Hillsboro bowling competes at State Kickoff Tournament

The Hillsboro boys and girls bowling teams competed in the Ohio High School Invitational State Kickoff Tournament Saturday, where the boys placed 11th overall, and the girls placed eighth overall.

After the qualifying rounds, the Lady Indians were the No. 16 seed, but they stunned the entire tournament by upsetting No. 1 seeded Mentor in Round A of the tournament.

HHS eventually lost in Round B to No. 9 seeded Kettering Fairmont, a team that finished as the runners-up of the tournament. The winner of the girls tournament was Centerville.

As for the qualifying games, the Lady Indians had scores of 898, 717 and 845 for a score of 2,460, and in the Baker games, they had scores of 178 and 141 for a Baker total of 319 and a tournament total score of 2,779.

Hillsboro sophomore Madalyn Miller placed 12th overall with scores of 203, 179 and 207 for a total of 589.

Also for the Lady Indians, Keely Bennington was 43rd with a total score of 543 (185, 161, 197). Aleigha Tarbutton was 80th at 483, and in 90th was Mary Herman (417). There were a total of 193 girls bowlers in the event.

In the boys tournament, Hillsboro placed 11th in the qualifying round and 11th overall, losing in Round A to No. 6 seeded Urbana. Winning the tournament was Struthers.

For the Indians in the qualifying round, the boys had scores of 940, 986 and 922 at 2,848, and in the Baker rounds, they had scores of 188 and 190 for a Baker total of 378 and a tournament total of 3,226.

Jaxsun Miller led the Indians with a 22nd-place finish with scores of 179, 222 and 213 for a 614 score. Hunter Lowe placed 44th with scores of 208, 197 and 182 for a total of 587. Travis Carter was 68th overall (562), Sajoun Jones was 82nd (549) and Tyler King finished with a score of 536.

There were a total of 203 bowlers in the boys tournament.