Sunday, February 9, 2025
Time: 1:30 PM
Song: Bang a Gong
Artist: T-Rex
Mode of Consumption: Playing on speakers at Blackhawk Bowling Alley during 10th frame of second and final game of Super Bowling 2025.
Link to song: https://open.spotify.com/track/6FsQrRpBLgsrFeAeiQqytm?si=a32aa6df9ae04a11
Every year, a handful of our family gathers at Blackhawk Lanes in Sterling on the day of the Super Bowl at noon for a couple games that we call Super Bowling. We’re an amateur bunch that’s for sure. The majority of the crew only bowl this once every year.
Sometimes Jodi and I will make it out another time, but this year we hadn’t. The most accomplished bowler of the bunch is my Dad, who during the winter months bowls with a senior group at Plum Hollow in Dixon twice a week.
A few years ago, Jodi found an old bowling trophy at a thrift shop so now the high score gets to keep this as a traveling trophy.
Every year, Dad has won the trophy, usually by a lot.
Before I go any farther, I must admit that I bowled in a league for three years after college (I think I have a post about that already) but I wasn’t very good. Well, since we started Super Bowling, I have become more consistent. My average is probably getting into the 140s, maybe 150s.
The first game today I hit a few strikes early, but struggled to pick up spares to push my score higher. I finished strong with a pair of strikes in the tenth frame that pushed my score to 153, besting Dad by seven pins.
I started the second game strong with three consecutive strikes and four in the first five frames. Yet, Dad stayed in there. I left a couple frames open in the second half of the second game, and Dad made up ground with strikes and spares.
Bachman Turner Overdrive’s “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet” played as the tenth frame opened. Randy Bachman appeared on the screen at the end of the lane, donned in a blue shirt with white stitching and an Afro. I was the first bowler on our lane. I threw a strike. Then I left two pins (6 & 10) on my second throw, both on the right side of the lane. I eased the bowl down the lane for my final throw, it glided to the corner of the lane and knocked down those two pins for a spare.
My second game was a 177. My two-game score was a 330.
Marc Bolan and T-Rex popped onto the screen, “Bang a Gong” played as the trophy came down to my Dad’s last frame.
Dad was filling frames left and right in the second game, and opened the tenth frame with a strike. He then left a 5-10 split on his second throw. If he picked it up, he’d pass me. His ball floated to the right edge of the lane, but flattened out, knocking down one pin, but not both.
He finished with a 181, and a 327 for the two games.
I won the trophy (my first time winning) by three pins. Bang a Gong!
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