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The Herald - Everett, Wash. - www.HeraldNet.com

Published: Tuesday, January 25, 2005

Herald staff

Few athletes ever achieve perfection.

Jordan Plunkett did it twice in one week.

Plunkett, a 17-year-old bowler from Everett, rolled not one, but two 300 games last week.

The first came on Jan. 16 during a Northwest Bowling Tour event at San Juan Lanes in Anacortes. Plunkett put together 11 straight strikes, then, on his final ball, watched as the 10 pin wavered slightly before dropping, giving him his first 300 game in sanctioned play.

"I almost couldn't stand up," Plunkett said of watching the 10 pin fall.

Three days later, Plunkett duplicated the feat at Evergreen Lanes in Everett during a pre-bowl for his Saturday League team.

"I was shocked because it took me four years to do the first one and (three) days to do the second one," said Plunkett, who four times has bowled 299.

Plunkett also competes for Cascade in the Everett Parks and Recreation Mixed High School Bowling League. He has led the Bruins to state in each of the past three seasons.

Through last week's action, Cascade was in first place in the league and Plunkett ranked second in scoring average (200.54).

Jackson shines: Joshua Jackson of Mariner High School turned in the high game (280) and high series (689) in competition last week in the Everett Parks and Recreation Mixed High School Bowling League.

Jackson leads the league with a 208.43 average.

Evelyn Potoczny of Kamiak rolled the high game (196) and series (520) for the girls.

Cascade leads the team standings with 340 points. Everett was second (318) and Mariner moved into third (306.5), passing Lake Stevens (299.5).

Gymnastics

Leading Edge wins Reno meet: The Everett-based Leading Edge Level 7 gymnastics team captured first place in the team competition at the Flips Invitational, held Jan. 14-16 in Reno, Nev.

Leading Edge finished with 111.625 points to best nine teams from around the nation.

Leading Edge was led by Trang Vu, 15, of Marysville and Lauren Bath, 11, of Everett, who each won the all-around competition in her age group.

Also winning an all-around title was Jenny Kayla, 11, of Everett, who captured first place in her age group in the Level 5 competition.

 

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