PERRY SWEEPS STONEHEDGE EVENTS
AKRON — The Perry High School girls and boys bowling teams captured titles during the Christmas Tournament on Dec. 26-27 at Stonehedge Family Fun Center.
The Panther boys, the No. 2 seed in the 20-team field, defeated No. 5 seed Tallmadge to claim the title.
Nordonia topped boys qualifying with 3,984, with the format including three regular games and six Baker System games. The top eight advanced to match play for best-of-three Baker matches.
Tallmadge topped Nordonia in the semifinal round, while Perry advanced with a win over Stow-Munroe Falls.
Medina Highland’s Kyle Dunn turned in the top series with 699, while Perry’s Nick Harmon had the high game of 257 on the OHSAA sectional-district oil pattern for 2023.
In the girls division, Perry was the No. 6 seed, but won matches against Akron Hoban, Tallmadge and Struthers in the final to claim the title.
Nordonia also led girls qualifying with 3,271, 13 pins ahead of Tallmadge. But the Knights were beaten in the semifinal round by Struthers.
Tallmadge’s Maria Mara turned in the top girls game with 231, and Mentor’s Halley Simmons had the high series with 561 in the 18-team field.
ANDERSON NAMED COACH OF YEAR
WOOSTER — Corby Anderson, who led Triway High School’s girls to the 2022 Division II state championship, has been selected as the Ohio High School Athletic Association’s coach of the year for girls bowling.
Anderson, who was nominated by the Ohio High School Bowling Coaches Association, was selected for “coaching performance, lifetime community involvement, school involvement and philosophy of coaching,” according to a letter from OHSAA executive director Doug Ute.
“The OHSAA sent out the email to an address at Triway, and I don’t have an account there,” Anderson said. “The athletic director found the email and forwarded it to my Yahoo account.
“It caught me completely off guard. I have no clue on how it is selected.”
For Anderson, who has coached at both the high school and college levels, it is his first major coaching award.
“This is really a neat thing,” Anderson said.
TOURNAMENT: RAY CAPTURED HANGOVER EVENT
BROOK PARK — Del Ray topped JT Jackson 279-228 in the title match to capture the Hangover Classic at Brookgate Lanes.
Ray, the No. 1 seed entering the stepladder finals after compiling 1,228 total pinfall through five qualifying games, also had a 300 in Game 5 during the event. He won $800 in the event, operated by Hit Dem Pockets.
In the senior division, Teroy Wade topped Butch Ferrell 238-237 to claim that title and $260.
The event drew 90 bowlers in the open division and 17 in the senior division.
Ferrell was the top qualifier for the three-man stepladder finals in the senior division with 1,150, 19 pins ahead of Ray Cook.
The top 18 cashed in the Open division, with Dan Marriott earning the final cash spot by just three pins over Red Krager. Wade earned the final stepladder spot in the Senior division by just eight pins over Rick Adams.
Jackson, the No. 5 seed in the Open division, advanced by seven pins over Joe Bailey after shooting 259 during his final game. Jackson went on to top Shannon Price (268-235), Antonio Vernon (251-213) and Casey Cohagen (279-213) before dropping his final match.
Among Stark County area cashers were Alliance’s Richard Stoffer (eighth, 1,169) and Jackson’s Township’s Bill Dunn (17th, 1,124).
AKRON SWEEPER SET JAN. 15
AKRON — The next Scratch Doubles Sweeper is set for 6 p.m. Jan. 15 at Spins Bowl Akron.
Entry fee is $110 per team, with payouts being 1-in-4. Teams will bowl four games on the center’s house oil pattern before the field is cut to the top four for the stepladder finals.
For information, contact Frank Dallas on Facebook.
COLLEGE BOWL TOURNAMENTS EVENT JAN. 21
CANTON — The next College Bowl Tournaments event is a singles tourney at 10 a.m. Jan. 21 at AMF Hall of Fame Lanes.
Entry fee is $65, with bowlers rolling four qualifying games on the house oil pattern before the field is cut to the top eight for single-game match play, culminating with the title match.
First place will pay $500 based on 40 entries.
For information, contact Jeff DiMarzio or see College Bowl Tournaments on Facebook.