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5th Annual Alumni Tournament Results
The 5th Annual Alumni Tournament was held on Thursday, December 26th at Richfield Bowl. The tournament attracted 77 bowlers with a mix of former bowlers, current bowlers, youth and some alumni, the 77 bowlers was a increase from the 2018 tournament that had 70 bowlers. The tournament produced some very big scores and some exciting matches. Leading the entire tournament and the adult men division was 1988 Kearsley grad Greg Burke who had an 740 series. For the youth girls division Junior Emilea Sturk led with a 700 qualifying score (Her first 700 series). Leading the youth boys division was Sophomore Gage Slagor who had a 690 total. On the adult womens side 2016 grad Hannah Ploof led the women's qualifying with a 660 set. In the guys division 2011 Kearsley grad Adam Streeter qualified 3rd with a 709 series behind Greg Burke and 1993 grad Chad Boggs who had a career high 732 series. The mens division saw current middle school teacher and JV girls coach Kevin Shute catch fire and defeat Chad Boggs, Adam Streeter and 2018 grad Kyle Langworthy to win the Men's Division. In the women's Division 2016 Kearsley grad Hannah Ploof defeated 2016 grad Madilyn Dunsmore, 2015 grad Haleigh Rybka and 2017 grad Karlee Griffin to win the women's division. In the youth girls division Emilea Sturk was the top qualifier followed by Imari Blond but both of them got knocked out in match play as Samantha Timm knocked off Imari Blond and sister Megan Timm knocked of Emilea Sturk. The sisters met in the finals as Junior Megan Timm defeated Senior Samantha Timm by a score of 211 to 170. In the youth boys division Sophomore Gage Slagor led qualifying with Senior Ethan Burke qualifying 2nd. In match play Gage fell in the first round and Ethan Burke caught fire as he had a 235 game in the first round and then shot a 280 in the 2nd round as Freshman Howie Hammond had a 277 the 2nd round to move into the finals. In the finals Senior Ethan Burke won the tournament with a 234 to 201 victory. The 3 game set for Ethan in match play was 749 and the highest series of the day in the entire tournament. All of the final scores and final results for each bracket are listed below in the links. Thank you so much to everyone who came out, we were able to raise $780 for the Troy Paxton Scholarship fund today, an amazing accomplishment for the bowling program.
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VARSITY GIRLS WIN BAKER KICK OFF TOURNAMENT IN LANSING
The Kearsley Varsity Girls traveled to Royal Scot Lanes in Lansing for the 2019 Baker Kick Off Tournament on Sunday, December 8th. The tournament featured 15 girls teams from around the state including the Lady Hornets who were defending champs of this tournament from last season. The girls from Kearsley started a little slow but turned it on in the middle of qualifying and easily led the field as the #1 seed after the 12 Baker games of qualifying. Finishing 2nd in qualifying was Flushing and 3rd was Tecumseh and 4th was Swartz Creek and 5th was Davison. In the first round of match play the Kearsley girls drew the #12 seed of DeWitt and the Kearsley girls cruised with games of 221 and 192 to DeWitt's 142 and 136 games. The second round Kearsley had to bowl against the #8 seed South Haven and again the Kearsley girls cruised with games of 176 and 161 to reach the finals. As the Kearsley were the #1 seed the got a bye as Swartz Creek bowled against Tecumseh to determine who would bowl against Kearsley for the tournament championship. Tecumseh pulled out a close match and moved on to face Kearsley in the finals. This was a rematch of the state final match from back in March. Kearsley jumped out fast in the first game as the first team to win 2 games would win the tournament and the Lady Hornets won the first match by a score of 209 to 150, the second game Tecumseh beat Kearsley by a score of 175 to 151 so the tournament came down to the final game and the Kearsley girls stepped it up in the 2nd half of gane as they pulled out a 180 to 168 victory and the tournament championship for the 2nd straight year. Kearsley received a lot of help from each and every girl as all 7 girls continued to rotate in and out of the line up all day long. The Kearsley girls next competition will be a Metro Conference match against Holly on Wednesday at 6:30pm at Grand Blanc Lanes
VARSITY GIRLS OPEN SEASON WITH 29-1 VICTORY OVER OWOSSO
The Kearsley Varsity girls opened the 2019-2020 season on Saturday, December 7th at Cherry Hill Lanes in Clarkston with a Metro Conference match against Owosso. The varsity girls started the match with Baker games of 190 & 191 to Owosso's 137 & 120, with a 10-0 lead heading into the individual team games the Kearsley girls didn't let up as they won the first game by a score of 1004 to 722 and then the Lady Hornets won the last team game 844 to 564. The total final pinfall was Keasley 2229 to Owosso 1543 and the final score was 29-1 in favor of Kearsley. Scores for Kearsley were: Samantha Timm 180, Emilea Sturk 236 & 192, Allison Robbins 236 & 174, Megan Timm 190 & 182, Allison Eible 162, Hannah Simms 138 and Sara Ritche 158. The varsity girls are now 1-0 on the season and will now travel to Royal Scot Lanes in Lansing for the Baker Kick Off Tournament on Sunday, December 8th. The next Metro Conference match will be on Wednesday, December 11th against Holly at Grand Blanc Lanes.
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Varsity Teams Defeat Administrators/Teachers 60-9 in fun match after Alumni Tournament
We finished the day on Wednesday, December 26th with a fun match with the varsity teams against the school board/adminstrators/teachers. We had 3 different teams of kids bowling against them and this turned out to be very fun for everyone involved. The kids started the match out strong by winning all 6 Baker games as the Varsity Mixed Team led the way with a 245 Baker game and they took a 30-0 lead into the individual game. In the only individual game bowled the administrators bowled great against the varsity girls team as they had a 942 actual game to the varsity girls 860 game, Chad Boggs had a 226 game, and surprise stud Andy Nester had a 220 game but the other 2 teams of bowlers held up the girls as the mixed team had 893 and the varsity boys team had 1002 and they won every individual game. The mixed team was led by Jacob Brode (210 game) and the Varsity Boys team was led by Nathan Maxwell (220 game) and the varsity girls were led by Alexis Roof (213 game). The final game was a Baker game as the kids won all 3 Baker games again to finish the match with a 60 to 9 victory. Other nice scores for the adminstrators/teachers were Chad Langworthy with a 201 game, Corey Fischer with a 170 game, Eric Doyle and Deb Alburtus had 167 games and Kevin Walworth had a 164 game. Other nice scores for the kids were Kyle Langworthy (209 game), Lawson Boshaw (202 game) and Allie Robbins (187 game). What a great time for everyone, kids and administrators, thank you to everyone that made this happen! Enjoy the picture of everyone who participated!
4th Annual Alumni Tournament held on dec 26th 2018 at Richfield Bowl
The 4th Annual Alumni Tournament was held on Tuesday, December 26th at Richfield Bowl. The tournament attracted 70 bowlers with a mix of former bowlers, current bowlers, youth and some alumni, the 70 bowlers was a decrease from the 2017 tournament but about the average number for 4 years. The tournament produced some very big scores and some exciting matches. Leading the entire tournament and the adult men division was 2004 Kearsley grad Darin Craine who had an 807 series. For the youth girls division Junior Imari Blond led with a 710 qualifying score and she went on to win the youth girls division with a 202 to 201 victory over Samantha Timm. Leading the youth boys division was Junior Lawson Boshaw who had a 759 total which was 3rd highest in the entire tournament, he made it to the finals were senior Kyle Langworthy won the tournament with a 214 to 190 victory in the finals. On the adult womens side Stephanie Singleton led the women's qualifying with a 695 set but lost in the first round of match play. Hannah Ploof created some excitement as she had a 299 game in the first round of match play but Sarah (Hillier) Woughter went on to win the women's final over Hannah as Sarah had the first 9 strikes in the final match on her way to a 267 game. In the guys division 2011 Kearsley grad Adam Streeter qualified 3rd with a 741 series behind Darin Craine and Robert Alexander. Adam went on to defeat Darin Craine in the finals by a score of 210 to 189 to win the mens division. All of the final scores and final results for each bracket are listed below in the links. Thank you so much to everyone who came out, we were able to raise $1065 for the Troy Paxton Scholarship fund today, an amazing accomplishment for the bowling program.
varsity girls win 6th straight state title and 7th overall
The Kearsley girls varsity bowling team traveled to Waterford, Michigan and Century Bowl on Friday, March 1st for the State Finals. The finals consisted of 8 Baker games and 2 regular games for qualifying and the Kearsley girls started qualifying strong with Baker games of 206 & 224 to start the day. They finished Baker qualifying with games of 157, 220, 162, 202, 195 and 172 and then had regular games of 906 and 937 to qualify #1 overall with a score of 3381. Tecumseh qualifed #2 with a score of 3241 and Carleton Airport was #3 with a score of 3184 and Charlotte was #4 with a score of 3091. After qualifying the field was cut to the top 8 teams and match play began with 2 Baker games and 1 individual team game with total pins to determine the winner. After qualifying #1 overall the Kearsley girls had a first round match with Coldwater who qualified #8 overall. Kearsley started the match with Baker games of 184 & 204 to Coldwater’s 135 and 133 and with a commanding lead, did not let up as they won the individual game 927 to 867 over Coldwater to move into the final 4. In the match against Coldwater high scores were Imari Blond with a 225 and Allison Eible with a 190 game. In the final 4 against Charlotte the Kearsley girls began the match with Baker games of 175 & 181 to Charlotte’s 176 and 189. The Kearsley girls were down 9 pins going into the individual game but about half way through the individual game the Kearsley girls took control of the game and outscored Charlotte by a final total of 976 to Charlotte’s 899. High scores for the Kearsley girls that round against Charlotte were Alexis Roof with a 222 game, Imari Blond with a 213 game and Samantha Timm with a 193 game. With the win against Charlotte the Kearsley girls were headed to the finals for the 6th straight year. This year’s opponent in the finals was a familiar one as they had to take on Tecumseh for the 2nd year in a row and the 4th time overall in the finals. The match began with Tecumseh winning the first Baker game 185 to 182 and then Kearsley winning the 2nd Baker game 173 to 168. The Kearsley girls had a 2 pin advantage heading into the individual game and going into the 6th frame of the individual game the Kearsley girls were trailing by almost 60 pins but the girls would not be denied as they turned it on in the end when needed and pulled out a 997 to 886 victory in the individual game and the total final pinfall was Kearsley 1352 to Tecumseh 1239. High Scores for Kearsley were Imari Blond with a 223 game, Samantha Timm with a 221 game and Allison Eible with a 205 game. For Kearsley this was the 6th straight state championship and the 7th overall which has also included a state runner up in 2010., so 8 of the last 9 years the Kearsley girls have been in the finals, just an incredible run! Congratulations Lady Hornets!
varsity girls win best of the best tournament at holly lanes
The girls varsity bowling team traveled to Holly Lanes on Monday, February 18th to bowl in the annual Best of the Best Tournament , this is bowling’s version of Districts and the Kearsley girls have always done well in this tournament but the last 2 years have had troubles with Flushing. The tournament begins with 2 individual games for qualifying and then the field is cut to the final 8 teams. The Kearsley girls had team games of 895 and 957 to qualify #1 with a score of 1852, Flushing qualified 2nd and Lapeer was 3rd followed by Grand Blanc. The girls were led by Samantha Timm in qualifying with games of 182 and 231, other scores were Allison Eible 171, Megan Timm 160, Alexis Roof 193 and 170, Imari Blond 189 and 183, Emilea Sturk 182 and Allison Robbins 191.
Once the field was cut to 8 teams the Kearsley girls bowled against Linden the first round and Kearsley won the first round match with Baker games of 210 and 155 to Linden’s 139 & 116. The 2nd round in the final 4 Kearsley had to bowl against Lapeer and the Kearsley girls had games of 201 and 193 to Lapeer’s 166 and 173. The other side of the bracket Flushing defeated Ovid Elsie and then Grand Blanc to reach the finals for the 3rd straight year to bowl against Kearsley. The Kearsley girls won the first game 183 to 162 and exploded the final game for a 248 to 125 victory and the tournament championship. This was the 3rd day of bowling tournaments in a row and the 3rd tournament victory as the Kearsley girls had the winner in the Conference Singles Tournament on Saturday (Emilea Sturk), won the Regional Tune Up Tournament on Sunday and won the Best of the Best on Monday. The girls next competition is Regional Team event on Friday morning at 9:30am at Monitor Lanes in Bay City. The Kearsley girls will be trying to capture their 7th Regional title and a ticket to the State Finals.
Once the field was cut to 8 teams the Kearsley girls bowled against Linden the first round and Kearsley won the first round match with Baker games of 210 and 155 to Linden’s 139 & 116. The 2nd round in the final 4 Kearsley had to bowl against Lapeer and the Kearsley girls had games of 201 and 193 to Lapeer’s 166 and 173. The other side of the bracket Flushing defeated Ovid Elsie and then Grand Blanc to reach the finals for the 3rd straight year to bowl against Kearsley. The Kearsley girls won the first game 183 to 162 and exploded the final game for a 248 to 125 victory and the tournament championship. This was the 3rd day of bowling tournaments in a row and the 3rd tournament victory as the Kearsley girls had the winner in the Conference Singles Tournament on Saturday (Emilea Sturk), won the Regional Tune Up Tournament on Sunday and won the Best of the Best on Monday. The girls next competition is Regional Team event on Friday morning at 9:30am at Monitor Lanes in Bay City. The Kearsley girls will be trying to capture their 7th Regional title and a ticket to the State Finals.
varsity girls win regional tune up tournament
The Kearsley Bowling program hosted the 2nd Regional Tune Up Tournament at Richfield Bowl on Sunday, February 17th. The tournament featured 20 boys teams and 21 girls teams with a lot of the state ranked teams in attendance especially from Division 1 since Davison will be hosting a regional at Richfield on Friday morning. The Kearsley girls started the tournament out on fire as they had Baker games of 200, 142, 172, 217, 227, 189, 176 and 230 as they held a big lead going into the 2 individual games for qualifying. In the 2 individual games the Kearsley girls were the only team in the entire tournament to have 2 games over 1000 as they had a 1048 game and a 1039 to finish with a 3640 total for qualifying. This total was 511 pins ahead of 2nd place qualifier Lake Orion.
After the cut to the top 8 teams, the Kearsley girls were matched up with Clarkston in the first round and they defeated Clarkston 359 to 299 to move into the final 4. In the final 4 the Kearsley girls ran into a team that has given the Kearsley girls fits this season in Lapeer but the Kearsley girls would not be denied as they pulled out a close 362 to 356 victory to move into the finals against Lake Orion who defeated Davison and Swartz Creek to reach the finals. The finals was exciting as Kearsley won the first game 191 to 178 and then won the 2nd game 184 to 169 to win the tournament with a 375 to 347 victory. This was a great showing for the team as the tournament was bowled on the pattern that will be on the lanes for Regionals and State Finals.
For the day, Kearsley had 3 girls named to the All Tournament Team as Imari Blond led the tournament with games of 247 and 234 for a 481 total, Alexis Roof was 2nd with games of 222 and 225 for a 447 total and 3rd was Megan Timm with games of 232 and 210 for a 442 total. Other scores for the Kearsley girls were Samantha Timm with a 166 game, Allison Eible with a 181 game, Emilea Sturk with a 181 game and Allison Robbins with a 189 game. The next competition for the Varsity girls is the Best of the Best Tournament on Monday night at 5:30pm at Holly Lanes and then the Varsity Girls will be traveling to Bay City for Regionals on Friday morning for the team event at 9am.
After the cut to the top 8 teams, the Kearsley girls were matched up with Clarkston in the first round and they defeated Clarkston 359 to 299 to move into the final 4. In the final 4 the Kearsley girls ran into a team that has given the Kearsley girls fits this season in Lapeer but the Kearsley girls would not be denied as they pulled out a close 362 to 356 victory to move into the finals against Lake Orion who defeated Davison and Swartz Creek to reach the finals. The finals was exciting as Kearsley won the first game 191 to 178 and then won the 2nd game 184 to 169 to win the tournament with a 375 to 347 victory. This was a great showing for the team as the tournament was bowled on the pattern that will be on the lanes for Regionals and State Finals.
For the day, Kearsley had 3 girls named to the All Tournament Team as Imari Blond led the tournament with games of 247 and 234 for a 481 total, Alexis Roof was 2nd with games of 222 and 225 for a 447 total and 3rd was Megan Timm with games of 232 and 210 for a 442 total. Other scores for the Kearsley girls were Samantha Timm with a 166 game, Allison Eible with a 181 game, Emilea Sturk with a 181 game and Allison Robbins with a 189 game. The next competition for the Varsity girls is the Best of the Best Tournament on Monday night at 5:30pm at Holly Lanes and then the Varsity Girls will be traveling to Bay City for Regionals on Friday morning for the team event at 9am.
varsity girls dominate metro conference singles tournament as emilea sturk wins conference singles title
The Kearsley Varsity girls bowling team traveled to Capitol Bowl in Owosso for the Metro Conference Singles Tournament on Saturday, February 16th. This is the final competition for the Metro Conference for the season and each team is allowed to enter all 7 bowlers for the singles competition. Kearsley was well represented as the first 5 positions were all Kearsley girls after qualifying and the other 2 girls qualified 8th and 9th out of the 59 girls that bowled. Here is how they all qualified: Allison Eible was first with a 640 score, Samantha Timm was second with a 637 score, Imari Blond was 3rd with a 627 score, Emilea Sturk was 4th with a 620, Megan Timm was 5th with a 617, Allison Robbins was 8th with a 576 and Alexis Roof was 9th with a 563. The field was cut to 16 after qualifying and winners in the 1st round were Megan Timm, Allison Eible, Samantha Timm, Emilea Sturk and Allison Robbins. In the final 8 Samantha Timm, Emilea Sturk and Allison Robbins made it through to the final 4. In the final 4 Emilea Sturk defeated Allison Robbins 192 to 169 to move into the finals and Samantha Timm defeated Emily Reid (Flushing) 214 to 158 to move into the finals. The all Kearsley final was exciting and went back and forth as wasn’t decided until the 10th frame as both bowlers filled every frame and Emilea Sturk pulled out the victory 227 to 217.
Kearsley also had 3 girls named to 1st Team All Conference, Imari Blond, Alexis Roof and Allison Eible and 2 girls named 2nd Team All Conference as Megan Timm and Emilea Sturk were named 2nd Team and Samantha Timm was an honorable mention. Next competition is tomorrow (Sunday) as the varsity girls will participate in the Regional Tune Up Tournament to get ready for Regionals next weekend.
Kearsley also had 3 girls named to 1st Team All Conference, Imari Blond, Alexis Roof and Allison Eible and 2 girls named 2nd Team All Conference as Megan Timm and Emilea Sturk were named 2nd Team and Samantha Timm was an honorable mention. Next competition is tomorrow (Sunday) as the varsity girls will participate in the Regional Tune Up Tournament to get ready for Regionals next weekend.
varsity girls defeat clio 29-1 to finish season 16-0 and undefeated for the 10th straight season- metro conference champions
The Kearsley Varsity girls traveled to Grand Blanc Lanes on Monday, February 11th for the final Metro Conference match of the season against Clio. The match was a make up for the match that was canceled last week because of the weather. The Kearsley girls started the match with Baker games of 164 and 202 to Clio’s 150 and 113 and with a 10-0 lead going into the individual games the Lady Hornets never looked back. The first team game Kearsley won 8 out of 9 points and won the game 902 to 717 and then Kearsley won the last game 1016 to 755. The total final pinfall was Kearsley 2284 to Clio 1735 and the final score was Kearsley 29 to Clio 1. The win finishes off the 10th straight undefeated season for the Kearsley girls bowling program and brings their winning streak to 120 matches as they finish the Metro Conference season at 16-0. Scores for the Kearsley girls were Samantha Timm 168, Allison Eible 202 & 176, Megan Timm 179 & 206, Imari Blond 146, Alexis Roof 207 & 246, Allison Robbins 198 and Emilea Sturk 190. The next competition for the Lady Hornets is the Metro Conference Singles Championship on Saturday, February 16th at Capitol Bowl in Owosso at 1:30pm.
Imari Blond wins S&R singles tournament in bay city for the 2nd straight year
The Kearsley Varsity Girls traveled to Monitor Lanes in Bay City on Sunday, February 10th for the 9th annual S & R Singles Tournament. It is a tune up for Regionals that will take place at the same bowling alley in less than 2 weeks and if the results of the tournament have any bearing on Regionals things are looking good for Kearsley. The Kearsley girls had 7 girls bowling and 6 of them qualified in the top 13 and the 7th girls finished in 28th place. Leading the way was Junior Imari Blond who qualified 1st overall with a score of 1264, qualifying 3rd was Senior Alexis Roof with a 1159 total, 5th was Junior Samantha Timm with a 1141 total, 8th was Sophomore Allison Eible with a 1111 total, 9th was Sophomore Emilea Sturk with a 1105 total and 13th was Allison Robbins with a 1078 and Megan Timm qualified 28th with a 983 total. The tournament was cut to the top 18 girls who then bowled 1 match game and moving into the top 10 were Imari Blond, Alexis Roof, Allison Eible and Samantha Timm. In the next round Imari Blond won her match and Allison Eible won to move into the final 5 step ladder finals. Imari was seeded #1 overall so she had to wait for everyone else to bowl and Allison Eible was seeded #3 overall. Allison defeated Gladwin by a score of 205 to 157 to move into the final 3 and then squeeked out a narrow victory over Garber High by a score of 146 to 143 to set up an all Kearsley final. Imari came out strong and won the tournament with a 256 to 176 victory in the finals for her 2nd straight victory in this tournament. Imari earned 100 points ($500) in scholarship money and Allison Eible earned 80 points ($400) in scholarship money for their finishes in the tournament. Overall a great day for the Lady Hornets!
varsity girls defeat fenton 25-5 to move to 15-0 on the season
The Kearsley varsity girls traveled to Cherry Hill Lanes in Clarkston for a Metro Conference match against Fenton on Saturday, February 9th.The match started slowly for the Kearsley girls as they struggled for the 2nd week in a row in the Baker games but pulled out a 6-4 lead going into the individual games as the Lady Hornets had Baker games of 146 & 118 to Fenton’s 109 & 147. The Kearsley girls won the total pins in Baker’s 264 to 256 to take the lead in the match. In the first individual game the Lady Hornets got back to form as they won 8 of 9 points with a 973 to 720 victory and the last individual game they won all 9 points with a 1012 to 691 victory. The total final pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2249 to Fenton 1667 and the final score was 25-5. Scores for Kearsley were Samantha Timm 205 & 173, Allison Eible 206 & 200, Megan Timm 193, Alexis Roof 194 & 238, Imari Blond 175, Allison Robbins 190 and Emilea Sturk 211. The Lady Hornets are now 15-0 and have clinched the Flint Metro Conference title all by themselves for the 10th consecutive year. They also have a 119 match winning streak spanning that 10 years. The girls will travel to Bay City and Monitor lanes on Sunday, February 10th for the S & R Singles Tournament and then will wrap up the regular season in the Metro Conference on Monday, February 11th as they try to close out the season undefeated when they take on Clio at Grand Blanc Lanes at 6pm.
varsity girls defeat flushing 17-13 to move to 14-0 and clinch at least a share of the metro conference title for the 10th straight year
The Kearsley varsity girls bowling team traveled to Holly for a Metro Conference showdown with Flushing on Saturday, February 2nd. The match didn’t start well for the Lady Hornets as they came out cold and bowled Baker games of 153 and 132 to Flushings 174 and 212. The Lady Hornets were down 10-0 and more importantly down by 101 pins in the total pins. Facing a very big uphill climb the Lady Hornets began the first individual game much the same way the Baker games went and half way through the game the tide turned and the Lady Hornets began to claw their way back into the match, they somehow pulled out the team game in the end by a final score of 902 to 832 and they won 3 individual points and they were still trailing Flushing by 31 pins. As the 2nd and final individual game began the momentum was definitely in the Hornets favor as they filled all but 1 frame through the first 4 frames and they were on their way. The Lady Hornets ended up winning the last individual game by a score of 983 to 787 as they pulled out the all important 2 points for total pins to swing the match in their favor. The total final pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2170 to Holly 2005 and the final score was 17 to 13. This was the closest match the Lady Hornets have had in a few years as they really showed some championship fight. Scores for the Kearsley girls were: Allison Eible 148, Megan Timm 182 & 178, Alexis Roof 178 & 189, Imari Blond 205 & 254, Emilea Sturk 189 & 197 and Allison Robbins 165. The win moves the Lady Hornets record to 14-0 on the season and clinches at least a share of the Metro Conference Title for the 10th straight season and keeps their 10 year winning streak alive at 118 straight matches. The next competition will be on Sunday, February 3rd as the girls will all be participating in the Carman Ainsworth Singles Tournament at Grand Blanc Lanes starting at 9:30am. The next Metro Conference match is Wednesday, February 6th at Grand Blanc Lanes against Clio starting at 6pm.
varsity girls defeat holly 30-0 to move to 13-0 on the season
The Lady Hornets traveled to Clio Bowling Arcade for a double match on Saturday, January 26th and the 2nd match of the day was against Holly. The Lady Hornets began the match with Baker games of 204 & 218 to Holly’s 110 & 89. With a 10-0 lead going into the individual games the Lady Hornets didn’t let up as they had team games of 1011 and 1025 to Holly’s 470 and 597.The total final pinfall was Kearsley 2458 to Holly’s 1266 and the final score was 30-0 in favor of Kearsley. Scores for Kearsley were Emilea Sturk 179, Allison Eible 179, Megan Timm 183 & 165, Alexis Roof 224 & 215, Imari Blond 246 & 253, Samantha Timm 177 and Allison Robbins 215. The win ups the Lady Hornets record to 13-0 on the season and with a 117 match win streak they will face their toughest challenge next Saturday as they will bowl against the 7th ranked team in Division 1 the Flushing Raiders who are 12-1 on the season. The match is scheduled for 4pm at Holly Lanes on Saturday, February 2nd and will be for the Metro Conference title.
varsity girls defeat brandon 30-0 to move to 12-0 on the season
The Kearsley Varsity Girls bowling team traveled to Clio Bowling Arcade for a Metro Conference match against Brandon on Saturday, January 26th. The Lady Hornets began the match with Baker games of 179 & 213 to Brandon’s 152 & 126. With a 10-0 lead heading into the individual games the Hornets didn’t let up as they had team games of 907 & 960 to Brandon’s 732 & 615. The total final pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2259 to Brandon 1625 and the final score was 30-0. Scores for the Kearsley girls were Emilea Sturk 161, Allison Eible 153, Megan Timm 164 & 187, Alexis Roof 236 & 203, Imari Blond 193 & 189, Samantha Timm 177 and Allison Robbins 204. The Lady Hornets are now 12-0 on the season and will face Holly next.
varsity girls finish 3rd in metro conference championship tournament as team sets state record and imari blond bowls 300 game
The Kearsley Bowling program hosted the 9th annual Metro Conference Championship Tournament at Richfield Bowl on Sunday, January 20th. The tournament attracted 43 varsity teams from around the state as they had 24 boys teams and 19 girls teams. The Kearsley girls started the day in record fashion as they came out the first game and had a team game of 1154, the highest team game in the state the last couple of years and the 8th highest team game for a girls team ever in the state. They followed up the first game in record fashion again as Junior Imari Blond bowled a perfect “300” game and the team shot a 1099 actual team game. The 2 game series of 2253 is the new state record for the highest 2 game set ever bowled for a girls team as they beat the record by 1 pin. The girls finished up the 3rd game of qualifying with a 1028 team game as they ended up qualifying #1 by almost 400 pins over 2nd place Flushing. After qualifying the tournament turned to a 7 Baker game match against the other 7 teams that made the cut and the Kearsley girls began match play in record fashion again as they bowled Baker games of 245 and 225 to start match play , the 470 two game Baker set is the highest in the state this year and they finished the Baker games with 182, 264, 201,235 and 208. The 264 Baker game is also the highest girls Baker game in the state this year. The girls went 7-0 in match play and opened up their lead to 788 pins over 2nd place Holt. The varsity girls qualifying score led the entire tournament and was higher than all the boys scores. The girls were just incredible today, but as we have seen before that doesn’t guarantee a victory and the Kearsley girls ran into a tough Lapeer girls team that pulled out a victory over the Lady Hornets in the final 4. The 2 game Baker set saw the Kearsley girls have Baker games of 176 and 169 to Lapeer’s 183 and 166 and Lapeer won the match by 4 pins. The Lapeer girls ended up defeating Holt in the finals to win the tournament. Although the Lady Hornets did not pull off the victory today, it was still a record day. Imari Blond was named to the all tournament team with games of 246, 300 and 203 for a 749 series, the highest series in the entire tournament today. Sophomore Megan Timm also was named to the All Tournament team as she had a career day with her highest series ever today with games of 258, 241 and 231 for a 730 series. Sophomore Emilea Sturk also was named to the All Tournament Team with games of 224, 213 and 224 for a 661 series. Other scores for the Kearsley girls were Allison Eible with games of 191 and 202, Alexis Roof with games of 235 and 157, Samantha Timm with a 188 game and Allison Robbins with a 168 game. The varsity girls next competition will be on Saturday, January 26th at Clio Bowling Arcade as they take on Brandon and Holly starting at 9:30am.
varsity girls defeat swartz creek 24-6 to move to 11-0 on the season
The Kearsley Varsity girls traveled to Holly Lanes in Holly for a Metro Conference match against Swartz Creek on Saturday, January 19th. The Lady Hornets began the match with Baker games of 164 & 190 to Swartz Creeks 144 and 189 games. The Lady Hornets 2 game Baker total of 354 to Swartz Creek’s 333 gave the Hornets a 10-0 lead heading into the individual games. In the first individual game the Lady Hornets had their hands full the entire game but pulled out the win with a 1008 team total to Creek’s 957 and the 2nd individual team game was just as close as the Lady Hornets won the last team game 950 to 898. The final total pinfall was Kearsley 2312 to Swartz Creek 2188 and the final score was Kearsley 26 and Swartz Creek 4. Scores for Kearsley were: Emilea Sturk 201, Allison Eible 205 & 213, Allison Robbins 172, Alexis Roof 222 and 204, Imari Blond 208 & 220, Hannah Simms 122 and Mary Wheeler 191. The Lady Hornets are now 11-0 on the season and still maintain a 1 game lead over the Flushing girls who are 10-1 on the season. The next competition for Kearsley is the Metro Conference Championship Tournament that will be held on Sunday, January 20th at Richfield Bowl, Kearsley is the host for this tournament and they have 43 teams from around the state coming to participate on Sunday.
varsity girls defeat linden 30-0 to move to 10-0 on the season
The Kearsley Varsity Girls had a Metro Conference match against Linden on Wednesday, January 16th at Grand Blanc Lanes. The Varsity girls started the match with Baker games of 164 & 193 to Linden’s 114 and 146. With a 10-0 lead going into the individual games the Kearsley girls didn’t let up as they won the first game 973 to 699 and then won the 2nd game 886 to 653. The total final pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2216 to Linden 1612 and the final score was 30-0. Scores for the Kearsley girls were Emilea Sturk 161, Allison Eible 222 & 193, Megan Timm 181, Alexis Roof 199 and 170, Imari Blond 210 and 231, Samantha Timm 144 and Allison Robbins 148. The Lady Hornets are now 10-0 on the season in the conference. Their next match is Saturday, January 19th at Holly Lanes at 11am against Swartz Creek.
varsity girls defeat Owosso 29.5 to .5 to move to 9-0 on the season
The Kearsley Varsity girls bowling team traveled to Colonial Lanes in Flushing for a Metro Conference match against Owosso on Saturday, January 12th. The Lady Hornets began the match with Baker games of 182 & 199 top Owosso’s 150 and 160 and with a 10-0 lead heading into the individual games the Lady Hornets were looking good. In the first individual team game the Hornets had a 1006 game to Owosso’s 775 and the last individual game the Lady Hornets had a 985 team game to Owosso’s 617. The total final pinfall was Kearsley 2372 to Owosso 1702 and the final score was Kearsley 29.5 to Owosso .5.
Scores for the Kearsley girls were: Emilea Sturk 202 & 162, Allison Eible 195 & 240, Megan Timm 163, Alexis Roof 191, Imari Blond 255 & 200, Samantha Timm 225 and Allison Robbins 158. The Lady Hornets are 9-0 now in the Metro Conference and lead Flushing by 1 game with 7 games left.
The next competition for the Lady Hornets is Wednesday night, January 16th at 6pm at Grand Blanc Lanes as they bowl against Linden.
Scores for the Kearsley girls were: Emilea Sturk 202 & 162, Allison Eible 195 & 240, Megan Timm 163, Alexis Roof 191, Imari Blond 255 & 200, Samantha Timm 225 and Allison Robbins 158. The Lady Hornets are 9-0 now in the Metro Conference and lead Flushing by 1 game with 7 games left.
The next competition for the Lady Hornets is Wednesday night, January 16th at 6pm at Grand Blanc Lanes as they bowl against Linden.
varsity girls win lila furnish classic tournament for 5th year in a row with victory over davison in the finals
The Kearsley Varsity girls traveled to Owosso for the 8th Annual Lila Furnish Classic Tournament at Capitol Bowl. The Lady Hornets began the day with 12 Baker games for qualifying as they had games of 178,164,163,194,169,193,180,156,178,177,204,200 for a 2156 total and the top qualifying spot. The 2nd place team of Davison was more than 200 pins behind for qualifying and 3rd place Birch Run and 4th place Flushing were well behind.
