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Though he revealed his decision days ago, Trae Henrichsmeyer set his sights on the PBA Tour years and years earlier. Henrichsmeyer grew up in Eau Claire, WI. Although he left town to attend Wichita State University two years ago, he has accomplished lots of bowling achievements that nobody in the area can equal.  He has won a PBA Regional event as a non-member, took one of "The Duke" trophies in the first PBA LBC National Championships and won an adult and junior tournament in one outstanding weekend in December 2023 in Rochester, MN. In this episode, we discuss how he came to the decision to go pro, and hear reaction from several people who know him well.  ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us LIVE on this YouTube channel! SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bowling_with_the_fef/ Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! Go to chipmagnetsalsa.com and enter promo code BWTF2026 at checkout to score 25 percent off of a purchase of $30 or more #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Bowl Winkle's: The official bowling center of Bowling With The Fef! 24 synthetic lanes, leagues and tournaments for all skill levels, trivia Mondays, arcade games, food and drink and MORE! bowlwinklesbowling.com Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

Ambrose Lucas is coming off a career best season, as he has in each of the four season before this one.  Though he has only been bowling for five years, he's learned to love the sport and improve his game time after time. He recently joined me in the Bowling With The Fef! studio for The Staredown. ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bowling_with_the_fef/ Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! Go to chipmagnetsalsa.com and enter promo code BWTF2026 at checkout to score 25 percent off of a purchase of $30 or more #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Bowl Winkle's: The official bowling center of Bowling With The Fef! 24 synthetic lanes, leagues and tournaments for all skill levels, trivia Mondays, arcade games, food and drink and MORE! bowlwinklesbowling.com Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

When the PBA and PBA50 Tours return to Minnesota late this month, it will be one heckuva homecoming for Charlie Tapp. The Minnesota native, now living in Kalamazoo, MI, will compete in the PBA50 World Series of Bowling at AMF Southtown in Bloomington. He and his wife, Marliss, will have just flown back to the midwest from Reno, NV. Marliss is going into the USBC Hall of Fame in the Outstanding USBC Performance category and the induction is on April 29. We also chatted about Born to Bowl and a GREAT picture that you can see here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut3U3C7nROQ&t=439s ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bowling_with_the_fef/ Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! Go to chipmagnetsalsa.com and enter promo code BWTF2026 at checkout to score 25 percent off of a purchase of $30 or more #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Bowl Winkle's: The official bowling center of Bowling With The Fef! 24 synthetic lanes, leagues and tournaments for all skill levels, trivia Mondays, arcade games, food and drink and MORE! bowlwinklesbowling.com Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

Two McDaniels are even better than one. Especially since there is plenty to talk about in bowling these days: a successful high school season, a new PWBA season and Born to Bowl!   Take a listen as Melanie and Ryan McDaniel get us caught up on all of that! ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bowling_with_the_fef/ Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! Go to chipmagnetsalsa.com and enter promo code BWTF2026 at checkout to score 25 percent off of a purchase of $30 or more #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Bowl Winkle's: The official bowling center of Bowling With The Fef! 24 synthetic lanes, leagues and tournaments for all skill levels, trivia Mondays, arcade games, food and drink and MORE! bowlwinklesbowling.com Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

There is nothing quite like a letter of intent signing ceremony, especially when the bowler is talented and the college program is solid. Now take that description and double it! Carter Polenz and Tailen Scheuermann have been high school teamates for years. Now Polenz is headed to Marian University of Fond du Lac, WI and Scheuermann will attend Southern Nazarene University near Oklahoma City.  This recording is from that special night at Bowl Winkle's in Eau Claire, WI, the official bowling center of Bowling With The Fef! ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us LIVE on this YouTube channel! SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bowling_with_the_fef/ Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! Go to chipmagnetsalsa.com and enter promo code BWTF2026 at checkout to score 25 percent off of a purchase of $30 or more #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Bowl Winkle's: The official bowling center of Bowling With The Fef! 24 synthetic lanes, leagues and tournaments for all skill levels, trivia Mondays, arcade games, food and drink and MORE! bowlwinklesbowling.com Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

Bowling both adult and youth events was taboo for years. Now, as long as it's singles and both tournament official and bowler commit to that bowler earning either scholarship money or nothing before the start, it's ok for youth bowlers to compete in adult events. That's the opportunity Jayden Kenney of Muskego, WI has right now. He's also making great content for his social media and focusing on becoming better and better at the sport he loves. ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?   Tell us!   SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1   Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show!   Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco   Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bowling_with_the_fef/ Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social   Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:   Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! Go to chipmagnetsalsa.com and enter promo code BWTF2026 at checkout to score 25 percent off of a purchase of $30 or more #chipmagnet   Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822   Bowl Winkle's: The official bowling center of Bowling With The Fef! 24 synthetic lanes, leagues and tournaments for all skill levels, trivia Mondays, arcade games, food and drink and MORE! bowlwinklesbowling.com   Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

