This past Thursday, 32 of the greatest Americans this side of the Mississippi got together to celebrate two of America’s greatest pastimes: presidential politics and bowling. This annual event put on by the Wellness Committee is now in its third year and just gets crazier every year. Kind of like our national politics.
The pins were falling, the trash talk was flowing, and the commentary on many of our presidents cannot be reproduced here. However, we can report that the city has a huge Franklin Pierce fan which was totally unexpected. An interesting fact about Pierce is that he is considered by many to be our most handsome president ever. If JFK was a 9, then that would make Franklin Pierce an 11 or 12 easy.
Now to the results.
Commander in Chief Award (Top Bowler)
| Bowler | Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Total | Splits |
| Mike Johnson | Teddy | 183 | 204 | 387 | 2 |
A Nation Divided Award (Most Splits)
| Bowler | Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Total | Splits |
| Steve Earl | Abe | 114 | 156 | 270 | 5 |
Four Score and Seven Award (Scoring exactly 87 in a game)
| Bowler | Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Total | Splits |
| Myranda Howard | Abe | 87 | 99 | 186 |
Manifest Destiny Award (Predicting your total score for 2 games)
| Bowler | Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Total | Splits |
| Scott Swift | Ford | 104 | 127 | 231 | 4 |
Lincoln’s Birthday Award (Bowling exactly 212 (Feb. 12) for 2 games)
| Bowler | Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Total | Splits |
| Taylor Forbush | Ford | 139 | 73 | 212 | 2 |
The Presidential Cronies Award (Top Team Score)
- Team Ford
- Scott Swift
- Jennifer S.
- Taylor Forbush
- Pete Wolfley
Awards will be presented to the winners sometime before Election Day.
Thanks to everyone who came out and participated. Hope to see more people participate next year because remember, you don’t have to be good to win. Just like in politics.