Paramus Catholic junior James Kane shot a scorching 729 series on Thursday. (Photo/Joe Camporeale)
Keep an eye on The Record and northjersey.com tomorrow for the first official boys/girls bowling notebook (and yes, rankings) of the season. One of the realities of the business is that space often is limited in the paper — that goes for stories and the daily results that appear in the boxscores — and that’s a bummer. Yet one of the many perks of the blogosphere is, to paraphrase, “we don’t need no stinkin’ space restrictions.†(Bonus Varsity Aces shout out to the first person who correctly names the *original* movie from which I borrowed/butchered that line).
Fact is, Taglines reads the paper, too, and also noticed that some impressive efforts were unwittingly omitted this week. So, here they are:
â— Paramus Catholic junior James Kane fired a season-high 729 series (229-245-255) in a 7-0 win over Tenafly at Bowler City on Thursday.
◠Nick Reyes (268) and Greg Khan (245) of Bergenfield both had Thursday’s high games appear, but not their series. Reyes rolled a 665, Khan a 646 to help the Bears take a game from Teaneck.
◠The paper’s cutoff for high series is 600 or better, but Taglines has to recognize a rapidly-improving Cyrus Basseri of Pascack Hills. In Wednesday’s 7-0 sweep of Cliffside Park, he matched his season best with a 589 — incidentally, the first time he hit the number against Fort Lee on Dec. 20, it included a 255 game, highest by any Cowboy this season.
â— Charlie Gilbride of Ramsey shot a 641 (206-213-222) in a 7-0 win over Pascack Hills on Tuesday that helped the Rams gain some ground in the Big North Patriot Division.
◠For Westwood, Andrew Cirillo shot a 664 (247-215-202) and Kyle Rivers added a 650 (241-224-185) to help Westwood fend off Dumont, 4-3, on Wednesday…
…AND, in the same match, Dumont freshman Kyle Schellberg bowled a 618 (227-224-167), which wasn’t even his best outing of the week. His career high of 674 (234-223-217) came on Monday in a 7-0 victory over Ramsey. For the week, he averaged 215.
◠Finally, IHA senior Kat Blehl tossed a 644 (245-191-208) in a Wednesday win over Demarest, 5-2. (I believe the score was reprinted today, although the team total read “IHA 5, Dumont 2″, which was a misprint.) That was the lefty’s third 600+ series of the season and second to the impressive 685 (257-247-181) she tallied against Paramus Catholic on Dec. 18.
Taglines goal throughout the season is to give North Jersey bowlers their due, since, hey, they put as much into their craft as athletes in other sports. And hey, try to give the Aces a break when we make a mistake, Jack (like accidentally drifting into “Uncle Si†speak)… the more polietly people point them out, the happier we’ll be to correct them quickly!
NEXT UP: The Bergen County girls bowling tournament, 9 a.m. Saturday at Bowler City in Hackensack. See you around the lanes…
—GT