Real Experience Bowling is sort of like an empire now, and it’s only growing.  The shammies, with their recognizable Rex logo, are everywhere. I even know of at least one bowler here in western Wisconsin who uses one! But to truly know the story of Real Experience Bowling is to know the story of Theo Johnson.  He’s a bowler who grew up in an area that some would consider upstate New York, moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan and started making the content that is just one part of a bowling-based experience like no other. ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bowling_with_the_fef/ Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! Go to chipmagnetsalsa.com and enter promo code BWTF2026 at checkout to score 25 percent off of a purchase of $30 or more #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

You've never HEARD the PBA Tour like this. Never seen it quite like this either. How it goes over with the bowling community is something we will have to wait to find out, but it won't be a long wait. The first telecast on The CW with Rick Allen on play-by-play is Sunday, February 22, 2026 at 3 p.m. Wisconsin time. Allen has years of experience in auto racing, and does college sports on The CW. Although he's watched bowling from afar, this will be his first go at it in the booth. Get to know the man with a new voice for televised bowling before he steps up to the Hot Mic. ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bowling_with_the_fef/ Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! Go to chipmagnetsalsa.com and enter promo code BWTF2026 at checkout to score 25 percent off of a purchase of $30 or more #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

A college coach…scratch that…a coach who knows a lot about bowling from a nationally-ranked program says it would not be a surprise if he gets the buy-in he needs for a somewhat new, different format of intercollegiate competition to gain some traction. Mark Jeffreys of Southern Nazarene University isn’t taking all the credit for three-period format he’s about to describe to you. He said it originated from a student-athlete.  What he’s proposing is head-to-head matches between two teams, complete with a scoreboard, a new livestreaming network and the goal of 64 teams qualifying for a bracket that leads to a national championship, like college basketball. CBAA: https://www.thecbaa.com/ He’s got energy, some buzz in his part of the country and some serious gumption about what he believes is the long game in college bowling. Could it be the key to making it better for all involved? ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bowling_with_the_fef/ Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! Go to chipmagnetsalsa.com and enter promo code BWTF2026 at checkout to score 25 percent off of a purchase of $30 or more #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

With a 10-1 record in District 10 competition this season, the Wagners High School co-op team is heading toward the end of the regular season with a full head of steam. https://www.wihsbowlclub.com/SRM8/SRM/Reports8/repBvTeamStats.php?id=10 The boys team that includes students from Memorial, Altoona, and Fall Creek High Schools will have a roster next season that looks quite different than in 2025-26. Three seniors will have graduated, including reigning district champ, Tailen Scheuermann. But the bowlers aren’t the only change in the team coming up this fall. Coaches Tylor Chamberlain and Ian Schoenke and a couple of the aforementioned seniors recently joined me at Wagner’s Lanes in Eau Claire, WI to sort it all out. ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bowling_with_the_fef/ Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! Go to chipmagnetsalsa.com and enter promo code BWTF2026 at checkout to score 25 percent off of a purchase of $30 or more #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

It is just about tournament time in the Eau Claire Area USBC in western Wisconsin. Our annual association tournament starts 12 days after the date of this recording.  The team event is at Bowl Winkle’s on Friday January 23 at 6:30 p.m. or Saturday January 31 at 10 a.m. Singles and Doubles is at Wagner’s Lanes on Saturday January 24 at 10 a.m. or Sunday, Feb 1 at 10 a.m.  Registration forms: adobe.ly/49W21rM Remember to sign up by the deadline: Tuesday January 20th. You must be an association member with at least 21 games in a sanctioned league in the association this season to participate. I call it “our” tournament because I have been a member of the association board of directors for a couple years and also serve as its communication manager. In Year Two, you’ll hear my conversation about this season’s tournament with Board President Barb Hanson and Vice President Randy Schenk. We also brought in Jeff Demorest from Washington state to get acquainted with a score tracking system we will use for the first time. ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bowling_with_the_fef/ Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! Go to chipmagnetsalsa.com and enter promo code BWTF2026 at checkout to score 25 percent off of a purchase of $30 or more #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com StreamYard is the livestreaming tool that powers Bowling With The Fef! Click here to try it: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/6138562060222464

The months ahead are very important for high school seniors in Wisconsin. It’s their last chance to put their best foot forward in the classroom and on the lanes as well. Jack Dysland of Greendale is trying to lead his Greendale Co-op team to a championship while staying in the hunt for an individual title in District One. However, he knows that academics are of the utmost importance this winter and spring.  Now’s the time to Drop The Hammer, and you can bet that whether Dysland is hitting the lanes or hitting the books, he'll be giving it all he's got.  ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bowling_with_the_fef/ Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com StreamYard is the livestreaming tool that powers Bowling With The Fef! Click here to try it: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/6138562060222464

