Bombers bowlers claim GCL SoUth. championship·. Enquirerstaffreports
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St. Xavier clinched its first Greater Catholic League South Division bowling championship with a 2,572-2,490 win over Moeller at Crossgate Lanes Thursday. ChrisWeberhada233gameen route to a high series of 404 for the Bombers (11-2, S.O GCL-S). The sophomore came into Thursday's match averaging 219 a game. . "It's nice to have someone in yourlineupthatyou.kno~isgoing
to go out and do his thmg every game," St. X coach Alan Runkel said of Weber: "He's a solid bowler." · Elder won the league title last season a!ter Lak~alle won it four consecutive yeaJ:IS.
Roundup "Ifs a culmination of a lot of hard work during the offseason," Runkel said of the Bombers' victory. -Cedric Brown ~ · Amelia 2,640, Turpin 2,409: Senior Robbie Lubanski led Tur· pin with a 413 series, including a high game of 223. ·
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Sycamore 47, Lakota East 30: Senior center DeanteJohnson had 17 points and 10 rebounds in the win for the host Aviators. Syca~ore held Lakota East to 10points 'm the second half. ·
Girls' basketball
points .. Bethel-Tate 54, East Clinton 49: · Westem Brown 32, Blanchester Bethel-Tate senior guard Emily 28: Junior guard Ashley Fischer Tyler had 18 points, 10 rebounds had eight points,. including two and five ·steals. Junior forward 3-pointerS; to lead host Western Chelsea Allen added 13 points for Brown. the Tigers, who totaled 17 steals. · Indian Hill 72, Deer Pa~ 27: Batavia 60, Amelia.48: Batavia Freshman guard Kaeli Flaska and senior guard Heather lfines led all junior forward Amy Taylor each scorers with 18 points, and junior scored 14 points for the Braves. .forward Emily Webb contributed . Goshen 53, Williamsburg 37: 15 points. Senior center Staci Hicks had a Middletown Madison 64, Monroe game-high2.8pointsandhad16re- 36:Junior.guardS~elbyRoe~edall · bounds for host Goshen. scorers Wlth 18 pomts for MiddleWilliamsburg was led by juriior toWn Madison; guard Danielle Stice, who scored Ahead 28-0 in the first quarter, 17 points. Middletown Madison never New Richmond 57, Felicity 27: looked back in winning by 28 New Richmond senior cente~ Kel- points. The team got 12 points and sey Eubanks led all scorers Wlth 16 , 13 r~bounds from Ali'y Malo~.
Enquirer bowling coaches'
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Points
1.0akHills(7) .......•............................• 70 2. Sl Xa~er•.•••••...........••.•...•..•..••••....... 53 3. Hamltton .......•.•...•.........••..............•.. 51 4. Mason ....•.......•.•••••.••...........•........ :.. 49 5. La Salle ..•.•..••...........•••••.....•.....•..•....43 6. Fairfield ...........•..........•••.••.......••..•...33 7. Elder ............•......•.....•••••.•...........•....25 8. Northwes\ ......•.•.........••.•..•......•...•..... 17 9. Amelia ......•..••••••.....•..••••••........•...•.. .16 10. Wilmlngton ................•.................... 15 Others: Glen Este 14; Sycamore 13; Winton Woods 11; Harrison 11; Colerain 5; Lakota West 4; Moeller 4; Anderson 3; Utile Miami 2; Walnut Hills~
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School
Points
1. McAuley (4)•.•••.........••••••.••.....•.••..•... 75 12. oak Hills <4l ...................................61 T2. Wilmlngton •...........•..••••...•.......•.....•. 61 4. Seton(!) ...•.•..••.....•.•••••.........•..•......60 5. Meroy ..•.........•...•...........•..........••••....49 6. Mount Notre Dame .........••............•...36 7. Winton Woods ...••.•..•......•.•••........•.•.. 32 8. Glen Este ( 1) ..................................:.29 T9. Princeton .••..•.•......•..••••.......•••.••......27 T9. Northwest .................~ .............•....... 27 Others: Fairfield 22; Amelia 16; Harrison 10; Mason 10; Sl Ursula 8; Mount Heanhy 6; Utile Miami 5; Ursuline 5; Hamilton 4; Badin 3; Lakota East2; Colerain!; WalnutHillsl
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BOYS' BOWUNG As of Wednesday
Points 1. Oak Hills (7) i-0~ 70 55 2. St. Xavier 50 3.la Salle 4. Hamilton 44 15. Fairfield 39 T5. Mason 39 7. Elder(!) 34 8. Northwest 20 9. Glen Este 14 10. Sycamore 13 Others: Anders"on 12; Amelia 10; Hanison 8; Wilmington 8; Colerain 7; Winton Woods 5; Badin 5; Moeller . 4; Pnnceton 2; lakOta East 1.
