Houston - March 30, 2008

 

 

ALLEN EAGLES CAPTURE BOYS STATE BOWLING CROWN

 

The Allen Eagles captured their 2nd boys state bowling title with a 2-0 victory over the Texas City Stings.  The Eagles, who won the inaugural tournament title in 2002, came into the tournament as the top scoring team with all five starters averaging over 200.  However, they struggled in the qualifying round and wound up as the #12 seed.  In their opening match against  #5 seed Austin McCallum, they eked out a 2-1 victory (223-171, 198-221, 234-226).  After that they rolled undefeated through the tournament, disposing of #4 Georgetown 194-193, 238-121 in the quarterfinals; #16 seed Boswell 225-212, 217-186 in the semifinal and Texas City 235-161, 207-137.  Texas City, the #3 seed, reached the finals by defeating #14 South Garland 2-1 (203-213, 179-156, 205-193); #6 Plano 2-0 (187-175, 226-215); and #2 Langham Creek 2-1 (189-229, 212-172, 203-186.

The Eagles are coached by Floyd Carter.  Team members are Michael Carter, Jon Nicholson, Ben Walk, Jon Lawrence, Josh Burnham, Ryan Frachiseur, Cody Gustavson, and Ryan Claustre.

 

 

 

KELLER CENTRAL BOWLER TAKES GIRLS SINGLES TITLES

 

Danielle Walker of Keller Central was crowned 2008 girls singles champion after defeating defending champion Ashley Bivens of Alvin.  Walker, sporting a 189 entering average, was seeded 10th after qualifying.  She edged #7 Rebecca Berry of Humble 2-1 (278-224, 183-178, 202-202) in the opening round.  In the quarterfinals, Walker topped #2 Houston Granger of McKinney 2-0 (224-180, 236-188) and defeated Caney Creek’s Kristen Davis, #6 seed, 258-186 in the semifinals before pulling away from #5 seed Bivens 209-171.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Houston -- March 29, 2008

 

 

S.A. MADISON CAPTURES GIRLS STATE BOWLING CROWN

 

The San Antonio Madison Lady Mavericks captured their first ever state bowling title with a thrilling 2-1 victory over the Alvin Lady Yellowjackets at Copperfield Bowl in Houston.  Madison ran away with the first game 225-150.  But Alvin wasn’t done.  They took a 171-125 victory in game 2, setting up a 1 game match for the title.  Alvin started strong marking in the first 6 frames and led 125-114 through 7 frames.  But Madison came back, striking in the 8th and 9th and marking in the 10th while taking advantage of a costly 10-pin miss in the 9th by Alvin.  The Lady Mavericks prevailed 180-173 for the title.  Madison went into the match play round as the #3 seed behind Allen and Plano East.  In their first match, they shut out Spring 2-0 (172-135, 155-150), then took #6 Richardson Berkner 2-0 (190-187, 167-142).  In the semifinals, they dispatched #2 seed Plano East 2-1 (148-184, 223-125, 243-162) to set up the final with Alvin.  The Yellowjackets, seeded #5, dispatched #12 Texas City 2-0 (175-117, 146-127) and upset #4 seed Plano West 2-1( 148-153, 168-135, 167-147) in the quarterfinals and #1 seed Allen in the semifinals 2-1 (221-207, 131-181, 181-172) to reach the final.

Jessica McCusker of Allen rolled a 300 game in the final qualifying game, the first girl to roll a perfect game in the Texas High School Bowling Club state tournament.

 

 

DENTON’S GEOFFREY YOUNG TAKES BOYS SINGLES TITLES

 

Geoffrey Young of Denton captured the 2008 boys singles title topping Keller Central’s Patrick Adams 230-190.  Young, a senior bowling in his last state tournament, was seeded #12 after qualifying.  In the first match he topped #5 John Vorpahl of San Antonio MacArthur 200-243, 212-204, 234-202.  In the quarterfinals, he shutout Terrance McQueen of Fort Bend Marshall 213-149, 226-207, then edged Killeen Ellison’s Angel Morales 235-225 to reach the final.  Adams, the #6 seed, defeated #11 Eduardo Cortez of Katy 211-183, 192-208, 221-172.  In the quarterfinals, he upset the #3 seed and defending state champion Anthony Lavery of Pasadena Memorial 224-228, 234-191, 211-152, then held on to beat #7 seed Donald James of Harker Heights (Killeen) 227-214.

34 of the 61 entrants averaged over 200 in the qualifying round, the highest scoring tournament to date.  Mitchell Van Gundy of San Antonio Madison, captured the top seed with games of 276-268-279 = 823 (274 average), the highest 3-game set ever bowled in this tournament.

 

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Pictures are attached of both team and singles champions along with final standings and bracket results.

 

For additional information, contact Dick Atkinson, State Coordinator, at (254) 368-0643.