State Bowling Results
Sun Valley Lanes was the host on Monday for the Class B Individual bowling championships.
The girls started off the day at 9 am. Wayne's Lindsay Niemann and Graycen Trautman joined 28 other girls as they began their 4 game qualifying games. The oily sport pattern made misses very small and spares an extremely important thing. The girls battled changes in conditions and 3 lane changes. Scores were lower than expected but a challenge for everyone. The top 8 scores would move on to an 8 person bracket. After the first 4 games Senior Lindsay Niemann posted a score of 597, good enough for 14th place. Gracyn Trautman's 644 put her into 4th and into bracket play. In the first round of the bracket, Trautman would fall behind by 25 pins. She would come out strong in game two and cut the lead to single digits. However, a few opens down the stretch would put Trautman back a bit. Trautman would lose her match to Elkhorn North's Alayna Vaughn and would finish in 5th place.
The boys started their day in the afternoon. Wayne's Aiden Petersen, Ben Haschke and Dylan Jensen battled for spots in the top 8. Petersen would be struck with the split bug, getting double digits on the day and could not overcome it finishing in a tie for 13th place. Haschke and Jensen would play solidly all day. Jensen's 778 was good enough for the first seed and Haschke's 711 put him at 7th. Haschke would start his bracket play against the 2nd seed Colin Meysenberg from Lincoln Pius. Haschke would struggle a bit in game one and would fall behind 29 pins. The two would battle evenly in game 2 and Haschke would fall by 24 pins and earn 7th place medalist honors. Jensen found his first game extremely difficult and quickly found himself down 47 pins to Elkhorn North's Zander Limbeck. Jensen found the groove in game 2 and went off for a day high score of 248. This huge game helped Jensen complete the epic comeback and win the match 389-363. In match 2, Jensen would get out quickly and keep the pressure on his opponent both games. Jensen 232-237 would help him win by over a hundred pins and advance to the Championship match against Pius's Meysenberg. Jensen would again get out quickly and build an early big lead. However an open in the 10th opened the door a bit and Jensen would lead only by 29. The two would battle throughout game 2. Jensen kept it clean through 7 frames and continued to hold a solid lead. Jensen and Meysenberg would end up pretty even in game 2 and it was good enough for Jensen to win the match 411-381. With the win, Dylan Jensen won the Class B State Individual Championship.
"I am so proud of how all our kids battled today. The qualifying rounds were so fast and crazy but they continued to fight to the end. Once we got to the bracket play, the crowd got rocking and the kids gave it their all. Huge congrats to Dylan for bringing back the Championship!!! A great day all in all for Wayne bowling!!!" --- Coach Johnson