The field was then cut to the top 8 teams as the 1st seed bowled the 8th seed and the 2nd seed the 7th seed and so on. Kearsley’s first round match was against the 8th seed Ovid Elsie girls and in the 2 game Baker match the Kearsley girls bowled games of 203 & 202 to Ovid Elsie’s148 & 169. Now with the field down to the final 4 the Kearsley girls had to bowl against Metro Conference rival Flushing and the Kearsley girls came out on fire as they had a 255 game to Flushing’s 181, the 2nd game didn’t go as well as Flushing beat Kearsley 161 to 147 but the total pins for the match were Kearsley 402 to Flushing’s 342 as the Lady Hornets moved into the title match. On the other side of the bracket Davison defeated Birch Run to move into the finals after qualifying 2nd. In the first game of the finals the Lady Hornets dropped a close game 184 to 182 but it didn’t deter them as they came back to win the second game 176 to 153 and the total final pinfall was Kearsley 368 to Davison’s 337 as the Kearsley girls won this tournament for the 5th straight year.
The next competition for the Kearsley girls will be on Saturday, January 12th at Colonial Lanes in Flushing at 1pm as the Lady Hornets put their 8-0 record on the line against Owosso.
The field was then cut to the top 8 teams as the 1st seed bowled the 8th seed and the 2nd seed the 7th seed and so on. Kearsley’s first round match was against the 8th seed Ovid Elsie girls and in the 2 game Baker match the Kearsley girls bowled games of 203 & 202 to Ovid Elsie’s148 & 169. Now with the field down to the final 4 the Kearsley girls had to bowl against Metro Conference rival Flushing and the Kearsley girls came out on fire as they had a 255 game to Flushing’s 181, the 2nd game didn’t go as well as Flushing beat Kearsley 161 to 147 but the total pins for the match were Kearsley 402 to Flushing’s 342 as the Lady Hornets moved into the title match. On the other side of the bracket Davison defeated Birch Run to move into the finals after qualifying 2nd. In the first game of the finals the Lady Hornets dropped a close game 184 to 182 but it didn’t deter them as they came back to win the second game 176 to 153 and the total final pinfall was Kearsley 368 to Davison’s 337 as the Kearsley girls won this tournament for the 5th straight year.
The next competition for the Kearsley girls will be on Saturday, January 12th at Colonial Lanes in Flushing at 1pm as the Lady Hornets put their 8-0 record on the line against Owosso.
Varsity girls defeat fenton 30-0 to move to 8-0 on the season
The Kearsley varsity girls had a Metro Conference double header as they took on Fenton after a match with Clio on Saturday, January 5th. The match against Fenton started with Kearsley winning both Baker games by scores of 167 to 119 and 188 to 129. With a 10-0 lead going into the first individual game the Kearsley girls were looking good and they had a 1013 team game to Fenton’s 655. The 2nd individual game the Kearsley girls had a 1017 team game to Fenton’s 541 and the total final pinfall was Kearsley 2385 to Fenton 1444 and the final score was 30-0. Scores for the Kearsley girls were Emilea Sturk 157, Allison Eible 196 & 158, Megan Timm 258 and 218, Alexis Roof 213 & 199, Imari Blond 189 & 238 and Samantha Timm 204. The Kearsley girls are now 8-0 at the halfway point of the season and will bowl on Sunday, January 6th in the Owosso Lila Furnish Classic Tournament. The girls next Metro Conference Match will be on Saturday, January 12th at 1pm against Owosso at Colonial Lanes in Flushing.
Varsity girls defeat clio 29-1 to move to 7-0 on the season
The Kearsley varsity girls had a Metro Conference match against Clio on Saturday, January 5th at Holly Lanes. The Clio girls entered the match with a 5-1 record and were looking to keep pace with the Kearsley girls. The Kearsley girls started the match with a 202 Baker game to Clio’s 191 and then Kearsley bowled a 177 Baker game to Clio’s 136. With a 10-0 lead going into the first individual game, the Kearsley girls turned it on as they had a team game of 1014 to Clio’s 748 and Kearsley won 8 out of the 9 matches. The 2nd individual game saw the Kearsley girls shoot a 915 team game to Clio’s 804. The final total pinfall was Kearsley 2308 to Clio 1879 and the final score was 29 to 1 in favor of Kearsley. Scores for the Kearsley girls were Emilea Sturk 216 & 178, Allison Eible 190, Megan Timm 219 & 158, Alexis Roof 194 & 180, Imari Blond 195 & 199 and Samantha Timm 200. The win moves the Kearsley girls record to 7-0 on the season and they will take on Fenton next.
Varsity girls defeat swartz creek 24-6 to move to 6-0 on the season
The Kearsley Varsity girls had a Metro Conference Match against Swartz Creek on Wednesday, January 2nd at Richfield Bowl. The Lady Hornets entered the match at 5-0 on the season and Swartz Creek was 4-1 on the season so the match was for first place in the Metro Conference as they are heading into the mid point of the season. The Lady Hornets started the match with a Baker game of 211 to Swartz Creek’s 191 but Kearsley ran into some troubles in the 2nd Baker game as they had a 130 game to Swartz Creek’s 179 game. With the win the Lady Dragons took a 6 to 4 lead into the individual games as they beat Kearsley 370 to 341 in the Baker games. In the first individual game the Lady Hornets took control as they had a team game of 1049 to Swartz Creek’s 848 and Kearsley won all 9 points to take a 13 to 6 lead into the final team game. In the final team game the Lady Hornets didn’t let up as they had a team game of 975 to Swartz Creek’s 807. The total final pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2365 to Swartz Creek 2025 and the final score was 24 to 6 in favor of Kearsley. Scores for the Lady Hornets were Emilea Sturk 226, Allison Eible 203, Megan Timm 210 and 215, Alexis Roof 207 and 186, Imari Blond 203, Hannah Simms 179 and Samantha Timm 204. Kearsley’s next match is against Clio on Saturday, January 5th at Holly Lanes and then against Fenton at 11am on the same day.
Kearsley wins davison mixed doubles tournament
The Kearsley Bowling program entered 10 mixed doubles team in the Davison Holiday Mixed Doubles Tournament that was held on Sunday, December 29th at Richfield Bowl. The mixed doubles teams were paired up based on averages as the Hornets had 3 JV teams bowling with the varsity teams. The day started with 3 individual games for both the boys and girls and then they bowled (2) Baker games for qualifying. The tournament attracted 75 teams from 15 different schools and the field was cut to the top 32 teams after qualifying. Kearsley was well represented as 8 out of the 10 Kearsley teams entered made the cut to the top 32. On the girls side Kearsley had 4 girls named to the All Tournament Team as Junior Samantha Timm led the entire tournament on the girls side with a 627 actual series which included a 242 game. Also making the All Tournament team was Junior Hannah Simms with a 576 total that included the highest game of the day by any bowler with a 266 game. Finishing 4th overall was Senior Alexis Roof with a 573 series and finishing 7th overall was Sophomore Megan Timm with a 522 series.
The tournament moved to a 2 Game Baker match play after the cut was made and after the first round of match play Kearsley had 4 teams advance to the final 16. Advancing to the final 16 were the #1 seed team of Samantha Timm and Ethan Burke, the #4 seed team of Alexis Roof and Kyle Langworthy, the #7 team of Megan Timm and Devin Smith and the #13 seed of Imari Blond and Lawson Boshaw. In the round of 16 Kearsley had 3 of the 4 teams advance to the final 8 as the only team to lose was the team of Alexis and Kyle. In the round of 8 Kearsley had 2 of the 3 teams left advance to the final 4 and both teams were on opposite sides of the bracket. The mixed team of Samantha Timm and Ethan Burke ended up bowling a mixed team from Midland High and the team of Imari Blond and Lawson Boshaw bowled against a mixed team from Flushing. Both of the mixed teams from Kearsley won their semi final matches and advanced to the finals to have an all Kearsley final for the first time ever. In the finals the mixed team of Imari Blond and Lawson Boshaw won the first match play game by a score of 195 to 167 and then went on to win the 2nd match play game by a score of 191 to 179 as they won the tournament title. The Lady Hornets were well represented all day with 4 girls making the all tournament team and 2 mixed teams making it to the finals. Congratulations to the Kearsley Bowling program today!
The next competition will be a Metro Conference match against Swartz Creek on Wednesday, January 2nd at 6:30pm at Richfield Bowl.
The tournament moved to a 2 Game Baker match play after the cut was made and after the first round of match play Kearsley had 4 teams advance to the final 16. Advancing to the final 16 were the #1 seed team of Samantha Timm and Ethan Burke, the #4 seed team of Alexis Roof and Kyle Langworthy, the #7 team of Megan Timm and Devin Smith and the #13 seed of Imari Blond and Lawson Boshaw. In the round of 16 Kearsley had 3 of the 4 teams advance to the final 8 as the only team to lose was the team of Alexis and Kyle. In the round of 8 Kearsley had 2 of the 3 teams left advance to the final 4 and both teams were on opposite sides of the bracket. The mixed team of Samantha Timm and Ethan Burke ended up bowling a mixed team from Midland High and the team of Imari Blond and Lawson Boshaw bowled against a mixed team from Flushing. Both of the mixed teams from Kearsley won their semi final matches and advanced to the finals to have an all Kearsley final for the first time ever. In the finals the mixed team of Imari Blond and Lawson Boshaw won the first match play game by a score of 195 to 167 and then went on to win the 2nd match play game by a score of 191 to 179 as they won the tournament title. The Lady Hornets were well represented all day with 4 girls making the all tournament team and 2 mixed teams making it to the finals. Congratulations to the Kearsley Bowling program today!
The next competition will be a Metro Conference match against Swartz Creek on Wednesday, January 2nd at 6:30pm at Richfield Bowl.
Varsity girls defeat Owosso 28-2 to move to 5-0 on the season
The Varsity girls bowling team traveled to Colonial Lanes in Flushing for a Metro Conference match against Owosso on Wednesday, December 19th. The varsity girls started the match with Baker games of 168 & 193 to Owosso’s 126 and 119 and the Lady Hornets won the 2 Baker games 361 to 245 to take a 10-0 lead into the individual games. In the first individual game the Lady Hornets won each match point and the game by a score of 938 to 695. In the 2nd match game Kearsley won 7 out of the 9 points with a 932 to 860 victory. The total final pinfall was Kearsley 2231 to Owosso 1800 and the final score was Kearsley 28 and Owosso 2. The win moves the Lady Hornets record to 5-0 on the season heading into the Christmas break and the loss drops Owosso to 3-3 on the season. High scores for Kearsley were Imari Blond with games of 199 and 248, Alexis Roof with games of 205 and 185 and Allison Eible with games of 221 and 164. Other scores were Samantha Timm 174, Emilea Sturk 172, Hannah Simms 161 and Megan Timm 141. The next competition for the Lady Hornets will be the Davison Mixed Doubles tournament on Saturday, December 29th at Richfield Bowl.
Varsity girls finish 4th at Bay City Western Baker's Dozen Tournament
The Kearsley Varsity Girls traveled to Monitor Lanes in Bay City for Bay City Western Baker’s Dozen on Sunday, December 16th. The Lady Hornets have won this tournament 5 out of the last 6 years and they came out ready to defend the title today. The tournament consisted of 13 Baker games for qualifying against 13 different schools and if you won the game you received 20 bonus pins. The Lady Hornets went 12-1 against all other schools in the tournament and led qualifying by 196 pins over 2nd place Flushing. The Lady Hornets had Baker games of 220, 178, 233, 244, 186, 180, 180, 187, 262, 226, 235, 223 and 156 for a total of 2710 for the 13 Baker games. But as we have seen before qualifying #1 doesn’t mean you are going to win the tournament. The Lady Hornets drew the Cadillac Vikings in the 1st round of match play and defeated Cadillac in a 2 game Baker match to move into the final 6. In the next game of match play the Lady Hornets bowled against the Lapeer Lightining and the Hornets won the first game 168 to 158 but Lapeer came out strong the 2nd game and bowled a 197 game to Kearsley’s 178 and the total final pinfall was Lapeer 355 to Kearsley 346 and the Lady Hornets were sent home from the tournament. Lapeer went on to lose the next round to Davison and then Davison upended the girls from Flushing to win the tournament. The next competition for Kearsley will be on Wednesday, December 19th at Colonial Lanes in Flushing against Owosso starting at 6pm.
Varsity girls finish 5th in bangor john glenn holiday tournament
The Kearsley Varsity girls traveled to Bay City’s Monitor Lanes for the annual Bangor John Glenn Holiday Tournament on Saturday, December 15th. The tournament features a lot of the top talent from Division 1 & Division 2 across the state so it is a good gauge to see how the Lady Hornets stack up against the competition. The Lady Hornets came out strong in qualifying and strung together team games of 1006, 913 and 957 and then had Baker games of 183, 184, 241 and 189 for a final total pinfall of 3673 for qualifying. The total was more than 500 pins of 2nd Place Lake Shore. Qualifying 3rd was South Lyon, 4th was Sterling Heights Stevenson, 5th was Battle Creek Pennfield , 6th was Swartz Creek, 7th was Davison and 8th was Bay City Western.
In the first round of match play Kearsley had to bowl against Tawas who qualified 16th overall and Kearsley came out with Baker games of 174 & 159 to Tawas’s 130 and 114. Kearsley then moved into the final 8 and had a match up with Bay City Western. The Lady Hornets won the first Baker game 200 to 175 but Bay City Western won the 2nd Baker game 212 to 176 so the match moved to a tie breaker 3rd game that Bay City Western ended up winning 200 to 169 and eliminating the #1 seed Lady Hornets. For the day the Lady Hornets finished 5th overall and had a great day qualifying. Scores in individual games for the Lady Hornets were: Emilea Sturk 168 and 170, Allison Eible 243 and 166, Megan Timm 228, 174 and 176, Alexis Roof 182 & 209, Imari Blond 185, 235 and 233, Hannah Simms 192 & 169 and Samantha Timm 146. 2 of the Kearsley girls were named to the All Tournament Team as Imari Blond led all girls in the tournament with a 653 and Megan Timm finished 5th overall for the girls with a 578 series.
The Varsity girls will be back in action on Sunday, December 16th at 9:30am at Monitor Lanes for the Bay City Western Baker’s Dozen Tournament.
In the first round of match play Kearsley had to bowl against Tawas who qualified 16th overall and Kearsley came out with Baker games of 174 & 159 to Tawas’s 130 and 114. Kearsley then moved into the final 8 and had a match up with Bay City Western. The Lady Hornets won the first Baker game 200 to 175 but Bay City Western won the 2nd Baker game 212 to 176 so the match moved to a tie breaker 3rd game that Bay City Western ended up winning 200 to 169 and eliminating the #1 seed Lady Hornets. For the day the Lady Hornets finished 5th overall and had a great day qualifying. Scores in individual games for the Lady Hornets were: Emilea Sturk 168 and 170, Allison Eible 243 and 166, Megan Timm 228, 174 and 176, Alexis Roof 182 & 209, Imari Blond 185, 235 and 233, Hannah Simms 192 & 169 and Samantha Timm 146. 2 of the Kearsley girls were named to the All Tournament Team as Imari Blond led all girls in the tournament with a 653 and Megan Timm finished 5th overall for the girls with a 578 series.
The Varsity girls will be back in action on Sunday, December 16th at 9:30am at Monitor Lanes for the Bay City Western Baker’s Dozen Tournament.
Varsity Girls defeat flushing 25-5 to move to 4-0 on the season
The Kearsley Varsity girls had a home match at Richfield Bowl on Wednesday, December 12th against Metro Conference foe Flushing. The Kearsley girls started the match with a Baker game of 246 to Flushing’s 192 but the 2nd Baker game wasn’t as good as Flushing defeated Kearsley 200 to 158 but Kearsley won the total pins 404 to 392 so Kearsley had a 6 to 4 lead going into the individual games. In the first individual game the Kearsley girls won each individual game and the team game with a 965 team game to Flushing’s 782. The match was still not decided going into the last individual game but the Kearsley girls turned it up a notch as they had a team game of 1111 actual to Flushing’s 925 as Flushing was only able to win 1 point in the individual games. The total final pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2480 to Flushing 2099 and the final score was 25 to 5 in favor of Kearsley. Scores for Kearsley were Emilea Sturk 183 & 211, Allison Eible 156, Megan Timm 151, Alexis Roof 216 & 268, Imari Blond 259 & 195, Hannah Simms 224 and Samantha Timm 213. The 1111 team game would have been the 4th highest team game of the year last year in high school bowling, it is the girls second team game over 1100 already this season. The Lady Hornets are now 4-0 on the season and in first place in the Flint Metro Conference , they will travel to Bay City this weekend for the Bangor John Glenn Holiday Tournament on Saturday and the Bay City Western Baker’s Dozen Tournament on Sunday.
varsity girls defeat holly 30-0 to move to 3-0 on the season
The Kearsley Varsity girls bowling team traveled to Cherry Hill Lanes in Clarkston for a Metro Conference match against Holly on Saturday, December 8th. The Lady Hornets started the match with Baker games of 172 & 179 to Holly’s 72 & 105. With a 10-0 lead heading into the individual games, the varsity girls did not let up as they won the first individual game 886 to 441 and then won the last individual game 1012 to 481. The total final pinfall was Kearsley 2249 to Holly 1099 and the final score was 30-0. Scores for Kearsley were: Emilea Sturk 157, Allison Eible 141, Megan Timm 183 & 200, Alexis Roof 206 & 208, Imari Blond 199 & 223, Hannah Simms 192 and Samantha Timm 189. The Lady Hornets are now 3-0 on the season and their next match is scheduled for Wednesday, December 12th at 6:30pm at home at Richfield Bowl against Metro Conference rival Flushing.
vARSITY GIRLS WIN BAKER KICK OFF TOURNAMENT IN LANSING
The Kearsley Varsity Girls traveled to Royal Scot for the opening tournament of the 2018-2019 season and with many of the top girls teams from the state coming it was a good test to see how the Kearsley girls stacked up against the competition. The Lady Hornets did not disappoint as they started the day strong in qualifying as they shot a 2211 in qualifying for 12 Baker games, this was 207 pins for than 2nd place qualifier and Metro Conference rival Flushing who qualified 2nd with a 2004 total. Qualifying 3rd was Tecumseh who was the state runner up last season in Division 2 and qualifying 4th was a final 8 qualifier in state finals last season in Battle Creek Pennfield. In qualifying the Kearsley girls had a high game of 245 which was the highest qualifying game of the day for all of the girls teams in the tournament.
Afer qualifying the teams were seeded 1 through 8 in NCAA bracket style matches with each match being a 2 game total pin match. Kearsley was matched up against Carman Ainsworth and Carman gave the Kearsley girls everything they had as Carman won the first game 204 to 193 but Kearsley came back to win the second game 178 to 167 and the 2 teams tied and had to do a roll off that Kearsley won 92 to 67. Kearsley then had to bowl against Battle Creek Pennfield and the Pennfield girls came out hot against Kearsley as they had a 258 game to Kearsley’s 216 and the lead was too much to overcome as Kearsley won the second game 163 to 150 as the final score of the match was Pennfield 408 to Kearsley’s 379. Kearsley then moved into the loser bracket as this tournament was a double elimination and they had to take on Tecumseh as both teams had a loss. This match was a rematch of last season’s state finals and Kearsley won the first game 221 to 168 and then defeated Tecumseh 192 to 165 for a 413 to 335 victory. With the win the Kearsley girls moved into the final 4 of the tournament and had to bowl against Portland who was undefeated at the time, this meant if Kearsley won the match, they would have to bowl them again for the right to go to the finals. The first match against Portland the Kearsley girls had games of 198 and 197 to Portland’s 131 and 168 and so they had to bowl another match against Portland to see who would bowl against Battle Creek Pennfield in the finals as Pennfield eliminated the girls from Davison. In the 2nd match against Portland the Kearsley girls had games of 194 and 173 to Portland’s 162 and 167 and the Kearsley girls were on their way to the finals for a rematch against Battle Creek Pennfield. This finals of the tournament now moved to a best 2 out of 3 match, score did not matter, just the first team to win 2 games won the tournament. Kearsley came out strong the first game and won the game 195 to 183 and then finished off the tournament with a 188 to 155 victory and the final score was Kearsley 383 to Pennfield 338. The final match could be a preview of the state finals as Kearsley, Tecumseh, Pennfield are all in Division 2. Each Kearsley girl contributed to the qualifying total and the match game victories as they were continually rotated through out the day. Congratulations, Emilea, Allison, Megan, Hannah, Samantha, Alexis and Imari on the varsity girls first tournament victory of the season.
Afer qualifying the teams were seeded 1 through 8 in NCAA bracket style matches with each match being a 2 game total pin match. Kearsley was matched up against Carman Ainsworth and Carman gave the Kearsley girls everything they had as Carman won the first game 204 to 193 but Kearsley came back to win the second game 178 to 167 and the 2 teams tied and had to do a roll off that Kearsley won 92 to 67. Kearsley then had to bowl against Battle Creek Pennfield and the Pennfield girls came out hot against Kearsley as they had a 258 game to Kearsley’s 216 and the lead was too much to overcome as Kearsley won the second game 163 to 150 as the final score of the match was Pennfield 408 to Kearsley’s 379. Kearsley then moved into the loser bracket as this tournament was a double elimination and they had to take on Tecumseh as both teams had a loss. This match was a rematch of last season’s state finals and Kearsley won the first game 221 to 168 and then defeated Tecumseh 192 to 165 for a 413 to 335 victory. With the win the Kearsley girls moved into the final 4 of the tournament and had to bowl against Portland who was undefeated at the time, this meant if Kearsley won the match, they would have to bowl them again for the right to go to the finals. The first match against Portland the Kearsley girls had games of 198 and 197 to Portland’s 131 and 168 and so they had to bowl another match against Portland to see who would bowl against Battle Creek Pennfield in the finals as Pennfield eliminated the girls from Davison. In the 2nd match against Portland the Kearsley girls had games of 194 and 173 to Portland’s 162 and 167 and the Kearsley girls were on their way to the finals for a rematch against Battle Creek Pennfield. This finals of the tournament now moved to a best 2 out of 3 match, score did not matter, just the first team to win 2 games won the tournament. Kearsley came out strong the first game and won the game 195 to 183 and then finished off the tournament with a 188 to 155 victory and the final score was Kearsley 383 to Pennfield 338. The final match could be a preview of the state finals as Kearsley, Tecumseh, Pennfield are all in Division 2. Each Kearsley girl contributed to the qualifying total and the match game victories as they were continually rotated through out the day. Congratulations, Emilea, Allison, Megan, Hannah, Samantha, Alexis and Imari on the varsity girls first tournament victory of the season.
vARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT BRANDON 30-0 TO MOVE TO 2-0 ON THE SEASON
The Kearsley Varsity Girls opened the season with a double match on Saturday, December 1st and the 2nd match of the season turned out to be an exciting match against Brandon. The Kearsley girls opened the match with a 238 Baker game and then followed that up with a 140 Baker game as Brandon had Baker games of 107 & 104 and Kearsley took a 10-0 lead into the individual games. In the first individual game the excitement was brewing as anchor bowler Imari Blond was stinging strikes, she started the game with the first 9 strikes before an 8 count stopped her in the 10th frame as she finished with a 278 game and the team had an 1105 actual the first game. The 1105 game would have been the 5th highest girls game in the state last year and the girls did it in the 2nd match of the season. They followed up the 1105 actual with a 951 actual the last game. The total final pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2434 to Brandon 1530 and the final score was 30 to 0 in favor of Kearsley. Scores for the Kearsley girls were: Emilea Sturk 213 and 170, Allison Eible 209, Megan Timm 172, Alexis Roof 233 and 185, Imari Blond 278 and 216, Hannah Simms 183, and Samantha Timm 197. High Scores for Brandon were Sarah Andrus 176 and Cara Davis 167. The Kearsley girls are now 2-0 on the season and will compete in the Baker Kick Off Tournament tomorrow (Sunday) at Royal Scot Lanes in Lansing starting at 9am.
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT LINDEN 30-0 TO OPEN THE SEASON
The Kearsley Varsity girl bowling team opened the 2018-2019 season with a Metro Conference match against Linden at Capitol Bowl in Owosso. The Kearsley girls started the match with a 255 Baker game and followed that up with a 190 Baker game as Linden had games of 146 and 120. With a 10 to 0 lead going into the individual games the Kearsley girls did not let up as they had a team game of 1041 to Linden’s 604. The final individual game the Kearsley girls had a 991 actual to Linden’s 422. The total final pinfall was Kearsley 2477 to Linden 1292 and the final score was 30-0 in favor of Kearsley.
Scores for Kearsley were Emilea Sturk 163, Allison Eible 232 and 173, Megan Timm 208 and 203, Alexis Roof 195, Hannah Simms 223, Samantha Timm 167 and Imari Blond 243 and 225. The Kearsley girls are now 1-0 on the season and will take on Brandon in a match later this afternoon.
Scores for Kearsley were Emilea Sturk 163, Allison Eible 232 and 173, Megan Timm 208 and 203, Alexis Roof 195, Hannah Simms 223, Samantha Timm 167 and Imari Blond 243 and 225. The Kearsley girls are now 1-0 on the season and will take on Brandon in a match later this afternoon.
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varsity girls win 5th straight state title and 6th in last 7 years with big win over tecumseh at super bowl lanes in canton
The Kearsley Varsity Girls team traveled to Canton, Michigan to bowl in the MHSAA State Finals on Friday, March 2nd at SuperBowl Lanes. The Kearsley girls started the day with Baker games of 159 and 219 and took an early lead of the 18 teams competing for the state title. After the next 6 Baker games the Kearsley girls were still in 1st place entering the 2 individual games of qualifying. A slow start in the individual game resulted in a 830 team game, one of the Kearsley girls lowest team games of the season and it dropped them to 2nd place in the standings but the Kearsley girls responded with a 910 actual the last team game which resulted in the Lady Hornets qualifying #1 overall by beating Battle Creek Pennfield by 52 pins for the top qualifying spot. After qualifying scores were totaled up, the field was cut to the top 8 teams with an NCAA bracket style format to follow. The Kearsley girls had to bowl the #8 seed Sturgis in the first round and they came out strong in the Baker games by winning both Baker games by scores of 159 to 126 and 196 to 145 and the Lady Hornets needed the big lead because Sturgis caught fire and had an 878 team game to Kearsley’s 847 team game but the Kearsley girls won on total pins 1202 to 1149. Next up was Carelton Airport who knocked off Charlotte in the first round and the Kearsley girls again started the match strong by winning both Baker games by scores of 147 to 102 and 179 to 129 and then won the team game 787 to 743 for a total score of 1113 to 974. The win sent the Lady Hornets into the state championship match against Tecumseh who knocked off Mason in the semi final match. The Lady Hornets won the first Baker game 143 to 140 and then won the second Baker game 184 to 177 to take a slim lead into the individual game, with the state title on the line, the Kearsley girls turned it on and won the team game 859 to 673 and the total final pinfall was Kearsley 1189 to Tecumseh 990. In the title match the team was led by Barbara Hawes with a 186 game, Emma Boychuk had a 173 game and Karlee Griffin had a 158 game. The win for the Lady Hornets makes them state champions for the 5th consecutive year and 6th time in the last 7 years.
varsity girls qualify 5 for state finals as imari blond wins 2nd regional title in bay city
The Varsity girls has 5 girls qualify for the state finals as Imari Blond won her 2nd straight Regional title on Saturday, February 24th at Monitor Lanes in Bay City. Finishing first was Imari Blond with a 6 game total of 1207, 3rd was Alexis Roof with a total of 1166, 5th was Barbara Hawes with a total of 1144, sixth was Emma Boychuk with a total of 1113 and 7th was Karlee Griffin with a total of 1097. Finishing 24th was Allison Robbins with a total of 944.
varsity girls win 6th regional title at monitor lanes in bay city
The Kearsley Varsity girls traveled to Bay City for the Regional Team Event at Monitor Lanes on Friday, February 23rd. The Kearsley girls entered Regionals as the #1 ranked team in the state and they showed why. They began the day with Baker games of 210 and 169 to take an early lead and then never looked back as they had Baker games of 173, 192, 169 and 168. They had 1081 after the 6 Baker games and took a 90 pin advantage into the individual part of Regionals. The first team game the Kearsley girls had a 901 team game, the highest in the Region for girls teams and then followed that up with games of 892 and 909 to finish with a total of 3783 and a first place finish. Finishing 2nd was Croswell Lexington with a total of 3466 and finishing 3rd was Escanaba with a total of 3443. High scores for the girls were Emma Boychuk with games of 193 & 226, Alexis Roof with games of 203 & 200, Imari Blond with a 203 game and Barbara Hawes with games of 188 & 180.
The Kearsley girls score of 3783 was the highest girls score in the state of Michigan for Regionals for all divisions. The Lady Hornets are now one of 18 teams remaining and will bowl in the State Finals on Friday, March 2nd at The Super Bowl in Canton, Michigan.
The Kearsley girls score of 3783 was the highest girls score in the state of Michigan for Regionals for all divisions. The Lady Hornets are now one of 18 teams remaining and will bowl in the State Finals on Friday, March 2nd at The Super Bowl in Canton, Michigan.
varsity girls lose to flushing in finals of best of the best tournament at b's bowling
Girls were high qualifiers and defeated Durand and Carman Ainsworth before losing to Flushing in the finals. This is the 2nd year in a row that Flushing defeated Kearsley in the finals of this tournament.
emma boychuk wins conference singles tournament
The Kearsley Varsity girls participated in the end of season Flint Metro Conference Singles Tournament at Cherry Hill Lanes in Clarkston. All 7 girls participated and bowled 3 games as they took the top 16 girls into match play to determine who would be crowned Conference Singles Champion. Kearsley was well represented in the final 16 as 5 out of the 7 Kearsley girls made the cut. Leading the tournament was Alexis Roof with a 660 series which included a 277 actual game and qualifying 2nd was Imari Blond with a 653 series and she was followed in 3rd place by Emma Boychuk with a 634 series, Barbara Hawes qualified 7th with a 584 series and Karlee Griffin qualified 16th with a 533 series.
Once the cut was made, the girls were matched up bracket style with the 1 seed bowling against the 16 seed and so on. Kearsley had 4 of the girls win the first round match and move into the final 8. In the round of 8 Alexis Roof won her match with a 235 game, Emma Boychuk won her match with a 217 game and Imari Blond defeated Barbara Hawes 201 to 183. In the final 4 Alexis Roof won her match with a 177 game over Hordyn Matheson from Flushing and Emma Boychuk defeated Imari Blond 232 to 212.
In the finals Emma Boychuk bowled 223 to Alexis Roof’s 181 as senior Emma Boychuk won her first Conference singles title.
The Lady Hornets next competition will be the Best of the Best Tournament (Districts) at B’s Bowling on Monday, February 19th starting at 6pm.
Once the cut was made, the girls were matched up bracket style with the 1 seed bowling against the 16 seed and so on. Kearsley had 4 of the girls win the first round match and move into the final 8. In the round of 8 Alexis Roof won her match with a 235 game, Emma Boychuk won her match with a 217 game and Imari Blond defeated Barbara Hawes 201 to 183. In the final 4 Alexis Roof won her match with a 177 game over Hordyn Matheson from Flushing and Emma Boychuk defeated Imari Blond 232 to 212.
In the finals Emma Boychuk bowled 223 to Alexis Roof’s 181 as senior Emma Boychuk won her first Conference singles title.
The Lady Hornets next competition will be the Best of the Best Tournament (Districts) at B’s Bowling on Monday, February 19th starting at 6pm.
varsity girls set state records in victory over flushing and end the season 16-0
The Kearsley Varsity girls took on Flushing in the final Metro Conference Match of the season at B’s Bowling on Thursday, February 15th. The Flushing girls started the match out by winning both Baker games and taking a commanding 10-0 lead against the Kearsley girls. Flushings Baker games were 204 & 172 and Kearsley had Baker games of 197 & 168. The Kearsley girls were staring at a loss for the first time in 9 years but they responded in a big way. The Lady Hornets came out and shot a 1151 actual team game to storm back into the match as Flushing had 821. The match came down to the final team game and the Lady Hornets came back with an 1103 team game to Flushings 871and the Lady Hornets won the match by a final score of 19-11. The total final pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2619 to Flushing 2068. Scores for the Kearsley girls were Emma Boychuk 279 & 175, Imari Blond 220 and 254, Barbara Hawes 223 and 259, Alexis Roof 215 and 226 and Karlee Griffin 214 and 189.
The Lady Hornets finish the Metro Conference with a 16-0 record and finish the season undefeated for the 9th straight year, an incredible record.
The 1151 game the girls bowled the first game is the highest girls game in the state this season as is the 2 game total of 2254.
The 2254 total for 2 games is the new state record for girls teams and the 1151 game is the 10th highest team game ever for state records.
The Lady Hornets finish the Metro Conference with a 16-0 record and finish the season undefeated for the 9th straight year, an incredible record.
The 1151 game the girls bowled the first game is the highest girls game in the state this season as is the 2 game total of 2254.
The 2254 total for 2 games is the new state record for girls teams and the 1151 game is the 10th highest team game ever for state records.
KEarsley girls dominate s & r singles tournament in bay city
The Kearsley Varsity girls participated in the S & R Singles Tournament at Monitor Lanes in Bay City on Sunday, February 11th. The tournament was a singles tournament with a 6 game qualifier and the top 18 girls made the cut into match play. Kearsley entered all 7 girls from the varsity team and they dominated the field of 80 girls who bowled today. All 7 girls made the cut to the round of match play, here is how they finished in qualifying: Imari Blond 2nd Place (1385 total), Emma Boychuk 3rd Place (1124 total), Barbara Hawes 4th place (1091 total), Alexis Roof 5th place (1086 total), Allison Robbins 12th place (1035 total), Mary Wheeler 13th place (1030 total), Karlee Griffin 13th place (1030 total).