Wartburg bowling coach and PWBA competitor Alexis Runk knows a LOT of bowlers, but she says the one who practices the most of all of them is Jace Goedel of St. Francis, MN. Goedel graduated earlier this year, but worked with Alexis and her husband Brandon to step back just a little. He ended up with a collegiate career that no other bowler in program history can match. Now he's back in Minnesota's Twin Cities, taking aim at amateur events and more.  ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bowling_with_the_fef/ Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

“Tag your favorite podcast in the comments…” the uber powerful JoPo Grips Facebook page told its 13,000 followers in a post last month (https://www.facebook.com/jopogrips/posts/pfbid0DmMtrfcMLY3YGccXenacVkoyqWTz9BUSfi4oEFKMtY9AxLPT8PRg8C3QafSNeCfdl).  “Let them know the JoPo Fam wants to hear us!”  I couldn’t argue with that. After all, I wanted to hear them…Michigan’s Jerry Penxa and Jerry Penxa the second…known to some as Mr. JoPo and JoPo Jr. or JP.  Theirs a remarkable story of an entrepreneur who had a vision and a passion so strong he refused to quit, even after many credible people told him “no.”  Now, even he can’t believe what’s happened since then.  Obviously, I responded to the post, which is where we’ll start this bowling business tale with A Family Twist. JoPo online: jopogrips.com ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bowling_with_the_fef/ Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

November 12 is a day bowlers in Neillsville Wisconsin will likely never forget. It’s when Marc McDowell, the PBA champion who is now in his second season of league bowling at Neillsville’s Strike Time Lanes, brought his Eagle trophy celebration to them. McDowell had fired 795 in Baton Rouge, LA to win the singles event at the 2025 USBC Open Championships by two pins (https://apps.bowl.com/tournaments/usbcopen/National/results.aspx?evt=3&di=1&ty=2025) and become the oldest ever to do it. He was 62 at the time. You’ll hear from Glen Luchterhand and Tim Nichols from the Neillsville USBC first, then Wisconsin USBC president Doug Sleaford before Marc himself speaks to the crowd. After that, reaction from a variety of the aforementioned gentleman along with Marc’s friends and wife Keri about his special night. ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?   Tell us!   SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1   Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show!   Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco   Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bowling_with_the_fef/ Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social   Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:   Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet   Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822   Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

The Agent Ong Open hasn’t left the attention of bowlers everywhere, even though the event just happened in October. It was November 2 when Carl Ong announced (https://www.facebook.com/agentongopen/posts/pfbid02ghhtS3qgTL8b2su3xhYDRGYuTTana8BW6eoLhuG7SggJEW56y7jmZLttxkrKdBFBl) his tournament is moving out of Arizona for the first time on October 15-18 2026, and into South Point in Las Vegas.  The defending champ is Josh Kennedy of Blaine, MN. The first bowler who is NOT from Arizona to win an Agent Ong Open and, as of this recording, the newest Roto Grip staffer because of that big win. Listen to what Kennedy had to say about it in this episode! ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?   Tell us!   SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1   Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show!   Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco   Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bowling_with_the_fef/ Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social   Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:   Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet   Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822   Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

The audio version of a show...about visuals. (sigh) Don't sleep on it! Kevin Hong, who lives near Seattle, tells some GREAT stories to go along with the incredible images he captures in vintage centers all across America and beyond. If you can't help but take a look, check out the video version of this episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B_taGM7WQI Or take a look at Kevin's website and Facebook page: Website: https://www.vintagebowling.net/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BowlingAlleys ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bowling_with_the_fef/ Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

She's got the social media following like a pro and the industry partners like a pro but she insists she's not trying to go pro. Sarah Bowls is just about sharing her passion for the sport and having fun along the way. Sarah Rutherford of Sandusky, OH is Sarah Bowls, and her viewership, much like the name many know her by, sort of came to her. Despite her relatively short journey in content creation, she has tremendous reach on her pages. You can find them all here: https://linktr.ee/sarah.rutherford ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bowling_with_the_fef/ Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

Alec Keplinger is chasing that first PBA Tour title. He finished 29th on the tour in 2025, averaging a touch higher than 216.5 for 325 games.  He also had fourth place finishes in the Mike Aulby Nevada Classic and the Players Championship. When we recorded this episode, the PBA had just announced the television schedule for the ten events with finals airing on the CW network in 2026. Keplinger, of Coldwater, Michigan, gave his thoughts on that, and explained how he ended up bowling in Owatonna, MN this summer. ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bowling_with_the_fef/ Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

