Sports : Bowlers move up in their standing after rebuilding their team

"This is a rebuilding year for the girls team. We lost 5 or the 6 varsity members from last year yet we have several girls that are stepping up their games to contribute the this team. The VS boys team has been gaining strength over the last few rebuilding years. We have so much talent which makes a coaches job difficult to pick the 6 best at any given moment" said coach Amber Pattee. The Prairie Tournament - Consisted of 5-1A Schools, 5-2A Schools, and 8-3A Schools. Vinton Shellsburg is a 1A school for bowling. Girls - We were seated 14th for the tournament based off average and finished 11th. 3/4 of our bracket were in a higher class (2A and 3A) and 4 of our 6 wins were against 3A schools. It was a fun day for all the girls and they are starting to work as a team and gaining momentum. Boys - We were seated 8th out of 18th and for the first time in VS Bowling, we qualified for the tournament portion after bowling over average. Our average for qualifying was 180.5 for 14 games. The boys pushed forward to the tournament round and averaged 194.5. They worked very well together and came out 3rd overall in the tournament out of 18 teams. Meet against West Delaware All 4 teams competed at the meet at Berry's Lanes on Friday. 3 teams came out victorious and all teams bowled well. The results are below. Boys Varsity - Victorious 2856 vs W Delaware 2765 Weston Powers 154 142 296 Ryan Schoettmer 173 216 389 Cyrus Elwick 179 200 379 Charley Cooling 145 170 315 Riley Richart 193 163 356 Nathan Harrelson 225 246 471 Girls Varsity - Lost 2062 vs W Delaware 2147 but they shot more than 100 pins over their average Jozee White 128 139 267 Jenna Pattee 126 142 268 Christina Harrelson 155 158 313 Jillian White 111 129 240 Brianna Lundvall 113 123 236 Jordan Pattee 137 143 280 Boys JV - Victorious 2406 vs W Delaware 1819 Gabe Schmidt 107 181 288 Cameron Karr 122 152 274 Jachob Roster 184 140 324 Drew Elwick 144 159 303 Ayden Bearbower 136 190 326 Payton Haefner 199 142 341 Girls JV - Victorious 1800 vs W Delaware 1469 Alli Geiger 117 92 209 Catie Steele 83 116 199 Brenna Scheel 120 140 260 Renee Gram 88 145 233 Alyssa Hanson 141 167 308 Chloe Tharp 130 114 244 Ashe concluded by saying, "I can not say enough about these kids. One of our biggest rivals came to Berry's Lanes and we made a great showing and had alot of interteam fun as well. The girls teams were high-fiving each other after a good shot and at the end of the meet there was one girl from the West Delaware team that yelled "everybody clap their hands" out at the whole crowd. The crowd and team members all clapped. What a great way to end our first home meet this year."