The first round of match play the top 2 seeds received a bye and the rest of the girls bowled a head to head match with the winners moving into the final 10. In the final 10 Kearsley had 5 girls advance (Imari, Emma, Barbara, Karlee, Mary). The next round had 4 Kearsley girls advance to the final 5 as Imari, Emma, Barbara and Mary advanced to the step ladder finals.
In the step ladder first round Barbara Hawes defeated Mary Wheeler 211 to 195. In the 2nd match of step ladders Barbara Hawes defeated Emma Boychuk 233 to 160, in the 3rd round of step ladders Kendyl Hofmeister from Essexville Garber defeated Barbara Hawes 182 to 180 and in the finals of the tournament Imari Blond defeated Kendyl Hofmeister by a final score of 234 to 170. Congratulations to all of the Kearsley girls, an impressive showing by having all 7 girls make the cut to the final 18 bowlers and having 4 of the final 5 bowlers was impressive.
The first round of match play the top 2 seeds received a bye and the rest of the girls bowled a head to head match with the winners moving into the final 10. In the final 10 Kearsley had 5 girls advance (Imari, Emma, Barbara, Karlee, Mary). The next round had 4 Kearsley girls advance to the final 5 as Imari, Emma, Barbara and Mary advanced to the step ladder finals.
In the step ladder first round Barbara Hawes defeated Mary Wheeler 211 to 195. In the 2nd match of step ladders Barbara Hawes defeated Emma Boychuk 233 to 160, in the 3rd round of step ladders Kendyl Hofmeister from Essexville Garber defeated Barbara Hawes 182 to 180 and in the finals of the tournament Imari Blond defeated Kendyl Hofmeister by a final score of 234 to 170. Congratulations to all of the Kearsley girls, an impressive showing by having all 7 girls make the cut to the final 18 bowlers and having 4 of the final 5 bowlers was impressive.
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT CLIO 28-2 TO MOVE TO 15-0 ON THE SEASON
The Kearsley Varsity girls bowled Clio in a Metro Conference match at Colonial Lanes on Saturday, February 10th. The varsity girls started the match with Baker games of 205 & 206 as Clio bowled games of 149 & 113. The Lady Hornets took a 10-0 lead going into the individual games and they did not let up as they came out and put up 1054 game the first game to Clio's 816 and then the Kearsley girls backed up the 1054 game with another 1054 to Clio's 833. The total final pinfall was Kearsley 2519 to Clio's 1911 and the final score was 28-2. Scores for the Kearsley girls were Barbara Hawes 212 & 278, Karlee Griffin 167, Mary Wheeler 195 & 183, Alexis Roof 231 & 179, Imari Blond 249 & 224 and Allison Robbins 190. The 1054 games are the 8th highest games in the state for girls teams so far this season and the 2108 total for 2 games is the 5th highest in the state so far this season. The varsity girls are now 15-0 on the season with 1 match left against 2nd place Flushing on Thursday, February 15th at B's Bowling. The varsity girls will be traveling to Bay City on Sunday, February 11th for a singles tournament to help get ready for Regionals.
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT BRANDON 30-0 AND MOVE RECORD TO 14-0 AND CLAIM 9TH STRAIGHT METRO CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP
The Kearsley Varsity girls had their last home match of the season on Thursday, February 8th at Richfield Bowl against Brandon. The Kearsley girls started the match with Baker games of 215 & 204 as Brandon bowled Baker games of 151 & 151. With a 10-0 lead going into the individual games the Kearsley girls put up another big game as they had 1084 actual to Brandon's 734, the 2nd individual game the Kearsley girls bowled a 907 game to Brandon's 720 game. The total final pinfall was Kearsley 2410 to Brandon's 1756 and the final score was 30-0. Scores for the Kearsley girls were Barbara Hawes with games of 224 & 238, Emma Boychuk with games of 226 & 180, Karlee Griffin with games of 225 & 179, Imari Blond 205, Alexis Roof 204, Allison Robbins 161 and Mary Wheeler 149. The Lady Hornets Metro Conference record is now 14-0 and they have clinched the outright Metro Conference title for the 9th straight year, they also ran their winning streak to 102 straight matches in the conference. Next match is against Clio on Saturday, February 10th at Colonial Lanes at 2pm
IMARI BLOND WINS CARMAN AINSWORTH SINGLES TOURNAMENT
The Kearsley varsity girls participated in the Carman Ainsworth singles tournament on Sunday, February 4th at Grand Blanc Lanes. Kearsley had 6 girls participating and 5 out of those 6 girls made the cut to the final 32 out of 104 girls bowling from around the state. The 5 girls who made the cut were Imari Blond with a 4 game total of 800 to qualify #1 overall, Alexis Roof with a 719 qualified #11, Barbara Hawes with a 718 qualified #12, Mary Wheeler with a 701 qualified #16 and Karlee Griffin with a 699 qualified #18. The first round after the cut had all the girls bowl 1 game and the top 16 scores moved into the next round and all 5 Kearsley girls moved into the final 16. The next round was also bowl another game and the top 8 scores move on to the final 8 and 3 out of the five Kearsley girls moved into the final 8, they were Imari Blond, Barbara Hawes and Karlee Griffin. The next round the girls bowled another game with the top 4 scores moving into the final 4 and Imari and Karlee moved into the final 4. The next round the girls bowled another game with the top 2 girls going to the finals and Imari moved into the finals. In the finals Imari Blond defeated Clarissa Baldwin from Grand Blanc by a score of 227 to 172. Karlee Griffin had to bowl a consolation match and won the match to officially finish in 3rd place for the tournament. Imari Blond was also named to the All Tournament Team. Congratulations to the Kearsley girls for a great showing.
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT LINDEN 29-1 TO MOVE TO 13-0 ON THE SEASON
The Kearsley Varsity Girls took on Linden in a Metro Conference match on Saturday, February 3rd at Capitol Bowl in Owosso. The Varsity girls began the match with Baker games of 215 & 229 for a 444 set (2nd highest in the state so far this season). Linden had Baker games of 154 & 120 and the Lady Hornets took a 10-0 lead going into the individual games. In the first individual game the Kearsley girls were on fire as they put up a 1084 team game (4th highest in the state this season) and they followed up the first team game with a 1026 the 2nd team game. The 2 game total of 2110 is also the 4th highest 2 game set in the state this season. Linden had team games of 623 & 592 for a 1215 total. The final total pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2554 to Lindens 1489 and the final score was Kearsley 29 and Linden 1. Scores for Kearsley were Alexis Roof with games of 269 & 248 for a 517 set (5th highest in the state this season), Karlee Griffin 266 & 204, Barbara Hawes 240 & 215, Mary Wheeler 198, Allison Robbins 161 and Emma Boychuk 136. The Varsity girls are now 13-0 on the season and will participate in the Carman Singles Tournament on Sunday, February 4th at Grand Blanc Lanes.
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT HOLLY 29-1 TO MOVE TO 12-0 ON THE SEASON AND RUN CONFERENCE WIN STREAK TO 100 STRAIGHT MATCHES
he Kearsley Varsity girls bowling team bowled Holly in a Metro Conference match at Clio Bowling Arcade on Saturday afternoon, January 27th. The Kearsley girls began the match with a 248 Baker game and followed that up with a 174 Baker game as the Holly girls had Baker games of 154 & 148. With a 10-0 lead going into the individual games the Lady Hornets didn’t let up as they had a 1000 team game to Holly’s 424. The 2nd individual game the Kearsley girls had a 1018 actual to Holly’s 487. The total final pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2440 to Holly 1213 and the final score was 29 to 1. The win marks the 100th straight Flint Metro Conference victory for the Kearsley Varsity girls, this winning streak has spanned 9 years. High Scores for the Kearsley girls were: Barbara Hawes 163 & 185, Karlee Griffin 140, Emma Boychuk 228 & 213, Alexis Roof 222 & 170, Imari Blond 247 & 224 and Mary Wheeler 226. The Kearsley girls are now 12-0 on the season with their next match on Saturday, February 3rd in Owosso at 12:30pm against Linden.
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT SWARTZ CREEK TO MOVE TO 11-0 ON THE SEASON
The Kearsley varsity girls took on Swartz Creek in a Metro Conference match at Clio Bowling Arcade on Saturday, January 27th. Kearsley opened the match with a 243 Baker game and followed that up with a 172 Baker game as Swartz Creek had Baker games of 191 & 133. The Lady Hornets held a 10-0 lead going into the first individual game and they didn’t let up as they put up a 1048 first game score to Swartz Creek’s 846, the last individual game the Lady Hornets continued to knock down pins as they put up a 1017 game to Swartz Creek’s 792. The two game total for Kearsley for the individual games was 2065, this is the 4th highest 2 game set in the state this season for girls teams. The final total pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2480 to Swartz Creek’s 1962 and the final score was Kearsley 29.5 to Swartz Creek .5. High Scores for Kearsley were: Barbara Hawes 225 & 217, Karlee Griffin 190, Emma Boychuk 215 & 166, Alexis Roof 227 & 230, Imari Blond 191 & 210 and Mary Wheeler 194. The Kearsley girls are now 11-0 on the season and have won 99 straight Flint Metro Conference Matches, they will be going for 100 wins in a row this afternoon.
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT FENTON 30-0 TO MOVE TO 10-0 ON THE SEASON, WINNING STREAK AT 98 MATCHES IN A ROW
The Kearsley girls had a dual match on Saturday, January 20th at Cherry Hill Lanes, their 2nd match of the day was against Fenton. The Lady Hornets started the match with Baker games of 134 & 172 to Fenton’s 114 & 126 and the Lady Hornets took a 10-0 lead going into the individual games. In the first individual game the Lady Hornets had a 1004 team game to Fenton’s 654 and the final team game the Lady Hornets had a 1111 team game to Fenton’s 690. The 1111 game is the 3rd highest team game in the state so far this season for girls. The total final pinfall was Kearsley 2421 to Fenton 1584 and the final score was 30 to 0 in favor of Kearsley. Scores for Kearsley were Barbara Hawes 203 & 280, Karlee Griffin 194 & 199, Allison Robbins 158, Alexis Roof 213 & 253, Imari Blond 236 & 187 and Mary Wheeler 192. The Lady Hornets are now 10-0 on the season and currently have a 98 match winning streak that has spanned 9 years. The next match will be on Saturday, January 27th at Clio Bowling Arcade against Swartz Creek starting at 9:30am and then the same day they will take on Holly at 12:30pm also at Clio.
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT OWOSSO 19-11 TO MOVE TO 9-0 ON THE SEASON
The Kearsley Varsity girls took on Owosso in a Metro Conference showdown for 1st place in the conference. The Kearsley girls were ranked #1 in the state with an 8-0 record and the Owosso girls were ranked #3 in the state with a 7-1 record as they took the lanes at Cherry Hill Lanes North in Clarkston on Saturday, January 20th. The Kearsley girls started the match strong with a 235 Baker game to Owosso’s 174 game but Owosso came back to take the 2nd Baker game 179 to 165. The match was sitting at 6 to 4 in favor of Kearsley going into the first individual game and the Owosso girls came to bowl as they put up a couple of big scores and shocked the Lady Hornets with a 896 to 888 victory the first individual game, Owosso was led by Ashley Abrams with a 248 game and Laken Williamson with a 204 game. Going into the 2nd individual game Owosso held a 11 to 8 lead but the Kearsley girls were not going to be denied. They continued to push and prevailed in the last game with a 912 actual to Owosso’s 703. The total final pinfall was Kearsley 2200 to Owosso’s 1952 and the final score was Kearsley 19 to Owosso 11. Scores for Kearsley were Barbara Hawes 204 & 193, Karlee Griffin 178 & 191, Emma Boychuk 150, Alexis Roof 177, Imari Blond 179 & 193 and Mary Wheeler 157. The win gives the Lady Hornets a 2 game advantage in the conference as they moved to 9-0 and Owosso fell to 7-2 on the season. The next match will be later this afternoon against Fenton.
VARSITY GIRLS WIN METRO CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT FOR THE 4TH STRAIGHT YEAR
The Kearsley Varsity Bowling program hosted the 9th annual Metro Conference Championship Tournament on Sunday, January 14th at Richfield Bowl. The Kearsley Varsity girls wasted little time establishing that they were the team to beat as they started the day with a 1008 team game and took the lead that they would never give up the entire day. They followed the first game with 981 actual the 2nd game and then the fireworks began the third game as Senior Barbara Hawes strung together 12 strikes for a perfect 300 game and Imari Blond supplied a 254 game as the Kearsley girls had a 1051 actual team game and the Kearsley girls qualified #1 by 319 pins. Qualifying 2nd was Swartz Creek and 3rd was Davison and 4th was Bay City Western. After the cut the top 8 girls teams bowled 7 Baker games against each other and if they won they got 20 bonus pins, the total pins were added to qualifying scores after the 7 Baker games and then they cut to the top 4. In the 7 Baker games the Kearsley girls bowled scores of 266,217,230,205,205,179 and 194 as they won every Baker game and remained the #1 seed. In the final 4 Kearsley had to bowl the #4 seed Saginaw Heritage team and Saginaw Heritage the started the 2 game match strong with a 198 to 183 victory over the Kearsley girls but the Lady Hornets fought back with a 226 to 152 victory the 2nd game to move into the finals. In the finals against Swartz Creek the Kearsley girls started strong and never let up as they won the first Baker game 225 to 178 and then finished off the tournament with a 236 to 159 victory in the final game. This is the 4th year in a row the Kearsley girls have won this tournament. Congratulations Ladies! Next competition will be on Wednesday with a Metro Conference match against Brandon at Grand Blanc Lanes at 5:30pm.
varsity girls defeat flushing 26-4 to move to 7-0 on the season
The Kearsley Varsity girls had an important match with Flushing on Saturday, January 13th at Holly Lanes. The Lady Hornets started the match with Baker games of 205 & 198 to Flushing’s 177 & 161 as Kearsley took a 10 to 0 lead into the individual games. In the first individual game the Kearsley girls had a 1020 actual team game to Flushings 867 and the Lady Hornets last game was a 846 actual to Flushing’s 754. The final total pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2269 to Flushing 1959 and the final score was Kearsley 26 to Flushing 4. Scores for Kearsley were Barbara Hawes 186, Karlee Griffin 248 & 156, Emma Boychuk 189 & 182, Alexis Roof 187, Imari Blond 210 & 211, Mary Wheeler 149 and Allison Robbins 148. The Kearsley girls are now 7-0 on the season and will be in action on Sunday, January 14th at Richfield Bowl in the Metro Conference Championship Tournament.
Varsity Girls win lila furnish classic tournament in owosso in record fashion
he Kearsley Varsity Girls participated in the 7th annual Lila Furnish Classic Tournament at Capitol Bowl in Owosso on Sunday, January 7th. The tournament was a 12 game Baker qualifier on the Regional and state final oil pattern “The Randy Allen” pattern. The Kearsley girls started the day a little slow with Baker games of 194, 151, 150 and 169 and they were sitting in 4th place after 4 games but they turned it on and finished with games of 210,189,183,184,188,215,196, and 171 for a 2200 total pinfall and a 1st place finish after qualifying. In the first match game set Kearsley had to bowl Swartz Creek who qualified 8th and the Kearsley girls started a little slow with a 161 game to Swartz Creeks, 144 but the Kearsley girls turned it on the 2nd game with a 215 to 126 victory as they moved into the final 4. In the semi finals Kearsley had to bowl a very good Lake Orion team but the Kearsley girls never gave them a chance as they had Baker games of 202 & 236 to Lake Orion’s 167 & 144 and the Kearsley girls moved into the finals. In the finals the Kearsley girls had to bowl division 1 Macomb Dakota who always has a strong program but the Kearsley girls never gave them a chance as they started the match with 6 strikes in a row and finished the first game with a 277 actual to Dakota’s 143, the 2nd game the Kearsley girls had a 213 actual to Dakot’s 149. The 277 Baker game is the highest Baker game the Kearsley girls have ever bowled. This is also the 5th straight year the Kearsley girls have won this tournament in Owosso. Next competition is Saturday, January 13th at Holly Lanes against Flushing. Congratulations Ladies!
varsity girls defeat clio 29-1 to move to 6-0 on the season
Kearsley Varsity Girls bowled Clio on Saturday, January 6th at Colonial Lanes in Flushing. The Kearsley girls started the match with Baker games of 198 and 187 and Clio had games of 137 & 161. The Lady Hornets held a 10-0 lead going into the individual games. In the first individual game the Lady Hornets had a team game of 973 to Clio’s 744 and Kearsley won 8 out of 9 points. In the 2nd individual game the Lady Hornets had a 981 game to Clio’s 726 as they won all 9 individual points. The final total pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2339 and Clio 1773 and the final score was Kearsley 29 to Clio 1. Scores for Kearsley were: Barbara Hawes 197 & 189, Karlee Griffin 193, Emma Boychuk 152, Alexis Roof 235 & 207, Imari Blond 196 & 218, Mary Wheeler 185 and Allison Robbins 182. The Hornets are now 6-0 on the season. Next competition is Sunday, January 7th at Capitol Bowl in Owosso for the annual Lila Furnish Classic Tournament.
davison mixed doubles tournament results from december 30th, 2017
The Kearsley Varsity boys and girls participated in the Davison Mixed Doubles Holiday Tournament on Saturday, December 30th. The tournament was held at Kearsley's home house Richfield Bowl. Kearsley entered 10 mixed doubles teams, more than any other school and out of those 10 teams entered 7 of them made the cut to the final 32 for match play. The highest qualifying team was the mixed team of Alexis Roof and Kyle Langworthy who qualified 4th overall, other mixed teams that made the cut were Barbara Hawes and Seth Varner, Megan Timm and Justin Todd, Emma Boychuk and Chase Gebhardt, Karlee Griffin and Jake Reid, Allison Robbins and Nathan Maxwell and Mary Wheeler and Lee Burgess. 4 of those 7 mixed teams made it to the round of 16 and 3 of those 4 teams made it to the final 8 before all 3 teams were eliminated. Finishing 5th overall was the mixed team of Alexis Roof and Kyle Langworthy, finishing 7th was the mixed team of Karlee Griffin and Jake Reid and finishing 8th was the mixed team of Barbara Hawes and Seth Varner.
A couple of other highlights of the tournament were that Kearsley had 3 girls make the all tournament team, Alexis Roof (2nd), Karlee Griffin (4th) and Emma Boychuk (8th). Alexis Roof had the high girls game of the tournament with a 236 game. Congratulations to the boys and girls on a great showing at this tournament.
The girls next competition will be on Saturday, January 6th against Clio at Colonial Lanes in Flushing at 2pm.
A couple of other highlights of the tournament were that Kearsley had 3 girls make the all tournament team, Alexis Roof (2nd), Karlee Griffin (4th) and Emma Boychuk (8th). Alexis Roof had the high girls game of the tournament with a 236 game. Congratulations to the boys and girls on a great showing at this tournament.
The girls next competition will be on Saturday, January 6th against Clio at Colonial Lanes in Flushing at 2pm.
3rd Annual Alumni Tournament - December 26th - 2017 - Results
The 3rd Annual Alumni Tournament was held on Tuesday, December 26th at Richfield Bowl. The tournament attracted 90 bowlers with a mix of former bowlers, current bowlers, youth and some alumni, the 90 bowlers was an increase of 10 over the 2016 numbers. The tournament produced some very big scores and some exciting matches. Leading the entire tournament and the youth girls division was Senior Barbara Hawes who had a 278 game and a 781 series, she went on to win the tournament for the youth girls division over Mary Wheeler. For the youth boys division senior Jake Reid led the guys with a 709 series and made it to the finals were he defeated Seth Varner with a 243 game in the finals. On the adult side Hannah Ploof led the women in qualifying with a 722 series but was knocked out in the second round and Dani Hale (2010 graduate) went on to defeat Missy Burke (1990 grad) in the finals 208 to 169 to win the womens division. In the guys division 2010 Kearsley grad Zach Sorsen led the guys with a 759 series but was eliminated in the first round. 2106 graduate Chad Stephen qualified 4th overall with a 717 series and he went on to defeat Sean Mayer in the finals with a 217 to 203 victory. All of the final scores and final results for each bracket are listed below in the links. Thank you so much to everyone who came out, we were able to raise $725 for the Troy Paxton Scholarship fund today, an amazing accomplishment for the bowling program.
varsity girls defeat linden 30-0 to move to 5-0 on the season
The Kearsley Varsity Girls traveled to Grand Blanc Lanes on Thursday, December 21st to bowl a make up match against Linden, the match was originally scheduled for December 13th but was canceled because of snow. In the Baker games the Kearsley girls bowled 170 & 166 to Linden’s 128 & 107 and the Lady Hornets took a 10-0 lead into the individual games. In the first individual game the Lady Hornets bowled a 1070 actual team score, the highest team game in the state so far this season. The last game the Lady Hornets had a 981 actual to shoot a 2051 total for the 2 games, also the highest 2 game total in the state so far this year. The Lady Hornets won every point on the night as the final total pinfall was Kearsley 2387 to Linden 1514 and the final score was 30-0. Scores for Kearsley were: Alexis Roof 218 & 246, Karlee Griffin 256 & 173, Barbara Hawes 215 & 176, Samantha Timm 205, Allie Robbins 201, Mary Wheeler 185 and Emma Boychuk 176. The Kearsley girls are now 5-0 in the Metro Conference and the only undefeated team left in the league. They will get a little break from conference action for the holidays but the next competition will be the Davison Mixed Doubles Tournament at Richfield Bowl on Saturday, December 30th.
varsity girls win bay city western's baker dozen tournament
The Kearsley Varsity Girls traveled to Bay City for the Bay City Western Baker’s Dozen Tournament on Sunday, December 17th at Monitor Lanes. The tournament consisted of 13 Baker games against 13 different schools for qualifying before they moved on to match play. In qualifying the Kearsley girls went 10-3 and finished as the top qualifier with a 13 game total of 2448. The other top qualifiers were Flushing with 2386, Davison with 2364, Alma 2254 and Owosso 2204. Once the cut was made to the top 12 teams the Kearsley girls had to bowl against Carman Ainsworth in a 2 game match and they won to move on to the final 6. In the final 6 match the Kearsley girls had to take on Bay City Western, the team that defeated them the day before in a different tournament. This time the Kearsley girls started the match with a 168 to 125 victory the first game but Western wouldn’t go away as they started stringing strikes to take a lead that Kearsley was barely able to protect as Western won the game 203 to 170 but Kearsley won the total pinfall 338 to 328 to move into the finals. In the finals Kearsley had to go against Metro Conference rival Flushing who defeated Davison in the match before. Kearsley started the finals off with a 171 to 146 win and the the 2 teams went back in forth the last game as Flushing won the game 176 to 172 but Kearsley won the total pinfall in the match and the tournament. The win is the 5th in the last 6 years in this tournament and the first tournament win of the season for the Kearsley girls. The next competition will be on Thursday, December 21st at Grand Blanc Lanes against Linden, the match will begin at 5:30pm.
varsity girls finish 5th at bangor john glenn holiday tournament
The Kearsley Varsity girls participated in the Bangor John Glenn Holiday Invitational on Saturday, December 16th at Monitor Lanes. The Lady Hornets started the day slow with an 818 actual the first individual games but rebounded with games of 968 and 949 to move into 1st place after individual games. The Lady Hornets didn’t let up in the Baker games as they had Baker games of 169,212,163,149,156 and 198 and they finished qualifying as the #1 team. In the first round of match play the Lady Hornets had Baker games of 214 and 186 to eliminate Sandusky and move into the final 8. In the final 8 the Lady Hornets ran into a pesky Bay City Western team and Western defeated Kearsley 2 games to 1 as the Lady Hornets had Baker games of 136,176 and 160 to officially finish in 5th place. Kearsley did have 2 girls make the All Tournament Team as Barbara Hawes led all of the girls with a 615 actual series and Emma Boychuk was 4th with a 599 series. The Kearsley bowlers will be in action on Sunday, December 17th at Monitor Lanes for the Bay City Western Baker’s Dozen Tournament.
varsity girls finish 2nd in baker kick off tournament
The Kearsley Varsity Girls traveled to Royal Scot Lanes in Lanes for the Kick Off the Season Baker Eliminator Tournament on Sunday, December 10th. The Lady Hornets began the day with a 220 Baker game to start the 12 games of qualifying but the next 11 games were not as good as they struggled to put much together. The other 11 games were: 192.152.151.159.169,168,157,177,192,183 and 151. They finished qualifying in 3rd place out of the 18 teams that participated. The top 8 teams made the cut so they had to bowl the #6 seed team which was Swartz Creek. The Swartz Creek girls came out on fire and defeated the Kearsley girls in the (2) Baker game match to send the Kearsley girls to the losers bracket. In the first match in the losers bracket the Kearsley girls defeated Portland to advance to bowl against Alma and then the Kearsley girls defeated Alma to move on to have to bowl against Swartz Creek, because Swartz Creek defeated Kearsley the 1st match to send them to the losers bracket the Kearsley girls had to defeat Swartz Creek 2 times to move on to the championship match and they did it. In the championship match the Kearsley girls had to face a Bendle team that was on fire as they eliminated Tecumseh and had to defeat Davison 2 times to advance to the finals and they did it. In the finals the Kearsley girls just couldn’t seem to get going and they lost 3 really close Baker games to finish the tournament in 2nd place. Still a great showing for the Lady Hornets to start the season. The next competition will be a Metro Conference match against Linden on Wednesday, December 13th at 5:30pm at Grand Blanc Lanes.
Varsity girls defeat holly 27-3 to move to 4-0 on the season
The Kearsley Varsity Girls took on the Holly Bronchos in a Metro Conference match on Saturday, December 9th at Cherry Hill Lanes. Kearsley began the match with Baker games of 171 & 180 to Holly’s 132 & 166 and the Lady Hornets took a 10-0 lead into the individual games of the match. In the first individual game the Lady Hornets bowled 1000 actual to Holly’s 744, Kearsley had 4 girls bowl 200 games led by Alexis Roof with a 214 game. The 2nd individual game the Lady Hornets had a 943 actual to Holly’s 803 as Alexis Roof had a 212 game and Mary Wheeler a 211 game. The final total pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2294 to Holly 1845 and the final score was 27-3. Scores for Kearsley were Barbara Hawes 211 & 185, Samantha Timm 204, Karlee Griffin 210 & 177, Emma Boychuk 161, Alexis Roof 214 & 212, Mary Wheeler 211 and Allison Robbins 158. The Kearsley girls are now 4-0 on the season and will travel to Lansing for a Baker kick off tournament on Sunday, December 10th, their next Metro Conference Match will be on Wednesday, December 13th at Grand Blanc Lanes at 5:30pm against Linden.
Varsity girls defeat Fenton to move to 3-0 on the season
The varsity girls traveled to Cherry Hill Lanes in Clarkston on Saturday, December 9th for a Metro Conference match against Fenton. The girls started the match strong with Baker games of 225 and 192 to Fentons 131 & 99 and the Hornets took a 10-0 lead into the individual games of the match. In the first individual game the Lady Hornets won each game and the team game with an 842 team score led by Alexis Roof with a 193, in the 2nd individual game the Lady Hornets won 8 out 9 points as Emma Boychuk led the team with a 215 game and the team had an 857 team game. The total final pinfall of the match was Kearsley 2116 and Fenton 1344. Scores for the Hornets were Barbara Hawes 159, Samantha Timm 140, Karlee Griffin 177 & 147, Emma Boychuk 173 & 215, Alexis Roof 193 & 194, Mary Wheeler 154 and Allison Robbins 147. The Lady Hornets are now 3-0 on the season and will bowl against Holly later today.
Varsity Girls defeat Owosso 25-5 to move to 2-0 on the season
The Kearsley Varsity Girls traveled to Holly Lanes for a Metro Conference match with Owosso, the first time that Kearsley has bowled against Owosso in at least 8 years in a conference match. The varsity girls started the match with Baker games of 182 & 175 to Owosso’s 123 and 147 and the Hornets took a 10-0 lead into the individual games. In the first individual game the Hornets won 3 individual points and the game for a 17-3 lead heading into the final game. The final game saw the Hornets win 2 individual points and the game and they won the match by a final score of 25-5. Leading the Hornets was Sophomore Samantha Timm who had games of 190 and 235. The win marks the 90th straight Metro Conference win for the Varsity girls, a winning streak that has stretched into it’s 9th year. The lady Hornets are now 2-0 on the season with the next match on Saturday, December 10th at Cherry Hill Lanes in Clarkston against Holly.
VARSITY GIRLS BOWL IN LANSE CREUSE SINGLES TOURNAMENT ON DEC. 3RD
The varsity girls bowling team traveled to Imperial Lanes in Clinton Township for the Lanse Creuse Singles Tournament on Sunday, December 3rd. The girls bowled well as 3 out of the 7 girls bowling made the cut to the final 32. The 3 girls who made the cut were Karlee Griffin, Alexis Roof and Barbara Hawes. Alexis and Barbara were named to the All Tournament team as Alexis qualified 8th and Barbara was 2nd overall. In the first round of match play Alexis was eliminated by a girl from Warren Cousino and Karlee and Barbara won their matches to move into the final 16. In the final 16 Karlee lost a close match to a girl from Sterling Heights Stevenson and Barbara won to move into the final 8. In the final 8 Barbara bowled well and the match came down to the final frame and the final ball as Barbara bowed out by 1 pin with a 195 to 194 loss to a girl from Macomb Dakota. Overall still a great day for Kearsley bowling. The next competition for the Varsity girls will be a Metro Conference match against Owosso on Monday, December 4th at 5:30pm at Holly Lanes.
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT SWARTZ CREEK 29-1 TO OPEN THE SEASON
The Kearsley Varsity girls team opened the season with a 29-1 win against Swartz Creek today at Richfield Bowl. The first Metro Conference match of the season saw the Kearsley girls come out strong with Baker games of 176 and 216 to Swartz Creek’s 141 & 182. With a 10-0 lead heading into the individual portion of the match, the Kearsley girls didn’t let up as Senior Barbara Hawes led the way with a 278 game and Junior Alexis Roof had a 252 game, the Kearsley girls had a 1055 actual the first game to Swartz Creeks 837. The 2nd individual game was led by Mary Wheeler from Kearsley with a 204 game as Kearsley had a 954 to Swartz Creek’s 780. The final total pinfall of the match was Kearsley 2401 to Swartz Creek 1940 and the final score was 29 to 1. Scores for Kearsley were Barbara Hawes 278 & 183, Samantha Timm 160, Karlee Griffin 174, Emma Boychuk 191 & 173, Alexis Roof 252 & 202, Mary Wheeler 204 and Allison Robbins 192. The Kearsley girls will now travel to Clinton Township for a singles Tournament on Sunday and then take on new Metro Conference member Owosso on Monday night.
KEARSLEY BOWL KAMP 2017 CROWNS CHAMPIONS TO KICK OFF THE 2017-2018 SEASON!
The Kearsley Bowling Program held the 4th annual Kearsley Bowling Kamp at Richfield Bowl on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, August 11th, 12th and 13th. We had 46 kids for this years camp, 28 girls and 18 boys, a slight increase from last year when we had 32 kids. The camp was open to anyone that was interested in bowling and we had kids from Flushing, Swartz Creek, Holly, Kearsley and Warren Cousino. We taught many different things the first couple of days and did lots of drill. The girls bowled on the curtains and they worked on hitting your mark. They did some drills to help maintain balance and lots of bowling. The camp concluded on Sunday with a tournament on the Randy Allen oil pattern. The top 16 girls and top 16 boys qualified for match play. The high qualifier for the girls was Mary Wheeler from Kearsley who had the high game for the day for the girls with a 204 game, her 4 game total was 728 and beat all the boys. For the boys the high qualifier was Kyle Langworthy, Kyle had 634 for 4 games with a high game of 171. When the tournament got to match play we had many great matches but it came down to Jacob Warner (Holly) against Griffin Henderson (Swartz Creek) for the boys and Jenna Royle (Holly) against Alexis Roof (Kearsley) for the girls. Jacob defeated Griffin in the boys final and Alexis defeated Jenna to win the girls title. All in all it turned out to be another great camp. The final results are posted below, click the links to see the results and we have a few pictures avaialable below of the winners and finalist below. Thank you to all the kids that participated, hopefully they all learned something and enjoyed it.
Girls Qualifying Results
Boys Qualifying Results
Girls Bracket Results
Boys Bracket Results
Girls Qualifying Results
Boys Qualifying Results
Girls Bracket Results
Boys Bracket Results
2nd Annual Alumni Tournament Held on December 26th
The 2nd Annual Alumni Tournament was held on Monday, December 26th at Richfield Bowl. The tournament attracted 80 bowlers with a mix of former bowlers, current bowlers, youth and some alumni, the 80 bowlers was an increase of 8 over the 2015 numbers. The tournament produced some very big scores and some exciting matches. Leading the entire tournament and the youth girls division was Freshman Imari Blond who had a 288 game and a 777 series, she went on to win the tournament for the youth girls division over Mary Wheeler. For the youth boys division senior Aaron Linn led the guys with a 683 series and made it to the finals were Nathan Maxewell defeated him and won the tournament with a 224 game in the finals. On the adult side Janae Paxton led the women in qualifying with a 661 series but was knocked out in the first round and Teagan MacDonald (2015 graduate) went on to defeat Hannah Ploof (2016 grad) in the finals 226 to 222 to win the womens division. In the guys division 2015 Kearsley grad Peter Sorsen led the guys with a 769 series but it was defending champion Jeff Vanier who went on to win the tournament again this year with a 246 to 213 victory in the finals over 2015 graduate Brandon Richard. All of the final scores and final results for each bracket are listed below in the links. Thank you so much to everyone who came out, we were able to raise $978 for the Troy Paxton Scholarship fund today, an amazing accomplishment for the bowling program.