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3. Oak Hills (4)
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4. Wilmington
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5. Winton Woods 6. t-1ercy
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41 H. Princeton 36 T7. Mount Notre Dame 36 9. Northwest 32 10. Hamson (I) 19 Others: Glen Este 16; Fairfield 16; St Ursula 15; Amelia 10; Fenwick 9; Mason 9; lakota fast9; U!Sllline 9; Roger Bacon 6; Badin 6; TuiJlin 5; Norwood 4; Hamilton 3: Anderson 2: Colemin I
Boys' bowling L S"-4.::>8 Glen Este 2751, Moeller 2729 High series: Jones (G) 444; S<:hnelder (K) 440.
Norwood 2291, Milford 2268 High series: Clar1< (N) 367; Hargmves (M) 382. ,
Springboro 2704, Norlhmont 2654 . _ High series: Henrtcll (51 212; Benbunoto (NI 255. Records: s 8-8. Turpin 2326, M"oaml VaUey"Cbristian 1934 , High series: Coleman (OH) 405; Lebhar(M) 330. Records: r 8-9.
Girls' bowling
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1439 High series: Whited (T) 269; Vraniak (M) 256. Re' cords: T2-14, M 1-9. •
Millvrd 1884, Norwood 1805 1 High series: Higgins (M) 302; Howard (N) 298. • ' Springboro 1718, Norlhmont 1247 I
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Hockey. lJrte Saturday Moeller 5, St. ~Yier 1 Goals: M- Karst 2, Han, Fitzpatricl<, Grob. 5louls. Records: M18-IH. Sjcamorn 5, Moeller 3 , Goals: S- Duka~ 3, KJygminsl<i, Ashton. M-· Han, Gunza, Karst Records: M 18-7-4.
Talawamla 3, Moeller 0 Goals: T- Hoover, Phillips, Pari<. Shutout Dowler. Records: M 18-8-4..
Area bowlers bound for district tourney By Adam Baum
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As the sectional bowling totirnaments came to a close last weekend, 12 area teams for the boys and 12 for the girls quali:lied for Saturday's district tournaments. Also, 24 individual bowlers advanced withoutbeingonqualifying teams. For the boys, Elder and La Salle came out of Harrison Bowl victorious. Colerain Bowl produced four teams: St Xavier, Fairfield, Hamilton and North College Hill. Mason came out of Northwest lanes along with lakota West, MiddletoWn and Loveland. Wilmington and Glen Este also managed to advance. ButOakHills,rankedNo.1in the Enquirer Division I area coaches' poll, did not advance. That makes Hamilton, which was ranked No. 2, and St Xavier among the top programs remaining. StXavier,rankedNo. 3inthe poll, has high expectations for Saturday's district tournament at 2 p.m. at Eastern lanes in Middletown. "Well, we've made it to the state finals three out of the last four years," St X coach Alan Runkel said. "We'd really like to make it four out of five." St. Xavier will meet 19 other teamsatthedistricttournament, but only five will advance. On the girls' side, Milford and Glen Este both advanced from M~o;:on Rowl
Out of Northwest lanes were Middletown, Sycamore, Ursuline and lakota East McAuley, Mount Notre Dame, Wmton Woods and Fairfield advanced from Colerain Bowl. Seton and Mercy advanced from Harrison Bowl. The girls will compete at 10 am. at Eastern lanes with the finals eX:pected at 2 p.m
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Three area teams have advanced to the district quarterfinals of the Columbus bracket Sycamore earned a spot after beating Upper Arlington 5-Z and will take oil Dublin Coffman at 1:15 p.m. Saturday at NationwideArena Moeller also advanced after beating Springboro 1().(). Moeller will skate against Alter at 3:15p.m Saturday at Nationwide. St Xavier defeated Powell Olentangy &3 and will play againstTalawandatoearnaspot in the district semifinals at 5:15 p.m. Saturday at Nationwide.
