SHERRIE BEGAN BOWLING IN 1962 AT NORTH SHEPARD LANES IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. THERE SHE MET DUB AND THEY WERE MARRIED IN OCTOBER 1963. SHERRIE HAD TWO SMALL CHILDREN FROM A PREVIOUS MARRIAGE THAT OFTEN WERE IN THE NURSERY AT THE BOWLING CENTER.

ONE EVENING WHILE IN THE NURSERY, DOUG WAS PUSHED BY ANOTHER CHILD RESULTING IN A FRONT TOOTH BEING KNOCKED LOOSE. AFTER THIS INCIDENT, SHERRIE DECIDED TO GIVE UP BOWLING AND STAY HOME WITH HER CHILDREN. SHERRIE AND DUB MOVED TO DEER PARK IN 1983 AND SINCE DUB WAS BOWLING A CHURCH LEAGUE IN PASADENA, SHERRIE DECIDED TO RETURN TO BOWLING. THERE THEY MET SAM AND NELDA BALDACCHINO. NELDA AND SHERRIE, SHARING A LOVE FOR BOWLING, BECAME GOOD FRIENDS AND TEAMMATES. NELDA AND SHERRIE BEGAN BOWLING NO-TAPS AND FINALLY, WHEN SOMEONE CANCELLED ON NATIONALS, NELDA INVITED SHERRIE TO BOWL.

THIS WAS THE START OF ABOUT SEVEN YEARS OF PARTICIPATING IN BOTH THE STATE AND NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS. SHERRIE WAS PRIVILEGED TO HAVE SERVED ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE PWBA, HELPING TO THE SPORT AMONG WOMEN AND BECAME SECRETARY AROUND 1987. ONE OF HER FONDEST MEMORIES IS THE CITY TOURNAMENT OF 1991 AS THE ASSOCIATION PAID A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO THE ARMED FORCES. (DESERT STORM WAS THE NATION’S MAIN FOCUS.) HER FUNNIEST MEMORY IS SHE AND SEVERAL OTHER BOARD MEMBERS DRESSING AS THE CALIFORNIA RAISINS AND PERFORMING “I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE” AT THE AWARDS BANQUET. SHERRIE’S GREATEST COACH HAS BEEN HER HUSBAND DUB, SO HE CLAIMS TO HAVE TAUGHT HER EVERYTHING. HER HIGH GAME IN 254 AND HER HIGHEST AVERAGE WAS 178. SHE IS ACTIVE IN THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF DEER PARK AND AN EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER OF THE BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS IN PASADENA.