Varsity boys & girls Defeat School board 52-8 in fun match after alumni tournament
The Varsity Boys & Girls teams bowled against the Kearsley School board and a team of some teachers/school board members in a match after the Kearsley Alumni Tournament. The school board/teachers teams featured Jeff Natzke, Dick Hill, Chad Langworthy, Kevin Walworth, Chad Boggs, Kelly Fisher, Corey Fisher, Kelly Verran, Chuck Wade and Debbie Alburtus. The highlight of the match was the school board team defeating the varsity boys teams with a 1010 total to the varsity boys 917 total. Chad Boggs led the school board team with a 240 game, Chad Langworthy had a 234 game and principal Kelly Verran had a 191 game to win their points and although he didn't win his point Jeff Natzke bowled a career high 199 game in that same game. The only other point that was won by the school board teams was in the 2nd individual game when Chad Langworthy had a 229 game to defeat Alexis Roof who had a 201 game. Imari Blond led the girls team with a 245 game, Barbara Hawes had a 237 game and Mary Wheeler a 211 game. For the boys, Bryce McKerchie led the team with a 227 game, Aaron Linn had a 215 game and Kyle Langworthy gets credit for a 210 game. The match was just for fun as the varsity teams let the adults bowl no tap to try to compete. Thanks to our wonderful school board and teachers for coming out today for a great cause!
Varsity Girls Win 5th State Title and Record 4th in a Row
With a 1299-1217 victory over Bay City John Glenn at Super Bowl in Canton, the Kearsley Girls Bowling team rewrote history by winning their fourth consecutive state championship. They are the first team to win four in a row in the 14-year history of MHSAA bowling. After qualifying as the #2 seed following the morning qualifying, Kearsley met Armada and got a strong challenge from the Tigers before pulling away for a 1316- 1210 victory. In the quarterfinals, the Hornets faced Charlotte and took command of the match in the Baker games and cruised to a 1311-1159 win. The championship match pitted the Hornets against longtime rival Bay City John Glenn. John Glenn led by 11 pins following the Bakers but Kearsley took command of the match in the 9th frame of the individual games to take home the title. In addition to the fourth straight title, the Kearsley girls also won their fifth championship in six years.
Varsity Girls Dominate Regionals and Win 5th Regional Title
The varsity girls bowling team dominated Regional's at City Limit Lanes in Mason on Friday, February 24th as they finished over 600 pins ahead of Haslett to win the Regional title. This is the 5th time in the last 6 years the varsity girls won a Regional title and this is the 11th straight season the varsity girls have qualified for the state finals. Some scores for the girls were Barbara Hawes 247, 191 and 172, Karlee Griffin 171 & 170, Emma Boychuk 161 & 182, Alexis Roof 227 & 164, Imari Blond 204, 222 and 158, Mary Wheeler 152, and Samantha Timm 192 & 244. The girls final score of 3910 was the highest for any girls team in Division 2. Congratulations girls!
Varsity Girls Dominate Metro Conference Singles Tournament as Freshman Imari Blond Wins Title
The Flint Metro Conference held their annual end of season Singles Tournament on Saturday, February 18th at Richfield Bowl. The Kearsley varsity girls had 7 girls bowling and out of the 7 bowling 6 of them made the cut into the final 16 girls. In qualifying Barbara Hawes led the conference with a career high 666 three game series and Alexis Roof was right behind her with a 664 series. Also making the cut and qualifying 3rd with a career high 267 game and a 654 series was Karlee Griffin and Imari Blond with a 606 series and Samantha Timm with a 578 series and Emma Boychuk with a 559 series. In the first round 4 of the Kearsley girls won to advance to the final 8 and in round 2 Kearsley had 3 of those girls advance to the final 4. Those 3 girls were Barbara Hawes, Alexis Roof and Imari Blond. In the final 4 Imari Blond defeated Alexis Roof 202 to 184 to advance to the finals and Barbara Hawes defeated Emily Reid (Flushing) with a 265 game to Emily’s 213. In the finals it was Barbara against Imari and they put on a show but when they were done Imari won the singles championship with a 257 game to Barbara’s 248 game. Barbara also set another career high with her first 3 games in the step ladder finals as she had games of 203, 227 and 265 for a 695 series.
After the tournament was finished they named the all conference team and Kearsley was very well represented. Making 1st Team All Conference were Imari Blond, Alexis Roof and Barbara Hawes and making 2nd Team All Conference were Emma Boychuk and Karlee Griffin and Honorable Mention was Mary Wheeler. Rob Ploof was also named the coach of the year for girls bowling in the Metro Conference this season and the girls team received votes for sportsmanship. Congratulations Lady Hornets!
After the tournament was finished they named the all conference team and Kearsley was very well represented. Making 1st Team All Conference were Imari Blond, Alexis Roof and Barbara Hawes and making 2nd Team All Conference were Emma Boychuk and Karlee Griffin and Honorable Mention was Mary Wheeler. Rob Ploof was also named the coach of the year for girls bowling in the Metro Conference this season and the girls team received votes for sportsmanship. Congratulations Lady Hornets!
Varsity Girls Defeat Linden 29-1 To Finish Season 14-0 and Win 8th Straight Metro Conference Title
The Kearsley Varsity Girls bowled against Linden for the last Metro Conference match of the season on Saturday, February 11th at Colonial Lanes in Flushing. Kearsley started the match with Baker games of 159 & 187 to Linden’s 133 & 130 as Kearsley jumped out to a 10-0 lead in the match. In the first individual game the Lady Hornets shot a 1058 team game to Linden’s 713 and then Kearsley came back with a 960 team game to Linden’s 663. The total final pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2364 to Linden’s 1639 and the final score was 29-1 in favor of Kearsley. Scores for Kearsley were: Barbara Hawes 200, Karlee Griffin 211 & 158, Emma Boychuk 144, Alexis Roof 245 & 256, Imari Blond 258 & 203, Mary Wheeler 173 and Samantha Timm 170. The 501 series by Alexis Roof was the highest 2 game series of the season for girls in the Flint Metro Conference and the 1058 actual the first game was the highest team game of the season for a girls team in the Metro Conference. The Kearsley girls finish the season with a 14-0 record and for the 8th straight season they have won the conference with an undefeated record. The win was also the 88th straight match win in the conference. Congratulations Lady Hornets!
The Metro Conference season will wrap up next week with the Conference Singles Tournament at Richfield Bowl starting at noon.
The Metro Conference season will wrap up next week with the Conference Singles Tournament at Richfield Bowl starting at noon.
Varsity Girls Defeat Clio 28-2 To Raise Record to 13-0 on the Season
The Kearsley Varsity Girls ran their record to 13-0 on the season and their Metro Conference winning streak up to 87 straight matches with a 28-2 victory over Clio today at Richfield Bowl. The Lady Hornets began the match with Baker games of 211 & 216 to Clio’s 166 and 147 as the Hornets took a 10-0 lead into the individual games. In the first individual game the Lady Hornets had a 1038 team game, the highest of the season for a girls team in the Metro Conference and Clio had a team game of 798. In the 2nd team game Kearsley had a 815 to Clio’s 706 and the total pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2280 to Clio 1817 with the final score being 28-2. Scores for Kearsley were Barbara Hawes 220 & 177, Karlee Griffin 172, Emma Boychuk 221 & 184, Alexis Roof 200, Imari Blond 226 & 164, Mary Wheeler 131 and Samantha Timm 159. The 2 Baker game set of 427 is the highest this season in the Flint Metro Conference and it is the 4th highest in the state so far this year. The 1038 game ranks as the 10th highest game in the state this season. The Varsity girls have 1 remaining Conference match next Saturday against Linden and then the conference singles tournament the following week before they travel to Mason for Regionals.
Varsity Girls Defeat Holly 29-1 to move to 12-0 on the Season
The Kearsley Varsity girls were at Clio Bowling Arcade for a dual match on Saturday and bowled the 2nd match of the day against Holly. The Kearsley girls started the match with Baker games of 166 & 190 to Holly’s 114 & 104 as Kearsley took a 10-0 lead into the individual portion of the match. In the individual games Kearsley had games of 971 & 959 to Holly’s 542 and 597. The final total pinfall was Kearsley 2286 to Holly 1357 and the final score was Kearsley 29 to Holly 1. Scores for Kearsley were Barbara Hawes 211 & 200, Karlee Griffin 134, Emma Boychuk 214 & 178, Alexis Roof 187, Imari Blond 225 & 222, Mary Wheeler 203 and Samantha Timm 156. The Kearsley girls are now 12-0 on the season and have wrapped up their 8th straight Metro Conference Championship and currently have an 86 match winning streak in the Metro Conference, just incredible. Congratulations Lady Hornets, Metro Conference Champions!
Varsity Girls Defeat Flushing 27-3 to move to 11-0 on Season
The Kearsley Varsity Girls traveled to Clio Bowling Arcade for a showdown with Flushing for the Metro Conference Title on Saturday, January 28th. The Kearsley girls started the match with Baker games of 180 & 172 to Flushing’s 161 & 163 and the Kearsley girls took a 10-0 lead going into the individual games of the match. The first individual game the Lady Hornets had a team game of 944 to Flushing’s 834 and the 2nd individual game came down to the end as the Kearsley girls pulled out the victory with a 979 to 970 win. The total final pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2275 to Flushing 2128 and the final score was 27 to 3 in favor of Kearsley. Scores for Kearsley were Barbara Hawes 167, Karlee Griffin 182 & 156, Emma Boychuk 189 & 190, Alexis Roof 180, Imari Blond 226 & 211, Mary Wheeler 247 and Samantha Timm 175. Kearsley is now 11-0 on the season and will take on Holly next.
Varsity Girls Defeat Fenton to Raise Record to 10-0
The Kearsley Varsity Girls were at Cherry Hill Lanes in Clarkston for a dual match today and they took on Fenton in the 2nd match of the day. The Lady Hornets started the match with Baker games of 164 & 212 to Fenton’s 114 & 111 as the Lady Hornets took a 10-0 lead into the individual part of the match. In the individual games the Lady Hornets had games of 998 and 1014 to Fenton’s 589 and 618. The total final pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2388 to Fenton’s 1432 and the final score was Kearsley 30 to Fenton 0. Scores for Kearsley girls were Barbara Hawes 201 & 235, Alexis Roof 213 & 199, Emma Boychuk 200 & 204, Mary Wheeler 210, Karlee Griffin 193, Imari Blond 191 and Samantha Timm 166. The Kearsley girls are now 10-0 on the season and will bowl against Flushing on Saturday, January 28th at Clio Bowling Arcade. The match against Flushing will be for the Metro Conference Championship. Congratulations girls!
Varsity Girls Defeat Brandon 28-2 to Move to 9-0 on The Season
The Kearsley Varsity Girls bowling team traveled to Cherry Hill Lanes for a Metro Conference Match against Brandon in their home house. The Kearsley girls started the match strong with Baker games of 201 & 181 to Brandon’s 154 to 135. With a 10 to 0 lead heading into the individual games the Kearsley girls did not let up as they had team games of 1023 and 925 to Brandon’s 731 and 737. The total final pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2330 to Brandon’s 1757 and the final score was 28-2 in favor of Kearsley as they raised their record to 9-0 on the season in the Metro Conference. Scores for the Kearsley girls were Alexis Roof 257 & 207, Karlee Griffin 232 & 213, Emma Boychuk 222 & 172, Samantha Timm 169, Barabara Hawes 166, Mary Wheeler 164 and Imari Blond 145. The Lady Hornets will bowl against Fenton next.
Varsity Girls Win Metro Conference Championship For 3rd Year in A Row
The Kearsley Varsity Girls Hosted the Flint Metro Conference Championship Tournament for the 8th straight year at Richfield Bowl. For the 3rd year in a row the Kearsley Girls came home with the Tournament Championship with a victory in the finals against Davison.
The girls started the day strong with a 1050 actual the first individual game and followed that up with a 965 and a 944 and ended up qualifying for round 2 of the tournament in 2nd place behind Davison. In the next round of the tournament the Kearsley girls bowled against all other 7 schools that made the cut and the Lady Hornets caught fire as they won 6 out of the 7 Baker games with games of 224, 243, 247, 161, 206, 209 and 194. The girls finished 19 pins behind Davison and qualified #2 for the final 4 match play. In the final 4 match play the 1 seed Davison bowled against the 4 seed Sturgis and the 2 seed Kearsley bowled against the 3 seed Flushing. The Kearsley girls started the 2 Baker game match with a 246 to 135 victory and then lost the 2nd game 215 to 169 but the match was 2 games total pins and the final score was 405 to 350 in favor of Kearsley. Davison won the other bracket to set up the 4th match against Davison in the finals of a tournament this season and this time the Kearsley girls would not be denied. They won the first Baker game 210 to 175 and also won the second Baker game 211 to 205 for a final score of 421 to 380. This is the 3rd straight year the Lady Hornets have won this tournament and it is their 2nd tournament victory in the last 2 weeks. Freshman Imari Blond was the high scorer for the team with a 3 game series of 684 which was good for 3rd place overall and a spot on the All Tournament team. Other good scores for the Kearsley girls were Alexis Roof with a 624, Emma Boychuk with a 593, Barbara Hawes had games of 194 and 180, Karlee Griffin had games of 157 & 181, Mary Wheeler had a 179 game and Samantha Timm had a 167 game.
Next competition for the Lady Hornets will be a dual meet against Brandon and Fenton on Saturday, January 21st at Cherry Hill Lanes in Clarkston.
The girls started the day strong with a 1050 actual the first individual game and followed that up with a 965 and a 944 and ended up qualifying for round 2 of the tournament in 2nd place behind Davison. In the next round of the tournament the Kearsley girls bowled against all other 7 schools that made the cut and the Lady Hornets caught fire as they won 6 out of the 7 Baker games with games of 224, 243, 247, 161, 206, 209 and 194. The girls finished 19 pins behind Davison and qualified #2 for the final 4 match play. In the final 4 match play the 1 seed Davison bowled against the 4 seed Sturgis and the 2 seed Kearsley bowled against the 3 seed Flushing. The Kearsley girls started the 2 Baker game match with a 246 to 135 victory and then lost the 2nd game 215 to 169 but the match was 2 games total pins and the final score was 405 to 350 in favor of Kearsley. Davison won the other bracket to set up the 4th match against Davison in the finals of a tournament this season and this time the Kearsley girls would not be denied. They won the first Baker game 210 to 175 and also won the second Baker game 211 to 205 for a final score of 421 to 380. This is the 3rd straight year the Lady Hornets have won this tournament and it is their 2nd tournament victory in the last 2 weeks. Freshman Imari Blond was the high scorer for the team with a 3 game series of 684 which was good for 3rd place overall and a spot on the All Tournament team. Other good scores for the Kearsley girls were Alexis Roof with a 624, Emma Boychuk with a 593, Barbara Hawes had games of 194 and 180, Karlee Griffin had games of 157 & 181, Mary Wheeler had a 179 game and Samantha Timm had a 167 game.
Next competition for the Lady Hornets will be a dual meet against Brandon and Fenton on Saturday, January 21st at Cherry Hill Lanes in Clarkston.
Varsity Girls Defeat Swartz Creek 29-1 To Move to 8-0 on The Season
The Kearsley Varsity girls traveled to Colonial Lanes in Flushing for a Metro Conference Match against Swartz Creek. The Varsity girls came out strong and won both Baker games with 211 & 183 to Swartz Creek’s 133 & 153. With a 10-0 lead going into the individual games the Kearsley girls didn’t let up as they won the first game 900 to 771 and then won the 2nd game 886 to 737. The final total pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2180 to Swartz Creek 1794 and the final score was 29-1. Scores for the Kearsley girls were Imari Blond 203 & 202, Emma Boychuk 212 & 189, Barbara Hawes 189 & 181, Mary Wheeler 170, Karlee Griffin 148, Alexis Roof 148 and Samantha Timm 144. The varsity girls are now 8-0 on the season. Next competition is the Metro Conference Championship tournament on Sunday, January 15th at Richfield Bowl. The tournament starts at 9am.
Varsity Girls Defeat Linden 30-0 To Move to 7-0 on The Season
The Kearsley Varsity Girls bowled Linden in a Metro Conference match on Wednesday, January 11th at Grand Blanc Lanes. The Varsity girls started the match with Baker games of 170 & 192 to Linden’s 97 & 133 and the Kearsley girls took a 10-0 lead into the individual games. The first individual game the Kearsley girls had a team game of 961 to Linden’s 582 and the 2nd team game Kearsley had a team game of 984 to Linden’s 574. The Total final pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2307 to Linden 1386 and the final score was 30-0. The win moves Kearsley to 7-0 on the season and still a 2 game lead in the conference at the half way point of the season. High scores for the girls were Imari Blond with games of 204 & 227, Mary Wheeler with games of 204 & 213, Barbara Hawes with games of 197 & 212, Karlee Griffin with games of 196 & 152, Samantha Timm with a 180 game and Emma Boychuk with a 160 game. The next conference match for the Lady Hornets is Saturday at Colonial Lanes in Flushing against Swartz Creek, the match begins at 1pm.
Kearsley Girls Win Lila Furnish Classic Tournament in Owosso
The Varsity girls bowling team won their first tournament of the season on Sunday, January 8th in Owosso at the Lila Furnish Classic at Capitol Bowl. The girls started the day slow as they had Baker games of 169, 163, 189, 201, 154, 137, 150, 160,145, 162,169 and 177 and finished 10 pins in front of Lake Orion for the top spot in qualifying. After the lunch break and re-oiling of the lanes the girls first round match against Ovid Elsie was a little better as they had games of 164 & 181 and won the match 345 to 184 to move into the final 4. In the final 4 match against Gladwin the girls had games of 175 and 210 and defeated Gladwin 385 to 348 to move into the finals to face Macomb Dakota and the girls saved the best for last as they had Baker games of 223 and 193 to defeat Dakota 416 to 283 and win the Lila Furnish Classic for the 3rd straight year. Congratulations to the Lady Hornets. Next competition is tomorrow night (Monday, January 9th) at Holly Lanes as the 1st place Hornets (5-0) bowl agains the 2nd place Clio Mustangs(4-1) in an important Metro Conference match. The match begins at 6:30pm
Kearsley Enters 10 Teams in Davison Mixed Doubles and 8 of Them Make The Cut
The Kearsley Varsity bowling program had 8 of 10 doubles teams made the cut to the top 32 teams out of 82 total teams bowling on Friday, December 30th in the Davison Mixed Doubles Tournament at Richfield Bowl. The highest finishing Kearsley mixed doubles team was Imari Blond & Brandon Wheeler who officially finished 3rd in the tournament. The next highest finishing team was Karlee Griffin & Chase Gebhardt who were quarter finalist and officially finished 6th. Imari Blond was recognized for having the 2nd highest girls game of the tournament and Imari Blond and Alexis Roof each made the all tournament team as the 2nd and 4th highest series of the tournament.
Varsity Girls Defeat Swartz Creek 29-1 to Move to 5-0 on the Season
Varsity girls bowled against Swartz Creek at Holly Lanes on Tuesday, December 21st. Lady Hornets jumped out to a 10-0 lead with Baker games of 173 and 147 as Swartz Creek had games of 133 & 116. In the first individual game Kearsley won all 9 points as they had a team game of 875 to Swartz Creeks 590. The 2nd game Kearsley won 8 out of 9 points as they had a 755 game to Swartz Creek’s 676 game. The total final pinfall was Kearsley 1950 to Swartz Creeks 1515 and the final score was 29-1. Scores for Kearsley were Alexis Roof 210 & 150, Emma Boychuk 178 & 153, Barbara Hawes 175 & 148 and Imari Blond 171.
The Lady Hornets are now 5-0 on the season and their next conference match will be January 7th against Clio.
The Lady Hornets are now 5-0 on the season and their next conference match will be January 7th against Clio.
Kearsley Girls Finish 2nd in Baker's Dozen Tournament in Bay City
The Kearsley Varsity Girls traveled to Bay City for the 11th annual Baker’s Dozen Tournament hosted by Bay City Western at Monitor Lanes on Sunday, December 18th. The Lady Hornets did something that might not have ever been done in qualifying in this tournament. They went 13-0 against 13 different schools and the girls 13 game total was 2866 for 13 Baker games, an incredible 220 average for a girls team! So the team received 20 bonus pins for each win and if you take away the bonus pins they still averaged 200 for 13 games, just an incredible showing in qualifying. As we have learned, qualifying doesn’t mean much if you don’t finish and the Kearsley girls had a difficult time closing in the final match. In the first round of match play the girls defeated Bay City All Saints and then defeated Sturgis, in a match that the girls shot a 233 actual Baker game. Then in the finals against Davison the Lady Hornets had a few opportunities to win but it just wasn’t meant to be as they lost the first game by a score of 193 to 179 and then lost the 2nd game by a score of 221 to 213. This is the 3rd straight tournament that the Kearsley girls have lost in the finals to Davison but still a great showing today. Congratulations Lady Hornets!
Kearsley’s next match is Tuesday, December 20th at Holly Lanes against Swartz Creek. this will be their last conference match until January 8th. The match begins at 6pm.
Kearsley’s next match is Tuesday, December 20th at Holly Lanes against Swartz Creek. this will be their last conference match until January 8th. The match begins at 6pm.
Varsity Girls Finish 2nd in Bangor John Glenn Tournament
The Kearsley varsity girls traveled to Bay City on Saturday, December 17th for the 12th annual Bangor John Glenn Holiday Tournament. The girls started the day out with an 868 game and then turned it on as they had team games of 1049 and 1100 actual. The 1100 was their highest of the season so far. In the Baker games the girls had games of 204, 185, 179, 199 , 225 and 183 and finished with a total pinfall of 4013, this was good for a 2nd place qualifying score as Davison had a 4038. In the first round of match play the Kearsley girls defeated Oscoda in 2 games and then moved on to eliminate L’Anse Creuse North in 2 games. In the step ladder elimination round they squeeked by Bay City Western to meet Davison in the finals and they ran into some troubles as Davison won the first game 225 to 150 and then won the tournament with a 210 to 189 victory over the Lady Hornets. For the day Kearsley had 2 girls make the All Tournament team as Imari Blond had individual games of 190-245-241 for a 676 series and Emma Boychuk had games of 177-197-246 for a 620 series. Barbara Hawes also had a 235 game, Alexis Roof a 224 game, Karlee Griffin a 221 game, Mary Wheeler a 195 game and Hannah Simms a 177 game. The Lady Hornets will be back in Bay City tomorrow morning for the Bay City Western Baker’s Dozen Tournament.
Varsity Girls Defeat Holly 23-7 to Move to 4-0 on The Season
The Kearsley Varsity Girls traveled to Grand Blanc Lanes for a Metro Conference match against Holly on Wednesday, December 14th. The Lady Hornets started the match slow and lost the first Baker game as Holly won with a 194 game to Kearsley’s 160. The 2nd Baker was much better as the Lady Hornets came back with a 201 to 122 victory and took a 6 to 4 lead into the individual games. The first individual game the Hornets shot 102 and won 8 out of 9 points to take command of the match and they finished up with a 896 the last game and won 7 out of 9 points to win the match by a final score of 23-7. The total final pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2269 to Holly 1861. Scores for Kearsley were Imari Blond with games of 200 and 266, Barbara Hawes with games of 235 & 172, Alexis Roof with games of 215 & 132, Karlee Griffin with a 199 game, Emma Boychuk with a 163 game, Mary Wheeler with a 167 game and Hannah Simms with a 159 game. Kearsley is now 4-0 on the season and will travel to Bay City this weekend for 2 big Holiday Tournaments. Congratulations Hornets!
Varsity Girls Finish 2nd In Baker Kick Off Tournament in Lansing
The Kearsley Varsity Girls traveled to Royal Scot Lanes in Lansing for the Kick Off the Season Baker Eliminator tournament. The tournament originally had 32 teams but because of the weather 13 teams cancelled but with 10 boys teams and 9 girls teams the tournament director decided to make it go. The Kearsley girls started the day with 12 Baker games in qualifying and they started strong with Baker games of 208, 213, 201 and 226 the first 4 games. They followed that up with games of 166,195, 147, 176,172, 204, 192 and 159 for a total pinfall of 2259 for the 12 games, that was good for the top stop in qualifying as they beat Davison by 78 pins and Jackson was third with a 2105 total.
In the first round of match play Kearsley bowled against Swartz Creek and cruised to a 2 game victory with Baker games of 182 and 257 (highest game of the season). In the 2nd round they ran into a little trouble with Carman Ainsworth as they lost the first game 160 to 170 but came back strong to win the second game and the match with a 213 to 172 victory. In the final 4 the first match was against Howell and the Kearsley girls defeated Howell with games of 177 and 166 to Howell’s 135 and 140. This meant a match up with Davison and both team went undefeated in match play. The first game Davison defeated Kearsley 191 to 178 and the Kearsley girls just couldn’t recover as they lost the final game 204 to 158. Congratulations to the Lady Hornets on some great bowling today, the 257 game in Baker’s today is the highest in the state for girls teams so far this season.
The next schedule event for the Varsity Girls is a Metro Conference match against Holly on Wednesday, December 14th at Grand Blanc Lanes at 6:30pm.
In the first round of match play Kearsley bowled against Swartz Creek and cruised to a 2 game victory with Baker games of 182 and 257 (highest game of the season). In the 2nd round they ran into a little trouble with Carman Ainsworth as they lost the first game 160 to 170 but came back strong to win the second game and the match with a 213 to 172 victory. In the final 4 the first match was against Howell and the Kearsley girls defeated Howell with games of 177 and 166 to Howell’s 135 and 140. This meant a match up with Davison and both team went undefeated in match play. The first game Davison defeated Kearsley 191 to 178 and the Kearsley girls just couldn’t recover as they lost the final game 204 to 158. Congratulations to the Lady Hornets on some great bowling today, the 257 game in Baker’s today is the highest in the state for girls teams so far this season.
The next schedule event for the Varsity Girls is a Metro Conference match against Holly on Wednesday, December 14th at Grand Blanc Lanes at 6:30pm.
Varsity Girls Defeat Flushing 28-2 to Move to 3-0 on The Season
The Kearsley Varsity girls were at Cherry Hill Lanes in Clarkston for a Metro Conference dual match on Saturday, December 10th. The Lady Hornets jumped out to a 10-0 lead against Flushing with Baker games of 150 & 205 to Flushings 128 & 144. In the first individual game the Lady Hornets had their best team game some far with a 1026 actual game to Flushings 843 and in the final game the Kearsley girls shot a 952 game to Flushing’s 872. Scores for Kearsley were Barbara Hawes with games of 205 & 205, Karlee Griffin 183, Emma Boychuk 193, Alexis Roof with a 233 & 169, Imari Blond with games of 212 & 224, Mary Wheeler with a 213 game and Hannah Simms with a 141 game. The total final pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2333 to Flushings 1987 and the final score was 28 to 2. Kearsley is now 3-0 on the season and will be bowling Holly next on Wednesday night.
Varsity Girls defeat Brandon 26-4 to move to 2-0 on the season
The Kearsley Varsity Girls bowling team traveled to Cherry Hill Lanes in Clarkston for a Metro Conference match against Brandon in their home house. The Brandon girls came out strong the first game and defeated the Kearsley girls in the first baker game 1923 to 151but the Kearsley girls came back with a 210 to 122 win the second Baker game as Kearsley held a 6 to 4 advantage starting the individual portion of the match. The Kearsley girls started the match strong with a 971 to 738 victory and wrapped up the match the last game with a 935 to 767 victory the last game. High Scores for Kearsley were Barbara Hawes with games of 200 & 162, Karlee Griffin 157, Emma Boychuk 183, Alexis Roof 236 & 207, Imari Blond 195 & 216, Mary Wheeler 190 and Hannah Simms had a 160 game. The total final pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2267 and Brandon 1820 and the final score was 26 to 4. The Kearsley girls are now 2-0 in conference and will take on Flushing next.
Varsity Girls Have Great Showing in 1st Tournament as Barbara Hawes Finishes 2nd
The Kearsley Varsity Bowling teams for boys and girls traveled to Imperial Lanes in Clinton Township today for the annual L’Anse Creuse Singles Tournament. Kearsley had a very good showing on both the boys and girls side. For the boys the Kearsley boys had 5 out of 7 boys entered make it into the top 32 round with Senior Bryce McKerchie advancing all the way to the finals before losing a close match in the end to a bowler from Macomb Dakota for a runner up finish. On the girls side the Lady Hornets had 6 out of 7 girls make it into the final 32 and 5 out of 6 of them made it to the final 16 but Junior Barbara Hawes advanced all the way to the finals before also losing a close first game in the finals 194 to 193 and then bowing out for a runner up finish. The Kearsley boys had (2) boys qualify for the all tournament team as Branadon Wheeler qualified 3rd and Bryce McKerchie qualified 4th. On the girls side Kearsley also had (2) girls qualify for the all tournament team as Barbara Hawes qualified 4th and Emma Boychuk qualified 5th overall. For the day the Kearsley Hornets had a great showing for the first tournament of the season. Next competition for the bowlers will be on Saturday, December 10th at Cherry Hill Lanes in Clarkston for a double Metro Conference Match.
VARSITY GIRLS OPEN SEASON WITH 30-0 VICTORY OVER FENTON
The Kearsley Varsity girls bowling team kicked off the 2016-2017 season at home at Richfield Bowl with a Metro Conference Match against Fenton. The Lady Hornets started the match with a 179 to 144 victory in the first Baker game and then won the second Baker game 137 to 113. With a 10-0 lead going into the individual games the Lady Hornets were looking good. The first individual game Kearsley took all 9 points as they shot 920 to Fenton’s 550. The Hornets were led by Emma Boychuk with a 200 game. The 2nd individual game the Hornets had 928 to Fenton’s 690. The Hornets were led by Imari Blond with a 213 game. The total final pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2164 and Fenton 1497 and the final score was 30-0. Kearsley is now 1-0 on the season and they will be participating in the L’Anse Creuse Singles tournament on Sunday morning at Imperial Lanes in Clinton Township. All scores for Kearsley girls were: Karlee Griffin 169, Emma Boychuk 200 and 178, Barbara Hawes 169, Alexis Roof 195 and 184, Imari Blond 187 and 213, Mary Wheeler 191 and Hannah Simms 162.
FIRST EVER ALUMNI TOURNAMENT WAS HELD ON DECEMBER 26TH @ RICHFIELD BOWL - FINAL RESULTS!
The first ever Alumni Tournament was held on Saturday, December 26th at Richfield Bowl. The tournament attracted 72 bowlers with a mix of former bowlers, current bowlers, youth and some alumni. The tournament produced some very big scores and some exciting matches. Jeff Vanier led the field in the adult mens division with games of 264, 290 and 300 for an 854 total, Jeff is a 1991 graduate of Kearsley. Qualifying in 2nd was 2004 graduate Robert Alexander who had games of 284, 244 and 279 for 807. Darin Craine, another 2004 Kearsley grad had a 278 game and qualified 3rd with a 715 series. Becca Iversen had a 278 game and a 692 series to lead the adult women in qualifying and leading the youth girls division was senior Hannah Ploof with a 658 series. Leading the youth boys in qualifying was Bryce McKerchie with a 671 series. All of the final scores and final results for each bracket are listed below in the links. Thank you so much to everyone who came out, we were able to raise $950 for the Troy Paxton Scholarship fund today, an amazing accomplishment for the bowling program.
All Scores - EveryoneWomen's Division Brackets
Men's Division BracketsYouth Boy's Brackets
Youth Girl's Brackets
The first ever Alumni Tournament was held on Saturday, December 26th at Richfield Bowl. The tournament attracted 72 bowlers with a mix of former bowlers, current bowlers, youth and some alumni. The tournament produced some very big scores and some exciting matches. Jeff Vanier led the field in the adult mens division with games of 264, 290 and 300 for an 854 total, Jeff is a 1991 graduate of Kearsley. Qualifying in 2nd was 2004 graduate Robert Alexander who had games of 284, 244 and 279 for 807. Darin Craine, another 2004 Kearsley grad had a 278 game and qualified 3rd with a 715 series. Becca Iversen had a 278 game and a 692 series to lead the adult women in qualifying and leading the youth girls division was senior Hannah Ploof with a 658 series. Leading the youth boys in qualifying was Bryce McKerchie with a 671 series. All of the final scores and final results for each bracket are listed below in the links. Thank you so much to everyone who came out, we were able to raise $950 for the Troy Paxton Scholarship fund today, an amazing accomplishment for the bowling program.
All Scores - EveryoneWomen's Division Brackets
Men's Division BracketsYouth Boy's Brackets
Youth Girl's Brackets
VARSITY BOYS & GIRLS DEFEAT SCHOOL BOARD/TEACHERS BY FINAL SCORE OF 55-5 IN A FUN MATCH AFTER ALUMNI TOURNAMENT
The Varsity Boys & Girls teams bowled against the Kearsley School board and a team of some teachers and our Superintendent Patti Yorks in a match after the Kearsley Alumni Tournament. The school board team featured Jeff Natzke, Dick Hill, Pauk Gaudard, Kevin Walworth, Chad Boggs and Debbie Alburtus. They were able to win 3 of the 5 points as Debbie Alburtus won a game and Chad Boggs won both of his games with scores of 223 & 245. The other winners were Charlie Yorks and the team of Corey and Kelly Fisher. The girls team was led by Alexis Roof with a 227 game and the boys were led by Chase Gebhardt with a 243 game, Brandon Wheeler with games of 235 & 204 and Bryce McKerchie with games of 206 and 194. The match was just for fun as the varsity teams let the adults bowl no tap to try to compete. Thanks to our wonderful school board and teachers for coming out today for a great cause!
