Lynchburg-Clay boys bowling team headed to state competition on Friday
The Lynchburg-Clay boys bowling team competed in the
sectional tournament on Friday at Shawnee Lanes in Chillicothe Ohio. Eighteen
schools from the South East district competed in the tournament on Friday. The
teams bowled 3 regular games and 6 Baker games with the top 4 teams moving onto
the District Tournament next week and a shot and going to the State Tournament.
After the first regular game the Lynchburg-Clay boys had a rough start posting
a team score of 859 and placing them in the 5th position. They then
found their line on the modified sport pattern and bounced back with two games
that were closer to their season average. The second game was a 935 followed by
their third game of 952. At the end of
the regular game session the LC boys were into 3rd place and feeling
better about at least transferring to the district tournament and regrouping
for next week. In the regular game
session Lynchburg-Clay was paced by Senior Noah Fenner who bowled a 212, 247, and
204 for a 663 series total and 3rd best out of over 100 bowlers in
the tournament. Sophomore Jonah Fenner followed in 5th with a 638,
Senior Eli Hollingsworth 33rd with a 497, Junior Nathan Burns 36th
with a 485 and Senior Brayden Sellman 43rd with a 463. In the 6 game
baker format that followed the regular games Lynchburg-Clay was able to get
Sophomore Kaleb Thomas into the mix and the six players from Lynchburg-Clay
were able to come together and fire three of the six games at 200 or better and
move into first place to claim the Sectional Championship. This is the first sectional title in the
schools program, which was just started five years ago.
The Lynchburg-Clay boys’ and girls’ teams are co-coached by Shawn Mclaughlin and James O’Connor, both coaches are very proud of their players and everything that the teams have accomplished this season. The teams will compete in the first ever Southern Hills Athletic Conference tournament on Monday and both coaches are hoping their teams walk away with SHAC titles. The District tournament will be held on Saturday at Shawnee Lanes in Chillicothe.