FAIRLAWN, Ohio — At AMF Riviera Lanes in Fairlawn, bowling pins fell to the floor with a thud as the “Skrew Ballz” racked up a hefty number of strikes and spares.

Front and center of the team were Adele Hamad and her sister Jane Hamad. The latter was born “Sadie” but changed her name because she “thought it was so old-fashioned.”

Although the ladies are in their 90s, they don’t act like it.

Jane, 93, and Adele, 90, both lifelong residents of Akron, spend nearly every Tuesday morning bowling together in a league made up of seven teams.

On Jan. 24, the two took turns on the floor, more often than not taking out all 10 pins in one frame. Both barely over 5 feet tall, they high-fived and fist-bumped their teammates and one another with a similar team spirit.

Adele readily admits Jane is the better bowler, as Jane’s average score this year of 145 just tops her 135, but Adele makes up for it with her golf game.

“She’s better than I am, but I walk nine holes,” Adele said.

The two have been bowling together since their high school days. They took breaks from the sport when they had children, but they said they started back up again in the late 1950s and bowled alongside professionals such as Donna Myers, who was later inducted into the Summit County Sports Hall of Fame.

Lorie Anderson, Screw Ballz team captain, attributes their first-place ranking in the league largely to the sisters.

“They’re kicking my butt, and they do it on a regular basis,” Anderson said. “And they keep us in stitches every week. I love it.”

On top of competing in state bowling tournaments, Adele and Jane also dabbled in sports such as basketball and tennis.

“In our family, her and I were the tomboys,” Adele said. “We snuck out of the house while our other two sisters did the housework.”

Their tenacious alliance followed them to adulthood, where their bond blossomed even beyond sports.

The sisters married brothers in a joint wedding on a snowy February day in 1947.

After that, the four owned a bar and restaurant together in Akron called Hamad’s. When Opportunity Park bought out the property, they each opened a bar in Akron with their husbands.

Jane’s husband, Harry Hamad, passed away in 1990. Adele’s husband, Camil Hamad, is now 94. This February will be the couple’s 70th wedding anniversary.

The two have built a large family that often spends time together with their combined seven children and two generations of grandchildren. Of all their family members, though, the sisters have maintained the longest relationship of them all.

“We’re always together,” Adele said. “She’s my guardian angel.”

And with decades under their belt, the ladies’ solutions to some of life’s biggest questions are short and sweet.

The key to a long marriage?

“Trust one another. That’s it,” Adele advised.

The key to a long life?

“You’ve just got to keep active, that’s all,” Jane said.

“Just keep dancing. I love to dance,” Adele said.

“You should see her at weddings,” Jane added. “Even now she’s swinging!”

And the key to a lifelong bond between sisters?

“It’s a lot of fun when you have good health and a good family,” Jane said.