Last week’s Bowlers of the Week were DeWayne Harris and Stacy Gridley. Harris fired an 840 series in the Saturday Night Moonlighters League, while Gridley threw a 648 series in the Susquehanna Health League. Harris’ big series included a 300 game, which topped the 299 Brandon Whitley rolled in the Susquehanna Health League.

Alicia Edkin’s 257 in the Inter-community League, was the best female game of the week.

Following are the available highest scores in each local league last week:

FAXON: Sunday Night Mixed: David Ardley 741/269, Darlene Litzelman 475/191; Faxon Sport: Brian Titus 722/279; Faxon Classic: Gay Harris 581, Jeff Kita 704, Kylee Snyder 215, Mike Frost 288; Susquehanna Health: 9/28: Pat Eckman 708, Stacy Gridley 238; Thursday Morning Mixed: 9/29: Pat Eckman 626, Brenda Brownawell 523/200, Matt Horn 239; Mitey 8: 9/29: Trevor Stugart 686/248, Kelly Floreno 595/269; Diane Fox Memorial: 9/29: Beau Vincenzes 679, Josh Rogers 245; Noxaf: 9/30: Karin Colucci 425/159, David Dunlap 615, Fred Kreitz 253; Retirees: 9/30: Tom Gower 677/247, Shirley Harris 543/223; Youth: 10/1: Caine Matthews 579/232, Karima Beckett 513/192.

HARVEST MOON: Monday Night Classic: Jamie Bailey 782, Matt DeSanto 290; Inter-Community: Gary Smith 760, Steve Eyer 279, Charles Carnes 279; Three-Man Major: Wilbur Betts III 734, Luke Hedgcock 278, Jon Albright 278; Youth: Ashlyn Robinson 590/203, Isaac Toner 632/258; Saturday Night Moonlighters: 10/1: Steve Prince 746/276, Lisa Reed 535/233; 10/8: Jessica Rhodes 516/203.

ABC: Sunday Night Social: Courtney Solomon 500, Justin Edkin 716, Brianna Walters 203, John Barton 255.

Did you know?

Our local area has been blessed with 14 bowlers who have held national records over the years. The earliest one was junior bowler Ricky Strothers, who set a new American Junior Bowling Congress series record when he bowled a 744 on Nov. 16, 1957 at the local YMCA Lanes.

Of course, there are national records that most bowlers would probably not like to have. The USBC record for the lowest score in a game with 11 strikes is 240 set in 1980 by a New York bowler who got zero pins in the fourth frame, due to an unspecified combination of fouls and/or gutter balls. Perhaps unfortunately for this record setter, this is a record that can never be broken but only tied, and that’s exactly what happened in 2003 in Reading, Pa., when another bowler failed to knock down any pins in the third frame after starting with two strikes and then finishing with the last nine.

Hope to see you on the lanes.