Hillsboro girls bowling wins sectional championship; Lynchburg-Clay 3rd
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The Highland County Press-
The Hillsboro Lady Indians bowling team took the lanes at Shawnee Lanes in Chillicothe for the 2018 sectional tournament on Feb. 16, where they won a sectional championship, advancing to the district round.
Hillsboro has been bowling well all season, striking up a second consecutive year being undefeated, but the Lady Indians came out a little slower than expected. They scored a 752 as a team with all five bowlers, putting the Lady Indians in second place, 20 pins down to Logan Elm.
Game 2 is where the girls overtook the field and found their marks, scoring an 879 for the team and putting the team in first place by over 90 pins over Logan Elm. In the third game, the Lady Indians kept pace and scored 838, putting Hillsboro in the lead at the break by 230 pins.
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The six Baker games were no different, outscoring the 20-team field by over 100 pins, leaving no doubt that the Lady Indians won the tournament and a sectional championship.
Final scores for the day were Hillsboro 3,539, while second-place Logan Elm scored 3,184 pins. Third place went to Lynchburg-Clay with 3,121 pins. The final qualifier for the sectionals was Miami Trace with a score of 3,053.
“If we go out there Saturday at districts and stay loose and focused, we will get it done,” HHS head coach Jeff Miller said. “Winning a conference title for the third year in a row was a great feeling, but Saturday is when it really counts. That's the day we find out if we accomplish our goal and make it to state. If we keep our heads, we will do just that.”
Hillsboro was led by freshman Selina Mingua with a 603, followed by senior Madalyn Miller with a 528 and junior Brook Kier with a 496.
“We are very proud of how our ladies have risen up to the challenge this year. They seem to always find a way to be better every time we bowl. They have a special chemistry between them that doesn't happen every day,” Miller said. “Even when faced with these different oil patterns that we face, they find a way to outscore the opponents.
“We can’t look past districts and assume we have it in the bag. We have to continue to perform and rise above if we want to achieve our goal and make it to state. I will say that a 355-pin difference between first and second would make you think that, but it’s really not the case. Anything can happen at any point in time.”
For the Lady Mustangs, they came into the sectional tournament bowling some of their best games of the year, posting scores in the mid-700s to low 800s, but started the sectional tournament with a disappointing 651 score, putting them in sixth place after the first regular game.
The LC girls team was able to shake off the rough start and come back with a 725 game, followed by a 762 team score to place them in third place after three regular games.
The 762 in the third and final regular game was the fourth-highest team score posted on the day and helped propel the LC girls team into one of the coveted transfer positions for next week’s district tournament.
Lynchburg-Clay was led by senior Taylor McLaughlin, who finished 11th overall out of over 100 girls in the tournament. McLaughlin posted a 133, 160 and 182 for a series total of 475. Senior Tia McConnaughey finished 18th with a 449. Also for LCHS, senior Hannah Morgan was 28th, bowling a 425, and sophomore Morghan Sellman was 31st at 414. Sophomore Mikaela Tipton and senior Carly Bingaman also bowled two games.
The Lynchburg-Clay girls team bowled the second-highest six-game Baker total with a 212 in the second game to highlight the day. The six-game Baker total was not quite enough to catch the second-place team, but it kept Lynchburg-Clay in the third-place position, giving them a chance to come back next week and try to improve on their placing.
The Lynchburg-Clay girls teams are co-coached by Shawn McLaughlin and James O’Connor.
“We are very proud of their players and everything that the teams have accomplished this season,” McLaughlin said.
Three other Highland County schools also competed in the sectional event. Fairfield placed seventh overall with game scores of 629, 673 and 749 for a regulation total of 2,051. They finished with a Baker total of 760 for a total score of 2,811 for seventh place.
Individual scores for FHS were: Morgan Baker (407); Kristin May, who bowled two games (287); Gracie Lawson (400); Taylor Lawson (437); Madison Miller (403); and Mackinzi Williams, who bowled one game (117).
In eighth place were the McClain Lady Tigers. They had game scores of 600, 719 and 583 for a regulation score of 1,902. Their Baker score came in at 850 for a total final score of 2,752.
Individual scores for McClain were: Kaleigh Easter (360); Noel Brooks (402); Chloe Adams, who bowled two games (255); Sadie Willett (372); Kenzie Hester (402); and Chrissy Owens, who bowled one game (111).
The Whiteoak Lady Wildcats finished in 18th place at 1734 with game scores of 584, 582 and 568. In the Baker games WHS totaled a 543 score for a final total score of 2312.
