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Lake City bowlers donned their best retired sports team jerseys for Sport Shirt Night.  Many had on Badgers, Packers, Brewers shirts along with many old softball shirts.  Highlights were Terry Teasdale #11 with his early 70’s Two’s Company softball shirt.  Dennis Grossman with his System Forms shirt and Dennis had a different uniform shirt for…

Lake City bowling league like many USBC leagues in the country have many family members bowling together.  Pictured are two such situations.  Both Heath Coenen-son and Tim Coenen-father have bowled in Lake City.  Tim bowled for over 15 years before his bowling career ended and Heath has picked up where pop left off.  It was…

In a slower week of scoring Bruce Hansen led Tuesday night Senior Masters at Bowl-A-Vard with a 670.  It was Bruce’s second week in a row of leading the league individually.  Next high was Don Leighton with a 665.  In an odd twist of fate both Jim Sullivan and Jeff Barsness bowled against each other…

Don Grossen rolled a nice 298 out of the gate on Tuesday morning at Bowl-A-Vard.  Don used a Radical Yeti Untamed with a Motion hole layout.  Don’s set was 684. Rollie Truehl was the only other bowler over six.  Rollie had a 610. Seniors 50 and up come on over to Bowl-A-Vard to try U Play…

Bowl-A-Vard Lanes will host the 2014-2015 MBA Senior Association Championship tournament. Senior City Entry Form Senior Masters Entry Form The tournament will kick (roll?) off on Saturday, November 8, 2014 and end on Sunday, November 16, 2014.  MBA members who are 50 or older as of November 8 are eligible to participate*.  Last year, we…

Tony Thaden was high in Lake City with a 731 +101 pins over his average and Jeff Mautz was hot for the second night in a row at Bowl-A-Vard with a 715 +112 pins over his average. FORE Golf Custom Clubs vaulted back into the league lead in this round with a 38-2 night.  Cosgrove…

It only took 22 years but Tuesday night at Bowl-A-Vard Bruce Hansen rolled his 2nd 300 game of his bowling career.   Bruce rolled the perfect game in the last game of the set and used a Hammer Silver/Blue Taboo drilled by Rob Bailey’s Pro Shop.  It was great to watch Bruce…let’s not wait for another…

Lake City league has a number of new bowlers (pictured above) to our 5 man handicap league as well as a new team East Madison Toyota.  Welcome guys! Team Hustler took out FORE Golf Custom Clubs 32 points to 8 points to take over the league lead on Wednesday night.  Cosgrove Construction vaulted up to…

Jeff Barsness rolled a nice 780 with a 290 game on Tuesday night in the Senior Masters league at Bowl-A-Vard. A reminder to all Senior Masters league bowlers that Bowl-A-Vard puts down the Bourbon Street pattern on Sunday morning on the low end and free bowling practice is available from 10 AM to Noon. 09/23/14…

Rollie Truehl led the MARBA U Play U Pay league of wily veterans with a 685.  Don Grossen 620 and our fearless leader Phil Leighton with 611! John Smith was high over average with a 578 which was +53 pins over his last years average. By Scott Starks U Play U Pay League Reporter

  Bowl-A-Vard owner Don Bussan  had a nice set in the Lake City league with a 682.  The league was led by Heath Coenen at 689 and followed by (pictured above) two bowlers at 672 Greg Hafenstein and Scott Schrimpf.  In the Lake City league standings FORE Golf Custom Clubs forged into the lead with…

The Senior Masters league started it’s 30 week league season Tuesday night at Bowl-A-Vard Lanes.  In this years 2014 – 2015 bowling season there will be the same number of teams as last year 13 teams of 3 and bowling on the low end of Bowl-A-Vard this year moving from the high end of the…

In the BAV MARBA U Play U Pay league 10 bowlers showed up Tuesday morning with the weather being so nice. Don Grossen was high with a 619.  Don Wolf second with a 612 and Bruce Davis third with a 611. Bowlers that are looking to bowl in an MBA league stop by Bowl-A-Vard Tuesday…

The Madison USBC Bowling Association is pleased to announce the annual Dinner With the Champions, an event exclusively for our Association Tournament and Senior Tournament Champion bowlers, tournament hosts, sponsors, and distinguished guests. The dinner for the 2013-14 tournament champions will be Friday, October 10, 2014 at Prime Quarter Steakhouse in Madison. All guests will…

