Bret York started his bowling career in his native Mansfield/Wellsboro area and migrated to the Williamsport area in the late 1990’s, around the age of 40, seeking more competition.  His career high seasonal average in the local association was 232, achieved during the 2007-08 season, a season in which only 6 other bowlers posted a higher average than Bret.  There were four other seasons in which he finished among the top 10 averages for the year.  With a high career series of 812, York has eight 300 games to his credit, one of which was bowled in the Storm Mixed Team Challenge Qualifier at ABC West Lanes in Harrisburg in 2006.  Bret was runner up in the 2009 Bowler of the Year Tournament and participated in three Faxon Invitational Mixed Doubles Tournaments, which yearly featured the 24 men and women with the highest averages that season.

Between 2003 and 2016, York won 17 County Championship Tournament Titles, including ten team titles and 3 scratch doubles titles.  He also won the 2005 scratch Singles Event, and the 2011 scratch All Events, along with the handicap Singles and All Events in 2016.  His highest Tournament series was 792 (at Cloverleaf) and his highest tournament game was 297 (at Harvest Moon).

A dedicated tournament bowler, York bowled in 28 USBC (formerly ABC) National Tournaments, and 6 PSBA State Tournaments.  In 25 appearances in the Pa. Keystone Games Tournament, he won 5 Doubles Gold Medals, as well as winning the 2009 Scratch Singles Event for his age group with a 797 series.  Bret won the scratch Singles Gold Medal for his age group, in the 2016 and 2018 Senior Keystone Games, as well as winning the Silver Medal in that event in 2014.  In 2018, he won the Gold Medal in the Scratch Doubles Event.

York was named a State Games of America All-American Athlete for Bowling two times, once in 2017 in Grand Rapids Michigan, where his team took the scratch Gold Medal, and once in 2019 in Lynchburg, Va., where he won the Silver Medal  in the handicap Singles Event for his age group.  In 2012, Bret was selected to serve as assistant Director of Bowling for the Keystone State Games, a position that he still holds.