RICHMOND — Mark Rogers set a new high for men’s games at Galaxy this season with a 278 score in the Friday Night Mixed League last week.

Rogers also bowled the top series for the week at 746 which is the second-highest for the season, topped only by Neil Haggard’s 773 score.

Keeley Gadd (237) and Sandy Reynolds (235) bowled the two best women’s games for the season.

Beverly Shearer rolled the top women’s series for the week at 566.

League Highlights

Galaxy Classic

John Hickam became the third member of this season’s 700 club at Galaxy with a 708 series to lead this league last Monday. Glenn Masters rolled the second-best series at 695.

All four members of the Big Ass Fans team — Mike E. Bryant (639), Dallas Thomas (624), Brandon Lutes (615) and Keith Nash (611) — bowled a 600-level series.

Other men who rolled a 600 series were Shawn Barton (665), Patrick Wells (658), Lewis Jones Jr. (655), Bill Bowles (650), Joe Reichel (635), Todd Young (633), Gary Cromer (629), Mark Rogers (613), David Norman (612) and Gary Holtzclaw (603).

Reichel (267) and Scott Kaylor (265) bowled the top games in this league last week.

Andi Daly (213), Regina Barton (204) and Beverly Shearer (203) rolled the best women’s games, while the top women’s series were 566 by Shearer, 560 by Daly and 552 by Barton.

Congratulations to Sue Hegelmeyer for picking up the “big four” split (4-7-6-10). This is the second-most difficult split, after the 7-10, and even professional bowlers rarely convert it.

The names and best scores of the 35 bowlers who rolled one more of the 55 200-level game at this session are included with the top scores at the end of this column.



Galaxy Girls

Keeley Gadd bowled the women’s high game for the season at Galaxy with a 237 score. She also rolled the top series in this league last week at 533.

Linda Combs bowled the second-best game (200) and Shella Cobb the second-highest series (515).

Splits were converted by Brenda Williams (3-10) and substitute Beverly Shearer (4-7-10).



Arlington

The ladies in this league went on a scoring spree last Tuesday as six women bowled game scores of more than 200 with Becky Fraser (223), Bridget Settles (214) and Doris Gish with a no-miss 213 game leading the way.

All those who reached the 200-level are listed among the top scores at the end of this column.

The top series scores were 548 by Linda Bowles (which included a no-miss 195 game), 542 by Settles and 531 by Gish.

Splits were converted by Janie Ohr (3-6-7), Jan Barnes (3-9-10), Connie Bowlin (5-10), Merle Motley (7-9-10), Karilyn Koury (5-10), Brenda Ault (2-7-8) and Sherry Ernst (5-6).



Early Birds

Mary Lou Cox bowled the top game in this league last Wednesday with a 202 score, followed by Karen Kensicki with a no-miss 191 game.

Kensicki (528) and Cox (504) also rolled the top series scores for the day.



Wednesday Wonders

Mr. and Mrs. Morgan led this league last week as Tyler bowled the top men’s game (246) and series (665), while Rita led the women with a 213 game and 572 series.

Matt Joyce and Lewis Jones Jr. tied for the second-best men’s game at 244, and Jones, Jr. rolled the second-highest series (661).

Joyce (657), Sean Christianson (607), David Norman (603) and sub John Hickam (686) also rolled series scores of more than 600.

Rene Christianson rolled the second-best women’s game (186) and Kymmi Bowles the second-highest women’s series (446).

Randy Million converted a 5-7 split.



Friday Night Mixed

Mark Rogers led this league with the highest game of the season at Galaxy this season (278) and the second-highest series (746).

Lewis Jones Jr. bowled the second-best game (257) and series (674) for the night. John Hickam rolled a 633 series.

The league’s ladies were led by Beverly Shearer with a 190 game and 513 series, while Lisa Ball was next at 178 and 460.

A 203 game by Novel Davis was omitted from last week’s list of top scores.



