Early Fall Big Turkey Bowling Thursdays 7pm

At the beautiful Leilani Lanes in sunny northern Seattle, the opening night of the early fall Big Turkey Bowling Thursday league started with a crash, a crash of bowling pins that is. Most teams were still discovering their sea legs this first night, most teams except for teams Lucky Strike and E & A, who just happened to be pitted against each other. These two well prepared teams battled all night, but in the end Lucky Strike left with the league points and bragging rights as they won by 15 pins. This small difference in pins was due in to small part to Rob Howard. Rob was the teams leading scorer in both games with a total 357 pins and a consistent 178 pin per game average. Rob also knocked down a three strike Big Turkey in the first game to set the tone for the season, a little like the way a leadoff batter sets the tone in the opening game for the baseball season. Speaking of his success and preparation for the season, Rob said, "the hours of cross training and strict dietary regiment that or captain Amy makes us follow sure has paid off. Hey they don't test for performance enhancing drugs in this league do they, I'm not here to talk about the past." While we aren't sure what Rob was talking about, we still commend his performance and look forward to a fun and exciting season.

While Donnie and Dave had "off" nights Rob LaRubbio had a strong outing posting double 205s. With great players like Rob, The Lucky Strikes appear to be the favorites to take the early fall title. Even with all the Red Hook they are consuming, their scores never seem to suffer.

With his team shorthanded, David Olsson stepped up to the challenge and led his team to victory when they need him most. On top of his capped score of 205 in the second game, Dave also earned himself three Red Hooks due to the three Turkeys he had in both games.