GARRETTSVILLE — The Hoover High School boys bowling team took first and the Vikings girls were second during Saturday’s G-Men Classic bowling tournament at SkyLane Bowling.
The Vikings boys, who led qualifying with 4,071 total pinfall, earned their second tourney title of the season. They were led by Chase Wenzel, whose 751 series led the tournament field en route to all-tournament team honors. Nate DeSantis also shot 662 and Austin Crowe added 603.
The event drew a field of 16 teams. No other details were available.
In the girls division, top-seeded Boardman claimed the title by stopping Hoover in the best-of-three Baker System finale 146-99 and 171-137.
Boardman’s Kaitlyn Greenaway led the tournament with a 613.
Teams bowled three regular games and five Baker System games before the divisions were cut to the top four for best-of-three Baker matches to determine the champions.
In other events:
- Urbana’s girls and Big Walnut’s boys captured titles during the Buckeye High School Classic on Saturday at HP Lanes in Columbus. Top-seeded Urbana defeated Nordonia 2-1 in the best-of-three Baker System title match, and Big Walnut stopped St. Mary’s Memorial 2-0 for the boys title. In the girls division, Urbana led qualifying with 3,286 total pinfall, which included three regular games and four Baker games while Nordonia was the No. 3 seed. Urbana’s Jazmyn Scott was the individual champion with a 714 series. In the boys division, Big Walnut’s Aidan Furukawa shot 712 to lead individuals, with Nordonia’s Kyan Freyhauf (698) and Bryce Lewin (684) also making the all-tournament team. Big Walnut was the qualifying leader with 3,788. Canton McKinley finished ninth in the boys division, missing the cut to match play by just 34 pins. The event, sponsored by the Ohio State University Bowling Club, had 24 teams in each division.
- Host North Royalton captured the boys title and Amherst Steele topped the girls during the first Royalton Rolloff high school tournament Sunday at Yorktown Lanes in Cleveland. North Royalton finished with 3,973 total pinfall to top Berea-Midpark by just seven pins for the title. The format was three regular games and five Baker System games, with breaking a tie going into the final game by stopped Berea 221-214 in the 20-team boys division. GlenOak finished third in the field with 3,904, shooting a Baker round high of 259 in Game 3. Amherst rolled to a 352-pin win in the 11-team girls division with 3,713. Magnificat was second with 3,361.