On his final roll of the night, Matthew Taylor accidentally released from the wrong hand. Nothing to worry about though, he still got a strike and Della's first sentence after sliding back down the ball return was "Da-da, again!'" (more...)  Read More →

The Fall 2022 season is now underway, with six teams entering the 16-week competition for the coveted, nonexistent championship trophy. Two bowlers set a new personal best series, and two rolled new personal high games. JoAnne Barber picked up this week's high game (161) and series (418) for the women. As for the men, AJ Hofmann snagged this week's high game with a 200, and high series was earned by Matthew Taylor with a 515. Read on for all the rest of the details! (more...)  Read More →

[Updated 8/17 with last minute changes] Email just went out to all the teams, so if you didn't get it check your junk & spam folders! Or read below for basically the same content. (more...)  Read More →

After hearing back from everyone and then doing the random numbering assignment, here's how the teams shape up for the Fall 2022 bowling season. Send team names to bowling@gutteralley.com as you get them figured out. Also let us know if you want any changes to bowling orders or captains. (I kept things as close to last season as possible for the purposes of this list.) (more...)  Read More →

Here is your Spring 2022 Recap, where you can find out who won all the individual awards plus lots more! Our next season will begin on August 23, 2022, with some new surprises. Look for more info about that starting in July! (more...)  Read More →

The Spring 2022 season has drawn to a close, with ChuckaScoot holding on to their lead to officially earn this season's championship! One bowler set a new personal best series. JoAnne Barber picked up this week's high game (141) and series (400) for the women, while Carl Goetz earned this week's high game (228) and series (557) for the men. Read on for all the rest of the details! (more...)  Read More →

Before we get into this week's results, we have a few housekeeping items to cover for next week's final Spring 2022 bowling session: (more...)  Read More →

Only two weeks remain in the Spring 2022 season! And, adding a little drama at this late point, a standings change happened amomng the top three teams. JoAnne Barber picked up this week's high game (146) and series (414) for the women. As for the men, Seth Gunderson snagged this week's high game with a 208, and high series was earned by Ian Goetz with a 581. Read on for all the rest of the details! (more...)  Read More →

A stagnated thirteenth week of Spring 2022 resulted in absolutely no movement in the standings. One bowler set a new personal best series. JoAnne Barber picked up this week's high game (164) and series (444) for the women. As for the men, Seth Gunderson snagged this week's high game with a 247, and high series was earned by Carl Goetz and Seth Gunderson, who tied with a 635. Read on for all the rest of the details! (more...)  Read More →

Just one month left to go! The twelfth week of Spring 2022 saw one team climb in the standings, while one team slipped. Two bowlers rolled new personal best games. AJ Hofmann snagged this week's high game with a 234, and high series was earned by Carl Goetz with a 566. No women were present to represent the female scoring contigent. Read on for all the rest of the details! (more...)  Read More →

It was the best of teams, it was the worst of teams, it was the age of strikes, it was the age of gutterballs, it was the epoch of skill, it was the epoch of dumb luck, it was the season of Wins, it was the season of Losses, it was the spring of spares, it was the winter of despairs, we knocked down every pin before us, we had no pins fall down before us, we were all going direct to first place, we were all going direct to dead last -- in short, the second half of the current season has polarized... (more...)

The tenth week saw the top half of the standings flip back around, with Glory Bowl dropping back to third place after spemnding the past two weeks on top. JoAnne Barber picked up this week's high game (155) and series (406) for the women. As for the men, Carl Goetz snagged this week's high game with a 238, and high series was earned by Matthew Taylor with a 655. Read on for all the rest of the details! (more...)  Read More →

The ninth resulted in absolutely no movement in the standings... but just barely. A single missed pin left by the very last ball rolled of the night kept last week's surprise first place team in first place another week by the narrowest margin possible. In addition, one bowler set a new personal best series and a new personal high game. JoAnne Barber picked up this week's high game (138) and series (410) for the women, while Carl Goetz earned this week's high game (244) and series (617)... (more...)

This past Tuesday featured two matchups that went exactly the opposite of what any reasonable person would expect, allowing a (halfway) different pairing of teams to leapfrog up the standings. Two bowlers set a new personal best series, and one rolled new personal high game. JoAnne Barber picked up this week's high game (164) and series (425) for the women. As for the men, Matthew Taylor snagged this week's high game with a 242, and high series was earned by Carl Goetz with a 609. Read on for... (more...)

The seventh week of Spring 2022 saw one team climb in the standings, while one team slipped. JoAnne Barber picked up this week's high game (144) and series (399) for the women, while Matthew Taylor earned this week's high game (256) and series (680) for the men. Read on for all the rest of the details! (more...)  Read More →

The Spring 2022 position round is now history, and and the championship will be on us before we know it! The sixth week saw two teams climb in the standings, while three teams slipped. One bowler set a new personal best series. JoAnne Barber picked up this week's high game (133) and series (367) for the women, while Jonathan Vigliaturo earned this week's high game (236) and series (652) for the men. Read on for all the rest of the details! (more...)  Read More →

By now every team has bowled each other once, so next week the cycle begins anew. This week saw one team climb in the standings, and one bowler set both a new personal best series and a new personal high game. JoAnne Barber picked up this week's high game (134) and series (385) for the women. As for the men, Seth Gunderson snagged this week's high game with a 246, and high series was earned by Ian Goetz with a 614. Read on for all the rest of the details, and learn how the concept of time dilation... (more...)

The fourth week of Spring 2022 saw two teams climb in the standings, while three teams slipped. JoAnne Barber picked up this week's high game (134) and series (358) for the women. As for the men, Seth Gunderson snagged this week's high game with a 249, and high series was earned by Dennis Walling with a 643. Meanwhile, the Tournament of Champions also kicked off tonight, beginning of 13 weeks of one-on-one bowling excitement! Read on for all the rest of the details! (more...)  Read More →

An unusually long-lasting third week of Spring 2022 saw lots of mechanical issues and some major IT issues as both Jacob and Scoot got their activity goals for the day running around putting out fires. Throughout the chaotic night of all sweeps one team climbed in the standings, JoAnne Barber picked up this week's high game (151) and series (435) for the women, while Carl Goetz earned this week's high game (237) and series (633) for the men. Read on for all the rest of the details! (more...)  Read More →

Much like the many many inches of snow we were promised, quite a few people were not seen this week. Nonetheless, each team had representation (barely in one instance) so rolling proceeded as planned. JoAnne Barber picked up this week's high game (146) and series (406) for the women. Among bowlers who can only wish for the ability to lactate, sub Ian Goetz snagged this week's high game with a 236, and high series was earned by Carl Goetz with a 600. Read on for all the rest of the details! ... (more...)