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Versailles Boys
Bowlers Heading to State
With all of the weather delays, it was a big week of bowling with
Sectionals being held on Tuesday the 24th and Districts to follow on
Thursday the 26th. The Tigers had no issues getting out of Sectionals
by finishing in 5th place. 10 teams qualified for Districts out of 28
teams. They rolled a 900, 849 and 949 in the regular games. In the
Baker Games, they rolled 158, 185, 180, 214, 147, 211. “I told the boys
after we qualified for Districts, that we had one day to get back to
the basics. Our basic fundamentals were awful today and we left a lot
of pins on the lanes today. So, Wednesday will consist of a lot of
drills and a lot of practice shooting spares,” Said Coach Davidson. The
Tigers were led by Kenny Nagel with a 597, Zach Marshal 568 and Dustin
Ruhe 565. “Michael Hemmelgarn came in the 3rd game to replace one of
our starting players that was struggling. Michael has been
working hard and sure helped save the last regular game by shooting a
180,” said Davidson.
This year’s District Championships were held at the 68 lane Beaver-Vu
Bowl in Beavercreek, Ohio on Thursday, February 26th, 2015. The format
was 3 regular games and 6 baker games. Total pinfall would determine
the State Qualifiers. “After the “fun day” of drills the day before, I
could see in warm ups that it paid off. All of them looked so much
better in their approach.” said Coach Davidson.
The Tigers started the 1st 2 games with a 928 and a 904. Things got
very interesting the 3rd game as they only rolled an 882. “I was pretty
sure we dropped out of the cut line with that last game, but I knew we
would still be within striking distance for the Baker Games,” said
Davidson. The Tigers found them out of the cut by 48 pins with 6 Baker
Games to go.
The Tigers got off to a slow start by rolling a 168 the 1st game.
However, they caught fire the next 2 games with a 226 and a 242. The
next two games they gave some back with a 150 and a 174. The Tiger
Bowlers were not to be denied their 2nd straight OHSAA State
Competition in a row as they rolled a fine 213 the last game to finish
in 3rd place. “It took a lot longer than I thought it would, but I
finally witnessed these guys believing in themselves, even when it
looked like our season was going to end. They just need to continue
with confidence as they are all a lot better than they sometimes think
they are,” said Coach Davidson. The Tigers were led by Sophomores Kyle
Cotner 607 and Alex Groff 597.
The OHSAA Division II State Tournament will be held Saturday, March 7th
at Wayne Webb’s Columbus Bowl. The format will be 3 regular games and 6
baker games. The field of 16 teams will then be cut to the top 8 based
on total pinfall. The tournament will then proceed onto Bracket style
match play (1 vs 8, 2 vs 7, etc) using the Baker style format in a best
3 out of 5 game match until the 2014 State Champion is crowned. All
bowlers that qualified as a team and 16 bowlers that qualified as an
individual will also be competing for the individual State Championship
by using their 3 game score.
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