BATON ROUGE - The column takes a turn we weren’t expecting this week with the passing of two I would call national legends of this sport. First is a Louisiana bowler who with her New Orleans friends provided one of the most memorable and enduring moments in the WIBC/USBC’s long women’s national championship history.

Linda Prattini may not be a name that rings a bell right off the bat in bowling circles, but if I tell you she was one of the founders of the famed Zodiacs of New Orleans, then you might know of her and her bowlers.

Prattini, who passed away on Oct. 6, made 57 consecutive tournament appearances from 1967-2024 and introduced the Zodiacs at the 1969 Women’s Championships in a way that would protest the tournament’s dress code of the time. Her team arrived in full-length formal

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