During the summer, word started spreading about changes at Bowlero Wauwatosa. They were changes that appeared to have potential impacts on this fall's Junior Hall of Fame Tournament (http://jhoft.weebly.com), which had been held there for many years. Those changes were no match for Tournament Director Shannon Labinski or her spirit. She has been a positive force for junior bowling in the Milwaukee area for decades, and she made sure the event that she built and has grown for 18 years would go on. The 19th year of the Junior Hall of Fame Tournament on November 9 is at a new venue: Sussex Bowl. The format is a little different too, but support from a multitude of sponsors, and from bowlers of almost all skill levels, remains. Registration form: https://jhoft.weebly.com/uploads/1/2/1/6/12163436/2025_jhoft_entry_form.pdf Before Shannon became a champion FOR junior bowling, she was a champion IN junior bowling. She helped to lead a powerhouse UW-Milwaukee womens' team at the dawn of the new millenium, then hit new heights in the adult ranks with two Badger Queens championships. She is also part of a five-woman team that shot a record high game in March 2008! We discuss what makes the Junior Hall of Fame Tournament so popular, what you can expect in this year's event and the bowling story that made Shannon a Hall of Famer! ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bowling_with_the_fef/ Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! on Truth Social: https://truthsocial.com/@BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

What is it like to bowl the Petersen Classic? It ends up a little bit different for each bowler...or a lot different. You never really know until you're experiencing it. After his time inside the "Golden Gates," Steve Brinkman of Sussex, WI eventually stood alone as the 2025 Singles Major Champion. He fired an eight-game score of 1,681, which was 11 pins ahead of the runner-up. Results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Qo7Fk2LL2DGaisg4E2BeU2VuOiaBWXbFDNSFL9hC3KA/edit?gid=1778345489#gid=1778345489 Brinkman, who hit a clutch double in the tenth frame of the final game to seal it up, is no stranger to stepping up when he's needed to in some of bowling's most prestigious events. He has been successful in World Team Challenge events, has taken home two USBC Open Championship Eagles and is among the best to come out of the Milwaukee area. With his Petersen win, he joins greats like Ned Day, Buddy Bomar, Liz Johnson and Kevin McCune to take the top prize. Let's learn about Brinkman's unique experience that led to his win and his incredible bowling story! ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bowling_with_the_fef/ Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com StreamYard is the livestreaming tool that powers Bowling With The Fef! Click here to try it: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/6138562060222464

There are some interesting parallels for the content creator and livestreamer behind ZVL Bowling when you look at his success on social media and on the lanes. Zak Lutemer got a relatively late start in both, trying out some other sports before settling into bowling, and another niche before focusing his content on bowling. He’s more than made up for lost time in both. He even accurately predicted that SPI would announce the release of a new bowling ball the day after this was recorded. Zak later told me that he was aware of a ball demo that had that ball out a little early, but it was still pretty cool that he was right on with it. Roto Grip announced the upcoming release of the RST Hyperdrive Pearl the very next day. But the headline is the five-figure subscriber and follower totals Zak has on his 15-month old YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@ZVLBowling) and his three-year-old TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@zvlbowling). Here is how he got there. ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bowling_with_the_fef/ Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! on Truth Social: https://truthsocial.com/@BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

Confidence in bowling is kind of a funny thing.  It can be easy to tell exactly who has too much of it or even not enough, but not with every bowler out there. If you follow college bowling, you may already know about Viterbo University’s Emily Newbauer. She appeared in the Intercollegiate Singles Championship in her freshman year and put up incredible numbers at the biggest events in her sophomore year. Her scores don’t tell the entire story. Emily’s mindset now is decidedly different than it was before she started at Viterbo.  She describes the hard work and the great relationships she’s fostered along the way, along with some pickleball-inspired ribbing in Under Stadium Lights. ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! on Truth Social: https://truthsocial.com/@BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

After decades in Madison, Marc McDowell has found a new home in Black River Falls, WI and a new bowling home at Strike Time Lanes. McDowell won five times on the PBA Tour, including the 1992 Firestone Tournament of Champions. Yet, when he first went to Strike Time with his father, the others in the Neillsville, WI center did not recognize him.  The anonymity didn't last long. Several seasons later, and just shy of his 63rd birthday, McDowell made history at the 2025 USBC Open Championships with a 299-196-300 (795) series in singles. Twelve weeks of waiting paid off. Days before this episode, USBC let him know that his series, just two pins better than the previous leader, held up.  Now, it's a celebration as McDowell earned his third eagle in a way that is the talk among the local bowlers and beyond! ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com StreamYard is the livestreaming tool that powers Bowling With The Fef. Click here to try it: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/6138562060222464

