12/22/11
December 22, 2011
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AUSTINTOWN - The Ursuline boys' and girls' bowling teams earned a sweep in a tri-match Wednesday at Wedgewood Lanes against East Liverpool and Wellsville
On the boys' side, the Irish finished with a match total of 1562. They bowled a 131, 116 and a 140 in the bakers match for a total of 1949. Individually, Robert Marsh bowled a 378, and Mickey Collins bowled a 301.
East Liverpool placed second. The Potters bowled a match total of 1276, and they bowled an 89, 95 and a 143 in the bakers match for a total of 603. Individually, Jimmy Beaver bowled a 317, and Jacob Densmore bowled a 307.
Wellsville ended up third with a match total of 1035. The Tigers bowled a 144, 121 and a 91 in the bakers match for a total of 139. Individually, Matt Bowling bowled a 257, and Tyler Corbin bowled a 202.
On the girls' side, Ursuline won with a match score of 1422. The Irish bowled a 108, 97 and a 141 in the bakers match to finish with a total of 178. Individually, Laura Roach bowled a 353, and Brooke Collins bowled a 183.
East Liverpool ended up in second place. The Potters bowled a match total of 1324. They bowled a 127, 114 and a 126 in the bakers match to finish with a 1691. Individually, Becky Brewer bowled a 330, Mya Messenger bowled a 284 and Caitlyn Miller bowled a 279.
"The girls battled with a establish program," East Liverpool head coach Erik Adkins said. "The only difference was the amount of consistency. Ursuline was way more consistent hitting their marks. We will work on in the next two weeks, and when we come back everything will be a lot better.
Wellsville was third with an 1195 score in match play. The Tigers bowled a 182, an 82 and a 133 in the bakers match for a total of 1538. Individually, Olivia Palmer bowled a 138 and a 168, and Jillian Berget bowled a 134.
East Liverpool's next match is Jan. 4.
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12/19/11
December 19, 2011
complete match writeup will be posted as soon as it becomes available.
12/11/11
December 11, 2011
EAST LIVERPOOL - Bowling, the fastest-growing high school sport in Ohio, has come to East Liverpool.
The Potters will compete in their inaugural bowling match on Monday in Youngstown against Cardinal Mooney.
The sport has been sanctioned by the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) since April 2006, when it was unanimously approved as the newest sport in the state and now begins its first season at East Liverpool High School.
The first high school league in the United States began in the 1930s. Since that time, the sport has continued to grow with more than 50,000 student-athletes participating across the country last season.
Leading the East Liverpool bowling program will be Eric Adkins, who also coaches the softball team.
"Well, I'm not sure there was anyone else interested in the job, but like any other sport I accepted the position to try and help kids exceed their expectations," Adkins said. "It's an opportunity for some kids who can't play some of the other sports to get involved."
Adkins noted that bowling provides another opportunity for prep athletes to get scholarships for college.
According to the United States Bowling Congress (USBC), more than $6 million in scholarship money is offered each season by bowling associations and councils, certified tournaments and proprietors throughout the United States.
Today, more than 200 colleges and universities have bowling teams.
"There's a lot of scholarships that go unclaimed," Adkins said. "It's something that parents can say that maybe their kid isn't that good at basketball or football, but they still have a chance to get a scholarship for college."
Adkins said he had 32 boys try out for the team. Finding girls to participate wasn't quite so easy.
"I had to initially beg the girls to come out," Adkins said.
The boys squad was narrowed down to 10 bowlers. Each week, the team will have a bowl-off to see which five will be the starters for the next match.
The members of the boys team includes: juniors Jimmy Beaver, Andrew Acruagi and Jacob Graves, sophomores Joey Cilone, Kevin Hupp and Jacob Allen and freshmen Jared Yanik, Jacob Densmore, Parker Bowers and Matt Brophy.
Cilone was chosen as the team captain by Adkins.
"He's one of the kids that has some experience," Adkins said. "He's done some leagues before and he has the highest scoring average in practice. He's around 180 to 190."
The girls team has eight members including: seniors Alyssa Culp and Brittany Clutter, juniors Becky Brewer, Brittany Conkle, Caitlyn Miller and Nicole Linkous and freshmen Mya Messenger and Leighana Frantz.
Brewer is the squad's captain.
"She's bowled since she was little," Adkins said of Brewer. "I think she started around age 5. She's done some youth tournaments and her average right now is around 180 to 185."
The team has been practicing three days a week at Walnut Lanes in East Liverpool
"We work on technique," Adkins said. "We lay down tiles to help them find their mark. We work on getting their steps down and we do some shadow bowling with no pins. We try to have fun and get better at the same time."
East Liverpool will obviously be at a disadvantage this season as it will compete against already established programs. The Potters schedule includes Cardinal Mooney, Wellsville, Ursuline, Maplewood and McDonald.
The participating bowlers are required to provide their own ball and shoes or rent them for their matches.
"I'm trying to get the kids to work with Team Mojo to secure some funds," Adkins said. "Because they have to buy their own or rent them and use a ball and shoes they're not familiar with when we play away."
Adkins said that Walnut Lanes proprietor Larry Rudibaugh has been a big help with use of his facilities and suggestions on how to make the students better bowlers.
NOTES: According to the OHSAA, a minimum of two regular games of tenpin regulation scoring, followed by a minimum of two Baker games are used for an official match. The total combined pins for all games wins the match. A Baker game consists of 10 frames, but each of the five participating bowlers only bowls two frames each. The USBC, launched in 2005, is an organization that serves amateur adult and youth bowlers. It serves more than two million members and is the national governing body for bowling as recognized by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC). More than 70 million people in the United States bowl each year. Bowling was the fastest-growing high school sport in the last decade.
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