Another update:

Aurora's team fell from second place to third place in the final game, and lost second by 4 pins (or as Eric said, one picked up spare). However, Aurora did really well, had a 1313 series, with an average of 218, and she came in 2nd place individually, qualifying her to go on to the STATE tournament next weekend.  So very exciting!  Now comes the dilemmas...  Eric had this weekend off so he works next weekend, and Brie is scheduled to work Friday too.  Sooooo.....  How to get them to the state tournament to cheer? Eric is going to be talking to his supervisor and others about making a trade, while I am not sure what Brie is going to do. In the meantime, I need to start looking for a hotel room...