COLUMBIA — The black bowling ball spins diagonally as it moves toward the pins centered at the end of the lane. It hits for a strike, the fourth in a row for Gerald Wills Sr. He raises one finger into the air for a brief second, the only celebration he shows. Behind him, his wife and two sons cheer him on. Wills doesn’t get to bowl often, but the Show-Me State Games offer him an opportunity to compete in the sport he first played as a 10-year old.
Show-Me State Games gives father chance for bowling glory
Saturday, July 24, 2010 | 11:24 p.m. CDT;
updated 12:49 a.m. CDT, Sunday, July 25, 2010
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