A previously unreleased bowling league record from Columbine High School lists Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold as members of the same bowling team in February.
The document is dated February 2, identified as Week 07 of 41 of the Columbine High School bowling league. Harris and Klebold are both listed on Team 18, alongside Chris Morris and Nate Dykeman.
The individual statistics recorded for the two are:
Eric Harris
- Average: 101
- Games: 14
- Total pins: 1,426
- High game: 125
- High series: 248
- High handicap game: 233
- High handicap series: 432
- Handicap: 79
Dylan Klebold
- Average: 119
- Games: 14
- Total pins: 1,666
- High game: 162
- High series: 295
- High handicap game: 266
- High handicap series: 441
- Handicap: 64
A note on the bowling statistics:
The sheet uses several abbreviations( that even I had to look up). AVG is the bowler’s average, GMS is the number of games played, and T/PIN is the total number of pins knocked down. HSG and HSS stand for high scratch game and high scratch series, the highest scores recorded before handicap points are added. HHG and HHS are the high handicap game and high handicap series, which include the bowler’s handicap. HC is the handicap assigned to the bowler.
A handicap in bowling is a system used to make league competition more even between players with different averages. Bowlers with lower averages receive more handicap points, while bowlers with higher averages receive fewer. These points are added to the actual score for handicap competition. So the handicap scores listed here should not be mistaken for the number of pins Harris or Klebold actually knocked down.
Another example of that is that, Dylan’s high game is listed as 162, while his high handicap game is listed as 266. The 266 includes his handicap. It doesn’t mean he knocked down 266 pins in a single game.
The sheet is a fairly ordinary league record but I find the inclusion of the team’s position among the other teams in the league interesting. The first page records Team 18 with 5 wins and 10 losses at this point in the season.
It’s not important or groundbreaking, but still worth sharing with everyone.
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