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Welcome to the last score report of open practice bowling for the spring season.  I will be taking off next week in order to relax before I start the Sport Experience league at Fox Bowl.  That being said, let's talk briefly about tonight's outing.

Game 1: The lanes were stable with no significant transition occurring.  I primarily used the No Rules Pearl standing roughly center to slightly left throwing out to about 10.

Game 2: The lanes went through a heavy transition, starting the breakdown process.  I started with the No Rules Pearl but finished with the Phaze II due to the lanes burning up.  Three opens held me back: 7 pin, 3-6-9-10 and a 4-7-10.

Game 3: Used the Phaze II, moving slightly right and using more speed to take the lane out of the equation.

• Warmup Game: 277
• Game 1: 203, shot slowly transitioning, but still fairly fresh
• Game 2: 169, heavy transition to burn, by sixth frame would of switched balls (if I had one)
• Game 3: 257, burnt lanes, firing up 10 at high speed to cut the lane out of the equation

The bowling adventure today was a little rough. After reaching out to my usual centers for open bowling, I ended up at Crest Hill Lanes. I haven't bowled at Crest Hill Lanes in quite some time, so it seemed like a great idea. Unfortunately, some ideas do not go as planned.  The lanes felt either burnt or "plastic ballified."  Typically, burnt lanes follow a pattern in which you hit your mark consistently, but have to quickly adjust left to keep yourself in the 1-3 pocket.  When lanes are "plastic ballified", the oil is much more unpredictable.