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The city championships were held last Saturday at Cincinnati Country Day and Fairfield won with 132.85 team points. Mason finished in second at 130.4, and Anderson rounded out the top three with a score of 125.55. The district championships . are Saturdav~t Centerville.
Boys' district bowling
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Str~ght to ·By Adam Baum . abaum@enquirer.com
It didn't look like a great day for the locals in.the finals of the boy;s' district bowling tournament at Eastern Lanes in Middletown. After· the first three-game totals, no Cincinnati teams could be found in the top five. The top five teams would advance to the state finals next weekend: . Sitting on the outside were Mason, St. Xavier, Elder, Hamilton and Lakota West. All were competing1 for the coveted fifth spot that would send lnem to state. One tea.rrl made up the ground during the 1()-game baker rotation. Elder overcame a nearly 100-pin difference to slide into fifth place. Throughout the baker rotation, Eldey jumped from ninth plac~ into
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fifth, surpassing St. Xavier, Mason,· 695 series, ·he rolled 10 straight Fairborn, Urbana and Kenton strikes but couldn't connect on his Ridge. second roll in the lOth frame, leavSt. Xavier had made the state fi- ing him with a 284 for· the game. nals three ofthe lastfouryears and "I hit my mark, but I had too had the highest team. score last much hook on it, so it went heavy weekend at the sectional tourna- and I couldn't get the strike," said ment. Sherrill. · Elder might have been still soarSherrill was pleased with the reing from its sectional win, in which suits but not satisfied. the Panthers eliminated the area's "I'm actually going to leave here No. 1 team, Oak Hills. · and head to another bowling alley "We hung in there all day, tak- for some practice," Sherrill said .. ing it one fram~ at a time and not The baker rotation is a 1()-game .worrying about the scoreboard," nonstop series·inwhich each team said Elder coach Ray tittelmann. utilizes five bowlers who roll two ·. During the final five baker · frames · each . in each c;f the 10 games, Elder rolled extremely well games. Suffice to say, ifs' a combehind the team's leader, Craig plete team effort. Sherrill, who rolled a 695 series "We left some frarpes open, but that marked as the seventh-best other ·than that we bowled very score of the day: well as a team," said Littelmann. In thetlthird game1 of Sherrill's Although the fifst four spots '
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were pretty much set with Stebbins first, Kettering Fairmont second, Centerville third and Troy fot!rth, the main battle for fifth was · still on between Elder and Fair.born throughout the baker rotation. In the end, Elder managed a sev- · en-pin victory that shocked even the· Panthers when the results were read aloud .. Anderson's Rick Lane advanced to the state finals individually thanks to his silver medal-winning series of 758, two pins short of Stebbins' Johnathon Miller. Joining Lane in the finals as an individual is Derrick Sharp of Lakota West, who rolled a 679 series. Mason finished in eighth place, Hamilton ninth and St. Xavier 11th. The ·state championship is at 11 a.m.·Friday in Lancaster.
