Indians 7th at OHSAA Division II State Bowling Championships
Lead Summary
By
Stephen Forsha-sforsha@gmail.com
The Hillsboro Indians competed at the 2021 OHSAA Division II State Bowling Championships on Saturday, Feb. 27, reaching the final eight bracket and placing seventh overall in the state.
The day started with 16 teams, and in the first part of the event, the Indians bowled well enough to make the Final 8 championship round. This was the third time in program history that the Indians boys bowling team reached the championship round and the first time since 2017.
In reaching the championship round, the Indians had a regulation total (three games) of 2,682, followed by three Baker totals of 576, giving the Indians a grand total of 3,258.
The championship round saw the Indians as the No. 7 seed, and they faced the No. 2 seed Fairport Harbor Fairport Harding, where they went five Baker games with their opponent in a Best-of-5 series. Fairport won the first game at 162-130, but the Indians came back with a 216-167 win in the second game.
In the third game, HHS fell 202-182, followed by a Hillsboro win at 252-192. In the fifth game it was Fairport winning, 235-202.
As for individual regulation scores, the Indians were led by sophomore Zach Ison with a score of 580 (215, 177, 188) for a 24th-place finish.
HHS sophomore Ovid Wilson was 34th place overall with a score of 557, as his game totals were 158, 234 and 165.
The 43rd place finisher was junior Hunter Springer, who totaled a 536 score with game totals of 178, 200 and 158.
Hillsboro senior Zach Burns was 55th place overall at 505, as he had totals of 149, 183, and 173. Fellow HHS senior Jawaun Jones was 56th place as he finished with a score of 504, totaling scores of 154, 157 and 193.
Also on the team for the Indians this season were junior Blaine Bledsoe and sophomore Shaun Rodgers.
There were a total of 104 bowlers in the event.
The state champion for Division II was Mechanicsburg, and Fairport was the state runner-up.
The Indians finish the year at 25-2 overall, as they were the Frontier Athletic Conference champions, the FAC Tournament champions, the Southeast District Sectional champions, the SE District champions, and they had the aforementioned seventh-place state finish to their season.
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The day started with 16 teams, and in the first part of the event, the Indians bowled well enough to make the Final 8 championship round. This was the third time in program history that the Indians boys bowling team reached the championship round and the first time since 2017.
In reaching the championship round, the Indians had a regulation total (three games) of 2,682, followed by three Baker totals of 576, giving the Indians a grand total of 3,258.
The championship round saw the Indians as the No. 7 seed, and they faced the No. 2 seed Fairport Harbor Fairport Harding, where they went five Baker games with their opponent in a Best-of-5 series. Fairport won the first game at 162-130, but the Indians came back with a 216-167 win in the second game.
In the third game, HHS fell 202-182, followed by a Hillsboro win at 252-192. In the fifth game it was Fairport winning, 235-202.
As for individual regulation scores, the Indians were led by sophomore Zach Ison with a score of 580 (215, 177, 188) for a 24th-place finish.
HHS sophomore Ovid Wilson was 34th place overall with a score of 557, as his game totals were 158, 234 and 165.
The 43rd place finisher was junior Hunter Springer, who totaled a 536 score with game totals of 178, 200 and 158.
Hillsboro senior Zach Burns was 55th place overall at 505, as he had totals of 149, 183, and 173. Fellow HHS senior Jawaun Jones was 56th place as he finished with a score of 504, totaling scores of 154, 157 and 193.
Also on the team for the Indians this season were junior Blaine Bledsoe and sophomore Shaun Rodgers.
There were a total of 104 bowlers in the event.
The state champion for Division II was Mechanicsburg, and Fairport was the state runner-up.
The Indians finish the year at 25-2 overall, as they were the Frontier Athletic Conference champions, the FAC Tournament champions, the Southeast District Sectional champions, the SE District champions, and they had the aforementioned seventh-place state finish to their season.
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