AKRON — Boardman’s girls and Cuyahoga Falls’ boys captured titles during Sunday’s Super Bowl Baker Bash high school bowling tournament at Spins Bowl Akron.
The format was 15 Baker System games followed by the cut to the top five teams in each division for a best-of-three stepladder finals.
In the boys division, the Black Tigers finished as the top seed with 2,955 total pinfall, (197 average) in the nine-teams field. They swept past No. 2-seeded Springfield 2-0 in the title match with gams of 181 and 235 to Springfield’s 176 and 169.
Cuyahoga Falls had finished 260 pins ahead of the Trojans (2,695) during qualifying.
Stow-Monroe Falls had gained the final cut spot with 2,465, finishing just 12 pins ahead of Akron Hoban despite shooting just 143 in its final Baker game.
The OHSAA sectional-district oil pattern was used for the event.
In the girls division, top-seeded Boardman finished with 2,536 (169 average), finishing 79 pins ahead of runner-up Fairport Harbor Harding (2,457).
In the finals, the Spartans had to go three games to stop No. 3 seed Tallmadge 2-1, winning the final game 162-160.
Springfield gained the final cut spot with 2,100, finishing 20 pins ahead of Cuyahoga Falls in the nine-team field.
SUPER BOWL BAKER BASH
(Sunday, at Spins Bowl, Akron)
Stepladder finals
BOYS
Match 1: Stow-Monroe Falls (178-180-228) d. Akron Ellet (171-222-183) 2-1
Match 2: Stow-Monroe Falls (213-173) d. Medina Highland (209-164) 2-0
Match 3: Springfield (211-215) d. Stow-Monroe Falls (148-153) 2-0
Championship: Cuyahoga Falls (185-235) d. Springfield (176-169) 2-0
GIRLS
Match 1: Springfield (159-168) d. Stow-Monroe Falls (150-149) 2-0
Match 2: Tallmadge (157-146) d. Springfield (133-133) 2-0
Match 3: Tallmadge (191-192-187) d. Fairport Harbor Harding (165-212-186) 2-1
Championship: Boardman (187-192-162) d. Tallmadge (194-165-160) 2-1.
H.S. MATCHES FOR FEB. 14
STARK COUNTY CONFERENCE
BOYS
GLENOAK 2,930, GREEN 2,735
(at Park Centre Lanes, North Canton)
Two-game series: GlenOak 2,185 (Vacanti 237-243, Burns 227-222, Petrick 207-180, Waggoner 215-214, Gardener 214-225); Green 1,964 (Bordonaro 185-239, Pallotta 198-164, Miller 177-200, Kozlowski 190-192, Ludrosky 190-229).
Baker System: GlenOak 168-212-175-190; Green 168-232-190-181.
TRIWAY 2,369, CANTON CENTRAL CATHOLIC 2,333
(at AMF Hall of Fame Lanes, Canton)
Two-game series: Central 1,741 (Sieber 186-199, Short 118, Yingling 194-214, L. Gawlak 178-138, B. Gawlak 162-208, substitute 144); Triway 1,768 (O. Fiesler 179-154, Meshew 193-167, Yoder 147-224, M. Fiesler 149-191, George 181-183).
Baker System: Central Catholic 190-168-234; Triway 188-212-201.
GIRLS
GREEN 2,393, GLENOAK 2,383
(at Park Centre Lanes, North Canton)
Two-game series: GlenOak 1,700 (Stergis 184-155, Clapper 177-168, Heading 152-169, K. Chech 171, Theodore 211-168, substitute 145); Green 1,763 (Hughes 147-166, Krager 159-167, Noirot 185-150, Perrine 246-169, Taylor 209-165).
Baker System: GlenOak 144-202-170-167; Green 171-155-159-145.
TRIWAY 2,071, CANTON CENTRAL CATHOLIC 1,794
(at AMF Hall of Fame Lanes, Canton)
Two-game series: Triway 1,633 (Fiesler 111, Armstrong 114, Finley 225-172, Meshew 232-196, Yoder 166-178, Covey 112, Wallace 127); Central Catholic 1,371 (Montgomery 123-118, Guenther 116, Jenkins 182-179, Palaski 129-113, Sukosd 137, Myers 138-136).
Baker System: Triway 135-146-157; Central Catholic 156-121-146