Kegler's Corner
By Jeff Olson
as published weekly in the Hood River News Sports
Section
Team of the week:
      Jason DeGeus         724
      Brandon Kawachi     701
      Kyle Boydston         695
      Joe Krug                 694
      Chad Mason           689
            Total              3,503 pins

Two more leagues at Orchard Lanes just completed their first round so there are a bunch of smiling winners who deserve to get a
few more seconds of those famous fifteen minutes of fame.

Rails End Café served up their Monday night special to take the first round of the Industrial league.  Bowling for the famous
Parkdale eatery are new daddy Jason Worsham, barbecued pork specialist Mike Bosse, smooth Ken Espersen, Wyn Winfield and
our favorite emerging star player in the bowling scene, Jeremy Bloom.  Winning a round makes this team one of the top seeds in the
super fun NCAA basketball like tournament championship that the Industrial league uses to determine its champion at the end of the
season.  

It seems like a broken record but congratulations are also in order one more time to the Hood River G olf team for winning the first
round of the Wednesday night Fraternal league.  Bowling for the “golf” boys are the legendary “keep ‘em low” orchardist to the
stars, Jeff Hasegawa, Ron (main man) Ward, Rick (the Dish) Nishimoto, Jeremy (Rail’s End) Bloom, Stuart (Butch Harmon, jr)
Kawachi and his better half, the stunning Janet Kawachi.  Without question their efforts were boosted by the presence of the team’s
new acquisition, Janet Kawachi, who has improved the looks of this league by at least 1000 %.  This is history in the making
because this is the first year ever that women have been able to join the Fraternal league and now they are poised to win the whole
thing.  The rest of you women out there, take note, you can do it too.  The Fraternal league is regarded as the most competitive
league in town where most of the area’s best bowlers toil for fame and glory.  Want a little more competition, give it a try, the door
is open.  As a result of winning the league’s first round, this celebrated crew has now qualified for the league championship roll off
which is conducted at the end of the season between the three round winners and a wild card team that has won the most points
during the year without winning a round.  This, of course, is old hat for this stellar team as they seem to win the league championship
just about every year.  But, then, winning never gets old.

Orchard Lanes league high lights from last week:

INDUSTRIAL:
Dan Homer               246,238 games & 674 series
Carl Casey               240,235 games & 667 series
Pat Olson                 278 game
Lenny Bunting           253 game
Aaron Traxel              246 game
Neal Schelb               243 game
Ken Kramer               242 game
Joey Sheirbon            236 game
Jeremy Bloom            235 game

WORKSHIRKERS:
Nancy Asai                247 game & 607 series
Esther Yarnell            205 game & 556 series

PIN QUEENS:
Joyce Wilson            189 game & 490 series

TUESDAY NITE MIXED:
Bill Pullum                 269 game & 671 series
Jeremy Bloom            237 games & 662 series
Pat Olson                  236 game & 655 series
Nancy Asai                217, 200 games & 611 series Karen Shortt              204 game & 541 series
Jennifer Bloom            200 game & 508 series
Jann Halstead            242 game

SENIORS:
Joe Krug                  256 game & 694 series
Shirley Thornhill        201 game & 532 series
Gerry Cope               222 game
Jim Ebersole             213 game
George Cochran        208 game
Steve Nance             206 game
Mac McFall              206 game

FRATERNAL:
Brandon Kawachi        257,230 games & 701 series
Kyle Boydston            247,236 games & 695 series
Nancy Asai                212 game  & 532 series
Josh Worth                244 game
Wade Boydston         236 game

HOOD RIVER COUNTY
Robert Nash             552 series
Hoby Hansen           216 game
Ellen Davis              167 game & 438 series

HOOD RIVER20JUNIOR ALL STARS:
Jason Degeus            288,246 games & 724 series
Chad Mason               258 game & 689 series