I'm not going to say I'm going to make the team but I have been working harder then ever. I will agree that O'Grady does have a good chance. Hopefully if I do what I did last year I also have a good chance. I'll garentee Doane makes the team, he is a great bowler under pressure. See you out there O'Grady, hopefully it aint like Teen Masters weather!

Steven

Edited on 7/7/2003 11:44 PM

yes sterner is awsome...on long patterns as me and black know hahaaha....but he went adult...i dont even think he is goin to college...prolly c him in the rollers and hoinke soon

It was prolly SHOES!!!!!!!!!

lol bolo...how u been man...hows va treatin u.....thanx about the striking stuff....too bad sterner stoped both of us at teen masters....if he would have just picked another pair.....or at least picked the short shot instead of the wall he made on the long pattern....if i coulda just doubled in the tenth of the 3rd game...it woulda been a different story

as for ciminelli...kid is definitly money....got a real nice basic game and knows his limits..will rip it up, if not this year..next year no doubt

From seeing these players bowl in college I think they are almost locks for the top 16.  Most of these guys are from my area of the woods so I can't speak for the midwest and west coast guys since I haven't seen them in person.

Ian Deuchki, from PA(missed top 16 by a roll off last year, but he is the most consistant player I've ever seen, regardless of condition)

David O'Sullivan, from NY(He's at the top of his game right now, he's my pick to win it all, if not to come in the top 4)

Richard Fairley, from VA(Unorthodox style but he's showed that he can play sport conditions with an unmatched consistancy.  He CRUSHES the longer, heavier sport patterns BTW and he's already on Team USA so the experience factor definately plays a role.)

Jerred Poff, from PA(This guy is the man!  I'm not sure if he's going or not but he also had a great year collegiately bowling on various conditions and his drive and determination is amazing.)

David Woffington, from PA(One of the best spare shooters I've seen collegiately that doesn't get alot of recognition.  He finished 12th last year and he's extremely accurate and seems to find a consistant line to the pocket no matter how hard the shot is.)

Matt O Grady definately has a solid power game btw and I think he can do big things out there.  I only wish I had the money to get out there my last year of youth bowling but hey, when you have to pay college tuition and car payments it can be rough.  Good luck to all qualifiers expecially the MD,VA,PA guys.  You have alot of people rooting you on that couldn't make it out there this year.

NO ONE is a lock, yea maybe they are the overall better bowlers, but they can have one bad squad or something happen or other bowlers have really good or lucky squads and barely hold them outta the first cut then top 16. Hell even Decker might make top 16, ok ok i was kidding myself, thats pushing it to far but for the majority of bowlers anything can happen

I haven't made a rock solid prediction on who will make the team... but this person will win/make the team if they...

-hit the headpin with some decency 90% of the shots they make.

-make 95-100% of their Single Pin spares... better yet ALL spares.

-be willing enough to make adjustments maybe even after every frame or two because of the number of bowlers on each pair.

=be able to read a lane early ( that includes the oil length/shape, and condition of the lane surface) because of the fact that there's 10 minutes of practice... and there's probably going to be 8 players on a pair.

-Keeps their head into it, even though bad breaks/shots occur (IE- a clean, yet strikeless 185-190 game).

So that's the guy who's gonna win.
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-Jeremy Vitug
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