While most focused on the state volleyball finals and the opening weekend of the football playoffs Saturday, another most anticipated season for the next new culture in Ohio High School sports. Read about it in today’s Press Pros feature.

He’s 27 years old, from Bluffton, Indiana, and ranked the second-best bowler in the world.  Pressure?  Nah.  EJ Tackett (below) has a good day even on days when he’s not his best. Read more from the Coldwater PBA ‘Classic’ in the latest inside feature.

Monday was meet-and-greet night for the pro bowlers assembling for this week’s Coldwater PBA Bowlerstore.com Classic, and if first impressions are an indicator, Sean Rash (below), Michael Davidson, Marshall Kent, and others will not disappoint.

Put it on your calendar…a unique chance to rub elbows with the best in the business of professional bowling (like Kyle Sherman, below) – the Bowlerstore.com offers a ‘meet and greet’ opportunity at the store on Monday, August 19.

Mark your calendar and buy your tickets…the Pro Bowlers Tour comes to Coldwater the week of August 20 to compete, entertain, and simply enjoy the pace of a community that gives as good as it gets. Read about it in today’s Press Pros feature.

After 48 years Minster’s Community Lanes is under new direction and no one could be happier than both the old management, and the new. Minster’s Joe Baumer (pictured above) has turned over the reins of the old girl to Versailles bowling entrepreneur, Doug Davidson. Read more in today’s Press Pros inside feature.

Lights, action, at the state bowling tournament…It’s the biggest high school bowling tournament of the year, but what you don’t know about the state tournament is…it might be the best atmosphere of any of the OHSAA tournaments.

Versailles’ boys and girls bowling teams took different paths to qualify for the state tournament. As for Fort Loramie junior Elena Bulcher (pictured), she blazed her own trail as district champ.

Champions Smile…St. Henry’s boys bowling team captured league honors, if not an official title, in the first ‘annual’ conference bowling tournament to determine a champion. But Saturday’s crown came with an asterisk, as you’ll read about in today’s Press Pros inside feature.

McBo’s bowling alley was already full, but when word got out Saturday morning that Versailles bowler Jay Mumaw was doing something special, everyone (it seemed) gathered to watch.

The smallest kid on his high school team, and perhaps the entire Western Ohio High School Bowling Conference, Versailles’ Jay Mumaw has used technique, and mind over matter to make bowling his sport of choice, and success. An Interesting profile in today’s Press Pros inside feature.

It rained strikes at Sidney’s Bel-Mar Lanes Thursday as Troy topped Sidney in GWOC bowling…and as Troy’s Preston Gambrell took individual high honors for the day with a 275. Read more in our latest bowling post, today’s Press Pros inside feature.

The most talked-about evolution in bowling is not the color of the ball, or the style of shoes and shirts. No, it’s whether you bowl with one hand, or two (like Derek Seifring, above). And those who have made the switch to two-hand bowling say it’s just right for them. Read the latest Press Pros bowling feature.

Coby’s ‘Big’ Day…Parkway’s Coby Jones captured individual honors with a season-high 241, but Coldwater took top team in WOHSBC bowling Saturday in Minster. Read our weekly report in today’s Press Pros feature.

Brothers Nick and Spencer Alig (above) combined for a 463 and 450 series, respectively, to pace New Bremen in Saturday league action in Union City. Bowling is packing the house this winter in community establishments like Union City’s Woodcrest Lanes. Read more in today’s Press Pros inside feature.

Packed on a Saturday morning…You wouldn’t guess it, given the popularity of the current state football tournament, but they’re packing places like Pla-Mor Lanes in Coldwater (above) to see area high school teams tune up for another, different state title come spring. Read more in the latest Press Pros post on bowling.