{"id":35841,"date":"2025-11-11T10:31:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T10:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/35841\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T10:31:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T10:31:08","slug":"kremer-overcomes-nerves-to-claim-queens-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/35841\/","title":{"rendered":"Kremer overcomes nerves to claim Queens title"},"content":{"rendered":"

ExploreBowling: Family feel helps Dobran and Parker win state title<\/a><\/p>\n

The deep breaths and determination did the trick as Kremer edged out Danielle Crowder, 227-220, to win the Angie Kreitzer Memorial Queen\u2019s Tournament at Poelking Lanes South on Sunday, Oct. 26. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always loved this tournament, I think I first bowled in it in 2015, and I knew if I won, I\u2019d get a tiara,\u201d Kremer said. \u201cI\u2019m all things girly girl, so I knew I needed that in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Kremer, formerly Jessica Wolfe, is no stranger to the tournament, she only recently returned to the lanes after an almost two-year hiatus. After sustaining a hip injury in 2023, she decided to take some time off.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted a break,\u201d she said. \u201cI just got engaged and was doing all things wedding and I didn\u2019t really want to bowl.\u201d<\/p>\n

That changed this summer when she saw her husband and brother bowling together.<\/p>\n

\u201cI kind of got jealous,\u201d she said. \u201cI missed it.\u201d<\/p>\n

She excitedly returned to league play this season. Tournament play, however, created more than a few anxious moments.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was my first tournament back and I struck almost every shot in practice and then the lights went on, and I was shaking I so nervous,\u201d she said. \u201cBut then I found my groove and it didn\u2019t go away.\u201d<\/p>\n

From a 161 to a 268, she finished the six-game qualifier in second place when the field was cut to the top 16 for match play.<\/p>\n

The second seed rattled off four straight wins to snag the top seed Sunday. Kremer then watched Crowder \u2013 who she beat earlier in the day \u2013 topple her two stepladder opponents to set up a second meeting between the two with the title and tiara on the line.<\/p>\n

Kremer needed to double in the 10th to win, but her nerves got the better of her as she threw the ball harder than she planned and left the two-pin. Crowder took the game 201-193 forcing the decider in the double-elimination event. This time, Kremer handled the pressure. <\/p>\n

She joins elite company including hall of fame bowlers such as Linda Kelly, Mandy Wilson, Lori Reasoner and Kari Graham as champions of the prestigious tournament.<\/p>\n

\u201cLori came up to me afterwards and said, \u2018Welcome to the elite group,\u2019\u201d Kremer said. \u201cI didn\u2019t have words, I still don\u2019t. I honestly don\u2019t think it\u2019s sunk in yet.\u201d<\/p>\n

The coveted tiara is now displayed on a shelf in her living room, a daily reminder that she is back where she belongs \u2013 on the lanes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ExploreBowling: Family feel helps Dobran and Parker win state title The deep breaths and determination did the trick…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35842,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[12188,11979,9,24,4087,14662,63,122,124,123,319],"class_list":{"0":"post-35841","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-athlete-injuries","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-nfl-football","13":"tag-nflraw25","14":"tag-nyc","15":"tag-queens","16":"tag-queens-headlines","17":"tag-queens-news","18":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}