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PRODIGY BOWLERS TOUR ** DOUBLE HEADER!!! **
Episode 59 -- THE PRODIGY GENERATION"
Recorded April 21, 2018 for release on April 27, 2018
(This is a RE-EDIT of the original show.)
It's a PRODIGY BOWLERS TOUR DOUBLE HEADER as we bring you coverage of the Championship Rounds in both the U15 BOYS and U20 BOYS at the Georgia State Pepsi Tournament in Columbus, Georgia.
A lot of "firsts" this week on PRODIGY BOWLERS TOUR:
- It's the first time we've ever traveled PRODIGY outside the Atlanta metro area.
- It's the first time we've ever brought you a DOUBLE HEADER of coverage -- of not one, but TWO championship round stepladders!
- And it's the first time we've ever released an episode of PRODIGY BOWLERS TOUR that blows past the 3 hour mark. In fact, today's show is almost 3 and a half hours long!
Usually, PRODIGY BOWLERS TOUR "bowlcasts" are, as we like to say, "unofficial, informal and impromptu" competition. But today, there's nothing unofficial, informal or impromptu about the competition you'll be seeing. In fact, it's very much official (USBC sanctioned), formal gotta wear slacks and actual bowling shirts) and planned out (they have these events planned out months in advance). The Georgia State Youth Pepsi Tournament is one of the largest youth bowling tournaments in the state. And they're bowling for real, honest-to-goodness scholarship money. But as much as anything, they're bowling for the prestige that comes with winning the PEPSI.
Today's show begins with the U15 BOYS stepladder. And after we crown a champion for 2018, we'll segue right into the U20 BOYS stepladder. Now, for those who are wondering, the reason we are covering these two divisions (and not any of the girls' stepladders), it's because these two divisions had the most PRODIGY BOWLERS TOUR regulars in the field. If more girls or young kids would come bowl PRODIGY with us, we would consider covering their division. But as it is, out of the ten players we feature on today's show, eight of them have bowled on previous PRODIGY BOWLERS TOUR episodes and are familiar to our audience.
The Georgia State Pepsi Tournament held qualifying at the league level at bowling centers throughout the state in October and January. Those who qualified to bowl in the tournament met on April 14 and 15 for Round One where the U8 and U10 kids bowled 3 games and the U12, U15 and U20 kids bowled 6 games. The top 10% in all ten divisions (U8B, U8G, U10B, U10G, U12B, U12G, U15B, U15G, U20B, U20G) were invited back to bowl Round 2 on April 21st. There, their scores reverted to 0 and they each bowled 3 more games. Their total pinfall for those three games determined their pecking order. The top 5 bowlers in each division advanced to the Championship Round to bowl the stepladder finals. On today's show, you'll see the U15 and U20 BOYS contest their stepladders.
So sit back and enjoy the competition. And since it is, after all, the PEPSI TOURNAMENT, we take the opportunity to celebrate the PEPSI GENERATION, and more specifically, THE PRODIGY GENERATION of kids you see bowling on the show today.
As always, your comments are welcome. But we ask that you keep your remarks positive. As we say on each episode of PRODIGY BOWLERS TOUR, our mission is to Celebrate Junior Bowling while we Elevate Junior Bowlers. So if you have a criticism, try to make it helpful, not hurtful. Comments that are merely intended to injure or insult the kids will be removed.
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Thanks again for watching. I hope you enjoy our first ever PRODIGY BOWLERS TOUR double header! Even if it takes you several sittings to watch the whole thing, I think you'll agree that this episode of PRODIGY BOWLERS TOUR is nothing short of EPIC!
Special thanks to Georgia State Youth USBC Pepsi Tournament Director Kevin Dimuzio for granting us permission to film the 2018 PEPSI TOURNAMENT for inclusion on PRODIGY BOWLERS TOUR. Kevin runs an awesome tournament. It sure ain't easy to win. But the players who do win it earn it.
Coach Randy Brown
USBC Silver Certified Coach
Former PBA member
Executive Producer and Play-by-Play Voice
PRODIGY BOWLERS TOUR