Warren Mott Bowling Continues it's Climb....

This past Wednesday, the Warren Mott Marauders bowling teams continued their fight for the lead in each of their divisions. The girl's varsity which had fallen on hard times of late picked up a victory by winning over the blind score this week. Lead by sophomore Veronica "Big V" Wineski, who shot a two game total of 333, junior Nikki Wilczek (320) and junior captain Jessica Tyler (320) the girls improved their record to 4-2 and in second place, one game behind divisional leaders Warren Cousino. The Lady Marauders will next face the Lady Big Red from Chippewa Valley on Monday at Bonanza Lanes.

The boy's varsity team was looking to stay atop their division, currently tied with Chippewa Valley, but faced an improving Warren Woods Tower team. The boys started slow by shooting 163 in the opening baker match but still won. They then followed that with a fine 234 to sweep the bakers and take a 10-0 lead into the team game portion of the meet. Lead by senior Richard Kruk's fine 257 game and 458 series along with junior Jeff Peltier's 212-405 performance, the boys coasted to a 26-4 win and improve their record to 5-1 on the season. Both Richard and Jeff lead the team with 9-1 match play records and senior captain Paul Narlock is also among the division leaders with a 7-2 mark. The boys will also bowl Chippewa Valley on Monday at Bonanza. This could be the showdown for the division title as both teams come into this week with only one loss.

The boy's junior varsity team was looking to stay unbeaten as they continue to lead their division this season. This week was going to prove to be a challenge because of drivers training and other conflicts, we only had five bowlers out of the nine on the roster. All those there needed to step it up and they did. Jason Provencher, team captain, lead the way shooting a fine 246 game and finished with a two game total of 421. Sophomore Damon Betterton strutted his stuff as well shooting a 224 game and the rest of the team all chipped in to help defeat the Sterling Heights girls' junior varsity 30-0. The win keeps the Junior Marauders atop the division with a mark of 5-0-1. They next bowl the Sterling Heights Boy's team on Monday at Bonanza.

The girls junior varsity team had it a bit tougher than the other teams this week as they bowled the Junior varsity boys' team from Sterling Heights. Good performances from Kristy Jorgenson, Courtney Sitko and Annie Lange allowed each of them take a match play point off of their male opponent. The girls are hanging tough and looking forward to bowling in the junior varsity state championship meet against only girl teams. They are 1-5 in the division and are in 6th place, ahead of all the other girls' teams in the division and just behind the boys. Next week they face the girls from Sterling Heights so let's see if we can get another win and improve their record.

Don't forget, we have our annual fundraiser coming up on February 21st at Universal Lanes. It is a moonlight bowling event with prizes to be raffled off and optional jackpots available to compete in. We have room for only 140 people so get your paid reservations in early by contacting Jerry Tarabek at 586-264-0432.

Jerry Tarabek Assistant Coach