Individual scoring for Whiteoak were: Kytayia Becraft (410), Autumn Jodrey (386), Kennedi Martin (341), Sophie Houpe (321) and Hope Hofer (276).
Hillsboro has been bowling well all season, striking up a second consecutive year being undefeated, but the Lady Indians came out a little slower than expected. They scored a 752 as a team with all five bowlers, putting the Lady Indians in second place, 20 pins down to Logan Elm.
Game 2 is where the girls overtook the field and found their marks, scoring an 879 for the team and putting the team in first place by over 90 pins over Logan Elm. In the third game, the Lady Indians kept pace and scored 838, putting Hillsboro in the lead at the break by 230 pins.
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The six Baker games were no different, outscoring the 20-team field by over 100 pins, leaving no doubt that the Lady Indians won the tournament and a sectional championship.
Final scores for the day were Hillsboro 3,539, while second-place Logan Elm scored 3,184 pins. Third place went to Lynchburg-Clay with 3,121 pins. The final qualifier for the sectionals was Miami Trace with a score of 3,053.
“If we go out there Saturday at districts and stay loose and focused, we will get it done,” HHS head coach Jeff Miller said. “Winning a conference title for the third year in a row was a great feeling, but Saturday is when it really counts. That's the day we find out if we accomplish our goal and make it to state. If we keep our heads, we will do just that.”
Hillsboro was led by freshman Selina Mingua with a 603, followed by senior Madalyn Miller with a 528 and junior Brook Kier with a 496.
“We are very proud of how our ladies have risen up to the challenge this year. They seem to always find a way to be better every time we bowl. They have a special chemistry between them that doesn't happen every day,” Miller said. “Even when faced with these different oil patterns that we face, they find a way to outscore the opponents.
“We can’t look past districts and assume we have it in the bag. We have to continue to perform and rise above if we want to achieve our goal and make it to state. I will say that a 355-pin difference between first and second would make you think that, but it’s really not the case. Anything can happen at any point in time.”
For the Lady Mustangs, they came into the sectional tournament bowling some of their best games of the year, posting scores in the mid-700s to low 800s, but started the sectional tournament with a disappointing 651 score, putting them in sixth place after the first regular game.
The LC girls team was able to shake off the rough start and come back with a 725 game, followed by a 762 team score to place them in third place after three regular games.
The 762 in the third and final regular game was the fourth-highest team score posted on the day and helped propel the LC girls team into one of the coveted transfer positions for next week’s district tournament.
Lynchburg-Clay was led by senior Taylor McLaughlin, who finished 11th overall out of over 100 girls in the tournament. McLaughlin posted a 133, 160 and 182 for a series total of 475. Senior Tia McConnaughey finished 18th with a 449. Also for LCHS, senior Hannah Morgan was 28th, bowling a 425, and sophomore Morghan Sellman was 31st at 414. Sophomore Mikaela Tipton and senior Carly Bingaman also bowled two games.
The Lynchburg-Clay girls team bowled the second-highest six-game Baker total with a 212 in the second game to highlight the day. The six-game Baker total was not quite enough to catch the second-place team, but it kept Lynchburg-Clay in the third-place position, giving them a chance to come back next week and try to improve on their placing.
The Lynchburg-Clay girls teams are co-coached by Shawn McLaughlin and James O’Connor.
“We are very proud of their players and everything that the teams have accomplished this season,” McLaughlin said.
Three other Highland County schools also competed in the sectional event. Fairfield placed seventh overall with game scores of 629, 673 and 749 for a regulation total of 2,051. They finished with a Baker total of 760 for a total score of 2,811 for seventh place.
Individual scores for FHS were: Morgan Baker (407); Kristin May, who bowled two games (287); Gracie Lawson (400); Taylor Lawson (437); Madison Miller (403); and Mackinzi Williams, who bowled one game (117).
In eighth place were the McClain Lady Tigers. They had game scores of 600, 719 and 583 for a regulation score of 1,902. Their Baker score came in at 850 for a total final score of 2,752.
Individual scores for McClain were: Kaleigh Easter (360); Noel Brooks (402); Chloe Adams, who bowled two games (255); Sadie Willett (372); Kenzie Hester (402); and Chrissy Owens, who bowled one game (111).
The Whiteoak Lady Wildcats finished in 18th place at 1734 with game scores of 584, 582 and 568. In the Baker games WHS totaled a 543 score for a final total score of 2312.
Individual scoring for Whiteoak were: Kytayia Becraft (410), Autumn Jodrey (386), Kennedi Martin (341), Sophie Houpe (321) and Hope Hofer (276).