2/13/10 Crunch time

Hm, this seems like a familiar spot... oh, right! It's the blog we started because varsity bowling wasn't getting enough coverage in North Jersey (and beyond) -- and behold, the NJBB has fallen into the same trap as so many other media outlets before it. *Sigh*

Well, The Messenger could give you a billion excuses, but in the interest of at least owing a fair explanation... we're broke. That's right, as much as we love this particular corner of the blogosphere, it still ain't netted the folks at NJ Bowling Blog World Headquarters a dime since it began. And, needing desperately to spend the time on more lucrative endeavors (however slight the lucrativity may be), TM has been, well, abysmal at maintaining this site this winter. I'm sorry.

The good news is twofold: A) The Messenger's tweeting-bird has been quite adept at delivering results in a timely fashion, even if the carrier pigeon is on life support; and B) TM's alter ego has been quite busy in supplying several of the local weekly papers in the Northern New Jersey region with a fair amount of high school bowling coverage this winter. You know, when he wasn't buried under 79 inches of snow. Submitted for your approval...

BERGEN COUNTY GIRLS BOWLING TOURNAMENT COVERAGE:

• IHA tops RHS for 7th straight County crown (The Ridgewood News)
  
• Mahwah shares ties that bind (Suburban News)
  

BERGEN COUNTY BOYS BOWLING TOURNAMENT COVERAGE:

• Kotellos, Maroons make County's top-10 list (The Ridgewood News)
  
• Landau, Carr claim County hardware (Suburban News)
  

NORTH JERSEY SECTIONAL GIRLS BOWLING TOURNAMENT COVERAGE:

• For Ridgewood, 1,010 wins it (The Ridgewood News)
  

Due to higher directives, you will note that certain towns always have to be in the lead to the story for most papers... but, if you scroll down, you should be able to find ample info from other teams/aspects of said tournaments. Stories from the boys sectional tournaments that occurred yesterday haven't been published yet since -- well, the papers only come out once a week.

As you know, however, this upcoming week represents perhaps The Messenger's most favorite of the calendar/school years: State finals week at Carolier Lanes. True to his word, he has taken off the entire week (although unlike past years, there is a slight departure in that his beloved Daytona 500 will take place at the end of it all) and plans to be on hand for all of the action at Carolier Lanes, team and singles tournaments both.

In the interim, TM hopes to be able to post some sectional scores, as well as pass along some of the league standings he has accrued as the season wraps up. Again, we apologize that it's not quite our intense coverage of old, but the NJBB is still here and still alive! For now, anyway.

Good luck to everyone headed to North Brunswick this week. See you on the other side...

- TM