By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Hayden senior Isabella Valdivia captured the individual title to lead the Wildcats to the girls team championship in Wednesday's Hayden bowling triangular at Gage Bowl.
Valdivia bowled a 506 three-game series to claim individual honors while Hayden earned the team title by a 1,720-1,508 margin over Ottawa. Highland Park was third with a 1,462 team score.
Hayden also got third and fourth-place from senior Grace Moran (416) and junior Kayla Simons (409) while Highland Park’s Alaura Austin was fifth (391).
Hayden senior Aaron Thomas, a returning state qualifier, was second in the boys division with a 593 series while the Wildcats took second as a team by a 2,298-2,260 margin to Ottawa. The Cyclones' Quinton Carver was the individual champ with a 669 series.
Juniors Emilio Gutierrez (552) and Camden Schrickel (532) placed fourth and fifth for the Wildcats.
JUNIOR BLUES SWEEP AT MANHATTAN
Washburn Rural turned in a dominating showing in Wednesday's Manhattan triangular at the Little Apple Lanes, sweeping the team and individual titles.
Rural senior Hannah Casto won the girls individual title with a 636 series to lead a one-two-three individual finish for the Junior Blues, who won the team title by a 2,276-2,014 margin over host Manhattan, while Junior Blue sophomore Josh Hammons won the boys title by a scant two pins with a 637 series as Rural edged Manhattan 2,372-2,344 for the team crown.
Rural junior Kaitlyn Doyal finished second behind Casto in the girls division with a 621 series while sophomore Amaya Buchanan was third with a 536.
In addition to Hammons' title, the Rural boys got a seventh-place finish from sophomore Geo Itzep (572), an eighth from senior Sam Shonka (563) and a ninth-place finish from senior Jacob Morgan (562).
HAYDEN BOWLING TRIANGULAR
BOYS
Team scores
Ottawa 2,298, Hayden 2,260, Highland Park 1,536.
Individual results
1. Carver, Ottawa, 669; 3. Thomas, Hayden, 593; 3. Hadl, Ottawa, 590; 4. Gutierrez, Hayden, 552; 5. Schrickel, Hayden 532; 6. McGivern, Hayden, 515; 7. King, Ottawa, 512; 8. Allphin, Hayden, 510; 9.Hanson, Ottawa, 477; 10. Burroughs, Hayden, 474.
GIRLS
Team scores
Hayden 1,720, Ottawa,1,508, Highland Park 1,462.
Individual results
1. Valdivia, Hayden, 506; 2. Vasquez, Ottawa, 437; 3. Moran, Hayden, 416; 4. Simons, Hayden, 409; 5. Austin, Highland Park, 391; 6. Ireland, Hayden, 381; 7. Perez, Highland Park, 376; 8. Audiss, Ottawa, 363; 9. Spinner, HIghland Park, 359; 10. Dodd, Hayden, 348.
MANHATTAN TRIANGULAR
BOYS
Team scores
Washburn Rural 2,372, Manhattan 2,344, Junction City 2,248.
Individual results
1. Hammons, Washburn Rural, 637; 2. Andresen, Manhattan, 635; 3. Lindsay, Junction City, 592; 4. Mancinelli, Junction City, 588; 5. Millett, Manhattan, 586; 6. Lindsley, Junction City, 574; 7. Itzep, Washburn Rural, 572; 8. Shonka, Washburn Rural, 563; 9. Morgan, Washburn Rural, 562; 10. Wasinger, Manhattan, 546.
GIRLS
Team scores
Washburn Rural 2,276, Manhattan 2,014, Junction City 1,962.
Individual results
1. Casto, Washburn Rural, 636; 2. Doyal, Washburn Rural, 621; 3. Buchanan, Washburn Rural, 536; 4. Whitson, Manhattan, 533; 5. Bridges, Manhattan, 522; 6. Eschliman, Junction City, 512; 7. Heidenreich, Junction City, 494; 8. Dechant, Manhattan, 492; 9. Hart, Washburn Rural, 475; 10. Oliver, Junction City, 469.