HANNAH PLOOF WINS INDIVIDUAL STATE TITLE
CANTON — Flint Kearsley's first family of bowling has its second MHSAA individual champion.
Senior Hannah Ploof closed out a championship-laden high school career by winning the Division 2 individual title Saturday at Super Bowl, beating Wayland sophomore Sydney Urben, 385-336.
One day earlier, Ploof was part of her third team championship. As dominant as Kearsley's girls have been in recent years, they've never had a team championship and individual winner in the same year.
Until now.
"This weekend is perfect," Ploof said.
Ploof is coached by her parents, Robert and Pam, who have guided the Hornets to four team titles in the last five years. One year before that streak began, Lindsay Ploof was the individual champion in 2011.
"Lindsay's a big influence on her," said Robert Ploof, the team's head coach. "She's here rooting her on today. It's been awesome. Hannah is just a good kid. She's been a team captain every year. She's president of the National Honor Society. I can't believe she's mine. I give all the credit to her mom; mom definitely did it."
Hannah advanced through the qualifying round at the MHSAA Finals all four years, but didn't reach the championship match until Saturday. She lost 393-342 to Madchen Breen of Warren Regina in the round of 16 last year after coming in as the No. 5 seed. She made the Semifinals in 2014, only to lose 378-322 to Samantha Knight of Richland Gull Lake. As a freshman, she lost 411-371 to Mikki Mathews of Jackson Northwest in the round of 16.
"It was definitely not an easy thing to do," Ploof said. "I've been working for four years for this, so it paid off. We try to bowl a lot of tournaments. As you saw, our team is pretty successful. Being in these types of situations, I'm used to it now."
Ploof dominated during her six qualifying games, averaging 218 to take the top seed by 146 pins over Breen. Urben was the third seed, 153 pins behind Ploof, reaching the Final with a 389-302 victory over Breen.
The degree of difficulty increased for Ploof after qualifying, however. She trailed Makayla Lancioni of South Lyon East, 198-159, after one game in the Round of 16. Ploof responded with a 224 in the second game to win, 383-353.
After a 420-323 victory over Jamie Bleiler of Jackson in the Quarterfinals, Ploof escaped with a 401-384 victory over Kayla Wild of Tecumseh in the Semifinals.
"In the Semifinals, she had a strike to win and she put it there," Ploof said. "There's nothing you can do about that. It's up to whatever. She left a 10 pin. It should not have stood. She should have won that one. I think everybody has those."
Ploof went up against a bowler with MHSAA championship experience, but in another sport. Urben was a .418 hitter as a freshman on Wayland's Division 2 championship softball team last spring. In bowling, she was 22nd in qualifying at the MHSAA Tournament last year, 35 pins out of the 16th and final qualifying berth.
"I'm just really surprised I made it this far, because there are so many good bowlers here," Urben said. "It's a really good experience to have going into the future. I learned adjustments. I learned how to stay consistent. I'll just practice harder next year and hopefully get back to the same spot where I was, and hopefully win it."
VARSITY GIRLS WIN 3RD STRAIGHT STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AND 4TH IN LAST FIVE YEARS
The Kearsley Varsity Girls Bowling team won their 3rd straight state title on Friday, March 4th at Super Bowl Lanes in Canton, Michgan. The Kearsley girls started the day a little slow with a 133 Baker game but finished the 8 game Baker qualifier with a 222 Baker game. The girls were in 4th place heading into the 2 individual games and came out and shot a 982 game to jump up to 2nd place, they followed that 982 game with a 923 game and moved into first place for the match play portion of the state finals. In match play the Lady Hornets bowled Warren Regina in the first round and defeated them to move on to bowl Bangor John Glenn in the 2nd round and final 4. Kearsley did not let up and defeated the Lady Bobcats to move into the championship match against #1 Jackson who qualified 2nd on the day. The Lady Hornets started the match with Baker games of 199 and 217 as Jackson could only manage games of 147 and 111, the 154 pin lead was huge as the Kearsley girls just tried to keep the individual game close which they were able to do as the final individual game total was Jackson 849 to Kearsley's 833 but the total final pinfall was Kearsley 1249 to Jackson 1111. The 4th state title for the Kearsley program is only 1 behind the Boys Cross Country team for the most state titles for any sport at Kearsley. The 3 straight state titles is a record for the Flint Metro Conference as it is the first time in the 48 year history of the conference that the a school has had 3 straight state titles in any sport. The Kearsley girls also have a state runner up on their record as they finished 2nd in 2010. The 6 year run by the Lady Hornets is just an incredible run that might never be matched again.
VARSITY GIRLS SEND 4 GIRLS TO STATE SINGLES, HANNAH PLOOF WINS 2ND STRAIGHT REGIONAL TITLE
The Kearsley Varsity Girls sent 6 girls to the Regional singles event at Cherry Hill Lanes in Clarkston on Saturday, February 27th and they left with 4 of the 6 girls qualifying for the state finals. Leading the way for Kearsley was Senior Hannah Ploof who bowled a 6 game total of 1318 which included an incredible 297 game to finish and win the Regional singles title for the 2nd year in a row. The 1318 total by Hannah led the entire State of Michigan for girls 6 game scores in Regionals. Finishing 6th overall was Sophomore Karlee Griffin with a 1057 total, finishing 8th was Sophomore Barbara Hawes with a 1039 total and grabbing the last spot to qualify for the state finals was Senior Alexxa Flood with a 1025 total to finish 10th. Also finishing 15th was Sophomore Emma Boychuk with a 973 total and finishing 22nd was Freshman Alexis Roof with a 928 total. The 4 Kearsley girls move on to the State Finals on Saturday, March 5th at Super Bowl Lanes in Canton as they will be competing against 60 other girls from around the state for the state title. Congratulations Lady Hornets!
VARSITY GIRLS FINISH 2ND IN REGIONAL TEAM EVENT, HEADED TO STATE FINALS FOR 10TH STRAIGHT SEASON
The varsity girls bowling team traveled to Cherry Hill Lanes in Clarkston for this year’s Regional Team event on Friday, February 26th. The girls started the day with 6 Baker games, and were trailing Mason by about 120 pins after the 6 Baker games. The first individual game the Kearsley girls crossed with Mason and just couldn’t catch them as Mason had 885 to Kearsley’s 847. The next game Kearsley had an 879 game and Mason had an 886 game, the Kearsley girls just couldn’t make up enough pins in the end as they had an 873 game the final game as the Kearsley girls finished with a total pinfall of 3598 to Mason’s 3734. Owosso finished 3rd with a pinfall of 3418 to take the final spot to qualify for the State Finals. The Kearsley girls team had won 4 straight Regional titles until this year. The Lady Hornets will now participate in the State Finals on Friday, March 4th at Super Bowl Lanes in Canton as they are 1 of the 18 teams left in Division 2.
VARSITY GIRLS DOMINATE CONFERENCE SINGLES TOURNAMENT - FRESHMAN ALEXIS ROOF WINS TITLE
The Flint Metro Conference held their 4th annual end of Season Singles Tournament for the girls on Saturday, February 20th at Holly Lanes in Holly. The girls all bowled 3 games of qualifying with the scores counting towards their conference games and averages. After the 3 games of qualifying the field was cut to the top 16 bowlers and then they bowled NCAA bracket style until a winner was determined. The Kearsley varsity team had 7 girls bowling today and all 7 girls made the cut into the top 16. Qualifying first overall was Hannah Ploof with a 3 game total of 641, 2nd was Alexxa Flood with a 595, 3rd was Barbara Hawes with a 569, 4th was Alexis Roof with a 567, 7th was Mary Wheeler with a 539, 8th was Karlee Griffin with a 519 and 11th was Emma Boychuk with a 502 series. The first round had 5 of the Kearsley girls moving on into the final 8. In the 2nd round Alexxa Flood eliminated teammate Mary Wheeler and Hannah Ploof, and Alexis Roof moved into the final 4 with victories. In the final 4 Alexxa Flood was eliminated by Stephanie Waddell from Swartz Creek and Alexis Roof eliminated Hannah Ploof with a 237 to 202 victory. In the finals Alexis Roof started strong and never let up and ended up winning the Conference Singles Title with a 244 to 147 victory over Stephanie Waddell. The consolation round saw Alexxa Flood defeat Hannah Ploof 226 to 203 as Alexxa finished 3rd and Hannah 4th overall. Freshman Alexis Roof made a ball change after a 139 game in qualifying and finished the tournament with games of 215, 246, 170, 237 and 244 after changing balls. What a great showing for the Kearsley Varsity Girls team today. The Varsity girls will be participating in the R9 D2 Singles Tournament on Sunday at Cherry Hill Lanes, the home of Regionals which will be bowled next weekend. Congratulations Ladies!
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT BRANDON 29-1 TO FINISH SEASON 14-0 AND WIN 7TH STRAIGHT METRO CONFERENCE TITLE
The Kearsley Varsity Girls bowling team was at Cherry Hill Lanes in Clarkston for the final Metro Conference Match of the season on Saturday, February 13th. The Lady Hornets final match of the season was against Brandon and the Hornets were up for the challenge as they started the match with Baker games of 171 & 199 to Brandon’s 120 & 136. With a 10-0 lead going into the individual games the Lady Hornets won 8 out 9 points the first individual game as they had a team game of 995 to Brandon’s 842. The 2nd individual game the Lady Hornets won all 9 points with a 1008 team game to Brandon’s 607. The total final pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2373 to Brandon 1705 and the final score was 29 to 1. Scores for Kearsley were Alexis Roof 183, Karlee Griffin 164, Barbara Hawes 231 & 185, Alexxa Flood 197 & 195, Hannah Ploof 220 & 203, Mary Wheeler 203 and Emma Boychuk 222. The Lady Hornets finished the Metro Conference season 14-0 and extended their winning streak to 7 straight years of winning the conference. The win today also marks the 74th straight victory for the Kearsley girls in the Metro Conference. Congratulations Lady Hornets on a great season! The conference season will conclude with a singles tournament on Saturday, February 20th at Holly Lanes in Holly and then Regionals will take place on Friday, February 26th at Cherry Hill Lanes in Clarkston.
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT FENTON 28-2 TO MOVE TO 13-0 ON THE SEASON
The Kearsley Varsity Girls traveled to Cherry Hill Lanes in Clarkston for a Metro Conference Match against Fenton on Saturday, February 13th. The Lady Hornets started the match with Baker games of 160 and 191 to Fenton’s 123 and 111 and the Hornets held a 10 to 0 lead heading into the individual games. The first individual game the Lady Hornets won 8 out of 9 points as they had a team game of 879 to Fenton’s 725, the 2nd individual game the Lady Hornets again won 8 out of 9 games as they had a team game of 890 to Fenton’s 683. The total final pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2120 to Fenton’s 1642 and the final score was Kearsley 28 to Fenton 2. Scores for Kearsley were Alexis Roof with games of 178 & 160, Karlee Griffin 161, Barbara Hawes 170 & 140, Hannah Ploof 169, Mary Wheeler 168, Emma Boychuk 191 and Alexxa Flood 201 & 231. The Lady Hornets are now 13-0 with 1 match left in the season against Brandon later today.
HANNAH PLOOF FINISHES 2ND IN CARMAN AINSWORTH SINGLES TOURNAMENT AS 7 OUT OF 8 GIRLS MAKE CUT
The Kearsley Varsity girls bowling team participated in the 4th Annual Carman Ainsworth Cavalier Singles Invitational Tournament on Sunday, February 7th at Grand Blanc Lanes in Grand Blanc. The Kearsley girls entered 8 girls on the varsity side and 7 of them made the cut of the top 32 into the 2nd round. Making the cut and their qualifying positions were Hannah Ploof (3rd), Alexis Roof (12th), Kayla Ward (13th), Alexxa Flood (19th), Emma Boychuk (24th), Mary Wheeler (26th) and Karlee Griffin (28th). The tournament then turned to a 1 game roll off and the top 16 scores moved on to the next round, the Kearsley girls who moved on from this round were Hannah Ploof (193 game), Alexis Roof (180 game), Alexxa Flood (187 game) and Karlee Griffin (196 game). In the final 16 the girls again bowled 1 game and the top 8 scores moved on. Moving on for Kearsley were Hannah Ploof (186 game) and Alexis Roof (192 game). Now in the final 8 the girls bowled another game with the highest 4 scores moving on and the only girl to survive was Hannah Ploof (237 game). Now down to the final four the girls again bowled 1 game and the highest 2 games moved on to the finals and Hannah led the field with a 247 game to move into the finals against Brooklyn Withey from Lapeer who had a 208 game. In the finals Hannah took an early lead but Brooklyn came on strong at the end throwing 6 strikes in a row to win the tournament with a 233 to 211 victory over Hannah Ploof. Hannah had won this tournament 3 years in a row before finishing 2nd this year. Congratulations to all of the Kearsley girls, great showing again by the entire bowling program!
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT CLIO 28-2 TO MOVE TO 12-0 ON SEASON
The Kearsley Varsity Girls Bowling team had a Metro Conference match against Clio on Saturday, February 6th at Holly Lanes in Holly. The varsity girls started the match with Baker games of 163 & 146 to Clio’s 145 & 126 games. Going into the individual games the girls held a 10 to 0 lead and they didn’t let up. The first individual game the Lady Hornets won all 9 points as they had a 898 game to Clio’s 637. The last individual game the Lady Hornets won 7 out of 9 points as they had an 834 game to Clio’s 721. The total final pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2041 to Clio 1629 and the final score was 28-2. Scores for Kearsley were Mary Wheeler 153, Alexis Roof 158, Barbara Hawes 158, Emma Boychuk 173, Karlee Griffin 181 & 138, Alexxa Flood 195 & 180 and Hannah Ploof 206 & 190. The Lady Hornets are now 12-0 on the season and have wrapped up at least a share of the Metro Conference title for the 7th straight season. Kearsley will bowl in the Carman Singles tournament on Sunday at Grand Blanc Lanes and the final 2 Metro Conference matches are next Saturday, February 13th against Brandon and Fenton at Cherry Hill Lanes in Clarkston as they try to extend their record winning streak and wrap up an outright Metro Conference Championship.
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT HOLLY 25-5 TO MOVE TO 11-0
The Kearsley Varsity girls had a Metro Conference match against Holly at Colonial Lanes on Saturday, January 30th. The Kearsley girls started the match with a 186 Baker game to Holly’s 145 but the Kearsley girls lost the 2nd Baker game as Holly had a 158 to Kearsley’s 149. The Kearsley girls still held a 6-4 lead going into the individual games and the Kearsley girls turned it on the first individual game as they shot a 1071 actual game, the score is the 7th highest team game in the state this season. The Kearsley girls won all 9 points the first individual game and then proceeded to win 8 out of 9 points the last individual game as they had a 1000 game. Holly’s individual games were 710 & 747. The total final pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2406 to Holly 1760 and the final score was Kearsley 25 to Holly 5. High Scores for Kearsley were Hannah Ploof with games of 279 & 232, Alexxa Flood with games of 238 & 213, Barbara Hawes with games of 201 & 224, Alexis Roof with a 181 game, Mary Wheeler with a 173 game, Karlee Griffin with a 172 game and Emma Boychuk with a 158 game. The win was win #100 for coach Ploof in his 11th year as the head coach as the Kearsley girls team moved to 11-0 on the season. The next match is next Saturday, February 6th at Holly Lanes against Clio.
VARSITY GIRLS FINISH 2ND IN MEL WOLF TOURNAMENT IN JACKSON
Varsity girls traveled to Jackson to bowl in the Mel Wolf tournament for the first time ever. The Kearsley girls struggled a little early and turned it on in the Baker games in qualifying and ended up qualifying 2nd for match play. They then defeated Napoleon in the first round and then defeated Sturgis in the semi final before coming up 90 pins short in the final against Jackson.
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT SWARTZ CREEK 28-2 TO MOVE TO 10-0
The Kearsley Varsity girls bowled Swartz Creek on Saturday, January 23rd at Richfield Bowl. Kearsley entered the Metro Conference match with a perfect 9-0 mark and Swartz Creek entered at 8-1. The Kearsley girls came out strong in the Baker games and had games of 193 & 185 to Swartz Creek’s 152 & 179 and the Lady Hornets were up 10-0 heading into the individual part of the match. The first individual game the Lady Hornets had a 973 game to Swartz Creek’s 904 and the Hornets took 7 out of 9 points to take a commanding lead. The last individual game the Lady Hornets shot an 1113 actual, the highest game in the state so far this season for a girls varsity team and the Swartz Creek girls had an 825 game. The total final pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2464 to Swartz Creek’s 2060 and the final score was Kearsley 28 to Swartz Creek’s 2. The Lady Hornets are now 10-0 on the season with a 2 game lead in the conference with 4 matches left. High scores for Kearsley were: Alexis Roof with games of 234 & 213, Emma Boychuk with games of 205 & 207, Hannah Ploof with games of 204 & 238, Mary Wheeler with a 243 game, Karlee Griffin with a 212 game, Alexxa Flood with a 169 game and Barb Hawes with a 161 game. Congratulations Lady Hornets!
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT LINDEN 30-0 TO MOVE TO 9-0
The Kearsley varsity girls had a Metro Conference match against Linden on Wednesday, January 20th at Grand Blanc Lanes in Grand Blanc. The Lady Hornets started the match with Baker games of 170 and 199 to Linden’s 148 & 107 so the Hornets led 10-0 heading into the individual part of the match. In the first individual game the Lady Hornets won 929 to 595 and then won the 2nd individual game 925 to Linden’s 638. The total final pinfall was Kearsley 2223 to Linden’s 1483 and the final score was 30-0. Scores for Kearsley were Hannah Ploof with games of 217 and 201, Alexxa Flood had games of 191 and 209, Barbara Hawes with games of 193 and 186, Alexis Roof with games of 195 and 182, Karlee Griffin with a 146 game and Callie Richardson Fuller with a 134 game. The Lady Hornets are now 9 and 0 on the season and will face the Swartz Creek girls who are 8-1 on the season this coming Saturday at Richfield Bowl at 2pm.
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT FLUSHING 29-1 TO MOVE TO 8-0
The Kearsley Varsity girls traveled to Holly Lanes on Saturday, January 16th for a Metro Conference match against Flushing. The Lady Hornets began the match with Baker games of 178 and 188 to Flushings 124 & 121 as the Hornets took a 10-0 lead into the individual part of the match. In the first individual game the Lady Hornets had a 1013 actual to Flushings 684 and the Lady Hornets won 8 out of 9 points the first game. The Lady Hornets then won all 9 points the last game with a 928 actual to Flushings 725. The total final pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2307 to Flushings 1654 and the final score was 29-1. Kearsley was led by Freshman Alexis Roof who had games of 245 & 207 for a 452 set, her highest of the season. Other scores for Kearsley were Barbara Hawes with games of 206 & 178, Hannah Ploof with games of 203 & 171, Callie Richardson-Fuller with a 195 game, Emma Boychuk with a 191 game, Karlee Griffin with a 177 game and Alexxa Flood with a 168 game. The Lady Hornets are now 8-0 on the season and will be bowling in the Flint Metro Conference Championship Tournament tomorrow at Richfield Bowl starting at 9am.
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT BRANDON 30-0 TO MOVE TO 7-0
The Kearsley Varsity Girls bowling team was at Clio on Saturday for a Metro Conference double header, after winning the first match against Fenton, Kearsley took on Brandon. The Kearsley girls started the match with Baker games of 222 and 176 to Brandon’s 109 and 160, with the wins the Kearsley girls held a 10-0 advantage to start the individual part of the match. In the first game the Kearsley girls had a 976 to Brandon’s 670 and the Kearsley girls improved the last game with a 1022 game to Brandon’s 719. The total final pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2396 to Brandon’s 1758 and the final score was 30-0. Individual scores for Kearsley were Hannah Ploof with games of 208 and 278, Barbara Hawes with games of 212 & 212, Alexis Roof with games of 223 & 164, Karlee Griffin with a 198 game, Alexxa Flood with a 181 game, Callie Richardson Fuller with a 170 game and Emma Boychuk with a 152 game. The Kearsley girls team is now 7-0 on the season, their next match is Saturday, January 16th at Holly Lanes against Flushing.
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT FENTON 24-6 TO MOVE TO 6-0
The Kearsley Varsity Girls traveled to Clio to take on Fenton in a Metro Conference match on Saturday morning. The Kearsley girls started the day a little slow with a 126 Baker game and lost to Fenton who had a 159. Kearsley started to turn it around the 2nd Baker game and won the game 169 to 137 but because Fenton when the total pins by 1 pin, they held the 6 to 4 advantage to start the individual portion of the match. In the individual games the Kearsley girls came to life and ended up winning every available point as they won the first game with a score of 997 to Fenton’s 729, they went on to win the 2nd individual game with a score of 962 to Fenton’s 601. The total final pinfall for the day was Kearsley 2264 to Fenton’s 1636 and the final score was 24 to 6 in favor of Kearsley. Scores for the day for Kearsley were Alexxa Flood with games of 235 & 213, Hannah Ploof with games of 222 & 216, Alexis Roof with games of 191 & 204, Karlee Griffin with a 180 game, Emma Boychuk with a 178 game, Barbara Hawes with a 171 game and Callie Richardson Fuller with a 149 game. The Lady Hornets are now 6-0 on the season and will bowl against Brandon next.
VARSITY GIRLS WIN LILA FURNISH CLASSIC FOR 2ND STRAIGHT YEAR!
The Kearsley Varsity Girls traveled to Capitol Bowl in Owosso for the 5th annual Lila Furnish Classic on Sunday, January 3rd. The Varsity girls started the day a little slow in qualifying as they had games of 140 and 162 the first 2 games of the 12 game qualifying block. After the first 2 the girls really turned it on and then had games of 196, 205,195, 171, 189, 149,227, 162, 174 and 168. The Lady Hornets qualifying total of 2138 was good for a #2 spot in qualifying behind Macomb Dakota. In the first round of match play the Varsity girls had to bowl against the Kearsley JV team who were invited by the Owosso team to participate because they needed 1 more team and the Kearsley JV girls did not disappoint as they qualified 7th overall in a varsity tournament, that says a lot about the Kearsley girls bowling program. The match was won by the varsity team with games of 187 and 167 but the JV team had a chance in the match as they had games of 155 & 173. In the final 4 match against Lake Orion the Lady Hornets had games of 189 and 191 to move on to the finals against Jackson. In a rematch of the final match of the tournament from the first weekend in December, the Lady Hornets came out a little slow and barely won the first game 154 to 146 but bounced back and won the final game by a final score of 213 to 168. This is the 5th tournament of the year for the Hornets and they have won 2 tournaments, finished 2nd once and have two 3rd place finishes so far this season. Today’s effort was one of the best by the team so far this year as this tournament was bowled on the Randy Allen oil pattern, traditionally not a high scoring pattern for bowling.
Kearsley’s next bowling competition will be Saturday, January 9th at Clio Bowling Arcade as they will take on Fenton and Brandon starting at 9:30am.
KEARSLEY MIXED DOUBLES TEAMS COME UP A LITTLE SHORT IN DAVISON MIXED DOUBLES TOURNAMENT
The Kearsley Varsity bowling program participated in the 10th annual Davison Mixed Doubles Tournament on Sunday, December 27th at Richfield Bowl. Scores were low in this tourrnament as it featured a difficult oil pattern and required accuracy to score. The Kearsley girls dominated the field as 4 out of the 9 girls from Kearsley who bowled made the All Tournament team led by Senior Alexxa Flood who had the highest 3 game series of any girl in the tournament today. Also from Kearsley making the All Tournament team were Sophomore Emma Boychuk and Seniors Hannah Ploof and Kayla Ward. Kearsley entered 9 mixed doubles teams in this tournament and 7 of those 9 teams made the cut into the final 32 teams. After round number 1, 6 of those 7 teams made it into the round of 16 and after round number 2, 3 of the teams made it to the final 8. The team of Alexxa Flood and Bryce McKerchie lost in the round of 8 to the Davison team of Taylor Davis and Dillon McArthur and the doubles team of Alexis Roof and Phil Hawes lost to the Davison team of Kailee Tubbs and Kyle McGrath. The last remaining Kearsley team was the doubles team of Hannah Ploof and Chad Stephen and they lost to the Davison team of Tubbs/McGrath in the final 4 to officially finish in 3rd for the day. The Davison team of Taylor Davis and Dillon McArthur went on to win the tournament. This is the 2nd year in a row that Kearsley placed 4 girls on the All Tournament team which consists of the top 7 girls scores in qualifying. The next competition for the varsity teams will be the Owosso Baker tournament on Sunday, January 3rd at Capitol Bowl in Owosso.
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT CLIO 30-0 TO MOVE TO 5-0 ON SEASON
The Kearsley Varsity Bowling team was at Cherry Hill Lanes in Clarkston for a double match on Saturday, December 19th, the 2nd match of the day was against Metro Conference opponent Clio. The Lady Hornets started the match with Baker games of 172 & 203 to Clio’s 131 & 121 as the Hornets took a 10-0 lead into the individual games in the match. In the individual games the Lady Hornets won the first game 958 to 721 and won the second game 853 to 613. The total final pinfall was Kearsley 2186 to Clio 1586 and the final score was 30-0 in favor of Kearsley. Scores for Kearsley were Hannah Ploof with games of 252 & 184, Alexis Roof with games of 200 & 167, Alexxa Flood with games of 180 & 183, Barbara Hawes 165, Callie Richardson-Fuller 164 and Mary Wheeler 155.The Lady Hornets are now 5-0 on the season in the Metro Conference and do not have a conference match until January 9th now. They will bowl in the Davison Mixed Doubles tournament on Sunday, December 27th and then the Owosso Baker Tournament on Sunday, J
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT LINDEN 28-2 TO MOVE TO 4-0
The Kearsley Varsity Girls traveled to Cherry Hill Lanes in Clarkston for a Metro Conference match against Linden on Saturday, December 19th. The Kearsley girls started the match with Baker games of 182 & 179 to Linden’s 131 & 107. After the Baker games Kearsley held a 10 to 0 lead heading into the individual games. In the Individual games the Kearsley girls won 8 out of 9 points as the Lady Hornets had a 924 game to Linden’s 648 game. The last individual game the Lady Hornets also won 8 out of 9 points as they had a 774 game to Linden’s 600 game. The final total pinfall was Kearsley 2059 and Linden 1486 and the final score was 28 to 2. Scores for Kearsley were Alexis Roof with games of 228 and 153, Emma Boychuk with games of 202 & 211, Hannah Ploof with games of 191 & 157, Alexxa Flood with a 174 game, Mary Wheeler with a 134 game, Barbara Hawes with a 129 game and Callie Richardson-Fuller with a 119 game. The Lady Hornets are now 4-0 on the season and will face Clio later
VARSITY GIRLS WIN BAKER'S DOZEN TOURNAMENT IN BAY CITY
The Kearsley Varsity Girls traveled to Bay City for the 10th Annual Bay City Western Baker’s Dozen Tournament on Sunday, December 13th. The tournament featured 18 girls teams from around the state and the Lady Hornets led from start to finish. In the 13 Baker games in qualifying the Kearsley girls went 11-2 and received 220 bonus pins for the wins to help them lead qualifying with a 2536 total for 13 games, a 195 average. Davison qualified 2nd with a 2470 and Swartz Creek qualified 3rd with a 2289. After qualifying Kearsley defeated Sandusky and Sturgis in match play and then waited until Birch Run bowled against Swartz Creek to see who they would get in the finals. The final 6 match featured an upset as Birch Run upset the #2 qualifier Davison to move into the final 3 teams. Swartz Creek defeated Birch Run and moved into the finals against Kearsley. In the first game in the finals the Kearsley girls had a hard time getting things going and lost 170 to 141, but the finals was not decided until the final few frames of game #2 as the Kearsley girls struggled again for most of the game but Alexxa Flood came up in the 9th frame and threw a strike which gave the Lady Hornets a chance and then Hannah Ploof threw 3 strikes in the 10th frame for the victory as Kearsley beat Swartz Creek 174 to 141 for a 4 pin victory and the tournament championship. The Lady Hornets have now bowled 3 tournaments in this season and have a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finish so far this season. The next Metro Conference match is this coming Wednesday against Swartz Creek at Colonial Lanes and the next tournament is not until the end of December when they bowl in the Davison Mixed Doubles on December 27th at Richfield Bowl.
VARSITY GIRLS FINISH 3RD AT BANGOR JOHN GLENN HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT
The Kearsley Varsity girls bowling team traveled to Monitor Lanes in Bay City for the 11th annual Bangor John Glenn Holiday Classic. This tournament normally features top teams from around the state and this year was no different. The Lady Hornets started the day strong with a 905 team game but fell off the second game with a 764 team game, came back strong the last individual game of qualifying with a 918 team game and they were sitting in 4th after individual games. Kearsley was led by Alexxa Flood who had games of 181, 192 and 204 as she made the All Tournament team as one of the top 7 scores on the day. Other big games in qualifying for Kearsley were Alexis Roof with a 231 game, Emma Boychuk with a 225 game and Hannah Ploof with a 189 game. After the individual games the tournament moved to 6 more Baker games of qualifying, the Kearsley girls had games of 166, 210, 144, 177, 189 and 188. When the scores were totaled Kearsley qualified 2nd, only 3 pins behind the leader Tecumseh. Match play started next and Kearsley had to bowl against Tawas as they came out with games of 195 and 184 to move into the final 8. The next match was a rematch of last years state finals as Kearsley bowled against Bay City Western. Western won the first game 178 to 169 but Kearsley came back to win the next 2 games with games of 214 and 204 to move into the final 4. The tournament then became a 1 game Baker shoot out and Kearsley waited for Davison to bowl against Sterling Heights Stevenson. Davison won the match and had to bowl the #2 seed Kearsley, the match was back and forth until the end and Davison threw a couple of strikes in the tenth frame to tie Kearsley with a 153 game. They then had to have a 2 frame roll off and Davison defeated Kearsley in the roll off 48 to 28. The Lady Hornets officially finished in 3rd place as the Davison Cardinals went on to defeat Tecumseh in the finals for the tournament championship. Kearsley will be back in action Sunday in Bay City for the Baker’s Dozen tournament hosted by Bay City Western.
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT HOLLY 29-1 TO MOVE TO 2-0 ON THE SEASON
The Varsity girls bowling team traveled to Grand Blanc Lanes for a Metro Conference match against Holly on Tuesday, December 8th. The girls came out and won both Baker games with scores of 192 and 166 and took a 10 to 0 lead into the individual games. In the individual games the Kearsley girls swept all 9 points the first game and then won 8 out 9 points the last game to win the match 29 to 1. Kearsley was led by Senior Hannah Ploof who had games of 220 and 224, Barbara Hawes had games of 181 and 183 and Alexxa Flood had a 180 game. The varsity girls are now 2-0 on the season and will face Swartz Creek next Wednesday night at Colonial Lanes.
VARSITY GIRLS FINISH RUNNER UP IN THE BAKER KICK OFF TOURNAMENT IN LANSING ON 12/6/15
Varsity Girls qualified 2nd on the day after 12 Baker games and then worked their way through Swartz Creek, Davison, Vandercook Lake until they met Jackson in the finals and ended up losing in the finals 4 games to 1 to finish the tournament as runner ups. Still a great showing for the first tournament of the season.
VARSITY GIRLS OPEN THE SEASON WITH IMPRESSIVE 30 TO 0 VICTORY OVER FLUSHING AT RICHFIELD BOWL
The Kearsley Varsity Girls opened the 2015-2016 season with a home match against Metro Conference foe Flushing. The Kearsley girls have not lost a conference match in over 6 years and they started this season right were they left off last year. The girls started the match with a 202 Baker game to Flushings 138 and then also won the second Baker game 184 to 159 for a 10 to 0 lead going into the individual games. In the first individual game the Kearsley varsity girls had a team game of 1093 to Flushing’s 659. The 2nd individual game the Kearsley girls had a team game of 1026 to Flushing’s 722. The total final pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2505 to Flushing 1678 and the final score was 30 to 0 in favor of Kearsley. The 1093 game and 2119 two game scores would have been top ten scores for the season last year. Kearsley’s girls had some impressive scores to begin the season starting with Senior Hannah Ploof who had games of 224 and 280 for a 504 set, another great set from Sophomore Barbara Hawes who had games of 246 and 215 for a 461 set and Freshman Alexis Roof who had games of 238 and 190 for a 428 set. Other good scores for Kearsley were Senior Alexxa Flood with a 217 game and Freshman Callie Richardson-Fuller who had a 195 game. The Hornets are 1-0 on the season and will face Holly in Metro Conference match on Tuesday, December 8th at Grand Blanc Lanes
2015-2016 GIRLS TEAMS SET AFTER TRY OUT'S
The 2015 Try Outs for Kearsley girls bowling teams have been completed as of 11-19-15. This season we will once again have 3 girls teams, a varsity, JV1 Gold and JV2 Blue. Final results of try outs with all scores are available at the link below and also on the opening page of this website. Congratulations to all of the girls and good luck this season. The file below is a Microsoft Excel file, click the tabs at the bottom of the file to see the results
VARSITY GIRLS TEAM FINISHES 2ND IN BEST OF THE BEST TOURNAMENT
The varsity girls bowling team participated in the annual Best of the Best Tournament on Monday at Holly Lanes in Holly. The varsity girls had qualifying team games of 1000 and 910 for a 1910 total to qualify 2nd overall. In the first round of match play the Lady Hornets had Baker games of 201 and 193 against Clio who had games of 159 and 137. In the second round the Lady Hornets defeat Flushing with Baker games of 207 and 169 to Flushings 140 and 157. In the finals against Corunna the Lady Hornets came up a little short with Baker games of 186 and 183 to Corunna's 219 and 185. Dani Doolan led the team in qualifying with games of 216 and 223, Kayla Emmendorfer had games of 224 and 195, Alexxa Flood had games of 219 and 175 and Haleigh Rybka had a 186 game. This was the last tournament of the season for the Kearsley girls, next competition is Regionals on Friday in Owosso.
