Joe Cardone has been bowling in the local association since the mid 1960’s after coming out of the local junior bowling program at the YMCA before entering military service in the late 1950’s.  He achieved his high career average of 200 and his high career series of 713 in the early 1970’s.  In 2008, at the age of 69, Joe bowled his second career 300 game, after achieving the first perfect game of his career in 1992.  Cardone bowled in nine ABC National Tournaments, 10 PSBA State tournaments and over 25 local Association Championship tournaments, including the 1980 Tournament in which his team took first place.  Through the years, Cardone served as President, Secretary, or Treasurer for many of the leagues in which he bowled.

In 1954, Joe was a member of the local Kelchner’s team that won the State Junior Bowling Championship.  In March of that same year, his Kelchner’s team rolled a 2858 three game total at the Williamsport YMCA Lanes, as an entry in the National Junior Bowling Telegraphic Tournament.  That score was good enough to take 21st place nationally, out of some 1800 participating teams across the country.

While in the service, Cardone was named to the All-Army Bowling Team in 1958, after his team won both the 3RD Division Championship and the National Army Championship Tournament.