WILMINGTON — The Wilmington High School boys bowling team overpowered the field Sunday in the SBAAC American Division boys bowling tournament at Royal Z Lanes.
Led by Elijah Martini, the Hurricane finished with a pinfall count of 3,505 nearly 200 better than runnerup Western Brown.
The Hurricane won both the post-season tournament and the regular season American Division championships.
On the girls side, Wilmington was third in the tournament while Clinton-Massie was fourth.
Ariel Comberger of WHS had a nice 606 series on Sunday and was the top overall bowler in the American Division for the 2019-20 season. She was 103 pins better than runnerup Emily Fischer of league champion New Richmond.
Abby Schneider of Clinton-Massie also earned first-team All-SBAAC American Division honors for the year.
Back to the boys, Martini had a 694 series on Sunday but had to settle for tournament runnerup honors. Austin Grammar of Western Brown had the hot hand, finishing with a 720 series.
Jordan Tackett of Wilmington had a 600 series.
Adin Lamb, a first team American Division selection, was Massie’s top bowler on the day with a 605 series.
Martini, Tackett, Grant Pickard and Hunter Gallion were first team All-SBAAC American Division bowlers for Wilmington.
SUMMARY
Feb 9, 2020
SBAAC American Division Championship
@Royal Z Lanes
Boys Results
Team Scores
Wilmington 3505 Western Brown 3320 Clinton-Massie 3232 Batavia 3178 Goshen 2994 New Richmond 2836
Individuals
WIL-Grant Pickard 152, 207, 205; Elijah Martini 236, 227, 231; Hunter Gallion 195, 171, 201; Jordan Tackett 218, 182, 200 TOTALS 1023, 1005, 1029
Baker games: 223, 225 TOTAL 448
CM-Adin Lamb 221, 196, 188; Tyler Keck 2001, 213, 212; Mitchell Lennon 202, 196, xx; Luke Campbell 151, 203, 167 TOTALS 915, 1003, 895
Baker games: 181, 238
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Girls Results
Team Scores
New Richmond 2703 Western Brown 2538 Wilmington 2520 Clinton-Massie 2282 Goshen 2197 Batavia 1638
Individuals
WIL-Ariel Comberger 204, 209, 193; Alexia Frazier 176, 133, 148 TOTALS 727, 744, 743
Baker games: 159, 147
CM-Abby Schneider 142, 142, 142; Ashley Gross 142, 159, 159; Lindsey Carter 117, xx, xx; Lacie Sandlin 149, 126, 156 TOTALS 668, 647, 665
Baker games: 173, 129
