Buffalo’s Key-Reed wins WIBC/AMF Bev Ortner Award
GREENDALE, Wis. – Carolyn Key-Reed, Buffalo, N.Y., had one incredible night that resulted in winning the 2002-03 Women’s International Bowling Congress/AMF Bev Ortner Award for the season’s highest 800 series.
Key-Reed bowled an 868 series in the Spare Time St. James League at the Ideal Bowling Center in Buffalo, N.Y., on March 4, 2003. She capped off the series by rolling a 300 game after starting with 289 and 279. Her 868 total is the fourth highest series in WIBC history, one pin behind San Diego’s Missy Bellinder, whose third highest total of 869 was set in June 2002. The first and second highest series in WIBC history were set by Karen Rosenburg, Rolla, Mo., who bowled an 878 series in December 2001, and Jackie Mitskavich, Van Wert, Ohio, who bowled an 877 series in August 1997.
The WIBC/AMF Bev Ortner Award was named in honor of Beverly Ortner, who, in 1968, was the first WIBC member to bowl an 800 series (267-264-287-818), in South Sioux, Neb.