Unfortunately, it was 297, replacing my former high of 296.
Also unfortunately, it was 11 stuffed pocket shots followed by a Choke City seven-count where I missed the head pin on the high side and left the 1-3-6.
My previous high, 296, had the opposite problem. Determined not to pull it, I sent it wide and very nearly left a five-count. The ball just grazed the head pin and I left the 2-4-5-7 (Storm X-Factor). This time, I didn't do that, but I also didn't account for the Gack Factor, and left it went.
Followed that up with a 231 (the whole time I felt like I had a softball stuck in my esophagus), then 188 where I went big split-big split to close the 9th and 10th. Shot 716 for the first 700 in this building and first 700 of any kind in four years. (I'm also not the kind to get this chance often -- six years separate my two front-elevens.)
The other thing I should mention is that aside from the fill ball in the second game, I stayed with this ball all night (fill ball was a Heist Pearl). I moved a grand total of five boards left with my feet in three games, never moved my marks, and adjusted my wrist position just a few degrees for rotation and tilt. A lot of people were changing balls on my pair, but the S75 was very versatile for me. (But as you can see with the split-split finish, if we'd bowled a fourth game, it would have had to go.)
Also, this is the ball I have a funky drill pattern on, pictured in the following link:
http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh311/ConStar8788/Bowling%20balls/dscn0769.jpgI'm happy but also quite upset at the same time over my score, but suffice to say the S75 just earned a place in the trophy case when its days are done.
Jess
