Brown bowls big scores in style

Bryan Brown may be only 16 years old, but he has apparently “perfected” the two-handed bowling style.

At least he had it down pat on Oct. 16 at North Bowl.

Brown, a student at Lewis and Clark High School, rolled a 300 game to cap a 669 three-game series in league play.

Unlike the two-handed style used by many youngsters learning to bowl, who cradle the ball in their hands and swing it between their legs before releasing it, the two-handed style Brown uses takes the ball past the hip with both hands before it is released.

“This new style is really becoming popular” on the PBA tour, noted David Montecucco, a pretty good bowler in his own right and a student teacher at LC.

“Bryan does not throw the ball in the traditional one-handed style, instead (he) uses both hands to propel the ball down the lane,” Montecucco wrote in reporting Brown’s accomplishment.

Brown started the day with a 220, in which he strung six strikes to get going and finished that game with eight, and followed with a 149 in which he had five strikes. He finished with 25 strikes in 30 frames.

College scene

Kelli Tikker, a Lewis-Clark State junior from Lakeside of Nine Mile Falls, was the Frontier Conference volleyball player of the week last week. The 5-foot-9 outside hitter had 24 kills, 16 digs and four service aces as the ninth-ranked Warriors beat two top 25 schools, Carroll and Rocky Mountain. Against Rocky, she was second on the team with 11 digs and 20 service receptions.

• Erick Henderson, a New Mexico State junior from Mead, finished second in the Professional Golf Management National Tournament last weekend in St. Lucia, Fla., to lead his team to a third-place finish. Henderson shot 71-71 for a 142 in the field of the top 100 PGM players from 20 colleges and universities.

High school scene

Ferris, Medical Lake and St. Michael’s are among six area school that won fall team academic state championships, the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association announced.

Ferris won its title in 4A football with a 3.435 team grade-point average. Medical Lake was a state champion in 2A volleyball with a 3.79 team GPA. St. Michael’s won in 1B girls cross country with a 3.74 team GPA.

Other area schools that won academic titles: Othello, 2A football, 3.27; Colton, 1B football, 3.461; and Clarkston, 2A girls cross country, 3.97, the highest GPA among all the fall academic state champions.

Hockey

The Spokane Women’s Hockey Stars took first place in the Hoctoberfest 2010 tournament put on last weekend at Eagles Ice-A-Rena.

Nelson, British Columbia, lost 3-1 to Spokane in the championship game to finish second in the eight-team tournament that included teams from California, Oregon and Washington besides Spokane and British Columbia.