Perry’s Miller signs with YSU
Perry High School senior Hannah Miller has signed a national letter of intent to join the Youngstown State bowling program beginning in the 2022-23 academic year, YSU head coach Doug Kuberski announced on Tuesday. Miller is planning to major in engineering.
Miller is a two-time first-team All-Federal League selection and a three-time state qualifier at Perry. She was a nominee for Stark County Bowler of the Year in 2021, and she has helped the Panthers win three district titles and two conference titles. Outside of her high school career, she has competed at the Junior Gold Championships and Junior Tournament Bowlers Association tournaments.
“We are thrilled Hannah has decided to join the Penguin family,” said Kuberski. “It has been a lot of fun to see the strides Hannah has made in her game over the past two seasons, and it is a testament to her work ethic and her passion for the sport. She also thrives in the team environment and looks to be a natural leader. With her natural talent, work ethic, and drive, the ingredients are there for her to do big things in college and beyond.”
Miller is active in the National Honor Society, National Technical Honors Society, Link Crew, Athletic Leadership Council, Student Council and the Perry Buddies program. She is a four-year academic award winner, and part of the College Credit Plus program at Stark State College. Miller intends to major in mechanical engineering at YSU.
Youngstown State is a member of the Southland Bowling League and advanced to the Final Four of the 2021 National Collegiate Women’s Bowling Tournament.
Perry grad has 300 for NDC
Aided by an electrifying performance by sophomore Sarah Benedict, a Perry High School graduate, that included a perfect 300 game, the Notre Dame College women’s bowling team captured their second tournament championship of the season at the Roto Grip Raider Classic on Nov. 13 and 14 at Poelking Woodman Lanes in Kettering. Benedict’s 300, the first of her career, came at the end of Saturday’s block of five team games and capped off an afternoon in which she opened with a 233 game and totaled 1,118 pins to average 223, placing her second among the 142 women who competed in the tournament. It marked the second consecutive All-Tournament Team berth for Benedict, who also earned the honor at an Ohio Bowling Conference tournament on Oct. 23.
The previous 300 game in school history was authored by current junior Romeo Patrick-Holmes at the Warhawk Open on March 13. There has also been another NDC perfect game at the Raider Classic: five Falcon women combined for a Baker 300 score in the 2017 championship match against host school Wright State University.
With 25 teams from 21 schools competing in the women’s division this year, Notre Dame placed five bowlers among the top 35. Benedict was joined in that group by fifth year senior Lauren Alexander (15th, 198 average), freshman Rachel Foreback (23rd, 194 average), sophomore Hannah Klein (31st, 190 average), and senior Allyia Nicol (35th, 187 average). Foreback and Klein each posted a 247 score. The team’s final four-game Baker set of 815 held off a late charge by Marian University (Indiana), who had trimmed the Falcons’ lead from 160 to 22 pins in the previous set. The varsity women matched their total of tournament wins from each of the past two years, having earlier won the October 23 Ohio Bowling Conference meet.
Notre Dame’s junior varsity women, who were on a winning streak after championships in the Ohio Bowling Conference tournament on October 23 and the Buckeye Baker Classic, finished second to Thomas More University at the Raider Classic. Sophomore Kayla Beckley, a Claymont graduate, and freshman Ryley Cecil (Massillon) each made their third consecutive JV All-Tournament Team appearance, finishing third and fifth in the division, respectively, while freshman Olivia Brace was seventh.