CORTLAND, N.Y. (AP) — A New York bowler rolled a perfect game in less than 90 seconds.
CORTLAND, N.Y. (AP) — A New York bowler rolled a perfect game in less than 90 seconds.
Ben Ketola hit 12 straight strikes in 86.9 seconds on April 5 at 281 Bowl in Cortland. There are 10 frames on a bowling scorecard, with a bowler having three chances to roll the ball in the final frame if they spare or strike. A 300 is a perfect score.
The 23-year-old Preble man raced from one lane to the next at the 10-lane facility and registered the strikes using a different ball on each lane. He used Lanes 1 and 2 twice.
Ketola is a 225-average, two-handed bowler who works at the bowling alley. He told The Post-Standard of Syracuse he “honestly wasn’t expecting to do it.”
There is no official speed record listed by the United States Bowling Congress. Pro bowler Tom Dougherty threw a perfect game over 12 lanes in 111 seconds in 2015.