Arlington Hts. bowlers win state contest

Three Arlington Heights bowlers are celebrating a state championship win that came with a $5,000 prize.

Dawn Makuch, Sue Husar and Chris Patterson-Duebner won the 2015 Miller Lite-sponsored Beer Frame Baker Blast State Finals on Jan. 10 at Classic Bowl in Morton Grove.

The three women, who are teammates at Beverly Lanes in Arlington Heights, competed against 28 other teams from across the state for the title.

According to bowlillinois.com, the tournament is scored by differentials from a target score, which is determined by the average of the team members scores on the day they qualify. The bowlers then had to play five "Baker" games - a format in which each member of a team bowls one frame at a time until a 10-frame game is completed.

The Arlington Heights team posted scores of 150-144-153-148-153 in the finals for a cumulative differential of 15 pins from their target score of 151.