[Husker] Wish for the list - Bowling!

Sun Apr 6 08:38:34 CDT 2008

As with all sports, the participants take it very seriously.  

It's what they do!  

I've watched a few matches this year on the tube.  They certainly take it
seriously.  As with all sports, the gals get some momentum and believe
they're invincible.  I certainly wouldn't mind seeing the Big Red snag the
tournament.

Actually, the ladies head coach at the local high school (Harlem) used to
work for me.  She had taken the team to Illinois State High School
championships...6 times in the last 8 years.  Winning 4!   She, Gail Flock,
was assistant in the early years then took over as HC in 2002.

http://www.ihsa.org/activity/bwl/records/sum-m.htm

http://www.ihsa.org/activity/bwl/records/team1-2.htm

One gal, Tina Peak, was heavily recruited. I am not sure how scholarships
each school offers, but the best bowlers can earn scholarships.  Tina ended
up going to Central Missouri and she is a grad asst there now.  Other Harlem
grads moved on to Central Missouri, too.

So, yeah, I follow it a little bit.  If Nebraska does not win it, I'll cheer
for Central Missouri.

Have a pleasant day.

Steve
Loves Park, IL

(deep behind enemy lines in Big TelEveN country)

-----Original Message-----
From: Lynette Tillner [mailto:ltillner at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 10:26 AM
To: Steve Gomez; Huskerz
Subject: RE: [Husker] Wish for the list - Bowling!

Steve, 

What a great post! I work with a young man who grew up in California
and went to UNL in the mid-90's. I asked him how he ended up at
Nebraska. It turned out that his older brother had gone to Nebraska
on a BOWLING scholarship. Josh followed his brother to UNL. We
compare Husker notes all the time. 

Thanks for the great post. I'll look for the bowling ladies to be on
ESPNU! 

GBR! 

Lynette
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From: kaufsss at aol.com [mailto:kaufsss at aol.com] 
Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 10:06 AM
To: stevegomez6571 at gmail.com; husker at romaine.tssi.com
Subject: Re: [Husker] Wish for the list - Bowling!

Is bowling a scholarship sport?  If so how many do they have?  Anyone know
what sports get scholarships and how many?  

Steve Kauf
A husker fan deep in South Texas

-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Lambert [mailto:bugeaters1 at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 8:07 AM
To: Steve Gomez; Huskerz
Subject: Re: [Husker] Wish for the list - Bowling!

Steve, It must have been a slow sports night Wednesday or Thursday ;)) I 
don't remember which. anyway ESPNU had Maryland Eastern shore and Delaware 
State on. So I watched it. it was very entertaining to watch the teams. They
had there little cheers when a bowler would get ready to bowl. I didn't
realize that bowling was a Varsity sport though.

Tony Lambert

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From: "Steve Gomez" <stevegomez6571 at gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 6:53 AM
To: "Huskerz" <husker at tssi.com>
Subject: RE: [Husker] Wish for the list - Bowling!

> To 'spare' the football-only readers any un-necessary hardship, please
> delete now.
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> Nebraska Women's Bowling set to challenge for yet another National
> Championship on April 10, 11 & 12 in Omaha, Nebraska.  The Championship
> match will be shown LIVE on ESPNU on April 12th at 700pm CST.
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> Coach Bill Straub has been with the program for many, many years.  He may
> have been originally "recruited" as the coach by Moses --- in the era 
> before Devaney.  I am not sure.
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> Anyway, along with their numerous national titles, Straub's squads have 
> not been ranked lower than seventh in the top 25 bowling poll since
> becoming a varsity sport in 1997.
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> The "numerous national titles" came in '91, '95, '97, '99, '01, '04 and 
> '05.
> Five titles came under the IBC umbrella while the back2back titles came
> under the NCAA umbrella.
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> Nebraska is currently ranked #1 with Maryland, Vanderbilt, Sacred Heart 
> and
> Central Missouri rounding out the Top 5.
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> The eight teams that have qualified for the championship bracket include:
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> * Arkansas State University
> * University of Central Missouri
> * University of Maryland, Eastern Shore
> * Minnesota State University, Mankato
> * University of Nebraska, Lincoln
> * New Jersey City University
> * Sacred Heart University
> * Vanderbilt University - defending champions
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> Here's wishing the ladies a strikingly successful tournament at Thunder
> Alley!
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> Some ladies from my neck of the woods (an apparent hot-bed of women's
> bowling) have been recruited by Nebraska but are currently on the Central
> Missouri squad.  They come from the Harlem High School.     In a related
> note, the Big Red has recruited a local high school lady from Rockford, Ms
> Jordan Haverly, for her Volleyball prowess.
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> Go Big Red!
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> Enthusiastically speaking,
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> Steve G
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> Loves Park, IL
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> (deep behind enemy lines in Big TelEveN country)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf 
> Of
> Brown, Laura (LLU)
> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 6:02 PM
> To: List Husker
> Subject: [Husker] Wish for the list
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> The thread about "orphan sports" got me thinking about what I would
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> truly like to have this list do is keep me up to date on all of them.  I
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> think it would be wonderful if an entusiastic list member would "adopt"
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> and orphan sport (almost anything but football) and do regular updates
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> during the season that give us the highlights of what is going on with
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> the team.
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> I no longer live in NE and I don't have the time to check out all the
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> different websites for the different sports so if someone with an
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> interest and partial understanding of the sport could keep me up on what
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> is happening I would be gratful. Maybe the start of the subject line
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> could be the sport being updated so those that had no interest could
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> easily ignor the posts.
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> What do the rest of you think?
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> Laura
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