Chetek Lanes in Chetek, WI has a tournament that draws nearly 3,000 entries every bowling season, and this season, those bowlers will compete on USBC certified string pinsetters for the first time. Chetek Lanes Proprietor John Law recently ditched his free-fall AMF pinspotters in favor of AMF Qubica Edge String Pinspotters for his six-lane center.  He discussed the conversion, the ways that it has changed his operations and will change the 9-pin Tap Plus tournament in the new bowling season, and the journey he’s had in bowling in World on a String/Strings in Your World. Chetek Lanes: cheteklanes.com   ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com StreamYard is the livestreaming tool that powers Bowling With The Fef. Click here to try it: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/6138562060222464

When Scott Olson came up to me at the Midwest Senior Classic event in April and told me I NEED to have Gene Arentz on the show, I’ll admit, I didn’t really know what to expect.  What I found in "Geno" was one of the all-time greats from La Crosse, Wisconsin’s USBC association.  As you’ll hear, along with his hall of fame bowling resume, recognized as such three years ago, he is a hunter, a softball player, he is full of positivity and has probably sold more cars than anyone else you know! ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

An off the sheet challenge from Joey Dayer led to this episode with New York’s Frank Goebel. He had just driven across a good chunk of the country, and had arrived in Nebraska for the Great Plains Paralyzed Veterans of America (https://pva.org/) National tournament. He and his twin brother Rich ended up winning a doubles championship and taking fourth place in the team event. But as we discussed in the episode Tournament Eve, sometimes the brothers find themselves in competition against each other in wheelchair bowling. American Wheelchair Bowling Association: https://awba.org/   Upcoming tournaments (both AWBA and non-AWBA): AWBA Colorado Regional, August 15-17, Bowlero Wheat Ridge, CO AWBA/Mid Atlantic Paralyzed Veterans of America Invitational, September 19-21, Bowl America Short Pump, VA Wheelchair Bowlers of America, New England Invitational, October 16-19 (dates estimated), East Providence Bowl, MA Nevada Paralyzed Veterans of America, L E Curtis nvitational, December 4-7, Strike Zone/Sunset Station, Henderson NV ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?   Tell us!   SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1   Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show!   Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco   Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social   Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:   Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet   Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822   Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

This past weekend, Ryan McDaniel and his wife, PWBA Touring pro Melanie McDaniel took to the lanes at Bowlero Mount Prospect near Chicago for the PBA LBC National Championship. They were part of a team that must have been an absolute blast to bowl on. Ryan may be even more notorious for his grilling than he is for his bowling, but he is now a coach as well as a player on the lanes. Much like in the episode with Melanie in February, the two had plenty of back-and-forth this time around. What will really happen once Melanie becomes a PWBA Tour champion for the first time? Ryan certainly has thoughts on that and more in Bowling and BBQ. ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?   Tell us!   SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1   Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show!   Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco   Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social   Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:   Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet   Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822   Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com  

Nearly everyone who becomes immersed in competitive or even social bowling for a long time ends up hearing about the “Varipapa 300.” It was even mentioned on the telecast of the 2025 PBA Tour Finals. A strike string at the end of one game and another at the beginning of the following game that add up to twelve total strikes: thats a "Varipapa 300." Dig deeper into the eponym, and you may discover Glenn Gerstner’s biography “Andy Varipapa: Bowling’s First Superstar.” You can find it at McFarlandbooks.com. The first-ever biography on Varipapa involved plenty of digging for Gerstner, and brought to light information that Varipapa’s own family was not previously aware of. Gerstner discusses the “Great Varipapa,” and the process of creating the biography in “One of One.” Check out video of Andy Varipapa on Gerstner's YouTube channel: youtube.com/@AndyVaripapaBook   (Thank you to Gerstner and McFarland (McFarlandBooks.com) for providing a copy of "Andy Varipapa: Bowling’s First Superstar” ahead of this podcast) ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

The Madison Area Scratch Tour (madisonareascratchtour.com) brings in bowlers from all over Wisconsin for its events.  And those who have competed for titles in the past few decades have likely run into Jeff Richgels, the tour’s career championship leader. But it may not be that way going forward, as Richgels mentioned when i stopped at the year end event in April.  Jeff owns and runs 11thframe.com, which is a fantastic resource for news and information on our sport. Check it out and support Jeff’s work. #buytheblog Having him on the show was also a great opportunity to discuss some of bowling’s interesting happenings, like string pinsetters in more areas of Wisconsin, what a TV schedule for the PBA could look like in 2026 and beyond and an incredible series at the USBC Open Championships for one of Jeff’s longtime teammates. ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

