I bowled team at 8:30pm on 3/21 and S/D on 3/22 at 11:30pm.
For team event I was on 51-52 and shot 224-221-207 for 652 with 2 opens (and a gutter spare on a double in game 1). I was using my Cell up 3-4-5 board all night. I'm not very good so I had a few errant shots but for the most part I threw it really well for me. I did not see many people at all playing out there. I think my slow speed (14mph) actually helped me for once. I wish I had gotten in a grand worth of brackets, but I turned my $40 into $170 (6 wins, 2 2nd's).
In S/D we started on 31-32. I didn't have the same look on the gutter so I switched to my Avalanche solid. I was playing down 12-13 board with no bump whatsoever to the right. I had an awesome look but could only muster 224-193-202 for 619 (3 opens). My series led the doubles squad, no lie!
We switched to 29-30 for singles and the heads were kinda burnt where I was playing. I moved in to about 18 at the arrows and bumped it out to 13-14 at the breakpoint -- still very straight but it was getting the job done. I ended up shooting 205 the first game with a hole and a 192 in game 2 after opens in the 2nd and 4th frames. The last game I started off strike, spare, 6 bagger -- then split, 10 pin whiff to finish out with a 221 and 618 singles (5 opens). I got in $100 worth of brackets (5 and 5) and cashed out $330.
I will take 1889 in all events for my first time at Nationals. With my 10 opens and gutter on a double, I have much room for improvement.
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C.J. Batten
