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Allen Rocholl    -    300 Game

Nov. 16, 2012

    Friday night started out just as any other night for Allen Rocholl who bowls for the Stocks Auto Sales team at Northern Aire Lanes.  Rocholl’s team was paired up on lanes 15-16 against the Len’s Construction team for the four game match.  Rocholl, the team’s anchor bowler, was saving it all for the end.  Not just the tenth frame, but the entire last game.  Allen rolled all strikes the final game, giving him his first 300 game in the fifteen years he’s been bowling in the Friday Night Commercial League.  With all the excitement of the 300, he couldn’t even remember his previous high game, but it was a 250 something. There was a 299 game rolled last week by Charlie Hein and a 296 by Jr.  bowler Hunter Christenson, but Rocholl is the first of this season to roll 300. 

Steinbach rolls perfect game          April 11, 2012

Shaun Steinbach saved it all ‘til the end. On the final week of the season, he rolled several consecutive strikes during City League at Northern Aire Lanes in Fergus Falls. He started out the night on lanes 5-6 with a 216 and 256. The WILD, his team, moved to lanes 11-12 for the final two matches of the season. Steinbach came out strong with a 300 game, followed by a 246 to end the regular season. He rounded out the season with the league’s highest series, a 1018. Shaun ended with a 216 average, the highest of his career.

Steinbach is not a stranger to the lanes. He started out in Jr. Leagues at Northern Aire Lanes and has bowled in various leagues ever since.

The 35-year-old will now have a ’2′ behind his name on NAL’s ’300 Board’.

The right-hander was the first to roll a perfect game on Northern Aire’s synthetic lanes in 2003.

There have been 44 perfect games rolled in the history of Northern Aire Lanes, 33 of which have came on the synthetic lanes.

February 3, 2012

Donley Rolls 300 Game

Northern Aire Lanes saw it’s second perfect game rolled in less than two weeks.  ‘Saving the best for last.’ That is exactly what Mike Donley did Friday night during the Commercial League.  His last game of the night, Donley rolled 12 consecutive strikes for his first 300 game.  Bowling on lanes 19-20, Mike rolled an 861 four game series with the Select Sires team.

Mike started out in the Junior Bowling program at Northern Aire Lanes, and has been bowling in various leagues for more than 25 years.  This season, he’s been carrying an average of 192 on Friday nights and also bowls in the Tuesday Sport League. He also travels to several tournaments throughout the season.  Mike has been just one strike shy of perfection too many times to count rolling numerous 279 games throughout his career.  However, the ‘Donley’ name is no stranger when it comes to the infamous 300.  Mike’s dad Gene, was the second person ever to roll a perfect game at Northern Aire Lanes.  Gene Donley rolled his 300 in 1971 on lanes 9-10 (now lanes 17-18).  Mike said it best “This is kind of an emotional night for me, I always looked up to my Dad’s 300 and now I finally did it!  This is just a Great Night for me!”  Mike’s long time friend and team mate Mark Fredrickson was also bowling on the Sires team Friday night.  Mark and Mike the number three and four bowlers both had all strikes going into the tenth frame.  Mark’s 11 th ball just missed carrying the 8 pin giving him a very respectable 288 game.  Then, all eyes were on Mike as he buried all three shots in the tenth for the prestigious 300!

1/23/2012

RUNNINGEN SETS THE LANES ON FIRE

The lanes were hot on Monday night during the First Nighters league at Northern Aire Lanes. Nathan Runningen is the fifth person to ever brake the aspired 800 series mark on the lanes in Fergus. Nate summed up his three games on lanes 17-18 with an astonishing 801 total.

Runningen, a life long bowler starting in Jr. leauges at NAL, began the night with an impressive 264 game. The second game; a 237, didn't come easy as his spare conversions were tested. He picked up a very challenging 4-10 split in the middle of the game which essentially saved his opportunity to conquer the 800 mark. Nate rolled twelve consecutive strikes the final game of the night. Not only was it his third carreer perfect game, but the life long goal of an 800 series was met!

Runningen, who rolls in three leagues at Northern Aire Lanes, bowls between 15-20 games any given week during the bowling season. Although Nate's 225 Commercial League average is the highest, his best scores this season have came in the First Nighters league. His previous high for this season was a 757, topped off by an all time high series of 792. Nate added a third perfect game to his carreer list of 300 games. Runningen also competes in several tournaments around the area each season.

 Oct. 10, 2011

1^st 300 of Season

Monday night was a night of firsts at Northern Aire Lanes. It was the first perfect game of the 2011-12 league season. It was also the first 300 for Scott Thunselle who has been bowling league at NAL for nearly 30 years. Scott rolled his twelve consecutive strikes his second game in the First Nighters League. He is carrying an average of 212 this year on the Don’s Drywall team. Scott’s highest league game before tonight was 289.