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| SUN LAKES LIFESTYLES | MARCH 2016 | 41 Sun Lakers at Canyon Lanes As we go into our 21st week of bowling, except for the first place team, the standings are getting tight. Anyone in the top five could take over second place. The team of Sweepers Creepers is still in first place with Gail Stormes, Marlene Gartman, Larry Stormes and Andy Toro. In second place this week is Four Play with Ken Smelker, Marty Steggell, Marv Steggell, and Ray Roberson. In third place and only one half game back is What About 8 with Barbara Semic, Joe Emma, Sally Brown, and Warren Hollabaugh. Season High Scratch Series for the men is Andy Toro with a 726. For the women it is Yvonne Wood with a 550 series. High Scratch Game for the men is Jim Allen with a 298. For the women it is Jean Hernandez with a 224 game. High Handicap Series for the men is Richard Bly with a 791. For the women it is Kristi Herring with a 729 series. High Handicap Game for the men is Rick Shanefelt with a 300. For the women it is Donna Leone with a 276 game. "Failure is success if we learn from it." ~ Mario Andretti Sun Lakers III Sun Lakers & Friends This is my first time to write the article for this league so please bear with me. Many of you bowl in two or mores leagues and as you know, your bowling changes from day to day. You might struggle on Monday but burn up the lanes on Wednesdays. As we go to press, Team 19, Spare Us (Dick Taylor, Lisa Park, Earline Edwards and Paul Gomez has a 5 game lead for first place. Here are the results as of Jan. 27: High Team Scratch Series goes to Team 18, Outa' Range (Dolph Mason, Larry Stormes, Richard Shanefeld and Andy Toro) with a 2357. The High Team Scratch Game goes to Team 16, 4 Of Us (Lillie Lawaetz, Peggy Laurel, Sandy Hepburn and George Thiel) with a 778. Mens' High Scratch Series goes to Andy Toro with a 727. Michael Farra holds the Mens' High Scratch Game with a 265! Womens' High Scratch Series goes to Maureen Farra with a 597. The Womens' High Scratch Game goes to Earline Edwards with a 254. The High Handicap results: Men's High Handicap Series goes to Ken Smelker with an 811. Ron Krogh holds the Men's High Handicap Game with a 300! Peggy Laurel holds the Women's High Handicap Series with a 750. The High Handicap game goes to Barbara Semic with a 287. Great job everyone! If you have any questions, contact the league secretary, Teri Comerford at 760-217-9656. Greetings fellow bowlers! I hope you are continuing to have fun on the lanes at Morongo. There are some new names since our last article Team 16, Alley Gators (Donna and Ed Reed, Johanna and Warren Hollabaugh) are holding on to first place by a two game margin as we go to press. Several teams are very close to overtaking them. Here are the results as of Jan 26, 2016: High Team Scratch Series goes to Team 11, 4 Play (Mitzi Taniguchi, Gaylord Spence, Bud Miner and Ken Smelker. The High Team Scratch Game goes to Team 5, Shake Rattle & Roll (Edie Voekel, Jim Denton, Scott Waddell and George Thiel). Men's' High Scratch Series goes to Andy Toro with a 738. The Men's' High Scratch Game goes to "lefty" Ken Smelker with a 289! Women's' High Scratch Series goes to Sandy Elsworth with a 599. The Women's' High Scratch Game goes to Amy Stilson with a 224. The High Handicap results: Men's High Handicap Series goes to Sandy Hepburn with a 756. Bob Stilson holds the Men's High Handicap Game with a 293. Joan Allen holds the Women's High Handicap Series with a 728. The High Handicap game goes to Salle Flesher with a 280. Great job everyone! If you feel your game or ball needs a tune up see our Canyon Lanes Manager, Norris Runnells. He is always there to offer help. If you have any questions about the League, call our secretary, Teri Comerford at 760-217-9656. Home Again Bowling After 21 weeks of bowling in the current 32 week season schedule we find team 5 "Dolls and Balls" in first place with 59 win points and 25 loss points. Teri McLean, Kathy Snider, Ben Snider and Tony McLean have a 4 1/2 point lead over team 11, Nancy Turner, Beverly Barrette and Al Turner. Ten weeks of league bowling plus sweepstakes remain so there is still time for a "Silky Sullivan" come from behind run to the finish! Let's go to the whip! Some fantastic scores have been turned in recently and our top three handicap men have been putting on a great show. High average is 203.14 for Frank Mashburn. He had had recent scratch scores of 266, 264, 234 and 215 in the past couple of weeks. Second high men's average Bob McLean at 194.27 has scored 237, 232, 224 and 203. Rick Waters holds third high average and recorded 224, 221, 212 and 214 games. Bob and Rick dueled head to head in exciting competition with Frank Mashburn on the next pair of lanes scoring 264, 267 and 167. Lots of "Atta Boys" going on! Frank's second game started off with seven strikes in a row! Wow - what excitement! In the women's action, Louise Deal had a first game of 201 and a second game 192 which gave her a 749 total with handicap. "Atta a girl Louise!" Kathy Snider turned in a 700 series with handicap, but was topped by her husband's 203 scratch game and 773 series with handicap! Whoppie! Let's keep on having fun as the weather warms up! Maybe we will need to turn on the fans again? Good luck and good scoring bowlers!