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Article: Twelve balls, and a teenager finds perfection
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- Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME)
- Article date:
- January 8, 2004
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Steve Solloway staff writer
Portland Press Herald (Maine)
01-08-2004
Twelve balls, and a teenager finds perfection
Byline: Steve Solloway staff writer
Edition: FINAL
Section: Sports
As the last pin fell, Tom Young finally lost his cool. He shouted and ran and jumped onto one of his best friends, nearly knocking him down.
Dozens of hands reached for his. Voices cheered and called his name.
Hey, it's not every day that a bowler rolls a perfect 300. And never, ever at Yankee Lanes in Portland has that bowler been as young as 18.
Tom Young, a high school senior, is the first teenager to score 12 straight strikes in a league-sanctioned game in this house. He did it Saturday morning, in the first ...
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