September 21, 2007
By: Mark Martin
Bowling returned to television on ESPN this past Sunday with the first semi-final bracket of the U.S. Women’s Open, a United States Bowling Congress event, being decided.
Carolyn
Dorin-Ballard of
Dorin-Ballard
defeated Kim Terrell of
“I approach every match the same,” Dorin-Ballard said. “I don’t watch my opponent and I don’t watch the scoreboard. I can’t control any of that, I can only control each shot I throw. After I threw my last shot, I really had no idea I had won. I thought Kim could step up and tie the game.”
A veteran of nearly 80 television appearances when she competed regularly on the now folded Professional Women’s Bowling Association Tour, Dorin-Ballard had only competed in one televised event since 2003.
“The first few frames of the first game, I was really nervous and was playing with my rosin bag a lot,” she said. “This is just the second time in four years I’ve bowled on television, and once we got started I realized how much I’ve missed this. I feel really fortunate to have advanced to this point against all the great competition and lucky to be one of the survivors.”
Dorin-Ballard
won her first match against Tish Johnson of
Terrell
advanced to the match against Dorin-Ballard with a 236-223 triumph over Karen
Stroud of
This
week the second set of quarterfinals will be telecast this Sunday on ESPN and
will pit Kelly Kulick of
The quarterfinal rounds are being telecast on a taped-delayed basis, having taken place Aug. 13-18, culminating in the live televised finals.
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LOCALS
WIN CONTESTS
Patrick
Renner, a 12-year-old from
Renner’s winning entry, about how his first year of bowling has impacted his life, earned him a $1,500 college scholarship.
Winning
the youth age 12 & under division in the 2007 National Bowling Art Contest
was Kiara Herron of
Her winning entry was a drawing of a family night at bowling, garnering a $1,500 college scholarship.
The competition was part of the celebration of National Bowling Week, which was held Aug. 25-31 and sponsored by the United States Bowling Congress and the Bowling Proprietors Association of America.
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HONOR SCORES
300
Games
Date,
Name, Hometown, Center, League
Sept. 5, Adam Beare, Hartland, Century Bowl, Barhoppers
Sept. 11, Jeffrey Edwards, Rochester Hills, Five Star Lanes, Chrysler Central Engineering
Sept.
11, Michael Leverett,
Sept.
12, Frank Pizziketti,
Sept. 12, Timothy Cicala, Madison Hts., Bowl One Lanes, Ford General Classic
Sept.
13, Howard Hardy,
Sept. 13, Mark Swain, Madison Hts., Astro Lanes, Thursday Night Men’s
Sept.
14, Francis Fabian, Madison Hts., Madison Park Bowl,
Sept.
15, William Ford,
Sept.
15, Marc Kropidlowski,
Sept.
17, Waitus Carter,
Sept. 18, Jerry Spehar, Madison Hts., Fairlanes, Pioneer Men’s
800
Series
Sept.
13, Glenn Pilon (801),
Sept.
15, William Ford (820),
Mark Martin writes a weekly bowling column on Fridays for The Daily Oakland Press and is the association manager of the Metro Detroit USBC Association. He can be reached at (248) 443-2695, faxed at (248) 443-2690 or e-mailed at mark.martin@mdusbc.com.