Bowling With The Fef!

When the PBA and PBA50 Tours return to Minnesota late this month, it will be one heckuva homecoming for Charlie Tapp. The Minnesota native, now living in Kalamazoo, MI, will compete in the PBA50 World Series of Bowling at AMF Southtown in Bloomington. He and his wife, Marliss, will have just flown back to the midwest from Reno, NV. Marliss is going into the USBC Hall of Fame in the Outstanding USBC Performance category and the induction is on April 29. We also chatted about Born to Bowl and a GREAT picture that you can see here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut3U3C7nROQ&t=439s ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email BowlingWithTheFef@yahoo.com and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bowling_with_the_fef/ Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! Go to chipmagnetsalsa.com and enter promo code BWTF2026 at checkout to score 25 percent off of a purchase of $30 or more #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Bowl Winkle's: The official bowling center of Bowling With The Fef! 24 synthetic lanes, leagues and tournaments for all skill levels, trivia Mondays, arcade games, food and drink and MORE! bowlwinklesbowling.com Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

Two McDaniels are even better than one. Especially since there is plenty to talk about in bowling these days: a successful high school season, a new PWBA season and Born to Bowl!   Take a listen as Melanie and Ryan McDaniel get us caught up on all of that! ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email BowlingWithTheFef@yahoo.com and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bowling_with_the_fef/ Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! Go to chipmagnetsalsa.com and enter promo code BWTF2026 at checkout to score 25 percent off of a purchase of $30 or more #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Bowl Winkle's: The official bowling center of Bowling With The Fef! 24 synthetic lanes, leagues and tournaments for all skill levels, trivia Mondays, arcade games, food and drink and MORE! bowlwinklesbowling.com Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

There is nothing quite like a letter of intent signing ceremony, especially when the bowler is talented and the college program is solid. Now take that description and double it! Carter Polenz and Tailen Scheuermann have been high school teamates for years. Now Polenz is headed to Marian University of Fond du Lac, WI and Scheuermann will attend Southern Nazarene University near Oklahoma City.  This recording is from that special night at Bowl Winkle's in Eau Claire, WI, the official bowling center of Bowling With The Fef! ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us LIVE on this YouTube channel! SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email BowlingWithTheFef@yahoo.com and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bowling_with_the_fef/ Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! Go to chipmagnetsalsa.com and enter promo code BWTF2026 at checkout to score 25 percent off of a purchase of $30 or more #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Bowl Winkle's: The official bowling center of Bowling With The Fef! 24 synthetic lanes, leagues and tournaments for all skill levels, trivia Mondays, arcade games, food and drink and MORE! bowlwinklesbowling.com Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

Bowling both adult and youth events was taboo for years. Now, as long as it's singles and both tournament official and bowler commit to that bowler earning either scholarship money or nothing before the start, it's ok for youth bowlers to compete in adult events. That's the opportunity Jayden Kenney of Muskego, WI has right now. He's also making great content for his social media and focusing on becoming better and better at the sport he loves. ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?   Tell us!   SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1   Email BowlingWithTheFef@yahoo.com and YOU could be on the show!   Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco   Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bowling_with_the_fef/ Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social   Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:   Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! Go to chipmagnetsalsa.com and enter promo code BWTF2026 at checkout to score 25 percent off of a purchase of $30 or more #chipmagnet   Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822   Bowl Winkle's: The official bowling center of Bowling With The Fef! 24 synthetic lanes, leagues and tournaments for all skill levels, trivia Mondays, arcade games, food and drink and MORE! bowlwinklesbowling.com   Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

Real Experience Bowling is sort of like an empire now, and it’s only growing.  The shammies, with their recognizable Rex logo, are everywhere. I even know of at least one bowler here in western Wisconsin who uses one! But to truly know the story of Real Experience Bowling is to know the story of Theo Johnson.  He’s a bowler who grew up in an area that some would consider upstate New York, moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan and started making the content that is just one part of a bowling-based experience like no other. ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email BowlingWithTheFef@yahoo.com and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bowling_with_the_fef/ Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! Go to chipmagnetsalsa.com and enter promo code BWTF2026 at checkout to score 25 percent off of a purchase of $30 or more #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

