WE WON !!!!!

August 26, 2006 by Matt Heckman.

Despite the strong arming of the league roll off by The Manager of Berks Lanes Brad Bixler in an attempt to put us at a disadvantage we came out on top tonight and took first place.  I have to tell you that this team was a team.  Not one bowler was the sole reason, but as a unit we overcame the odds.

After staying even in the first game, the second game we came back in full force.  After that the one guy running the counter Matt was so pissed off that he put his fist into the counter.  Third game was tight, but in the end we pulled off a great 10th frame finish and brought it home.

Despite this being a summer league and I usually don’t try much, it became personal after Brad Bixler started to attempt to defeat us using fake pre-bowl scores that had no printouts to prove anything.  Then when Brad still could not shake us out of first, during position round Brad put little kids right next to us open bowling, and cutting us off.  Despite that we took the one point needed for force the roll off.  Last, but not least Brad attempted to fix the roll off to defeat us that way, and tonight we shoved it up his ass.  Brad Bixler needs to learn how to screw things better.  The only thing Brad Bixler was ever good at screwing was that Ferry Shawna, and he did such a stellar job that he even knocked her up.  So on behalf of the team we would like to tell Brad Bixler to kiss our asses, because we are going to Bowl-O-Ramma for the winter where they still believe in fair play.

Now onto a serious note I want to put down some messages from the team on the outcome of tonight.

Vernon Niles would like to dedicate this victory to his wife who has been in the hospital, and not doing the best.

Ronnie Helbert wants to thank his team for stepping it up tonight.  This is his first championship win.

Marci Heckman who was not able to bowl the last few weeks due to problems she has been having with her 3rd pregnancy, and was under doctors orders not to bowl.  Marci took Female High Average tonight, and would like to Thank Jim Reitnour for filling in for her not just on Saturday Nights, but Thursday Nights at Bowl-O-Ramma.

Now for me.  I took Male High Game tonight, and I would also like to thank Jim Reitnour for filling in for Marci toward the end.  Marci’s pregnancy is going fine, but she has to be on bed rest for the time being.  I have to say I did not expect to come back to a summer league and win a championship considering when I started the league I was coming off of a year hiatus due to an automobile accident I had in September 2005.  I have to admit that I would still like to get more consistent, and still am getting used to changing my style a bit to adjust to the injury, but the fact I finished the league with a 192 average with a banged up knee I’m happy, because honestly I expected to bowl worse.  Lucky for me I had a team that stepped it up and picked up each other.

I would like to dedicate this victory to my cousin Stephen Levanti who sadly passed away a couple of weeks ago from prostate cancer.  Stephen was my confirmation sponsor when I was confirmed, and one of the things I knew him best for was that he tackled anything no matter how the odds were stacked against him.  To him odds were merely a bunch of numbers, and that was it.  Tonight after having the odds stacked against us, and in the process of me recovering from an injury, we overcame it.  If we all had Steve’s “It can be done” attitude, then we would all be better off today.

This one is for you Steve.

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