Twenty two teams participated in the 10^th Annual YPN Chill N Bowl on Saturday, February 3^rd at Midway Lanes.

The event raised a whopping $2,268 for our 2017-18 non-profit partner, Tracy’s Sanctuary House. The money was raised through team entry fees, games and a 50/50 raffle. The 50/50 raffle was won by YPN member Becca Rattei, who very graciously donated half her winnings back to Tracy’s Sanctuary House.

Four separate contests are put on at Chill N Bowl: chili, costume/team spirit, team name and bowling.  Second place winners were given 4 Thunder Alley tickets to Midway Lanes, and winners were awarded a sparkling trophy. A combination of the team chili and bowling scores is calculated to crown the grand champion winner of the Chill N Bowl traveling trophy.

2018 Award Winners:

Grand Champion
Strike a Bowl – Rob Nagle, Shane Johnson, Steven Richard and Dan Gillitzer (photo right)

2^nd Place – Overall
Pocket Pounders – Devin Wertman, Steven Heesch, Dustin Kulseth and Dustin Leingang

Best Bowling Score
Superbowlers – Chance Schmidt, Mallory Westby, Sarah Fitterer and Derrick Van Zoest

2^nd Place – Bowling Score
Strike a Bowl – Rob Nagle, Shane Johnson, Steven Richard and Dan Gillitzer

Best Team Name
Maybe Next Year, LII – Ashley Backsen, Jeremy Misek, Christa Swartzenberger and Ann Braun

2^nd Place – Best Team Name
U.S. Olympic Team – Garrett Schilling, Stephanie Starr, Jamie Jackson and Joey Schrepel

Best Costume/Team Spirit
Naked and Afraid – Kelsey Baumann, Chris Nelson, Cass Helling and Becca Rattei

2^nd Place – Best Costume/Team Spirit
Super Mario Bros. – in a race to the “Pin-ish” Line – Pat Jones, Andrew Brown, Amy Brown and Cat Jones

Best Chili
BNC Cash – Neal Presser, Nate Palczewski, Ashley Keller and Amanda Enriquez

2^nd Place – Best Chili
Don’t Be Jelly – Alicia Reineke, Morgan Yoder, Shanley Peltier and Brook Johnson

A huge thank you to Jim Mellon and his staff at Midway Lanes for hosting another fantastic Chill N Bowl. Thank you to Kelsey and Steven Zottnick for their hard work furthering the mission of Tracy’s Sanctuary House. Thank you to the Chill N Bowl Committee for their hard work behind the scenes. Shout out to Dustin Leingang for his many years as our Chill N Bowl Committee Chair! Congratulations to all the teams who took home awards and thanks to all who attended to make it a fantastic event!

We hope to see you next year for the 11^th Annual Chill N Bowl!