“Always look on the bright side of life.” ~ Monty Python In this installment of Living Lanes, I will focus on the many positive things I see in bowling, specifically youth bowling. This is timed somewhat well in light of Gary Beck’s recent IAB blog. I must first stress that all of the facts and [...]

On Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011 the Linn-Mar High School varsity bowling team was at the Cedar Rapids Bowling Center practicing for the upcoming regional championships, which would determine the teams that would go to the state championships. As practice was wrapping-up around 10 p.m., I decided to check my phone and discovered several missed calls. [...]

Meet Melissa Sobolik Born: August 16, 1990 Throws: Right College: Wichita State University Area of Study: Majors- business administration/journalism; minors- marketing, management and personal selling High Game: 300 in practice (I got 11:30 phone call to prove it ☺) 279 (certified) High Series: 737 Accomplishments: • 2011 – Bowling This Month’s Survivor Tournament, fifth place [...]

My bowling career began when I was 4 or 5. I lived in a very small town in northwest Iowa called Alta. There was an old bar on Main Street officially called Century Lanes, but everyone in town called it Clemy’s. Why? Clem Ledoux owned it, of course. Similarly, the small grocery store in town [...]

It’s so easy to get caught up in the statistics, fundamentals and technical aspects of bowling. My name is Andy Diercks, and I live and coach in Marion, Iowa (Cedar Rapids if you want to find me on a map). In my column, Living Lanes, I’ll be exploring the more uniquely emotional aspects of the [...]