You've never HEARD the PBA Tour like this. Never seen it quite like this either. How it goes over with the bowling community is something we will have to wait to find out, but it won't be a long wait. The first telecast on The CW with Rick Allen on play-by-play is Sunday, February 22, 2026 at 3 p.m. Wisconsin time. Allen has years of experience in auto racing, and does college sports on The CW. Although he's watched bowling from afar, this will be his first go at it in the booth. Get to know the man with a new voice for televised bowling before he steps up to the Hot Mic. ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email BowlingWithTheFef@yahoo.com and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bowling_with_the_fef/ Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! Go to chipmagnetsalsa.com and enter promo code BWTF2026 at checkout to score 25 percent off of a purchase of $30 or more #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

A college coach…scratch that…a coach who knows a lot about bowling from a nationally-ranked program says it would not be a surprise if he gets the buy-in he needs for a somewhat new, different format of intercollegiate competition to gain some traction. Mark Jeffreys of Southern Nazarene University isn’t taking all the credit for three-period format he’s about to describe to you. He said it originated from a student-athlete.  What he’s proposing is head-to-head matches between two teams, complete with a scoreboard, a new livestreaming network and the goal of 64 teams qualifying for a bracket that leads to a national championship, like college basketball. CBAA: https://www.thecbaa.com/ He’s got energy, some buzz in his part of the country and some serious gumption about what he believes is the long game in college bowling. Could it be the key to making it better for all involved? ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email BowlingWithTheFef@yahoo.com and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bowling_with_the_fef/ Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! Go to chipmagnetsalsa.com and enter promo code BWTF2026 at checkout to score 25 percent off of a purchase of $30 or more #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

With a 10-1 record in District 10 competition this season, the Wagners High School co-op team is heading toward the end of the regular season with a full head of steam. https://www.wihsbowlclub.com/SRM8/SRM/Reports8/repBvTeamStats.php?id=10 The boys team that includes students from Memorial, Altoona, and Fall Creek High Schools will have a roster next season that looks quite different than in 2025-26. Three seniors will have graduated, including reigning district champ, Tailen Scheuermann. But the bowlers aren’t the only change in the team coming up this fall. Coaches Tylor Chamberlain and Ian Schoenke and a couple of the aforementioned seniors recently joined me at Wagner’s Lanes in Eau Claire, WI to sort it all out. ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email BowlingWithTheFef@yahoo.com and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bowling_with_the_fef/ Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! Go to chipmagnetsalsa.com and enter promo code BWTF2026 at checkout to score 25 percent off of a purchase of $30 or more #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

It is just about tournament time in the Eau Claire Area USBC in western Wisconsin. Our annual association tournament starts 12 days after the date of this recording.  The team event is at Bowl Winkle’s on Friday January 23 at 6:30 p.m. or Saturday January 31 at 10 a.m. Singles and Doubles is at Wagner’s Lanes on Saturday January 24 at 10 a.m. or Sunday, Feb 1 at 10 a.m.  Registration forms: adobe.ly/49W21rM Remember to sign up by the deadline: Tuesday January 20th. You must be an association member with at least 21 games in a sanctioned league in the association this season to participate. I call it “our” tournament because I have been a member of the association board of directors for a couple years and also serve as its communication manager. In Year Two, you’ll hear my conversation about this season’s tournament with Board President Barb Hanson and Vice President Randy Schenk. We also brought in Jeff Demorest from Washington state to get acquainted with a score tracking system we will use for the first time. ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email BowlingWithTheFef@yahoo.com and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bowling_with_the_fef/ Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! Go to chipmagnetsalsa.com and enter promo code BWTF2026 at checkout to score 25 percent off of a purchase of $30 or more #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com StreamYard is the livestreaming tool that powers Bowling With The Fef! Click here to try it: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/6138562060222464

The months ahead are very important for high school seniors in Wisconsin. It’s their last chance to put their best foot forward in the classroom and on the lanes as well. Jack Dysland of Greendale is trying to lead his Greendale Co-op team to a championship while staying in the hunt for an individual title in District One. However, he knows that academics are of the utmost importance this winter and spring.  Now’s the time to Drop The Hammer, and you can bet that whether Dysland is hitting the lanes or hitting the books, he'll be giving it all he's got.  ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email BowlingWithTheFef@yahoo.com and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bowling_with_the_fef/ Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com StreamYard is the livestreaming tool that powers Bowling With The Fef! Click here to try it: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/6138562060222464