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Elder's. hot start cools to 13th West's Sharp 7th individually .By Matt Friesner J!;nquirer contributor
lANCASTER- The weath~ er outside was cold and rainy, but inside Tiki Lanes it was hot and steamy. · The state high school bowl' ing ·championships brought the best t;:ompetitors from around Ohio to duke it out for a chance to be crowned the state's best. · - Elder, riding high on its strong district finish, was hoping to be the dark horse in the !!ay's team competition. · . · Seriior Craig Sherillled the ·l?anthers to a great start with a :first game of265, the third-best game of the day. · Unfortunately for Elder, that was as close as it would .((Orne· to the state title. The Panthers finished 13th, missing the championship Baker found of the eight best teams. :. Sherrill placed 27th individually with a 613 series, and teammate) oe Brauch was 34th , With a 597. The other Elder finishers were Mike Schmees, . 56th at 565, and Matt Giovanetti, 75th at 509. ' Lakota --west's Derrick Sharp had the Cincinnati area's hottest hand, finishing seventh' in the individual competition with a three-game total of678. Anderson senior Rick Lane finished his high school bowlilig career on a strong note, placing 14th with a three-game ~ptal of 654. Tiki Lanes owner Greg Russell was impressed at the ~trong competition. ;; 'There has been some outstanding games today, and the crowd has been one of the best we've ever seen," Russell said. ;~ The day belonged to Urbana's Brice Ream, who was crowned state champion with a' total of 763. Jay Foote ofWest~rvi~le Central was runner-up with a score of 715. · " The team competition ·was won by Riverside Stebbins, which defeated Centerville; . Centerville had upset Ausfintowri Fitch and Coldwater o'n the way to the title match With Riverside Stebbins, which disposed of Westerville Central and Kettering Fairmont to feach the final. · ' No medals or state titles· ;'f.ere brought back to the Cincinnati area this year, but there were lots of memories for the ~tudent-athletes who partiei- ' pated. Russell was quick to say ~hat the state bowling tournament is all about. .: "It's an awesome opportunity for these kids to get here and .compete with'the best the state · has to offer," Russell said. "It's ~ honor and exp~rience I they'll be able to chensh. the · . rest of their lives." "' The girls' state tournament begins today at 11 a.m. in Lan, faster, with McAuley leading the local team charge. ' jazmine 'Burton of Winton Woods, Lauren Lynn of Syca.inore and Carolina Zager of Fairfield will compete as indiViduals. · - ~ :i 1
St. Xavier ends La ·-Salle's two-year run of dominance By T~dd Bon~s
Enqu~rer contributor
The Enquirer/Ernest Coleman
St. Xavier sophomore Kevin Justice rolled a high game of 2U during the top-ranked Bombers· victory over No. 2 La Salle.
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The high rankings in loqll coaches'pollsthatschoolsfromthe Greater Catholic League usually receive in football, basketball and baseball have spilled over onto the .bowling lanes. So have the intensity and competitive spirit Alan Ruilkel, coach of St Xavier's top-ranked bowling team, spent nearly two hours Tuesday at Brentwood .Bowl pacing with his arms folded, watChing each shot by his team wit:p a careful eye._ At the same time, La Salle senior Ryan Worthen could be heard saying, "I run this," after throwing a strike. Marc Dickhaus, Worthen's . teammate ,on the No. 2-ranked Lancers, even went so far as to say the Bombers didn't deserve the top spot and that La Salle was the best in the area. ·
Boys' bowling
Matt, knocked down 348. The Lancers were able to make up 64 pins during the third round of But St Xavier proved otherwise. the Baker Rotation - a cumulative With the help of a 1,102-903 mar- effort where five bowlers from each gin in the second game of the two- team alternate frames. La Salle won game match, St. Xavier held off the Baker round 728-711. La Salle 2, 757-2,558. The win was Justice, a sophomore, rolled a sethe first for the Bombers· over the ries-high 481 for the Bombers. He Lancers in two years. · struggled for a bit during the Baker "Every year we are always Rotation, but gathered himself to playing second fiddle to La Salle," .finish with a strike. Jason Moore Runkel said. "I had to keep our rolled a 406 for the series; TJ Kathguys focused on the task at hand. I ' m,an shot 399 and Chris Weber addhad to make sure we stayed on top ed 387 pins forSt Xavier. of the changing lane conditions." "You're always nervous . out Said Worthen: "I hate to take a there," Justice said: "But co~ch told loss to them. Personally, I think I . us we were up by a lot, and I was should have done better. Hopeful- able to relax." . ly, we'll get them next tinie." La Salle coach Fr. Paul Gebhardt Worthen tied St Xavier's (3-0, 1-0 said missing two bowlers may have GCL) Kevin Justice for the single- contributed to his team's defeat game high of 211, and totaled 402 "The good showing in the last pins. Dickhaus led La Salle (2-1, 0-1) few games of Baker showed we with 411 pins and his twin brother, were trying to come back," he said.