Well, it finally happened. It took her, well, nearly half a decade, but she did it. 
Kim finally broke the 200 barrier in bowling. The last of the original bowling crue to accomplish the feat, she did it in style, on the first game of the night. She started with a 7-spare, but followed that up with five straight strikes–her first 5 bagger. On our last bowling outing, she managed her first 4-bagger, but then proceeded to tank after a tough split.
This time was different however. Even after missing a tough split in the 7th frame, she regrouped and followed with her 6th strike of the night. Even better, she rose to the challenge and picked up a split in the 9th frame. She needed just a few pins on the first roll in the tenth to break 200. She striked again, and nearly again, finishing out the extra rolls with a 9-spare.
Looking up at the scoring monitor, her eyes lit up. A 226. Not only had she broken 200, but she shattered it. And topped her previous high score by 30 points.
I’m very proud of her, and glad to see that she finally got the 200 monkey off her back. Congrats, Kim!
Or, should I say, congrats Kim “226″ Parlee.
And yes, Kim beat me that first game…by 70 points.
[...] With Kim suffering from a third day of being sick, I decided to take a couple hours and hit the lanes with an old bowling pal. I had a pretty decent afternoon, scoring a 217, 216, and 212, for a quite respectable 215 average. It’s one of the highest 600 series I’ve ever had. I wonder if it was having two days off this weekend off (a rarity in the last year or so), or if it might have been my own rebuttal to Kim’s record-breaking last week. I’m not sure, but it certainly made for an enjoyable afternoon. Too bad Kim was stuck at home. [...]