IN ADDITION TO BOWLING, JAMES’ FAVORITE PASTIMES ARE HUNTING, FISHING AND PLAYING CARDS. HE IS AN AVID BASEBALL, FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL FAN AND HAS AN EXTENSIVE SPORTS MEMORABILIA COLLECTION. IN 1977 AT THE AGE OF 10, JAMES WENT BOWLING WITH SOME FRIENDS AT FAIR LANES AND THE REST IS HISTORY. JAMES JOINED THE A.J.B.C. (NOW THE Y.A.B.A.) AND CONVINCED HIS MOM TO JOIN A LEAGUE HERSELF AND HELP COACH THE YOUNG BOWLERS.

AS A JUNIOR BOWLER HE WON SEVERAL AWARDS FOR HIGH GAMES AND SERIES. HE ALSO HELPED HIS TEAM EARN A LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP. HE TRAVELED TO STATE TOURNAMENTS AND PARTICIPATED IN NUMEROUS LOCAL TOURNAMENTS AS WELL. HE JOINED A.B.C. IN 1983 AND STARTED WITH A LEAGUE AVERAGE OF 165. THAT AVERAGE HAS STEADILY INCREASED THROUGH THE YEARS AND HE NOW CARRIES AN AVERAGE IN EXCESS OF 200 IN ALL HIS LEAGUES.

HE HAS WON SEVERAL LEAGUE HIGH GAME AND SERIES AWARDS AND HIS TEAMS NORMALLY FINISH IN THE TOP FIVE. HE BOWLS TWO LEAGUES AND A TRAVEL LEAGUE. HE PARTICIPATES IN STATE AND NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS WHENEVER POSSIBLE. HE HAS BOWLED TOO MANNY 200’S, 225’S, 250’S, 275’S AND 700’S TO KEEP TRACK OF.

HE BOWLED THE FIRST OF HIS TWELVE 300’S IN 1985 AT HURRICANE LANES. HE BOWLED THE FIRST OF THREE 800’S IN 1995 AT ARMADILLA LANES DURING CITY TOURNAMENT. HIS 837 SERIES WAS THE HIGHEST SERIES IN PASADENA UNTIL 1998.

HE HAS MADE HIS FAMILY EXTREMELY PROUD, NOT ONLY WITH HIS BOWLING SKILLS, BUT BY TAKING ON THE PROFOUND RESPONSIBILITY OF OPERATING TWO BUSINESSES AND RAISING A 13 YEAR OLD GIRL AS HIS OWN. HIS FATHER WOULD DEFINITELY APPROVE.