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Last Updated: 3/10/03

Austin Cecil (Hudsonville) and Sarah Galloway (Sterling Heights Stevenson) Claim Junior Varsity State Championships.

Warren Mott's Veronica Wineski takes 3rd place in Tournament

By: Coach Jerry Tarabek
March 9, 2003

The Michigan High School Bowling Association crowned its 2002-2003 Junior Varsity Singles Champions this Saturday at Pro-Bowl West in Lansing, Michigan. Top Junior Varsity bowlers throughout the state all vied for the honor to be named tops in the state for this season. The qualifying was four games across eight lanes with the top 16 girls and 32 boys advancing to single game elimination bracket to determine this year's champion.

On the boys' side, Chad Prytula from Warren Woods Tower led all qualifiers as he shot 930 for his four game total. Austin Cecil, part of a very strong Hudsonville contingent, was second at 906 and his teammate, Matt Bockhein was third with 886. Utica Eisenhower rounded out the top five with Jeff Higbee (859) and Joe Pollak (855) finishing fourth and fifth. The other qualifiers for match play were Jon Bohn (Utica Ford), Steve Feddick (Hudsonville), Nick Brone (Hudsonville), Glenn Horton (Catholic Central), Brandon Howell (Marshall), Josh Frankfurth (Waterford Kettering), Todd Romeyn (Hudsonville), Matt Schwartz (Sterling Heights Stevenson), Brandon Raupp (Lakeland) who had the high game of the tournament with a 269, Brett Bickerstaff (Sterling Heights Stevenson), Steve Hemker (Coldwater), David Feldhauer (Coldwater), Donavan Charleston (Lakeview), Kris Smith (Warren Mott), David Hall (L'Anse Cruese North), Anthony Agrusa (Sterling Heights Stevenson), Chris Sadowski (Macomb Dakota), Marcus Rubley (Coldwater), Kevin Bochenek (Warren Cousino), Jeremy Pawlak (Warren De La Salle), Lawrence Miller (Lakeview), Jim Cox (Coldwater), Chris Betten (Hudsonville), Greg Kropidlowski (Warren De La Salle), William St. Onge (Utica Ford), Matt Blanchard (Warren Lincoln) and Aaron Burman (Waterford Mott).

These 32 boys were now paired up into single match play eliminations to determine this years state champion. The first round saw some solid scoring as the boy's elevated their game a bit as the competition tightened. Only one of the top seeded players failed to advance into the second round of competition but the second round saw the fifth, seventh and ninth seeded players fail to move to the third round. The third round was the elite eight and the scoring continued to be impressive. Jeff Higbee rolled a 245 to win his match while the other three winners all rolled games of 210 or better to advance. The semi finals pitted the number three seed, Matt Bockheim of Hudsonville against his teammate Austin Cecil, the number two seed. The other semi final saw number four seed Jeff Higbee of Utica Eisenhower against twenty-fifth seed Jeremy Pawlak of De La Salle. In a very close match, Jeff Higbee outscored Jeremy Pawlak 213-200 to take one of the finals positions while Austin Cecil shot a fine 256 to advance to the other finals spot over Matt Bockheim. In the finals, it was Hudsonville's Austin Cecil continuing his good bowling to post a 228-178 victory over Jeff Higbee and claim the state title as the boys junior varsity singles champion for 2002-2003.

The girl's title was just as exciting as the top 16 girls were all matched as the boy's were in single game elimination matches to determine this year's champion. Sarah Galloway of Sterling Heights Stevenson was tops for the girls in qualifying with a fine 748 series. Waterford Kettering's Cassie Stieler (743) took the second position while Warren Mott's Veronica Wineski (695) was third. Kortney McDonald of Milford took the number four position with 688 and Nicole Frank of Sterling Heights Stevenson rounded out the top five with 675. The other qualifiers were Jessica Biernacki (Warren Mott), Katie Schmaltz (Walled Lake Central), Melissa Adolph (Coldwater), Kelly Thompson (Sterling Heights Stevenson), Brittany Trull (Milford), Kristin Owens (Romeo), Kelly Pfahlert (Waterford Mott), Nichole Rubley (Coldwater), Lauren Korodant (Sterling Heights Stevenson), Kristin Hubbard (Sterling Heights Stevenson), and Leslie Skora (Mercy). The upsets started early on the ladies side as the fourth and sixth seeded players failed to move to the second round of match play. Kristin Owens of Romeo and Sarah Galloway of Stevenson lead the first round scoring both posting nice 202 scores. Sarah continued to score big in the third round posting a 226 game in advancing to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals Sarah faced fifth seeded Nicole Frank, her teammate at Stevenson, while the other semi final saw third seed Veronica Wineski of Warren Mott square of against seventh seed Katie Schmaltz of Walled Lake Central. Sarah edged Nicole 145-118 in her semi-final while Katie Schmaltz rolled a fine 182 to defeat Veronica Wineski. In the finals both girls found their scoring touch and everyone witnessed a fine match as Sarah Galloway rolled to a 201-176 victory over Katie Schmaltz to claim her top honor as the girls junior varsity singles champion for 2002-2003 in Michigan.

Congratulations go out to all the competitors who made this a great, exciting singles competition. Next up is the team competition, which is being held on Sunday at Pro-Bowl West.

Jerry Tarabek / Head Bowling Coach