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CHS Bowlers Take 1st & 2nd in State Competitions
By Coach Godley
Central High Bowling capped off a tremendous 2014 season by bringing home an LHSAA Individual Championship and a Runner-Up medal this past Saturday (4-12-14) at All Star Lanes. With both the Boys and Girls teams being defeated last week in Round 4 (Elite 8) of the LHSAA State Bowling Playoffs, Central’s season continued through Sarah LeDuff (Sophomore), Haley Young (Junior) and Jacob Garretson (Junior) in the singles portion of the state playoffs.
In Round 5, all three members bowled well. On the Girls side, LeDuff rolled 170, 160 and 163 en route to a 493 series (164 average) and Young shot a 201, 159 and 204 for a 564 series (188 average). Young’s series would be enough to advance to the Girls Finals (Round 6), but unfortunately LeDuff’s series would be just a little shy of the cut. Over on the Boys side, Garretson would light up the score board with a 210, 246 and 246 for a great 702 series (234 average) and led the way for all the Boys as the top qualifier advancing to the Boys Finals.
In the Boys Finals, Garretson would keep up the hot bowling by starting off with the front-7 in the first game and never looked back. He would finish the first game with a 259, follow that up with a 226 and after a quick ball change in the 5th Frame he would throw 5 of 7 balls for strikes to finish with a 190. Truth be told, it should have been 7 for 7 but a couple bad breaks kept Garretson from completely running away with the title. Overall Garretson would finish with a 675 series (225 average) and with his solid Game 3 finish, he would bring home Central’s second LHSAA State Bowling Individual Championship and the first for the Boys’ program. Young would fall just a few pins short of making it a clean sweep for Central. After a rough first game and finishing with a 156, Young refused to quit and fired one of her best games of the season in Game 2. Young rallied the second game by throwing a 7-bagger en route to a 253 to put her right back in the running for the title. Unfortunately, Game 3 wouldn’t go as smoothly and Young would finish with a 170 for a 579 series (193 average). Natasha Navejar of St. Louis Catholic would bowl just enough to hold of Young by 36 pins. In the Team portion of the State Playoffs, Vanderbilt Catholic defeated Barbe 23-4 to claim the Boys State Championship and Albany defeated Vanderbilt Catholic 15-12 (and by 3 Total Pins!) to bring home the Girls State Championship.
Central’s Coaches would once again like to say thank you for all the support they received throughout the season from parents, supporters, students and faculty. Central’s best bowling season as a team has finally come to an end with many new team records, a 1st Place (Boys) and 3rd Place (Girls) finish in the Coca Cola High School Invitational, Boys (back to back) and Girls (1st ever) District Champions, both advanced to the Elite 8 for only the 2nd time and finished by a Boys Individual Championship and a Girls Individual Runner-Up medal. Eleven of the fourteen Wildcats will be returning next year, and will be gunning for another District Title and more State Championships. Lastly, thank you to our Seniors, Sean Murphy, Kevin Kennedy and Destiny Bankston, for all your hard work and contributions. The Central Bowling family wishes you the best!
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