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st Madison area league bowling. Smith competed in the Dream Lanes All-Star League and Foertsch in the Ten Pin Alley 2-Man League. Next were Harlan Widmann’s 779 in the Dream OM Cubed League and Brittany Pollentier’s 691 in the Drea Major. Other men’s series of 750 or higher were 758 by Gabe Roderick in the Dream Libs & AdLibs League, 754 by Nick Peterson in the Ten Pin... subscribe to read more.

Madison area league bowling. Gannon’s second 300 this season came in a 771 series in the Dream Lanes Frosty’s Five League. Here is the close of Gannon’s 300. Lo’s 687 came in the Ten Pin Alley Hangover League. Jeff Boeckholder was next for the men with 748 in the Dream Utility League. Maddie Weasner was next for the women with 660 in the Ten Pin Hangover. Note that with... subscribe to read more.

eague bowling over the weekend. Grace Moen led girls scoring with 522, also at Prairie. Kevin Hoffman led adult leagues with a 729 in the Viking Lanes Friday Mixers League. No women’s series of 600 or higher were reported. Note that with the Wisconsin State Journal now having early deadlines at night, more scores from one day will appear two or more days later. In addition, with my... subscribe to read more.

gue bowling. Thaden competed in the Sport Bowl All-Stars League and Reithmeyer in the Spartan Bowl Waubesa Mixed League. Next were Jim Ring with 749 in the Sport All-Stars and Karla Meinholz with 613 in the Waun-A-Bowl Belles League. Chris Pounders recorded a 658 on the 2026 PBA Earl Anthony 42 lane pattern to lead Thursday’s session of the Ten Pin Alley Bullseye Masters League, the Madison... subscribe to read more.

ague bowling. DesRochers competed in the Spartan Bowl Monona Businessmen’s League and Andruss in the Dream Lanes Major League. Next were Jake Reithmeyer with 760 in the Dream Libs & Ad Libs League and Becky James and Brittany Pollentier with 661 each, James in the Ten Pin Alley 2-Person Scratch League and Pollentier in the Dream Major. Taylor Foertsch rolled a 651in the Ten Pin 2-Person... subscribe to read more.

all of Fame Tournament at Cassie and Stephen Hoehnen’s Sussex Bowl on Sunday, Nov. 8. Tackett recently was voted PBA Player of the Year for a record fourth straight year and fifth overall, and Anderson was the 2018 PBA Player of the Year. Youth players enter as 4-player teams and will be paired with a Hall of Famer or celebrity. The scratch format includes 16 Baker games, with the top four... subscribe to read more.

perfect game of the season to top the latest Madison area league bowling. Tournear chained games of 259, 260 and 289 for his 808 in the Spartan Bowl Waubesa Mixed League. Benner’s 678 came in the Ten Pin Alley Koffee Klutch League. Hunter Bindl was second for the men with 762 in the Sport Bowl Merchants League. No other women’s series of 600 or higher were reported. Porter’s... subscribe to read more.

ttee chose mostly young stars to represent Team USA at the 2026 IBF World Cup Oct. 12-21 at Max Munich Bowling – Brunnthal in Munich, Germany, USBC reported in this news release. For the men, veterans Andrew Anderson and Chris Via will be joined by Packy Hanrahan and Ryan Barnes. For the women, veterans Shannon Pluhowsky and Jordan Snodgrass will be joined by Jillian Martin and Gianna... subscribe to read more.

e’s 300 came in a 747 series at Viking Lanes. Competing in the Spartan Bowl Major League, Hansen started with games of 180 and 242 before rolling his first career perfect game for a 722. Here is video of the close of Hansen’s 300. Jacob Reithmeyer was second for the men with a 723 in the Spartan Major. Megan Jirsa led women’s scoring with a 694, also in the Spartan Major. No... subscribe to read more.

non’s 300 came in a 765 series in the Dream Lanes Frosty’s Five League. Here is the close of Gannon’s 300. Candace Kipp led women’s scoring with 622 in the Dream Utility League. Next were Adrian Storey with 701 in the Dream Utility and Anna Lezotte with 618 in the Dream Suburban Merchants. Note that with the Wisconsin State Journal now having early deadlines at night,... subscribe to read more.

play at the Madison Area Scratch Tour season-opener at Prairie Lanes on Sunday, according to this MAST post and results posted here. Once in the 16-person match play bracket, Vater edged Calvin Akers 205-200, Chris Jackson 247-172, Aaron Turner 247-217, and Jason Becher 220-197 in the title match to earn the $697 top prize and $105 from the Bet to Win pot. Becher took home $398 for second. Here... subscribe to read more.

owling. Roderick’s 789 included a 298 game and came in the Spartan Bowl League of Our Own League. Taylor’s 630 came in the Dream Lanes Suburban Atlas League. Next were Bob Richardson’s 781 in the Sport Bowl Lions League and Melissa Judd’s 603 in the Dream Lanes Moonlight League. Note that with the Wisconsin State Journal now having early deadlines at night, more scores... subscribe to read more.

rnaments during the rest of 2026, with several of the events also airing on BowlTV, USBC announced in this news release. Bowling TV is a free, ad-supported television (FAST) channel owned by Triple B Media. That means the channel is free, although some of the platforms it is on may require a subscription. Those platforms include Prime Video, LG Channels, Xumo Play, DISH TV, Bonusview, Plex, Free... subscribe to read more.