When Jason Belmonte shoes up for the 2025 PBA Tour Finals this weekend, he’ll do so as the number three seed. It’s the last national tour event he plans to bowl this season. Recently, I had the opportunity to speak with Belmo while he was at home in Australia.  He discussed a noticeable change in his demeanor on television over the years, winning a title with Bill O’Neill and witnessing his PBA Hall of Fame induction, and the controversy at the Players Championship that spilled over onto social media.  ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?   Tell us!   SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1   Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show!   Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco   Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social   Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:   Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet   Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822   Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

The 2025 PWBA Tour is off and running with three events in the rearview mirror and a crop of young stars emerging before our eyes. A Wisconsin native is among those rising stars, and she's received a boost from Bowl Forward to help her along the way! Kelly Whipple of Sheboygan was recently named Bowl Forward's Future Stars Award winner to the tune of $1,500, the richest prize of the three awarded in late April. Whipple has plenty of other supporters along for the ride, too. One of them, that isn't typically linked to bowling, remains the talk among her friends and social media followers. Kwik Trip Links: Brand Ambassador Inquiry: https://www.kwiktrip.com/brand-ambass... NIL: https://kwiktrip.com/NIL ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwith... Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththef... Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here:   / 855152748614347   Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.so... Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

In a part of New York that's a lot closer to Canada than it is to Manhattan, a teenage bowler often turns heads. The thing is, it's not just for what he does on the lanes, but back behind the masking units as well! Joey Dayer, the fedora-wearing, Buffalo area YouTuber who has grown a huge following on his youtube.com/@Joethepro181  channel, doesn't just fix out-of-range calls and continuous cycles. He has disassembled and reassembled all 12 machines at the center where he started bowling, now known as Cloverbank Bowling. When previous guest Yvonne Bennett took to Facebook and posted about a 97-year-old center that had not had working pinspotters in years, Joe The Pro was on the case. A few months later, bowlers were celebrating a big revival on the lanes, which are housed in a church. Dayer is who Bennett credits with making it possible. ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?   Tell us!   SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1   Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show!   Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco   Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social   Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:   Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet   Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822   Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

After working in some of the highest profile positions in the bowling industry and having one of the most successful college careers as a bowler…ever, Roger Dalkin has taken his rightful places in the sport.   First, in the USBC hall of fame, and last month in the USBC Collegiate Hall of Fame.   You’ll hear me discuss a giveaway in this episode, which was only available to live viewers and won by fellow USBC Hall of Famer, Steve Kloempken.   But I like to think the content makes winners of us all, hey?   In Dalkin’s acceptance speech, he ended by giving advice on public speaking, saying "You stand up to be seen. You speak clearly to be understood, but most importantly, you sit down to be appreciated."   And that’s where the title of this episode, with its excellent conversation, comes from. ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?   Tell us!   SUBSCRIBE (on Youtu: https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1   Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show!   Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco   Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social   Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:   Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet   Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822   Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

Just before starting this interview at Wagner's Lanes in Eau Claire, WI, Payton Schwetz announced on his Instagram page that he has committed to UW-Whitewater. The Eau Claire native and North High School senior goes on to thank his family, friends and others who have helped to get him this far in bowling. Several of them were at Wagner's during the interview and put in their two cents about this big step in Payton's journey! ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

The latest of more than 2,200 videos to be uploaded to the Irishpogi YouTube channel was originally recorded in January 1982. Despite not including the end of the championship match, it has a lot of traction, like many others on the channel.  At the time of this recording, it had north of 900 views.  That’s the kind of thing that keeps John McLaughlin of Staten Island, New York posting classic PBA Tour telecasts to his channel consistently. He’s been called the King of Old PBA Tour shows, and he starts by discussing what led to his five-figure subscriber count in The Video Vault. Irishpogi on YouTube: youtube.com/@irishpogi ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

As he said before starting up the show and proved in the middle of it, John Knight of New Hartford, New York does not have much to say about his own bowling. His USBC member stats show a high average of 192. They don’t show a record of him bowling in a sanctioned league in several years . But you don’t have to throw 'em really well to drill 'em really well. Ten years ago, Knight founded John Knight’s Bowlers' Shoppe inside King Pin Lanes in Rome, NY. He has added a second location at Perry lanes in Johnstown since then. Last year, he found out that he would be honored with the Friends of IBPSIA award at International Bowl Expo 2024 in Colorado.  IBPSIA is an organization that I partner with to produce hot topics, a series of short interviews with industry leaders for the organizations YouTube channel. The award is where we start Knight's bowling story! ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us here! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

