
University of North Texas - MW
Jennifer Smith
2912 Brighton Circle
Denton , TX 76210
peanutbuttr7@aol.com
University of Texas-Austin-M
Catie Boroff
600 W. 26th Street Apt. A302
Austin , TX 78705
csboroff@mail.utexas.edu
West Texas A & M University-MW
Max Seymour
WTAMU Box 60265
Canyon , TX 79016
mseymour@mail.wtamu.edu
Emporia State University-MW
Jo Kord
Campus Box 4062
Emporia , KS 66801
kordjola@emporia.edu
Newman University - M & W
Billy Murphy
3100 McCormick Avenue
Wichita , KS 67213
murphyb@newmanu.edu
University of Kansas-MW
Jim Waite
1301 Jayhawk Blvd.
Lawrence , KS 66044
jwaite@ku.edu
785-864-3545
Wichita State University-MW
Gordon Vadakin
Box 56, 1845 Fairmount
Wichita , KS 67260-0056
gordon.vadakin@wichita.edu
Illinois State University-MW
Pat O'Connell
"Bowling & Billiards, Campus Box 2640"
Normal , IL 61790-2640
pkoconn@ilstu.edu
McKendree College-MW-NAIA
Gary White
701 College Road
Lebanon , IL 62254
gwhite@mckendree.edu
Northern Illinois University-MW
Gary Barnstable
1075 Ridge Drive #8
Dekalb , IL 60115
hshousetimes2@yahoo.com
Robert Morris College-W-NAIA
Dale Lehman
2315 Lydia Avenue
Zion , IL 60099
golferman36@hotmail.com
Rock Valley College (M)
Chuck Falconer
7377 Mill Road
Rockford , IL 61108
chuck.falconer@hs.utc.com
Rock Valley College (W)
Mike Hoglund
5331 Circle Ct.
Rockford , IL 61108
mehogl@cesco.com
Rock Valley College-MW
Chuck Falconer
7377 Mill Road
Rockford , IL 61108
chuck.falconer@hs.utc.com
Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville (W)
Shelly Morrison
205 Hodgens Mill
O'Fallon , IL 62269
morrisonsl@charter.net
Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville-M
Bryan Winterbottom
24 Mt. Vernon
Fairview Heights , IL 62208
bwinter@siue.edu
Southern Illinois-Carbondale - M
Mike Rivers
700 S. Lewis Lane Apt. 1403
Carbondale , IL 62901
mrvenue@siu.edu
University of Illinois-Urbana-MW
Brian Stephens
207 E. John Street Apt. 201
Champaign , IL 61820
bstephns@uiuc.edu
Western Illinois University-MW
Randy Widger
23117 North Cherokee Road
Cuba , IL 61427
rg-widger@wiu.edu
Define better athlete? Football players are not born knowing everything otherwise why would they need you? What makes them an athlete? What makes a figure skater or gymnast? or a high school bowler? The best bowlers are taught to be the best bowlers just as the best football players are taught to be the best football players. They may not be able to bench 300 or stand out in the outfield and wait for something to come their way 3 or 4 times a game. You give me someone that wants to be a good bowler and I'll help them get to be the best their abilities allow, not tell them there is no interest. These kids want to be part of something. The something they want to be part of is good. I would support kids if they wanted to play power pickup sticks if it meant keeping them out of trouble.
I'm not in 10th grade anymore and not intimidated by school teachers. Some of the best advice I heard while in school was to push your teachers and demand the best. They are there to teach you! It's only your future they are dealing with. Sit in the front row. Ask questions. Learn, think and demand to be taught. I seem to remember having a math teacher that was a baseball coach or vise versa. His idea of algebra was learning to figure out his tax return. Just because someone has a license to teach does not mean they are a very good teacher. It just means they have a license.
Smash49
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robert@bowlersslidesock.com
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Post by: Smash49 on March 20, 2006, 09:12:46 PM
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Smash49
robert@bowlersslidesock.com
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Post by: Smash49 on March 21, 2006, 08:43:16 AM
Smash49
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Smash49
robert@bowlersslidesock.com
Put Your Best Slide Foot Forward!!! www.bowlersslidesock.com
www.slsmdesigns.com/irvinghighbowling - www.strikingcatbowling.com