RICHMOND — David Norman bowled the highest game last week at Galaxy with a 269 score in the Wednesday Wonders League, while the top series was 677 by Barry Miller in the Galaxy Classic League.

Bridget Settles set a new high for a woman’s series at Galaxy this season with a 579 series in the Arlington League.

Beverly Shearer rolled a 233 game in the Early Birds League to equal the season high for women at Galaxy, which was set earlier by Linda Bowles.

League Highlights

Galaxy Classic

Barry Miller (677) and Brandon Simpson (672) bowled the top series in this league last Monday. They also rolled the top games with the order reversed — Simpson (246) and Miller (244).

Exceptionally high series scores were also bowled by Aaron Rose (651) and Ronnie Thomas (650), while Lewis Jones Jr., Mike Riley and Tyler Morgan also rolled series scores over 600.

Twenty-eight men bowled 39 200-level games at this session. The names and scores of those who bowled a 600 series or 200 game are listed with the week’s top scores at the end of this column.



Arlington

Bridget Settles led the members of this league last Tuesday with a 579 series, which sets a new high for women at Galaxy this season, and a no-miss 206 game.

Connie Bowlin bowled the next-best scores at 515 and 178. Sub Joyce Kearns rolled a 204 game.

Splits were converted by Dewey Locker (4-10), Joyce Kearns (5-10), Yolanda Fritz (3-10) and Bowlin (5-10).



Early Birds

Beverly Shearer rolled a no-miss 233 game to lead this league last Wednesday. This score ties Linda Bowles for the highest women’s game of the season at Galaxy to date.

Karen Kensicki rolled the top series at 552, while Shearer was second at 517. Kensicki had the second-best game (190)

Splits were converted by Renda Roberts (2-5-7) and Beverly Brassfield (2-7).



Galaxy Girls

Janie Secchi bowled a no-miss 196 game last Tuesday, which is the high game for the season in this league thus far. Michelle Ratliff had the second-highest game for the night at 191.

The top series was 499 by Linda Combs with Secchi second at 490.

Those who picked up

splits included Shella Cobb (5-7), Jan Stepp (4-5), Charlotte Hackworth (5-10), Linda Combs (5-7-9), Mary Mink, (5-7) and Rhonda Tate (2-7).



Wednesday Wonders

David Norman led this league with a 658 series and 269 game last week. Mark Rogers rolled the second-highest series (650) and Aaron Rose the second-best game (241), which was part of a 647 series.

Julia Landreth led the ladies with 182 game and 482 series. LuAnn Bryant rolled the second-best women’s game (180) and Dana Starnes bowled the second-highest women’s series (423).

Cynthia Eades picked up an 8-10 split.



Classic Doubles

The top series (601) and game (235) in this league last week were bowled by Gary Holtzsclaw.

Carl Daniels rolled the second-best series (587) and David Robinson the second-best game (224).

Tina Hisle led the league’s ladies with a 192 game and 549 series, while Gloria Tyler was next in each category at 179 and 436.



Friday Night Mixed

The top scores in this league last week were a 256 game and 656 series by Lewis Jones Jr.

Anthony Newland rolled the second-best series for the night with his career-first 600 series (624). Bill Bowles rolled the second-highest game at 239.

Novel Davis bowled the high women’s series at 535 and she tied Brittany Newland for the high game at 187. Newland had the second-best women’s series at 491.



TGIF

Merle Meade led this league last week with a 225 game and 533 series. Charles Harris was second in each category at 182 and 510.

Sandy Reynolds (487) and Sara Zuercher (464) rolled the top series scores for the ladies and they also bowled the top games with the order reversed — Zuercher (180) and Reynolds (179).

Splits were converted by Harold Stoll (5-10) and Renda Roberts (3-10).

Al McKnight celebrated his 84th birthday with a 170 game and 478 series. McKnight had bowled a 200 game on the opening night in this league.



Cash Money League

Justin Pyatt set a new high for the season in this league with a 574 total last Monday. He also bowled the top game at 212.