Seriously, what would the Wisconsin Vintage Alleys Tour be without Yvonne Bennett?   Fortunately, nobody has to find out just yet. The retired Executive Director of the Bowling Centers Association of Wisconsin who created the tour will be leading it. BCAW has taken her on in a consultant role for the event, as well as another vintage alleys tour in Wisconsin later in 2025.   WI Vintage Alleys Tour: https://www.bowlwi.com/bcaw-events/wi...   Bennett, who lives in Milwaukee, held the Executive Director post at BCAW for eight years. Before that, she built a lasting reputation of great bowling in the Nation's Captial Area Bowling Association, which encompasses the Washington DC metro area. The association inducted her into its Hall of Fame six years ago.   She also worked for the Young American Bowling Alliance and held several other jobs outside of the bowling industry. She received a BCAW Award of Excellence in 2022 for her work increasing membership and starting up the Wisconsin Vintage Alleys Tour, of course!    In this episode, we discuss the centers featured in the April tour and looking back at Bennett's career in bowling.   ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?   Tell us!   SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1   Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show!   Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco   Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social   Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:   Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet   Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822   Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

After the PWBA made some changes that impacted the players earlier this year, BowlForward made some changes too. BowlForward is an organization led by Chris Pulliam of Las Vegas. It will award cash to certain PWBA athletes that apply, meet certain criteria and are selected by a volunteer committee.  Chris recently joined the livestream to explain how BowlForward will look moving forward. BowlForward online: bowlforward.org ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

It won't be a long road trip to Intercollegiate Sectionals for this coach and her relatively new women's program next month. Melanie McDaniel of Joliet, IL and her Governors State University Jaguars learned they are headed to Addison, IL on Feb. 19, as their watch party was featured on the USBC's 2025 Sectionals Assignment Show. The school's bowling program is finishing up its first full season of competition. When she's not coaching, McDaniel is an incredible competitor.  She has persevered despite multiple injuries that kept her off the lanes for months and even years during separate stretches in her career. McDaniel reached the finals of the 2023 PWBA BowlTV Classic and finished 3rd, as well finishing 4th in the 2024 PWBA Pepsi Open. Growing up in a family full of bowlers, it stands to reason that the sport is such a big part of McDaniel's life. We'll learn more about McDaniel's bowling story and how she's prepping her ladies for the college postseason! ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?   Tell us!   SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1   Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show!   Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco   Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social   Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:   Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet   Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822   Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

The last time we caught up with Patrick Martinez, we were literally talking about South Point hot dogs. Back then, and I say that in air quotes because it wasn’t even a year ago, Patrick may have been best known for his Patty Cam on BowlTV. At the beginning of 2025 he announced that he was starting a video production company. The Cloud Media Productions Inc. took a lot of time and a lot of thought to get off the ground, pardon the pun. Now that he is off the ground with it we decided to have a conversation and call it Cloud Level. ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?   Tell us!   SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1   Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show!   Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco   Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social   Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:   Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet   Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822   Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com   StreamYard is the livestreaming tool that powers Bowling With The Fef. Click here to try it: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/6138562060222464

The 2025 PBA Tour has lots of talented stars and players looking to make their mark for the first time. What it doesn't have is Joe Grondin. The San Pedro, CA native who is now living near Lansing, MI announced at the end of last year that he was trading tour life for the working world...and mentioned some great personal things that have him excited for A New Path Forward! You may remember Grondin from his televised finals appearance at the 2023 PBA Cheetah Championship in Wauwatosa. He defeated AJ Johnson, but lost to eventual champion EJ Tackett in the semifinal match. The Wichita State grad did not have the success in 2024 he had hoped for, and missed the cut at the PBA Tour Trials in August. So, what part does bowling play in Grondin's future? Listen to find out! ---------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about? Tell us!   SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1   Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show!   Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/   Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347   Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social   Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:   Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet   Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com (715) 559-1822   Visionary Video Hub: Video with Impact  visionaryvideohub.com

At the time this is distributed to your favorite podcast platform, Eau Claire area USBC adult members have a little more than a week to register for their association tournament. And they should! There are incentives upon incentives to bowl this tournament in Eau Claire, WI, and you don’t have to bowl like a champion to walk away a winner.  Go to bit.ly/2025ecusbc (all lower case letters...it is case-sensitive) to find a registration form and all the rules.  As you listen to this episode, keep in mind, I am a volunteer member of the association.  In it, Association President Barb Hanson and Vice President Randy Schenk discuss all the new stuff coming up at this year’s tournament! NOTES:  -Tournament participants MUST be members of the Eau Claire Area USBC and are required to sign up in advance. Walk-in entries will not be accepted. -Andrew Fefer serves as a volunteer member of the Eau Claire Area USBC Board of Directors, and has since May 2024. -Your all-events score is the seven-game total. Scores in games two and three of the Doubles/Singles event do not count twice.  ---------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about? Tell us!   SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1   Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show!   Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/   Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347   Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social   Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:   Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #salsatakeover   Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com (715) 559-1822   Visionary Video Hub: Video with Impact  visionaryvideohub.com

