Success for high school bowlers goes far beyond the number of pins they knock down. It involves the equipment it takes to get there.

Lau certainly would have been excused for overreacting that day as he bowled his first-ever 300 in competition for Herricks.

Palermaa, Europe's premier two-handed bowler, led PBA Hall of Famer Norm Duke of Clermont, Fla., by 65 pins after 15 games, finishing with a total of 3,519. Sean Rash of Montgomery, Ill., ...