TGIF

Sandy Reynolds bowled the top game in this league last week with a 235 score, which is the second-highest women’s game at Galaxy thus far this year. Reynolds’ 551 series led the women for the night.

Margaret Tilsley rolled the second-best women’s game (189) and series (478).

Tim Wells bowled the top men’s game (205) and series (580). Ollie Gasser rolled the second-best men’s game (183), and he and Merle Meade tied for the second-highest men’s series at 507.

Splits were converted by Margaret Tilsley (2-7) and Jamie Sowder (4-5 and 5-10).



Cash Money

Nate Rosenbauer (203) and Mike Aldrich (194) bowled the top games in this league last Monday, while the best series were 510 by Pete Young and 506 by Rosenbauer.

Colleen Jackson led the league’s ladies with a 167 game and 438 series, followed by Mary Mink at 146 and 381.



Bad Bowlers No-Tap

In addition to regular strikes, nine pins down with the first ball in a frame counts as a strike in no-tap leagues.

This league opened its fall season with nine teams, albeit with two vacancies.

Tina Hisle bowled the first no-tap 300 game of the fall season. She added games of 258 and 189 for a 747 series to lead the league. Gloria Tyler rolled the second-best women’s scores with a 258 game and 580 series.

Adam Cromer just missed rolling a 300 game as he opened his first game with 11 strikes, but left four pins with his 12th ball and finished with a 296 score. Josh Wilson bowled the second-best men’s game (260).

Jack Taulbee bowled the best men’s series (716) with Adam Cromer next at 663.

A series score exceeding 600 was also bowled by Wilson (630), Gary Cromer (630), Jim Hisle (605) and Ed Maggard (604).

Scotch Doubles Tournament Sunday

The Madison County Bowling Association is sponsoring a scotch doubles tournament at 1:30 p.m. Sunday.

The partners alternate bowling a ball in the scotch doubles format. For example, if the first bowler in a frame does not roll a strike, the partner will try to pick up the spare.

The handicap used will be 90 percent of the difference between the average of the partners’ averages and 220.

The teams will bowl five games with the total score including handicaps determining the winners.

The entry fee is $15 per bowler. Teams finishing in the top 20 percent will earn cash prizes.

Last Week’s Top Games

Men’s Games

Mark Rogers    278

Joe Reichel    267

Scott Kaylor    265

Cody Daly    258

Lewis Jones Jr.    257

Mike E. Bryant    256

Tyler Morgan    246

David Norman    245

Matt Joyce    244

John Hickam    244

Glenn Masters    236

Randy Burgess Sr.    236

Shawn Barton    235

Patrick Wells    235

Gary Cromer    235

Dallas Thomas    233

Brandon Lutes    233

Keith Nash    227

Gary Holtzclaw    226

Paul Dapkus    226

Anthony Taulbee    226

Neil Haggard    224

Tim Lainhart    222

Don R, Johnson    219

Lewis Jones Sr.    218

Steve Woltering    218

Sean Christianson    217

Rick Burton    216

Ron Gugel    215

Todd Young    213

Joe Bailey    211

Mike Riley    210

Carl Daniels    210

Bobby Abrams    210

David Kendrick    209

Chris Walker    209

Ronnie Hurd    207

Bill Bowles    205

Tim Wells    205

Barry Miller    204

Jack Taulbee    203

Nate Rosenbauer    203

Terry Jackson    203

Ronald Richmond    203

Mike Huser    202



Women’s Games

Keeley Gadd    237

Sandy Reynolds    235

Becky Fraser    223

Bridget Settles    214

Andi Daly    213

Doris Gish    213

Rita Morgan    213

Tina Hunter    210

Regina Barton    204

Connie Bowlin    204

Beverly Shearer    203

Mary Lou Cox    202

Linda Bowles    201

Linda Combs    200

Shella Cobb    195

Karen Kensicki    191

Margaret Tilsley    189

Dawn Bydal    187

Rene Christianson    186

Kymmi Bowles    180