Adam Sable had the second-best men’s game (198) while the second-highest series was 505 by Mark Paier.

Kevan Delaney led the ladies in the league with a 160 game and 431 series followed by Colleen Jackson at 147 and 390.



Bad Bowlers No-Tap League

April Brumfield bowled a no-tap 300 game on the opening night of this league last Tuesday!

While this is in no way the equivalent to a 300 game with standard scoring (in addition to regular strikes, nine pins down with the first ball in a frame counts as a strike in no-tap leagues), it is a significant accomplishment and difficult to achieve.

There have been only three “perfect” games bowled in the Bad Bowlers League since this league first went to the no-tap format in the summer of 2010. David Robinson bowled the other two no-tap 300 games in the spring of 2011.

It was evident that Ms. Brumfield felt some pressure after rolling nine strikes in a row as the other league bowlers were cheering her on.

She had to step off the lane a couple times before starting the 10th frame to compose herself, then finished with a regular strike and two no-tap strikes to complete her 300 game.

Steve Dickey led the men with a 265 game and 691 series followed by David Robinson at 231 and 633. Ed Maggard also rolled a 600 series (623). Ms. Brumfield’s series score was 655.



HIP League

The Hospitality Industry People League opened its initial season last Wednesday.

Dustin Ray bowled the top scores with a 247 game and 587 series followed by Matthew Ray at 190 and 495.

The high women’s game was 150 by Angel Duncan while Kaitlyn Ray bowled the high women’s series at 410. Ray rolled the second-best game (143) and Duncan the second-highest series (391).

Registration deadlines near for state tournaments

October 1 is the last day to register for the Kentucky Women’s State Tournament, which is scheduled for Corbin on Oct. 28 through 30 and Nov. 5 and 6.

The deadline to register for the 65th annual Kentucky State Tournament is Oct. 23. This tourney will be held at the Joyland Bowl in Lexington on the first three weekends in November.

Registration forms for these tournaments are available at the Galaxy Center.

Last Week’s Top Scores

Men’s Series

Barry Miller    677

Brandon Simpson    672

David Norman    658

Lewis Jones Jr.    656

Aaron Rose    651

Ronnie Thomas    650

Mark Rogers    650

David Norman    635

Anthony Newland    624

Bill Bowles    623

Mike Riley    614

Tyler Morgan    607

Glenn Masters    604

Gary Holtzclaw    601



Men’s Games

David Norman    269

Lewis Jones Jr.    256

Dustin Ray    247

Brandon Simpson    246

Barry Miller    244

Aaron Rose    241

Bill Bowles    239

Cody Daly    237

Gary Holtzclaw    235

Ronald Richmond    232

John Hickam    230

Ronnie Thomas    227

John Poynter    227

Mark Rogers    226

Tyler Morgan    225

Merle Meade    225

David Robinson    224

Steve McKnight    224

Anthony Newland    223

Mike Riley    222

David Whittamore    216

Bruce Watson    215

Cody Dapkus    214

Matt Poe    212

Ronnie Hurd    212

Ron Gugel    212

Glenn Masters    212

Justin Pyatt    212

Neil Haggard    210

Brent Simpson    210

Bobby Abrams    210

Carl Daniels    208

Joe Reichel    206

Scott Kaylor    206

Ronald Richmond    204

Robert Sewell    204

Larry Leach    204

Joe Bailey    202

Mike Huser    202

Mike E. Bryant    201

Gary Wagoner    201

Ron Roberts    201

Spencer Boots    200



Women’s Series

Bridget Settles    579

Karen Kensicki    552

Tina Hisle    549

Novel Davis    535

Beverly Shearer    517

Connie Bowlin    515



Women’s Games

Beverly Shearer    233

Bridget Settles    206

Tina Hisle    192

Karen Kensicki    190

Joyce Kearns    189

Brittany Newland    187

Novel Davis    187

Narita Rose    185

Julia Landreth    182

LuAnn Bryant    180

Sara Zuercher    180