By Rick Peterson
TopSports.news
WICHITA -- Sophomore Cody Spangler would have loved to have had his Washburn Rural bowling teammates alongside him for Thursday's Class 6A state bowling tournament at Bowlero-Northrock.
Washburn Rural sophomore Cody Spangler bowled a 702 series Thursday to post a sixth-place individual finish in the Class 6A state tournament. [Photo by Selena Favela/Special to TSN]
But as the lone Junior Blues state qualifier, Spangler did what he could to make the program proud, bowling a 702 three-game series to earn the sixth-place individual medal.
"At first I was nervous, but I was talking to friends and I just locked in I guess and I started bowling really well and I just kept hitting my mark,'' Spangler said. "I was really proud of myself.
"I didn't know I was going to bowl this well at state considering last year I bowled a 188 average (on the season). To average 234 at state, that's a 46-pin jump, which is just crazy.''
Washburn Rural sophomore Cody Spangler bowled three games between 225 and 248 Thursday to post a sixth-place individual finish in the Class 6A state tournament. [Photo by Brent Maycock/KSHSAA Covered]
Spangler rolled games of 225, 248 and 229 to finish just four pins out of the top five.
"This definitely inspired me to work a lot harder in bowling,'' Spangler said. "I don't know if I'm going to bowl as well as I did this year because it was just a great year all over. I had a 300 game and this (state finish) will be kind of hard to beat. I'm going to try though.''
Topeka High senior Thomas Patterson bowled a 642 series on Thursday in Wichita, narrowly missing a Class 6A state medal. [Photo by Selena Favela/Special to TSN]
Thomas Patterson, a Topeka High senior, bowled 232 and 218 games in Thursday's Class 6A state tournament at Bowlero-Northrock. [Photo by Brent Maycock/KSHSAA Covered]
Topeka High senior Thomas Patterson also competed at state as an individual, bowling a 642 series, which was just eight pins away from a state medal.
Patterson started his day with a 232 game, followed by a 192 and a 218 in his final game.
CLASS 6A STATE BOWLING TOURNAMENT
At Bowlero-Northrock
BOYS
Team scores
Derby 3,722, Olathe South 3,589, Olathe Northwest 3,506, Olathe North 3,502, Garden City 3,491, Mill Valley 3,490, Campus 3,355, Olathe East 3, 270, Gardner-Edgerton 2,857.
Individual results
1. Joseph Ouellette, Olathe North, 737; 2. Andrew Kouris, Mill Valley, 725; 3. Evan Clark, Derby, 720; 4. Graesyn Hoss, Lawrence, 710; 5. Christian Lahey, Shawnee Mission East, 706; 6. Cody Spangler, Washburn Rural, 702; 7. Dawson Baumgartner, Derby, 690; 8. Kaden Strasser, Garden City, 687; 9. Anthony Dokolas, Olathe South, 684; 10. Brandon Andino Umana, Campus, 681; 11. Braden Morrow, Wichita South, 681; 12. Kane Burns, Garden City, 672; 13. Ethan Diehl, Mill Valley, 670; 14. Ian Caudillo, Olathe South, 661; 15. Davis Best, Blue Valley West, 657; 16. Tyler Huffman, Derby, 653; 17. Eli Nathan, Blue Valley North, 652; 18. Brent Stockwell, Mill Valley, 651; 19. Tanner Hagg, Olathe South, 650; 20. Athen Villarreal, Garden City, 650.
Other city -- Thomas Patterson, Topeka High, 642.
