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Local bowling: Weight off his shoulders
If you took a casual glance at Kevin Mikalouski’s game, specifically in the two leagues he participated in this season, you might not see any noticeable changes since he carries a 231 average, which is similar to most high-level bowlers in the region. But, in …
Bridge Calumet Bridge Club results from May 14 North-South Ruth Westberg & Mike Devine 1.50 Jim O’Connell & Bob Ferguson 1.05 Dave Bigler & Lou Nimnicht 0.88 Sue Mahn & Bill Kilbride 0.62 Gale Osgerby & Lynne Kostopoulos 0.48 Trudy Mckamey & Pat Mikuta 0.44 …
Local recreation results
Bridge Calumet Bridge Clubresults from May 14 North-South Ruth Westberg & Mike Devine 1.50 Jim O’Connell & Bob Ferguson 1.05 Dave Bigler & Lou Nimnicht 0.88 Sue Mahn & Bill Kilbride 0.62 Gale Osgerby & Lynne Kostopoulos 0.48 Trudy Mckamey & Pat Mikuta 0.44 Martha …
P-T Bowling Tournament qualifier lists
Women’s Tournament will be at noon on Saturday, May 26 at Stardust II in Hobart Men’s Tournament will be at noon on Sunday, May 27 at Stardust II If your name should be here, e-mail Steve T. Gorches at sgorches@post-trib.com or call him at 648-3141 …
Time to traverse the Beaten Path
This year the Post-Tribune women’s and men’s awards tournaments will use the same oil pattern — the Kegel Challenge Series Beaten Path. It’s a 41-foot pattern that usually plays where the most worn or highest friction part of the lane surface is. Excelling in reading …
Mann grad Diane Martinson part of Red Heads team entering Hall
GARY — The All-American Red Heads, a women’s basketball team, won more than 80 percent of its games against male competition during its 60-year run. But there was that one men’s team the Red Heads went against, and had no answer for, a few years …
Local bowling league scores
Olympia Lanes Monday Trios: (M) John Haney 740; Daniel Armstrong Jr. 709; (W) Natalie Kobli 654; Sandy Postma 573 Monday Silver & Gold: (M) Vardman Hamilton 597; Joe Ballard 559; (W) Betty Seth 504; Bobbie Horton 502 Tuesday Hav-a-Ball: (M) Andrew Saenz 706; Gus Contreras 700; (W) Jetaun Gardner 579; Carol Redman 552 Wednesday Pee-wees: (B) Austin …
Ball State swimmer Bridgette Ruehl chasing Olympic dream
Bridgette Ruehl is making her dreams come true. The Ball State sophomore swimmer and former Lowell High School standout is on the final leg of an unlikely voyage that will take her to this summer’s Olympic trials. Preparing for possible inclusion on the U.S. Olympic …
Hemric edges Hoffman in physical finish at Illiana Speedway
SCHERERVILLE — Daniel Hemric and Eddie Hoffman haven’t had any kind of a rivalry on the JEGS CRA All-Stars tour. But they might now. In what can only be termed a body-battering battle to the finish Saturday night in the Lisa Thomas Salon 100 at …
Fantasy NASCAR: Two contests for the price of one next week
Oh well, can’t get them all right. I wanted to pick Jimmie Johnson, but couldn’t pull the trigger despite the fact that the five-time champ has been better since some early struggles.
And you knew that 200th owner win for Rick Hendrick was bound the happen …
Outdoors: Panfish plentiful across the region
It’s May, so there was comfortable familiarity when Doris Salada began talking about customers catching bluegill and redear with small leeches, crickets, wigglers, red worms and leaf worms. The proprietor of Country Bait in Valparaiso was talking about Rogers-Lakewood Park and Long Lake. But it …
DJ Weltmeyer looking to make his mark at Illiana Speedway
This isn’t D.J. Weltmeyer’s first rodeo. And he’s hoping to show that Saturday night when he enters his car at Illiana Motor Speedway in Schererville to compete in the Lisa Thomas Salon 100 presented by JEGS.COM. Weltmeyer, 19, blew his clutch in qualifying last year, …
Portage offering sand volleyball
Portage Parks and Recreation will serve up three adult co-ed sand volleyball offerings that require registration by Friday. Teams play two three-game matches per evening and will be assigned matches to score. The season consists of an 18-match schedule, followed by a tourney. All games …
Local recreation results
Bridge Calumet Bridge Clubresults from May 7 North-South Helen Miller & Barbara Walczak 2.19 Bob Kellstrom & Howard Schmid 1.23 Dave Bigler & Dolores Gerdes 1.16 Alan & Arlyne Filler 0.86 Hilda Connor & Pat Mikuta 0.65 Helen Thiros & Mary Pappas 0.48 Ruth Westberg …
RailCats looking to bounce back after missing playoffs
GARY — “Opportunity” might be the operative word for the RailCats as they begin the 2012 season on Thursday night in St. Paul. To fully move past last season’s failure to make the playoffs. To change roles to jump-start a career. To rebound from injury. The …
Last time for P-T youth bowling regulars
DYER — At Saturday’s 10th annual Post-Tribune youth tournaments, boys champion Matt Staninger wasn’t the only bowler competing in his last P-T event. Also bowing his final tourney in the boys division was Jimmy Kraushaar, currently a sophomore at Marian University. In the girls division, two-time …
