Steve Stein
I Contributing Writer
arolyn Blechman had no idea
what she was doing.
What she was doing was bowl-
ing the highest game of the 65th annual
Jewish Women International Mid-America
Bowling Association tournament hosted
by the JWI Bowling
Association of Metro
Detroit.
"I didn't pay close
attention to my score:'
the 33-year-old West
Bloomfield resident said.
"I knew I was over my
average
and it was close
Carolyn
to
a
200
game, but I was
Blechman
really surprised when I
looked up at the end of
the game and saw what I had bowled:'
She bowled 242, by far the best score in
C
the 10 years she's been
bowling and only the
second time she'd sur-
passed the 200 barrier.
Blechman threw a
pair of turkeys (three
consecutive strikes) and
had no open frames in
her tournament-high
game.
While that was impressive, what's even
more impressive is the 242 was 110 pins
over her 132 average.
"I don't think I'll ever top that:' she said.
"I'm not that good of a bowler:'
Her 242 came at Novi Bowl on the sec-
ond day of the two-day, 120-bowler tour-
nament, in the fifth of her six tournament
games.
She recalls bowling about 150 in her
sixth game, not a bad score considering
she was still excited about her previous
game and texting with friends.
Only four 200 or higher games were
rolled during the tournament. More than
700 games were bowled.
Teri Solinger from Minneapolis (202)
and Andrea Reid (206) and Carolyn Fine,
both from Metro Detroit (209) had the
other 200s. Their averages were 148, 147
and 162, respectively.
"There were tough conditions on the
lanes:' Fine said.
The Mid-America tournament seems to
bring out the best in Blechman. Her only
other 200 or better game was bowled in
the tournament in 2011 in Minneapolis.
"I don't remember my exact score then,
but it was barely over 200:' she said.
At the 2013 tournament, Leslie Ben-
Ezra and Erica Zonder from Metro Detroit
were honored for bowling a 600 or higher
series in league play since last year's Mid-
America tournament.
Ben-Ezra had a 600 series April 2, 2012,
and a 608 series Aug. 27, 2012. Zonder
had a 648 series Dec. 6, 2012 and a 639
series Dec. 27, 2012.
Local Bowlers Dominate
Metro Detroit bowlers took full advantage
of the home cooking. They swept the top
five spots in the team standings, took sec-
ond place in team high game and won 14
of 24 individual awards.
Dreycups, made up of captain Sue
Hersh, Nancy Goldfaden, Sue Lindow,
Leigh Herskovic and Shelly Goldin, fin-
ished in first place in the tournament team
standings with a 6211 gross score. Gross
scores included handicap. Net scores did
not include handicap.
Pins-R-Us was second with 6088. Team
members were captain Janet Sigmon,
Debbie Chinitz, Amy Chimovitz, Michele
Schloner and Adrienne Gersten.
Ten Pin Commandments (captain Caron
Goldfine) was third with 6082, Women
with Balls (captain Sue Leff) was fourth
with 6055 and M&N's (captain Mitzie
Zucker) was fifth with 6005 among 26
teams.
Goldfine's Ten Pin Commandments
crew took second place in team high game
with 1117. Margie Franklin, Lena Hurvitz,
Blechman and Zonder also were on the
team.
A Division individual winners from
Metro Detroit were Zonder (first place, all-
events net, 1040); Blechman (first place,
all-events gross, 1362); Reid (second place,
all-events gross, 1328); Fine (first place,
high series net, 530); Ben-Ezra (second
place, high series net, 505); Chinitz (first
place, high game gross, 251); and Goldin
(second place, high game gross, 243).
B Division individual winners from
Metro Detroit were Pauline Saxon (first
place, all-events net, 879); Goldfaden
(second place, all-events gross, 1311);
Gwen Silverstein (first place, high series
net, 454); Dena Wein (second place, high
series net, 434); Linda Goldberg (first
place, high series gross, 683); Rhoda
Marks (first place, high game gross, 246);
and Lindow (second place, high game
gross, 242).
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