Wartburg bowling coach and PWBA competitor Alexis Runk knows a LOT of bowlers, but she says the one who practices the most of all of them is Jace Goedel of St. Francis, MN. Goedel graduated earlier this year, but worked with Alexis and her husband Brandon to step back just a little. He ended up with a collegiate career that no other bowler in program history can match. Now he's back in Minnesota's Twin Cities, taking aim at amateur events and more.  ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email BowlingWithTheFef@yahoo.com and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bowling_with_the_fef/ Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

“Tag your favorite podcast in the comments…” the uber powerful JoPo Grips Facebook page told its 13,000 followers in a post last month (https://www.facebook.com/jopogrips/posts/pfbid0DmMtrfcMLY3YGccXenacVkoyqWTz9BUSfi4oEFKMtY9AxLPT8PRg8C3QafSNeCfdl).  “Let them know the JoPo Fam wants to hear us!”  I couldn’t argue with that. After all, I wanted to hear them…Michigan’s Jerry Penxa and Jerry Penxa the second…known to some as Mr. JoPo and JoPo Jr. or JP.  Theirs a remarkable story of an entrepreneur who had a vision and a passion so strong he refused to quit, even after many credible people told him “no.”  Now, even he can’t believe what’s happened since then.  Obviously, I responded to the post, which is where we’ll start this bowling business tale with A Family Twist. JoPo online: jopogrips.com ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email BowlingWithTheFef@yahoo.com and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bowling_with_the_fef/ Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

November 12 is a day bowlers in Neillsville Wisconsin will likely never forget. It’s when Marc McDowell, the PBA champion who is now in his second season of league bowling at Neillsville’s Strike Time Lanes, brought his Eagle trophy celebration to them. McDowell had fired 795 in Baton Rouge, LA to win the singles event at the 2025 USBC Open Championships by two pins (https://apps.bowl.com/tournaments/usbcopen/National/results.aspx?evt=3&di=1&ty=2025) and become the oldest ever to do it. He was 62 at the time. You’ll hear from Glen Luchterhand and Tim Nichols from the Neillsville USBC first, then Wisconsin USBC president Doug Sleaford before Marc himself speaks to the crowd. After that, reaction from a variety of the aforementioned gentleman along with Marc’s friends and wife Keri about his special night. ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?   Tell us!   SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1   Email BowlingWithTheFef@yahoo.com and YOU could be on the show!   Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco   Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bowling_with_the_fef/ Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social   Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:   Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet   Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822   Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

The Agent Ong Open hasn’t left the attention of bowlers everywhere, even though the event just happened in October. It was November 2 when Carl Ong announced (https://www.facebook.com/agentongopen/posts/pfbid02ghhtS3qgTL8b2su3xhYDRGYuTTana8BW6eoLhuG7SggJEW56y7jmZLttxkrKdBFBl) his tournament is moving out of Arizona for the first time on October 15-18 2026, and into South Point in Las Vegas.  The defending champ is Josh Kennedy of Blaine, MN. The first bowler who is NOT from Arizona to win an Agent Ong Open and, as of this recording, the newest Roto Grip staffer because of that big win. Listen to what Kennedy had to say about it in this episode! ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?   Tell us!   SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1   Email BowlingWithTheFef@yahoo.com and YOU could be on the show!   Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco   Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bowling_with_the_fef/ Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social   Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:   Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet   Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822   Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

The audio version of a show...about visuals. (sigh) Don't sleep on it! Kevin Hong, who lives near Seattle, tells some GREAT stories to go along with the incredible images he captures in vintage centers all across America and beyond. If you can't help but take a look, check out the video version of this episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B_taGM7WQI Or take a look at Kevin's website and Facebook page: Website: https://www.vintagebowling.net/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BowlingAlleys ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email BowlingWithTheFef@yahoo.com and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bowling_with_the_fef/ Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

