Bowler of the YearJessica HowellMoline, So.: Finished third at the state meet with a 2,660 pins, a single-game average of 221.7; won sectional title after knocking down 1,360 pins; started postseason run with the Western Big 6 Conference title, where she had a six-game series of 1,342 and single-game high of 268; helped Maroons to first-ever Big 6 and sectional team titles. First teamAimee Becht Moline, Jr.: All-Western Big 6 honoree; finished third at Big 6 meet with a 1,197; sectional runner-up with a score of 1,315.
Kayla Crawford United Township, So.:Finished seventh at Big 6 meet with a 1,102-pin performance.
Hannah Ceurvorst Moline, Sr.: All-Big 6 selection and league runner-up; bowled a 1,005 at sectional.
Aubree Hooks Rock Island, Sr.: All-Big 6 selection, finished fifth at the Big 6 meet, rolling a 1,147.
Kiely Miller Moline, Sr.: All-Big 6 selection; bowled a 1,177 at the Big 6 meet; finished seventh at sectional with a 1,212.
Jordan Sholl Rock Island, So.:All-Big 6 selection; took sixth at league meet with a 1,109; team-best 1,009 pins at sectional.
Today is Tuesday, May 21, the 141st day of 2013. There are 224 days left in the year. 1863 -- 150 years ago: On Monday the 11th inst. on Center Ridge in Mercer County,some citizens got out their cannon to celebrate the taking of Richmond. The gun wasoverloaded and burst. No one was injured, but one 30-pound piece went though thesecond story of a house. 1888 -- 125 years ago: The old folks concert at the Harper Theater last night to benefit St.Luke's Cottage Hospital, attracted a large audience. 1913 -- 100 years ago: Unless depredation by vandals in Rock Island parks is halted,special policemen will be assigned to night duty to protect the flowers and other property. 1938 -- 75 years ago: Station WHBF has received a special citation from Washington forits participation in Air Mail Week, which was observed this week throughout the nation. 1963 -- 50 years ago: A 10-year high in employment in the Quad-City area was reachedat the end of the last quarter, according to an industrial employment barometer releasedtoday. 1988 -- 25 years ago: Pee Wee teams will be able to play baseball and softball as usualon Diamond Three at Dorrance Park this summer, but after that, the ball field is doomed.County crews have put the diamond back in shape after heavy trucks marred the playingfield earlier this spring. Illinois Department of Transportation crews drove onto it to makeborings for the relocation of the junction of Illinois 84 and the Port Byron-Hillsdale road.