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                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: THURSDAY, February 7, 1991                   TAG: 9102070288
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: C5   EDITION: METRO 
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DIXON BOWLS 300 AT VIKING LANES

Mark Dixon of Salem bowled his first 300 game Wednesday night during Commercial League play at Viking Lanes on Franklin Road.

Dixon, 21, had games of 180, 300 and 197 for a 677 series. He's been a league bowler for five years and has a 193 average. He rolls a 16-pound ball.

"On my last ball [in the 300 game], I got up there and I could tell that no one in the whole bowling alley was bowling. I could just feel everybody behind me," Dixon said. "It wasn't exactly perfect, but it carried. There was just a big scream, and everybody just started yelling and clapping and shaking my hand." - Staff report



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