As the bell tolls for the first day of school, so it does for the last days of summer, signaling the end of one bowling session and the beginning of the fall one.
Get your team ready!
Allen Schmidt edged out George Elizondo to lead all bowlers this past week. Allen threw games of 220-235 & 263, finishing with a 718 series. George, just 2 pins behind him, shot 243-247-226-716. The last 700 series was tossed by Mark Braun, rolling a 235-221-243-702.
The top lady bowler was my good friend, Connie Mathison. While competing in the Golden Oldies Summer league, Connie had 2 nice games of 212 and 246, finishing with a 621 series.
MONDAY SENIORS SUMMER; Cotton Glidewell-225, Oliver Balagot-220, Buddy Dufour-215
NASCAR: Barrett Arnaud-205-506, Matt Carl-204, Jonathan Carl-202, Aaron Guy-187
BOWLING AND BASEBALL: Jamie Engle-237-677, Jarred Maxwell-192-149-467, Hanna Engle-122-329, Mark Maxwell-219-217, Kayla Gallegos-190, Bonnie Maxwell-173
HAVE A BALL SUMMER: Cindy Campbell-195-555, William Delage-162
CITY OF PORT ARTHUR: George Elizondo-243-247-226-716, Sheila Elizondo-188
ROADRUNNERS SUMMER: Mike Prince-210-213-607, Beverly Dugas-504, Cotton Glidewell-233, Roy McClure-233, Marvin Ermel-211, Al Heath-211, Calvin Taylor-201, Betty Sheffield-174
GOLDEN OLDIES SUMMER: Connie Mathison-212-246-621, Marvin Ermel-212-589, Mike Prince-201-555, Flo Benoit-539, Tommy Girolamo-225, Lewis Garza-203, William Gore-186, Anna McGallion-183,
SUMMER MATCH PT. 08: Allen Schmidt-220-235-263-718, Shane Harlow-234-655, Jonathan Stewart-222-205-620, Gary Mattice-216-213-618, Erik Nguyen-549, Jonathan Martin-229, Gary Parry-223, David Sheer-181, Shawn M. Haney-172
MID-COUNTY MIXED SUMMER: Vladie Quirante-225-245-660, Israel Guidry-199, Mario Castillo-187
RENAISSANCE HOSPITAL: Randy Callahan-193-525, Christi Hudnall-150
MEGA MONEY SUMMER: Mike Matthews-220-634, Glenn Lee-229-633, Seth Reed-236-596, John Palermo-202-231-569, Judy Arsenault-211-558, Angela Dunham-210-526, Russell Hebert-257, Shane Harlow-254, Bill White-238, Nathan Creamer-235, Michelle Powell-213, James Pitre-211, Paul Uresti-178
MEGO BINGO MIXED: Mark Braun-235-221-243-702, Brian Gauthier-189-490, Jason Rainey-193
Patti Gay is the Port Arthur News bowling columnist
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SLIDESHOW: Giants beat Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI
The New York Giants won their fourth NFL championship Sunday in Indianapolis, scoring in the final minute to defeat New England 21-17.
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Seahawks overcome player shortage, win easily
Matt Cross wondered Wednesday whether Lamar Port Arthur’s basketball team had enough healthy players available to face Kilgore College.
The Lamar State program literally was falling apart before head coach Cross’ eyes. The game clock didn’t work. The players were dropping like Lakeshore mosquitoes.
Point guard Derrick Dawkins had crutches after sustaining a knee injury Saturday. Wing man Elton Roy missed last Saturday’s game with a knee sprain. Opposite wing Eldridge Moore was hobbled by an ankle sprain. Power man Jayon James was sick with bronchitis. Post man Elijah Pittman seemed out of sorts too.
“I’m only about 75 percent,” said the Seahawks third-year coach after canceling a lunch appointment.
It got worse at the start of this 75-50 victory in Carl Parker Center before life improved any on the good ship Seahawk.
Playmaker deluxe Brandon Peters said he was “hit in the mouth” by a Kilgore player’s shoulder.
“I’m going to have to go to the dentist tomorrow morning,” Peters said, shaking his head. “The guy knocked my teeth all the way back.”
Battered and beaten to a pulp, the Seahawks (especially Peters) proved that basketball definitely is played above the shoulders, too.
More than anything else, Lamar State simply relaxed and rebounded. And rebounded some more.
The Seahawks crashed the boards in a way that they have not pounded them in a couple of weeks. They knocked home seven three-pointers and welcomed a special addition to their star of the game show. Lamar State College-Port Arthur, meet Lakeem Duncan.
“We asked one person to step up in practice with Derrick going to the doctor tomorrow (Thursday) and Lakeem did,” his head coach Cross said.
Duncan led the way with 16 points and backcourt buddy Shondel Stewart added 15. Peters changed jerseys (to 32 from his usual 23) after losing blood from being hit in the mouth. Peters had 11 points and 8 boards. Roy patiently treated his wounded knee all weekend with ice and also scored 11. Bum ankle or not, Moore managed 10 boards and 8 points.
And a clean shaven head coach smiled afterwards after every one in Seahawk Nation told him that his team needed to rebound better. After Trinity Valley outrebounded Lamar State by seven on Saturday, the Seahawks returned to work and captured the backboard battle on this night, 33-22.
“I thought we rebounded the ball well consistently,” Cross said. “We’re still No. 1 in our conference and if we can get everybody healthy, we can still have a very good chance to defend our championship.”
Parker Center’s game clock has been malfunctioning for the past three home games and it had a way of really dictating a lot about this game. The game officials had to frequently counsel Kilgore head coach Brian Hoberecht about the clock and its unpredictable nature.
A very good indicator of Seahawks prosperity arrived eight minutes into this one when Roy penetrated on a weave and dished out to Moore in the left corner. The 6-5 sophomore knocked home a three-pointer for a 15-8 Lamar State lead. Kilgore never got within five points the rest of the game.
Another telltale moment developed right before the half when Roy missed a jumper, but followed his own shot on a layup to give the Seabirds a 36-19 cushion. Kilgore never got closer than 10 after that.
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