TEAGAN MACDONALD FINISHES 2ND IN OWOSSO SINGLES TOURNAMENT
The Varsity Girls Bowling team traveled to Owosso for the 2nd Annual Trecha Singles Tournament at Capitol Bowl on Sunday, February 22nd. This is the site of next weeks Regional and the oil pattern for the tournament is the same pattern the girls will be bowling on at Regionals. Kearsley entered 7 girls in the tournament and they did not disappoint. All 7 Kearsley girls made the cut into the final 16 and 3 of them made the All Tournament team. Qualifying 1st with a 4 game total of 759 was Morgan Stephen, qualifying 3rd with a 4 game total of 729 was Haleigh Rybka and qualifying 4th with a 4 game total of 709 was Dani Doolan. Those 3 girls made the all tournament team. Also qualifying for Kearsley were Alexxa Flood with a 690 set, Emma Boychuk with a 666 set, Teagan MacDonald with a 659 series and Kayla Emmendorfer with a 655 series. In the first round Teagan, Alexxa, Haleigh and Dani moved on to the final 8 as the other 3 bowlers were eliminated. In the 2nd round Teagan , Haleigh and Dani moved on to the final 4 as Kearsley had 3 of the final 4 girls left. In the final 4 Teagan defeated Haleigh 167 to 145 to move into the finals and Dani Doolan was defeated 202 to 177 by Laken Williamson from Owosso. In the finals Teagan MacDonald came up a little short as she lost 190 to 174 to finish in 2nd place for the day, the highest finish ever for Teagan in a singles tournament. For the day, the Kearsley girls were awesome!
HALEIGH RYBKA WINS FLINT METRO CONFERENCE SINGLES TOURNAMENT
The varsity girls team participated in the Flint Metro Conference Singles Tournament on Saturday, February 21st at Clio Bowling Arcade in Clio. The varsity girls had 8 girls bowling and 6 of them made it into the final 16 bowlers. Kearsley was led by high qualifier Morgan Stephen who had a 3 game total of 643. Qualifying 3rd overall was Kayla Emmendorfer with a 580 series, 7th overall was Haleigh Rybka with a 533 series, 9th overall was Alexxa Flood with a 524 series, 12th overall was Hannah Ploof with a 515 series and 15th overall was Dani Doolan with a 500 series. In the first round Kayla, Alexxa, Haleigh and Morgan moved on to the final 8. In the final 8 round Kayla, Haleigh and Morgan moved on to the final 4. In the final 4 Haleigh Rybka defeated Kayla Emmendorfer 257 to 192 and Morgan Stephen lost to Stephanie Waddell from Swartz Creek. In the finals Haleigh Rybka defeated Stephanie Waddell 216 to 151 to win the Flint Metro Conference Singles Tournament. This is the 3rd year in a row a Kearsley girl has won the singles tournament as it was won by Kayla Emmendorfer last year and Hannah Ploof 2 years ago. Congratulations Haleigh Rybka!
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT CLIO 30-0 TO FINISH SEASON 14-0
The Kearsley Varsity girls traveled to Town & Country Lanes for their last Metro Conference Match of the season against Clio. The Kearsley girls started the match with Baker games of 234 and 223 to Clio’s Baker games of 161 and 130. With a 10 to 0 lead going into the individual games the Kearsley girls continued to bowl well as they won the first individual game with a team score of 1015 to Clio’s 788. First game scores for Kearsley were Dani Doolan with a 202 game, Alexxa Flood with a 203 game, Haleigh Rybka with a 185 game, Teagan MacDonald with a 222 game and Kayla Emmendorfer with a 203 game. The 2nd individual game the Kearsley girls had a 914 team game to Clio’s 684. 2nd game scores for Kearsley were Dani Doolan with a 221 game, Alexxa Flood with a 160 game, Morgan Stephen with a 148 game, Teagan MacDonald with a 193 game and Kayla Emmendorfer with a 192 game. The final total pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2386 to Clio 1763 and the final score was 30-0. The Kearsley Varsity girls finish the Metro Conference season with a 14-0 record and undefeated for the 6th straight year. They currently have a 54 match winning streak in the conference. Next Saturday, February 21st is the Conference singles tournament, the girls will begin at 9:30am at Clio Bowling Arcade.
VARSITY GIRLS DOMINATE EISENHOWER DOUBLES TOURNAMENT BUT COME UP SHORT ON THE TITLE
The varsity girls bowling team traveled to Imperial Lanes in Clinton Township for the 11th annual Eisenhower Doubles tournament and the Kearsley girls were impressive once again. Kearsley entered 4 doubles teams in the event (8 girls) and all 4 doubles teams made the cut in the top 24 for after qualifying. The doubles team of Alexxa Flood and Dani Doolan qualified 2nd overall with a score of 1738, qualifying 3rd overall was the doubles team of Kayla Emmendorfer and Hannah Ploof with a score of 1690, qualifying 8th overall was the doubles team of Haleigh Rybka and Teagan MacDonald with a score of 1542 and qualifying 13th overall was the doubles team of Emma Boychuk and Morgan Stephen with a score of 1442. Making the all tournament team and finishing 2nd overall was Dani Doolan who had a career best 734 series with games of 235, 232 and 267. After the cut 3 of the 4 kearsley teams won their first round matches and moved into the final 12. In the 2nd round all 3 Kearsley girls teams won again and moved into the final 6. In the final 6 the first match was Haleigh Rybka and Teagan MacDonald against Alexxa Flood and Dani Doolan and Haleigh and Teagan come out on top to move into the final 3 as the doubles team of Emmendorfer/Ploof also won to move into the final 3. In the final 3 the tournament moved to a 1 game Baker match and the team of Emmendorfer/Ploof defeated the team of Rybka/MacDonald to move into the finals against Taylor Davis and Brooklyn Greene from Davison. In the finals the Davison team started the match with 5 straight strikes but the Kearsley girls were hanging around but just didn't have enough to catch up as the Davison team won the tournament with a 235 to 214 victory in the finals. For the day the Kearsley girls ended up with the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 13th place finishers, very impressive day for the Lady Hornets!
The Varsity Boys & Girls teams bowled against the Kearsley School board and a team of some teachers and our Superintendent Patti Yorks in a match after the Kearsley Alumni Tournament. The school board team featured Jeff Natzke, Dick Hill, Pauk Gaudard, Kevin Walworth, Chad Boggs and Debbie Alburtus. They were able to win 3 of the 5 points as Debbie Alburtus won a game and Chad Boggs won both of his games with scores of 223 & 245. The other winners were Charlie Yorks and the team of Corey and Kelly Fisher. The girls team was led by Alexis Roof with a 227 game and the boys were led by Chase Gebhardt with a 243 game, Brandon Wheeler with games of 235 & 204 and Bryce McKerchie with games of 206 and 194. The match was just for fun as the varsity teams let the adults bowl no tap to try to compete. Thanks to our wonderful school board and teachers for coming out today for a great cause!
HANNAH PLOOF WINS INDIVIDUAL STATE TITLE
CANTON — Flint Kearsley's first family of bowling has its second MHSAA individual champion.
Senior Hannah Ploof closed out a championship-laden high school career by winning the Division 2 individual title Saturday at Super Bowl, beating Wayland sophomore Sydney Urben, 385-336.
One day earlier, Ploof was part of her third team championship. As dominant as Kearsley's girls have been in recent years, they've never had a team championship and individual winner in the same year.
Until now.
"This weekend is perfect," Ploof said.
Ploof is coached by her parents, Robert and Pam, who have guided the Hornets to four team titles in the last five years. One year before that streak began, Lindsay Ploof was the individual champion in 2011.
"Lindsay's a big influence on her," said Robert Ploof, the team's head coach. "She's here rooting her on today. It's been awesome. Hannah is just a good kid. She's been a team captain every year. She's president of the National Honor Society. I can't believe she's mine. I give all the credit to her mom; mom definitely did it."
Hannah advanced through the qualifying round at the MHSAA Finals all four years, but didn't reach the championship match until Saturday. She lost 393-342 to Madchen Breen of Warren Regina in the round of 16 last year after coming in as the No. 5 seed. She made the Semifinals in 2014, only to lose 378-322 to Samantha Knight of Richland Gull Lake. As a freshman, she lost 411-371 to Mikki Mathews of Jackson Northwest in the round of 16.
"It was definitely not an easy thing to do," Ploof said. "I've been working for four years for this, so it paid off. We try to bowl a lot of tournaments. As you saw, our team is pretty successful. Being in these types of situations, I'm used to it now."
Ploof dominated during her six qualifying games, averaging 218 to take the top seed by 146 pins over Breen. Urben was the third seed, 153 pins behind Ploof, reaching the Final with a 389-302 victory over Breen.
The degree of difficulty increased for Ploof after qualifying, however. She trailed Makayla Lancioni of South Lyon East, 198-159, after one game in the Round of 16. Ploof responded with a 224 in the second game to win, 383-353.
After a 420-323 victory over Jamie Bleiler of Jackson in the Quarterfinals, Ploof escaped with a 401-384 victory over Kayla Wild of Tecumseh in the Semifinals.
"In the Semifinals, she had a strike to win and she put it there," Ploof said. "There's nothing you can do about that. It's up to whatever. She left a 10 pin. It should not have stood. She should have won that one. I think everybody has those."
Ploof went up against a bowler with MHSAA championship experience, but in another sport. Urben was a .418 hitter as a freshman on Wayland's Division 2 championship softball team last spring. In bowling, she was 22nd in qualifying at the MHSAA Tournament last year, 35 pins out of the 16th and final qualifying berth.
"I'm just really surprised I made it this far, because there are so many good bowlers here," Urben said. "It's a really good experience to have going into the future. I learned adjustments. I learned how to stay consistent. I'll just practice harder next year and hopefully get back to the same spot where I was, and hopefully win it."
VARSITY GIRLS WIN 3RD STRAIGHT STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AND 4TH IN LAST FIVE YEARS
The Kearsley Varsity Girls Bowling team won their 3rd straight state title on Friday, March 4th at Super Bowl Lanes in Canton, Michgan. The Kearsley girls started the day a little slow with a 133 Baker game but finished the 8 game Baker qualifier with a 222 Baker game. The girls were in 4th place heading into the 2 individual games and came out and shot a 982 game to jump up to 2nd place, they followed that 982 game with a 923 game and moved into first place for the match play portion of the state finals. In match play the Lady Hornets bowled Warren Regina in the first round and defeated them to move on to bowl Bangor John Glenn in the 2nd round and final 4. Kearsley did not let up and defeated the Lady Bobcats to move into the championship match against #1 Jackson who qualified 2nd on the day. The Lady Hornets started the match with Baker games of 199 and 217 as Jackson could only manage games of 147 and 111, the 154 pin lead was huge as the Kearsley girls just tried to keep the individual game close which they were able to do as the final individual game total was Jackson 849 to Kearsley's 833 but the total final pinfall was Kearsley 1249 to Jackson 1111. The 4th state title for the Kearsley program is only 1 behind the Boys Cross Country team for the most state titles for any sport at Kearsley. The 3 straight state titles is a record for the Flint Metro Conference as it is the first time in the 48 year history of the conference that the a school has had 3 straight state titles in any sport. The Kearsley girls also have a state runner up on their record as they finished 2nd in 2010. The 6 year run by the Lady Hornets is just an incredible run that might never be matched again.
VARSITY GIRLS SEND 4 GIRLS TO STATE SINGLES, HANNAH PLOOF WINS 2ND STRAIGHT REGIONAL TITLE
The Kearsley Varsity Girls sent 6 girls to the Regional singles event at Cherry Hill Lanes in Clarkston on Saturday, February 27th and they left with 4 of the 6 girls qualifying for the state finals. Leading the way for Kearsley was Senior Hannah Ploof who bowled a 6 game total of 1318 which included an incredible 297 game to finish and win the Regional singles title for the 2nd year in a row. The 1318 total by Hannah led the entire State of Michigan for girls 6 game scores in Regionals. Finishing 6th overall was Sophomore Karlee Griffin with a 1057 total, finishing 8th was Sophomore Barbara Hawes with a 1039 total and grabbing the last spot to qualify for the state finals was Senior Alexxa Flood with a 1025 total to finish 10th. Also finishing 15th was Sophomore Emma Boychuk with a 973 total and finishing 22nd was Freshman Alexis Roof with a 928 total. The 4 Kearsley girls move on to the State Finals on Saturday, March 5th at Super Bowl Lanes in Canton as they will be competing against 60 other girls from around the state for the state title. Congratulations Lady Hornets!
VARSITY GIRLS FINISH 2ND IN REGIONAL TEAM EVENT, HEADED TO STATE FINALS FOR 10TH STRAIGHT SEASON
The varsity girls bowling team traveled to Cherry Hill Lanes in Clarkston for this year’s Regional Team event on Friday, February 26th. The girls started the day with 6 Baker games, and were trailing Mason by about 120 pins after the 6 Baker games. The first individual game the Kearsley girls crossed with Mason and just couldn’t catch them as Mason had 885 to Kearsley’s 847. The next game Kearsley had an 879 game and Mason had an 886 game, the Kearsley girls just couldn’t make up enough pins in the end as they had an 873 game the final game as the Kearsley girls finished with a total pinfall of 3598 to Mason’s 3734. Owosso finished 3rd with a pinfall of 3418 to take the final spot to qualify for the State Finals. The Kearsley girls team had won 4 straight Regional titles until this year. The Lady Hornets will now participate in the State Finals on Friday, March 4th at Super Bowl Lanes in Canton as they are 1 of the 18 teams left in Division 2.
VARSITY GIRLS DOMINATE CONFERENCE SINGLES TOURNAMENT - FRESHMAN ALEXIS ROOF WINS TITLE
The Flint Metro Conference held their 4th annual end of Season Singles Tournament for the girls on Saturday, February 20th at Holly Lanes in Holly. The girls all bowled 3 games of qualifying with the scores counting towards their conference games and averages. After the 3 games of qualifying the field was cut to the top 16 bowlers and then they bowled NCAA bracket style until a winner was determined. The Kearsley varsity team had 7 girls bowling today and all 7 girls made the cut into the top 16. Qualifying first overall was Hannah Ploof with a 3 game total of 641, 2nd was Alexxa Flood with a 595, 3rd was Barbara Hawes with a 569, 4th was Alexis Roof with a 567, 7th was Mary Wheeler with a 539, 8th was Karlee Griffin with a 519 and 11th was Emma Boychuk with a 502 series. The first round had 5 of the Kearsley girls moving on into the final 8. In the 2nd round Alexxa Flood eliminated teammate Mary Wheeler and Hannah Ploof, and Alexis Roof moved into the final 4 with victories. In the final 4 Alexxa Flood was eliminated by Stephanie Waddell from Swartz Creek and Alexis Roof eliminated Hannah Ploof with a 237 to 202 victory. In the finals Alexis Roof started strong and never let up and ended up winning the Conference Singles Title with a 244 to 147 victory over Stephanie Waddell. The consolation round saw Alexxa Flood defeat Hannah Ploof 226 to 203 as Alexxa finished 3rd and Hannah 4th overall. Freshman Alexis Roof made a ball change after a 139 game in qualifying and finished the tournament with games of 215, 246, 170, 237 and 244 after changing balls. What a great showing for the Kearsley Varsity Girls team today. The Varsity girls will be participating in the R9 D2 Singles Tournament on Sunday at Cherry Hill Lanes, the home of Regionals which will be bowled next weekend. Congratulations Ladies!
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT BRANDON 29-1 TO FINISH SEASON 14-0 AND WIN 7TH STRAIGHT METRO CONFERENCE TITLE
The Kearsley Varsity Girls bowling team was at Cherry Hill Lanes in Clarkston for the final Metro Conference Match of the season on Saturday, February 13th. The Lady Hornets final match of the season was against Brandon and the Hornets were up for the challenge as they started the match with Baker games of 171 & 199 to Brandon’s 120 & 136. With a 10-0 lead going into the individual games the Lady Hornets won 8 out 9 points the first individual game as they had a team game of 995 to Brandon’s 842. The 2nd individual game the Lady Hornets won all 9 points with a 1008 team game to Brandon’s 607. The total final pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2373 to Brandon 1705 and the final score was 29 to 1. Scores for Kearsley were Alexis Roof 183, Karlee Griffin 164, Barbara Hawes 231 & 185, Alexxa Flood 197 & 195, Hannah Ploof 220 & 203, Mary Wheeler 203 and Emma Boychuk 222. The Lady Hornets finished the Metro Conference season 14-0 and extended their winning streak to 7 straight years of winning the conference. The win today also marks the 74th straight victory for the Kearsley girls in the Metro Conference. Congratulations Lady Hornets on a great season! The conference season will conclude with a singles tournament on Saturday, February 20th at Holly Lanes in Holly and then Regionals will take place on Friday, February 26th at Cherry Hill Lanes in Clarkston.
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT FENTON 28-2 TO MOVE TO 13-0 ON THE SEASON
The Kearsley Varsity Girls traveled to Cherry Hill Lanes in Clarkston for a Metro Conference Match against Fenton on Saturday, February 13th. The Lady Hornets started the match with Baker games of 160 and 191 to Fenton’s 123 and 111 and the Hornets held a 10 to 0 lead heading into the individual games. The first individual game the Lady Hornets won 8 out of 9 points as they had a team game of 879 to Fenton’s 725, the 2nd individual game the Lady Hornets again won 8 out of 9 games as they had a team game of 890 to Fenton’s 683. The total final pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2120 to Fenton’s 1642 and the final score was Kearsley 28 to Fenton 2. Scores for Kearsley were Alexis Roof with games of 178 & 160, Karlee Griffin 161, Barbara Hawes 170 & 140, Hannah Ploof 169, Mary Wheeler 168, Emma Boychuk 191 and Alexxa Flood 201 & 231. The Lady Hornets are now 13-0 with 1 match left in the season against Brandon later today.
HANNAH PLOOF FINISHES 2ND IN CARMAN AINSWORTH SINGLES TOURNAMENT AS 7 OUT OF 8 GIRLS MAKE CUT
The Kearsley Varsity girls bowling team participated in the 4th Annual Carman Ainsworth Cavalier Singles Invitational Tournament on Sunday, February 7th at Grand Blanc Lanes in Grand Blanc. The Kearsley girls entered 8 girls on the varsity side and 7 of them made the cut of the top 32 into the 2nd round. Making the cut and their qualifying positions were Hannah Ploof (3rd), Alexis Roof (12th), Kayla Ward (13th), Alexxa Flood (19th), Emma Boychuk (24th), Mary Wheeler (26th) and Karlee Griffin (28th). The tournament then turned to a 1 game roll off and the top 16 scores moved on to the next round, the Kearsley girls who moved on from this round were Hannah Ploof (193 game), Alexis Roof (180 game), Alexxa Flood (187 game) and Karlee Griffin (196 game). In the final 16 the girls again bowled 1 game and the top 8 scores moved on. Moving on for Kearsley were Hannah Ploof (186 game) and Alexis Roof (192 game). Now in the final 8 the girls bowled another game with the highest 4 scores moving on and the only girl to survive was Hannah Ploof (237 game). Now down to the final four the girls again bowled 1 game and the highest 2 games moved on to the finals and Hannah led the field with a 247 game to move into the finals against Brooklyn Withey from Lapeer who had a 208 game. In the finals Hannah took an early lead but Brooklyn came on strong at the end throwing 6 strikes in a row to win the tournament with a 233 to 211 victory over Hannah Ploof. Hannah had won this tournament 3 years in a row before finishing 2nd this year. Congratulations to all of the Kearsley girls, great showing again by the entire bowling program!
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT CLIO 28-2 TO MOVE TO 12-0 ON SEASON
The Kearsley Varsity Girls Bowling team had a Metro Conference match against Clio on Saturday, February 6th at Holly Lanes in Holly. The varsity girls started the match with Baker games of 163 & 146 to Clio’s 145 & 126 games. Going into the individual games the girls held a 10 to 0 lead and they didn’t let up. The first individual game the Lady Hornets won all 9 points as they had a 898 game to Clio’s 637. The last individual game the Lady Hornets won 7 out of 9 points as they had an 834 game to Clio’s 721. The total final pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2041 to Clio 1629 and the final score was 28-2. Scores for Kearsley were Mary Wheeler 153, Alexis Roof 158, Barbara Hawes 158, Emma Boychuk 173, Karlee Griffin 181 & 138, Alexxa Flood 195 & 180 and Hannah Ploof 206 & 190. The Lady Hornets are now 12-0 on the season and have wrapped up at least a share of the Metro Conference title for the 7th straight season. Kearsley will bowl in the Carman Singles tournament on Sunday at Grand Blanc Lanes and the final 2 Metro Conference matches are next Saturday, February 13th against Brandon and Fenton at Cherry Hill Lanes in Clarkston as they try to extend their record winning streak and wrap up an outright Metro Conference Championship.
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT HOLLY 25-5 TO MOVE TO 11-0
The Kearsley Varsity girls had a Metro Conference match against Holly at Colonial Lanes on Saturday, January 30th. The Kearsley girls started the match with a 186 Baker game to Holly’s 145 but the Kearsley girls lost the 2nd Baker game as Holly had a 158 to Kearsley’s 149. The Kearsley girls still held a 6-4 lead going into the individual games and the Kearsley girls turned it on the first individual game as they shot a 1071 actual game, the score is the 7th highest team game in the state this season. The Kearsley girls won all 9 points the first individual game and then proceeded to win 8 out of 9 points the last individual game as they had a 1000 game. Holly’s individual games were 710 & 747. The total final pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2406 to Holly 1760 and the final score was Kearsley 25 to Holly 5. High Scores for Kearsley were Hannah Ploof with games of 279 & 232, Alexxa Flood with games of 238 & 213, Barbara Hawes with games of 201 & 224, Alexis Roof with a 181 game, Mary Wheeler with a 173 game, Karlee Griffin with a 172 game and Emma Boychuk with a 158 game. The win was win #100 for coach Ploof in his 11th year as the head coach as the Kearsley girls team moved to 11-0 on the season. The next match is next Saturday, February 6th at Holly Lanes against Clio.
VARSITY GIRLS FINISH 2ND IN MEL WOLF TOURNAMENT IN JACKSON
Varsity girls traveled to Jackson to bowl in the Mel Wolf tournament for the first time ever. The Kearsley girls struggled a little early and turned it on in the Baker games in qualifying and ended up qualifying 2nd for match play. They then defeated Napoleon in the first round and then defeated Sturgis in the semi final before coming up 90 pins short in the final against Jackson.
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT SWARTZ CREEK 28-2 TO MOVE TO 10-0
The Kearsley Varsity girls bowled Swartz Creek on Saturday, January 23rd at Richfield Bowl. Kearsley entered the Metro Conference match with a perfect 9-0 mark and Swartz Creek entered at 8-1. The Kearsley girls came out strong in the Baker games and had games of 193 & 185 to Swartz Creek’s 152 & 179 and the Lady Hornets were up 10-0 heading into the individual part of the match. The first individual game the Lady Hornets had a 973 game to Swartz Creek’s 904 and the Hornets took 7 out of 9 points to take a commanding lead. The last individual game the Lady Hornets shot an 1113 actual, the highest game in the state so far this season for a girls varsity team and the Swartz Creek girls had an 825 game. The total final pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2464 to Swartz Creek’s 2060 and the final score was Kearsley 28 to Swartz Creek’s 2. The Lady Hornets are now 10-0 on the season with a 2 game lead in the conference with 4 matches left. High scores for Kearsley were: Alexis Roof with games of 234 & 213, Emma Boychuk with games of 205 & 207, Hannah Ploof with games of 204 & 238, Mary Wheeler with a 243 game, Karlee Griffin with a 212 game, Alexxa Flood with a 169 game and Barb Hawes with a 161 game. Congratulations Lady Hornets!
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT LINDEN 30-0 TO MOVE TO 9-0
The Kearsley varsity girls had a Metro Conference match against Linden on Wednesday, January 20th at Grand Blanc Lanes in Grand Blanc. The Lady Hornets started the match with Baker games of 170 and 199 to Linden’s 148 & 107 so the Hornets led 10-0 heading into the individual part of the match. In the first individual game the Lady Hornets won 929 to 595 and then won the 2nd individual game 925 to Linden’s 638. The total final pinfall was Kearsley 2223 to Linden’s 1483 and the final score was 30-0. Scores for Kearsley were Hannah Ploof with games of 217 and 201, Alexxa Flood had games of 191 and 209, Barbara Hawes with games of 193 and 186, Alexis Roof with games of 195 and 182, Karlee Griffin with a 146 game and Callie Richardson Fuller with a 134 game. The Lady Hornets are now 9 and 0 on the season and will face the Swartz Creek girls who are 8-1 on the season this coming Saturday at Richfield Bowl at 2pm.
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT FLUSHING 29-1 TO MOVE TO 8-0
The Kearsley Varsity girls traveled to Holly Lanes on Saturday, January 16th for a Metro Conference match against Flushing. The Lady Hornets began the match with Baker games of 178 and 188 to Flushings 124 & 121 as the Hornets took a 10-0 lead into the individual part of the match. In the first individual game the Lady Hornets had a 1013 actual to Flushings 684 and the Lady Hornets won 8 out of 9 points the first game. The Lady Hornets then won all 9 points the last game with a 928 actual to Flushings 725. The total final pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2307 to Flushings 1654 and the final score was 29-1. Kearsley was led by Freshman Alexis Roof who had games of 245 & 207 for a 452 set, her highest of the season. Other scores for Kearsley were Barbara Hawes with games of 206 & 178, Hannah Ploof with games of 203 & 171, Callie Richardson-Fuller with a 195 game, Emma Boychuk with a 191 game, Karlee Griffin with a 177 game and Alexxa Flood with a 168 game. The Lady Hornets are now 8-0 on the season and will be bowling in the Flint Metro Conference Championship Tournament tomorrow at Richfield Bowl starting at 9am.
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT BRANDON 30-0 TO MOVE TO 7-0
The Kearsley Varsity Girls bowling team was at Clio on Saturday for a Metro Conference double header, after winning the first match against Fenton, Kearsley took on Brandon. The Kearsley girls started the match with Baker games of 222 and 176 to Brandon’s 109 and 160, with the wins the Kearsley girls held a 10-0 advantage to start the individual part of the match. In the first game the Kearsley girls had a 976 to Brandon’s 670 and the Kearsley girls improved the last game with a 1022 game to Brandon’s 719. The total final pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2396 to Brandon’s 1758 and the final score was 30-0. Individual scores for Kearsley were Hannah Ploof with games of 208 and 278, Barbara Hawes with games of 212 & 212, Alexis Roof with games of 223 & 164, Karlee Griffin with a 198 game, Alexxa Flood with a 181 game, Callie Richardson Fuller with a 170 game and Emma Boychuk with a 152 game. The Kearsley girls team is now 7-0 on the season, their next match is Saturday, January 16th at Holly Lanes against Flushing.
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT FENTON 24-6 TO MOVE TO 6-0
The Kearsley Varsity Girls traveled to Clio to take on Fenton in a Metro Conference match on Saturday morning. The Kearsley girls started the day a little slow with a 126 Baker game and lost to Fenton who had a 159. Kearsley started to turn it around the 2nd Baker game and won the game 169 to 137 but because Fenton when the total pins by 1 pin, they held the 6 to 4 advantage to start the individual portion of the match. In the individual games the Kearsley girls came to life and ended up winning every available point as they won the first game with a score of 997 to Fenton’s 729, they went on to win the 2nd individual game with a score of 962 to Fenton’s 601. The total final pinfall for the day was Kearsley 2264 to Fenton’s 1636 and the final score was 24 to 6 in favor of Kearsley. Scores for the day for Kearsley were Alexxa Flood with games of 235 & 213, Hannah Ploof with games of 222 & 216, Alexis Roof with games of 191 & 204, Karlee Griffin with a 180 game, Emma Boychuk with a 178 game, Barbara Hawes with a 171 game and Callie Richardson Fuller with a 149 game. The Lady Hornets are now 6-0 on the season and will bowl against Brandon next.
VARSITY GIRLS WIN LILA FURNISH CLASSIC FOR 2ND STRAIGHT YEAR!
The Kearsley Varsity Girls traveled to Capitol Bowl in Owosso for the 5th annual Lila Furnish Classic on Sunday, January 3rd. The Varsity girls started the day a little slow in qualifying as they had games of 140 and 162 the first 2 games of the 12 game qualifying block. After the first 2 the girls really turned it on and then had games of 196, 205,195, 171, 189, 149,227, 162, 174 and 168. The Lady Hornets qualifying total of 2138 was good for a #2 spot in qualifying behind Macomb Dakota. In the first round of match play the Varsity girls had to bowl against the Kearsley JV team who were invited by the Owosso team to participate because they needed 1 more team and the Kearsley JV girls did not disappoint as they qualified 7th overall in a varsity tournament, that says a lot about the Kearsley girls bowling program. The match was won by the varsity team with games of 187 and 167 but the JV team had a chance in the match as they had games of 155 & 173. In the final 4 match against Lake Orion the Lady Hornets had games of 189 and 191 to move on to the finals against Jackson. In a rematch of the final match of the tournament from the first weekend in December, the Lady Hornets came out a little slow and barely won the first game 154 to 146 but bounced back and won the final game by a final score of 213 to 168. This is the 5th tournament of the year for the Hornets and they have won 2 tournaments, finished 2nd once and have two 3rd place finishes so far this season. Today’s effort was one of the best by the team so far this year as this tournament was bowled on the Randy Allen oil pattern, traditionally not a high scoring pattern for bowling.
Kearsley’s next bowling competition will be Saturday, January 9th at Clio Bowling Arcade as they will take on Fenton and Brandon starting at 9:30am.
KEARSLEY MIXED DOUBLES TEAMS COME UP A LITTLE SHORT IN DAVISON MIXED DOUBLES TOURNAMENT
The Kearsley Varsity bowling program participated in the 10th annual Davison Mixed Doubles Tournament on Sunday, December 27th at Richfield Bowl. Scores were low in this tourrnament as it featured a difficult oil pattern and required accuracy to score. The Kearsley girls dominated the field as 4 out of the 9 girls from Kearsley who bowled made the All Tournament team led by Senior Alexxa Flood who had the highest 3 game series of any girl in the tournament today. Also from Kearsley making the All Tournament team were Sophomore Emma Boychuk and Seniors Hannah Ploof and Kayla Ward. Kearsley entered 9 mixed doubles teams in this tournament and 7 of those 9 teams made the cut into the final 32 teams. After round number 1, 6 of those 7 teams made it into the round of 16 and after round number 2, 3 of the teams made it to the final 8. The team of Alexxa Flood and Bryce McKerchie lost in the round of 8 to the Davison team of Taylor Davis and Dillon McArthur and the doubles team of Alexis Roof and Phil Hawes lost to the Davison team of Kailee Tubbs and Kyle McGrath. The last remaining Kearsley team was the doubles team of Hannah Ploof and Chad Stephen and they lost to the Davison team of Tubbs/McGrath in the final 4 to officially finish in 3rd for the day. The Davison team of Taylor Davis and Dillon McArthur went on to win the tournament. This is the 2nd year in a row that Kearsley placed 4 girls on the All Tournament team which consists of the top 7 girls scores in qualifying. The next competition for the varsity teams will be the Owosso Baker tournament on Sunday, January 3rd at Capitol Bowl in Owosso.
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT CLIO 30-0 TO MOVE TO 5-0 ON SEASON
The Kearsley Varsity Bowling team was at Cherry Hill Lanes in Clarkston for a double match on Saturday, December 19th, the 2nd match of the day was against Metro Conference opponent Clio. The Lady Hornets started the match with Baker games of 172 & 203 to Clio’s 131 & 121 as the Hornets took a 10-0 lead into the individual games in the match. In the individual games the Lady Hornets won the first game 958 to 721 and won the second game 853 to 613. The total final pinfall was Kearsley 2186 to Clio 1586 and the final score was 30-0 in favor of Kearsley. Scores for Kearsley were Hannah Ploof with games of 252 & 184, Alexis Roof with games of 200 & 167, Alexxa Flood with games of 180 & 183, Barbara Hawes 165, Callie Richardson-Fuller 164 and Mary Wheeler 155.The Lady Hornets are now 5-0 on the season in the Metro Conference and do not have a conference match until January 9th now. They will bowl in the Davison Mixed Doubles tournament on Sunday, December 27th and then the Owosso Baker Tournament on Sunday, J
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT LINDEN 28-2 TO MOVE TO 4-0
The Kearsley Varsity Girls traveled to Cherry Hill Lanes in Clarkston for a Metro Conference match against Linden on Saturday, December 19th. The Kearsley girls started the match with Baker games of 182 & 179 to Linden’s 131 & 107. After the Baker games Kearsley held a 10 to 0 lead heading into the individual games. In the Individual games the Kearsley girls won 8 out of 9 points as the Lady Hornets had a 924 game to Linden’s 648 game. The last individual game the Lady Hornets also won 8 out of 9 points as they had a 774 game to Linden’s 600 game. The final total pinfall was Kearsley 2059 and Linden 1486 and the final score was 28 to 2. Scores for Kearsley were Alexis Roof with games of 228 and 153, Emma Boychuk with games of 202 & 211, Hannah Ploof with games of 191 & 157, Alexxa Flood with a 174 game, Mary Wheeler with a 134 game, Barbara Hawes with a 129 game and Callie Richardson-Fuller with a 119 game. The Lady Hornets are now 4-0 on the season and will face Clio later
VARSITY GIRLS WIN BAKER'S DOZEN TOURNAMENT IN BAY CITY
The Kearsley Varsity Girls traveled to Bay City for the 10th Annual Bay City Western Baker’s Dozen Tournament on Sunday, December 13th. The tournament featured 18 girls teams from around the state and the Lady Hornets led from start to finish. In the 13 Baker games in qualifying the Kearsley girls went 11-2 and received 220 bonus pins for the wins to help them lead qualifying with a 2536 total for 13 games, a 195 average. Davison qualified 2nd with a 2470 and Swartz Creek qualified 3rd with a 2289. After qualifying Kearsley defeated Sandusky and Sturgis in match play and then waited until Birch Run bowled against Swartz Creek to see who they would get in the finals. The final 6 match featured an upset as Birch Run upset the #2 qualifier Davison to move into the final 3 teams. Swartz Creek defeated Birch Run and moved into the finals against Kearsley. In the first game in the finals the Kearsley girls had a hard time getting things going and lost 170 to 141, but the finals was not decided until the final few frames of game #2 as the Kearsley girls struggled again for most of the game but Alexxa Flood came up in the 9th frame and threw a strike which gave the Lady Hornets a chance and then Hannah Ploof threw 3 strikes in the 10th frame for the victory as Kearsley beat Swartz Creek 174 to 141 for a 4 pin victory and the tournament championship. The Lady Hornets have now bowled 3 tournaments in this season and have a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finish so far this season. The next Metro Conference match is this coming Wednesday against Swartz Creek at Colonial Lanes and the next tournament is not until the end of December when they bowl in the Davison Mixed Doubles on December 27th at Richfield Bowl.
