BATON ROUGE, LA – This past weekend, one of my bowling friends said I might need several columns to appropriately handle the passing of local bowling icon, Sue Braud. He may be right, but I have to handle it in this space. I feel like I have been remembering and writing notes about friends, both

BATON ROUGE, LA – The BR Tournament’s 100th tournament at Circle Bowl this past weekend showed its ability to be different at every turn and again making sure that an outcome is never quite able to be predicted. David Stearman of Mobile, Alabama, took the title using his 156 average and accompanying handicap to win

BATON ROUGE, LA – One of the South’s most interesting bowling events will be renewed for the 100th time in what could be the computer era of the tournament as the BR tournament is held Dec. 7-8 at Circle Bowl. This event has certainly had its greatest moments at Circle Bowl first under the leadership

BATON ROUGE, LA – When it comes to tournaments, it is hard to find one that continues to last for decades on end. I’m not talking about your traditional city, state, regional or national event. I’m talking about the local house event or the event that a group may put on at the local center.

BATON ROUGE, LA – Greg Walters of Slidell took top honors in the $16,000 BR Singles event this past weekend at Circle Bowl in Baton Rouge. Walters, who entered with a 180 average, downed Kristopher Kling in the final match of the 32-player elimination finals, 448-392, to win the $3,671.25 first prize check. Kling, a

BATON ROUGE, LA – With the city bowling tournament heading to its second weekend at All-Star Lanes, attention will soon turn to the December edition of the BR Singles event at Circle Bowl. The event, which offers some bowler who can survive qualifying, semifinals and a 32-player single elimination bracket in two-game matches, is set

BATON ROUGE, LA – The August BR Singles Tournament at Circle Bowl saw out-of-town bowlers from four different states advance through to the semifinals. In the end 202 average bowler Bo Edwards Sr. from Columbus, Mississippi, who averaged 230 for his 16 games, walked away with the $4,168.50 from the total prize fund of over

BATON ROUGE, LA – Have to admit, it’s pretty amazing. A couple of weeks ago, he was 10 pins shy of the city record at All-Star Lanes. Sunday, Juan Coston, Jr., was the last bowler standing in a field of 521 to win the top prize of $3,809 in the December BR Singles event at Circle

BATON ROUGE, LA – Well, let’s see what happens this time around. The stories that can be told about the Baton Rouge Singles tournament even back to when it was the Baskin Robbins tournament many years ago could make a small book. But it continues to be an event  people from various states and the

BATON ROUGE, LA – The oldest non-association-sponsored tournament in Baton Rouge returns for its second renewal of 2014 Saturday and Sunday at Circle Bowl, and some of the numbers the bowling center has recently announced are staggering. In about 40 years of bowling, as much as four times a year, at the BR Singles Tournament,