February 08, 2006

Ariel Bowling Update

So as Ariel's season is winding down, here's where things stand:

Her high school team finished first in their division. This Saturday the county-wide playoffs will be held at Sayville Lanes in Long Island. That will determine who goes to the State championships.

Ariel herself, along with one of her teammates, Kat, finished second in a two-game county-wide Doubles tournament. Her first game was an anemic 135, but she shook it off and came roaring back, firing off six strikes in a row on her way to a 232 that helped her and her partner clinch second place.

Tragically, I'll be at WonderCon this weekend and will miss the counties. I agreed to the convention eight months ago before we even knew whether Ariel would make the team, much less when counties were. But Ariel and Kath will be calling me with updates, so don't be surprised if my cell phone rings during one of my Saturday talks and I take the call.

PAD

Posted by Peter David at February 8, 2006 07:41 AM | TrackBack | Other blogs commenting
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Posted by: David Oakes at February 8, 2006 08:37 AM

#616 in the list of reasons not to blog at 6am:

I read that as "Smallville Lanes", and my first reaction was "Can she do that?"

Posted by: Tim Lynch at February 8, 2006 08:43 AM

Having bowled two weeks ago for the first time in about ten years, all I can say is "wow. Go Ariel!"

Congrats to her, and best of luck.

TWL

Posted by: Kelly R Hoose at February 8, 2006 08:50 AM

This is what gets me mad about the show Attack of the Show on G4TV. They do a thing called Fresh Ink, but will they be there this weekend? No! Why not, it's not very far for them.

And they say only great things about PAD.

Go figure ...

Posted by: Bill Mulligan at February 8, 2006 09:11 AM

Excellent! Good luck to Ariel.

Posted by: neilcohen at February 8, 2006 11:43 AM

Most importantly, did she get her name in any of the highlights for Newsday? :)

Posted by: Luke K. Walsh at February 8, 2006 04:51 PM

Good luck, Ariel!

Posted by: Lorin Heller at February 8, 2006 06:31 PM

Drat. I'm gonna miss you at WonderCon this time. Oh well. Hope you have a nice time here. It's actually unseasonably sunny.

Posted by: Steve Chung at February 9, 2006 12:05 AM

Hope to see you at Wondercon, Peter. :)

Posted by: Steven Marsh at February 9, 2006 12:12 AM

PAD wrote: "Ariel herself, along with one of her teammates, Kat, finished second in a two-game county-wide Doubles tournament."

Really, this line feels like vintage Silver-Age Batman: "Kat, the second player alphabetically who finished second in a two-game county-wide Doubles tournament, had her two-toned two-pin pendant stolen last night. Who could be so two-timing to have double-crossed her like that, Robin? Who? WHO?"

Posted by: BlueElf at February 9, 2006 02:05 PM

Good luck, Ariel (or break a leg, not sure what the terminology is for bowling)!

Have fun at WonderCon, Peter!