Kansas high school 5-1A state bowling results: Kapaun, Carroll, Eisenhower contend
The same three teams were once again in the mix for the Kansas high school boys bowling Class 5-1A boys title with Topeka Seaman, Goddard Eisenhower and Kapaun Mt. Carmel all finishing within 21 pins of each other on Friday at Northrock Lanes.
Kapaun, the defending champion, led by 98 pins entering the Baker format, but Seaman exploded in four Baker games with a 902 score to surge ahead and win with a final team score of 3,483, 11 pins ahead of Eisenhower and 21 pins ahead of Kapaun.
Eisenhower placed three in the top-15 with senior Kyler Stockstill (692, fourth), senior Parker Douglass (668, ninth) and senior Drew Merrell (659, 13th). It was a 34-pin improvement on his season-best series for Stockstill.
The Crusaders had four come away with medals led by Patrick Bloomer with a 710 series, three pins behind individual champion Cody Metz of Washington Country. The other medalists were senior Cole Munley (658, 14th), senior Samuel Calderon (646, 15th) and senior Ben Wemhoff (635, 18th).
Others in contention at the top of the leaderboard were Wichita Trinity Academy junior Brady Longenecker, who rolled games of 267 and 246 en route to a 700 series for a third-place finish, while Buhler junior Trent Sheridan took fifth overall with a 690 series. Other area medalists included Wichita Central Christian senior Elijah Bryant (663, 11th) and the Bishop Carroll duo of senior Lawton Simons (684, seventh) and senior Cody Fox (623, 20th).
Bishop Carroll girls finish runner-up in team race
Bishop Carroll, the defending state champions, came within 29 pins of defending its title with a team score of 3,144 pins, short of champion Topeka Seaman.
The Golden Eagles had three medalists led by senior Kaylee Back, the defending individual champion, with a fourth-place finish with a 641 series, joined by junior Katie Limon (626, seventh) and senior Jewel Pham (561, 19th).
Other area medalists were Goddard junior Kaylee Laha (640, fifth), Augusta junior Alli Eastridge (629, sixth), Goddard Eisenhower sophomore Olyvia Choura (611, ninth), Augusta senior Kassidy Miller (608, 11th) and the Buhler duo of senior Kinley Nielsen (573, 16th) and Adria Huiett (560, 20th).
Kansas high school state bowling results
Class 5-1A boys
Teams—1. Topeka Seaman 3,483; 2. Goddard Eisenhower (Stockstill 692, Douglass 668, Merrell 659, McConnell 526, Blasi 525, Salazar 507) 3,472; 3. Kapaun Mt. Carmel (Bloomer 710, Munley 658, Calderon 646, Wemhoff 635, Becker 594, Ultzsch 567) 3,462; 4. Leavenworth 3,332; 5. Bishop Carroll (Simons 684, Fox 623, Brogan 605, Goebel 539, Addis 524, Brake 518) 3,315; 6. Wichita Trinity Academy (Longenecker 700, Buhler 617, Hutton 594, Jahn 591, Eberhardt 530, Wright 526) 3,247; 7. Buhler (Sheridan 690, McQuilliam 590, Warren 588, Kurtz 558, Pyles 550, Frederick 496) 3,246; 8. De Soto 3,244; 9. Salina South 3,027; 10. Kansas City Piper 2,949; 11. Shawnee Heights 2,935; 12. Kansas City Turner 2,835.
Medalists—1. Metz, Washington County, 713; 2. Bloomer, Kapaun, 710; 3. Longenecker, Wichita Trinity, 700; 4. Stockstill, Goddard Eisenhower, 692; 5. Sheridan, Buhler, 690; 6. Bruning, Leavenworth, 685; 7. Simons, Carroll, 684; 8. Hoover, Leavenworth, 681; 9. Douglass, Goddard Eisenhower, 668; 10. Burns, Topeka Seaman, 668; 11. Bryant, Wichita Central Christian, 663; 12. Rodriguez, Topeka West, 659; 13. Merrell, Goddard Eisenhower, 659; 14. Munley, Kapaun, 658; 15. Calderon, Kapaun, 646; 16. Gebhardt, Salina Central, 644; 17. White, Topeka Seaman, 643; 18. Wemhoff, Kapaun, 635; 19. Easum, Topeka Seaman, 634; 20. Fox, Carroll, 623.
Class 5-1A girls
Teams—1. Topeka Seaman 3,173; 2. Bishop Carroll (Back 641, Limon 626, Pham 561, Daugherty 527, Wise 517, Gonzales 385) 3,144; 3. Great Bend 3,143; 4. Salina South 3,059; 5. Buhler (Nielsen 573, Huiett 560, Cross 539, Hulse 485, Hamby 476, Duran 401) 3,007; 6. Lansing 2,966; 7. Augusta (Eastridge 629, Miller 608, Renville 544, Webster 470, Hall 462, Carrillo-Atherton 442) 2,955; 8. Maize South (Boucher 550, Barker 548, Schuler 526, Kohlmeier 500, Endicott 418, Blake 348) 2,765; 9. Topeka West 2,724; 10. Bishop Miege 2,692; 11. Andover Central (Crumley 542, Ng 467, Patterson 467, Heinrich 402, Halling 390, Stevens 367) 2,527; 12. Leavenworth 2,503.
Medalists—1. Wahlmeier, Great Bend, 752; 2. Millard, Topeka Seaman, 697; 3. Ordonez, Salina South, 693; 4. Back, Carroll, 641; 5. Laha, Goddard, 640; 6. Eastridge, Augusta, 629; 7. Limon, Carroll, 626; 8. Phillips, Lansing, 624; 9. Choura, Eisenhower, 611; 10. Frees, Salina South, 610; 11. Miller, Augusta, 608; 12. Fonseca, Bishop Miege, 593; 13. Wood, Topeka West, 593; 14. Turkin, Topeka Seaman, 590; 15. Surritte, Lansing, 581; 16. Nielsen, Buhler, 573; 17. Reno, Bishop Miege, 568; 18. Fryberger, Great Bend, 565; 19. Pham, Carroll, 561; 20. Huiett, Buhler, 560.
This story was originally published March 5, 2022 at 6:00 AM.
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