Notre Dame College, Wright State Win AHIBC 1
Congratulations to the Notre Dame College of Ohio men and the Wright State University women for winning American Heartland Intercollegiate Bowling Conference event #1. Notre Dame College edged out Davenport University and the University of Toledo to win their first tournament of the year. Notre Dame College was led by Brandon White (1087, 217.4 Average) and Chris Via (1044, 208.8 Average) who led the tournament. They were followed by Scott Patke (1040) from SVSU, Scott Santysiak (1038) of Toledo and Terry Martin (1030) from SVSU.
Wright State beat out Marian University and Davenport University to start out the season with a win. Wright State was led by Erica Morgan (972, 194.4 Average), Katie Ruehl (912), and Melissa Klodnick (909), who finished 1st, 4th and 5th. Others in the top 5 included Shannon Dewitt (945) from Marian University and Jerrecah Heibel (913) of Notre Dame College.
Full Results
USBC Junior Gold Final Results
The USBC Junior Gold Championships took place this past week. The boys championship came down to the final match between Marshall Kent and Matt Gasn. Kent won the match to win the championship with a final score of 10018 (46 games + 200 bonus pins, 213.43 Average). Gasn finished in second with a final 46 game score of 9996. Chris Via (9825) and Jacob Kent (9768) also finished in the top four to qualify for Junior Team USA.
Brittni Hamilton led the tournament for the girls with a final score of 9800 (46 games + 220 bonus pins, 208.26 Average). Addileen Pointer finished in second with a 46 game score of 9553. Kristie Petravich (9461) and Kaitlin Quinn (9459) rounded out the top four bowlers to qualify for Junior Team USA.
The National Selection Committee also chose two boys and two girls from the field to add to the junior team for this upcoming season. The committee chose Andrew Koff, who tied for the 4th spot, but lost in a rolloff, and Kyle King to join the boys. They chose Danielle McEwan and Liz Seibel to join the girls. There are still four more roster spots open to bowlers in the team USA trials.
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