Real Experience Bowling is sort of like an empire now, and it’s only growing.

The shammies, with their recognizable Rex logo, are everywhere. I even know of at least one bowler here in western Wisconsin who uses one!

But to truly know the story of Real Experience Bowling is to know the story of Theo Johnson.

He’s a bowler who grew up in an area that some would consider upstate New York, moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan and started making the content that is just one part of a bowling-based experience like no other.

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You've never HEARD the PBA Tour like this. Never seen it quite like this either.

How it goes over with the bowling community is something we will have to wait to find out, but it won't be a long wait. The first telecast on The CW with Rick Allen on play-by-play is Sunday, February 22, 2026 at 3 p.m. Wisconsin time.

Allen has years of experience in auto racing, and does college sports on The CW. Although he's watched bowling from afar, this will be his first go at it in the booth.

Get to know the man with a new voice for televised bowling before he steps up to the Hot Mic.

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A college coach…scratch that…a coach who knows a lot about bowling from a nationally-ranked program says it would not be a surprise if he gets the buy-in he needs for a somewhat new, different format of intercollegiate competition to gain some traction.

Mark Jeffreys of Southern Nazarene University isn’t taking all the credit for three-period format he’s about to describe to you. He said it originated from a student-athlete.

What he’s proposing is head-to-head matches between two teams, complete with a scoreboard, a new livestreaming network and the goal of 64 teams qualifying for a bracket that leads to a national championship, like college basketball.

CBAA: https://www.thecbaa.com/

He’s got energy, some buzz in his part of the country and some serious gumption about what he believes is the long game in college bowling. Could it be the key to making it better for all involved?

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With a 10-1 record in District 10 competition this season, the Wagners High School co-op team is heading toward the end of the regular season with a full head of steam.

https://www.wihsbowlclub.com/SRM8/SRM/Reports8/repBvTeamStats.php?id=10

The boys team that includes students from Memorial, Altoona, and Fall Creek High Schools will have a roster next season that looks quite different than in 2025-26. Three seniors will have graduated, including reigning district champ, Tailen Scheuermann.

But the bowlers aren’t the only change in the team coming up this fall.

Coaches Tylor Chamberlain and Ian Schoenke and a couple of the aforementioned seniors recently joined me at Wagner’s Lanes in Eau Claire, WI to sort it all out.

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It is just about tournament time in the Eau Claire Area USBC in western Wisconsin.

Our annual association tournament starts 12 days after the date of this recording.

The team event is at Bowl Winkle’s on Friday January 23 at 6:30 p.m. or Saturday January 31 at 10 a.m.

Singles and Doubles is at Wagner’s Lanes on Saturday January 24 at 10 a.m. or Sunday, Feb 1 at 10 a.m.

Registration forms: adobe.ly/49W21rM

Remember to sign up by the deadline: Tuesday January 20th.

You must be an association member with at least 21 games in a sanctioned league in the association this season to participate.

I call it “our” tournament because I have been a member of the association board of directors for a couple years and also serve as its communication manager.

In Year Two, you’ll hear my conversation about this season’s tournament with Board President Barb Hanson and Vice President Randy Schenk. We also brought in Jeff Demorest from Washington state to get acquainted with a score tracking system we will use for the first time.

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The months ahead are very important for high school seniors in Wisconsin.

It’s their last chance to put their best foot forward in the classroom and on the lanes as well.

Jack Dysland of Greendale is trying to lead his Greendale Co-op team to a championship while staying in the hunt for an individual title in District One.

However, he knows that academics are of the utmost importance this winter and spring.

Now’s the time to Drop The Hammer, and you can bet that whether Dysland is hitting the lanes or hitting the books, he'll be giving it all he's got.

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Wartburg bowling coach and PWBA competitor Alexis Runk knows a LOT of bowlers, but she says the one who practices the most of all of them is Jace Goedel of St. Francis, MN.

Goedel graduated earlier this year, but worked with Alexis and her husband Brandon to step back just a little. He ended up with a collegiate career that no other bowler in program history can match.

Now he's back in Minnesota's Twin Cities, taking aim at amateur events and more.

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“Tag your favorite podcast in the comments…” the uber powerful JoPo Grips Facebook page told its 13,000 followers in a post last month (https://www.facebook.com/jopogrips/posts/pfbid0DmMtrfcMLY3YGccXenacVkoyqWTz9BUSfi4oEFKMtY9AxLPT8PRg8C3QafSNeCfdl).

“Let them know the JoPo Fam wants to hear us!”

I couldn’t argue with that. After all, I wanted to hear them…Michigan’s Jerry Penxa and Jerry Penxa the second…known to some as Mr. JoPo and JoPo Jr. or JP.

Theirs a remarkable story of an entrepreneur who had a vision and a passion so strong he refused to quit, even after many credible people told him “no.”

Now, even he can’t believe what’s happened since then.

Obviously, I responded to the post, which is where we’ll start this bowling business tale with A Family Twist.

JoPo online: jopogrips.com

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