She's got the social media following like a pro and the industry partners like a pro but she insists she's not trying to go pro. Sarah Bowls is just about sharing her passion for the sport and having fun along the way. Sarah Rutherford of Sandusky, OH is Sarah Bowls, and her viewership, much like the name many know her by, sort of came to her. Despite her relatively short journey in content creation, she has tremendous reach on her pages. You can find them all here: https://linktr.ee/sarah.rutherford ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email BowlingWithTheFef@yahoo.com and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bowling_with_the_fef/ Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

Alec Keplinger is chasing that first PBA Tour title. He finished 29th on the tour in 2025, averaging a touch higher than 216.5 for 325 games.  He also had fourth place finishes in the Mike Aulby Nevada Classic and the Players Championship. When we recorded this episode, the PBA had just announced the television schedule for the ten events with finals airing on the CW network in 2026. Keplinger, of Coldwater, Michigan, gave his thoughts on that, and explained how he ended up bowling in Owatonna, MN this summer. ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email BowlingWithTheFef@yahoo.com and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bowling_with_the_fef/ Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

During the summer, word started spreading about changes at Bowlero Wauwatosa. They were changes that appeared to have potential impacts on this fall's Junior Hall of Fame Tournament (http://jhoft.weebly.com), which had been held there for many years. Those changes were no match for Tournament Director Shannon Labinski or her spirit. She has been a positive force for junior bowling in the Milwaukee area for decades, and she made sure the event that she built and has grown for 18 years would go on. The 19th year of the Junior Hall of Fame Tournament on November 9 is at a new venue: Sussex Bowl. The format is a little different too, but support from a multitude of sponsors, and from bowlers of almost all skill levels, remains. Registration form: https://jhoft.weebly.com/uploads/1/2/1/6/12163436/2025_jhoft_entry_form.pdf Before Shannon became a champion FOR junior bowling, she was a champion IN junior bowling. She helped to lead a powerhouse UW-Milwaukee womens' team at the dawn of the new millenium, then hit new heights in the adult ranks with two Badger Queens championships. She is also part of a five-woman team that shot a record high game in March 2008! We discuss what makes the Junior Hall of Fame Tournament so popular, what you can expect in this year's event and the bowling story that made Shannon a Hall of Famer! ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email BowlingWithTheFef@yahoo.com and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bowling_with_the_fef/ Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! on Truth Social: https://truthsocial.com/@BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

What is it like to bowl the Petersen Classic? It ends up a little bit different for each bowler...or a lot different. You never really know until you're experiencing it. After his time inside the "Golden Gates," Steve Brinkman of Sussex, WI eventually stood alone as the 2025 Singles Major Champion. He fired an eight-game score of 1,681, which was 11 pins ahead of the runner-up. Results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Qo7Fk2LL2DGaisg4E2BeU2VuOiaBWXbFDNSFL9hC3KA/edit?gid=1778345489#gid=1778345489 Brinkman, who hit a clutch double in the tenth frame of the final game to seal it up, is no stranger to stepping up when he's needed to in some of bowling's most prestigious events. He has been successful in World Team Challenge events, has taken home two USBC Open Championship Eagles and is among the best to come out of the Milwaukee area. With his Petersen win, he joins greats like Ned Day, Buddy Bomar, Liz Johnson and Kevin McCune to take the top prize. Let's learn about Brinkman's unique experience that led to his win and his incredible bowling story! ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email BowlingWithTheFef@yahoo.com and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bowling_with_the_fef/ Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com StreamYard is the livestreaming tool that powers Bowling With The Fef! Click here to try it: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/6138562060222464

There are some interesting parallels for the content creator and livestreamer behind ZVL Bowling when you look at his success on social media and on the lanes. Zak Lutemer got a relatively late start in both, trying out some other sports before settling into bowling, and another niche before focusing his content on bowling. He’s more than made up for lost time in both. He even accurately predicted that SPI would announce the release of a new bowling ball the day after this was recorded. Zak later told me that he was aware of a ball demo that had that ball out a little early, but it was still pretty cool that he was right on with it. Roto Grip announced the upcoming release of the RST Hyperdrive Pearl the very next day. But the headline is the five-figure subscriber and follower totals Zak has on his 15-month old YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@ZVLBowling) and his three-year-old TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@zvlbowling). Here is how he got there. ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email BowlingWithTheFef@yahoo.com and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bowling_with_the_fef/ Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! on Truth Social: https://truthsocial.com/@BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com