Central Georgia Association honors area’s best bowlers

The top Macon men, women and youth bowlers for the 2015-16 season were honored at the Central Georgia Bowling Association awards banquet. Plaques were presented in recognition of the individual achievements.

Eleven bowlers were honored for their outstanding accomplishments during the past bowling season.

For the men, Travis Patterson had the high average (224), while Kim Smith (175) captured the women's title. Leading the youth was Filmore Thomas, who had the high boys average of 182. Next came the comeback bowlers of the year based on the improvement from the past year to the current season. These recipients were Henry Billups (male bowler with a 14-pin increase) and Christian Patterson (female bowler with a 21-pin improvment).

Bowlers of the year were then announced. These honors go to Cohen Bickley (male bowler of the year), Bernice Davis (female bowler of the year), Johnnie Pryor (male senior bowler of the year), Kathy Jones and Jeanette Overstreet (female senior bowlers of the year) and Thomas (male youth bowler of the year). In a separate ceremony, Steve Davis was recognized for his many years of bowling service by induction into the Central Georgia Association life member status.

An associated awards banquet no-tap tournament (based on pins over average for a three-game series) was held. The winners were Tommy Scaggs (plus-257 pins), Darryl Hill (plus-222), Reginald Dennis (plus-213), Carl Dixon (plus-212) and Francis Thigpen (plus-205).

Local top adult finishers in Georgia Championship

After a month of torrid competition involving more than 700 bowlers from across the state, the 67th annual Georgia State USBC Open Championship has concluded in Macon and Warner Robins.

Local adult bowlers who finished in the top 10 places in their division were: all events handicap — Monte Ward (fourth) and Scaggs (seventh); singles handicap — John Reed (second) and Ward (third); doubles handicap — Nathaniel Blocker and Bayne Mallary (first), Ronald Maclin and Bennye Parham (fourth) and Hill and Scaggs (sixth); handicap team — Super Friends (fifth) and Macon's Finest Stars (10th). The youth achievers will be reported in the next article.

Macon action

Activity in league bowling continues to be slim due to the end of the winter season and the start of the summer season. A few high scores were recorded in the Commercial Tenpin league: Dennis Hanson (675), Charles Wade (672), Robert Walker Jr (658/289 game), Frank Davis (654), Kevin Huffman (642), Rico Greene (625), Al Nunez (623) and Alfy Nunez (601).

Tools of the trade

Q: I deliver the ball and get a specific count when there was deadwood in the gutter. Do I get the count?

A: This depends on whether the ball or any of the pins came in contact with the deadwood. If this occurs, those pins knocked down would need to be respotted.

This story was originally published May 28, 2016 at 2:30 PM with the headline "Central Georgia Association honors area’s best bowlers."