Here is the final report for the 2024-25 league bowling season at Hood River’s Orchard Lanes.
Monday night Industrial league:
On April 14, Clear Cutters won the Industrial league! Congratulations to the champions, state no-tap champ George (the buck stops here) Buck, Court Barker, and Rod Pratt. Clear Cutters beat OL’7-10 in the final match of the season, 18-7. As usual Clear Cutters was led by the dynamic duo of Court Barker and Rod Pratt. Court tossed a big 267 game and 631 series while steady anchorman Rod Pratt fashioned three 200 games for a cool 657 set. Those big numbers were simply too much for OL’7-10 who gave it the old college try even though they were short-handed by the absence of their inimitable anchorman, Lynn Spellman who was out of action due to surgery.
Without a doubt, young Court Barker keyed Clear Cutters surge to the Industrial title. Court bowled juniors at Orchard Lanes a few years ago but he was out of ten-pin action for some time. He joined Clear Cutters at the end of last September and started out slowly, searching for that old magic. He was averaging in the 170s after about a month of league action. Since then, the enthusiastic right hander has been crushing the sticks. He finished up with a 200 average!
More high Scores on April 14: Patrick Olson for Pat’s Pro Shop, 268,251 games & 723 series; Mike Bosse for Mt. Hood BBQ, 243 game; and NancyAsai for Orchard Lanes, 205 game.
Wednesday night Fraternal league:
On April 23, Hood River Athletic Club won the Fraternal league! Congratulations to the champions Jesse Orr, Ken Kramer, and Josh Worth. HR Athletic Club beat Mt. Hood BBQ in the final match 16-9. The Clubbers were led by Jesse Orr who put the Barbequers in dire straights right out of the gate, by blasting a big 278 in the first game of the match. Putting the icing on the cake, Jesse went on notch a cool 244 in his second game. He finished with a great 687 series which was 156 pins over his average!. Along the way, Josh Worth chipped in a 240 game and Ken Kramer added a 220 game for the Clubbers.. Those nifty numbers were too much for the Barbecuers who, nevertheless, had a great season winning the secibd and third rounds in the Fraternal.
High scores on April 16: Jason Borton, for Get Hu’sum BBQ, 247 game & 679 series; Steve Silva for The Red Rockets,, 236 game & 662 series; Patrick Olson for Orchard Lanes, 244 game & 661 series; John Riggleman for Mt. Hood BBQ, 255 game; Skip Whitley for Tres Psicos, 244 game; Chad Mason for The Bowling Stones, 236 game; and Stan Pratnicki for Get Hu’sum BBQ, 235 game.
More high scores on April 23: Jeremy Bloom for Bloom Auto Body, 235,235 games & 697 series; Stan Pratnicki for Get Hu’sum BBQ, 237 game & 688 series; Mike Parke for Orchard Lanes, 237 game.
Star Bowler: Jason Borton, 133 pins over average.
Season Recap:
The 2024-25 regular league bowling season at Orchard Lanes is in the books. Here are the highlights.
High Individual Scores:
                       Men                                       Women
Average         Patrick Olson 215                Nancy Asai 189
                       Industrial                              Tuesday Nite Mixed
Game             Jeremy Bloom 299               Nancy Asai 258
                       Tuesday Nite Mixed            Tuesday Nite Mixed
Series             John Helm 804                     Nancy Asai 727
                       City Tournament                 Tuesday Nite Mixed
Kudos to our talented 200 Average bowlers (21 games or more):
Patrick Olson           215 Industrial
Chad Mason            214 Fraternal
Jeremy Bloom          214 Fraternal
Ken Espersen           206 Tuesday Nite Mixed
Josh Worth               204 Fraternal
AJ Perdue                 204 Fraternal
John Helm                203 Fraternal
Stan Pratnicki          203 Fraternal
Bill Pullum               203 Fraternal
Steve Silva                202 Fraternal
Lynn Spellman         200 Industrial
Court Barker            200 Fraternal
All-Star Teams:
                                   Men                                       Women
                       Patrick Olson                                   Nancy Asai
                       Chad Mason                                    Erin Salisbury
                       Jeremy Bloom                                  Ciena Brittle
                       Ken Espersen                                   Sandy Holmes
                       John Helm                                        Ann Brady
Salute to team sponsors: Mt. Hood BBQ (2), Hood River Supply (2), Pat’s Pro Shop, Randy’s Painting, Orchard Lanes, Double A Orchards, Hood River Athletic Club, Bloom Auto Body, and Get Hu’sum BBQ. Support these sponsors because they support our great game of bowling, thanks to all!
And a great big thank you to all league bowlers. Enjoy your summer but don’t forget us. Consider joining the summer Bowlf league and Monte Carlo bowling will be running every week. Come in anytime and bowl a few games to stay in shape for next season. Let the good times roll, go bowling everyone!
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