There was a time when the UW-La Crosse bowling program was one of the best in the country. Two of my teammates who are PBA Tour champions were part of the program: Mike Shady, who went there before moving on to Nebraska, and Monona native Marc McDowell, who spent a semester there before moving on to West Texas State. Shady was a freshman on the 1985 UW-La Crosse team that won the National Championship over McDowell’s powerful West Texas State team that also included Jack Jurek and the...