VARSITY GIRLS FINISH 3RD AT BANGOR JOHN GLENN HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT
The Kearsley Varsity girls bowling team traveled to Monitor Lanes in Bay City for the 11th annual Bangor John Glenn Holiday Classic. This tournament normally features top teams from around the state and this year was no different. The Lady Hornets started the day strong with a 905 team game but fell off the second game with a 764 team game, came back strong the last individual game of qualifying with a 918 team game and they were sitting in 4th after individual games. Kearsley was led by Alexxa Flood who had games of 181, 192 and 204 as she made the All Tournament team as one of the top 7 scores on the day. Other big games in qualifying for Kearsley were Alexis Roof with a 231 game, Emma Boychuk with a 225 game and Hannah Ploof with a 189 game. After the individual games the tournament moved to 6 more Baker games of qualifying, the Kearsley girls had games of 166, 210, 144, 177, 189 and 188. When the scores were totaled Kearsley qualified 2nd, only 3 pins behind the leader Tecumseh. Match play started next and Kearsley had to bowl against Tawas as they came out with games of 195 and 184 to move into the final 8. The next match was a rematch of last years state finals as Kearsley bowled against Bay City Western. Western won the first game 178 to 169 but Kearsley came back to win the next 2 games with games of 214 and 204 to move into the final 4. The tournament then became a 1 game Baker shoot out and Kearsley waited for Davison to bowl against Sterling Heights Stevenson. Davison won the match and had to bowl the #2 seed Kearsley, the match was back and forth until the end and Davison threw a couple of strikes in the tenth frame to tie Kearsley with a 153 game. They then had to have a 2 frame roll off and Davison defeated Kearsley in the roll off 48 to 28. The Lady Hornets officially finished in 3rd place as the Davison Cardinals went on to defeat Tecumseh in the finals for the tournament championship. Kearsley will be back in action Sunday in Bay City for the Baker’s Dozen tournament hosted by Bay City Western.
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT HOLLY 29-1 TO MOVE TO 2-0 ON THE SEASON
The Varsity girls bowling team traveled to Grand Blanc Lanes for a Metro Conference match against Holly on Tuesday, December 8th. The girls came out and won both Baker games with scores of 192 and 166 and took a 10 to 0 lead into the individual games. In the individual games the Kearsley girls swept all 9 points the first game and then won 8 out 9 points the last game to win the match 29 to 1. Kearsley was led by Senior Hannah Ploof who had games of 220 and 224, Barbara Hawes had games of 181 and 183 and Alexxa Flood had a 180 game. The varsity girls are now 2-0 on the season and will face Swartz Creek next Wednesday night at Colonial Lanes.
VARSITY GIRLS FINISH RUNNER UP IN THE BAKER KICK OFF TOURNAMENT IN LANSING ON 12/6/15
Varsity Girls qualified 2nd on the day after 12 Baker games and then worked their way through Swartz Creek, Davison, Vandercook Lake until they met Jackson in the finals and ended up losing in the finals 4 games to 1 to finish the tournament as runner ups. Still a great showing for the first tournament of the season.
VARSITY GIRLS OPEN THE SEASON WITH IMPRESSIVE 30 TO 0 VICTORY OVER FLUSHING AT RICHFIELD BOWL
The Kearsley Varsity Girls opened the 2015-2016 season with a home match against Metro Conference foe Flushing. The Kearsley girls have not lost a conference match in over 6 years and they started this season right were they left off last year. The girls started the match with a 202 Baker game to Flushings 138 and then also won the second Baker game 184 to 159 for a 10 to 0 lead going into the individual games. In the first individual game the Kearsley varsity girls had a team game of 1093 to Flushing’s 659. The 2nd individual game the Kearsley girls had a team game of 1026 to Flushing’s 722. The total final pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2505 to Flushing 1678 and the final score was 30 to 0 in favor of Kearsley. The 1093 game and 2119 two game scores would have been top ten scores for the season last year. Kearsley’s girls had some impressive scores to begin the season starting with Senior Hannah Ploof who had games of 224 and 280 for a 504 set, another great set from Sophomore Barbara Hawes who had games of 246 and 215 for a 461 set and Freshman Alexis Roof who had games of 238 and 190 for a 428 set. Other good scores for Kearsley were Senior Alexxa Flood with a 217 game and Freshman Callie Richardson-Fuller who had a 195 game. The Hornets are 1-0 on the season and will face Holly in Metro Conference match on Tuesday, December 8th at Grand Blanc Lanes
2015-2016 GIRLS TEAMS SET AFTER TRY OUT'S
The 2015 Try Outs for Kearsley girls bowling teams have been completed as of 11-19-15. This season we will once again have 3 girls teams, a varsity, JV1 Gold and JV2 Blue. Final results of try outs with all scores are available at the link below and also on the opening page of this website. Congratulations to all of the girls and good luck this season. The file below is a Microsoft Excel file, click the tabs at the bottom of the file to see the results
VARSITY GIRLS TEAM FINISHES 2ND IN BEST OF THE BEST TOURNAMENT
The varsity girls bowling team participated in the annual Best of the Best Tournament on Monday at Holly Lanes in Holly. The varsity girls had qualifying team games of 1000 and 910 for a 1910 total to qualify 2nd overall. In the first round of match play the Lady Hornets had Baker games of 201 and 193 against Clio who had games of 159 and 137. In the second round the Lady Hornets defeat Flushing with Baker games of 207 and 169 to Flushings 140 and 157. In the finals against Corunna the Lady Hornets came up a little short with Baker games of 186 and 183 to Corunna's 219 and 185. Dani Doolan led the team in qualifying with games of 216 and 223, Kayla Emmendorfer had games of 224 and 195, Alexxa Flood had games of 219 and 175 and Haleigh Rybka had a 186 game. This was the last tournament of the season for the Kearsley girls, next competition is Regionals on Friday in Owosso.
TEAGAN MACDONALD FINISHES 2ND IN OWOSSO SINGLES TOURNAMENT
The Varsity Girls Bowling team traveled to Owosso for the 2nd Annual Trecha Singles Tournament at Capitol Bowl on Sunday, February 22nd. This is the site of next weeks Regional and the oil pattern for the tournament is the same pattern the girls will be bowling on at Regionals. Kearsley entered 7 girls in the tournament and they did not disappoint. All 7 Kearsley girls made the cut into the final 16 and 3 of them made the All Tournament team. Qualifying 1st with a 4 game total of 759 was Morgan Stephen, qualifying 3rd with a 4 game total of 729 was Haleigh Rybka and qualifying 4th with a 4 game total of 709 was Dani Doolan. Those 3 girls made the all tournament team. Also qualifying for Kearsley were Alexxa Flood with a 690 set, Emma Boychuk with a 666 set, Teagan MacDonald with a 659 series and Kayla Emmendorfer with a 655 series. In the first round Teagan, Alexxa, Haleigh and Dani moved on to the final 8 as the other 3 bowlers were eliminated. In the 2nd round Teagan , Haleigh and Dani moved on to the final 4 as Kearsley had 3 of the final 4 girls left. In the final 4 Teagan defeated Haleigh 167 to 145 to move into the finals and Dani Doolan was defeated 202 to 177 by Laken Williamson from Owosso. In the finals Teagan MacDonald came up a little short as she lost 190 to 174 to finish in 2nd place for the day, the highest finish ever for Teagan in a singles tournament. For the day, the Kearsley girls were awesome!
HALEIGH RYBKA WINS FLINT METRO CONFERENCE SINGLES TOURNAMENT
The varsity girls team participated in the Flint Metro Conference Singles Tournament on Saturday, February 21st at Clio Bowling Arcade in Clio. The varsity girls had 8 girls bowling and 6 of them made it into the final 16 bowlers. Kearsley was led by high qualifier Morgan Stephen who had a 3 game total of 643. Qualifying 3rd overall was Kayla Emmendorfer with a 580 series, 7th overall was Haleigh Rybka with a 533 series, 9th overall was Alexxa Flood with a 524 series, 12th overall was Hannah Ploof with a 515 series and 15th overall was Dani Doolan with a 500 series. In the first round Kayla, Alexxa, Haleigh and Morgan moved on to the final 8. In the final 8 round Kayla, Haleigh and Morgan moved on to the final 4. In the final 4 Haleigh Rybka defeated Kayla Emmendorfer 257 to 192 and Morgan Stephen lost to Stephanie Waddell from Swartz Creek. In the finals Haleigh Rybka defeated Stephanie Waddell 216 to 151 to win the Flint Metro Conference Singles Tournament. This is the 3rd year in a row a Kearsley girl has won the singles tournament as it was won by Kayla Emmendorfer last year and Hannah Ploof 2 years ago. Congratulations Haleigh Rybka!
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT CLIO 30-0 TO FINISH SEASON 14-0
The Kearsley Varsity girls traveled to Town & Country Lanes for their last Metro Conference Match of the season against Clio. The Kearsley girls started the match with Baker games of 234 and 223 to Clio’s Baker games of 161 and 130. With a 10 to 0 lead going into the individual games the Kearsley girls continued to bowl well as they won the first individual game with a team score of 1015 to Clio’s 788. First game scores for Kearsley were Dani Doolan with a 202 game, Alexxa Flood with a 203 game, Haleigh Rybka with a 185 game, Teagan MacDonald with a 222 game and Kayla Emmendorfer with a 203 game. The 2nd individual game the Kearsley girls had a 914 team game to Clio’s 684. 2nd game scores for Kearsley were Dani Doolan with a 221 game, Alexxa Flood with a 160 game, Morgan Stephen with a 148 game, Teagan MacDonald with a 193 game and Kayla Emmendorfer with a 192 game. The final total pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2386 to Clio 1763 and the final score was 30-0. The Kearsley Varsity girls finish the Metro Conference season with a 14-0 record and undefeated for the 6th straight year. They currently have a 54 match winning streak in the conference. Next Saturday, February 21st is the Conference singles tournament, the girls will begin at 9:30am at Clio Bowling Arcade.
VARSITY GIRLS DOMINATE EISENHOWER DOUBLES TOURNAMENT BUT COME UP SHORT ON THE TITLE
The varsity girls bowling team traveled to Imperial Lanes in Clinton Township for the 11th annual Eisenhower Doubles tournament and the Kearsley girls were impressive once again. Kearsley entered 4 doubles teams in the event (8 girls) and all 4 doubles teams made the cut in the top 24 for after qualifying. The doubles team of Alexxa Flood and Dani Doolan qualified 2nd overall with a score of 1738, qualifying 3rd overall was the doubles team of Kayla Emmendorfer and Hannah Ploof with a score of 1690, qualifying 8th overall was the doubles team of Haleigh Rybka and Teagan MacDonald with a score of 1542 and qualifying 13th overall was the doubles team of Emma Boychuk and Morgan Stephen with a score of 1442. Making the all tournament team and finishing 2nd overall was Dani Doolan who had a career best 734 series with games of 235, 232 and 267. After the cut 3 of the 4 kearsley teams won their first round matches and moved into the final 12. In the 2nd round all 3 Kearsley girls teams won again and moved into the final 6. In the final 6 the first match was Haleigh Rybka and Teagan MacDonald against Alexxa Flood and Dani Doolan and Haleigh and Teagan come out on top to move into the final 3 as the doubles team of Emmendorfer/Ploof also won to move into the final 3. In the final 3 the tournament moved to a 1 game Baker match and the team of Emmendorfer/Ploof defeated the team of Rybka/MacDonald to move into the finals against Taylor Davis and Brooklyn Greene from Davison. In the finals the Davison team started the match with 5 straight strikes but the Kearsley girls were hanging around but just didn't have enough to catch up as the Davison team won the tournament with a 235 to 214 victory in the finals. For the day the Kearsley girls ended up with the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 13th place finishers, very impressive day for the Lady Hornets!
2014-2015 Girls Season
- VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT BRANDON 30-0 TO MOVE TO 13-0 ON THE SEASON
- The Kearsley Varsity girls bowling team had a Metro Conference match against Brandon on Saturday, February 7th at Colonial Lanes in Flushing. The varsity girls started the match out by winning both Baker games with scores of 147 and 172 to Brandon’s 119 and 129. The first individual game the Lady Hornets continued the hot bowling lately as they had a team game of 1083 to Brandon’s 639. First game scores for Kearsley were Kayla Emmendorfer 226, Alexxa Flood 225, Haleigh Rybka 200, Teagan MacDonald 218 and Hannah Ploof 214. In the last individual game the Lady Hornets had a team game of 1031 to Brandon’s 670. Last game scores for the Kearsley girls were Kayla Emmendorfer 226, Alexxa Flood 206, Teagan MacDonald 199, Morgan Stephen 238 and Dani Doolan 162. The total final pinfall for the match was 2433 for Kearsley and 1557 for Brandon. The Lady Hornets moved their record to 13-0 on the season and wrapped up the outright Metro Conference Championship for the 6th straight season. The Kearsley girls also carry a 53 game match winning streak in the Metro Conference. The final conference match is next Saturday, February 14th against Clio and the conference singles tournament will follow on February 21st.
- VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT LINDEN 30-0 TO MOVE TO 12-0 ON THE SEASON
- The Lady Hornets of Kearsley had a home match against Linden on Wednesday, February 4th at B’s Bowling. The Kearsley girls started the match with Baker games of 246 and 225 for a 471 set which is 3rd highest in the state this season. The Baker games for the Hornets enabled them to take a 10-0 lead into the individual games and the Hornets didn’t let up. The first individual game the Lady Hornets shot an 1166 actual, the 3rd highest team game in state history and 2 pins short of the 1168 game they bowled a few weeks ago. First game scores for Kearsley were Kayla Emmendorfer 222, Alexxa Flood 226, Haleigh Rybka 221, Teagan MacDonald 242 and Hannah Ploof 255. The 2nd game for Kearsley ended up being a 1048 actual and the 2214 two game set by the Lady Hornets is the 5th highest 2 game set in state history. Second game scores for Kearsley were Kayla Emmendorfer 246, Alexxa Flood 199, Dani Doolan 166, Teagan MacDonald 192 and Hannah Ploof 245. The total final pinfall for the match was 2685 for Kearsley and 1308 for Linden and the final score was 30-0. The Lady Hornets are now 12-0 on the season and have at least wrapped up a share of the Metro Conference Title for the 6th straight season.
- VARSITY GIRLS DOMINATE CARMAN AINSWORTH SINGLES TOURNAMENT AS HANNAH PLOOF WINS 2ND STRAIGHT TITLE
- The Kearsley Varsity Girls bowling team traveled to Grand Blanc Lanes on Sunday, February 1st for the 3rd Annual Carman Ainsworth Singles Tournament. Kearsley entered 7 girls in this years tournament that was bowled on the “Middle Road” oil pattern that will be used for Regionals and State Finals again this season. The Kearsley girls were dominating from start to finish as the Lady Hornets had 5 of the top 8 girls on the All Tournament team as Hannah Ploof led the tournament with a 4 game total of 897.Qualifying 4th was Kayla Emmendorfer with a 783 total, qualifying 5th was Alexxa Flood with a 779 total, qualifying 7th was Dani Doolan with a 766 total and qualifying 8th was Haleigh Rybka with a 762 total. The field was cut from 80 girls to 24 and match play was placing 4 girls on a pair with the top 2 scores moving on. In the first round Hannah Ploof led her pair with a 200 game to move to the final 12 and Kayla Emmendorfer led her pair with a 203 game to move to the final 12 and Haleigh Rybka moved into the final 12 with a 167 game. In the 2nd round Hannah Ploof and led the pair with a 195 game to move into the final 6 and Kayla Emmendorfer led her pair with a 214 game to move into the final 6. In the final 6 pairings they seeded 3 girls on each pair and the top 2 moved on. With Hannah and Kayla on the same pair of lanes, Kayla led the pair with a 211 game and Hannah struck out in the 10th frame to finish with a 191 game to move into the final 4. In the final 4 match all 4 girls bowled on 1 pair with the top 2 scores going to the finals and Hannah Ploof led the pair with a 213 game and Kayla Emmendorfer finished 2nd with a 200 game which set up the all Kearsley final with Hannah against Kayla. The final match was a 1 game winner take all match and Hannah Ploof ended up defeating teammate Kayla Emmendorfer by a final score of 215 to 179. This is the 2nd straight year that Hannah has won the Carman Singles Tournament and as a Junior will have a chance to do it again next season. Congratulations to the Lady Hornets who were very impressive today.
- VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT SWARTZ CREEK 24-6 TO MOVE TO 11-0 ON SEASON
- The Kearsley girls varsity bowling team traveled to Holly Lanes for a Metro Conference showdown with Swartz Creek on Saturday. The Lady Hornets bring a 10-0 record into the contest and Swartz Creek is 9-1. The match started off with Kearsley winning the first Baker game 176 to 146 but Swartz Creek came back to win the 2nd Baker game 168 to 156, because Kearsley won the total pins 332 to 314 they held a 6-4 lead going into the individual games. In the first individual game the Lady Hornets defeated Swartz Creek by a score of 949 to 710 and won 8 out of 9 points to take control of the match. Scores for Kearsley the first game were Kayla Emmendorfer 207, Alexxa Flood 176, Haleigh Rybka 205, Teagan MacDonald 173 and Hannah Ploof 188. The 2nd individual game the Lady Hornets turned it on again as they shot a 1071 actual to Swartz Creek’s 803. Scores the 2nd game for Kearsley were Kayla Emmendorfer 234, Haleigh Rybka 216, Dani Doolan 187, Morgan Stephen 226 and Hannah Ploof 208. The 1071 score is the 8th highest team score in the state so far this season for girls teams. The total final pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2352 to Swartz Creek 1827 and the final score was 24-6. Kearsley is now 11-0 on the season with 3 matches left and Swartz Creek falls to 9-2.
- VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT FENTON 30-0 AND SET RECORDS AT HOLLY LANES AGAIN, LADY HORNETS ARE NOW 10-0 ON SEASON!
- The Kearsley Varsity Girls bowling team traveled to Holly Lanes for a Metro Conference match against Fenton and put their 9-0 record on the line. The Lady Hornets started the match with Baker games of 196 and 209 to Fenton’s 130 and 129. With a 10 to 0 lead going into the individual games, the Lady Hornets proceed to set more records at Holly Lanes. The first individual game the Lady Hornets had a team score of 1079 to Fenton’s 578 as they swept all 9 points. Scores for Kearsley the first game were Kayla Emmendorfer 246, Alexxa Flood 232, Haleigh Rybka 203, Teagan MacDonald 237, Hannah Ploof 161. With the match in control the Lady Hornets turned it up another notch as they shot an 1160 actual team score the last individual game to Fenton’s 614. Scores for Kearsley the last game were Kayla Emmendorfer 236, Alexxa Flood 224, Teagan MacDonald 234, Morgan Stephen 198 and Dani Doolan 268. The 1160 actual team game is the 4th highest ever game in state records for high school bowling and the 2 game combined score of 2239 is the 2nd highest series ever in the state for girls bowling. The total final pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2644 to Fenton’s 1451. The Lady Hornets are now 10-0 on the season and will face Swartz Creek in a match later today.
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT HOLLY 30-0 TO MOVE TO 9-0 ON SEASON
The Kearsley Varsity girls bowling team traveled to Cherry Hill Lanes in Clarkston for a Metro Conference Match with Holly on Saturday, January 24th. The match started with thel Lady Hornets winning both Baker games with scores of 141 and 238 to Holly’s 109 and 74 games. With a 10 to 0 lead heading into the individual games the Lady Hornets did not let up and won the first game by a final score of 961 to 604. First game scores for Kearsley were Kayla Emmendorfer with a 180 game, Alexxa Flood with a 224 game, Haleigh Rybka with a 204 game, Teagan MacDonald with a 158 game and Hannah Ploof with a 195 game. The 2nd individual game the Lady Hornets turned up even more as they had a 1040 actual to Holly’s 543. 2nd game scores for Kearsley were Alexxa Flood with a 195 game, Haleigh Rybka with a 187 game, Hannah Ploof with a 213 game, Morgan Stephen with a 219 game and Dani Doolan with a 226 game. The total final pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2380 to Holly 1330 and the final score was 30-0. Kearsley is now 9-0 on the season and their next match is a duel match against Fenton and Swartz Creek on Saturday, January 31st at Holly Lanes.
- VARSITY GIRLS WIN FLINT METRO CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT ON 1-18-15 AT RICHFIELD BOWL
- The Kearsley bowling program hosted the 6th annual Flint Metro Conference Championship tournament at Richfield Bowl on Sunday, January 18th. The tournament had 44 teams from across the state with some of the top boys and girls teams participating. The Kearsley girls started the day with 3 individual team games in qualifying, they had games of 984, 1092 and 1000 to start the day and qualified 3rd overall behind Westland John Glenn (3399) and Bay City Western (3188). Leading the way for Kearsley was Teagan MacDonald with games of 224, 277 and 215. The 277 game and the 716 total are career high game and series for Teagan. Other nice scores for Kearsley were Kayla Emmendorfer with games of 206, 234 and 201 for a 641 series, Alexxa Flood had a 233 game, Morgan Stephen a 218 game, Dani Doolan had games of 202 and 196 and Hannah Ploof had a 200 game. After the qualifying round the field was cut from 22 teams to 8 teams. The 2nd round was bowling 7 Baker games against all of the other teams that made the cut and Kearsley went 5-2 in the Baker games as they had Baker games of 225,246, 185, 223, 20, 214 and 145. With their Baker games added to qualifying the Kearsley girls moved up to 2nd place as the field was cut to the final 4. In the first semi final match, the Kearsley girls had to bowl Bay City Western and the Kearsley girls defeated Western with Baker games of 213 and 177 to Western’s 190 and 158. Kearsley then moved into the finals against Westland John Glenn (probably the #1 ranked team in Division 1). The Kearsley girls dropped the first Baker game by a score of 225 to 194 but the Kearsley girls didn’t give up and came back at the end of the 2nd game to win a classic final match with a 248 to 202 victory and a final score of 442 to 427. Congratulations to the Lady Hornets on a great tournament victory!
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT CLIO 26-4 TO MOVE TO 8-0
The Kearsley Varsity Girls team traveled to Colonial Lanes in Flushing for a Metro Conference match against Clio on Saturday, January 17th. Clio came out and won the first Baker game by a score of 174 to 168 but Kearsley came back to win the 2nd Baker game by a score of 181 to 164. The Baker game total was Kearsley 349 to Clio 338 and Kearsley held a 6 to 4 advantage going into the individual games. The first individual game the Lady Hornets turned it on and shot a 1055 actual to Clio’s 738 and the Lady Hornets swept all 9 points to take control of the match. The first game scores were Kayla Emmendorfer 180, Alexxa Flood 234, Dani Doolan 210, Teagan MacDonald 203 and Hannah Ploof 228. Cheyenne Murgas had a 203 game for Clio. The 2nd individual game also saw Kearsley sweep all 9 points with a 947 to 721 victory. The final total pinfall for the match was 2351 for Kearsley and 1797 for Clio. The final score of the match was Kearsley 26 to Clio 4. Scores for Kearsley for the 2nd game were Alexxa Flood 172, Morgan Stephen 160, Dani Doolan 179, Haleigh Rybka 200 and Hannah Ploof 236. The Lady Hornets are now 8-0 on the season.
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT FLUSHING 29-1 TO MOVE TO 7-0 ON SEASON
The Kearsley Varsity girls bowling team traveled to Town & Country Lanes for an important Metro Conference match against Flushing on Tuesday, January 13th. The match started off with Kearsley winning both Baker games with scores of 173 and 211 to Flushings 130 and 146. Holding a 10 to 0 lead going into the individual games the Kearsley girls came out strong and won 8 out of 9 points the first individual game. First game scores were Kayla Emmendorfer with a 245, Teagan MacDonald with a 233, Hannah Ploof with a 191, Alexxa Flood with a 177 and Morgan Stephen with a 176 game. the 1022 total was 195 pins better than Flushings total of 817. The 2nd individual game was just as good for the Lady Hornets as they totaled 1021 to Flushings 733. The total final pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2427 to Flushings 1826. Second game scores for Kearsley were Kayla Emmendorfer with a 235 game, Hannah Ploof with a 226 game, Alexxa Flood with a 203 game, Dani Doolan with a 179 game and Teagan MacDonald with a 178 game. The win moves Kearsley’s record to 7-0 on the season. The next match is Saturday, January 17th at Colonial Lanes against Clio.
VARSITY GIRLS SET RECORDS IN 30-0 WIN AGAINST BRANDON AT HOLLY LANES AS HANNAH PLOOF BOWLS 299 ON 1-10-15
The Kearsley Varsity girls bowling team traveled to Holly Lanes on Saturday, January 10th for a Metro Conference double header as they took on the Brandon Blackhawks immediately after finishing a match against Linden. The strong start against Linden carried over to the match against Brandon as the Kearsley girls started the match with Baker games of 168 and 183 to Brandon’s 121 and 121 games. With a 10 to 0 lead going into the individual games the Lady Hornets started striking and kept on striking as they ended up shooting an 1168 actual team game the first individual game, highlighted by a 299 game from Hannah Ploof. The 1168 team game is the 2nd highest team game ever bowled by a girls team in the history of high school bowling in the state of Michigan, missing the record by 20 pins. Scores from the first game were Kayla Emmendorfer with a 213 game, Alexxa Flood with a 259 game, Haleigh Rybka with a 174 game, Teagan MacDonald with a 223 game and Hannah Ploof with a 299 game. The 299 game by Hannah was also the highest game ever bowled by a girl/woman at Holly Lanes. Kearsley ended up winning the first game by a score of 1168 to Brandon’s 633, the second individual game was also a pretty good game by the Lady Hornets as they shot a 950 actual to Brandon’s 635. The final total pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2469 to Brandon’s 1510 and the final score was 30 to 0. In the second individual game the scores for Kearsley were Alexxa Flood 181, Teagan MacDonald 191, Morgan Stephen 183, Dani Doolan 195 and Hannah Ploof 200. The 2118 total for 2 game team series ranks 10th all time in high school girls bowling records. The Lady Hornets are now 6-0 on the season and their next match is against Flushing who is 5-1 on the season on Tuesday, January 13th at Town & Country Lanes in Flint.
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT LINDEN 30-0 AT HOLLY LANES ON 1-10-15
The Kearsley Varsity Girls Bowling team traveled to Holly Lanes on Saturday, January 18th for a Metro Conference Match against Linden. Kearsley started the match with Baker games of 170 and 211 to Linden’s 134 and 86 games. With a 10 to 0 lead entering the individual games the Kearsley girls started strong with a 974 to 575 victory the first game and then won the second individual game with an 861 to 500 victory. The final total pinfall for the match was 2216 for the Lady Hornets and 1295 for Linden and the final score was 30 to 0 in favor of Kearsley. High scores for Kearsley were Teagan MacDonald with games of 237 and 187, Hannah Ploof with games of 231 and 183, Alexxa Flood with games of 192 and 147, Dani Doolan with a 174 game, Morgan Stephen with games of 158 and 170 and Kayla Emmendorfer with a 156 game. Kearsley is now 5-0 on the season.
KEARSLEY VARSITY GIRLS WIN LILA FURNISH CLASSIC TOURNAMENT IN OWOSSO ON 1-4-15
The Kearsley Varsity girls traveled to Owosso to bowl in the Lila Furnish Classic Tournament at Capitol Bowl, the site of this years Regional's for the Lady Hornets. The Kearsley girls led from start to finish and defeated Swartz Creek in the finals to win the tournament championship. Kearsley had Baker games of 159,196,161,165,141,170,176,145.160,174, 196 and 188 in qualifying to lead the field by almost 300 pins. In the first round match up against Holt the Hornets had Baker games of 178 and 156 to move into the final 4. In the final four match against Jackson, the Hornets had games of 192 and 179 to defeat Jackson and move into the finals against Metro Conference rival Swartz Creek. In the finals Kearsley had Baker games of 169 and 174 to Swartz Creek's 128 and 155. This is Kearsley's first tournament win of the season after a couple of 2nd place finishes and a 3rd place finish.
KEARSLEY HAS GREAT SHOWING AT DAVISON MIXED DOUBLES TOURNAMENT ON 12-27-14 AT RICHFIELD BOWL
The Kearsley Varsity bowlers put on a show at the Davison Mixed Doubles Holiday Tournament on Saturday, December 27th at Richfield Bowl. The Hornets entered 9 teams in the tournament and 6 of those teams made the cut to the final 32 teams out of 101 teams from across the state. Kearsley had 4 girls make the All Tournament team out of the 8 that were named. Leading Kearsley was Teagan MacDonald who was 3rd overall in the tournament, next was Hannah Ploof who was 4th overall in the tournament, then Madilynn Dunsmore who was 5th overall in the tournament and then Alexxa Flood who was 7th overall in the tournament. The highest qualifying team was Teagan MacDonald and Ben Roof who qualified 3rd overall, qualifying 5th overall was Kayla Emmendorfer and Chad Stephen, qualifying 7th overall was Morgan Stephen and Brandon Richard, qualifying 8th overall was Hannah Ploof and Lucas Schofield. Qualifying 19th overall was Madilynn Dunsmore and Phil Hawes and qualifying 32nd was Haleigh Rybka and KC O'Brien. 4 of the 6 teams that made the cut made it to the sweet 16 and 2 of those teams made it to the final 8. In the final 8 the team of Ploof/Schofield had to bowl against the team of Stephen/Richard to move into the final 4. The team of Ploof/Schofield made it to the final 4 where they defeated a Davison team with a 267 Baker game to move into the finals. In the finals, the team of Ploof/Schofield battled to the very end and came up 2 pins short and finished in 2nd place in the tournament, still was a great day for Kearsley Bowling!
Lucas Schofield and Hannah Ploof finished as the tournament runner up's in the Davison Mixed Doubles Tournament
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT HOLLY 30-0 TO MOVE TO 4-0 ON THE SEASON
The Kearsley Varsity Girls traveled to Cherry Hill Lanes North in Clarkston for a Metro Conference Match against Holly in their home house on Saturday. The Lady Hornets began the match with Baker games of 178 and 156 to Holly's 149 and 113 and Kearsley was off to a 10 to 0 advantage to begin the individual games. In the first individual game Kearsley had a 207 game from Alexxa Flood, a 203 game from Haleigh Rybka and a 201 game from Hannah Ploof as Kearsley won the game with a 926 actual to Holly's 700. In the 2nd individual game Kearsley was led by Emma Boychuk with a 186 game and Hannah Ploof had a 183 game as Kearsley won the game with a 826 to 662 advantage and the Lady Hornets won the match 30-0. Holly was led by Audrey Currier with a 173 and 136 games and Madisyn Fultz with a 156 and 126 games. Kearsley is now 4-0 on the season in the Metro Conference.
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT FENTON 29-1 TO MOVE TO 3-0 ON THE SEASON
The Kearsley Varsity Girls had a Metro Conference Match against Fenton on Saturday morning (December 20th) at Cherry Hill Lanes in Clarkston. The Kearsley girls came out and won the first 2 Baker games with scores of 149 and 139 to take a 10-0 advantage into the individual games. In the first individual game, the Lady Hornets had a 1016 actual, led by Hannah Ploof with a 226 game, Haleigh Rybka had a 223 game, Kayla Emmendorfer a 209 game and Alexxa Flood a 205 game, Morgan Stephen had a 153 game. The 2nd individual game the Lady Hornets came back with a 992 actual game as Hannah Ploof led the team again with a 235 game, Emma Boychuk had a 226 game, Madilynn Dunsmore had a 200 game and Haleigh Rybka had a 180 game. Fenton was led by Kasey Walsh with a 157 game and Rebecca Martin with games of 146 and 138. The total final pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2296 to Fenton 1441. Kearsley is now 3-0 on the season after the win.
