Adcraft Bowlers Crushing Pins
Paul Gross - 11/19/2025
By Adcrafter Paul Gross
Nearing a quarter of the way into our season and Adcraft Bowlers are rounding into shape and doing some nice scoring! Here’s a summary of our latest action, going from left to right across your radio dial…
Ampersand 7, Oh Split! 0
This was the first of several sweeps on this bowling night. Joel Happel (176, 168) led Ampersand to victory in three games that were too close to call right into the tenth frame. Trish Lawson (139, 133) had the big night for the Splitters. Ampersand’s big night pushes them into second place!
WXYZ-WMYD 7, Minds in the Gutter 0
Jim “The Ever Feisty One” Kent (234) and Shirley Seymour (138) paced the victors, with Kevin Sabol (212, 192) and Anna Lashbrook (149) doing some serious pin crushing for the Gutter Gang.
Gross Weather 5, Neuner’s Automotive 2
The Gross Gang got a truly balanced attack that featured serious overpars from Emery Johnson (177, 188, 193), Dave Burzynski (210), Matt Buckman (212) and Yours Truly (228, 216). Donna Bishop (209), Aileen Randall (142) and Cory Youngblood (214) put up enough resistance to seize one of the three games for Neuner’s.
The X-Men 5, Mojo in the Morning 2
The X-Men’s Sheldon Jones annihilated the pins in game one with a monstrous 207 game to overpower Mojo’s troops, who came back strong to even things up in game two on the strength of Brendan Flum’s huge 180 game. X-Men then sealed the deal by grabbing game three and total pinfall.
Spare Me 7, Team-14 0
How about Spare Me’s Judene Bald crushing a 167 game (her average is 128) and Liz Mercer, whose average is 111, bowling a gross (144)! Those efforts powered Spare Me over Team-14, which had a rough night of scoring. Note for those not familiar with Adcraft Bowling shenanigans: 12 dozen = 144 = 1 gross…a very special score to this author, who bestows special honors upon Adcraft bowlers for achieving this great feat.
Team-13 7, 2 Legit 2 Split 0
Unlucky 13 just happened to be Lucky 13 on this night, as Eric Chepin (174, 200) and Ray Belbeck (152, 152) flexed some serious bowling muscle enroute to a sweep over 2 Legit 2 Split, which didn’t get a single over average game from any of its bowlers.
One and Done 7, The Wigglers 0
Travis Clemons (220) was the big gun for One and Done on this night, but that’s what it takes when both teams struggle on the tricky Hartfield Lanes WD-40. The Wigglers fought tooth ‘n’ nail, with Dave Smreker putting up a dandy 166 in the finale, but it wasn’t quite enough. One and Done moves into first place with the sweep!
Adcraft Bowling Standings
Won Lost
One and Done 35 14
Ampersand 31 18
Mojo in the Morning 30 19
The X-Men 28 21
2 Legit 2 Split 28 21
The Wigglers 27 22
WXYZ-WMYD 25 24
Gross Weather 23 26
Neuner’s Automotive 23 26
Oh Split! 23 26
Spare Me 18 31
Team-13 18 31
Minds in the Gutter 17 32
Team-14 15 34