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    Stacey

    Gender: Female
    Location: Indiana
    Quote: To be the best, you have to BEAT the best!
    Orientation: Straight
    Children: Proud Parent
    # of Kids: 1
    Body Type: Average
    Height: 5'3"
    Religion: Christian - other
    Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
    About Me: A little about me.... I am an avid bowler and a girls' high school coach. I am also a HUGE PBA fan, going as often as I can to nearby events. I have been bowling leagues since I was 7 years old. I have been on a state championship team both as a youth and in the women's state tournament. I am a Bronze level certified coach. I also have had a crush on Randy Pedersen since I was 12 and I now have an autographed picture of his "backside".
    Music: I like alot of stuff...classic rock, 80's hard rock, The Cure, The Killers! no country, no rap!
    Movies: Happy Gilmore is the best!!!! anything w Adam Sandler, Will Ferrell, Ben Stiller.
    TV: Sundays are for Bowling!, Law & Order SVU, Psych, My Name is Earl, House, 2 1/2 Men
    Likes: upbeat attitudes, sunny breezy days, the smell of rain, shopping, Kaizen by Diandra, a really good laugh w great friends
    Dislikes: negativity
    Hobbies: when I'm not bowling or coaching, I'm usually watching my son play soccer or run cross country.
    Vices: PBA and Jim :)

    Queen for a day?

    Thursday, May 8, 2008, 09:02 AM [General]

     

    Last night was my first trip to the Ft. Wayne Women's Open.  All I wanted to do was make the cut and come back to bowl again tonight.  I have been struggling so badly this year that I really just wanted to stay clean and make the cut.  No crazy scores, just stay alive.  You bowl 4 games of qualifying and then they cut to the top 16 to come back and bowl the finals tonight.  I open up with a whopping 167 game, nothing to write home about....20 pins under average.  I knew most of it was nerves and I needed to focus.  I was able to regroup and bowl well enough to make the cut.  I'm being teased now by friends that I just waited to hear my name called and was so giddy that I don't even have a clue what place I qualified!  So, for now, I will wait and see what tonight brings......

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    Are you NVS? I am.

    Wednesday, August 15, 2007, 08:30 AM [General]

    Well, summer is over and I couldn't be happier! Back to school also means back to bowling and I embrace that with open arms. Yes, I have been bowling since leagues let out. I've been to Reno and Charlotte, I even took 4 kids to Buffalo NY for the inaugural USBC Youth Open (that should've been a separate blog!) and bowled in a youth/adult PBA Experience league. So, it's not like I hung up my shoes back in April and am starting off cold. But in a way, I am. I developed some bad habits over the summer, I believe it started in Reno at men's nationals. The lanes were so oily that I started doing things I thought were helping. Not so. Never broke 200 once, same goes for Charlotte, by then my confidence had suffered and I just felt confused. I struggled with about a 165 PBA Experience average and suffered some physical pain as well. It is true, the lanes are more challenging and I got knocked down to reality. Fast forward to Buffalo.....as many know, Thruway Lanes is where they held the youth open and it's also Liz Johnson's home center. So, I decided to take my equipment and my crappy game and seek some help. Upon arrival, there she was, along with Susan Jeziorski whom I learned is an absolute whiz behind the drill press. Sure enough, my thumb was drilled with an extreme reverse pitch and angled to the right, they were surprised I could even get out my ball, with or without pain. Anyway, they were able to fix it with a slug and I was in awe talking to 2 such superb women bowlers, that's the level I would love to be. Anyway, I have now thrown my ball with new life and meaning. Last Tuesday during practice I shot a 670, all games 200+. Felt very good, last night was our first night of league and I shot 629, again all games 200+. I ordered the brand new Ebonite NVS (hope to be the first one on the block to have one!). I hope that it doesn't take me as long to get my 2nd 700 as it took to get my first. My goal for the year is to have a 190 average, my coach says 195, 200 would be nice. We'll see what happens....I still have another couple weeks before my other league starts and high school season is right around the corner, go Lady Vikes!!!

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    No I'm just a weekend warrior, having fun. I'm not good enough to make a living bowling.

    Sixpack

    sixpack
    May 29, 2008
    01:26 PM CST

    Stacey,

    Please read my blogs, I'm bowling the Joilet, regional this weekend. Are you seeing any of the trials?

    Sixpack

    sixpack
    May 28, 2008
    08:45 PM CST

    Life is beautiful
    . . . . . . . . . .

    Cindy
    April 09, 2008
    10:25 AM CST

    Hi Stacey, How did your high school team do this past year? We did awful! My husband and I coached the boys team because it was my sons senior year and I didn't want to miss a thing by coaching the girls again. We had 2 boys that were ineligible due to failing grades in 3 or more classes! OUCH! It hurt to have a 218 and a 220 plus average bowler sit out the year because they chose not to do their homework.. We finished first in conference and sectionals last year and dead last this year..Talk about depression! I hope you and your family are well. Take care and bowl good
    Kari

    Kari
    April 07, 2008
    12:23 AM CST