Local teams miss cut on first day of state bowling tournament

FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS – The Collinsville boys’ bowling team just missed the cut by 22 pins, finishing 13^th with a score of 6,078, while Roxana finished 16^th and Alton 19^th in the first day of the IHSA state tournament Friday morning and afternoon at St. Clair Bowl in Fairview Heights.

The Kahoks were beaten out by Lombard Glenbard East, who had a team score of 6,100 as the top 12 teams advanced to the final day on Saturday. The team leader was Machesney Park Harlem, who had a score of 6.421, followed by Minooka with 6,390 and St. Charles East in third with 6,368.

Columbia was the only Metro-East team to advance to the Saturday finals, finishing seventh with a score of 6.237. Roxana had a score of 5,943, Belleville East was 18^th with 5.778, the Redbirds bowled 5,726 and Freeburg was 22^nd with 5,671.

Ryan Warner led the Kahoks with a six-game series of 1,360, while Ethan Gardner rolled a 1,259, Nathan Hay had a 1,193, Cole Budde threw a 1,186, Ethan Hay had a 901, and Bryson Hartman had one game of 179,

Christian Bertoletti led Roxana with a set of 1,307, while Ethan Baumgartner had a 1,229, Blake Adams threw a 1,197, Logan Wonders had a 1,194 and Jake Weigel had a 1,016 series.

Chris Duke was the leader for the Redbirds with a set of 1.187, Trevor Vallow had a 1,177 series, Gavin Taylor had a 1,164, Jared Cochran had a four-game series of 755, Lance Perkey threw a three-game series of 534, Matt Engdale three games of 536, Ta’Ravion Ward a single game of 199, and Danny Laslie, Jr. a single game of 184.

Edgar Burgos of St. Charles East is the individual leader with a score of 1,469, Blake Miller of St. Charles North was second with a score of 1,448, and Cameron Crowe of Orland Park Sandburg was third with a score of 1,440. Warner finished ninth in the individual standings and will advance to the final day tomorrow, while Jersey’s Jeremy Vanost had a series of 1,130 to finish 100^th, and was eliminated.

The top 12 teams, along with the top 30 individuals from non-advancing teams, will bowl on the final day on Saturday, starting at 9 a.m.