COLUMBUS — Coldwater’s boys and Rootstown’s girls emerged with titles during the 20th annual Ohio High School State Invitational Kickoff tournament Saturday at HP Lanes.
Teams bowled three regular games and two Baker System games during qualifying before the respective fields were cut to the top 16 for three-game Baker cumulative match play by seed. There were 16 boys and girls teams in the field.
In the boys division, top-seeded Coldwater defeated No. 10 seed Coventry 635-524 in the title match, with the former shooting 244 in the final game to secure the title.
Coldwater topped the qualifying field with 3,523, finishing 331 pins Fahd of Marion Pleasant.
Individually, Versailles’ Blake Henry led the field with a 749 series, followed by Coldwater’s Austin Burden (657) and Brady Mathewson (652)
Other members of the eight-player all-tournament team were Rootstown’s Justin Miller (644) and Coventry’s Wade Allen (623).
In the girls division, No. 9 seed Rootstown stopped No. 6 seed Mechanicsburg 460-440 to claim the title. After a 125 in Game 2, the Rovers shot 169 in Game 3 to earn the win.
Rootstown topped No. 1 seed Napoleon 466-463 in the quarterfinal round before defeating Urbana 602-485 to reach the finals.
Napoleon topped the field during qualifying with 2,848, followed by St. Marys Memorial (2,802) and Versailles (2,541).
St. Marys Memorial’s Kaleigh Caywood was the top individual with 619, followed by Arianna Kiessling of Napoleon (595).
See complete results below:
OTHER EVENTS
ELKS INVITATIONAL: Centerville’s boys and Troy’s girls earned titles during the Centerville Elks Invitational a Poelking South. ?The format was three regular games and six Baker System games. The Elks topped the boys 17-team field with 4,574, followed by Northmont (4,231) and Troy (4,174). Troy won the girls division with 3,889, followed by Celina (3,828) and Fort Recovery (3,738). Centerville’s Casey Lippincott was the high individual with 750, followed by Cincinnati La Salle’s JT Schneider with 740, including a 300 game. Troy’s Baylie Massingill was the top girl and high overall with 781, followed by Fort Recovery’s Ella Schoen (697).
BAKER MARATHON: Ashland’s boys and Gahanna Lincoln’s girls topped their respective fields during the Holiday Baker Marathon on Saturday at the Columbus Square Bowling Palace in Columbus. The format was 16 Baker games before the boys 27-team field and the girls 20-team field were cut to the top eight for best-of-three Baker match play by seed. Ashland, the No. 2 seed, defeated top-seeded Beavercreek 2-1 in the title match, winning Game 3 235-208. Lincoln, the No. 1 seed, topped the girls with a 2-1 win over No. 6 seed London, winning Game 3 167-142. See complete results below:
BRAVES INVITATIONAL: Indian Valley’s boys took honors in the third annual Indian Valley Invitational on Saturday at Cy Young Lanes in Newcomerstown. Sandy Valley finished third in the field. The Braves had three players on the all-tourney team including Colton Long (685), Brentin Irwin (605) and Cale Dinger (594). Also members of the team were Harrison Central’s Kobe Tennis (622) and Sandy Valley’s Colin Warwick (592).
HIGH SCHOOL MATCHES FOR DEC. 7-9
STARK COUNTY CONFERENCE
BOYS
SALEM 2,373, CRESTVIEW 2,014
(Friday, at Hunt Club Lanes, Salem)
Two-game series: Salem 1,883 (Spielman 128-155, Blackburn 182-171, Yannucci 253-232, Hiply 192-149, Sommers 203-213); Crestview 1,634 (Smith 118-104, Scott 125-143, Devine 148-168, Mellott 194-200, Brubaker 231-203).
Baker System: Salem 188-145-157; Crestview 132-115-133
GREEN 2,809, LOUISVILLE 2,607
(at Eastbury Bowling Center, Canton)
Two-game series: Louisville 1,834 (Geisey 198-181, Glaser 198-172, Beard 202-0192, Emerick 177-190, Grosenbaugh 157-175); Green 2,022 (Kosmos 203-161 Bidinger 252-244, Brooks 178-154, Bordonaro 214-210, Fazek 173-133).
Baker System: Louisville 204-217-174-178; Green 171-226-203-187
JACKSON 2,834, PERRY 2,694
(at Park Centre Lanes, North Canton)
Two-game series: Jackson 2,088 (Lovas 224-183, Oberhauser 235, Sheridan 168, Russell 171, Dingler 234-208, J. Langton 196-267, N. Langton 202); Perry 1,961 (Presutti 178-210, Hentzell 182-176, Hervey 215-193, Nave 210-203, Parsons 215-179).
Baker System: Jackson 251-184-159-152; Perry 159-177-195-202
EAST LIVERPOOL 1,974, UNITED LOCAL 1,893
(at Walnut Lanes, Calcutta)
Two-game series: East Liverpool 1,628 (Miller 137-110, McDole 221-203, Gibbs 166-176, Estell 136-145, Reuter 160-174); United 1,456 (Hawkins 254-167, Hull 182-212, Cannon 123-113, Logan 107-108, Huddleston 100-90).
Baker System: East Liverpool 193-78-75; United 133-173-131
GIRLS
CRESTVIEW 1,731, SALEM 1,593
(Friday, at Hunt Club Lanes, Salem)
Two-game series: Salem 1,274 (Smith 137-180, Barr 77, Marcum 93, Dean 195-121, Herold 188-182, Powell 67, Donnelley 84); Crestview 1,359 (Barnett 138-120, Biser 133-135, Campbell 149-146, Emch 144-149, Unkefer 130-110).
Baker System: Salem 95-116-108; Crestview 150-91-136
GREEN 2,368, LOUISVILLE 1,994
(at Eastbury Bowling Center, Canton)
Two-game series: Louisville 1,518 (Lopez-Cruz 140-129, Wenger 186-134, Miculan 203-126, Dejacimo 136-139, Beard 123-202); Green 1,877 (Adkins 188-212, Gehring 141-149, Krager 193-195, Perrine 228-236, Taylor 183-152).
Baker System: Louisville 142-182-152; Green 183-146-162
PERRY 2,300, JACKSON 1,910
(at Park Centre Lanes, North Canton)
Two-game series: Jackson 1,504 (Stevens 124-101, Blythe 161-108, Morris 149-153, Muselyan 148-196, Dunn 194-179); Perry 1,759 (Poling 205-193, Wilt 184-133, Boyer 161, Clapper 168, DeVore 170, Intangata 181, Miller 201, Woods 163).
Baker System: Jackson 131-146-129; Perry 183-205-153
EAST LIVERPOOL 2,041, UNITED LOCAL 1,419
(at Walnut Lanes, Calcutta)
Two-game series: East Liverpool 1,775 (A. Rudibaugh 258-234, Jones 180-135, L. Rudibaugh 180-154, Riggle 172-174, White 149-149); United 1,127 (Burton 137-123, Painter 165-124, Bryan 83-96, Elrod 142-105, Ludwig 76-79).
Baker System: East Liverpool 104-68-94; United 103-76-113