Sometimes things just come into our lives for whatever reason and have a big, honkin' impact.   For Brian Hirsch of Salem, WI that was bowling.   Nowadays, he’s passing on all his knowledge to his son, who is a regular at youth tournaments across Wisconsin.    It’s Masen and me…the bowling story of Brian Hirsch. ---------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about? Tell us!   SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1   Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show!   Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/   Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347   Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social   Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:   Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #salsatakeover   Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com (715) 559-1822   Visionary Video Hub: Video with Impact  visionaryvideohub.com

It goes without saying that EJ Tackett is leading Team MOTIV at the upcoming PBA Elite League: Battle of the Brands.   In a social media prank that was well executed, MOTIV guys Ronnie Russell and Brett Spangler claimed that Ronnie’s brother in law would be replacing EJ on the team.   EJ took that joke like a champ, and a discussion about the real Team MOTIV is where we started the episode Top of the Mountain. ------------------ ---------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about? Tell us!   SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1   Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show!   Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/   Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347   Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef   Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:   Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #salsatakeover   Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com (715) 559-1822   Visionary Video Hub: Video with Impact  visionaryvideohub.com

I’m a big fan of finding and trying new social media platforms.  When I first heard about Bluesky several weeks ago, I didn’t see it as a substitute for any other platform or away to signal my political leaning. The former would probably fly in the face of what I’m trying to do with the marketing of Bowling With The Fef!, and the latter is something that almost always has nothing to do with Bowling With The Fef!  At that point there weren’t many bowling related accounts on Bluesky, but after about a day, I was glad to see an inbox message from Simon Kimber, the creator of the Tenpin Toolkit (tenpintoolkit.com) app. That led to this episode of the show that we called Bowling’s Swiss Army Knife. ---------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about? Tell us!   SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1   Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show!   Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/   Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347   Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef   Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:   Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #salsatakeover   Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com (715) 559-1822

Did Nate Purches just have his best week EVER? Maybe for now...but, if his current trajectory in bowling continues into 2025 and beyond, he will probably top it soon! Purches, of Fond du Lac, WI, combined a runner-up finish at the PBA Regional Players Invitational in Reno, NV on Sunday (Dec. 15, 2024) with receiving the 2024 Harry Golden PBA Rookie of the Year award a few days prior. And Purches is also exempt for the 2025 PBA Tour season because of his fourth-place finish at the PBA Tour Trials in August. What does this guy do for an encore? We'll have to wait to find that out, but the newly-crowned ROY shares his thoughts on a memorable 2024 in Ep. 188! ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about? Tell us!   SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1   Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show!   Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/   Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347   Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef   Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:   Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #salsatakeover   Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com (715) 559-1822

Nate Purches of Fond du Lac, WI had a rookie season on the PBA Tour in 2024 that was outstanding.  Before all that, he was a talented junior bowler who got a taste of the bright lights of TV during the PBA Junior Finals in March 2021. At the time, he was 17-years-old and a few months away from starting college at UW-Whitewater. He discussed that on the show along with Shawn Wochner in this flashback episode: Shimmy Shimmy Ya. ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?   Tell us!   SUBSCRIBE to the YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1   Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show!   Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347   Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef   Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:   Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #salsatakeover   Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822

For the first time in several years, UW-Eau Claire's club bowling program has both mens and womens teams. Our guest is the coach who guides them all toward success! In October, the club announced that Alex Bandli would be at the helm of both teams. The Blugolds have had some great teams dating back to the early and mid 1990s and are working toward creating more magic in the 2024-25 season. Bandli is originally from the Madison area and, when he's not with the Blugolds, competing on the lanes, or at his day job, he's often launching a drone and capturing spectacular views as an aerial videographer and photographer (flightfirstphoto.com).  This is where we get to know Coach Bandli and his bowling story! ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about? Tell us!   SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1   Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show!   Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/   Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347   Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef   Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:   Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #salsatakeover   Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com (715) 559-1822

In July of this year, a new Executive Director came on board to lead one of the most well-known charitable organizations in the bowling community. Jessica Abel of Broadalbin, NY started in the role at Bowlers to Veterans Link (https://bvl.org/) after two years of work at the International Bowling Campus and a successful run as a competitor at Wichita State University that included a national championship. "She taught me how to turn my computer on, she'll tell you that!" Luis Benavides said while challenging Abel to appear on the show in Ep. 180. Abel accepted that challenge soon after, and we will get into her role at BVL along with her bowling story! ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about? Tell us!   SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1   Email [email protected] and YOU could be on the show!   Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/   Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347   Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef   Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:   Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #salsatakeover   Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822