LADY HORNETS DEFEAT SWARTZ CREEK 26-4 TO MOVE TO 2-0
The Kearsley Varsity girls bowling team traveled to Clio Bowling Arcade for a Metro Conference match against Swartz Creek on Tuesday, December 9th. The Lady Hornets started the match with a 209 to 138 victory in the first Baker game but Swartz Creek came back in the second Baker game to tie the Lady Hornets as both schools bowled a 156 Baker game. Kearsley gained the additional 2 points in the Baker portion of the match with their 365 to 294 pinfall advantage and the Hornets led the match 8 to 10 heading into the individual portion of the match. In the first individual game the Lady Hornets had 997 to Swartz Creeks 808 as the Lady Hornets swept all 9 points. The scoring continued in the last individual game as Kearsley won 887 to 717 and won the match by a final score of 28-2. Scores for Kearsley were Kayla Emmendorfer with games of 234 and 184, Teagan MacDonald with games of 234 and 177, Haleigh Rybka with games of 190 and 151, Kayla Ward with a 188 game, Emma Boychuk with a 187, Alexxa Flood with a 172 game and Morgan Stephen with a 167 game. Final pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2249 to Swartz Creek 1819. Kearsley is now 2-0 on the season and will travel to Bay City for the annual Bangor John Glenn Holiday Tournament on Saturday.
The Kearsley Varsity Girls traveled to Cherry Hill Lanes North in Clarkston for a Metro Conference Match against Holly in their home house on Saturday. The Lady Hornets began the match with Baker games of 178 and 156 to Holly's 149 and 113 and Kearsley was off to a 10 to 0 advantage to begin the individual games. In the first individual game Kearsley had a 207 game from Alexxa Flood, a 203 game from Haleigh Rybka and a 201 game from Hannah Ploof as Kearsley won the game with a 926 actual to Holly's 700. In the 2nd individual game Kearsley was led by Emma Boychuk with a 186 game and Hannah Ploof had a 183 game as Kearsley won the game with a 826 to 662 advantage and the Lady Hornets won the match 30-0. Holly was led by Audrey Currier with a 173 and 136 games and Madisyn Fultz with a 156 and 126 games. Kearsley is now 4-0 on the season in the Metro Conference.
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT FENTON 29-1 TO MOVE TO 3-0 ON THE SEASON
The Kearsley Varsity Girls had a Metro Conference Match against Fenton on Saturday morning (December 20th) at Cherry Hill Lanes in Clarkston. The Kearsley girls came out and won the first 2 Baker games with scores of 149 and 139 to take a 10-0 advantage into the individual games. In the first individual game, the Lady Hornets had a 1016 actual, led by Hannah Ploof with a 226 game, Haleigh Rybka had a 223 game, Kayla Emmendorfer a 209 game and Alexxa Flood a 205 game, Morgan Stephen had a 153 game. The 2nd individual game the Lady Hornets came back with a 992 actual game as Hannah Ploof led the team again with a 235 game, Emma Boychuk had a 226 game, Madilynn Dunsmore had a 200 game and Haleigh Rybka had a 180 game. Fenton was led by Kasey Walsh with a 157 game and Rebecca Martin with games of 146 and 138. The total final pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2296 to Fenton 1441. Kearsley is now 3-0 on the season after the win.
LADY HORNETS DEFEAT SWARTZ CREEK 26-4 TO MOVE TO 2-0
The Kearsley Varsity girls bowling team traveled to Clio Bowling Arcade for a Metro Conference match against Swartz Creek on Tuesday, December 9th. The Lady Hornets started the match with a 209 to 138 victory in the first Baker game but Swartz Creek came back in the second Baker game to tie the Lady Hornets as both schools bowled a 156 Baker game. Kearsley gained the additional 2 points in the Baker portion of the match with their 365 to 294 pinfall advantage and the Hornets led the match 8 to 10 heading into the individual portion of the match. In the first individual game the Lady Hornets had 997 to Swartz Creeks 808 as the Lady Hornets swept all 9 points. The scoring continued in the last individual game as Kearsley won 887 to 717 and won the match by a final score of 28-2. Scores for Kearsley were Kayla Emmendorfer with games of 234 and 184, Teagan MacDonald with games of 234 and 177, Haleigh Rybka with games of 190 and 151, Kayla Ward with a 188 game, Emma Boychuk with a 187, Alexxa Flood with a 172 game and Morgan Stephen with a 167 game. Final pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2249 to Swartz Creek 1819. Kearsley is now 2-0 on the season and will travel to Bay City for the annual Bangor John Glenn Holiday Tournament on Saturday.
KAYLA EMMENDORFER FINISHES 3RD IN L'ANSE CREUSE SINGLES TOURNEY
The Kearsley Varsity girls traveled to Imperial Lanes in Clinton Township on Sunday, December 7th for the 7th annual Lanse Creuse singles tournament. Kearsley entered 7 girls in the tournament and 3 of them ended up making the cut to the final round of 32 bowlers. The first round unfortunately had Kayla Emmendorfer bowling against teammate Haleigh Rybka and Kayla prevailed 194 to 190. The 2nd round had Kayla matched up against Teagan MacDonald who won her first match 184 to 167. Kayla defeated Teagan 227 to 159 to move into the final 8. In the final 8 Kayla defeated Ashley Smith from Warren Cousino with a 216 game and moved into the final 4. In the final 4 Kayla had to bowl against Brooklyn Greene from Davison and Brooklyn struck out in the 10th frame to knock off Kayla by a final score of 205 to 202. In the consolation match Kayla defeated Taylor Davis from Davison to officially finish in 3rd place for the tournament. Qualifying scores for the girls were: Haleigh Rybka 808, Teagan MacDonald 734, Kayla Emmendorfer 731, Emma Boychuk 681, Alexxa Flood 671, Morgan Stephen 658 and Kayla Ward 605. Nice showing for the first tournament of the high school season!
2014-2015 SEASON KICKS OFF WITH VARSITY GIRLS WINNING 26-4
The 2014-2015 High School Bowling season kicked off on Saturday, December 6th at Richfield Bowl. The Kearsley Varsity girls started the season with a 26-4 victory over Flushing. The match started a little slow for the Lady Hornets as they lost the first Baker game 153 to 137 but came back to win the 2nd Baker game 171 to 146 which gave them a 6 to 4 lead going into the individual games. The Kearsley girls started the first individual game of the season out strong with a 992 to 628 victory and came back with a 941 to 645 victory the last game. The total final pinfall for the match was 2241 for Kearsley and 1572 for Flushing. Leading Kearsley was Haleigh Rybka with games of 258 and 163 for a 421 set. Alexxa Flood had games of 203 and 191 for a 394 set and Teagan MacDonald had games of 196 and 180 for a 376 set. Other scores for the Kearsley girls were Kayla Ward with a 224 game, Morgan Stephen with a 178 game, Kayla Emmendorfer with a 173 game and Emma Boychuk with a 167 game. Next conference match is Tuesday night at Clio Bowling Arcade against Swartz Creek.
VARSITY GIRLS WIN FLINT METRO CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT IN A CLASSIC FINISH ON 1-17-15 AT RICHFIELD BOWL
The Kearsley bowling program hosted the 6th annual Flint Metro Conference Championship tournament at Richfield Bowl on Sunday, January 18th. The tournament had 44 teams from across the state with some of the top boys and girls teams participating. The Kearsley girls started the day with 3 individual team games in qualifying, they had games of 984, 1092 and 1000 to start the day and qualified 3rd overall behind Westland John Glenn (3399) and Bay City Western (3188). Leading the way for Kearsley was Teagan MacDonald with games of 224, 277 and 215. The 277 game and the 716 total are career high game and series for Teagan. Other nice scores for Kearsley were Kayla Emmendorfer with games of 206, 234 and 201 for a 641 series, Alexxa Flood had a 233 game, Morgan Stephen a 218 game, Dani Doolan had games of 202 and 196 and Hannah Ploof had a 200 game. After the qualifying round the field was cut from 22 teams to 8 teams. The 2nd round was bowling 7 Baker games against all of the other teams that made the cut and Kearsley went 5-2 in the Baker games as they had Baker games of 225,246, 185, 223, 20, 214 and 145. With their Baker games added to qualifying the Kearsley girls moved up to 2nd place as the field was cut to the final 4. In the first semi final match, the Kearsley girls had to bowl Bay City Western and the Kearsley girls defeated Western with Baker games of 213 and 177 to Western’s 190 and 158. Kearsley then moved into the finals against Westland John Glenn (probably the #1 ranked team in Division 1). The Kearsley girls dropped the first Baker game by a score of 225 to 194 but the Kearsley girls didn’t give up and came back at the end of the 2nd game to win a classic final match with a 248 to 202 victory and a final score of 442 to 427. Congratulations to the Lady Hornets on a great tournament victory!
LADY HORNETS QUALIFY 1ST AND FINISH 2ND AT BANGOR JOHN GLENN HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT ON DECEMBER 13TH
The Kearsley Varsity girls traveled to Monitor Lanes in Bay City for the 11th annual Bangor John Glenn Holiday Tournament on Saturday, December 13th. The Lady Hornets did well as they led qualifying by almost 200 pins over the 2nd place qualifier Tecumseh. When Kearsley got to match play they defeated Carman Ainsworth in 2 Baker games and then defeated Owosso in 2 Baker games, then they had to wait for the rest of the field to bowl before meeting them in the finals. Swartz Creek was the team that worked their way through the step ladder finals and faced Kearsley and the Lady Hornets came out flat and were defeated in 2 games and finished 2nd for the day. Still had some great games as the Lady Hornets posted the top team score of the day with a 1047 game and Kayla Emmendorfer led the girls field and was named to the all tournament team with a 645 series. This is the 2nd year in a row the Lady Hornets finished in 2nd place in this tournament.
BOYS & GIRLS TEAMS WIN 2014 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
By Sarah Jaeger
Special to Second Half
WATERFORD –Flint Kearsley swept the MHSAA Division Bowling Finals as the boys took home their first championship trophy and the girls claimed their second title in three years Friday.
"It's awesome. It'll never get old," Kearsley girls coach Robert Ploof said.
"Just to have the whole program be successful is just a dream come true. We had our AD here. We had a principal. We had a superintendent here. I mean, just to have everyone here to see it is amazing. It couldn't be any better."
But who knew the secret to winning an MHSAA championship was a good book?
It turns out a paperback was the calming factor to help the girls team through the brackets and eventually clinch the title over Bay City Western in the final match at Century Lanes.
Ploof would have his girls read chapters from "With Winning In Mind" by Olympic gold medalist Lanny Basshamm to keep them focused throughout the competition.
"What a fantastic book,” Ploof said. “It keeps their mind on something else, and it's a mental thing that gets their head in the game as well."
While the book may have keep their heads in the game, a motto kept their hearts in it.
"One Team, One Heartbeat, One Goal," said junior Kayla Emmendorfer, who also was part of the 2012 championship team and threw a 233 during Friday’s final match against Western.
"From the beginning, we fill out a sheet of paper what are our main goals, and we all said state championship, regionals, and conference, and we did it. So it worked."
It worked so well, in fact, the Flint Kearsley boys adopted their own motto.
"’Never give up, never let up’ and they've done that all year long," coach Bart Rutledge said. "Never once have they thought they were out of it."
While the Kearsley boys led the morning qualifying block with a score of 3,548, they had to fight back in the Semifinals and Final after falling behind in the Baker set.
"We started that last match and everyone was tight and a little nervous. Now they know what to expect, and I think it will be better for them," Rutledge said.
He will have seven bowlers returning next year as seniors. However, the championship brought this year's lone senior, Peter Sorsen, to tears when accepting the team trophy.
"I've seen it since I was a freshman and wanted to do this, and now I'm here," Sorsen said. "I couldn't ask for a better team or a better coach."
On their way to the championship, the Kearsley boys beat eighth-seeded Ortonville-Brandon and fifth-seeded Mount Pleasant before facing Marysville, a team with a Regional championship and undefeated record, in the Final.
"I don't think I've ever sat on the edge of my seat so much in my life. It was just a great day," Marysville coach Debbie Lietzow said.
"I'm very proud of them. All the way to the end. They came into it wanting to win. That's all I can ask."
"I think we did really good," Marysville junior Brandon Armstead added. "It was really hard toward the end, but I still think we did a good job."
For their road to the championship, the Flint Kearsley girls faced off against eighth-seeded Ionia and fifth-seeded Escanaba before meeting third-seeded Bay City Western in the Final.
"They did awesome today," Bay City Western coach Rick Dodick said of his team. "We worked hard all year, and this was one of their goals – that we get back to the state tournament for the fourth year in a row. Last year we finished third. This year we finished second. So we've been improving every year, so I'm very proud of them and very proud of the effort they put forth today."
However, getting to the championship match takes more than just getting lucky one day of the year.
"They worked very hard and took practice very serious, and worked hard as a team this year," said Dodick.
Despite making it to the MHSAA Finals in previous years, Western senior Haley Delestowicz admitted she still had some jitters during her last tournament.
"I don't usually get nervous, but today I can say I was a little nervous and I was super excited to take a run at the title,” she said. “We bowled against some great teams, and they were great competition. But you had to keep your cool to make your spares and strike out."
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ANNA RUTLEDGE WINS REGIONAL SINGLES TITLE AS ALL 6 GIRLS QUALIFY FOR STATE SINGLES!
The Kearsley Varsity girls team did something that no other team has ever done before on Saturday, February 22nd at Capitol Bowl in Owosso. The girls qualified all six girls for the state finals singles to be held on March 1st at Century Bowl in Waterford. Leading the way and winning the Regional title was Anna Rutledge with a 6 game total of 1141, finishing 3rd overall was Hannah Ploof with a 1108 score, fourth place was Becca Iversen with a 1107 total, 6th place was Kayla Emmendorfer with a 1091 total, 7th place was Dani Doolan with a 1069 total and finishing 10th for the last spot to States was Katelynn Maxwell with a 1030 total. Congratulations to all the girls, what a dominating performance at Regionals in 2014!
KAYLA EMMENDORFER BOWLS 300 GAME AND WINS METRO CONFERENCE SINGLES TOURNAMENT AS KEARSLEY GIRLS DOMINATE!
The Kearsley Varsity Girls Bowling team participated in the Metro Conference Singles Tournament to end the conference season at Colonial Lanes in Flushing on Saturday, February 15th. Kearsley entered all 8 girls on the varsity team in the tournament that had a 3 game qualifier. The Kearsley girls had a very strong showing as all 8 girls made the cut into the final 16 and Kearsley had 5 of the final 8 girls and 3 of the final 4 and both girls in the final. Qualifying 1st overall was Kayla Emmendorfer who had games of 193, 300 and 207 for a 700 series, qualifying 2nd was Dani Doolan who had games of 236,249 and 204 for 689, qualifying 3rd was Alexxa Flood with games of 267, 152 and 257 for a 676 series, qualifying 4th was Becca Iversen with games of 247, 246 and 174 for a 667 series, qualifying 5th was Anna Rutledge with games of 226,243 and 193 for a 662 series, qualifying 7th was Katelynn Maxwell with games of 167, 268 and 172 for a 607 series, qualifying 11th was Hannah Ploof with games of 165, 173 and 224 for a 562 series and qualifying 14th was Teagan MacDonald with games of 163, 192 and 183 for a 538 series. Kearsley girls who won the first round were Kayla Emmendorfer, Dani Doolan, Becca Iversen, Katelynn Maxwell, and Teagan MacDonald. Winning and moving into the final 4 were Kayla Emmendorfer, Dani Doolan, Becca Iversen and Heidi Martin (Holly). Kayla Emmendorfer defeated Becca Iversen by a score of 208 to 191 to move into the finals and Dani Doolan defeated Heidi Martin by a score of 248 to 192 to move into the finals. The final match was even the entire match and Kayla Emmendorfer prevailed in the 10th frame with a 212 to 205 victory to win the Metro Conference Singles title. This is the 2nd year in a row a Kearsley girl has won the title. Congratulations to all the Kearsley girls on some outstanding bowling today and this entire season. Up next is a singles tournament at Owosso on Sunday and the Best of the Best Tournament on Wednesday before traveling to Owosso on Friday and Saturday for Regionals.
VARSITY GIRLS WIN FLINT METRO CONFERENCE TITLE FOR 5TH STRAIGHT SEASON WITH 25-5 WIN OVER LAPEER EAST
The Kearsley Varsity girls bowling team faced off against Lapeer East for the Flint Metro Conference Championship on Saturday, February 8th at Richfield Bowl. Both teams entered the contest undefeated at 7-0 but the Hornets prevailed 25-5 to win the Flint Metro Conference Title for the 5th straight year, this is also the 5th straight year the team has gone undefeated and finished 8-0. The match started with Kearsley winning the first Baker game 223 to 185 and the Lapeer East girls finished the 2nd Baker game strong and won the game 192 to 189. The Lady Hornets would not be denied in the first individual game as they shot a 1099 actual (the 6th highest score in the state this season) as they rolled to win all 9 points the first game. The 2nd individual game the Lady Hornets won 8 out of the 9 possible points as they shot 1006 to Lapeer East 808. The total final pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2517 to Lapeer East 1904. High scores for Kearsley were Anna Rutledge with games of 257 & 182, Hannah Ploof with games of 220 and 176, Alexxa Flood with a 226 game, Dani Doolan with a 216 game, Becca Iversen with a 213 game, Katelynn Maxwell with a 212 game, Teagan MacDonald with a 210 game and Kayla Emmendorfer with a 193 game.
HANNAH PLOOF WINS CARMAN AINSWORTH CAVALIER SINGLES TOURNAMENT AT GRAND BLANC LANES
The Kearsley Varsity Bowling team entered all the varsity boys and girls into the Carman Ainsworth Cavalier Singles Classic Tournament today at Grand Blanc Lanes. The Hornet bowlers were bowling on some tough conditions as the bowling alley put the Middle of the Road oil pattern on the lanes, the same pattern that is used in Regionals and State Finals. The Kearsley Varsity Boys had 1 bowler, Peter Sorsen who made the cut into the top 32 and he survived the first elimination match to make it into the sweet 16 before he bowed out. For the varsity girls they faired a little better as 5 out of the 8 girls bowling made it into the final 24. Qualifying 11th was Kayla Emmendorfer with a 740 total for 4 games, In 13th was Becca Iversen with a 733 total, 14th was Hannah Ploof with a 725 total, 15th was Anna Rutledge with a 718 total and 22nd was Dani Doolan with a 696 total. In the first elimination round surviving the first game were Hannah Ploof with a 176 game, Becca Iversen with a 191 game and Anna Rutledge with a 188 game. In the final 12, two Kearsley girls survived, Anna Rutledge with a 168 game and Hannah Ploof with a 189 game. In the final 6 match Anna Rutledge was eliminated with a 193 game and Hannah Ploof moved into the final 4 with a 234 game. In the final 4 Hannah Ploof led all bowlers with a 268 game to make it into the finals. The final match was Haley Richard from Tecumseh against Hannah Ploof from Kearsley and Hannah prevailed with a 233 to 196 victory to win the tournament. This is the 2nd year in a row a Kearsley girl has won this tournament, as Amanda Thompson from Kearsley won it last year. Other girls that bowled for Kearsley and just missed the cut were Teagan MacDonald with a 684 total for 4 games, Katelynn Maxwell with a 673 total and Lexi Flood with a 642 total. Congratulations to Hannah Ploof and the Kearsley varsity girls for a great showing today!
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT FENTON 28-2 TO MOVE TO 7-0 IN CONFERENCE
The Kearsley Varsity Girls traveled to Holly Lanes on Saturday, February 1st for a Metro Conference Match against Fenton. The Lady Hornets started the match with Baker games of 160 & 221 to Fenton's 100 & 107 games as the Hornets took a 10 to 0 lead into the individual games. The first individual game the Lady Hornets had an 1120 actual, the 3rd highest team game in the state so far this season as they won all the individual points. The final game Kearsley had a 955 actual to Fenton's 754. The final total pinfall for the match was 2456 for Kearsley to 1860 for Fenton. High scores for Kearsley were Dani Doolan with a 258 game and a 444 series and Katelynn Maxwell with a 238 game and a 405 series.The Hornets are now 7-0 on the season and will be bowling against Lapeer East next week and trying for their 5th straight Metro Conference Championship at Richfield Bowl at 2:30pm.
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT CLIO 30-0 TO MOVE TO 6-0 IN CONFERENCE
The Kearsley Varsity girls bowling team traveled to Holly Lanes in Holly for a Metro Conference match against Clio on Saturday, January 25th. The Kearsley girls started the match with Baker games of 209 and 259 for a 468 Baker game set, the highest in the state so far this season for a girls team. The Baker game wins helped Kearsley to a 10 to 0 lead heading into the individual games.In the first individual game the Kearsley girls shot a 1039 actual to Clio's 615. Kearsley was led by Dani Doolan with a 242 game, Hannah Ploof had a 227 game, Becca Iversen a 213 game and Katelynn Maxwell a 198 game. The 2nd individual game was won by Kearsley by a score of 891 to 691 for a total pinfall score of 2398 for Kearsley to 1647 for Clio. High Scores the last game for Kearsley were Dani Doolan with a 216 game and Hannah Ploof with a 178 game. Kearsley is now 6-0 on the season and will bowl Fenton next week at Holly Lanes.
VARSITY GIRLS FINISH 2ND IN METRO CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT AT RICHFIELD BOWL
The Kearsley Hornet Bowling program hosted the 5th annual Metro Conference Championship Tournament on Sunday, January 19th at Richfield Bowl. The field of 46 teams featured several ranked teams as 5 out of the top 6 ranked schools in Division 2 for the girls were in attendance and they did not disappoint. The Kearsley girls started the day out with a 1076 actual first game but just couldn't keep pace with Tecumseh who ended up qualifying #1 overall with a 3273 score for 3 individual games, Kearsley was 2nd with a 3111 total followed by Bay City Western (2901) and Bangor John Glenn (2873). After the field was cut to the top 8 teams they bowled 7 Baker games against each school and Kearsley continued the hot bowling with Baker games of 199, 201, 202, 214, 207, 173 and 267. The 267 game is the highest Baker game in the state for a girls team so far this season. After the Baker game sets the field was cut to the final 4 with the same 4 teams making the cut. In the final 4 Tecumseh bowled against Bay City Western and Kearsley against Bangor John Glenn. Bay City Western defeated Tecumseh 388 to 386 in the 2 Baker game match and Kearsley defeated Bangor John Glenn 426 to 399 to set up the final match of Bay City Western against Kearsley. In the finals Kearsley took the first game 211 to 171 but could not hold off the charge from Bay City Western the second game as Western won 235 to 153 and won the tournament championship 406 to 364. Other highlights from the tournament, Tecumseh had a team game of 1152, highest in the state so far this year. All Tournament team was Jordan Richard (Tecumseh) who had games of 279-234-258 for a 771 actual to lead the entire tournament. For Kearsley Dani Doolan was 2nd highest score for the girls overall with games of 223-264-223 for a 710 series. High game of the tournament was Anna Kuehne from Bay City Western who had a 289 game and a 702 actual series, Katie Walker from Bangor John Glenn had a 696 series and Hailey Richard from Tecumseh had a 686 series.
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT LINDEN 30-0 TO MOVE TO 5-0 IN CONFERENCE
The Kearsley Varsity Girls traveled to Gerlach's Lanes in Lapeer for a Metro Conference match against Linden on Saturday, January 18th. The Lady Hornets continued the torrid pace this season as they defeated Linden 30-0 to move to 5-0 on the season. Kearsley started the match with Baker games of 132 and 181 to take a 10-0 lead in the match. In the first individual game Kearsley shot 1119 actual which is the highest actual game in the state this year for girls bowling teams. The first game scores were: Kayla Emmendorfer 255, Katelynn Maxwell 191, Dani Doolan 205, Becca Iversen 232 and Hannah Ploof 236. The great bowling continued the 2nd individual game as the Lady Hornets shot a 992 actual. 2nd game scores were: Kayla Emmendorfer 201, Hannah Ploof 172, Alexxa Flood 191, Teagan MacDonald 212 and Anna Rutledge 216. The 2 game score of 2111 is 3rd highest in the state so far this season. The Hornets will now be hosting the Metro Conference Championship Tournament on Sunday, January 19th at Richfield Bowl. Several ranked teams from across the state will be in attendance for both the boys and the girls, the tournament begins at 9am.
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT HOLLY 30-0 TO MOVE TO 4-0 IN CONFERENCEThe Varsity Girls bowling team traveled to Cherry Hill Lanes in Clarkston for a Metro Conference match against Holly in their home house. The Kearsley girls started the match by winning both Baker games with scores of 188 and 165 to Holly's 139 & 115 games. In the individual games the Kearsley girls were led by Hannah Ploof with games of 225 and 225 and Katelynn Maxwell had games of 193 & 206. Other good scores for Kearsley were Anna Rutledge with a 206 game and Teagan MacDonald with a 204 game. The Kearsley girls had individual games of 910 and 1003 and finished with a total pinfall of 2266 to Holly's 1596. The Kearsley girls are now 4-0 on the season and will bowl Linden next week.
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT LAPEER WEST 30-0 TO MOVE TO 3-0 IN CONFERENCE
The Kearsley Varsity Girls defeated Lapeer West by a final score of 30-0 today in a Metro Conference Match at B's Bowling. The Hornets started the match with Baker games of 206 and 245 as Lapeer West bowled games of 161 and 177. The 451 two game Baker set is the highest in the state so far this season for girls teams and staked the Hornets to a 10-0 lead heading into the individual games. In the individual games the Hornets remained consistent as the team had games of 914 and 931 to Lapeer West games of 747 and 704. The final total pinfall for the match was Kearsley 2296 to Lapeer West 1789. The Hornets were led by Katelynn Maxwell with games of 196 and 185, Dani Doolan had games of 190 and 179, Hannah Ploof had a 185 game, Teagan MacDonald had a 205 game, and Anna Rutledge had a 193 game. The Hornets are now 3-0 and tied for 1st place in the Metro Conference with Lapeer East, their next match is Saturday, January 11th at Cherry Hill Lanes in Clarkston at 1pm against Holly.
VARSITY GIRLS TEAM WINS BAY CITY WESTERN BAKER'S DOZEN FOR THE 3RD STRAIGHT YEAR AT MONITOR LANES IN BAY CITYThe varsity girls bowling team traveled to Bay City on Saturday, December 21st for the Bay City Western Baker's Dozen Tournament at Monitor Lanes. For the 3rd straight year the Lady Hornets did not disappoint as they came away with the tournament championship. Kearsley started the day by going 12-1 in match play and averaging over 200 for 13 Baker games as they came away as the top qualifier. In match play the Lady Hornets defeated Freeland in the first round and then Swartz Creek before moving into the finals against Davison. In the finals the Kearsley girls had Baker games of 203 & 214 to win the championship.
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT BRANDON 30-0 TO MOVE TO 2-0 IN METRO CONFERENCE.
The Kearsley Varsity Girls Bowling team defeated Brandon by a final score of 30-0 on Tuesday night in a Metro Conference match at Clio Bowling Arcade. Kearsley started the match with Baker games of 190 and 161 to Brandon's 117 & 105 games. The Kearsley girls continued the great bowling in the first individual match as they had a 978 actual game to Brandon's 642. In the 2nd individual game Kearsley had a 912 actual to Brandon's 495. The final total pinfall was Kearsley 2241 to Brandon 1359. The Hornets were led by Hannah Ploof who had games of 225 and 192. Becca Iversen had games of 213 & 173, Alexxa Flood saw her first varsity action and contributed a 204 game and Kayla Emmendorfer had games of 192 & 163. The Hornets are now 2-0 on the season heading into the holiday break. The next Metro Conference match will be against Lapeer West on Saturday, January 4th at B's Bowling.
VARSITY GIRLS FINISH 2ND IN BANGOR JOHN GLENN HOLIDAY CLASSIC TOURNAMENT
VARSITY GIRLS DEFEAT SWARTZ CREEK 30-0 TO OPEN THE METRO CONFERENCE SEASON
The varsity girls bowling team traveled to Cherry Hill Lanes in Clarkston for their first Metro Conference match of the season against Swartz Creek on Tuesday, December 10th. The Varsity girls started out the night with a 227 Baker game and continued the hot bowling all night as they shut out the Dragons 30-0. High scores for Kearsley were Katelynn Maxwell with games of 242 and 224, Hannah Ploof with games of 226 and 204, Kayla Emmendorfer with a 210 game, Becca Iversen with a 208 game and Teagan MacDonald with a 202 game. The total final pinfall was Kearsley 2407 to Swartz Creek 1973. The win makes the Hornets 1-0 in the Metro Conference for the season.
ANNA RUTLEDGE & BEN ROOF WIN DAVISON MIXED DOUBLES TOURNAMENT
Kearsley Varsity Teams entered 9 mixed doubles teams in the Davison Mixed Doubles Tournament on Saturday, December 28th at Richfield Bowl. Out of the 9 teams entered, 8 of them made the cut to the top 32 and Kearsley had the winning mixed doubles team in the tournament as Anna Rutledge and Ben Roof defeated the team of Marissa Land and Christoper Sandstrom from Waterford Mott with games of 206 and 156 in the finals. The high qualifier from Kearsley was the mixed team of Dani Doolan and Brandon Richard who had a score of 1483 to qualify #8 overall out of 96 team. Other qualifiers were the team of Hannah Ploof and Chad Stephen who qualified 10th overall with a score of 1458, Becca Iversen and Anthony Kelley who qualified 12th with a score of 1450, Kayla Emmendorfer and Peter Sorsen who qualified 17th overall with a score of 1417, Katelynn Maxell and Lucas Schofield who qualified 19th overall with a score of 1414, Anna Rutledge and Ben Roof who qualified 22nd overall with a score of 1374, Alexxa Flood and Philip Hawes who qualified 28th with a score of 1343 and Teagan MacDonald and KC O'Brien who qualified 30th with a score of 1336. The team of Doolan/Richard made it to the final 4 before being eliminated by Waterford Mott and the teams of Maxwell/Schofield and Emmendorfer/Sorsen made it to the final 16 before being eliminated. Other highlights of the tournament were Anna Rutledge (572 series) and Kayla Emmendorfer (556 series) being named to the all tournament team and Brandon Richard (610 series) being named to the all tournament team. Great showing by the Hornets, Congratulations!
Varsity Boys Defeat Swartz Creek 16-14
The varsity boys bowling team defeated Swartz Creek by a final score of 16-14 on Tuesday, December 10th at Cherry Hill Lanes in Clarkston. The match was one of the most exciting matches you will ever see as it appeared that Swartz Creek had the match won but Kearsley never gave up and somehow came back to win. The match started with Swartz Creek pulling out a close Baker game win with a 228 to 226 game in the first game. Kearsley came back to win the 2nd Baker game and the total pins for the Baker portion of the match. Going into the individual team game Kearsley was up 6 to 4. Swartz Creek came out strong and shot an 1131 actual and won 8 out of 9 points the first game and held a 12 to 7 lead going into the last game. Needing 3 points to win the match seemed well within the sights for Swartz Creek as the game was coming to the end they had 2 out of the first 3 bowlers win their match, but Brandon Richard stepped up in the 10th frame needing to strike out to win his match and he did it and when Anthony Kelley threw the first strike in the 10th it gave Kearsley the come from behind victory. The match was an instant classic and goes to show you what can happen if you never give up. Congratulations Kearsley Varsity Boys!
Varsity Boys Defeat Lapeer West 29-1
The Kearsley Varsity Boys beat Lapeer West 29-1. The hornets came out fast for the first time in the baker portion of the match. The first game they beat Lapeer West 211-144. The Hornets followed up the first game with a 237-173 win. Taking a 10-0 lead going into individual games the Hornets did not let up. Senior Peter Sorsen paced the Hornets with a 237 the first game. He also followed the first game up with a 210 second game. High scores were put on the board from a solid team effort. Anthony Kelley shot 211, 237, Brandon Richard put a 206 on the board, and Ben Roof and KC O'Brien came off the bench to post a 213 and 221 respectively. Kearsley had their best set of the season so far shooting team games of 1010 and 1070. Great win for the Hornets coming off a tough fought win against Brandon in their last match 17-13.
VARSITY BOYS FINISH 5th in METRO CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
The Varsity boys team qualified 2nd for match play and after the 7 Baker games of match play fell to 5th place, missing the final 4 by 70 pins. Peter Sorsen led Kearsley in qualifying with a 685 series and Chad Stephen had a 640 series
KEARSLEY BOWL KAMP 2016 CROWNS CHAMPIONS TO KICK OFF THE 2016-2017 SEASON!
The Kearsley Bowling Program held the 3rd ever Kearsley Bowling Kamp at Richfield Bowl on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, August 12th, 13th and 14th. We had 32 kids for this years camp, 22 girls and 10 boys, a slight increase from last year when we had 29 kids. The camp was open to anyone that was interested in bowling and we had kids from Atherton, Swartz Creek, Clio, Kearsley and Warren Cousino. We taught many different things the first couple of days and did lots of drill. The girls bowled on the curtains and they worked on hitting your mark. They did some hopping drills to help maintain balance and lots of bowling. The camp concluded on Sunday with a tournament on the Randy Allen oil pattern. The top 16 girls and top 8 boys qualified for match play. The high qualifier for the girls was Haley Ball from Warren Cousino who had the high game for the day for the girls with a 204 game, her 4 game total was 704 and beat all the boys. For the boys the high qualifier was Brandon Wheeler, Brandon had 693 for 4 games with a high game of 207. When the tournament got to match play we had many great matches but it came down to Gage Slagor against Kyle Langworthy for the boys and Emma Boychuk against Alexis Roof for the girls. Kyle defeated Gage in the boys final and Alexis defeated Emma to win the girls title. All in all it turned out to be another great camp. The final results file is posted here now, click the link and we have a few pictures avaialable below of the winners and finalist. Thank you to all the kids that participated, hopefully they all learned something and enjoyed it.