About four or five years ago, Brandon Novak was “real high” on wanting to go to Saginaw Valley State University, where he would bowl for legendary coach Dan Dorion.
The two arranged to meet at Sequoia Pro Bowl in Novak’s home base of Columbus so Dorion could see Novak bowl.
“I threw one shot,” Novak recalled in a phone interview Sunday night, “and he said, ‘There’s no way you could bowl for me if you throw it like that.’ He...