MLK TOURNAMENT
AKRON — It took a combination effort from both the girls and boys teams as Lake earned the overall title in the 10th annual Martin Luther King Day High School Tournament at Stonehedge Family Fun Center on Monday.
In the unique event, scores from both the boys and girls teams were combined to determine overall standings in the 19-team field.
Teams bowled three regular games and six Baker System games before the field was cut to the top eight for rounds of best-of-three Baker System matches. The tournament was bowled on the OHSAA 2023 sectional oil pattern.
Lake, which was the No. 5 seed, topped No. 4 seed Akron Hoban (2-1) and top-seeded Nordonia (2-0) before disposing of No. 6 seed Struthers (2-0) to claim the title.
Lake finished qualifying with 6,600 total pinfall. Nordonia was the top seed with 7,357, followed by Boardman (6,817) and Tallmadge (6,751).
During qualifying, the Blue Streaks boys were led by Zac Abbott, who gad a 660 series and Brady Tomato, who finished with 574. The girls were led by Ashlee Cunningham’s 555 and 498 from Ali Templeton.
“In the bracket finals, the guys settled in and started to string the marks together, but it was really the girls who made the difference, being probably three-to-four marks better per baker game than in the preliminaries,” Lake head coach Pat King said. “Both Ashlee Cunningham on the grls side, and Zac Abbott on the boys side were solid in their anchor roles, making statements as they were closing out the games.
“We had marks from all the bowlers in clutch situations when needed to help bring home the title.”
It marked the first tournament title for the Blue Streaks.
In other tournament action:
ROVER DIVISION II SECTIONAL PREVIEW
KENT — East Canton’s girls took the title during the Division II event at Spins Bowl Kent in a seven-team field Sunday.
The tournament featured three regular games and six Baker System games.
The Hornets finished with 3,723, 33 pins ahead of Rootstown (3,690) with Crestwood (3,319) taking third.
Logan McDonald led the Hornets with a 616 series and Madison Lint added 598. McDonald and Lint posted the top two series and top two games (237 and 224, respectively) of the event.
Tuslaw’s Cameron Kilgore, bowling as an individual, turned in the high boys series with 705.
Rootstown captured the boys title with 4,361, with Coventry taking second (4,034) and Springfield (3,643) taking third. East Canton was fourth (3,452).
Joey Andrews led the Rovers with a 592 series and Sean Boveington added 589. Kendrick Nelson led East Canton with 552.
ROVER DIVISION I SECTIONAL PREVIEW
KENT — Madison Perrine had a tournament-high 654 series as Green captured the Rover Division I Sectional Preview tournament at Spins Bowl Kent on Saturday.
The tournament featured three regular games and six Baker System games.
The Bulldogs posted 1,033 in Game 2 en route to the top and added 1,045 in Baker games, with a high of 213.
Marissa Perrine finished fifth individual with a 600 series and Elen Hughes posted the tourney’s high game of 235 en route to a sixth place finish individually with 599.
No other details were available.
DOVER INVITATIONAL
NEW PHILADELPHIA — Minerva’s boys and Carrollton’s girls captured titles during the Dover Invitational on Saturday at Wabash Lanes.
The format featured three regular games and five Baker System games before the field was cut for match play.
The Lions boys stopped East Liverpool (3-1) in their opening match and then beat River View 3-2 in the title match, winning 231-201 in the deciding Game 5.
Lane Hawk led Minerva during qualifying with a 579 series, and Michael May added 535 at the Lions finished with 3,596 total pinfall.
Carrollton topped East Liverpool 3-1 in its opening Baker match and then stopped Minerva 3-1 in the title match.
Zoey Elliott led the Warriors with a 554 series, followed by Kaylee Russell with 533 and Abby Natcher with 524. Carrollton was the top qualifier with 3,432.
Jadyn Thompson led Minerva with a 572 series and Shelby Worrell added 571 as the Lions finished with 3,393.
Carrollton’s boys led that division in qualifier with 3,669, but fell to River View in their opening match.
Dover’s Kaylie Gibson had the top girls series with 641 while Indian Valley’s Colton Long was high for the boys with 701.
Kobe Green was high for Carrollton’s boys with 675.