n it will be held in Karlsruhe, Germany, it didn’t happen. Bowling was a part of every World Games since the competition began in 1981 in Santa Clara, California, but that streak ended in 2025 when the World Games were held in Chengdu, China, as I detailed in this story and this story. Back in April, the International World Games Association in this news... subscribe to read more.

ison right-hander needed 233 the last game to take the lead toward the end of the tournament and rolled a couple of doubles, but a 5-7-10 Petersen special was a killer. “I spared in the ninth when I needed a strike, and missed a 3-pin in the 10th,” Leikness told 11thFrame.com in a phone interview on Labor Day. Then in 2022, Leikness fired 1,763, but fell eight pins short of leader... subscribe to read more.

ete Weber rolled in 2012 to win his record fifth U.S. Open. But a case can be made for the brutal 4-9 split Zach Wilkins left in the final frame of the 2026 PBA World Championship, which resulted in an open that gave the title to E.J. Tackett. That alone was not as significant as Weber’s memorable “Who do you think you are? I am!” strike. The greater significance came from... subscribe to read more.

2026-27 season. Note that the post has some inaccurate dates. The Senior Open Championships — aka the Senior City Tournament — will be Oct. 24-25, Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 7-8 and 14-15 at Lake Ripley Lanes in Cambridge. Online entry is available at the Senior City page. Sponsors are Phoenix Pro Shop, King Pin Management, Ten Pin Alley, and Dream Lanes. The Women’s Championships... subscribe to read more.

ps. The team all-events win by Higgy’s Aquarium earned Dan Higgins, Chad Roberts, and Joe Bailey their fourth Eagles, making them eligible for the USBC Hall of Fame under the mind boggling changes I detailed in this lengthy story that would have meant 12 of the 23 people inducted in the Outstanding USBC Performance category wouldn’t even have been eligible when they were elected.... subscribe to read more.

026 Junior Gold Championships in the Twin Cities area, USBC reported in this news release. 2026 Junior Gold competition was across 10 centers for scholarship funds totaling nearly $500,000, along with spots on Junior Team USA and Futures Team USA 2027. Here are the criteria for Junior Team USA, qualifying and selection. The 10 centers were Cedarvale Lanes, AMF Saxon Lanes, AMF Southtown... subscribe to read more.

f qualifying, after which the first cuts were made at the 2026 Junior Gold Championships. Taylor Kretz of Erie, Pennsylvania, led U18 girls qualifying from start to finish and set a 16-game division scoring record with 3,554, a 221.1 average, breaking the prior record of 3,542 set by Kaitlyn Stull of Raleigh, North Carolina, in 2024 in Detroit, USBC reported in this news release. Kretz fired 946... subscribe to read more.

s popular 50/50 4-Person and Doubles events in conjunction with the Greater Iowa Bowling Association. The organization runs tournaments every month or so during the bowling season across Iowa — and occasionally the Illinois side of the Quad Cities — for bowlers 50 and older. The regular singles format is six games of qualifying followed by a stepladder finals, usually on house shots.... subscribe to read more.

Tom Hess on July 14, 2026. It includes corrections and updates by bowling historian Eric Hartman, who also compiled non–member winners that are included in this list, making it the most comprehensive list in existence. If anyone sees anything missing or incorrect, please message me at help@11thframe.com and I will get it added or corrected. PBA50 TITLESName (Last tournament won) 16... subscribe to read more.

he new division format. In 2021, the divisions changed from U20, U17, U15 and U12 to U20, U18, U15 and U12, as USBC youth membership moved to a maximum age of 18, with a player required to be 17 or younger at the Aug. 1 start of a season, as I detailed in this story. With U20 held a week before the other three divisions, 2021 Junior Gold drew 3,135 players, 2022 Junior Gold 3,273, and 2023 Junior... subscribe to read more.

PBA50 Ballard Championship. Janawicz said at the time that for his return he was “probably more looking at Akron (the PBA50 Akron Classic July 11-14) when we fire back up for the two majors in Virginia and West Virginia. That is probably giving me enough time to heal properly. That is my tentative timetable but with anything you have to just see what happens when you start coming... subscribe to read more.

26 USA Bowling National Championships at Lucky Strike Lakeville in Lakeville, Minnesota in competition Wednesday and Thursday. The 32 finalists — 16 teams in U12 and 16 teams in U15 — were determined in regional competition. Qualifying was Wednesday and match play and the finals on Thursday. Qualifying is 15 Baker format games, with team records determining seeding for the... subscribe to read more.

AM Bowling VI Pan American Women’s Adult Championship Sept. 27–Oct. 3 at the Bowling Industry bowling center in Bogota, Colombia, USBC announced in this news release. The youthful team will include Katelyn Abigania, Julia Bond, Breanna Clemmer, Annalise OBryant, Elizabeth Teuber, and Maggie Thoma. Combined, the squad has won nearly 70 international medals – 40 of them gold... subscribe to read more.

ip, Jack Jurek was having a great PBA60 World Series of Bowling II. Successfully defending his title in the 2026 PBA60 World Championship would make it a magnificent World Series. Jurek is in the best position possible — leading — going into Wednesday’s final day of the World Championship at Columbus Square Bowling Palace in Columbus, Ohio. Jurek, who was second after... subscribe to read more.

the 2026 IBF World Youth Championships at Megalanes Sarawak Bowling Centre in Sarawak, Malaysia. The gold medal matches were held Monday after eight days of competition set the finalists for singles, doubles and team for both genders and mixed team. Women’s singles featured Americans Katelyn Abigania and Gianna Brandolino and Abigania swept Brandolino 2-0 (245-237, 247-212) “I... subscribe to read more.