After a passing snow storm canceled week 16 of the Bill Mastronardi’s Masters league, the bowlers were back in action this week at Striketown Bowl in Pekin.

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With a handful of teams battling for the top spot, the league now has 10 of the 12 teams within 50 points of first place with five weeks to go before position round.

 

The top team Morton Industries who have held that spot for a few weeks now able to win enough points Monday night to maintain a 3-point edge on the Team of the Week T&D Windshield 153 to 150.

 

T&D finished the night with a total of 2736 led by Mike Gilbert’s 690. Everyone on the team was able to produce 670 or better to help them win 38 points and stay deadlocked in second place with Linn Lanes who have also won 150 points this third.  

 

As noted above, all but two teams have won over 100 points in the second third, making things a lot tighter each week as we enter the last few weeks before position round.

 

One of those teams is Striketown who is only 11 points back of the lead, led by the Bowler of The Week Tommy Barnwell who shot 743 with games of 278, 200 and 265.

 

I won’t say I am shocked that Tommy was the high bowler this week. Back in October of 2021, Tommy set the Pekin City record at that very place, Striketown bowl, when he popped back-to-back 299’s and finished with 289 for 887.

 

Another week, another carryover, the strikeout pot once again adds more money next week as it was not hit again. It will sit at $960 dollars next week, meaning each bowler if broken would get $240 dollars each.

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WEEKLY STATISTICS

 

​For the first time in over a month, the league average went down, but not by much,

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Before the night started, the league average was 217.24, but after 78 of the 144 games were bowled under that mark, it decreased to 217.05.

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An even split in bowlers saw their own average either go up or down. 23 saw it go north, while 23 saw it go south.

 

817 shot by Joe Robards is the high series of the year, followed by Steve Taylor with 793, 792 ​from Matt Liening, 788 from Jason Hester and 786 from Cory Andes.

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Only four 300s have been thrown, while two others have shot 299.

 

TOP 3 TEAM SERIES – DECEMBER 8, 2025

1 –2736– T&D WINDSHIELD

2 – 2642 – MT HAWLEY BOWL

3 – 2605 – PLAZA LANES

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TOP 3 TEAM GAMES – DECEMBER 8, 2025

1 – 991 – PLAZA LANES

2 – 979 – LANDMARK

3 – 954 – POTTERS ALLEY

 

CURRENT LEADERS

High Average

1 – 233.00 – Tony DeVita

2 – 231.94 – Tommy Barnwell

3 – 231.16 – Steve Taylor

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Standings

1 – Morton Industries – 153 - 97

2 – T&D Windshield – 150 - 100

3 – Linn Lanes – 150 - 100

 

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