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"When you are 17 years old and a junior bowler who has accomplished what many don't do for a career -- two perfect games, a 299, a 793 career high series, and a 222 average -- what do you do next? For Kevin Ryan, the aforementioned 17-year-old, you enter the Junior Gold Championship Tournament. But not only do you enter it, you wind up as high qualifier by bowling a 751 series and you win a trip to the National Youth Tournament. Ryan did his high-score qualifying at Lore's Lanes in New Milford on March 22 and had to wait until July 11 to make the trip to Indianapolis to bowl in the National Tournament. \"I placed 350th out of a field of 1500,\" said Ryan. \" I had 2209 after the first 12 (games) and 3323 after 18. My last six games were 132, 160, 236, 185, 216, and 185.\" Ryan averaged 185 for this first attempt against national competition, bowling at three centers, Expo Bowl, Woodland Bowl, and Western Bowl, all in Indianapolis. Maggie Zakrzewski of Palantine, Ill., (girls) and Mike Conn off Crestwood, Ky., (boys) were the eventual winners of the Tournament. \"I met a lot of pros,\" said Ryan, but the important thing for this Brookfield High School senior was that he also met a lot of college coaches, and generated a lot of interest in himself and his game. He gave his bowling tape, a sort of high-tech resume, to four colleges to start with. He is looking at Davenport University -- which has already promised him scholarship money -- and West Texas A&M, another school guaranteeing dollars. He is also looking at Wichita State, in which he is keenly interested, and Purdue. He hopes to hear more from these schools during the coming months, and of course, he will have to make a decision. For now he is content to bowl in the Adult Child Summer League at Brookfield Lanes, where he is averaging over 220 and bowls with his long time mentor, Lou Tambone. Come the fall, he will once again bowl in the Match Play Division of the Brookfield Lanes Junior Program. In the inaugural year of Match Play, Kevin averaged 222 and placed second overall in the league. Whatever college he chooses, I know that Ryan, with his superior bowling talents and positive attitude, will do well. n Three hundred games can still be something special in this sport, especially when only 11 others have had them. Such was true for Monica Fitzgerald, who subs in the 3x4 League at Brookfield Lanes. She had her second 300 game in the local association last Tuesday. Her first came in the Women's State Tournament in 2008 at Lore's Lanes, during which she also bowled her first-ever 800 series, a 300-246-265-811 effort. Monica joins Laurie Cornelison, Joanne Debetta, Melissa Knapp, Brenda Meola (2), Gabe Strolin, Anna Davis (2), Lisa Fish, Kandi Massena, Janlelle Pelletier, Chris Aleksandrowicz (2), and Debbie Thompson as the only other female bowlers to have had perfect games accordig to the Greater Danbury USBC Association. n Butch Pioselli and his long time companion, Joan Kornhaas, drove up from Florida last Saturday to attend the Memorial Service for Bill Cerveniski on Sunday. They then got in their cars and drove straight back home to Port St. Lucie. Friends that close are rare and deserve to be pointed out. Butch simply said \"Billy would have done it for me.\" n League secretaries, mark your calendars. The Greater Danbury USBC Association will be hosting a Secretary Training workshop on August 23 at 8:30 a.m. at Brookfield Lanes. The workshop will be conducted by Association Manager Joel Reichin and is designed to help educate league officers in the various administrative processes. The tentative schedule is as follows: 9:30-10am -- league secretary responsibilities; 10-10:15 -- question and answer; 10:15-10:30 -- overview of selected committees (as time permits. Don't miss this opportunity."
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