The Merchants League is one of the oldest leagues in Madison.  In it’s current form, it is a 4-man men’s league which meets every other Friday evening at 6:45 at Schwoegler Park Towne Lanes.  We have an opening for two individual bowlers and one team.  If you are interested and would like more information, please…

Lake City 5 man hdcp. league started their 29 week league season at Bowl-a-Vard Lanes Wednesday night. Heath Coenen first game was a perfect 300.  It was Heath’s 11th 300 game.  Heath is a new bowler on Phil Leighton’s Cosgrove Construction team.  Heath’s Dad Tim bowled in Lake City for years and I remember him…

2009 MBA Hall of Fame member Dave Rasmussen earns the annual Dan Mack Senior Bowler of the Year award for the 2013-14 season, and will be honored at the 43rd annual Hall of Fame and Bowler Recognition dinner on August 14. This season, a host of senior bowlers posted excellent credentials, from the high scoring…

The Madison Bowling Association annual meeting will take place Sunday, August 17, at Spartan Bowl in McFarland at 6:00 p.m. The meeting is open to all members of the MBA. The agenda will include: Presentation of the proposed 2014-15 operating budget Presentation of bylaws updates Election of four directors to three year terms Election of President…

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Derek Eoff has earned Jim Grady Bowler of the Year Honors for 2013-14. Eoff won the MBA Masters by sweeping the finals for a second consecutive year, rolling 1091 over the four stepladder games – including a 300 game and 822 series. He finished in the top 10 in three MBA City Tournament events. He shot…

The officers and directors of the Madison USBC Bowling Association are pleased to announce the 43rd Annual Madison Bowling Association Hall of Fame Induction and Bowler Recognition Dinner. Dawayne R. “Doc” Tietz will be inducted this year in the Veterans category. We will also recognize and honor association members for outstanding individual achievements during the…

Madison USBC Bowling Association Hall of Fame member Jerry Anderson has passed away. He was 75. Jerry was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1938 and moved to Madison in 1957 after serving in the Air Force. He retired in 1996 after 32 years in various positions in fire service, concluding with 16 years as coordinator…

Dawayne R. “Doc” Tietz has been elected to the Madison USBC Bowling Association Hall of Fame. The 84 year old Tietz first joined the MBA in 1947. Through the late 1950’s, Doc posted high averages in the top city leagues including the Arcade Lanes Major, Plaza Lanes Major, Classic League (Schwoegler’s), and the Lark Lanes…

The 2013-14 MBA City Tournament saw participation growth for the seventh consecutive year. 103 teams participated, up from 91 last season.  There were 178 sets of minor events entrants, also a new high. The UNOFFICIAL final results are posted here pending average checks, Budweiser League Challenge verification and other whatnot. Once those chores are completed this…

For the third consecutive year, the table was run in the stepladder finals of the MBA Masters. Defending Masters Champion Derek Eoff, the fourth qualifier, won four consecutive head to head matches to top a field of 35 entrants for the 2013-14 MBA Masters Title. The event was the sixth annual Masters and was held…

Fifteen of sixteen squads are through the grueling test of a City Tournament, compiling 1190 series and 3570 games.  To date, 240 series and 1044 games have been over average.  Tough indeed. Somebody forgot to tell the White T’s, from Viking Lanes.  The team of Pete Natvig, Tim Thorson, Jacob Morris, Ryan Angell, and Tim…

The USBC White 2 condition continues to vex many city tournament bowlers as it plays much more difficult than in past years. Only four of the 72 Division 1 and Division 2 teams that have bowled so far have been able to muster ‘average’. Of course, ‘averages’ are earned on increasingly forgiving house (USBC Red) conditions…

The 2013-14 MBA Championship Tournament will run two additional squads this year. The new squads are Saturday, January 25 at 11:00 a.m (12 lanes available), and Sunday, February 2 at 11:00 a.m. (28 lanes available). The addition will provide teams affected by the water main break additional opportunities to reschedule. So far, the 2013-14 city…

With temperatures cold enough to freeze your hair off, Madison Bowling Association members hit the lanes to kick off the first weekend of the annual Association Championship tournament. The USBC White 2 condition proved very challenging to the competitors. The condition was selected for its additional volume to combat the high friction surface at Badger…