Big Red Bowlers Win Thriller Against Ensworth

For anyone who wants to understand how a high school bowling match is scored, please see the explanation below. Otherwise, please enjoy this recap.

 

Round One: MBA found themselves at an early deficit, trailing Ensworth two points to six at the end of the first round.

Round Two: The Big Red Bowlers roared back, winning the second round by seven points to one, taking a nine to seven lead into the Baker games.

First Baker Game: Ensworth came out firing, winning the first Baker game, and taking a ten point to nine overall lead. Crucially, they also were ahead in both Baker game and total pin fall.

Second Baker Game: Needing a dominant win in the second Baker game, the Big Red Bowlers responded, winning the game by 75 pins, which not only won us the match, but also gave us overall pin fall by four pins (1777 pins to 1773).

 

All seven varsity bowlers contributed and bowled clutch frames when required, and MBA ended up winning by 17 points to 10 (a score which gives no indication of how tight the match was). Hats of to both teams for showing considerable grace (as both victors and vanquished) at the conclusion of the match.

 

Each of the first two rounds of a bowling match consist of six, concurrent, one-on-one games. Each win counts as a point, and to highest total pin fall (adding up the game scores from each bowler in each team) from each round gets a team two points.

The final round consists of two Baker games (a Baker game is where a team of five bowlers bowls a single game against the opposition team of five, with each bowler bowling two frames). Each Baker game is worth three points, while the team with the highest total from the two Baker games receives two additional points.

Then, the total pin fall from each side (through all the games bowled in the match) will receive three additional points. The winning side is the one who wins the majority of the twenty-seven points on offer.