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.

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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!

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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

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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:

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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.

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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!

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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!

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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.

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