Dirty Turkeys

Erin & Kristina Dominate the Dirty Turkeys

After a poor showing of teams last week, Imperial Lanes had a quiet start to the Wednesday Night Big Turkey Bowling League. Irritable Bowl Syndrome tried to liven up the group with their paper cowboy garb (complete with paper boots, spurs and vest), and the Dirty Turkeys proclaimed Wednesday night as Hometown Pride night; each team member donned a shirt that reflected what their hometown was known for. But did this exhibition of pride and spirit make any difference in their bowling? Probably not.

Or did it...? Dirty Turkeys walked into the night as one of the bottom seeds in the tournament. Perhaps it was their hometown pride; perhaps it was the fact that they had nothing to lose. Then again, there's a good chance it was the flowing pitchers that contributed to it as well. We may never know the cause, but what we do know is that Dirty Turkeys were ON FIRE on Wednesday night! Pins were cowering whenever they walked to the end of the lane, as they should have been. Collectively as a team, Dirty Turkeys not only won both of their games, but they also managed two separate streaks of team spares! For those of you that never got one, five people in a row all knocked down spares. Doing this once is a feat in itself, but DTs managed to make it happen twice!!! Erin rounded out the first one with a nice "T" score (her third spare in her game resulted in five in a row for the team), so she deserves recognition as one of the players of the game. Kristina also bowled everyone over by getting her first real turkey ever! She pulled it off in the 9th and 10th frame on her second game. Spirits were high, pins were down, and victory was in the air.

Great job to Erin and Kristina, and to all of the teams on Wednesday night. Make sure to grab all of your prize coupons for next week, and break out your superhero costumes; it's gonna be a crazy championship night!!